The sweet scent of blood dispersed in the air.
Xiao Li's face suddenly turned ashen, like wall plaster, and her body slumped to the ground.
"Xiao Li." Beichen felt as though his soul was scared away as he hurriedly caught the falling girl.
Xiao Li struggled to open her eyes, her teeth stained with fresh blood, "It's so strange, my belly... my belly hurts so much..."
She had no strength left, and a large amount of blood gushed from her throat.
She didn't even have the strength to vomit and was choking and coughing continuously.
Blood trailed down the corner of her lips.
It stained her pretty white rabbit fur dress red.
"Could it be Gu poisoning?" Beichen took Xiao Li's pulse, but his expression grew more and more complicated.
I went over to Xiao Li and Beichen's side, sweat beading on my anxious forehead, "How is it? Corpse Gu? But the Corpse Gu's Mother Gu is clearly dead, how could it still... hurt someone?"
"I can't diagnose it. From the pulse, I can't determine Xiao Li's condition at all." Beichen bit his teeth in annoyance and looked at Yu Longting for help with his eyes.
Yu Longting walked over without any hesitation, "Let me."
"Alright." Beichen moved his fingertips away from pressing on Xiao Li's pulse, allowing Yu Longting's fingers to take over.
Yu Longting touched it lightly, and in less than three seconds, turned and gripped my wrist hard, "Do you feel unwell anywhere?"
"I... I don't feel unwell anywhere..." No sooner had I finished speaking than I contradicted myself, "Hiss~ Wow~ Ouch, my belly hurts, quite a bit too~ It's strange, I didn't touch the well water, could I also be poisoned by the Corpse Gu?"
"Chen Xiaoli is pregnant. The fetus inside her has been struck by Gu poison, Corpse Gu, my wife, you too," Yu Longting's eyes were filled with a tangle of emotions, and his fingertips gripping my wrist turned deathly cold, "But, I can't diagnose the specific cause."
That is to say, without going through the well water, the Corpse Gu could infect the Dumpling in my belly?
This... this is too unscientific!!
The two Taoists stopped their efforts to fill in the well, watching the situation develop with suspicion.
Yu Longting glanced at them, "You two continue, don't let us distract you."
"Alright." The Taoists touched their noses and continued the work of filling the well, mumbling to themselves.
Worried that being so close to the well, they too might become poisoned by Gu.
But I feel that, currently, the Corpse Gu seems to target only the fetuses in pregnant bellies, "It seems like the Corpse Gu targets only fetuses. Xiao Li, you're pregnant, why didn't you tell everyone?"
"Ugh, what pregnancy, Su Wan! Snake Lord! Don't you two talk nonsense, I... I've only been with Brother Chen," Xiao Li, half-dead, immediately began to protest vehemently upon hearing Yu Longting's words, "Cough cough cough... cough cough cough..."
The result was that the poor girl choked even more violently, her entire face turning paler without a trace of blood.
Beichen held Xiao Li tightly around her waist, as if clinging to the last ray of life, "Snake Lord, could you have diagnosed the pulse incorrectly? I'm sterile."
"Brother Chenn... I didn't cuckold you..." Hearing this, Xiao Li tried to sit up in alarm, despite being on her deathbed.
I was dumbfounded, feeling as though the Gu poisoning was secondary, and the important thing was to clear up why Xiao Li was pregnant.
Taking advantage of the fact that my belly wasn't hurting so much and I still had some ability to move and think...
I fished out the jar containing the Ice Silkworm Gu from Xiao Li's pocket and opened the sealed lid, "I think the reason might be here. When did Old Senior Zhang snatch the jar?"
"What do you mean 'snatch'? He just borrowed it to play with for a bit," Zhang Zidao had been looking serious since Xiao Li began spitting blood, stroking his chin thoughtfully. The moment he heard my words, he became displeased like a child.
Xiao Li was about to speak but was silenced by the sharp look Beichen gave her.
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Beichen spoke indifferently, "The jar was taken by the Elder the third day we retrieved the Ice Silkworm."
"That's it then. The Ice Silkworm was bored in the jar and spun a lot of silk, which had a similar effect to the Combined Silk Garment." I shivered as, after opening the jar lid, the natural refrigerant Ice Silkworm chilled the entire yard to an icy tundra.
Icicles even formed under the eaves, and damp places started to freeze over gradually.
I quickly closed the lid; any longer, and the entire yard would have become as cold as the polar regions.
Xiao Li realized, "So... Ice Silkworm cured... the infertility for me and Brother Chenn?"
"It cured me, you had no problem at all," Beichen openly admitted without shame, acknowledging what would be the most embarrassing aspect for a man; he bowed his head guiltily, caressing Xiao Li's face, "I'm sorry, it was all my fault I couldn't hold back."