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Chapter 148 - 148 148 Truly Courting Death
Chapter 148 - 148 148 Truly Courting Death
?Chapter 148: Chapter 148: Truly Courting Death Chapter 148: Chapter 148: Truly Courting Death Old Sir Huo represented authority at home, and for that reason, the Huo family, despite finding it inexplicable, raised no objections.
Several people guessed, could this young girl be a doctor?
Luo Ning immediately walked over.
Then she saw Huo Ye’s face already enveloped in an aura of death, the semblance of someone with not long to live.
Seeing Luo Ning frowning, Lu Xun approached and asked, “Have you figured out anything?”
He was certain that if anyone could save Huo Ye now, it would be Luo Ning.
“The talisman I gave him last night is missing.”
Luo Ning paused, then added, “He has been harmed by someone.”
Upon hearing this, Lu Xun couldn’t help but ask the Huo family, “When you brought Huo Ye over, did you notice the talisman on him?”
The Huo family members were a bit confused, “What talisman?”
Suddenly, a girl in her early teens asked, “Is it a yellow talisman with words on it?”
Luo Ning nodded, “Yes, have you seen that talisman?”
The girl replied, “When I went downstairs this morning, I inadvertently saw a maid in the house burning a yellow talisman with words on it.”
Luo Ning revealed an expression of realization, “No wonder he was struck, the life-saving talisman I gave him had been stealthily taken.”
Although the Huo family listened with only half-understanding her words, they could not help but change their expressions.
Old Sir Huo turned to Mr. Huo and instructed, “Have someone take the nanny into custody.”
Mr. Huo nodded, “Okay.” He immediately made a phone call to give the order.
Old Sir Huo then asked Luo Ning, “Miss Luo, what do you think we should do now?”
At this moment, the baby in Luo Ning’s bag suddenly poked its little head out and started calling ceaselessly towards Huo Ye on the bed.
Luo Ning, who already had a suspicion, lifted Huo Ye’s eyelid for a look after hearing its cries.
“He has very likely been poisoned by a Gu Worm.”
She turned around with a somewhat serious look and said, “I need some things to force the poisonous insect out of him, please prepare them.”
Old Sir Huo nodded hastily, “Tell us what you need.”
“Top-grade cinnabar, rooster blood,” Luo Ning listed a series of items.
Without waiting for Old Sir Huo’s instructions, the Huo Family Second said, “I’ll go prepare them right now.”
Although they were half-doubtful of Luo Ning, now was not the time for skepticism.
While Uncle Huo was preparing the items, Luo Ning took out her talisman pen and talisman and started to draw them anew.
Uncle Huo was very efficient; in about half an hour, he had gathered and brought everything that was needed.
Luo Ning took the items and first took out a porcelain bowl from her pocket, then poured cinnabar, chicken blood, and so on, all into it.
After that, she burned the talisman she had drawn, throwing it into the bowl as well.
She then stirred the mixture with a willow twig, waiting for the color to slowly become a thick, dark red before stopping.
Next, she placed the bowl by the side of Huo Ye’s bed, took out the Thousand-Year-Old Evil Spirit Dagger, tore off a corner of the yellow paper it was wrapped in, and cut open his fingertip with the tip of the dagger.
A thread of Yin Sha Qi quickly seeped into Huo Ye’s body, and Luo Ning immediately started forming hand signs while chanting an incantation.
She controlled the thread of Yin Sha Qi as it circulated within Huo Ye’s body, taking roughly half an hour before she found the Gu Worm inside him.
She placed Huo Ye’s finger over the porcelain bowl and took out a special incense stick, lighting it and inserting it into the bowl.
She continually eroded the Gu Worm with the evil spirit.
The Gu Worm sensed danger, yet also detected a scent it enjoyed, so it began to slowly move towards the tip of Huo Ye’s finger.
Twenty-odd minutes passed, and just as the Huo family was running out of patience, a green wriggling insect fell out from the cut on Huo Ye’s fingertip.
After dropping into the bowl, the green insect quickly burrowed inside.
The Huo family watched this scene, dumbfounded, as it shattered their previous understanding.
Old Sir Huo, having seen much of the world, took a deep breath and asked Luo Ning, “Miss Luo, has someone used a Gu on my grandson?”
Luo Ning continued to wrap the dagger with yellow paper, “Mhm, someone has used a Love Gu on him.”
“It’s the most toxic kind, which could take his life at any moment.”
She paused and then said, “The Gu in his body must have been placed there for some time now. Previously, it had always been dormant, so it wasn’t easy to detect.”
“Today, the person who placed the Gu activated the child poison within him using the Mother Poisonous Insect. That’s why his blood gushed from all seven orifices, and he passed out, unable to wake up again.”
As for who was behind the Gu, Luo Ning already knew.
Old Sir Huo asked, “How is Xiao Ye doing now? Is he still in danger?”
Luo Ning replied, “I’ve forced the Gu out of his body. He is currently out of mortal danger.”
Then she changed the subject, “However, the Gu Worm has consumed a good deal of his vitality and blood. He needs to recuperate properly, else it will reduce his lifespan.”
Old Sir Huo let out a sigh of relief, glad that the immediate danger to life had passed.
But then his face turned ghastly, “Could it be that girl from the Liu Family who placed the Gu on Xiao Ye?”
He was aware of the young lady from the Liu Family who had been chasing after his grandson abroad, even to the point of pressuring him into marriage.
Although he didn’t like a girl with such unabashed behavior, he had always refrained from meddling in matters of his grandson’s heart.
Now that he thought about it, there didn’t seem to be anyone else with a motive.
Luo Ning was taken aback, “The woman who has been pursuing Huo Ye is from the Liu Family?”
Old Sir Huo nodded, “Indeed, I have heard Xiao Ye complain about her.”
He added, “I just felt it was like something she’d do, but I wasn’t certain.”
Luo Ning said, “It was her doing. She has a deep connection with Huo Ye, and this Gu Worm carried her karmic thread.”
“Moreover, if she is from the Liu Family, then I’m even more sure it was her.”
Old Sir Huo asked, “Is there something wrong with the Liu Family?”
Lu Xun was the first to respond, “The Liu Family has raised a group of Feng Shui Mages, and their skills are not low.”
Old Sir Huo’s expression darkened, “The Liu Family has some nerve, daring to target my grandson.”
Lu Xun fanned the flames, “They used such means to harm Huo Ye and if it weren’t for Luo Ning’s arrival and her discovery, we would have never known it was their doing.”
“That’s why they are so brazen.”
At this point, he was also filled with anger. The Liu Family was truly courting death by daring to lay a hand on his childhood friend.
He continued, “The talk of the town recently has been about the Liu Family pulling off a big stunt, siphoning Luck from their marriage alliances and transferring it to their own family.”
He succinctly recounted the despicable acts that the Liu Family had committed.
Old Sir Huo’s face turned even grimmer, “The Liu Family is so bold. If we let them continue to grow, wouldn’t they turn the world upside down?”
Mr. Huo and the others also looked perturbed. Who could have imagined that the girl from the Liu Family would dare to make a move on Huo Ye, treating the Huo family as if they were dead?
Old Sir Huo looked to Luo Ning and asked, “Miss Luo, if Xiao Ye had died from the Gu today, what would have become of the girl who placed the Gu?”
Luo Ning truthfully answered, “She would never fall in love with another man for the rest of her life, but it wouldn’t have any other harm or impact on her personally.”
The faces of Old Sir Huo and the others darkened further, “Despicable!”
“Why would she suddenly activate the child poison today?” Mr. Huo asked, puzzled.