"So you mean the person who laid the gu is Gu Shan?" Bai Ling asked Camellia with a hint of pity.

"My spouse and I have always been kind. If it's not him, I can't think of anyone else we've offended in Miaojiang. If Kun Kun has truly been cursed with a gu, then it must be Gu Shan's doing," Camellia stated with certainty at this time.

"Gu Shan is also a pitiable person; his love for you was so deep that it turned into hatred," Ling Zhenfei said with a slight sigh.

"This is a case where a pitiable person has their detestable side. Now that we know Kun Kun has been cursed with a gu, there must be a way to break it," Bai Ling said, looking at Camellia, hoping she knew how to break the curse.

Camellia shook her head. "Every gu has a different way to be broken. Some gu, even the creators don't know how to break, and given how strange Gu Shan's gu is, it's even harder to find a method to break it."

Camellia and Bai Ling then turned their gazes to Ling Zhenfei; as a Divine Doctor, they hoped he knew how to break the gu.

Ling Zhenfei himself had only a rudimentary understanding of gu and normally had no contact with such things, let alone knew how to break one.

"Don't worry, I will definitely think of a way," Ling Zhenfei replied confidently, even though he had no solution, in order not to disappoint them.

"Then we thank the Divine Doctor greatly. With you here, we believe there's hope for Kun Kun," Camellia thanked Ling Zhenfei again, firmly believing that he would have no problem since he had identified that Kun Kun was cursed with a gu, which was already quite remarkable.

After Camellia left, Bai Ling asked Ling Zhenfei, "Do you really know how to break the gu?"

"I don't!" Ling Zhenfei admitted truthfully.

"You don't know, and yet you said it so confidently?" Bai Ling said somewhat unhappily.

Ling Zhenfei also felt helpless. "Didn't you see the look in Camellia's eyes just now? If I had said I couldn't cure it, how heartbroken she would have been."

"You care about other people being heartbroken, but what if you can't cure it, how will you explain it to them?" Bai Ling even felt a bit of pity for Ling Zhenfei at that point. As a Divine Doctor burdened with high expectations, he couldn't just say he couldn't do it, and had to figure it out alone.

Ling Zhenfei's Divine Sense then entered the Heaven-Dropping Essence Marrow, searching through ancient texts for books on breaking gu. The ancient texts in the Heaven-Dropping Essence Marrow were many, but there were very few concerning Miaojiang's gu-raising techniques. However, persistence pays off, and he finally found a book about gu insects that included a description of the gu inside Kun Kun.

The description of one gu insect in the book matched exactly with the gu insect Ling Zhenfei encountered, confirming definitively that the gu inside Kun Kun was indeed that one.

This bug, named Ironclad Spirit-eating Insect, existed in ancient times and had a terrifying habit of devouring nearby Northern Spiritual Energy, consuming everything with spiritual energy and using the absorbed energy to strengthen its shell. The more spiritual energy the Ironclad Spirit-eating Insect absorbed, the harder its shell became, making it impervious to hacking and chopping. It even had the ability to rebound attacks from powerful spiritual energy, making it extremely formidable.

The description matched all the characteristics of the gu in Kun Kun's body, starting with absorbing spiritual energy, a trait that was already very apparent. The spiritual energy in Kun Kun's body had almost been completely drained by this bug.

The other was the hard shell, as when Ling Zhenfei had tried to insert the Silver Needle, it made a metallic sound upon striking its shell, clearly indicating that the shell of the Ironclad Spirit-eating Insect had become very robust.

From the fact that the Silver Needle nearly got bent, it could be confirmed that for the Northern Spiritual Energy, there indeed exists a rebound capability. Just based on these three points, Ling Zhenfei could affirm that the gu insect inside Xiao Kunkun was the Ironclad Spirit-eating Insect.

This type of insect existed since ancient times, it's truly unknown how Gu Shan, under what sort of serendipitous coincidence, obtained this insect. It's simply terrifyingly powerful. If there were enough of these insects, one could indeed say they were invincible.

Now that the name of the insect was known, the next step was to look into the insect's weaknesses and methods of eradication. However, the ancient texts offered very little information about this insect, and even less about its habits, merely mentioning in passing that this particular Spirit-eating Insect feared fire. That was all.

Fear of fire! Ling Zhenfei saw the insect's only weakness, but now that the insect was inside Xiao Kunkun's body, how could he use fire? If he burned the insect, wouldn't that kill Xiao Kunkun as well?

Ling Zhenfei was considering methods to deal with the insect when, at that moment, Bai Ling and Shen Songling rushed in from outside, looking extremely anxious.

"Mr. Ling, something terrible has happened," Shen Songling said to Ling Zhenfei, somewhat panicked.

"What happened?" Given that Shen Songling was the head of a hospital and still so terrified, it was clear that the matter was serious.

Gasping for breath, Shen Songling said, "It's like this: we can't keep it under control outside anymore, the security can't hold them back, there are too many people, they are about to break in."

"What do they want to do by coming in? Did you ask?" Ling Zhenfei truly couldn't figure out what these people really wanted by breaking in.

Standing by, Bai Ling said, "It's like this: because of the massive amount of attention this matter has received, many journalists and media personnel have arrived at the scene. They are demanding that Xiao Kunkun be transferred to the Traditional Chinese Medicine Hospital, including a press conference about Xiao Kunkun's treatment situation and the current progress."

After carefully listening, Ling Zhenfei said, "This shouldn't be a difficult matter. The journalists and media want news, and the netizens want to know the progress of the matter. It seems there's nothing inappropriate about holding a press conference at your hospital to let them know what they want to know."

"But, they are demanding that you personally attend."

Upon hearing this, Ling Zhenfei was startled. He really didn't want to be interviewed, let alone attend such a formal press conference, because it wasn't guaranteed that only journalists would be there. Fans and trolls could also attend, and answering questions might be easy, but it could get nasty if conflicts arose.

However, not holding this press conference would only lead to more speculation and make the situation even more uncontrollable. Now that Xiao Kunkun's condition had seen a significant improvement and the treatment work was progressing steadily, it seemed reasonable to tell journalists the truth.

"Since that's the case, let's fulfill their request and hold the press conference."

After Ling Zhenfei finished speaking, Bai Ling and Shen Songling were a bit surprised he agreed. Before they could speak, they heard someone outside say, "No, this press conference cannot be held."

Following the voice, Ye Wenying pushed the door and entered. She had been listening outside all along, and her entrance certainly startled the people in the room.

"What do you mean, why can't the press conference be held?" Bai Ling's expression turned sour when she saw Ye Wenying come in. It seemed that women, especially beautiful women, were natural rivals.

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