Smiling Half-step Madness.
It was both a poison and a Gu.
It was a Poisonous Gu crafted by the Mountain Race.
Legend had it that anyone implanted with this Gu would have their internal organs devoured in an extremely short time.
Moreover, as the Gu Insects fed, their toxins paralyzed the victim's five senses. The victims wouldn't feel a thing; instead, they would experience an inexplicable sense of euphoria, leaving them with beaming smiles at the moment of death.
Chen Yunfan inspected the condition of the Ma family members one by one. He deliberately touched their corpses to confirm that their chest cavities were entirely hollow.
Standing up, he shook the rainwater off his hands, wiped them on his clothes, and said, "It's highly unlikely that the Mountain Race would get involved in the affairs of the Imperial Court.
"We'll likely need to take a more measured approach to this."
