Chapter 668 — Can't Save Them!
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"Oh no — Sister Yao has fainted again!" Shen Yushu suddenly cried out in alarm, clutching Gu Mengyao's hand in panic and turning to Wei Zhao. "Arrow-Brand Brother, Arrow-Brand Brother, come quick — why has Sister Yao fainted again?"
Shen Yushu's cry startled Gu Pengzhan, Qing Bo and Guan Xuewen on the spot, and the parents too stared helplessly at the once more unconscious Gu Mengyao, at a loss as to what had happened.
"You saw it yourselves — I didn't cure her. I only brought her back to consciousness for a short while." Wei Zhao gave a bitter smile, took Gu Mengyao's hand, and felt for her pulse. It was extremely weak, about the same as when he had first seen her; even if it was a little stronger now, it was not by much.
The energy within Gu Mengyao's body had been all but exhausted, and very little remained. Fortunately, after she fell unconscious, the rate at which her energy drained was much slower than before. Even so, there was no way she would survive past tomorrow.
"What?" The parents finally understood what Wei Zhao meant. He had not actually cured Gu Mengyao — he had only awakened her.
"Xiao Yi, what's going on here?" Guan Xuewen and Gu Pengzhan both looked at Wei Zhao, somewhat baffled.
"Brother Arrowbrand, what are we going to do now? Why did Sister Yaoyao faint again? She'll be all right, won't she?" Shen Yushu was anxious as well.
"She'll be fine for the time being, but as for how to treat her, I need to think it over carefully. Would you all please step outside for a moment?" Wei Zhao glanced at the parents in the ward and said, "Once I've found a way to save her, your children's symptoms will naturally resolve themselves as well."
Wei Zhao's words put the parents considerably more at ease — at least he was not washing his hands of them! That being so, they naturally did not dare disturb him any further. They hurried out of the ward, leaving Wei Zhao the quiet space to think.
Gu Pengzhan hesitated for a moment, then asked, "Xiao Yi, shall we step out too?"
"Hmm... not for the moment." Wei Zhao shook his head, deeply agitated inside. Though he had considerable knowledge of poisons and their antidotes, his practical experience was sorely lacking, for in all his years of training out in the world, he had rarely come into contact with poisons and detoxification. So he was armed with a wealth of theory, yet had no idea where to begin.
At present, he did not know what poison Gu Mengyao had been stricken with, nor could he be certain where the poison had come from. He could only work from Gu Mengyao herself. If he were the one poisoned, how would the old man treat it?
Wei Zhao knit his brows tightly and began recalling the old man's methods. When he was small, he too had been bitten by a venomous insect, his life hanging by a thread. At the time, the old man likewise had no idea where the poison had come from, nor could he determine from the symptoms what poison it was.
That was it — back then the old man had used acupuncture to force the poison out of his body!