She threw off her blanket and yelled. 。"Princess..." Xier was clearly startled, her face paling as she whispered, "Forgive this servant, Princess. It was His Royal Highness the Crown Prince who sent..."Stop! Stop it!" Su Chengming's body twitched uncontrollably, collapsing directly to the ground. He writhed in pain, completely losing all dignity, his originally pale face now covered with a deathly ashen hue.

"Father!" Su Qingying's eyes were wet, watching him in pain and helplessness. Tears streamed down her porcelain-like face, splashing onto the ground.

Su Ziyi hurriedly carried the unconscious Su Chengming back to the dragon bed. Though he didn't cry, his eyes were clearly red.

His father was a wise emperor, deeply loved by the people. He had always been high above and untouchable. How could he have ever looked so disheveled and miserable

How could he not be heartbroken to see things like this

Staring at Su Chengming who was unconscious, Zhao Tianyu put away his usual carefree manner and his voice turned solemn, “The situation isn’t good. Qingying guessed right, the gu worms have awakened and are rioting inside Emperor Dongyue's body.”

Su Qingying's heart was filled with distress. She looked at him with tear-filled eyes, her voice choked with emotion: "Your internal energy could suppress it, couldn't it Then...what do you mean by shaking your head"

"My inner strength is good at suppressing them, but as I've said before, gu worms have an extremely strong adaptability. The fact that it's awakened at this time means it has completely adapted to my inner strength." Seeing her cry so sadly, Zhao Tianyu also felt uncomfortable inside.

The terrifying thing about the caterpillar is its ability to adapt quickly to all environments.

Though he had a superficial understanding of insects, it was ultimately just skin deep.

As he spoke, Su Ziyi's heart sank to the bottom, a near-despair emotion rising within him. He pursed his lips, his hand hanging by his side clenched tightly, his nails digging deep into his flesh as if he couldn't feel the pain.

The atmosphere was heavy, everyone felt weighed down. Xi'er's eyes were red and she cried silently.

Su Qingying's body trembled, and she knelt directly on the icy ground. Her heart sank continuously, as if sinking into an bottomless abyss. Tears welled up, and she cried like a child for the first time.

Helpless, vulnerable.

He crouched down and lightly patted Su Qingying's back. Zhao Tianyu's face turned cold as he uttered the conjecture that had been buried deep in his heart, "I originally thought my internal energy could at least put it to sleep for a month, but I didn't expect it to wake up half a month early. At this rate, I'm afraid this worm isn't an ordinary one, it's most likely a Golden Cicada Gu."

"Golden Cicada Gu What's the difference" Su Qingying raised her pear blossom-like face with a teary expression, watching him with wide, blinking eyes.

The Golden Cicada Gu ranks first among the top ten venomous insects, renowned as the most potent poison in the world. However, the formation conditions for a Golden Cicada Gu are extremely stringent. Millions of gu worms are placed together, and they tear each other apart until only one survives. Only then is there a possibility that it will become a Golden Cicada Gu," Zhao Tianyu said.

“Oh! This is too terrifying, too cruel!” Xi’er shivered with fear, taking a few steps back. Just thinking about that scene made her whole body tremble.

Crossed his arms and leaning lazily against the wall behind him, Zhao Tianyu's obsidian eyes held a deep disdain. "That's not all," he said in a low voice. "I heard... I heard my father say that some people who cultivate the Golden Cicada Gu, when it is still young, will place it inside their own body and nourish it for years with their own blood. This is called the mother gu. And over many years of feeding, the mother gu can give birth to a young Golden Cicada Gu."

After a pause, he continued, "However, as far as I know, this method is too sinister. Every person who uses it to refine gu worms is invariably attacked by the gu worms, and they die with blood flowing from their seven orifices. Therefore, very few people would do such a thing."

Hearing this, Su Qingying instinctively gasped, quickly regaining her composure. Her phoenix eyes, as deep as a cold pool, flickered with an intense, bone-chilling hatred. "A childhood Golden Cicada Gu Then Father's body..."

Nodding silently, Zhao Tianyu let out a soft sigh, his expression more serious and solemn than ever before. “Based on Dong Yue Huang’s condition, I suspect this is a juvenile Golden Cicada Gu. At first, it won't have much effect on its host, but as it grows, it will slowly devour the host's five internal organs and six bowels, until it consumes all the host's flesh and blood before automatically crawling out.”

Even Su Qingying, who had crawled out of the pile of corpses, couldn't help but feel a jolt of fear at such a cruel fate.

"No, how could this be Is there really no other way" A wave of dizziness washed over Su Qingying, her face paling to almost colorless in an instant. She bit her lip, her voice trembling.

He let out a wry smile and apologetically waved his hand. "Only by finding the queen cobra, or so-called antidote, otherwise..."

Before he could finish his words, everyone understood what he meant. The atmosphere was thick with tension, making it hard to breathe.

"Cough, cough, cough..." After what seemed like an eternity, Su Chengming, who had fainted, finally stirred slightly.

He struggled to sit up and saw the unshed tears on Su Qingying's pretty face. He beckoned her over, gently wiping away her tears with a large hand. With a hint of annoyance, he lightly pinched her pert nose. "Silly girl, why are you crying You're such a grown woman, still crying Everyone dies eventually, is there anything to be sad about By the time your father reached this age, he had long since seen death as a natural part of life. If the antidote can't be found, then so be it. All your father asks is that you and Yier live a long and peaceful life, for everything else, just let fate take its course."

"Father, please don't say that. We will definitely find a way to save you. You will surely live a long and healthy life." Su Ziyi's throat tightened, almost unable to speak. He felt very uncomfortable in his heart.

Holding his hand tightly that was caressing her cheek, Su Qingying trembled her eyelashes and slowly shook her head. Her bright and deep phoenix eyes flashed a trace of disdain, word by word, she said with a firm and powerful voice: "Destiny I, Su Qingying, never believe in destiny! My life is up to me, not heaven!"

Xi'er blinked, staring intently at the stunning girl before her, "Princess…"

After a moment's hesitation, Su Qingying lifted her phoenix eyes, a resolute glint flashing in her pupils. "Father," she declared, "I am going to Nanjiang!"

"What To Nanjiang" Not only Su Chengming, but everyone present was taken aback, staring at her in surprise.

"Well, since the Jinchan Gu originates from Nanjiang, then Nanjiang must definitely have a cure for it. No matter what the cost, I must get my hands on it!" Su Qingying nodded resolutely, her tear-stained phoenix eyes flashing with a cold light, inexplicably revealing a hint of ferocity.

"No! I disagree! Ying'er, stop being childish!" Su Chengming refused without hesitation. A trace of severity suddenly appeared in his eyes, which were somewhat similar to Su Qingying's.

Su Qingying raised her eyes to meet his gaze without fear. Her stunning red lips were pursed into a straight line, her eyes unwavering, "I'm not being unreasonable, Father. I haven't properly served you yet, I absolutely won't allow anything to happen to you."

Thinking of what Nan Jiang had done to the emperor, the hatred and killing intent in her heart couldn't be suppressed at all. Her knuckles clicked as she clenched them tightly.

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Sheng Shang looked at the fluttering fans, holding one in his hand and tapping it rhythmically against his palm. He mused, "But East Yue is a thousand miles away from Nan Jiang. It would take us at least a month to reach there. By then, the emperor's poisonous insects..." up doesn't really matter.Today, she wore a crimson floor-length water sleeve pleated phoenix tail skirt, with a light gauze overlay, and a slightly simple drooping cloud bun.Well, time flies. She sh...