Ye Qiu was a bit nervous. After all, the Dragon King’s life was hanging by a thread. One wrong move, and it would be over for him.

“Golden needle!”

Ye Qiu stretched out his hand, and Sun Shengshou immediately placed the golden needle into his palm.

Holding the golden needle, Ye Qiu began to insert it again.

Swish, swish, swish!

In one breath, he inserted thirty-six golden needles into the Dragon King’s body, focusing mainly on his legs and right arm.

Only the left arm remained untouched by the needles.

“Brother Zhao, do you have a fire basin at home?” Ye Qiu suddenly asked.

“Yes,” Zhao Yun replied. “After the Dragon King was poisoned, his body alternated between hot and cold, so we prepared a fire basin for warmth.”

“Bring it over.”

Zhao Yun quickly went out and brought in a fire basin.

The fire basin was quite traditional, with a wooden frame around it and a sunken iron basin in the middle.

At this moment, the charcoal in the fire basin was burning brightly.

Ye Qiu moved the fire basin to the bedside and said, “Next, I will force the Gu worm out of the Dragon King. Sun Shengshou, everyone, please step back a few steps.”

Upon hearing this, Sun Shengshou and the other three health doctors quickly stepped back.

“Brother Zhao, get some gasoline,” Ye Qiu instructed.

“What do you need gasoline for?” Zhao Yun asked, surprised.

Ye Qiu smiled and said, “Just get it. You’ll see soon enough.”

“Alright.” Zhao Yun ran outside again and brought in a small jug of gasoline. He asked Ye Qiu, “Is two pounds enough?”

“That’s enough.”

With all the preparations complete, it was time to force the Gu worm out.

“Sun Shengshou, please hand me all the golden needles,” Ye Qiu said.

Sun Shengshou handed over dozens of sterilized golden needles to Ye Qiu.

Holding the golden needles in his left hand, Ye Qiu took a deep breath, focused his mind, and silently chanted the incantation to open the heavenly eyes.

In less than three seconds, Ye Qiu’s vision penetrated the Dragon King’s skin, revealing blood vessels, meridians, and internal organs…

He quickly searched for the Gu worm.

Ye Qiu knew that the Gu worm needed to consume fresh blood to survive, which meant it could only be hiding in the Dragon King’s blood vessels.

But where exactly?

Ye Qiu first searched around the Dragon King’s heart, as the freshest blood should attract the Gu worm the most.

He searched carefully for half a minute.

However, he found nothing.

The heavenly eyes could only be sustained for half a minute at a time, so Ye Qiu quickly withdrew his gaze, frowning slightly.

“Ye Qiu, did you find the Gu worm?” Zhao Yun asked.

“Little Zhao, don’t disturb him,” Sun Shengshou whispered.

Zhao Yun quickly closed his mouth.

Ye Qiu pondered. The Gu worm wasn’t hiding around the heart, which indicated it was very cunning.

Where could it be hiding?

“Again!”

Ye Qiu opened the heavenly eyes once more.

This time, he skipped the heart area and looked elsewhere.

Thirty seconds later.

Ye Qiu withdrew his gaze.

Still no sign of the Gu worm.

“Strange, where could it be hiding?”

Ye Qiu was puzzled.

He had searched twice but still couldn’t find the Gu worm’s hiding place.

“Damn it, I refuse to believe I can’t find you.”

Ye Qiu opened the heavenly eyes again.

For the third time, he found nothing.

Ye Qiu finally spoke to everyone, “The Gu worm hiding in the Dragon King’s body is very cunning. I’ve searched three times and still haven’t found it.”

Zhao Yun’s heart sank. He hurriedly asked, “Does that mean the Dragon King can’t be saved?”

Before Ye Qiu could respond, Sun Shengshou spoke up, “Little Zhao, don’t worry. Dr. Ye just hasn’t found it yet. I believe if we give him more time, he’ll definitely find the Gu worm. Right, Dr. Ye?”

“Yes,” Ye Qiu reassured Zhao Yun. “Don’t worry. No matter where the Gu worm is hiding, I’ll drag it out today.”

Then, Ye Qiu continued to use the heavenly eyes to search for the Gu worm inside the Dragon King’s body.

He searched five more times in a row, but found nothing.

Cold sweat was now beading on Ye Qiu’s forehead, and his face was pale. Using the heavenly eyes repeatedly had drained his energy and spirit.

The three health doctors whispered among themselves:

“What method is Dr. Ye using to find the Gu worm?”

“Why is he standing there without moving? Is he trying to find the Gu worm with his eyes?”

“That’s impossible! The Gu worm is hiding inside the Dragon King. How could he see it with his eyes? Unless Dr. Ye’s eyes can see through things.”

Sun Shengshou was also curious.

Every time Ye Qiu searched for the Gu worm, he stood still, staring intently at the Dragon King. Although Sun Shengshou was puzzled, he guessed that Ye Qiu was probably using some kind of secret technique.

After all, traditional Chinese medicine had many miraculous techniques passed down through the ages.

“Dr. Ye, take a break!” Seeing Ye Qiu’s pale face, Sun Shengshou suggested.

“Alright.”

Ye Qiu rested while thinking about how to find the Gu worm.

Suddenly, an idea struck him.

Ye Qiu suddenly had a plan.

Since the Gu worm was hiding so well, why not force it to reveal itself?

Excited by the thought, Ye Qiu wasted no time.

He placed his palm on the Dragon King’s chest and injected internal energy into his body. Instantly, the internal energy flowed through the meridians, accelerating the blood circulation in the Dragon King’s body.

Ye Qiu opened the heavenly eyes again.

Suddenly, he saw a black dot darting out from behind the Dragon King’s lung, racing through the blood vessels.

The black dot was tiny, only the size of a toothpick head. If Ye Qiu hadn’t been watching closely, he might have missed it.

“How cunning, hiding behind the lung.”

Ye Qiu quickly inserted the needles.

Swish, swish, swish!

In a matter of seconds, he inserted twenty golden needles.

His speed was astonishing.

He used the golden needles to seal the major acupoints in the Dragon King’s body, forcing the Gu worm towards the Dragon King’s left arm.

At the same time, he used the golden needles to drive the Gu worm along its escape route.

Twenty seconds later.

Ye Qiu saw the Gu worm had fled into the blood vessels of the Dragon King’s left wrist.

He continued to drive it with the golden needles.

The Gu worm had no choice but to keep moving forward.

Taking advantage of the moment, Ye Qiu quickly pierced the Dragon King’s middle finger with a needle.

Splat—

Blood spurted out.

Immediately, the Gu worm crawled out from the wound on the Dragon King’s middle finger.

“Finally out!”

Ye Qiu struck with his palm, knocking the Gu worm into the fire basin.

Sizzle…

A strange sound came from the fire basin, like a wailing scream.

Ye Qiu saw that the Gu worm, originally the size of a toothpick head, had instantly transformed into a five-centimeter-long snake.

The snake’s head was green, and its body was half red and half white, making it look terrifying.

The little snake tried to escape from the fire basin, but Ye Qiu flicked his finger, and a golden needle shot out, pinning the snake to the fire basin.

Everyone finally saw what was happening in the fire basin.

The little snake was pinned by the golden needle, struggling in the flames, emitting a foul stench.

Its blood-red eyes stared coldly at Ye Qiu, filled with hatred.