"Ancient Love Gu was rather terrifying, while modern ones are typically novelties, a sort of pastime for couples, hardly lethal."
Zhang Shuying's smile was cryptic, filled with disdain and a chilly air.
Gu Quansheng opened his mouth, wanting to say something.
Zhang Shuying cut him off directly, her tone playful,
"Considering how severely your son reacted, my guess is that after he was poisoned by the Gu, he cheated with other women, maybe more than one."
After hearing that, only two words came to my mind.
Served him right.
Then, I heard Zhang Shuying say, "In my opinion, Uncle Gu, your son got exactly what he deserved."
"Do you have a way to save him? I beg you, please save my son. He's my only child; if anything happens to him, how can I go on living?"
Gu Quansheng's complexion changed drastically as he knelt and clung to Zhang Shuying's legs, pleading.
A hint of coldness flashed through Zhang Shuying's eyes, as she paused and then spoke indifferently, "This Love Gu is child's play, not the real deal, I can cure it."
"Thank you so much! As long as you can cure my son, I've prepared some modest gifts, and there's a hundred thousand in cash," Gu Quansheng said excitedly.
Zhang Shuying spread open her palm, and from a crack that opened in the center, a golden bug flew out, "Although the Love Gu can be resolved, his other incurable disease, even deities can't heal."
The golden bug looked akin to a chubby silkworm.
With four pairs of golden wings, it flew swiftly as it fluttered its wings.
It landed on the man plagued with countless pustules, wiggling its plump body as it burrowed into the man's nostril.
The golden creature was so chubby that it stretched the man's nostril to more than double its size as it squeezed in.
I found its clumsily charming appearance so amusing that I couldn't help but curl the corners of my lips upwards.
Gu Quansheng, with his heart and eyes full of nothing but his son, anxiously questioned Zhang Shuying, "What kind of incurable disease?"
"Terrible character, too scummy," Zhang Shuying droned on without the slightest hint of interest.
Gu Quansheng was stunned for a moment but then breathed a sigh of relief.
About ten minutes went by.
The man's pus-filled, swollen cheek puffed out a few times, as if he was hiding something round in his mouth.
Gu Quansheng was so startled that his forehead was covered in sweat, "There's something strange in my son's mouth..."
"It's my little darling, don't be scared." Zhang Shuying walked over, entirely disregarding the man's disgusting face, and opened his mouth, "It got fatter, so it couldn't fly out of the nostril. Had to take the esophagus, poor little darling~"
The putrid smell from the man's mouth was dreadful, simply opening his mouth almost brought me to tears.
I then saw a round, golden, plump ball flapping its wings as it flew out...
Compared to the chubbiness from before, its appearance now looked absolutely mutated.
"Here is the prescription. Boil these for your son. He will vomit and have diarrhea for about a month, so be patient," Zhang Shuying said as she scribbled a prescription, its surface smeared with the pus from her hand.
I saw Zhang Shuying heading my way, and I was on the verge of a breakdown, "You... don't come any closer, your hands are filthy..."
"Your body is filthy too, all covered in the dust from the attic yesterday, and with Yun Hao's Stinky Snake Blood all over it. I haven't complained about you, yet you dare to find fault with the Taoist Master?"
Zhang Shuying must've been the ringleader of all troublemakers as a child, because she hasn't lost the knack for teasing others even after growing up. Seeing how repulsed I was by the pus, she reached out and wiped all the disgusting muck in her palm onto me.