Gu Xijiu tried to control her breathing so that she could muster the strength to explain the severity of her condition to the man. Mr. Zhu was stupefied, as he never expected her condition to be so bad. "I did not know about that. You do not quite look like you are gravely ill."
She took another deep breath before responding, "I am still alive, thanks to the terrible mess of medicines that you have so generously spoon-fed me with. Although they never did cure the toxins in my body, their effects counteracted with one another and managed to contain the toxins in my organs rather than releasing them into every inch of my circulatory system. All the toxic chemicals have come together into a mix. Right now, the mixture of toxins is contained in the Shen Shu acupoint, where my upper reservoir of Qi is located."
She bombarded him with a series of professional terms. Disbelieving, he studied her a few times. "I did not know that you are an expert in the use of poisons."
