Chapter 37: Planting a Love Gu on the Warrior Woman

Realizing her rudeness, Zhen Qing quickly turned her head to confirm:

Young Master Jiang, can you really cure the Shattered Heart Gu?

Do I need to lie to you? In this situation, saying I can't cure it and letting you leave would be the best option.

Then it's trouble for you, Young Master Jiang; the consultation fee isn't a problem, eh!

Before Zhen Qing could finish speaking, Jiang Yunzhou jumped straight out of the water bucket.

Making the nearby Zhen Qing embarrassed, she turned away and said:

Young Master Jiang, please behave yourself!

Oh? A lady warrior sneaked into my bedroom while I was bathing, and now you have the nerve to tell me to behave?

Zhen Qing, feeling somewhat at fault, also didn't dare say more; she could only turn away embarrassed, waiting for Jiang Yunzhou to dry off and put on his clothes, ignoring Su Tao's 'eh eh eh' comments, and flung the scarf tied in her hair forward.

Worried that the commotion would attract attention, Jiang Yunzhou put on a pair of short thin pants and sat at the table.

Without the steam from the hot water bucket, Zhen Qing also began to carefully examine this renowned doctor, Jiang Yunzhou.

He had sword-like brows, deep eyes, thin lips, and bright teeth; he indeed bore an air of scholarly elegance, and through his thin shirt one could faintly see the angular outline of his muscles.

Hehe, eh eh eh!

Su Tao hadn't even finished her evaluation when she was tossed aside by her senior sister, and Zhen Qing reached out her arm and said:

Then it's trouble for you, Young Master Jiang. ·

Jiang Yunzhou calmly took a sip of water, shook his head, and said:

No rush; I have conditions for treating people: I must know the patient's appearance and true identity, otherwise I won't treat them.

Zhen Qing wasn't surprised by this request.

After all, doctors who heal don't want trouble; confirming who they're treating also avoids bringing disaster upon themselves.

So Zhen Qing hesitated no longer and directly removed her veil.

This was the first time I had seen Zhen Qing the warrior woman's face so clearly under the light.

She had fine brows and mysterious eyes; her pupils were as bright as obsidian, even giving me a sparkling sensation.

Her delicate features were like finely carved jade; even just gazing across the table, one could feel her skin's smooth delicacy.

At first I thought these martial artists wore veils to feign mystery, but the moment her veil came off, I genuinely felt as if an unparalleled beauty, sealed away, had reappeared in the world.

Unlike the bewitching aura of Sister Qingru, this warrior woman Zhen Qing exudes an air untouched by mortal life.

Tsk tsk tsk, even using Yan Shi'er's identity to help her twice, I still hadn't seen what she looked like; but on our first meeting, a little trick let me see her.

Indeed, deep affection has never been retained since ancient times; only tactics can win hearts.

The warrior woman raised her eyes and spoke solemnly:

I am Zhen Qing of the Kunlun Lingxiao Palace; outside the city I encountered Southern Wu rebels, and in the fight I was unfortunately poisoned. I hope Young Master Jiang will heal me and keep this secret. However, the Shattered Heart Gu is a Southern Wu secret gu, said to be unsolvable; I don't know what method you have.

After glancing at her a couple more times, Jiang Yunzhou nodded, pretending not to see the pouch tied at Zhen Qing's waist, and said:

How to treat it is my concern; I heard that a few days ago the Southern Pacification Office also captured some Southern Wu rebels, so they must have the rebels' gu worms on them. If we go ask tomorrow, as long as we have those things, I can cure you.

Hearing this, Zhen Qing rejoiced, directly untied the pouch of gu worms she had taken from the dead Southern Wu expert at her waist, and handed it to Jiang Yunzhou, saying:

Young Master Jiang, you mean this one?

Oh? Let me see.

Jiang Yunzhou opened the gu worm pouch, only to see that inside were individual small porcelain bottles hanging separately.

Not bad.

Jiang Yunzhou picked up those porcelain bottles, examined them carefully, finally selected a small red bottle, secretly erased the mark on it inside the bag, then took it out and said:

Having this is enough; extend your right arm, I'll treat your Shattered Heart Gu.

Zhen Qing extended her arm half-believing, half-doubting; Jiang Yunzhou swiftly pulled five silver needles from his skin pouch and pricked around the black patterns on her arm.

As the last silver needle went in, Zhen Qing only felt the lingering pain on her arm gradually fade, and she immediately believed that Young Master Jiang was not joking.

However, it was still the first time I'd seen someone use needles like this; although it seemed to simply encircle the black patterns on the hand, each needle actually pierced the meridians, not the acupoints, leaving my arm unable to exert force.

Each time a needle went in, there was a warm sensation, as if accompanied by the pure yang energy in his hand.

Seeing Jiang Yunzhou take out a red small bottle, Zhen Qing asked, puzzled:

Could this be the antidote?

Jiang Yunzhou took out a dark red worm from the small red bottle, then pierced his own finger, letting his fingertip be coated in fresh blood, and finally placed the worm on the blood-soaked fingertip.

Soaked in the fingertip's fresh blood, the red thread silkworm actually came back to life, quickly absorbing nourishment and becoming plump.

It then wriggled a few times on his finger, seemingly searching for something, and immediately burrowed into his finger through the puncture wound.

Seeing Jiang Yunzhou seemingly planting a gu on himself, Zhen Qing's voice and expression showed concern as she said:

Young Master Jiang, what are you doing?!

Zhen Qing thought that Young Master Jiang wouldn't be using a life-for-life method to save her, curing her gu poison while infecting himself, would he?

If that were the case, I couldn't accept it; after all, we've just met, and this favor would be too huge.

Jiang Yunzhou didn't rush to reply, but instead took another needle and pierced the middle of the gu-infected spot on Zhen Qing's arm.

Taking advantage of the moment when blood beads seeped out, he placed the spot where the worm had just burrowed into his finger onto Zhen Qing's arm wound.

Only then did he calmly explain:

Southern Wu rebels wouldn't be so careless as to put the antidote in their own packs. The Shattered Heart Gu is called unsolvable mainly because the gu worms that enter the body are special; once inside, they link with the meridians, and no method can kill them unless the infected spot is completely severed.

But actually, changing the approach works: the 'unsolvable' refers to human methods; worm methods can do it—by introducing another relatively safe gu worm into the body to kill the previous one, thus resolving the gu poison.

Hearing this, Zhen Qing staggered for a moment, not yet reacting, when she felt a warm current continuously flowing into her arm.

Immediately afterward, Zhen Qing sensed something moving inside her arm; Jiang Yunzhou pressed her arm and infused pure yang energy into it, reminding her:

Clench tight, don't let it leak out.

Under the push of pure yang qi strength, however, Zhen Qing saw the black pattern on her arm slowly fading; seeing this, she was quite delighted, not expecting this healer truly had a way to dispel the Shatter Heart Gu.

Before words of praise could be spoken, Zhen Qing felt something was off, as a new blood-red pattern gradually appeared on her arm.

Unlike the previous eerie black pattern, this red pattern on her fair arm did not look out of place, even giving a bewitching feeling.

Jiang Yunzhou loosened his grip and said:

«All right, the gu worm of the Shatter Heart Gu has been eaten up; the Shatter Heart Gu is resolved. »

Saying this, he pulled out all the silver needles from his arm.

Zhen Qing indeed felt no previous pain, but looking at the reddish bewitching pattern left on her arm, she asked doubtfully:

«Isn't that right, Young Master Jiang? But the gu poison I'm currently afflicted with—you haven't cured it for me yet. »

Jiang Yunzhou nodded and said:

«I only said I could use a second gu poison to dispel the Shatter Heart Gu; I never said I could dispel the second gu poison. »

«What are you saying? Then what gu is this? »

«Love Gu. »

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