"Healing Technique!"

A green glow emerged from Su Mo’s hand and covered Lu Shixun’s head.

The cracked skull that had almost caved inward slowly recovered under the yang energy. Flesh repaired itself, the bleeding stopped, and even the damaged bones returned to normal little by little.

Well...

Su Mo really couldn’t hold himself back earlier.

After hearing Lu Shixun calmly explain his atrocious deeds, Su Mo’s irritation peaked for a moment, and he punched him instinctively.

Fortunately, he regained control midway.

Otherwise, Lu Shixun’s head would have exploded on the operating table.

Su Mo looked at the unconscious man and sighed faintly.

"I can’t let you die yet," he muttered.

After making sure Lu Shixun’s condition stabilised completely, Su Mo directly stored him inside the Storage Ring.

The operating room instantly became much emptier.

As for the doctors and nurses standing there blankly, Su Mo didn’t bother with them anymore. The hypnosis would wear off after some time.

The news of Lu Shixun’s disappearance could not spread too early.

Right now, the important thing was something else. He still needed more information.

Especially about how much Ye Chen had changed after taking the gender-changing pill.

Su Mo quietly left the operating theatre.

---

A few minutes later, near the hospital, in a private lounge.

"Excuse me."

One of the gunmen turned around instinctively.

"Who are y—"

Before he could finish speaking, his eyes met Su Mo’s.

His expression instantly became dazed.

Su Mo didn’t waste time.

"Have you seen the girl saved by Zhu Shan inside the tomb?"

The hypnotised man answered immediately.

"You mean Miss Ye Ling?"

Su Mo narrowed his eyes slightly.

So Ye Chen used his sister’s name as an alias.

"Where did she go?" Su Mo asked directly. "Didn’t she return with you?"

"...No. Miss Ling left with Mr Zhu."

"With Zhu Shan?"

Su Mo frowned.

"Where?"

"I only know that Miss Ling wanted to learn extraordinary powers like him... so she followed Mr Zhu back."

The moment he heard that answer, Su Mo froze briefly.

Then his expression became strange.

"...What?"

For a moment, even he didn’t know what to say.

Ye Chen.

No, Ye Ling.

Actually, followed Zhu Shan back to the White Moon Sect to learn cultivation.

Su Mo rubbed his forehead slowly.

A headache was genuinely coming.

The entire situation had become absurd in a direction even he didn’t expect.

"Does he plan to become a cultivator..." he muttered, feeling speechless.

The protagonist, who originally relied on mercenary skills and luck to survive against a cultivator, was now disguising himself as a woman and joining his killer’s cultivation sect.

What kind of chaotic development was this?

The more Su Mo thought about it, the stranger it felt.

Still, after calming down slightly, he accepted reality quickly.

Since Ye Chen had entered the White Moon Sect, reaching him immediately would become difficult.

At least for now.

"I’ll deal with those criminals first..."

Su Mo narrowed his eyes thoughtfully.

Wu Chaochang’s subordinates were still locked up.

Since the Red Cloak Organisation opposed the White Moon Sect, it was impossible for them not to know where the sect was located.

Even if they didn’t, he could still trace Wu Chaochang himself later. He must know it.

Either way, Ye Chen could not escape forever.

At most, his death was delayed by a few more days.

After organising his thoughts, Su Mo looked back at the hypnotised gunman.

"How did Ye Ling look?" he asked. "Describe her appearance."

The gunman’s previously blank expression suddenly changed.

Even in hypnosis, excitement appeared on his face.

"Beautiful... I’ve never seen such a beautiful woman in my life..."

Saliva almost dripped from the corner of his mouth.

"Even Fan Biwang can’t compare to her! That cold, arrogant beauty was like something sculpted by gods. No one can compare to her!" 𝘧𝓇𝑒𝑒𝑤ℯ𝑏𝓃𝘰𝑣ℯ𝘭.𝘤ℴ𝘮

The more he spoke, the more excited he became.

"Oh my god! You don’t know! I really wanted to hug her back then..."

Then his expression became regretful.

"Too bad I didn’t dare to."

Su Mo’s face twitched slightly.

The gunman continued speaking honestly under hypnosis.

"I’m married. If my wife finds out I had such thoughts, I’m dead."

While saying that, genuine fear appeared on his face.

Clearly, even his subconscious feared his wife deeply.

"...I see."

Su Mo suddenly didn’t know what to say anymore.

Especially after imagining this man lusting after Ye Chen. He immediately felt uncomfortable.

"...Ugh, so disgusting."

After suppressing that strange feeling, Su Mo continued asking.

"Do you have a photo of her?"

"The drones should have captured some images."

"Show me."

The gunman obediently took out a device and opened the stored drone pictures.

Then Su Mo saw it.

For several seconds, he remained silent.

On the screen was a young woman with shoulder-length hair, delicate facial features, fair skin, and a naturally cold but attractive appearance.

She looked completely different from the previous Ye Chen.

They had no similarities.

None at all.

If Lu Shixun hadn’t mentioned the clothes earlier, even Su Mo himself would never have connected the two identities together.

"...You’re telling me this is Ye Chen?"

Su Mo stared at the picture speechlessly.

At this moment, he finally realised one thing clearly.

He had seriously underestimated the absurdity of the system’s products.

This wasn’t simply changing gender.

It was practically rewriting a person entirely!

Previous Ye Chen and current Ye Ling looked like two completely unrelated people. A beast and a beauty.

Su Mo stayed silent for a while before finally exhaling lightly.

"...ridiculous."

Still, none of it mattered to him.

Beautiful or ugly. Man or woman.

Ye Chen would still die, regardless.

That outcome would not change.

---

After getting the information he wanted, Su Mo transformed into an eagle and flew out of Jiangnan City.

His goal was the western forest.

’I hope Sister Xulin is right and I can find those ferocious, hungry animals.’

’If only the appetites of the Little Silvers were a little stronger. Then I wouldn’t be so troubled.’

He shook his head and flew right into the forest.

After that, he was busy for several hours catching beasts.