Chapter 379: Soul‑cutting Gu

379. Chapter 379: Soul‑cutting Gu

"Physician, physician, quickly take a look at her."

Xiao Jin stopped the carriage, lifted Qiao Sheng and ran inside, and shouted before even getting close.

Because it was afternoon.

There weren't many patients in Baiyun Hall, and the two physicians on duty, seeing Xiao Jin shouting so angrily, the older physician immediately stood up to greet him.

"What happened to her?"

Xiao Jin looked at the physician and said, "I don't know either. A‑Sheng was fine before; after I hadn't spoken to her for a while, I found that she had fainted."

He learned that this was the case.

The physician told Xiao Jin to carry Qiao Sheng and follow him inside.

They entered a room.

The physician asked Xiao Jin to lay Qiao Sheng on the bed, took the pulse pillow that was set aside, and took her pulse.

"This…"

The physician had just taken the pulse when his brows knit together.

Xiao Jin frowned and asked, "What's wrong with her? Doctor, did you notice anything?"

Hearing that,

The physician pressed his lips together and said, "If only I knew how, I would. I can only tell that her pulse pattern is off. A normal person's pulse is composed, gentle, smooth, neither too strong nor too weak, neither floating nor sinking; hers is chaotic, sometimes strong, sometimes weak, sometimes hidden, sometimes apparent…"

How could this happen!

Xiao Jin seized the physician's hand and said, "Doctor, please save A‑Sheng. Her family is still waiting for her to return; she cannot die."

"My medical skill is probably…"

Before the physician could finish, a medicine boy's voice came from outside: "Master, the Senior Master has arrived!"

"Excellent."

The physician immediately said to Xiao Jin, "Wait a moment; I'll have my Senior Master take a look at her. My Senior Master's medical skill is far superior; perhaps he knows what's going on."

They waited about half a quarter hour.

The physician brought in an elderly man in a white robe with graying hair from outside.

The elder already knew Qiao Sheng's condition; he sat at the bedside, glanced at her face, and began taking her pulse.

He placed his right hand and then his left hand.

Xiao Jin waited for a while without hearing him speak, and couldn't help asking, "Elder physician, A‑Sheng…"

"She has been afflicted by a gu."

The elder replied.

"What!"

Xiao Jin's face was full of surprise.

He had heard of it, but hadn't considered it; after all, this thing is unique to Mianjiang, and is rare in their region.

He came to his senses.

Xiao Jin pressed further, "Elder physician, do you know what kind of gu A‑Sheng is afflicted with, and how to resolve it?"

Seeing him ask,

The elder withdrew his hand and said, "If I'm not mistaken, she is afflicted by a Soul‑cutting Gu."

Upon hearing that name,

Xiao Jin felt completely unsettled.

He was about to speak.

The elder spoke first, "When did she start feeling unwell?"

Xiao Jin told him truthfully.

The elder's gaze fell on Qiao Sheng's face, examined her for a moment, and said, "A Soul‑cutting Gu usually doesn't let one live beyond two months; she has actually survived this long."

Without thinking, Xiao Jin asked him.

"Elder physician, has it been over two months?"

At this age, just growing in stature but not in wit?

The elder replied to Xiao Jin, "Did you think she only got the gu when she felt unwell? Clearly she was afflicted earlier; it just hadn't manifested until now."

Having said that,

The elder asked Xiao Jin, "Does she know any medicine?"

"I… I don't know."

Xiao Jin answered.

He immediately asked the elder whether there was any way to cure Qiao Sheng. Though he already thought the elder physician probably couldn't, he still voiced the question.

The elder said bluntly, "I have never dispelled a Soul‑cutting Gu; I'm not sure I can. You should look for someone else." (End of chapter)