Digging for Gu
Ruzhou City was prosperous day and night, with many people walking on the streets, and the monks flying in the air. When Bai Roushuang first saw it, she felt that the harmony between the world of cultivation and the mortal world was magical. After staying there for a while, she felt that this was actually another kind of clear distinction.
But they both like the bustling city life and like to see new things, so they mostly walk in Ruzhou city.
At this time, Xu Shulou, the real murderer who robbed the left protector of Xuanwu Tower, was walking on the street with his head held high, followed by his junior sister who had done nothing but was unusually cautious.
The two were on their way to Gao Ming's courtyard. After staying in Ruzhou City for about ten days, they finally received news from him that there had been progress in the matter of removing the love Gu.
Bai Roushuang breathed a sigh of relief. If there was no further progress, her senior sister would probably be at the top of the Xuanwu Tower's banned list.
Gao Ming was waiting for them in the courtyard. He spoke directly as he did last time: "I don't want any reward, but I have one condition. If you can successfully remove the poison, you need to do something for me."
"What's the matter? Tell me first."
"What if I ask you to help me kill someone?"
"If that person deserves to die, I can help you kill ten of them. If he doesn't deserve to die, it doesn't matter if this poison is not cured."
Gao Ming looked at her with a half-smile: "You are so tough, do you know what kind of impact this love poison will have on you if it is not solved?"
Xu Shulou looked at him unmoved.
After a moment, Gao Ming took a step back and sighed, "Sit down, I'll explain to you the origin of this love poison."
Bai Roushuang really wanted to interrupt and say that we don't want to know how the love Gu came about, we just want to know how it can disappear, but seeing that Senior Sister looked calm, she could only hold back her temper and sit down.
"This love Gu wasn't actually called love Gu at first."
This slightly literary beginning made Bai Roushuang roll her eyes.
"It was originally created by a queen in Miaojiang as a poison to make opponents obey. It made slaves serve willingly and ministers obey orders. It really had nothing to do with love. Later, after some improvements by later generations, it became a love poison."
Bai Roushuang shook her head: "No matter how it is used, it is quite immoral. However, since this Gu can be cured, why are these people still suppressed?"
"Most people who are infected with this kind of Gu will be submissive and even gradually forget the fact that they were infected. They will be willing to submit and will not think about removing the Gu for themselves. It is rare for someone like your senior sister to find someone to remove the Gu herself, so I was a little surprised last time." Gao Ming glanced at her calmly, "Fortunately, this kind of love Gu is very rare, otherwise it would be a disaster for the world."
Bai Roushuang was startled, but Gao Ming continued to tell his story: "But the poison is not omnipotent. After all, it is too rare to control too many people. Later, the queen's husband joined forces with the ministers who were not poisoned, overthrew her rule, and became the new king of Miaojiang."
Xu Shulou raised his eyebrows: "I guess this is not the end of the story? Otherwise you wouldn't have told me."
Gao Ming nodded: "This wise and beloved prince re-used this poison in his later years. This shows that power and absolute obedience are things that no one can resist."
Xu Shulou asked: "What are you hinting at me?"
"There are three ways to cure the poison."
"..." Bai Roushuang felt that she couldn't communicate with this person because of the jumping around of the topic. However, after all, removing the poison was a serious matter, so she patiently continued, "Please go on."
"The first method is to use elixirs to slowly dissolve it. It will take several years, but it is the safest and gentlest way."
"How many years?" Xu Shulou touched his chin and turned to ask Bai Roushuang, "If I kill Senior Brother Lu, how sad will you be? Specifically, will it manifest as grief or loss of appetite?"
Bai Roushuang began to think seriously: "Well, I do like him, but I'm not to the point of marrying him. I shouldn't be so desperate..."
Seeing that the two had already started talking about murder, Gao Ming quickly dissuaded them: "Don't be impatient, there is another way."
"I have a medicine that can turn this Gu into your own. The Gu worm will be nourished by your blood inside your body and, combined with my medicine, give birth to a baby Gu. From now on, the mother Gu in your body will be controlled by you, and whoever you give the baby Gu to will obey you."
Xu Shulou looked at him and said, "I sincerely hope there is a third option."
"Not tempted?"
Xu Shulou sighed: "I really don't have the hobby of raising insects in my body."
"Okay," Gao Ming nodded, and took out another jade bottle. "This is the medicine I just prepared. The third method is a more violent method. After taking this medicine, the insect will temporarily fall into a coma and be fixed in one place in your body. We will cut open your flesh and pull it out."
Xu Shulou immediately decided: "Let's choose this one."
Bai Roushuang's face wrinkled up: "Can't we listen to the fourth one?"
"There is no fourth kind," Gao Ming shook his head, "but I have to remind you that you cannot use Ma Fei San when cutting open the flesh and blood, because the effect of Ma Fei San will conflict with my medicine..."
Xu Shulou was very happy: "No problem, where should we start?"
Gao Ming looked embarrassed: "The problem is, I don't have any spiritual power now, so I can't remove the Gu for you myself."
Bai Roushuang solemnly recommended herself: "I'll do it!"
"Do you know the direction of the meridians in the human body?" Gao Ming asked, "If a cultivator's meridians are injured, it is not so easy to repair them."
"I don't know, but wouldn't it be nice if you could just watch my movements and remind me which meridians to avoid?"
"I can't guide you."
"Why?"
"Because I'm afraid of blood. I would faint if I saw so much blood."
Bai Roushuang took a deep breath and said, "You are such a reliable doctor."
Gao Ming was not pleased with this: "Why don't you go find someone else out there who can cure the love poison?"
Xu Shulou was helpless: "I understand the meridians, I can do it myself."
Gao Ming squinted his eyes and looked at her, making sure she was serious. He couldn't help but complain to Bai Roushuang: "I've never seen your sister be so fierce..."
"Girl's house?" Bai Roushuang asked.
Gao Ming murmured, "A fierce living creature."
Bai Roushuang couldn't help but look sideways. A living creature? Has my senior sister become so fierce that she is beyond the scope of a human?
She couldn't help but persuade him, "Sister, why don't you write a letter to the sect and ask a senior brother or sister who knows the meridians to come over. It won't take too long."
Xu Shulou nodded: "Okay, go to the street and buy some wine and food for Senior Sister. I want to treat Brother Gao to a drink."
"Okay!" Bai Roushuang hurried away obediently.
Xu Shulou looked at her back, then turned to Gao Ming and asked, "Is it safe here?"
Gao Ming nodded: "It's safe. No one would come to see me on weekdays. What are you going to do?"
"Then let's get started," Xu Shulou took off his outer robe, "What should I do?"
Gao Ming was stunned for a moment, and handed her the medicine bottle: "Did you lie to your junior sister?"
"It's a bloody mess, why let her watch it?" Xu Shulou sniffed the elixir in the bottle, confirmed it was non-toxic, then tilted his head back and drank it. After a while, the poisonous insect that had been restless and trying to drill into his heart finally calmed down.
Gao Ming looked at her, his eyes mixed with three parts of coldness and two parts of compassion that only a doctor can have: "Suppressing the love Gu while acting as if nothing happened in front of your junior sister, are you tired?"
"I'm used to it." After the fall of the Xu royal family, Xu Shulou never complained about hardship or tiredness in front of anyone. Being strong became a habit, and she gradually became indifferent. She didn't suppress herself specifically for her junior sister, and she remained calm even when she was alone. At this time, she just shook her head lightly, "Can we start?"
Gao Ming said no more and stretched out his hand to feel her pulse: "Left shoulder, one and a half inches below the middle of the clavicle. Do you need a knife? Remember to wipe the blade with this Xuanbing grass first. Although monks are not afraid of contracting typhoid fever, it is still better to be careful."
"No need for a knife." Xu Shulou shook his head, cleaned his hands with the Xuanbing Grass, and used his two fingers as knives. Without hesitation, he used the spiritual power from his fingertips to break through the skin and penetrate into the body.
Gao Ming hurriedly drove his wheelchair out of the room. He didn't even dare to listen to the sound of flesh being torn apart. He only shouted to her in the yard, "If you feel something slippery that feels different from flesh and blood, it's probably it. You must catch it intact."
Xu Shulou soon felt the slippery, soft and disgusting thing he described. The poisonous insect was inside her body, nourished by her flesh and blood. It had grown a lot bigger and was slippery to the touch. He couldn't even pick it out with two fingers.
She frowned and put her whole hand in.
Gao Ming was probably a little worried about her condition, and couldn't help asking again: "Girl, are you okay? Did you faint from the pain?"
"No." For some reason, Xu Shulou suddenly felt like laughing. Breaking his own flesh and blood with his own hands could probably be considered a novel experience in life.
"It's good that you didn't faint," Gao Ming breathed a sigh of relief and talked to her to try to distract her from the pain. "Miss, can I ask your real name?"
"Xu Shulou." She felt that she should not hide anything from someone who had done her a favor.
"It's you? The most gifted monk of this generation, I've heard of your name many years ago. I've admired you for a long time." Gao Ming was surprised, then laughed. "You even interrupted my fifth brother... Well, he was too embarrassed to find other doctors, so I cured him."
Xu Shulou was very dissatisfied: "I had so much trouble interrupting him and you cured him?"
"I had no choice. They forced me to treat him," Gao Ming sighed. "Although we are brothers, my relationship with them is not very good. I refused their request before, and they locked me up for half a month."
"Okay," Xu Shulou's men continued to move, and asked Gao Ming, "You clearly didn't want me to choose the second option just now, and you even told me a story to scare me. Why did you also tell me this method of detoxification?"
Gao Ming felt a little ashamed: "I want to test your character. I don't want to save a bad guy."
"..."Xu Shulou fell silent and didn't want to chat with him anymore for the time being.
She was concentrating on her work when the door to the courtyard was suddenly knocked. The person knocking on the door obviously had no patience and no respect for the people in the courtyard. He shouted in a loud voice: "Master, the fifth young master is looking for you. Come with us quickly!"
Gao Ming was startled, and immediately warned Xu Shulou: "Miss, they are from Xuanwu Tower. Fifth Brother has always remembered your vengeance. You should leave now!"
How could it be such a coincidence? It was said to be safe and no one would come to look for it on weekdays? Xu Shulou's forehead vein jumped: "How do I leave?"
"Stop for a moment?"
Xu Shulou's right hand was stuck in his flesh. Hearing this, he forced out a slightly ferocious smile: "Do you think I can stop?"
Gao Ming didn't dare to watch her progress, fearing that he would faint on the spot: "Forget it, don't make a sound, I'll go out first and let them take me away. They shouldn't search inside."
"I changed my appearance, they probably won't be able to recognize me."
"You can't let them disturb you," Gao Ming sighed, "I can't avoid it anyway. Oh, there's Ma Fei San on the table next to you. If you hold on a little longer, you can take out the poisonous insect and the pain will stop immediately. I may not be back in a short time, so if you need me for anything else, you'll have to wait."
In the midst of severe pain, Xu Shulou's eyes and ears were clear. He heard the sound of a wheelchair turning in the yard, the sound of the gate opening and closing, and then Gao Ming's somewhat cold voice sounded: "I'm here, what does your Fifth Young Master want from me?"
"Hey, the eldest master is here, come with us!" These people called him the eldest master, but there was no respect in their tone. Then the wheelchair turned faster, and it was obvious that those people had no patience and dragged Gao Ming's wheelchair out.
Xu Shulou sighed, thinking that he was born to work hard. While his men kept working, listening to the teeth-grinding sound of flesh being torn apart, he endured the pain and said to Gao Ming: "You will be a prisoner for a while, and I will rescue you after I take out the poisonous insect."
...Thank you very much for your help.
Gao Ming was stunned for a moment when he heard this in anger. He had indeed never seen such a fierce man who could dig out flesh and blood while thinking about fighting later. He was amazed for a moment.
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