The Wicked System: Path of the Devourer Chapter 56 A Secret in the Diary

With just a few casual twists, the small lock that had stumped Xu Fei and rendered her helpless popped open with a click.

Zhang Wenbin casually opened the diary and began reading. He smiled and said: "Since your daughter has the habit of keeping a diary, this obviously isn't the only one. If you want to satisfy your curiosity in one go, then go bring all those other diaries over here."

"Okay!"

Xu Fei appeared very excited. Probably all parents possessed this strong voyeuristic desire when it came to their adolescent children—not to mention her family situation was highly unusual to begin with.

She walked into the walk-in closet, her pace brisk, the flesh on her perky buttocks jiggling, and the large breasts on her chest practically bouncing. Whether it was an illusion or not, it seemed this matter had excited her to the point where her crotch had grown even wetter.

Xu Fei brought out three diaries, all of them the type equipped with combination locks.

After casually popping them open, Zhang Wenbin picked up the newest one and began reading. Most of the entries were trivial, mundane matters: such as being on good terms with a certain classmate, or being on bad terms with another.

A certain classmate loved to show off and was very annoying. She even accidentally saw two classmates having sex in an empty classroom, and heard a certain female teacher moaning in the director's office... The young girl's writing style was quite good; reading it even made Zhang Wenbin a little aroused.

However... Zhang Wenbin immediately spotted a crucial detail.

Since young girls at school were often bored, they loved investigating campus urban legends—things like Pen Fairies or Gu bugs. Driven by curiosity alongside her close friends, Yang Le-guo inadvertently attempted it and, unexpectedly, succeeded.

While everyone else failed entirely, she, fearing being ostracized as an anomaly, had kept her secret hidden, telling everyone else that the silkworm she raised had died too.

"What a clever girl."

Zhang Wenbin chuckled softly. The young lass was quite adept at handling social dynamics. It seemed she inherited the intelligence of Teacher Xu, or perhaps that biological father of hers who had been dead for ages.

As for what kind of Gu she was raising, the reason had also been found. For a moment, Zhang Wenbin's expression grew somewhat odd.

On the other side, having finished reading her daughter's diary, a look of sorrow appeared on Xu Fei's face: "So Guo-guo knew what was going on all along. She's been playing dumb just because she was afraid of making me unhappy."

"Never underestimate the intelligence of children. As for what Gu she's refining, I believe the answer you'll see here will surprise you even more."

Xu Fei took the diary Zhang Wenbin tossed over and began reading. The further she read, the uglier her expression became. One entry in particular made Xu Fei feel like she was going crazy.

Today is Saturday, I can finally see Auntie. I told Auntie that my chest is always swollen and sensitive, unlike normal puberty development. Auntie took me to a private ward to examine my breasts.

Her hands massaged my breasts while she kept asking me questions. She is as serious as Mom, but much gentler. Every touch is very light, but feels extremely comfortable.

"My panties under my skirt were completely soaked. Even when Auntie spoke and her breath blew onto my nipples, my entire body shivered, feeling exceptionally pleasurable. I don't know if this is a so-called orgasm."

"Going out to eat with Auntie made me so happy. She dressed up so beautifully today. Looking at her lips when she spoke, I kept wanting to lean in and kiss them. At night, we even showered together. Her figure is so good, her breasts are even bigger than Mom's. I secretly touched them a few times and she tapped me on the head."

She didn't notice my thoughts at all. At night, I'm going to have to masturbate quite a few times, otherwise I won't be able to sleep. "They said this Gu is called the Love Gu. If it can be grown successfully, it can make the person you love fall in love with you too. They will love only you for their entire life."

"May the heavens bless me. The silkworm was so weak, yet it actually defeated that massive spider. I feel a subtle connection; it truly is my life-bound Gu."

"Little Black is so amazing. It turned from white to black and ate a snake. Gu bugs really do exist. According to the records in that odd book, once it transforms into a Love Gu, I'll be able to be with Auntie."

"Mom and my grandparents will probably be heartbroken, but I have no other choice. I don't know what to do... I just like Auntie. Every time I talk to her, my panties get wet. Last time when she washed my hair, I felt so comfortable I almost fainted. I wonder if I actually peed..."

This content caused Xu Fei's expression to change instantly. To say her face was deathly pale wouldn't be an exaggeration.

Zhang Wenbin tut-tutted: "I originally thought raising a Love Gu was the romantic notion of a young girl's first awakening to love. I didn't expect it to be this shocking and profound. In your daughter's eyes, your younger sister is the most beautiful woman in the world."

"Why did it turn out like this... why!!"

Xu Fei's hands were trembling. If she discovered her daughter was in an early romance, she could accept it. After all, this was the age when love first blossomed. But why was the object of her secret infatuation her own aunt, Xu Fei's biological younger sister?

"Hehe, no wonder she wanted to raise a Love Gu. She knows the judgment of secular society is terrifying. Though it carries the suspicion of her being hot-headed and impulsive, the young lass certainly dares to love and hate."

"The facts prove that this is indeed a Love Gu. How did I not think of it? And it's such a high-end specimen, too. Your daughter truly lives up to being a Four-Yin body."

Zhang Wenbin stood in front of the plastic box. At this moment, Xu Fei abandoned the notebook with trembling hands and walked up. Upon looking, she stared blankly.

Whether it was an illusion or not, the face of her deeply sleeping daughter bore a satisfied and serene smile. Her entire body was cloaked in a faint golden light, causing her to let out a comfortable moan.

Zhang Wenbin was even happier than she was, because this layer of golden light signified that the black silkworm had truly become a Gu. Yang Le-guo had also become a Five-Yin Girl in the truest sense.

Xu Fei asked with a trembling voice: "Master, is this... my daughter's Gu??"

Zhang Wenbin didn't answer her. He only bent down and extended his hand. At the exact moment the two-headed black silkworm that had been resting on the scorpion split into two, peculiar golden patterns manifested across its body.

Holding the Love Gu in his hands, Zhang Wenbin sat cross-legged and silently felt it for a moment. After a long while, he burst into hearty laughter: "Such is fate. It truly is wondrous."

"Master, what's going on? Why did the Gu turn into two?"

This was what Xu Fei cared about the most right now, because that scorpion had clearly been sucked dry. Its exoskeleton had shattered, turning into black dust scattered across the floor.

"How should I put it? Some things are just very wondrous."

Holding the Love Gu in his palms, Zhang Wenbin smiled: "Logically speaking, your daughter is an amateur. She should have failed just like the rest of her classmates. But coincidentally, you brought back that Ghost Infant. By coming into contact with its spectral Yin aura, this black silkworm's spiritual consciousness was opened. It actually passed the first hurdle despite lacking many necessary conditions."

"Ah..." Xu Fei was instantly dumbfounded. She never expected all of this was entirely because of that ghostly thing.

"Under normal circumstances, or rather, given your daughter's meager abilities—not knowing how to feed the Gu nor what would be good for it—this Gu absolutely never would have succeeded. It probably would have died before even making it halfway through the refinement process."

"Then what would have happened... to my daughter?" Xu Fei's face turned pale instantly, cold sweat pouring down.

"At that stage, their lives weren't completely bound yet. At worst, your daughter would've become a vegetable, or lived half-dead." Zhang Wenbin smiled: "But at the critical moment, it just so happened that Yang Qiang brought me here that night. This little thing absorbed some of my aura, and successfully survived that tribulation."

"Fate... sometimes it really is that wondrous."

Zhang Wenbin sighed: "At the time, this little guy was too weak. I only noticed its existence after the fact. Even then, I was doubtful and couldn't be certain. I can only say this little thing, or your daughter, has incredible luck. To actually string together two such major fortuitous encounters... otherwise, let alone the Gu succeeding, I'm afraid your daughter herself would have perished."

For the Gu to mature so rapidly, besides Zhang Wenbin's direct intervention, it was also closely tied to it having absorbed Zhang Wenbin's aura. Since when did an ordinary Gu creature ever have such immense fortune?

"So this Gu has succeeded?" Xu Fei asked, somewhat perplexed, her heart thumping nervously.

"It's succeeded. A Golden-Patterned Love Gu. Even for a monster-class Gu Refinement Master, they probably couldn't produce one in ten attempts."

Looking at her playfully, Zhang Wenbin said: "If this is discovered by other Gu refiners, then your daughter is done for. This highly functional little thing has absolutely zero attack power. But to other Gu creatures, it is top-tier, premium-grade food."

"To further refine a higher-grade Gu, or even an Insect King Gu, this is a material that can only be found by serendipity, never sought out. Even your daughter's soul, which is bound to it, is considered equally precious."

"This..." Hearing this, Xu Fei entirely forgot the contents of her daughter's diary. Anxious to the point of tears, she pleaded: "Master, is there any way to solve this problem?"

Holding the Love Gu, Zhang Wenbin scratched his head helplessly and said: "Honestly speaking, I even considered using it to feed that Ghost Infant. This little thing's fate is so hardy, it's practically the chosen child of heaven. Just absorbing the Yin spectral aura of a ghost, and absorbing my aura, enabled it to become a Golden-Patterned Gu—it truly is rare. The problem is, anywhere besides your daughter's hands, in the eyes of others, it's just a very excellent serving of animal feed."