Chapter 476: Gu-in-Gu
Jiang Xinghai hadn’t received a response from Yu Li, so he prepared to leave.
But Yu Li blurted out impatiently, "Well, aren’t you going to come and rub it?"
"You got it." Jiang Xinghai strode over.
Yu Li’s stomach did seem to be in genuine pain. She clutched her lower abdomen with both hands, tossing and turning on the bed.
She was moving so much that Jiang Xinghai couldn’t find an opening to help. "I say, Miss Yu, you have to give me a chance to get my hands in, don’t you?"
"Didn’t I tell you to call me Lili!"
Even in this state, Yu Li was still fixated on what Jiang Xinghai called her.
"Alright, Lili. Give me some room to work." Jiang Xinghai rubbed his hands together.
To his surprise, Yu Li reached out, grabbed his hand, and pressed it to her lower abdomen. "Right here. It hurts so much... so much that I don’t have any strength left..."
’And she calls this having no strength?’
Jiang Xinghai felt the force in her grip was plenty strong.
’Still, her smooth, flat stomach felt incredible to the touch. Worth savoring.’
He paused for a moment, observing Yu Li’s complexion.
It was difficult to diagnose the specific ailment using only the Observation Technique.
In fact, he suspected that Yu Li was faking the pain.
"Great Divine Doctor Jiang, aren’t you going to rub it?" Yu Li’s urging voice rang out again.
"Alright. You’ll have to bear with me for a moment."
Jiang Xinghai fell silent, an unreadable smile playing on his lips, but he had already made a decision in his heart.
Regardless of whether Yu Li’s pained cries were real or feigned, he gathered a stream of True Qi in his hands and slowly infused it into her abdomen.
He was a disciple from the Jasper Pool of Kunlun and a cultivator of the Mystic Orthodox Sect. Though he was usually low-key, he was crystal clear on the teachings of his heritage.
The True Qi he cultivated was inextricably linked to the medical arts; one could even say they shared the same origin.
In this world, the medical arts were, in essence, a method for perceiving the natural way of heaven and earth.
And when the True Qi he cultivated was combined with his medical arts, it transformed into the even more miraculous Profound Qi.
This warm current of energy was like a spring breeze during the blossoming season, brimming with vibrant life.
Fine threads of energy, like a spider’s web, swiftly began to spread from Yu Li’s abdomen throughout her entire body.
The sensation was like an icy mountain, suddenly touched by sunlight, beginning to gradually melt.
Yu Li’s body trembled involuntarily. She could even feel that current of energy swiftly coursing through her.
Everywhere it passed felt like a warm current giving her a full-body massage.
Although the sensation was comfortable, if she focused on it, she could feel the current of energy also seemed to be constantly absorbing some other kind of energy from within her body.
"You have a Poisonous Insect inside you!"
After a few minutes, the look on Jiang Xinghai’s face suddenly changed.
"A Poisonous Insect?" Yu Li’s expression tightened at his words.
Jiang Xinghai nodded, confirming that the woman’s abdominal pain was not entirely an act.
At least half of it was real.
’As for the other half... she must be scheming something.’
"Divine Doctor Jiang, this Poisonous Insect you mentioned... could it be the legendary Poisonous Gu, unique to the Southern Border?" Yu Li seemed to have a sudden realization.
Jiang Xinghai nodded slightly and suddenly increased the pressure.
The current of energy instantly shot away from her abdomen, converging toward her Dantian.
At that moment, Yu Li’s face was contorted in agony.
"This time it really hurts! So much! It feels like a tendon is being twisted until it snaps..."
Yu Li was in too much pain to speak. She had experienced similar pain before, but it usually subsided after a few minutes.
This time, the pain was unprecedented!
"Give me three minutes. Just hold on a little longer." Jiang Xinghai’s expression was grave.
Yu Li could only bite down hard on her lower lip, trying with all her might not to make a sound.
She knew that if she cried out now, she would only interfere with Jiang Xinghai’s treatment.
Time ticked by, second by second.
As Jiang Xinghai continuously infused his Profound Qi, the cold energy inside Yu Li’s body seemed to reach its limit, suddenly erupting from her abdomen.
With a soft SPURT, a stream of dark blood sprayed from the corner of her mouth.
"It’s true! It really doesn’t hurt anymore!" Yu Li was overjoyed.
"That’s good." Jiang Xinghai swiftly withdrew his hands.
Although he was familiar with Poisonous Gu, it was his first time actually removing a Poisonous Insect from someone.
At Kunlun’s Jasper Pool, his master had taught him a vast number of things, but since he rarely encountered anything like Poisonous Gu, he hadn’t studied it in depth.
"By the way, when did this pain start?" Deciding to see the matter through to the end, Jiang Xinghai wanted to help Yu Li find the source of the implanted Poisonous Insect.
"About... half a year ago, I think," Yu Li said after a moment’s thought.
When she saw the blood she had spat on the bedsheets, her expression turned to shock. "Why... is it this color?"
"This is bad!"
Jiang Xinghai saw that after the bloodstain soaked into the sheet, it left a faint golden tint. His hands formed a Dharma Seal in the air and he lightly tapped several major acupoints on Yu Li’s body. "If I’m not mistaken, you’ve been afflicted with a Gu-in-Gu!"