After a long while, Leng Ruo Li adjusted her emotions and walked to Xia Wan Er's side. She reached out to check Xia Wan Er's pulse and found that Xia Wan Er's body was extremely hot, but her face was covered in a layer of ice slag, which puzzled her greatly.
So, Leng Ruo Li turned to Grandma Hua, her face full of confusion, and asked, "Grandma Hua, why is my mother's body temperature so strange? Her body is hot, but her face is cold?"
"Eldest Miss, after the mistress was poisoned with this Jade Face Gu, her body felt as if it had been frozen by a thousand-year-old ice block, making her extremely cold. To prevent her body from being damaged by the cold, after I performed acupuncture and detoxified her daily, I would immerse her in this black medicinal spring pool for a day to protect her body."
"However, her head cannot be moved carelessly, because the dormant Gu worms are concentrated in her head. If those Gu worms are revived with the head returning to normal body temperature, they will scurry everywhere inside the body, seriously endangering the mistress's life. Alas..."
Grandma Hua explained Xia Wan Er's current condition to her family.
Leng Jin Yu and his son's moods became even heavier upon hearing Grandma Hua's words.
After listening, Leng Ruo Li was silent for a moment and then calmly asked, "Grandma Hua, what do you plan to do next to remove the Jade Face Gu poison from my mother?"
"Alas, Eldest Miss, I am truly powerless against the Jade Face Gu poison on the mistress. Over the years, I have tried every method to help the mistress remove this Jade Face Gu poison, but none have succeeded. I can only use acupuncture and medicinal springs to detoxify her and alleviate the pain of the poison's onset," Grandma Hua replied with a sigh of helplessness.
Everyone fell silent again after hearing Grandma Hua's words, unsure of what to say.
But after a moment, Leng Ruo Li spoke.
"Grandma Hua, I will remove the Gu poison for my mother."
Grandma Hua was stunned for a few seconds after hearing Leng Ruo Li's words, and then felt a little incredulous.
It had only been a few years since she last saw this Eldest Miss. Not only had the dark spots on her face disappeared and she had become more beautiful, but her mind had also become sharper. Even more outrageously, she actually dared to say she would remove the Gu poison for her mother.
"Eldest Miss, treating illnesses and saving lives cannot be taken lightly. A slight mistake in prescribing medicine can lead to death, and the Gu poison on the mistress is not ordinary Gu poison."
"It is the most terrifying Jade Face Gu in the world. Once someone is poisoned by this Gu, the Gu worms will multiply in the human body, taking the human body as a host for reproduction. When the Gu worms occupy various parts of the body, the Gu poison will immediately attack. The skin will form a thin layer of ice, and the skin on the face will gradually form an ice-colored butterfly, accompanied by a pair of scarlet eyes. The appearance is very chilling. If a doctor cannot control the onset of the Jade Face Gu poison, the poisoned person will die on the spot."
Grandma Hua looked at Leng Ruo Li and explained the severity of the Jade Face Gu poison to everyone in detail.
"Grandma Hua, thank you for explaining the characteristics of this Jade Face Gu poison to us. But I still have a question for you: can I find a thousand-year-old snow clam to suck out the Gu worms for my mother?"
"A thousand-year-old snow clam? Eldest Miss, do you have a thousand-year-old snow clam with you?"
Grandma Hua asked tentatively.
Upon hearing this, Leng Ruo Li did not deny it and gently nodded.
"Heavens, Eldest Miss, you actually have a thousand-year-old snow clam! To find a thousand-year-old snow clam, both the mistress and I searched countless snowy mountains and cold ponds back then, but we never saw a single shadow of a snow clam. I didn't expect you to obtain a thousand-year-old snow clam. It seems this is truly fate."
Grandma Hua's emotions instantly became excited after knowing that Leng Ruo Li had a thousand-year-old snow clam with her.
However, Grandma Hua quickly returned to normal and continued, "Eldest Miss, this Jade Face Gu poison cannot be removed by sucking out the Gu worms with a snow clam. But to remove the Jade Face Gu poison, we need to use two drops of thousand-year-old snow clam saliva in the medicine to dissolve the poison."
"Alright, thank you for telling me, Grandma Hua. I will first give my mother a full body check-up and draw some blood for testing to analyze the components of the Gu poison. Then I can find an antidote for my mother."
After speaking, Leng Ruo Li did not pay attention to what expression Grandma Hua would show upon hearing her words. She asked Leng Jin Yu to carry Xia Wan Er into her room, planning to immediately move Xia Wan Er into her personal space for a comprehensive physical examination.
When Leng Ruo Li took Xia Wan Er's pulse earlier, she had already discovered that Xia Wan Er was facing a critical attack of Gu poison. If she was a moment slower in rescuing Xia Wan Er, Xia Wan Er would likely not survive for another month.
Meanwhile, Grandma Hua was stunned for a long time after hearing Leng Ruo Li's words before she could react.
Heavens!
The Eldest Miss had also learned medicine! Back then, she, Grandma Hua San, had tried many times to teach the Eldest Miss medicine, but she was truly too clumsy. She taught her to recognize a few medicinal herbs, but after a few days of teaching, she still couldn't identify them. Grandma Hua had truly been at her wit's end then, and later, she gave up.
But now, this clumsy Eldest Miss had uttered a lot of words. Grandma Hua San knew that Leng Ruo Li was speaking in medical terms, but she didn't understand what Leng Ruo Li meant.
However, on Leng Ruo Li's side, after asking Leng Jin Yu to place Xia Wan Er on the bed, she drove out everyone who had followed her into the room and closed the door.
Immediately, Leng Ruo Li moved Xia Wan Er into her space for a full body examination. She first took some finger blood from Xia Wan Er and sent it to the laboratory for testing, and then she took a picture of Xia Wan Er.
When she looked at the picture taken of Xia Wan Er, Leng Ruo Li's scalp tingled.
There were so many Gu worms in Xia Wan Er's body! As Grandma Hua had said, there were tiny Gu worms in every part of her body.
Heavens!
What could be done now?
At this moment, Leng Ruo Li was also worried in her heart.
After half an hour, Xia Wan Er's blood report also came out. Leng Ruo Li looked at Xia Wan Er's blood report and fell silent for a moment.
She then used her mind to retrieve the Jade Butterfly that Shangguan Yi insisted on giving her and the Golden Spirit Grass the old emperor had given her, and analyzed their medicinal properties. After obtaining the analysis of these two medicinal materials, Leng Ruo Li had a clear plan in mind, and only then did she move Xia Wan Er out of the space.
By this time, it was already early morning outside. Everyone had not gone to rest and was standing outside Xia Wan Er's room door, waiting quietly for Leng Ruo Li to come out.
When Leng Ruo Li opened the door, Leng Jin Yu rushed forward to her.
"Li'er, is there any way to cure your mother's Gu poison?"
"Father, I have a way to cure Mother's Gu poison, but I am still missing one medicinal ingredient," Leng Ruo Li said, looking at Leng Jin Yu's red and swollen eyes with some heartache.