Back when Xu Yi had taken up the identity of Plum Blossom Seven and assumed command of the covert guards, he had issued an order to find Gold Corpse Old Cao and Ning Wuque. But no news had come for a long time.
He had guessed that the two had probably gone to meet up with Xiong Bei Ming, so he stopped looking.
Now Xiong Bei Ming had sent word that something strange had happened to Ning Wuque. The story sounded downright frightening, so Xu Yi hurried over.
After exchanging a few jokes and greetings, Xu Yi examined Ning Wuque's condition and frowned. "There's nothing wrong with you. Your body's just growing some scales. You've cultivated this far, and you still care whether you're human or a monster?"
In Xu Yi's eyes, Ning Wuque's symptoms were nothing more than a straightforward transformation into a monster.
Ning Wuque glared at him. "If it were that simple, I wouldn't have gone to all the trouble of finding you. My Three-Eyes race has never had anything like this happen. I've lived in Canglan World, too. When have you ever seen a Three-Eyes person like this? And these scales are growing with remarkable regularity. Every day, right at noon, they start growing at a speed visible to the naked eye. At that moment, I always feel like the sky's about to split open, as if something's pouring into my body and making me miserable. But I don't know what to do about it. It's been more than ten days now, and I've tried everything. I had no choice but to come find you, big shot, and see if you could think of something."
The growth of the scales was especially painful, so Ning Wuque wore nothing but a pair of shorts. The scales had