"Cold Consort, have you found the Gu worm in me?" Murong Ziyi asked curiously.
"I've found it. The Gu worm is inside your heart," Leng Kuli said truthfully, having no intention of hiding the truth from him.
Upon hearing this, Murong Ziyi sighed.
"Alas..."
"No wonder my chest aches faintly sometimes."
"Your chest hurts? Why didn't you tell us just now?" Leng Ruoli and Jun Mohan asked in unison.
"I, I didn't want others to worry, and I didn't want to trouble you," Murong Ziyi said, lowering his head.
"Oh, how could that be? If you have a health issue and conceal it from us, it will affect my judgment of your condition. You can't do this again," Leng Ruoli said with a serious expression.
"Mm-hmm, I understand. There won't be a next time," Murong Ziyi nodded vigorously to assure her.
Just then, Chu Mingxuan rushed to the door of the room, holding a book, and if not for Ye Ying and Ye Yi intercepting him, he might have burst into the room where Murong Ziyi was staying without knocking.
"Divine Doctor Chu, my King and Consort are still in the room examining the Ninth Prince. You can't go in yet," Ye Ying said with a frown.
"How long have they been in there? I need to speak with your Consort," Chu Mingxuan said deliberately.
"They..."
Before Ye Ying could finish speaking, Leng Ruoli's voice came from the room.
"Ye Ying, let him in."
"Yes, Consort!"
Ye Ying immediately opened the door for Chu Mingxuan and let him in.
"Consort, I've found out what kind of Gu the Ninth Prince is afflicted with," Chu Mingxuan said excitedly upon seeing the Cold King and Consort.
"What Gu is he afflicted with?"
Hearing Chu Mingxuan's words, Leng Ruoli also asked impatiently.
"Consort, the Ninth Prince is afflicted with the Puppet Gu. If you look at the Gu book in my hand, you'll find a description of the body's condition after being afflicted with the Puppet Gu. For those afflicted with this Gu, the Gu worm will slowly crawl into the heart through the blood. Then, a faint red line will immediately appear on his left hand. The larger the Gu worm, the more visible the red line will be, and the more poison it emits. The Gu poison will also slowly flow into the brain through the blood, controlling the consciousness of the afflicted person, thus turning them into a puppet of the person who cast the Gu, making them do their bidding, like walking corpses. Oh, it sounds terrifying just thinking about it." Chu Mingxuan handed the Gu book to Leng Ruoli to see.
"Is there a method to cure this Puppet Gu?"
"Yes, but we must find the person who cast the Puppet Gu on the Ninth Prince to extract it. Because the Puppet Gu is cultivated with the heart's blood of the person who cast it, it must be drawn out with that person's heart's blood. Otherwise, we have no other recourse. Even if I use your thousand-year-old snow clam to cure him, it will be useless," Chu Mingxuan said with a serious expression.
"What if we operate to remove the Gu worm?"
Leng Ruoli raised her hand and gently pinched her nose with her slender, jade-like fingers, closed her eyes, and uttered something astonishing.
"Surgery? Consort, are you joking? This Puppet Gu worm is attached to the heart, not somewhere else. With the slightest mistake, the person will die." Chu Mingxuan was almost scared to death by her words. This Cold Consort was too bold. Not only did she dare to operate on the stomach, but she also dared to operate on the heart. This was a legend for all ages. Murong Ziyi, upon hearing Leng Ruoli say she would operate to remove the Gu worm, shivered all over, hugged his chest, and looked at Leng Ruoli defensively. Only Jun Mohan, upon hearing his wife's words, showed no reaction. Ever since he learned that his Consort had a magical space and understood her capabilities, he felt that removing the Gu worm from Murong Ziyi through surgery was a piece of cake for his Consort.
"I know, but isn't it that we can't find a way to cure the Puppet Gu?" Leng Ruoli said helplessly.
"But the Gu worm is located inside the heart. One wrong move in that area and one could lose their life," Chu Mingxuan said fearfully.
However, Jun Mohan's words to Leng Ruoli surprised everyone.
"Lier, I support your decision."
As soon as he said this, Chu Mingxuan, Leng Ruoli, and Murong Ziyi in the room all looked at Jun Mohan, finding his words incredibly unbelievable.
"Your Highness, operating on someone's chest is not a joke?" Chu Mingxuan said speechlessly. He thought to himself that this fellow couldn't joke about someone's life just to make his Consort happy.
"With my Lier's medical skills, operating to remove the Gu worm is a piece of cake for her. Even if the Gu worm entered Chu Mingxuan's brain, I believe Lier can pry open your skull, remove the Gu worm, sew it back up, and after ten days to half a month, you'll still be jumping around." Jun Mohan used Chu Mingxuan as an example, making him feel a chill run down his spine.
"Consort, can you really pry open a head and sew it back up?" Chu Mingxuan asked Leng Ruoli with a look of horror.
Leng Ruoli nodded.
"What's so strange about that? But the surgery must be performed in a sterile environment."
"Consort, you are truly amazing. I've been practicing medicine for over ten years, and I'm usually afraid of not handling a relatively large wound well. I am truly inferior to you in your surgical skills!"
"Don't be so self-conscious. Your medical skills are already very advanced, but handling external wounds requires many precautions. Your current medical standards are too backward, and many conditions cannot be met. Therefore, many external wounds are not handled well, leading to death," Leng Ruoli comforted him.
Chu Mingxuan listened to her words and thought about it carefully. He had seen the tools that the Cold Consort usually took out to save patients, and he basically hadn't seen most of them. However, every medical tool she took out was very useful. But Chu Mingxuan still couldn't understand where the Cold Consort got all those strange things from. Could it be that her unknown master gave them to her? This was highly likely, otherwise, the secrets of the Cold Consort truly couldn't be explained.
"Consort, since His Highness supports you operating to remove the Gu worm from the Ninth Prince, then I, Chu Mingxuan, am also willing to believe you." Chu Mingxuan suddenly made a one-hundred-and-eighty-degree turn.
At this moment, Murong Ziyi, who was sitting by the bed, suddenly asked in a low voice, "Cold Consort, if I undergo your method of surgery to remove the Gu worm, will I die?"
"I have a seventy percent chance of you surviving. Are you afraid?" Leng Ruoli tested him.
As soon as she finished speaking, Murong lowered his head and pondered for a moment, then gritted his teeth and let out a long sigh, his expression like a soldier facing a life-or-death situation, having decided to face death. This immediately made Leng Ruoli feel both amused and speechless. Actually, surgery was not as terrifying as they imagined.