"Your society is a feudal society. But I don't know how to explain it to you so you can understand," Leng Ruoli said directly.
After her words, Ye Ying was still bewildered.
Since Jun Mohan knew that Leng Ruoli was not from their world, he had become accustomed to her frequent use of new terms.
"Let's go! Li'er, let's hurry over and take a look," Jun Mohan suddenly changed the subject.
"Alright!" Leng Ruoli agreed.
Soon, the King and Queen of Leng arrived at the courtyard arranged for Murong Ziyi's rest.
At this time, Chu Mingxuan had already returned to his own courtyard.
"Ziyi, are you alright?"
As soon as Leng Ruoli stepped into Murong Ziyi's room, she asked with concern.
Murong Ziyi looked at her and nodded.
"Queen Leng, is my Aunt Lei Yan any better?" Murong Ziyi asked anxiously.
What he cared about most now was not his own health, but Aunt Lei Yan, who had depended on him for years. If it weren't for her saving him multiple times, he would have died long ago.
"I have saved her. You don't need to worry about her," Leng Ruoli comforted him.
"Thank you, Queen Leng!"
Murong Ziyi thanked Leng Ruoli like a little adult.
"Ziyi, you don't need to thank us. My King and your third brother are fellow disciples and have a deep friendship. We will definitely treat you as our own younger brother."
Leng Ruoli smiled faintly. Her warm smile was so deeply ingrained in people's hearts, unsullied by the mundane world, like a spring breeze brushing past, making everyone feel close.
After hearing Leng Ruoli's words, Murong Ziyi was deeply touched. In that instant, he looked at her with red-rimmed eyes, his sockets swollen, his eyes brimming with tears, and teardrops sliding down his temples, his eyes reflecting an undeniable sadness.
"Thank you, King Leng and Queen Leng!"
Murong Ziyi didn't know how to express his gratitude beyond thanking the couple.
"Alright, Ziyi, we won't talk about anything else. We've come now to see what's going on with the red thread on your hand."
After speaking, Leng Ruoli asked Murong Ziyi to extend his hand for her to examine.
Murong Ziyi obediently rolled up his sleeves and revealed the red thread on his hand to the King and Queen of Leng.
The King and Queen of Leng looked at the thin, pale red thread on his hand that extended all the way to his arm. Leng Ruoli and Jun Mohan exchanged glances.
Immediately, Leng Ruoli extended two fingers to carefully feel Murong Ziyi's pulse. Her expression turned serious. She couldn't detect any abnormality in Murong Ziyi's body.
"Jun Mohan, I can't figure out what's wrong with him. I need to use my instruments to give him a full body check," Leng Ruoli said with a furrowed brow.
Upon hearing this, Jun Mohan's brow also furrowed. "Then let's give him a full body check with the instruments."
"Ziyi, I'll give you an injection to let you sleep. I'll do a check later. Don't be afraid, the King will stay with you," Leng Ruoli said softly.
Murong Ziyi was stunned for a moment, then nodded in agreement.
Leng Ruoli asked Ye Ying and other guards to leave the room immediately. After closing the door, she took out a strong anesthetic needle from her sleeve pocket and walked towards Murong Ziyi.
Murong Ziyi looked at Leng Ruoli's actions and suddenly became a little scared, not understanding what was happening.
Noticing his nervous expression, Jun Mohan gently patted his shoulder and whispered, "Don't be afraid, I'll stay with you."
Then, Jun Mohan asked him to close his eyes, and Leng Ruoli quickly and gently injected him with a dose of anesthetic.
Murong Ziyi felt a slight sting when Leng Ruoli administered the needle, but he quickly lost consciousness and fell asleep.
Seeing that Murong Ziyi was fast asleep, Leng Ruoli waved her long sleeve, took Jun Mohan's hand, and the three of them instantly appeared in Leng Ruoli's instrument room in her space.
Leng Ruoli immediately conducted a full body examination on Murong Ziyi. A moment later, as Leng Ruoli looked at his heart monitor, her face became extremely serious. Murong Ziyi's body was indeed afflicted with a Gu poison, just as Chu Mingxuan had said. The Gu worm was inside Murong Ziyi's heart.
Fortunately, the Gu worm was still in its larval stage, otherwise, Murong Ziyi would have suffered greatly.
"Li'er, is there really a Gu worm inside Murong Ziyi's body?"
Jun Mohan looked at the black and white patterns on the screen and couldn't understand them. So, he immediately asked.
"Yes, he has indeed been poisoned with Gu. Look at this heart monitor, isn't there a very tiny worm slowly moving?"
Leng Ruoli pointed at the larval Gu worm on the heart monitor and said to Jun Mohan.
Jun Mohan blinked his eyes hard and followed Leng Ruoli's finger. Upon closer inspection, he did see a tiny worm, as thin as a hair, slowly moving on the heart.
Jun Mohan nodded.
"I see it! Then how do we get it out? It's inside the heart!"
Jun Mohan was already worried for Leng Ruoli.
"I'll try first to see if I can use the Thousand-Year Snow Clam to suck out the Gu worm."
After speaking, Leng Ruoli used her mind to take out the Thousand-Year Snow Clam that Murong Lixian had given her. Then, she picked up a scalpel and made a cut on Murong Ziyi's finger. Blood immediately flowed out.
Afterward, Leng Ruoli quickly opened the small wooden box and released the Thousand-Year Snow Clam.
When the Thousand-Year Snow Clam jumped out, it smelled the scent of blood and cried out excitedly, "Quack, quack, quack..." It hopped a few times and then jumped under Murong Ziyi's bleeding finger, licking it gently. Then, it kept shaking its little head, appearing disgusted, and after hopping a couple more times, it immediately jumped back into the small wooden box in Leng Ruoli's hand.
Leng Ruoli blinked her eyes, looking at the scene in bewilderment.
"Holy crap!"
"What's going on?"
"The Gu worm on Murong Ziyi's body is so unappetizing that even the Thousand-Year Snow Clam won't eat it. What kind of Gu worm is this?"
Leng Ruoli was filled with doubt in her heart.
Even Jun Mohan found it astonishing. Didn't the Thousand-Year Snow Clam love eating Gu worms the most?
Why did it refuse to eat the Gu worm on Murong Ziyi this time?
This struck him as very strange.
"Li'er, don't worry. Chu Mingxuan studied medicine under the Valley Master of Ghost Valley for many years, and he has a better understanding of Gu poison. Let's go out and discuss it with him to see what his opinion is."
Leng Ruoli could only nod helplessly.
"For now, this is all I can do. I need to figure out what kind of Gu poison Murong Ziyi has been afflicted with first."
Subsequently, Leng Ruoli quickly bandaged the wound on Murong Ziyi's finger.
Then, Leng Ruoli, with Jun Mohan and Murong Ziyi, quickly exited the space and returned to the room where the three of them had been, waking Murong Ziyi.
When Murong Ziyi woke up, his expression was somewhat nervous, but when he saw that Leng Ruoli and Jun Mohan were still standing beside him, he instantly relaxed.