He snatched it, opened it, examined it for a few moments, then his eyes widened in surprise and disbelief as he asked, "Can you stop being so heartbroken? What is this thing? Where did you get it?"
When Poison Saint saw that Mu Yunhe didn't respond after he called out to him, he couldn't help but kick Mu Yunhe's shin and shout, "Speak up! Do you still want to save Luo Zhiheng?"
Mu Yunhe shuddered and whirled around. The face and eyes there were truly terrifying, utterly frightening. His eyes fell on the box, and he finally remembered the antidote. A glimmer of hope surged through his despair, and he almost rudely snatched the box away, trembling as he took out a pill and placed it on Luo Zhiheng's chest.
The first place to bleed is where the blood gu entered, and the antidote can only be placed there, otherwise it will be ineffective. He seemed to understand Yue Xin.
Mu Yunhe was very careful, afraid that he might accidentally put it in the wrong place, wasting a pill or delaying the time to save Luo Zhiheng, which was something Mu Yunhe did not want to do.
"Your Excellency, what is this?" Madam Huoyun was very wary, wanting to stop him but not daring to speak boldly. Mu Yunhe was too terrifying now, filled with a sense of impending danger. But if she didn't speak, she was afraid that what Mu Yunhe had brought would harm Luo Zhiheng.
"The antidote." Mu Yunhe's hoarse voice was filled with deep weariness and pain.
His seemingly casual remark caused Lady Huoyun's eyes to widen in astonishment. 1.
The antidote?! To get the antidote so quickly? Impossible! Everything Emperor Xian develops is bizarre and ruthless. Even if there were an antidote, it wouldn't be just a few simple pills. And how could anyone obtain it so easily? Emperor Xian is the most cunning and ruthless of all, a master of deception. And to find Emperor Xian and obtain the antidote in such a short time—isn't that too unrealistic?
Clearly, Lady Huoyun wasn't the only one with this idea; even the Poison Saint frowned in thought. Meanwhile, the wet nurse, unable to contain herself any longer, rushed forward, grabbed Mu Yunhe's arm, and said with a choked sob and anxiety, "Young Prince, please calm down. We can't give the young master any medicine indiscriminately. The Emperor Xian's research is worrying; if something goes wrong, we'll have nowhere to cry."
"Yes, Your Highness, where did you get this medicine? Perhaps you could examine it first? After all, the Princess Consort can't endure any more hardship or suffering right now; it's better to be cautious." Madam Huoyun was very worried that Mu Yunhe had obtained the medicine to deceive himself. It wasn't that she didn't believe Mu Yunhe had the ability to obtain the antidote, but rather that she didn't believe he could obtain it in such a short time—it was simply impossible!
“Yes, let us save her for a moment. I also feel there’s something wrong with this medicine. If I’m not mistaken, it should be a deadly poison. How can it be an antidote? You’re putting the pill directly onto Luo Zhiheng’s wound, which means the poison from that medicine is directly entering Luo Zhiheng’s body. What if you end up harming her instead of saving her?” The Poison Saint was an authority on poisons, so his words carried weight, making everyone even more alarmed by the mysterious pill in Mu Yunhe’s hand.
"Young Prince! Please, you can't administer medicine to the young master so rashly, you can't!" The wet nurse was anxious, fearing that something might really happen to Luo Zhiheng. In her haste, she disregarded etiquette and rushed forward to knock the pills away.
"Insolence!" Seeing that the wet nurse's hand had almost touched the pill and was about to strike, Mu Yunhe roared angrily, the powerful force sending the wet nurse flying far away. Mu Yunhe's expression was still ferocious, his sinister gaze sweeping over everyone in the room: "If you delay the treatment of Aheng, can you afford to compensate? Can any of you afford to compensate?"
Everyone fell silent, but the Poison Saint, unafraid of death, sneered, "Delay? If you don't figure out the truth about this so-called antidote, it won't just delay Luo Zhiheng's treatment, it will directly kill her! Doesn't even the young prince understand this simple principle? Has the young prince also become cowardly and started deceiving himself?"
"I know what I'm doing." Mu Yunhe lowered his eyes and said coldly, then picked up another antidote and placed it on Luo Zhiheng's wound.
After waiting for a while, everyone was extremely anxious. Luo Zhiheng was still bleeding profusely, her small face was almost transparent, and even her eyebrows were barely visible. Everyone's hearts tightened. They watched Mu Yunhe's actions with bated breath. Although they were all very anxious, no one dared to say anything more.
The person least likely to harm Luo Zhiheng among them is Mu Yunhe. His tone of helplessness suggests it's better to take a gamble. Trusting Mu Yunhe might be the right thing to do.
Mu Yunhe added five antidotes one after another, according to the number of Gu worms Qin Yinxian had mentioned. Mu Yunhe dared not add more, fearing it would affect Luo Zhiheng's health, but he was also very nervous, afraid that Qin Yinxian was lying and that adding too few would fail to eradicate the problem completely. He was also worried about what would happen if there were even more Gu worms and he didn't have enough antidotes.
Just as Mu Yunhe was in a state of great distress, a surprising scene unfolded: a bright red object, about the length and thickness of a ring finger, slowly crawled out of Luo Zhiheng's wound.
The moment that thing appeared, everyone gasped, their hair stood on end, and they felt a chill run down their spines.
What on earth is this thing?! How can it be so big? And it crawled out of Luo Zhiheng's body? Most terrifyingly, how did something so large get into Luo Zhiheng's body? Could these giant insects be the cause of Luo Zhiheng's continuous bleeding? A blood curse? 17746737
Watching the bright red worm slowly crawl out, then crawl onto a red pill, and slowly eat the pill, the worm exploded and shattered, spraying blood mist, everyone felt their hearts tighten with horror.
But that wasn't all. One after another, plump, blood-red worms crawled out of Luo Zhiheng's wounds. Although the whip marks were thick and long, they couldn't withstand the relentless trampling of these worms. Soon, the wounds were torn open, becoming deeper and larger, and the bleeding naturally increased. But no one dared to cause trouble at this moment. Everyone knew that only when all these terrifying worms were expelled from Luo Zhiheng's body could she recover.
Lady Fire Cloud and Poison Saint were quite interested in these insects and pills. They watched intently as the insects crawled out, ate the pills, and then their bodies exploded. These deadly creatures died just like that.
After the antidote had drawn out all five blood gu, Mu Yunhe's pale and ferocious face finally eased a little, but he was still tense. He said to Madam Huoyun, "Come and check quickly, and bandage Aheng to stop the bleeding."
Lady Huoyun hurriedly stepped forward and carefully took Luo Zhiheng's pulse. Her expression changed from solemn to showing a hint of joy. After a long while, she put down Luo Zhiheng's hand and said, "Your Excellency, the little princess's pulse has finally stabilized. All the previous obstacles have disappeared. However, she is too weak now and has lost so much blood. She needs to be well nourished. I will help the little princess stop the bleeding first."
Madam Huoyun's words gave everyone a jolt of relief, and Mu Yunhe finally breathed a sigh of relief as if a huge weight had been lifted from his shoulders. He watched nervously as Madam Huoyun applied hemostatic medicine to Luo Zhiheng, and before the bleeding could even bring a smile to his face, he was startled by the sight of the blood-red stains gradually soaking into the newly wrapped white bandage on Luo Zhiheng's chest.
"Why is there bleeding again?!" The wet nurse's exclamation was somewhat unsteady, sounding particularly desolate in the twilight.
Lady Huoyun was also greatly alarmed. She quickly took the pulse again, and this time her expression changed rapidly, showing extreme panic. She said in disbelief, "Impossible! This is impossible! How could it be so fast? How can there still be more?"
"What exactly happened!" Mu Yunhe's voice was heavy and his eyes were gloomy.
Lady Huoyun said with a chill running down her spine, "Another obstacle has appeared in the little princess's body. Although it is not strong yet, it is becoming more intense. If my deduction is correct, I am afraid that the blood gu that were in the little princess's body just now successfully mated. These are newly born blood gu that are growing rapidly."
Mu Yunhe's face was deathly pale: "There are still four antidotes left..." Is that enough? But Mu Yunhe couldn't bring himself to ask the last few words. He had lost his courage, and he was truly desperate.
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Lady Huoyun's face was also very grim. She also saw the remaining four pills in Mu Yunhe's hand and stiffly explained, "We can't be sure how many Gu worms are inside yet, and even if we have enough antidote, we don't know where to put it. It's clear that you placed the antidote outside the wound, drawing the Gu worms out from where they entered. But these parasitic Gu worms inside the body are not so easy to draw out. After all, we don't know exactly where the parasitic Gu worms appear. If we're not careful, it could lead to even bigger problems. The antidote would be useless and wasted, and the little princess would be in even more danger."
"What should we do then?" Mu Yunhe's voice was erratic, but gradually turned cold due to his anxiety.
"There's only one way left. The previous batch of Gu worms entered through this wound, so they won't lay eggs elsewhere. We just need to send the antidote in through the same route as this wound. The Gu worms that take the antidote will shatter inside, and that way we can save the little princess. Now there's only one last question: how many parasitic Gu worms are in the little princess's body?" Madam Huoyun said solemnly.
This was also a problem that made Mu Yunhe nervous.
The Poison Saint suddenly said, "Actually, there's no need to be nervous. As long as you can find a way to control Luo Zhiheng's life and keep her alive to the maximum extent possible, I think I can study that pill. I know it's a poison that has been lost for a long time, and it's extremely poisonous. Maybe I can figure out its ingredients. If that's the case, I can mass-produce this poison, and then we won't be afraid of how many Gu worms are in Luo Zhiheng's body."
"Is that possible?" Mu Yunhe turned around in surprise, as if a ray of light had appeared out of the tunnel.
Poison Saint, with his rebellious nature, couldn't say anything too discouraging at this moment. He simply said the truth: "It should be possible, but the unit is not sure if they can develop this poison before Luo Zhiheng is still alive. Even if they do, they don't know if they can develop it in time while she is still alive."
"Even if there is only a sliver of hope, I cannot give up. I can only give you one dose of this antidote for research. Are you confident in your ability to save it?" Mu Yunhe was grasping at the last straw, placing all his remaining hope on the Poison Saint.
Poison Saint suddenly felt a heavy sense of responsibility, and nodded slowly with a solemn expression: "I can only say that I will do my best."
After receiving the antidote, the Poison Saint quickly left under the heavy guard outside the door to study it.
Mu Yunhe used his internal energy to send two antidote pills into Luo Zhiheng's body, pushing them in little by little through the wound. However, the blood was hot, and the pills were large; despite the insects clearing the way, the process of sending the pills in was still difficult. Mu Yunhe also needed to ensure that Luo Zhiheng's condition wouldn't deteriorate further. At this moment, Mu Yunhe was on the verge of exhaustion.
He was also sick, and seriously injured.
The pain in his soul felt like a severe burn; he trembled all over in agony, and his condition was dire, but he couldn't abandon Luo Zhiheng.
Time ticked by, and those inside the house were filled with dread, while those outside felt each day drag on endlessly.
When the two pills were halfway delivered, Mu Yunhe suddenly felt an obstruction. He dared not move any further, and then he saw a small bump, about the size of a fingernail, suddenly appear above Luo Zhiheng's chest. It was undulating, looking like a small, moving mountain, slowly and continuously moving towards the wound.
"It must be a Gu worm! I didn't expect it to grow so big in such a short time," Madam Huoyun said in shock.
Mu Yunhe's thin lips were pressed tightly together, his chin was taut, and his eyes were fixed on the moving small bag.
Then the small bag stopped moving. Immediately afterwards, Luo Zhiheng let out a muffled groan while unconscious. A large lump suddenly swelled up on her chest and then quickly disappeared, with a large amount of blood gushing out from the wound.
"Don't panic, it's probably because the Gu worm exploded." Seeing Mu Yunhe stand up nervously, Madam Huoyun quickly said.
"Just one Gu worm? I didn't see anything else moving. Did you see anything?" Mu Yunhe was only concerned about whether there were still Gu worms inside. There was still an antidote inside, and Mu Yunhe hoped that there wouldn't be any more worms inside, so that Aheng wouldn't have to suffer so much.
But hope is always too idealistic, while reality is extremely cruel.
No sooner had Mu Yunhe finished speaking than another bulge began to move, and behind it, there was clearly another bulge moving as well, all heading towards Luo Zhiheng's wound. The antidote was stuck not far inside Luo Zhiheng's wound.
Mu Yunhe felt his vision blurring. Two Gu worms! There were actually two more! But he only had one antidote left. Not counting the one Poison Saint took, he still had one in his hand. Once that was used up, there really wouldn't be any more. What if there were more Gu worms in Aheng's body than the antidote?
Lady Huoyun had clearly considered this problem as well. Suddenly, she exclaimed, "Your Excellency! I have a plan, but I don't know if it's feasible. Since this antidote can attract the Gu worms out, could we use the scent of the antidote to lure all the Gu worms out? Once these little worms are out, we can catch them and kill them! This way, we won't have to worry about the antidote for the time being, and we can also ensure that as many worms as possible come out, thus saving the little princess's life?"
That was a real eye-opener!
As expected of a doctor comparable to a divine physician, this is truly a brilliant idea!
Mu Yunhe's eyes suddenly brightened, and without hesitation he used a strange technique to draw the antidote out, but he soon became unable to move.
Luo Zhiheng reacted badly; she began to convulse and groan in pain, with more blood flowing out uncontrollably. Mu Yunhe was forced to stop, his expression grave.
Lady Huoyun quickly comforted her, "It's alright, isn't there still one antidote? We can use that antidote to lure the Gu worms later, and one of these can kill one Gu worm directly."
"That's all we can do." Mu Yunhe gripped the box tightly, placing all his hopes on this last antidote.
Another Gu worm inside Luo Zhiheng's body exploded and died. Then, the small bulge that had been behind her began to move back towards Luo Zhiheng's brain. Mu Yunhe quickly took out the antidote and placed it on Luo Zhiheng's wound. After a while, the bulge began to move back again, and the speed increased.
Mu Yunhe was overjoyed and was ready to capture and kill the Gu worm. But the next moment, more and more bulges appeared one after another on Luo Zhiheng's almost transparent skin.
One, two, three... six, seven...
More and more bumps appeared, until the thirteenth one, when the bumps stopped appearing. These bumps almost formed a line, rising and falling as they moved toward the wound.
Mu Yunhe's body stiffened, and his chilling aura could transform into the sharpest weapon to kill.
With so many Gu worms, yet not enough antidotes, and not even knowing if there were other Gu worms among them, Mu Yunhe felt like he was going crazy.
Holding her breath, she waited to kill one damned worm after another. Finally, the first Gu worm that had been lured out showed itself, its size—a blood-soaked creature as big as a little finger—and grew this big after only wandering inside Luo Zhiheng's body for a short while. It truly was a blood-sucking monster!
Mu Yunhe acted swiftly and ruthlessly, grabbing one and throwing it to the ground, intending to stomp it to death. However, when he stepped on it, not only did he not kill it, but it felt as if he had stepped on a lump of iron, his soles went completely numb, and he could no longer feel any pain.
Mu Yunhe was shocked: "What's going on?!"
It looks so soft, and it should break immediately when it comes into contact with the antidote, so why can't I break it by stepping on it?
"This is the brilliance of Emperor Xian's research on this thing. I'm afraid that apart from an antidote that can completely kill it, it can't kill anything else." Lady Huoyun was also shocked, and at the same time, she found Emperor Xian's methods terrifying and his mind vicious. What kind of wicked person could research such an evil thing to harm people?
Mu Yunhe coldly ordered, "Bring me that box!"
The wet nurse immediately found a well-sealed jewelry box for Mu Yunhe, who put the insects in the box and would deal with them later.
Then, one after another, insects of roughly the same size crawled out of Luo Zhiheng's wound. Mu Yunhe quickly caught the insects and put them into the box, preventing them from coming into contact with the antidote. When he had caught eleven of them, a glimmer of hope and relief finally appeared on Mu Yunhe's tense face.
There are only two left. Just two more will attract all the insects out, and Aheng will be safe. According to Lady Huoyun's prediction, since there has been no sign of any more insects after so long, it is very likely that there are no more insects. In that case, Aheng will soon be out of danger.
The last two worms were very slow. Mu Yunhe waited impatiently. As soon as he saw the worm's head, he immediately reached out to grab it. He was exhausted, and his hand trembled and slipped, allowing the worm to slide in a little. Mu Yunhe cursed under his breath in frustration and could only continue waiting for the worm to come out on its own. Finally, the worm emerged, and Mu Yunhe waited until he was sure he could grab it before striking out and finally catching the second-to-last Gu worm.
There's one more!
This is truly exhilarating news!
However, at that moment, a sudden change occurred. Exclamations and shouts erupted outside, and in the blink of an eye, chaos reigned outside the door. But none of this could disturb Mu Yunhe. He focused intently on waiting for the insects to emerge. But the unexpected situation outside prevented him from continuing his quiet wait.
With a series of loud crashes, the windows and bricks of the room shattered, and a tremendous force crashed in from the outside, causing rubble to fall and the room to instantly become a mess of dust and chaos.
Mu Yunhe was startled and quickly shielded Luo Zhiheng with his body. He then looked back warily and saw a golden figure descending from the sky, slowly falling from the roof with a large hole in it.
"You've hurt my son, pay with your life!" The chilling words carried a terrifying rage, and the imposing presence, accompanied by an overwhelming and inescapable killing intent, swept across the land.
It is Her Majesty the Silver Moon Queen!!
Mu Yunhe suddenly picked up Luo Zhiheng and quickly dodged in another direction. His palm landed on the bed, which instantly shattered into pieces, with debris flying haphazardly in the air.
Mu Yunhe stood in another corner of the room, holding Luo Zhiheng in his arms. The small body in his arms was limp and exhausted, seemingly oblivious to the world. Even in her unconscious state, her brows were furrowed, and she groaned in distress from the sudden movement. Mu Yunhe felt a warmth and moisture rapidly engulfing him where his chest was pressed against hers. It engulfed his chest, it engulfed his heart.
That was Luo Zhiheng's blood flowing out uncontrollably!
Mu Yunhe's eyes reddened as he tightly protected Luo Zhiheng, glaring at the Empress: "Your Majesty's arrival is truly an unwelcome honor, but I, Mu Yunhe, am truly unworthy of such a grand gift! I beg Your Majesty to take this gift back and leave with your lavish present, otherwise I really don't know how to return the favor to Your Majesty!"
"Mu Yunhe, how dare you! You actually injured my Xian'er so badly! You crippled Xian'er! You are certainly worthy of this great gift today, and I will even give you an even greater gift!" The Empress landed and turned around abruptly. Her golden attire, full of splendor and majesty, instantly gave the messy room a strange sense of incongruity.