Chapter 168: Strange Gu Poison

Su Ruo, upon seeing the madam's symptoms, immediately concluded that the madam had definitely been poisoned by an aphrodisiac, but after taking the madam's pulse, the madam's pulse showed no abnormality at all.

Moreover, the onset of an aphrodisiac usually lasts a short time, and during this period the madam had been constantly with Su Ruo; even if someone wanted to drug the madam, there would have been no opportunity.

What on earth is going on? Su Ruo's thoughts were somewhat confused; she tried many methods, but neither acupuncture nor taking detox pills could alleviate the madam's symptoms.

Moreover, as time passed, the madam's condition grew increasingly severe.

She tore off all her clothes, her hair completely soaked with sweat, her body burning like a furnace; in just a short time, numerous scratches appeared on her fair skin, as if only pain could temporarily ease her suffering.

Su Ruo watched the madam writhing and struggling on the bed, constantly tearing at her own hair; to prevent her from harming herself, Su Ruo had no choice but to knock her unconscious.

But this method only treats the symptoms, not the root cause; after all, Su Ruo cannot keep knocking the madam unconscious and prevent her from waking up.

What should be done? Su Ruo clenched her fists, her gaze turning unprecedentedly fierce; she recalled what Guihua had said when she left today, as if back then Guihua had already been certain that the madam would end up in this state, knowing she would send the madam back.

In order to control the madam, she actually employed such a vicious method; no wonder the madam today refused to go with her, making the madam obey her words.

Without Su Ruo's knowledge, in the time she was unaware, she was still using some vicious method to torment and control the madam.

Thinking of this, Su Ruo could no longer restrain herself; she slammed the table hard, and the solid wooden table actually had a corner knocked off by her.

Si Yannian couldn't sleep, fearing that Su Ruo might need his help, so he simply kept watch outside her door; upon hearing the commotion, he immediately asked anxiously, "Su Ruo, what's wrong?"

Hearing Si Yannian's voice, Su Ruo came to her senses; she struggled to control her emotions, opened the door and said to Si Yannian, "My madam has encountered a problem; I now need Guan Yue's help."

Su Ruo knew that at this time the school had already closed; making this request put Si Yannian in a difficult position.

But she now had no other alternative; the madam couldn't hold out much longer, and she couldn't bear to leave the madam alone here while she went to find help.

Si Yannian knew that the situation must be extremely serious; otherwise Su Ruo would not be so solemn and tense. He comforted Su Ruo, saying, "Rest assured, I will definitely bring Guan Yue."

Then he immediately turned and left, heading to the school to find someone.

Su Ruoze, meanwhile, kept watch by the madam's side; she could clearly feel the madam's pain, yet was helpless.

Time passed second by second; each minute was agony for Su Ruo was for Su Ruo.

Finally, he again heard the sound of a car; Su Ruo opened the door, not knowing what means Si Yannian had used, but he actually brought Guan Yue back, and the round trip took only half an hour.

Guan Yue had clearly learned the general situation from Si Yannian; thus, after meeting Su Ruo, the two exchanged no pleasantries and went straight to the madam's room.

Upon seeing the madam on the bed, Guan Yue's eyes instantly turned cold, and her expression grew solemn.

Seeing Guan Yue like this, Su Ruo knew the madam's condition was probably troublesome.

Seeing that the madam was about to wake, Guan Yue immediately bit her fingertip, made an extremely intricate hand gesture, and then dropped that drop of fingertip blood onto the madam's brow.

Accompanying Guan Yue's action, the madam's tightly furrowed brow relaxed slightly; the whole person no longer looked so painful.

After doing all this, Guan Yue turned to Su Ruo and said, "Your madam's condition is not an illness; she has been afflicted with a gu, specifically a mei gu, also called snake gu."

Because snakes are inherently lascivious, your madam therefore...

This gu technique is truly excessively vicious; in ancient times it was used on those courtesan women to force the good into prostitution.

Or to satisfy the special fetishes of high-ranking officials and nobles.

Any woman infected with gu becomes even more beautiful, her skin smooth as jade, her body turning soft and boneless.

Moreover, in certain aspects she is utterly unrestrained; even to satisfy her own desires she loses reason, completely becoming a plaything and slave.

Upon hearing this, Su Ruo could no longer contain her anger; she directly slapped the table hard with her palm, and the table instantly split into pieces.

Guan Yue knew Su Ruo was furious, but she still had to continue: "If it were ordinary snake gu, I could still cure it, but your madam has been infected with snake king gu; this gu is extremely vicious and has no cure. To alleviate the pain when the gu poison flares up, one must drink a drop of snake king blood daily; otherwise, just as you see now, one will endure the agony of ten thousand ants gnawing at the heart day after day."

And my fingertip blood can only suppress the madam's condition for two hours; after two hours, if you wish to help the madam relieve her suffering, aside from finding an antidote, you must... engage in sexual intercourse with someone...

Given the potency of this snake king gu, it requires ten vigorous young men with the most abundant yang energy...

By the end, Guan Yue found it somewhat difficult to speak.

Su Ruo's face was filled with a chilling killing intent; she said to Si Yannian, "Send me back to the Medicine Hall."

After finding Guihua, she will surely hack her to pieces, making her endure pain a hundred, even a thousand times greater than the madam's.

But Si Yannian shook his head at her, saying, "No need to go; the people I left behind said that shortly after we departed, Guihua fled, and they could not find her trace. Evidently she had already anticipated the madam's condition and fled fearing retaliation."

Su Ruo's hatred grew even stronger; had she known this would happen, she ought to have bound Guihua from the start, giving her no chance to escape.

But now that things have come to this, regretting is useless; Su Ruo looked at Guan Yue and asked, "Is there any other way to suppress the gu poison within my madam's body?"

Guan Yue pondered for a moment and said, "There is a method perhaps worth trying, though it might be rather harmful to the body! Snakes need to hibernate, even the snake king is no exception."

If we could find an extremely cold place and let the madam stay there, perhaps we could temporarily suppress the gu poison in her body.

But now it's summer; finding such a place is not easy.

Upon hearing this, Si Yannian immediately said, "Leave this to me; I know there is an underground ice cellar in South City used for storing ice—we can go there."

"All right, let's go now," Su Ruo said immediately; no matter what, she could never find those men to humiliate the madam.