The Gourd Brothers cried out in alarm, their stout bodies darting swiftly toward their own father and mother!
Their movements and agility were even faster than Gu Changsheng and Zhou Mu, as if they were prepared for this moment!
"Senior Hongyan!" Seeing this, Gu Changsheng was also shocked, disregarding the newly acquired Fire Chicken Gu insect, and hastily rushed over, his fingers without hesitation pressing onto Hongyan Jiaojiao’s wrist.
"Mother! Mother, wake up!"
Several grown men shook Hongyan Jiaojiao, tears swirling in their eyes as they anxiously called out.
Feeling Hongyan Jiaojiao’s pulse, Gu Changsheng’s expression slowly turned grave, turning to look at Zhou Mu with a frown, "The pulse is steady, not at all like there’s a problem..."
Gu Changsheng was most proud of his medical skills, and at this moment, he was utterly certain Hongyan Jiaojiao was not ill!
Not ill, yet suddenly falling into unconsciousness, Gu Changsheng’s heart suddenly had an ominous premonition, his gaze toward Hongyan Jiaojiao becoming complicated.
Hongyan Jiaojiao lay in her sons’ arms, her complexion slightly pale. Although she originally looked like a demure Lady Xu, in reality, she was already a woman in her forties. Now that she had lost the Vermilion Bird Gu, the wrinkles on her face slowly began to show, no longer retaining the youthful appearance she held just moments ago...
Gu Changsheng joined the Gourd Brothers in their worried murmuring.
Amid their calls, Hongyan Jiaojiao slowly opened her eyes, her face, though worn by time, held a look of relief as she gazed at Gu Changsheng so close by, speaking faintly, "Fenghuang Changsheng, Young Master, the new emperor of the Phoenix Clan, Hongyan Jiaojiao has not failed her mission, having finally completed it..."
"Senior!" Listening to these words, which sounded like last words, Gu Changsheng’s heart tightened.
"Mother, don’t talk, you used your heartblood to nurture the Vermilion Bird Gu, and now that it’s left your body, you’ve been struck back, do you still have the strength to talk!" Hongyan Jiaojiao’s eldest son wiped away tears, looking at his mother in his embrace, heartbroken to the extreme.
Struck back! Upon hearing this, Gu Changsheng felt his heart quiver!
The Witch Gu Technique was inherently an enigmatic affair, a slight misstep could lead to backlash!
Gu Changsheng couldn’t help but think of Tan Nv lying in the Gu Residence in Liuzhou City, who was now in an everlasting sleep, never to wake up. What would happen to Hongyan Jiaojiao, who had similarly suffered a backlash?
"Senior, how can I help you? How can I help you?" Gu Changsheng, grasping Hongyan Jiaojiao’s hand, asked anxiously.
Backlash was beyond the scope of medical science, leaving Gu Changsheng at his wits’ end!
"I am not of the Phoenix Clan’s bloodline, to forcibly possess the Vermilion Bird Gu, one must... must use heartblood to sustain it..." Hongyan Jiaojiao, gripping Gu Changsheng’s hand with all her might, spoke in urgent and broken phrases, "Young Master, revive the Phoenix Clan, avenge your Queen Mother!"
"Don’t talk about these things, none of them are important, tell me, how can you be saved?" Gu Changsheng immediately shook his head upon hearing this, kneeling on the ground, grasping Hongyan Jiaojiao’s hand, speaking urgently.
"There is a rumor among the Southern Border Royal Family... that gathering the Four Great Imperial Gu can aid the King of Witch Gu in uniting Divine Soul and Divine Body..." Hongyan Jiaojiao, looking at the exceptional woman before her, raised her hand with all her strength to touch the center of her brow, "For thousands of years, the rumor has it that the Green Dragon Gu has always been an egg, never expected that after disappearing, it would hatch, and even be subdued by the Young Master, this indeed is fate..."
"So, uniting the Divine Soul and Divine Body of the King of Witch Gu can save you?" The most pressing concern for Gu Changsheng was this point!
"The rumor has it that as long as the King of Witch Gu unites soul and body, it can grant the Gu women the power to avoid backlash..." Hongyan Jiaojiao weakly closed her eyes, her hand, loathe to leave Gu Changsheng’s forehead, continued with all her might, "Young Master, for thousands of years in the Southern Border, the King of Witch Gu was never able to be independent of its Feeder, because the Four Great Imperial Gu have never been seen by each other. Young Master, it’s already the limit for you to nurture two Gu of different types by yourself, there has never been a Gu woman in the Southern Border able to nurture four different species of Gu insects! Hongyan Jiaojiao’s death is of no consequence, Young Master, do not take the risk with your own body..."
"No! I can do it! Senior, I can! Including the King of Witch Gu, I have already raised three! I will gather the Four Great Imperial Gu and unite the soul and body of the King of Witch Gu, I can save you!" Gu Changsheng, upon hearing this, declared resolutely.
Hongyan Jiaojiao heard this and weakly shook her head, "Impossible... The Old Devout Woman, Xiangka Tianji, can rule the Southern Border without inciting public fury because the White Tiger Imperial Gu is with her Miaosu Clan, and the Black Tortoise Imperial Gu is in her own hands... The Imperial Gu are the symbols of the Southern Border Royal Family, Young Master, you can’t get them! Destroy them! Even if only the Azure Dragon and Vermilion Bird remain, you can rightfully contend for power with Xiangka Tianji..."