Chapter 359

Jiang Chen felt entirely sapped of strength. He sat in a chair to rest, his eyes closed. He recalled passages from the medical texts he had studied. Gu was a type of parasitic venom. Cultivating it was an arduous process: one had to capture numerous poisonous creatures and force them to devour one another until only one remained—that survivor was the Gu. Different types of Gu had different effects, and Jiang Chen did not know which one had been planted in him. He only knew that his body appeared perfectly healthy; no medical examination could detect an ailment. His utter lack of strength was caused by the parasites themselves, which had infiltrated his blood and limbs, interfering with his bodily functions. If he could only find a way to purge them, he would recover. But he had only read superficial accounts in his books; he had no idea how to actually perform an extraction. Tang Chuchu stood quietly at his side, watching him sit there with his eyes closed and his brow furrowed. She did not say a word.