Chapter 15

What!

Your lifespan is less than seven days!

Zhao Yun's face changed drastically, and he shouted sternly, "Ye Qiu, do you know what you're saying? If you dare to speak nonsense again, be careful, I won't be gentle with you."

"Shut up!"

The Dragon King raised his head and glared at Zhao Yun, then said to Ye Qiu, "Zhao Yun's temper is like this, don't take it to heart. You just said my lifespan is less than seven days. Have you already figured out my illness?"

"Um." Ye Qiu nodded.

"What is the illness?" Zhao Yun asked. In his view, so many famous doctors couldn't figure out the illness, what could Ye Qiu see?

Ye Qiu replied, "If I'm not mistaken, the Dragon King has been poisoned by a rare toxin."

Upon hearing this, the Dragon King was slightly moved.

Zhao Yun was first stunned, then couldn't help but exclaim, "Ye Qiu, how did you figure it out?"

Ye Qiu said, "This rare toxin is very uncommon, found in the Miao region, and is known as a gu poison."

This time, even the Dragon King couldn't remain calm.

"I indeed didn't choose the wrong person. So many medical experts couldn't find the cause, but you discovered the gu poison in me after just a short while. You are truly impressive!" The Dragon King then asked, "What else did you see?"

Ye Qiu said seriously, "Dragon King, I have a few questions for you, and I hope you answer them truthfully."

"Alright, ask away."

"Initially, after being poisoned, you had no symptoms, and only after half a year did the symptoms start, right?"

"Yes. At first, there were no symptoms, but after half a year, I had unbearable abdominal pain during the day. When I went to the hospital for a check-up, they found nothing wrong."

Ye Qiu nodded and said, "Gu poison is not an ordinary toxin; it is a mysterious and rare technique. The 'Yaozhou Annals' records, 'The Yi people have the art of raising gu, which is secret and not known to others.' Moreover, gu poison usually hides in the blood, and ordinary medical methods cannot detect it."

"You're right. At the time, Zhao Yun took me to many hospitals, but they couldn't find anything wrong."

Ye Qiu continued, "The gu poison remained dormant in your body for half a year before symptoms appeared. Initially, you had unbearable abdominal pain during the day, and later, the pain became unbearable at night, right?"

"Yes!"

"Later, you started to fear the cold, feeling as if you were in an ice cellar every day, right?"

"Yes!" The Dragon King said, "Even during the hottest days of summer, I had to use a heater and sleep with a quilt."

"Such a condition persisted for three years. After three years, your body began to show the opposite symptoms, becoming extremely heat-sensitive, right?"

"Yes!" The Dragon King nodded heavily, saying, "In the coldest winter, with heavy snow outside, I would wear short sleeves and use a fan in my room and still feel hot."

"Later, your body gradually became half cold and half hot, as it is now. I guess this condition has been present for less than half a month, right?"

"Yes!"

"From the first abdominal pain to the current symptoms, especially in the past year, the symptoms have become very regular. Every night at midnight, the pain starts, and it stops at six in the morning. The pain feels like being gnawed by thousands of ants, and no method can relieve it, right?"

"Yes, yes, you're right," the Dragon King agreed.

At this point, Ye Qiu was basically certain what kind of gu the Dragon King had been poisoned with.

"Xiao Ye, do you have any more questions?"

"I don't have any more questions, but I have a small request, and I hope you will cooperate," Ye Qiu said.

"What request?"

"Take off your clothes."

"Ah!?" The Dragon King looked at Ye Qiu with a strange expression.

Seeing his expression, Ye Qiu knew the old man had misunderstood and quickly said, "Don't misunderstand. I asked you to take off your clothes to confirm the gu poison on your body."

"Oh, I see!" The Dragon King laughed and took off his shirt.

Ye Qiu moved behind the Dragon King, looked down, and drew a sharp breath, muttering, "Just as I expected."

The skin on the Dragon King's back was distinctly colored, with one side dark red, as if it had been charred, and the other side abnormally white, as if it had been frozen in a cold storage. At the intersection of the back, a purple nerve about an inch long protruded, resembling two small snakes coiled together, exuding a cold and eerie aura.

"Ye Qiu, what did you see?" Zhao Yun couldn't help but ask.

Ye Qiu's face was serious as he said, "I can now be 100% certain that the gu poison the Dragon King has is the Yin-Yang Snake Gu!"

"You can tell that?"

The Dragon King was very shocked.

Over the years, the Dragon King had seen many doctors, including some renowned experts, but none of them could identify the gu poison in his body.

Yet, Ye Qiu not only identified it at first glance but also accurately named the type of gu poison.

Could this young man be a medical genius?

What the Dragon King didn't know was that Ye Qiu's ability to diagnose his illness and accurately describe the symptoms was entirely due to the knowledge passed down to him.

The knowledge passed down from the old ancestor of the Ye family was vast and profound. When Ye Qiu was thinking, he was actually searching for a similar case in his mind.

In the end, he found the Yin-Yang Snake Gu.

To be cautious, Ye Qiu asked the Dragon King a few questions and examined the nerves on his back, ultimately confirming that the Dragon King was indeed poisoned by the Yin-Yang Snake Gu.

The Yin-Yang Snake Gu is an extremely venomous gu poison. The person poisoned won't die immediately; in fact, at first, there are no symptoms. Generally, it remains dormant in the body for half a year before symptoms appear.

Then, it slowly tortures the person.

Initially, they fear the cold, then they fear the heat, and finally, the gu poison disrupts the body's yin-yang balance, causing one side of the body to be hot and the other side to be cold, accompanied by constant abdominal pain, making life unbearable.

It's hard to imagine how the Dragon King has endured all these years.

Ye Qiu felt some sympathy for the Dragon King and said, "You must have had a tough time these years, right?"

"Indeed. For nine years, every time the poison flared up, the abdominal pain was unbearable, and there was no medicine to treat it, making life worse than death." The Dragon King smiled casually, "But I've endured it all."

Ye Qiu admired him and said, "Your willpower is truly admirable. If it were anyone else, they probably wouldn't have lasted three years."

"I've practiced martial arts since I was young, so my body is stronger than the average person. Xiao Ye, since you can identify the gu poison in my body, does that mean you can cure me?"

The Dragon King looked at Ye Qiu hopefully, his eyes filled with light.

Ye Qiu smiled bitterly and said, "You're too kind to me. The Yin-Yang Snake Gu is not an ordinary gu poison; curing it is as difficult as climbing to the heavens."

"Is there really no way?" The Dragon King asked, not giving up.

Ye Qiu thought for a moment and said, "Actually, there is a way, but only if..."

"Only if what?"