Chapter 50: Removing the parasite

“Do you feel anything special?” Ling Ruxue asked me seriously after she had taken out the first copper needle.

What other feeling could there be besides pain? I shook my head and said, “Other than pain, I don’t feel anything else.”

Ling Ruxue nodded slightly, stopped talking, and used a clean towel to moisten some water and began to carefully clean my wound. It was like a lover, but I didn’t have any ambiguous feelings. I believe that anyone who saw that expressionless face wouldn’t have any ambiguous feelings.

“The residue must be washed off, otherwise it will be impossible to judge,” she explained, but as soon as she finished speaking, the second copper needle was inserted into my wound.

I was sweating profusely in pain, but I also knew that this was the pain I had to endure. I knew from the start that it would not be easy to remove the parasite.

Perhaps I deserved it, and the second copper needle didn’t bring me any special reaction. It wasn’t until the fourth copper needle that I felt the flesh and blood inside my shoulder start to ache. The feeling was very clear. The damn parasite was a little agitated, and the flesh and blood inside my shoulder was moving.

Ling Ruxue didn’t ask me anything. From my expression, she obviously knew. She touched my mark with her hand, closed her eyes and carefully felt it, then said, “Not enough.” Then she frowned and thought.

Could it be that she could still feel the movement of the worm with her eyes closed? I thought it was a bit strange, but the pain was so intense that I didn’t have the heart to think about it. I didn’t even want to think about what she meant when she said it wasn’t enough.

Ling Ruxue picked up the next copper needle. My brows involuntarily furrowed. The pain in my flesh and blood was indescribable in words. I really didn’t know if I could bear it again without fainting from the pain.

I don’t know if Ling Ruoxue noticed my expression, but she put down the needle with a blank expression.

The next moment, the long, thin knife appeared in her hand again, but this time she wasn’t going to cut me, but quickly cut her little finger, and a drop of bright red blood came out.

Then, she picked up a little green paste from one of the bottles and dropped the blood into it…

Everything was done in silence. When the paste with the added blood was ready, Ling Ruxue opened one of the jars. As soon as the jar was opened, a strong smell of blood rushed into my head. I took a look and saw that the jar contained half-solid blood of some unknown substance.

She took out a long bamboo skewer and dipped it into the jar of blood, then took out a clean copper needle and carefully smeared the paste that she had just added her blood on it.

After these two things were ready, Ling Ruxue closed her eyes as if she was resting her eyes. After a few minutes of silence, Ling Ruxue flipped her wrist and took out a long, strange bamboo whistle from somewhere.

Holding the bamboo whistle, Ling Ruxue said to me, “Don’t stare at it. The appearance of the worm may make you feel uncomfortable. In addition, it hurts.”

I’ve accepted it in my body, so why would I be afraid of its appearance? I said it was fine, and Ling Ruyue didn’t say much either, just silently putting the bamboo whistle in her mouth.

Next, there was the process of extracting the parasite, which I would never want to recall in my life, because it was truly terrifying.

First, the wound on my shoulder was cut open again, to a very deep extent, and a cross-shaped incision was made.

Then, Ling Ruxue put the entire copper needle, which was covered with that strange ointment, into my wound. As soon as the needle entered my flesh, a wave of overwhelming pain left and exploded on my shoulder. I can’t describe that feeling. It was like a red-hot iron needle was originally hidden in my flesh, wrapped in ice, and then the ice melted…

What’s even worse is that the hot stuff became agitated, moving around in my flesh and blood. It felt like it wanted to break out of my body, but it also wanted to stay in my body by force.

Ling Ruxue blew the bamboo whistle, making a sound that made my skin crawl instinctively. The sound was not a whistle at all, but a buzzing sound similar to that of a bug. The buzzing sound was not loud, but it was even more unbearable than the sound of a fly flying. What was even more helpless was that it seemed to sound directly in your brain, and you couldn’t avoid it.

As the bamboo whistle sounded, the sharp pain in my shoulder became even more intense. I began to pray in my heart that I would faint from the pain. At this time, fainting was a kind of luxury happiness for me.

Unfortunately, the pain was accompanied by a burning sensation, and I thought it was impossible to faint!

At this moment, Ling Ruxue took out the thin bamboo stick that was soaked in the blood jar and lightly stuck it into my wound. This bamboo stick was like the straw that broke the camel’s back. I could clearly feel something in my flesh and blood rushing out, and the pain made me involuntarily snort.

This was the first time I had ever let out a sound. No matter what, men always have the instinct to be strong. In front of Ling Ruxue, I had always been patient and didn’t want to yell. This time, I really couldn’t help it.

If it were my mother in front of me, I might have already cried and yelled regardless of my age, rolled into my mother’s arms…

However, Ling Ruxue obviously didn’t have as many thoughts as I did. At this moment, her expression was unusually serious and focused. When the bamboo stick stuck in the wound vibrated slightly, I saw Ling Ruxue pull out the bamboo stick and quickly turn it around…

Finally, with her movements, I saw the parasite that had been in my body for two or three years. It wasn’t the hideous thing I had imagined, like a spider or scorpion, but a black-red thread-like worm with tiny, dense teeth along the edge of its body…

The worm was very thin, not much thicker than a sewing thread, and it didn’t look scary at all. But this kind of worm gave me a feeling of pure disgust…

As Ling Ruxue’s bamboo skewer rotated, the worm wound itself around it in a circle, and I felt the most uncomfortable. I endured the nausea and the excruciating pain of having my flesh pulled.

Fortunately, Ling Ruxue’s movements were very fast, and under her rapid movements, the pain was minimized.

The worm was completely pulled out. I was pale and looked at the worm wrapped around the bamboo skewer, which was almost a meter long. Ling Ruxue just looked at it and then said softly, “It’s only second to the life worm.” She put the bamboo skewer with the worm on it into an empty porcelain jar and then sealed it tightly.

I don’t know what the concept of “second only to the original” is, but Ling Ruxue was right. This bug has successfully left a mental shadow in my heart, but I didn’t know that I was destined to face them and face even more disgusting things…

After the removal of the parasite, Ling Ruxue began to examine my wound and then carefully applied a medicine to it. She said, “The medicine you applied before has had some effect. After applying this medicine, the effect of the mark will completely dissipate. However, the color of the mark medicine has already penetrated deep into the flesh…”

“It’s okay, this little sword is quite nice.” I understood what Ling Ruxue meant and said it very calmly.

“Mmm,” Ling Ruxue replied softly.Taoist priest

“Why did you lie to me? Su Rou and Qin Huai have been missing for so long, why did you lie to me?” I didn’t know what my expression was like, but I knew it must have been very scary, because Huigen suddenly hid in Ruyue’s arms, and Ruyue didn’t dare to look me in the eye.

After the exorcism was complete, Ling Ruxue was too tired to talk to me, and I didn’t want to face Ling Ruxue anymore. However, I knew that the exorcism was a great kindness, and at least at this time I had nothing to repay it with, so I could only say thank you and then bid farewell to Ling Ruxue.

Ru Yue and Huigen were indeed waiting at the entrance of the stilted house. When they saw me coming out, Ru Yue immediately came forward and asked, “Did it go well?”

“Yes, it went very well.”

Upon hearing this, Ru Yue’s expression immediately relaxed, and she revealed a sweet smile. Hui Gen’er didn’t understand anything, but since he saw Ru Yue smiling, he also followed suit and smiled foolishly.

I was worried about Su Rou and Qin Huai, so I found a relatively quiet place and asked about them.

At first, Ruyue always looked away and didn’t answer my questions directly, which made me feel even more uneasy. Finally, after I pressed him, Ruyue had to tell me that Qinhuai and Su Rou had been missing for almost half a month.

I was furious, almost madly so!