The Grand Elder bowed. "This humble commoner thinks so because my lord prince had been given a savage aphrodisiac at the time.

The Yin-Yang Gu is just what the name says. There's a yin gu and a yang gu... The yin gu is yin to the extreme. Most of the time it lies in a state of false death, and once inside a body, only surging vitality can wake it.

And a savage aphrodisiac sets the vitality surging and the body burning with lust... That is exactly what wakes the yin gu."

So that was it. Now Ning Chen understood why that person had given him a savage aphrodisiac at the time.

He'd thought whoever it was lusted after his body. He'd never imagined it was to wake a gu worm.

Feng Qizheng scratched his head irritably. "That's a lot of talk. Can you get the gu out of him or not?"

The Grand Elder shook his head. "An ordinary gu worm I could manage. The Yin-Yang Gu, I'm helpless against."

Xiao Yanxi said quickly, "Grand Elder, then do you know anyone who can get rid of a Yin-Yang Gu?"

The Grand Elder said, "As far as I know, there are two people who should be able to..."

Feng Qizheng blurted, "Out with it. Which two?"

Pan Yucheng said, "Quit butting in and let the Grand Elder finish."

The Grand Elder thought for a moment. "Of those who could get rid of a Yin-Yang Gu, one is the Physician Immortal, Shang Lu. Sadly, he has passed on, but his personal disciple, Miss Zisu, should be able to do it too. Finding Miss Zisu shouldn't be hard for my lord prince, surely?

The second is the Wu Kingdom's High Priestess. If she could be persuaded to step in, she should be able to get rid of the Yin-Yang Gu."

Ning Chen was surprised. "The Wu Kingdom's High Priestess?"

The Grand Elder said, "The Wu Kingdom's High Priestess is roughly what a State Preceptor is elsewhere.

Her station is exalted, but she holds no real power... Her chief duties are things like…