Chapter Thirty-Six: Absolutely Refuse to Treat

  Xiao Yu looked at the experts in the house and continued: "And now, due to environmental reasons, it is estimated that there are no longer intermediate-level Gu or high-level Gu. Basically, the Miao people nowadays only cultivate primary-level Gu, and not everyone among them knows how to do it either. Only a very small number of tribes with intact inheritance know how to raise Gu!"

  "Impossible! What you're saying is all superstition, it's just something that the rulers of ancient times used to fool the people and consolidate their power!" A fifty-something expert stood up and said excitedly.

  Xiao Yu glanced at the expert and smiled lightly: "Hehe, isn't it scientific? You don't know, it doesn't mean it's definitely not there. Besides, this is just my analysis of the cause of this old man's illness, whether you believe it or not has nothing to do with me."

  On the platform, Zhuo Lao closed his eyes and meditated for a while, then said to Zhong Lao: "Old Zhong, I couldn't find any cause of your illness either. Your pulse is strong and powerful, and your body should be fine, but your heart palpitations are real. Whatever the reason for your illness, staying in the hospital now won't do you any good. I suggest going to my father's place and letting him take a look. Maybe he can find something!"

  Zhong Lao was taken aback for a moment before saying: "Alright, I haven't seen the old man in a long time either!"

  Because Mr. Zhuo's old house is not convenient for many people to go, only Zhu Hongxing, Zhu Guangrong, Zhu Sihai, Zhong Lao, Zhong Jianguo, Zhong Tao, and Xiao Ye got on a business car, and no one from the expert group went. Xiao Ye didn't plan to go, but Mr. Zhuo called him up before departure because Xiao Ye was the only one who gave out the cause of the disease, so if it was really poisoned by gu in the end, there would be someone to discuss with.

  Xiao Yu said that Zhong Lao was beyond salvation, and the words were unpleasant to hear. But what kind of person is Zhong Lao? If he didn't have this level of tolerance, how could he reach such a high position? Therefore, when Zhuo Lao called Xiao Yu over, not only did he not get angry, but when Xiao Yu got on the car, he even smiled and nodded at him.

  Xiao Yu got on the car, saw Master Zhong smiling and nodding at him, was stunned for a moment, then reluctantly nodded back at Master Zhong. In his heart, he couldn't help but sigh, thinking "Looking at Master Zhong's demeanor, if he wasn't an unfeeling and unrighteous person, I would have been able to save myself, but fate is just like that, what can you do?"

  Seeing Xiao Yu get on the car, Zhong Jianguo was older after all, took a look at Xiao Yu without saying anything, while Zhong Tao glared at Xiao Yu with anger in his eyes, looking like he wanted to skin Xiao Yu alive.

  Xiao Yu simply glanced at Zhong Tao lightly and sat down in his seat with his eyes closed.

  Ignored, utterly ignored. Regarding Xiao Yu's ignoring of him, Zhong Tao felt like a cat that had been infuriated to the point where its fur was about to stand on end.

  The car soon arrived at the mountain pass of Yuquan Mountain, where a fixed sentry post was set up, with more than a dozen armed guards standing guard, led by a colonel.

  The car slowed down and stopped steadily in front of the checkpoint, and then lowered both left and right windows.

  The driver got out of the car, holding a document in his hand and handed it over to the superior officer.

  The superior officer took a glance at the document, walked to the front of the car, looked inside through the lowered window, saw Lao Zhong and Lao Zhuo, and immediately saluted: "Good day, Commander!" Then he glanced inside again, signaling the guard to let them pass.

  Looking at all this, Xiao Yu thought to himself that the defenses here were really strict. Even the sentries stationed at the foot of the mountain were colonels. As the car moved forward, Xiao Yu keenly felt that there were not a few people secretly watching this vehicle.

  As the car drove onto the mountain road, there were six or seven checkpoints along the way, but no one stopped this business vehicle for inspection again.

  As the car drove deeper into the road, it was lined with villas of various styles. The car stopped in front of a Chinese-style courtyard house, where four soldiers were walking around outside the wall with a wolf dog on a leash. The car stopped at the door, and everyone got out of the car. Because they had called ahead on the way, a man in his 40s at the door greeted Zhong Lao and Zhuo Lao, nodded to Zhong Jianguo and Zhuo Guangrong, and led everyone into the house.

  An old man sat in the house, wearing an old-fashioned military uniform, with glasses on his face. Although there were age spots all over his hands and face, he looked very healthy and didn't look like a nearly centenarian at all.

  "Comrade Yuanshan has arrived!" The old man said to Lao Zhong.

  "Old chief, for my illness, I still have to disturb your peace..." Zhong Lao walked over and grasped the old man's hand, saying.

  "It's a doctor's duty to cure illnesses and save lives. What nonsense is this about disturbing or not disturbing?" The old man chuckled as he said this.

  Upon hearing the old man's words, Xiao Yu raised an eyebrow and thought to himself, "What a true doctor! In today's world, it's rare to find someone who can make such accurate diagnoses!"

  The old man led the crowd into the inner room, and as soon as they entered, Xiao Yu's eyes lit up. The inner room was decorated just like an ancient pharmacy, with a three-meter-long and two-meter-high Chinese medicine cabinet directly opposite the door. On the right side of the house was an eight-immortal table with two chairs, and on the left side was a small mortar for grinding Chinese medicine.

  Mr. Zhuo walked to the octagonal table and sat down, gesturing for Mr. Zhong to sit down as well. Mr. Zhuo took Mr. Zhong's pulse and examined his tongue coating, asking about the circumstances of his illness before falling into deep thought.

  After a while, the old man got up and led everyone to the living room. Mr. Zhuo turned to Hong Xing and asked, "Hong Xing, who said that Yuan Shan was poisoned by Gu?"

  "Dad, it's him, Xiao Yu, Si Mian's friend!" Hearing Master Zhuo ask the question, Master Zhuo pointed at Xiao Yu and said.

  "Respectful greetings, Old Master Zhuo! Xiao Yu has paid his respects!" Xiao Yu bowed deeply to Old Master Zhuo. With just one sentence "Treating illnesses and saving lives is a doctor's duty", Xiao Yu's bow was made with a willing heart.

  "Good, good, the young is formidable! The young is formidable......" Old Master Zhuo was delighted to see Xiao You so young and muttered to himself.

  Zhong Jianguo, a high-ranking official at the provincial level, was cautious and careful in front of Old Master Zhuo. These people who had come through the war years, even if they sat there motionless, still exuded an aura of ferocity and savagery from head to toe.

  Zhong Tao was even more unbearable, still baring his teeth and glaring at Xiao Ye outside the door, but once inside, he sat quietly in the corner like a small cat.

  Even Zhuo Guangrong and Zhuo Siyan were sitting properly in front of the old man.

  "General Zhuo, is my father's illness really caused by Gu poisoning?" Zhong Jianguo asked cautiously as he sat in the chair.

  "I don't know if the disease of Yuanshan is indeed the Gu poison, because I have been practicing medicine for nearly 80 years and have never seen a case of Gu, but Yuanshan's pulse is strong and powerful, not at all like that of an old man, it's even stronger than that of a middle-aged person!"

  "Father, I've also taken his pulse, and Old Clock's pulse is strong and powerful. But doesn't a strong pulse mean that all aspects of the body are functioning well?" asked Zhuo Hongxing with a puzzled expression.

  The people of Zhuo's and Zhong's families all showed a listening expression.

  Old Master Zhuo heard Zhu Hongxing's question, his face turned serious and said: "Hongxing, I'll ask you, a 70-year-old man who is seriously ill or has just recovered from illness, what should his pulse be like?

  "Unstable and floating!" Zhu Hongxing replied without thinking.

  "Is that so! You also know about the instability, is the pulse of that distant mountain normal?" The more Old Master Zhuo spoke, the louder his voice became, until it was almost a shout.

  Upon hearing Old Master Zhuo's words, Zhu Hongxing thought for a moment and understood. Although it was the cool autumn season, his forehead suddenly became covered with dense beads of sweat.

  After scolding Zhuo Hong Xing, Old Man Zhuo looked at Zhong Lao and Zhong Jian Guo and said: "As for whether Yuanshan was poisoned by the Gu worm, I'm not sure either, because I've never seen a Gu worm before. However, Yuanshan's heart palpitations were indeed caused by external forces. But my master once told me something that should be correct!"

  "General Zhuo, is...is there a way to cure it?" Zhong Jianguo heard that Old Man Zhuo also said it was Gu, and he immediately sat up from his seat.

  Zhuo Old Master shook his head and said, "I've only heard of it, but I haven't seen it before, nor do I know how to treat it!" After finishing speaking, Clock Old Master suddenly turned his head towards Xiao Yu, with a smile on his face: "I heard my master say that if you can diagnose the poison as Gu, then you should be able to cure the Gu! Am I right, young man?"

  As soon as Old Master Zhuo finished speaking, everyone from the Zhuo and Zhong families turned their eyes to Xiao Yu, with the Zhuos' eyes filled with surprise, while the Zhongs had faces full of longing and eagerness.

  Xiao Yu heard Zhuo Lao say this, and could only smile bitterly. Since Xiao Yu merged with Zhong Kui's memories, he had a bit of a scholar's demeanor, so he didn't bother to lie, nodded his head and said: "That's right, this old man was poisoned by Gu, and it's the most special one among them - the Absolute Emotion Gu. I can cure this kind of Gu, but I absolutely won't take action!!!"