My Demon Husband Is a Snake

His gaze could discern at first glance that the hairpin on my head could suppress the Gu Poison and he could even make out the status of the Gu within Dumpling in my belly.

After all, he's someone who has lived in the Miao area all year round, and in matters of Gu Art, he seemed far more formidable than Yu Longting and Zhang Zidao put together.

"I'm just an apprentice in gu raising under Grandma, capable only of raising gu, not saving people," Zhuzi said shakily, "I'm sorry, Lady Dragon God, I didn't mean to refuse to help you with Gu Removal."

All the hope I seemed to have vanished overnight, with a sense of utter despondency overwhelming me as I faintly said, "It's not your fault; it was my own carelessness that got me poisoned by gu."

When I returned to the small courtyard in the town where I was staying, I carried the bag of needles and threads with me at all times.

Taking just over a minute, I embroidered a healing strip of cloth and handed it to the man, "Your injuries are not light; this is for healing purposes. Just tie it around your wrist."

"Lady Dragon God... you… you are truly a kind person," Zhuzi said with eyes full of gratitude, tying the strip around his wrist, "You didn't even blame me for speaking out of turn earlier."

"It's fine; we wouldn't have met if not for that incident. Yu Longting, let's go," I said, knowing that remaining would be futile and that it was better to leave and seek other solutions.

"Wait... Lady... Dragon God."

Zhuzi suddenly called out to me, "You're poisoned with Corpse Gu, one that less than five people in the world can cure. Searching blindly like a headless fly can cause delays. There's a new Miao Doctor in town who's quite skilled; maybe she can help."

"The new... Miao Doctor," I mused, a flicker of hope igniting in my eyes, "Is that Miao Doctor surnamed Bai?"

"Yes, yes, yes, her medical skills are superb, she doesn't raise gu but astonishingly knows how to perform Gu Removal," Zhuzi mentioned, a thrill passing across his gloomy face, which usually looked as rigid as if he had dealt with bodies too often, making him look almost like a resurrected zombie, "It's truly miraculous, though I'm not sure if she can handle something as surreptitious as Corpse Gu... Eh... Lord Dragon God... why are you leaving... I wasn't finished..."

The vendor, looking at Yu Longting who was running with me in his arms, spoke quietly: "Don't you see? Lord Dragon God is a madman when it comes to protecting his wife. That the fetus of Lady Dragon God is poisoned by gu, and he could still be patient enough to listen this far is quite something. I just scared his wife a bit, and he almost had murderous intent toward me."

Uncle Zhuzi retorted, "It's your fault for speaking without thinking."

"Ha, as if you don't speak without thinking? You almost got bitten to death by a snake yet here you are, mocking me as if you're any better,"

"Do you see any wounds on me?"

"Damn, worthy of Lady Dragon God, your wound has actually healed completely. Lucky dog."

...

Listening to their bickering, I felt a bit embarrassed, burying my burning face against Yu Longting's shoulder, "Aren't you being a bit too anxious about me and Dumpling? Bai Zanhe is in the town; finding her should be easy without such a rush."

"I can't wait even a second longer," Yu Longting tightened his embrace, his drooping eyes both evil and tinged with a fragile nuance, "Those two earlier should consider themselves lucky not to have been slain by me and besides..."

"I understand, and besides, Zanhe might not be able to cure Corpse Gu," I murmured, biting my lip, "I still have an elixir that Senior Zhang gave me. If I take it, I should be able to hold on until we get to Tianying Mountain to find Granny Long, even though Xiao Li..."

Xiao Li, unlike me, didn't have as much Spiritual Power as a foundation and had only taken two Immortal Peaches.

She only had the experience of taking two elixirs, and going to a remote place like Tianying Mountain might be too much for her to withstand.

In the blink of an eye, Yu Longting leaped into a room on the third floor.

The girl inside was sitting on the bed reading when suddenly someone burst in, she screamed, "Ah~ Who's there? What are you doing?"