Chapter 970: Chapter 968: Sickly Heiress 13

The hospital couldn’t find any results, and Ling Anmin brought up the possibility of being under a Gu curse, so the hospital also didn’t suggest that Yang and his mother try any medication.

If they wanted people from the Holy Gu Clan to come help check, that would still take some time, so Yang and his mother could only wait.

After resting in the hotel for half a day, Meng Xuan came over.

"I’ve already gone to ask my cousin. He’s already informed the people from the Holy Gu Clan, and they should arrange someone to come over in the next couple of days. When the time comes, we’ll meet up at my cousin’s house."

Since it was very likely Gu Technique, of course the Holy Gu Clan took it seriously. According to his cousin, the Holy Gu Clan would send an important person over to check the situation, all of them well-versed in Gu Technique within the clan.

After Meng Xuan questioned him in detail, he finally learned that this world really did have this kind of miraculous thing called Gu Technique. But his cousin also warned him that this kind of thing shouldn’t be used unless absolutely necessary. Of course, for those recipes that don’t harm people, using them now and then was fine.

It’s just that anything involving Gu Technique comes with pros and cons, gains and losses; nowadays the people of the Holy Gu Clan no longer casually use it outside.

Because they didn’t have much time to talk, his cousin didn’t tell him more.

Meng Xuan wasn’t in a hurry. If he wanted to ask, there would be plenty of chances.

He was, after all, also from the Meng Family—if he wanted to know, he could. He’d just never paid attention before.

"Fourth, thanks." Yang’s voice sounded very weak; even though he had his own agenda, the polite words still had to be said.

Meng Xuan smiled. "We’re in the same dorm, so don’t say that. Seeing you suddenly fall this ill, I really feel something about it. I just hope we can resolve the problem this time."

"If it really is Gu Technique, did you have any special experiences before this?" Meng Xuan asked. "From what I pried out of my cousin, it seems that for someone to be planted with Gu, either they must have a wound, or they’re made to directly ingest it. After all, planting Gu is about catching people off guard, so they don’t know it happened."

This time Yang actually thought it over seriously, then shook his head.

He hadn’t broken skin at all in the past few months. Thinking of how he’d planted Gu on Xia Chen back then, he’d used the opportunity when the other was getting a vaccination. He hurriedly thought back: in these past few months he really hadn’t gotten any vaccines.

As for eating, he ate every day. If they’d used that method to plant Gu in him, it’d really be impossible to determine who it was.

"Alright, don’t worry. From what my cousin said, the people of the Holy Gu Clan are very formidable. As long as it’s Gu, they should be able to detect it. Even if it isn’t, they might still find some anomaly. Once the problem is found, what’s left is just solving it." Meng Xuan comforted him.

"Mm." Yang wasn’t worried at all. With his mom around, he wouldn’t die.

All this fuss now was because his mom wanted to see some old acquaintances in advance. Since they’d be opponents in the future, getting acquainted now was good too—get their faces familiar, and later they could pull off a surprise.

Meng Xuan was decent enough and treated his friends well, but unfortunately the guy was from the Meng Family.

From the start his plan had been to use Meng Xuan to learn about the Ling and Meng Families; that was something that would never change.

At most, after he’d achieved his goals, if Meng Xuan didn’t cling too hard, for the sake of today he wouldn’t drive him to utter ruin.

"This is your first time in Jing City, right?" Meng Xuan asked, turning his gaze to Ah Chen. "If you’re interested, I can take you around tomorrow. It’s not easy to come all the way here. Especially Aunt Yun—she’s been on edge these last few days. Health problems will be resolved sooner or later; it’d be good to relax a bit."

"The main thing is how Second Brother’s body is, whether you can hold up."

In fact, after observing for so many days, Meng Xuan had seen that Yang’s condition hadn’t worsened; it had stayed like this, which was why he made this suggestion.

Staying in a constant high-pressure, tense state wasn’t great either. Maybe going out for a walk would help?

Ah Chen and Yun Xiuzhi both looked toward Yang, clearly letting him make the call.

Ah Chen didn’t care; wherever you watched the show, it was still a show. As for Yun Xiuzhi, of course she had to play the role of the good mother who cares about her son and takes him as her center.

They’d been running to the hospital these past few days; to be honest, Yang was feeling frustrated inside. With Meng Xuan suddenly making this suggestion, he really was tempted.

With his mom around, he’d get better sooner or later. No need to worry. Going out for a walk, seeing some other scenery, really could help him relax.

Anyway, he just had to sit in the wheelchair; it’s not like he had to exert himself.

Staying in the hotel was even more depressing; this kind of life really had no flavor.

"Then let’s go out for a walk," Yang said.

The next day, with Meng Xuan accompanying them, the group went all around the city.

No one knew that these nights, Yun Xiuzhi had been silently cultivating the Life and Death Gu. The moment she found out about Yang’s condition, she’d started preparing.

Who would have thought that this seemingly honest, middle-aged woman with a face full of worry over her son’s illness by day, was actually a master of Gu Technique?

On the third day, Meng Xuan came to the hotel to pick up Ah Chen and the others and take them to the Ling Family. He said that the people from the Holy Gu Clan had arrived at the Ling Family the previous night, and they could go over at daybreak.

"Aunt Yun, don’t be too nervous, just treat it like you’re going to see a doctor." Seeing that Yun Xiuzhi’s emotions were a bit off, Meng Xuan thought she was too nervous and offered a few words of comfort.

He had no idea that Yun Xiuzhi was actually a bit excited. Someone who was usually so calm was about to see old acquaintances; it was inevitable she’d find it hard to control her emotions.

Given the current situation, she wasn’t afraid to show some emotion either. Having no emotion at all would be what’s abnormal.

All these years, she’d also been studying Gu Technique.

Sooner or later, she would take back everything that belonged to her.

In terms of talent in Gu Technique, aside from the clan leader, no one could surpass her.

The clan leader was so many years older than she was; he’d die sooner or later. Even with the Life and Death Gu, given the clan leader’s old, hidebound thinking, he probably wouldn’t use it, and wouldn’t let anyone else use it either. He even called the Life and Death Gu a Forbidden Technique. Something this useful—how could it be a Forbidden Technique? As long as it was used properly, how could the Holy Gu Clan not grow stronger?

It was precisely because of a clan leader like Miao Xiang that the Holy Gu Clan was forced to be so passive. With such powerful methods at their disposal, they still had to be constrained. Didn’t they feel suffocated?

If she hadn’t been clever enough to secretly memorize the secret technique for cultivating the Life and Death Gu, such a good Gu Technique might have been lost.

"Aunt Yun, are you alright?" Ah Chen supported Yun Xiuzhi’s arm, and could feel that excitement in her trembling flesh.

Yun Xiuzhi shook her head, face pale. "I’m fine, just worried."

"Don’t worry, we’ll definitely get an answer this time. Yang will be fine." Ah Chen comforted her.

Yun Xiuzhi nodded, but when she lowered her eyes, a trace of indifference flashed in them.

Her son certainly wouldn’t be in danger; she was just waiting for the Life and Death Gu to finish cultivating. She needed to find some time to pick a child Gu host for her son. She definitely couldn’t choose anyone from Qing City University; that would easily draw attention.

And she couldn’t pick anyone in Jing City either; this place was too close to the Ling and Meng Families, and it’d be easy to give herself away.

She’d go to some relatively remote village instead. Those village lads had strong bodies, yet lived in poor conditions. If something went wrong with their health, they didn’t have the money for treatment and wouldn’t go to big hospitals for checkups.

The Ling Family.

Meng Xuan led Ah Chen and the others out of the car, and then the Ling Family’s butler guided them inside.

There were three people sitting in the receiving room: a middle-aged couple, and a thin young man whose skin was so pale that even his veins were clearly visible. He looked to be about the same age as Ah Chen, Meng Xuan, and the others.

"This is my cousin, Ling Huan." Meng Xuan hurriedly introduced him to Ah Chen and the others. "All the arrangements for the hospital examinations were made by my cousin."

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