Chapter 1479: Siege (3)
Gu Qingheng supported Yang Ruxin out of the room and sat down with her in the corridor of the courtyard, allowing her to lean on him.
The military doctor Bao didn’t dare to speak and could only stand by cautiously.
After resting with her eyes closed for about a quarter of an hour, Yang Ruxin finally recovered. "I’m fine now." It seemed her conscious force was still not strong enough, using it for slightly longer periods led to exhaustion. The frustrating part was that she didn’t know how to strengthen her training in conscious force and could only leave it to fate.
"Would you like some water?" Gu Qingheng asked with a face full of concern.
Yang Ruxin shook her head and stood up: "I’m alright... The affliction that person carried was indeed not a plague, but his body was crawling with poisonous insects."
"Poisonous insects?" The military doctor Bao felt a tingle all over his body. He had heard of gu poison but had never come into contact with it. It was said to be unique to Miaojiang, where the Miao doctors were proficient in using those little bugs.
Yang Ruxin nodded: "That person bit someone else and transferred the poisonous insects. The insects would then rapidly breed inside the other person’s body, and upon close contact, they would be transferred to another person... This is just as terrifying as a plague."
"These poisonous insects..." Gu Qingheng furrowed his brows.
"The climate in Yuan Country is not suitable for cultivating poisonous insects," Yang Ruxin said with a smile, "so, there must be someone aiding them..." she paused, "don’t let the military doctors bring them soup or medicine anymore. Drinking it would only nourish the insects, making them breed even faster..."
"I will pass on the order," Gu Qingheng nodded, "but can you cure the gu poison in these people?"
Yang Ruxin shook her head: "I only have a superficial understanding of gu poison, which I learned when my master found out there was a Heart Poisonous Insect in me. So now, we need the assistance of Elder Tang."