Time Travel: The Best Doctor in Ancient Times

Chapter 729: Chapter 566: The Vermilion Bird Gu Is On Me

In disbelief, Gu Changsheng watched as Hongyan Jiaojiao spoke with absolute certainty.

”Really?” Happiness came so unexpectedly that Gu Changsheng was bewildered.

Hongyan Jiaojiao nodded, a hint of a smile appearing on her weathered face, ”Really! The Snake Gu with the Soul-Devouring ability is not easy to come by. Throughout history in the Southern Border, only the Azure Dragon Gu has been able to do so! The reason why the Four Great Imperial Gu hold such a lofty status in the Southern Border is that they all exist to welcome the awakening of the King of Witch Gu. Fenghuang Changsheng, the King of Witch Gu has already awakened within you. Even if it doesn’t possess its full memories, it still retains an instinctive response to the Four Great Imperial Gu!”

Upon hearing this, Gu Changsheng couldn’t help but nod vigorously, his face flushed with excitement as he responded, ”Exactly, exactly! Dandan Bug also referred to it as the Soul-Devouring Python. Just the other day, it was dead set on making me take in this snake!”

So, this Soul-Devouring Python was truly the legendary Azure Dragon Gu!

At that moment, Gu Changsheng’s heart surged with excitement!

Not caring in the least that the Soul-Devouring Python before him was a snake, he opened his arms and lunged forth, embracing the bewildered Soul-Devouring Python with all his might!

The Soul-Devouring Python, or rather, what should now be called the Azure Dragon Gu, or Cang Snake, stood there dumbfounded as its robust feeder, Medicine God, wrapped his arms around it. The snake’s bright red eyes whirled around, clearly, this unprecedented initiative from its master to show affection gave it an even more unexpected sense of happiness!

Zhou Mu curved her lips indulgently and watched with a smile as the little woman before her celebrated with abandon, completely forgetting she was hugging a snake.

Yuan Bao and the others were also overjoyed, feeling extremely fortunate that their lady had serendipitously acquired the Azure Dragon Gu.

”Azure Dragon Gu, oh Azure Dragon Gu! Damn it, luck that I didn’t chop you up back then. Otherwise, where would I even go to weep?” Gu Changsheng caressed the snake affectionately.

Heaven knows, when Dandan Bug coerced her into accepting a snake, she truly resisted it in her heart!

And who would have thought the Azure Dragon Gu nearly got herself chopped up?

Embracing the Azure Dragon Gu, Gu Changsheng was overwhelmed with gratitude. Oh heavens, oh earth, she had misunderstood them, those immortals, they were truly like her own mother! Absolute mother indeed!

Such good fortune, like pies falling from the sky made of gold, actually befell her! Gu Changsheng felt that her luck had never been off the charts like this. She had just learned about the Four Great Imperial Gu and then came into posession of one without much effort. This... this must be the heavens compensating her for the dismal journey she had had since transmigration!

Being embraced and rubbed against, even the Azure Dragon Gu was a bit uncomfortable. In its consciousness, it was still just a snake, but now, this snake was embraced by a beauty, feeling a faint sense of shyness. The snake’s head hung low, eyes demurely closed, rubbing against its feeder and relishing the rare affection...

A cool, slimy feeling spread across her cheek, seeping slowly into Gu Changsheng’s skin. It chilled her excited heart, and with an agile flick, she jumped back, hastily wiping her face as she stared at the Azure Dragon Gu.

”Oh my god! A snake! A snake! So cold, so cold!”

Gu Changsheng reacted instinctively. The Soul-Devouring Python, not yet used to being the Azure Dragon Gu, felt hurt when it suddenly lost its master’s embrace. A touch of loss lingered around its lowered head...

”Alright, alright, don’t be sad. Even though you are the Azure Dragon Gu, I still prefer to call you the Soul-Devouring Python. You know what, I just don’t like your skin, I prefer the feeling when you are the Snake Bone Chain!” Seeing her disheartened Soul-Devouring Python, Gu Changsheng wiped her face and hastened to comfort it.

Upon hearing this, the Soul-Devouring Python reacted quite directly. Without waiting for its feeder to call, it immediately shrank its body and shot towards its feeder!

The target, her wrist!

Transform, Snake Bone Chain!

Gu Changsheng looked at the Soul-Devouring Python brand Snake Bone Chain coiled around her wrist, her mouth twitching slightly.

The onlookers were all taken aback by this!

Well then, they had never seen a Gu insect so eager to please its feeder, and they were a bit unaccustomed to it!

Lowering her head to her wrist, Gu Changsheng saw the tongue that had solidified into a metallic color, and the two red crystal-like snake eyes embedded in it. She felt somewhat reassured. Although the Soul-Devouring Python couldn’t speak, the special connection between feeder and Gu allowed Gu Changsheng to clearly sense the Soul-Devouring Python’s eagerness to please her.

From reluctantly accepting Dandan Bug to now owning the Soul-Devouring Python, Gu Changsheng’s attitude towards Gu insects had shifted from initial resistance to acceptance. Although, she genuinely hadn’t discovered any other uses for the Soul-Devouring Python besides hunting!

The special abilities of Dandan Bug were quite startling, and apart from phenomena that science could not explain, any problem that could be solved by brute force was not a problem for the mighty Gu Changsheng!

Therefore, to a great extent, Gu Changsheng’s existence was to erase Gu insects’ presence!

The feeder was too powerful, and as a parasitic Gu insect, the Soul-Devouring Python felt it had no stage for its martial prowess!

”This Azure Dragon Gu turned out to be none other than my rather useless Soul-Devouring Python, tsk tsk... what should I say about this?” Gu Changsheng looked helplessly at Hongyan Jiaojiao before her, feeling somewhat embarrassed.

Her fervor for the legendary Four Great Imperial Gu instantly cooled down significantly.

The Green Dragon Gu was just a snake, a far cry from the dragons of legend! Gu Changsheng was very let down; the greater the hope, the greater the disappointment. The Green Dragon Gu was nothing grand or majestic at all!

Have you ever seen a dragon that could serve as a bracelet?

This is just too much of a downgrade, isn’t it?

Facing Gu Changsheng’s dismissive attitude, Hongyan Jiaojiao was somewhat angry, but the reality before her left her a bit at a loss for words!

The imperfect beauty of the ”one missing of four” was unexpectedly shattered by Gu Changsheng’s casual yet spot-on action. Thus, the search for the Four Great Imperial Gu became much easier. Gu Changsheng lowered his wrist, concealing the presence of the Soul-Devouring Python, and looked intently at Hongyan Jiaojiao, suddenly recalling the ultimate goal of this robbery.

The Dandan Bug had taken a fancy to the Gu on Hongyan Jiaojiao’s body, and Hongyan Jiaojiao herself had said that her mission was to protect the Imperial Gu!

Gu Changsheng had no doubts that the Gu that had caught the Dandan Bug’s attention was the Imperial Gu on Hongyan Jiaojiao’s body!

”Senior Hongyan, my trip to Great Swamp Mountain was not a rash act but the result of careful consideration,” Gu Changsheng said respectfully, his voice steady, ”I originally didn’t know about the existence of the Four Great Imperial Gu. It was the King of Witch Gu who told me that in the Southern Borderlands there were Gu insects that could aid me. That’s why I searched all the way here, to save my child as soon as possible, tie down Xiangka Tianji’s experts, and find powerful Gu insects of the Southern Border to serve my purposes!” Gu Changsheng bowed slightly and continued, ”Senior, your kindness in protect the Phoenix Clan is engrained in my heart. The Four Great Imperial Gu and I—”

At this point, Gu Changsheng hesitated, his face showing signs of difficulty.

The importance of Gu insects to a Southern Border Gu Woman was well known even by Gu Changsheng, a legitimate person from the Central Plains. Losing a Gu insect would be a fatal blow to a Gu woman, and now, faced with a Hongyan Jiaojiao who had sacrificed her entire family to protect the Imperial Gu, Gu Changsheng really couldn’t bring himself to ask for the Imperial Gu!

One cannot be too selfish!

Even if protecting the Imperial Gu was Hongyan Jiaojiao’s mission, now that more than twenty years had passed and she had paid a heavy price, the Phoenix Clan had been extinct in the Southern Border for over twenty years. What right did he have to selfishly ask her to adhere to the commitment of those days?

Gu Changsheng didn’t finish his sentence, but Hongyan Jiaojiao was no fool and immediately understood his implication. She stood there, frowning slightly, looking at the woman in front of her who resembled Empress Ruoshui.

”Mother!”

”Mother, please think it over!”

”Mother, because we have the Imperial Gu by our side, we’ve been able to hold Red Rock Mountain. If we lose the Imperial Gu, the next time that old devout woman Xiangka Tianji comes to attack, we really won’t be able to hold on to Red Rock Mountain!”

”Mother...”

”...”

Seeing this, the six Gourd Brothers of the Hongyan Family understood the unspoken message in Gu Changsheng’s words. They took a few steps forward, encircling their parents, each of them speaking anxiously with tight expressions.

Listening to the back-and-forth of his six sons, Gu Changsheng immediately understood that the only reason Xiangka Tianji hadn’t wiped out the greatly diminished Hongyan Clan was probably because of the Imperial Gu.

The Imperial Gu on Hongyan Jiaojiao’s body was the last resort for their clan to stand in the Southern Border and defend Red Rock Mountain!

”Forget it!” Gu Changsheng sighed, ”Senior Hongyan, I apologize for the disturbance today. I’ll take my leave!”

Damn it, it’s just the Four Great Imperial Gu. She doesn’t want them anymore!

At worst, she just won’t have daughters. Without daughters, she won’t need the protection of the Four Great Imperial Gu, and presumably, there shouldn’t be any problems!

Thinking this, Gu Changsheng decisively turned around and began walking back, pulling Zhou Mu with him.

She truly had given up on the idea of demanding the Imperial Gu from Hongyan Jiaojiao, because her mother’s family already owed too much to the Hongyan Clan, and she couldn’t afford to be any more selfish!

To her, the Four Great Imperial Gu, if obtainable, great; if not, it wasn’t so critical. But for Hongyan Jiaojiao, the significance of the Imperial Gu was obviously much more substantial!

As Gu Changsheng was about to leave, Zhou Mu naturally had no objections, and Yuan Bao and the others certainly wouldn’t question their lady’s decision.

”Wait!”

Watching the departing figures, Hongyan Jiaojiao, surrounded by her six sons, spoke up with a firm voice, interrupting their departure.

”The Vermilion Bird Gu is with me!” Hongyan Jiaojiao said solemnly.

Upon hearing this, Gu Changsheng turned in disbelief and looked piercingly at Hongyan Jiaojiao.

Under the gaze of Gu Changsheng and the others, Hongyan Jiaojiao pushed past her restraining sons, stepped forward, and spoke with a touch of relief, ”Fenghuang Changsheng, my Hongyan Clan was once a distinguished family under the rule of the Phoenix Imperial Clan. I once served in your Queen Mother’s palace. The duty between a sovereign and a subject is indelible, and the bond between master and servant must not be severed!”