The man in front was just about to speak when he was interrupted by a shrill scream. Sarawa, who had been so aggressive just now, was now lying motionless on the ground, foaming at the mouth. She seemed to be out of breath, her body trembling uncontrollably. She cast a pleading look at the people around her.
However, those who had just echoed her now wished they could be a million miles away from her. This was a typical symptom of being possessed by evil spirits. Naturally, the people around could feel that the thing was very powerful.
Even if they could help her a little, they all chose to stay out of it. They just coldly watched her struggling helplessly.
When Ning Yitao was about to walk over, Henry grabbed her and said with a complicated expression, "Great Master Ning, maybe you'd better not go. Even I can feel that the thing is not simple."
"Moreover, that Sarawa has been trying to gang up on you and isolate you from the very beginning. When you were not around just now, they were still speaking ill of you."
Ning Yitao didn't care about those convoluted reasons. All she could see was merit. As the saying goes, saving a life is better than building a seven - story pagoda.
This saying certainly made sense. Saving Sarawa would earn her a lot of merit. The abacus in her mind had already started working.
As soon as Ning Yitao squatted beside Sarawa, the latter's trembling hand tightly grasped Ning Yitao's clothes. The foam from her mouth kept gushing out, and her whole body twitched so that she couldn't speak.
But the will to survive made her hold on to Ning Yitao's clothes tightly. Ning Yitao was the only one who had come over. There was a strong will to survive in her eyes.
At this moment, no one noticed that someone in the crowd quietly moved to the corner and kicked away the nails that Ning Yitao had just placed. The closed door quietly opened a crack.
The signal in the room came back, and the live - broadcast resumed silently on its own.
The scene of the crowd coldly watching Sarawa's dying plea for help was now in front of all the viewers. Only Ning Yitao chose to lend a hand.
The man seemed to sense something and looked towards the door, but he didn't plan to remind Ning Yitao. Pretending nothing had happened, he walked over to Ning Yitao.
Ning Yitao held Sarawa's hand and felt her pulse. Although on the surface it seemed that she was possessed by evil spirits and there was a strong evil aura on her, upon closer inspection, one could find that she still had her own consciousness.
Sure enough, the pulse was chaotic. This was the kind of pulse that would only appear when a Gu worm entered the body and devoured the host. It was just that the black aura deliberately made the people around think that Sarawa was possessed by evil spirits, thus buying time.
If the evil aura was really as powerful as the psychic mediums around felt and had attached itself to Sarawa, that mass of black aura definitely wouldn't have caused such a big commotion. It would only have quietly hidden in the crowd and not dared to show itself.
Sure enough, after examining Sarawa's body everywhere, Ning Yitao found a red blood clot on the back of her neck, which confirmed her suspicion. She had been poisoned by a Gu worm.
"Another Gu worm. Could this Gu worm be the one cultivated from that half - book of Gu techniques that the old woman gave away last time?" Zhaocai said worriedly.
If so, today's incident was related to that "noble person" again. The purpose of that mass of black aura coming here today must be related to the "noble person".
What troubled Ning Yitao now was this Gu worm in front of her. Although she was proficient in Gu techniques, this one was a secret method uniquely created and passed down by the old woman's family for generations. She really had limited ability to solve it.
Ning Yitao secretly made up her mind to study that half - book given by the old woman after this competition. She could sense that there would be no shortage of "sweet encounters" with this "noble person" in the future.
Ning Yitao helped Sarawa lean against the wall. She took out several long needles from her pocket, infused spiritual energy into them, and then inserted them one by one into Sarawa's neck, forehead, and temples, trying to temporarily stop the spread of the toxin.
If the blood clot on the back of her neck burst and the Gu worm successfully hatched, she would surely die.
The blood clot was now in a semi - transparent state, and one could clearly see that the Gu worm inside was still sleeping. But suddenly, the originally quiet Gu worm suddenly became violent.
Sarawa also became restless immediately. Lying on the ground, she twisted like a mutated zombie. Ning Yitao was suddenly pulled away by the man, thus avoiding being accidentally injured.
He casually pressed some acupoints on Sarawa's body. The Gu worm stopped being violent, and Sarawa was spared from death just now.
"Kid, she's an exorcist. Injecting spiritual energy into her body is not helping her. You're indirectly accelerating the growth of the Gu worm. We can only find Western psychic mediums to help her," the man explained calmly.
While Ning Yitao was still in a daze, shocked by Sarawa's sudden change, he suddenly stroked her head. Before she could react, he quickly withdrew his hand, smiling wantonly with a look of triumph on his face.
"My name is Ji Wangqiu. Kid, do you remember me now?"
Ning Yitao hesitated for a moment. "Ji Wangqiu." Memories flooded back into her mind.
She said hesitantly, "Weren't you supposed to be dead long ago?"
"If you can live, of course I can too. I'm still alive just to find you."
Zhaocai had an expression that said "I knew it would be like this" and helplessly interrupted, "Alright, stop reminiscing. I'll explain it to you later. Quickly take a look at Sarawa. If she dies, we won't get any merit this time."
Ning Yitao turned around and looked at the psychic mediums in front of her, calmly stating Sarawa's current situation.
"That mass of black aura left a large amount of evil aura in her body. To cover up its tracks, it also planted a Gu worm. Now she's at the end of her strength."
"The Western psychic mediums here can help her expel the evil aura, and I'll help her extract the Gu worm. She still has a slim chance of survival. I wonder who among you is willing to lend a hand?"
The remaining psychic mediums looked at each other. Even though they knew that she was not possessed by evil spirits and posed no threat to them, there was still hesitation on each of their faces.
They took it for granted that the live - broadcast had been suspended. Wouldn't it be better if this strong competitor, Sarawa, was out of the picture?
Even one psychic medium stepped forward and said harshly, "Why go to so much trouble to save her? If she dies, we'll have more chances to win the competition. I advise you not to meddle in other people's business."
Ning Yitao stared directly at that psychic medium, Mai Chou. "Cowards only look for reasons in others. Do you think you can win just because she's gone?"
"Your ears are thin and small, and the hills on your forehead are sunken. It's destined that you'll achieve nothing in your life. You've participated in many competitions, but you're always mediocre.
"I advise you to be less jealous. Don't live your life like your name, selling ugliness. Finally, I advise you not to drink after the competition."
Mai Chou was left speechless because what Ning Yitao said was indeed true.