“Ye Wanwan spoke while rolling up her sleeves, revealing bloodlines crawling all over her body, even more terrifying. ‘And, you’re telling me that this is the disappearance of the bloodline? I’m almost turning into a blood person!'”
Beidou stared at Ye Wanwan’s wrist in shock, exclaiming, “Holy crap! Feng Sis! What’s going on? It’s been a minute already! Why has it become more serious?”
More red lines appeared on Ye Wanwan’s body, and they were even darker than before, as if the redness was about to seep out like blood.
Others also became anxious, pressing Nie Wuming for answers, “What’s happening? You said the medicine would cure the ailment!”
Nie Wuming cautiously took a step back, saying, “This doesn’t make sense. How could it not work? A minute is all it takes for the gu to die, and the bloodlines to disappear!”
Ye Wanwan angrily retorted, “Scientific my foot! This thing itself isn’t scientific! Is this antidote of yours even effective?”
Qixing asked, “What’s happening now?”
Nie Wuming replied with uncertainty, “Uh… this… maybe… probably… the antidote might not be effective…”
Qixing questioned, “How can the antidote possibly not work?”
Nie Wuming explained, “Even a mutual affection gu could undergo variation… that’s why the antidote might fail… it’s not entirely impossible…”
Ye Wanwan thought to herself, “…” She should never have expected Nie Wuming to be reliable!
Beidou’s face was bewildered, “So, what do we do now?”
Nie Wuming weakly said, “Now… obviously, there’s only one option left!”
Qixing inquired, “What option?”
Nie Wuming answered, “Go find the carrier of the child gu and have them lift the curse…”
Qixing and Beidou fell silent.
Elders from the Unwavering Alliance like the Seventh Star questioned, “What’s the situation now?”
Go find the carrier of the child gu… go find… the Asura Lord… to lift the curse?
“Go find the Asura Lord to lift the curse? Doesn’t that mean Feng Sis is doomed?” Beidou blurted out.
Seventh Star’s expression turned extremely grim, but she controlled herself and asked Nie Wuming, “If the gu poison flares up, how will the Asura Lord react?”
After a pause, Nie Wuming spoke, “The gu poison amplifies the host’s inner desires. The deeper the affection for a loved one, the stronger the reaction, with more bloodlines and deeper color. Of course, if the Asura Lord is emotionally detached and desireless, without anyone they care for, then there won’t be any reaction when it flares up.”
Beidou suddenly realized, “Damn! No wonder the Asura Lord didn’t react at all just now! I knew it couldn’t be possible! Speaking of which, the Asura Lord didn’t do anything, yet they have to die alongside us. Seems pretty tragic, doesn’t it?”
To die if not loved, this affection gu is truly twisted.
Seventh Star held onto a glimmer of hope and asked, “Is it possible that the Asura Lord has already obtained the antidote, cured themselves of the gu, and our Alliance Leader is safe? After all, Asura’s methods are broader than ours; they wouldn’t let their Asura Lord die.”
Nie Wuming explained, “Currently, only killing the mother gu can lift the curse. However, it’s not ruled out that we might discover an antidote to kill the child gu.
But there’s a trait of the affection gu: if the mother gu dies, the child gu dies too, and both hosts’ poison can be lifted. But if the child gu dies, the mother gu won’t die.
If the Asura Lord manages to find an antidote to kill the child gu within themselves, they’ll be fine, but your Alliance Leader… will be doomed.”
Beidou was dumbfounded, “Damn… that means we’re screwed! I bet the Asura Lord’s child gu is probably cured already, which is why they’re not worried at all!”