The Martial Artist Turned Movie Mogul-Chapter 973 - 972. Is this the Gu Insect?

This indeed displays signs of poisoning if one only looks at the exterior.

"Do they have any wounds on their bodies?"

"That’s the problem, there aren’t any at all, and there are no external injuries to their internal organs either, yet they deteriorate more each day, like..."

"Like an elderly person who has lived many years."

"Exactly, their organs are decaying rapidly, some prominent Western doctors even believe they might be suffering from exposure to some kind of radioactive element."

Tang Shu placed her hand on the patient’s wrist, "It’s not radiation, it’s a Gu Insect, and strictly speaking, it’s not any kind of poison."

"Is it treatable?"

"Yes, it’s not very difficult. The person who Cursed with Gu used a relatively common Gu Insect, just need to draw it out of the body."

"..."

Wen Nuan’s expression turned quite odd upon hearing the word "common," she even reached up to wipe her face.

Tang Shu undid the small pack of silver needles from her waist, "Help me prepare a basin of water, some towels, and candles."

"I’ll do it right away."

Due to strict control over personnel movement within the base, there were no other people in the sickroom apart from the two of them, except for two duty officers standing at the door.

Wen Nuan directly went out to prepare the necessary items, but when she came back, she was accompanied by an elderly man in his 60s wearing a white coat.

"Xiao Shu, this is Doctor Qin from the base. He is the chief physician for the three patients and has studied some rare cases."

Tang Shu stood up, her gaze falling on Doctor Qin, recognizing a familiar feel on his face.

"Hello, Doctor Qin, I am Tang Shu."

"Hello, I heard that you have some ideas about the cause of their illness, so I thought I’d come to see, am I disturbing?"

"Not at all. If Doctor Qin is here, that would be most ideal. I still have much to improve in the medical field."

Tang Shu swore this statement was completely sincere, as she truly wasn’t skilled in medicine; Tang Sect existed through its Poison Techniques, more adept at detoxification rather than curing diseases.

And coincidentally, one of the ailments among these three patients involved a Gu Insect, which could be barely considered a type of poison.

Doctor Qin really had no airs about him and was much more temperate than Master Qin Tang Shu knew, which gave her a sense of dissonance when facing this somewhat familiar face.

Wen Nuan quickly brought over the items she needed. By the time Tang Shu picked up the silver needles, the attending physician was already sitting on the other side of the bed, watching her every move closely.

In a moment, five silver needles had been inserted into the other’s arm and chest area, and the previously comatose patient started to move his body, no longer in a severe coma.

Tang Shu took off a green small porcelain bottle from her body. When she pulled out the stopper in an instant, a clear, refreshing medicinal fragrance drifted from the bottle, filling the sickroom with a very pleasant medicinal scent before long.

"This is... Exquisite Plant, and snow lotus? It’s actually snow lotus?!"

The Qin family deservedly stood out in the field of traditional Chinese medicine, Doctor Qin quickly identified two extremely precious ingredients from the medicinal scent, his gaze on the small porcelain bottle was almost voracious.

Tang Shu poured a pill from the porcelain vase, dissolved it in warm water, and set it aside, then pricked the patient’s index finger with a silver needle and placed it beside the bowl of warm water.

Only then did Doctor Qin shift his gaze from the porcelain vase to Tang Shu.

"What is this medicine for, why dissolve it, isn’t it to be fed to the patient?"

After saying this, he revealed a frustrated expression, as though he felt feeding such high-quality pills to three criminals was somewhat wasteful.

"It’s used to attract Gu Insects. Exquisite Plant and Snow Soul Grass can usually lure Gu Insects; they are attracted by the medicinal scent."

"Snow Soul Grass? You even added Snow Soul Grass?!"

He really hadn’t detected that, so Dr. Qin suddenly stood up excitedly, his gaze towards Tang Shu became even more intense, causing Wen Nuan next to him to expressionlessly wipe his face again.

My goodness! Dr. Qin, where is your domineering presence, the stance of a top-notch traditional Chinese medicine practitioner?

Was it devoured by Tang Shu!

"What? Gu Insects?!"

Dr. Qin’s voice rose again, almost leaning over the patient.

Wen Nuan: "..."

Tang Shu: "..."

"They are poisoned with Gu poison? No, this is impossible, medical research has proven that Gu Insects simply do not exist, and the full-body scans didn’t show any signs of insects, there are no life signs on their bodies!"

Tang Shu stepped back, hearing his words, puzzled, "Maybe it’s because the Gu Insects are too small and good at hiding?"

As for things like body scans... she really isn’t familiar with the relation between that and Gu Insects, having not used X-ray scans back in Tang Sect; this truly is an unsolved mystery.

Dr. Qin still regarded Gu Insects with skepticism, his expression became much more solemn.

"The acupoints you needled just now, I did see them clearly, it’s just that the needling happened too fast, and I am still wondering why some acupoints needed needling... was it to attract the Gu Insects?"

"Yes, the reason I sealed those acupoints is because Gu Insects become agitated when they smell the medicinal scent, and the agitation causes them to scurry aimlessly; if there are too many Gu Insects, it can endanger the patient’s life."

"..."

Dr. Qin still held doubts about the Gu Insects, which could be seen from his expression, a fact even the always silent Wen Nuan could discern.

Just as he was about to ask more questions, the patient’s arm began to undulate, literally, not because of the patient’s own conscious reactions due to pain.

Tang Shu stretched out her hand, pointed at the swollen arm, "It’s starting."

Wen Nuan took a step forward, staring at the patient’s arm, his expression gradually becoming grave; as for Dr. Qin... he had moved from his original position in a full circle to the bedside, where he could clearly see the swelling gradually moving towards the fingers.

Moving, and moving, until it finally falls into the bowl with the blood.

This scene made the two bystanders gasp in shock, only Tang Shu quietly watched the Gu Insect in the bowl without saying a word.

"This, this is a Gu Insect?!"

Dr. Qin felt that his worldview and values were completely overturned today, like never before.

Tang Shu said, "Not yet, these are undeveloped Gu Insects."

"What?"

This time it was a duet, coming from the two other than Tang Shu, even the psychologically prepared Wen Nuan found it hard to accept.

"What do you mean by undeveloped, if they were fully grown, would these three people still be alive?"

Heaven knows what state their internal organs have deteriorated into!

If even undeveloped Gu Insects possess such power, what consequences would fully developed Gu Insects bring to their host?

It’s unimaginable!

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