It's out, it's finally out!

It's out, it's finally out!

This bright-silver female guard looked so cold and stern, yet she was surprisingly easy to fool. Perhaps she had spent too long buried underground...

Now that he had fooled her, he should seize the chance to say goodbye and leave the Jade Lake, before the bright-silver female guard thought herself into another dead end and went crazy again.

With that thought, Song Shuhang cupped his hands toward the bright-silver female guard and was just about to say goodbye.

But just then... Song Shuhang suddenly felt warmth against his back, as though someone had hugged him from behind. Having been about to get up and leave, he froze where he was, unable to rise.

After about a breath, that warm, embracing sensation gradually faded, replaced by the impression that something was about to burrow out of his back.

His back did not hurt, however. Instead, it felt slightly tingly and numb. Meanwhile, his body remained immobile, as though he had been struck by the Body-Fixing Technique.

"What's going on?" Song Shuhang tried moving his hands. His fingers could move, but he could not lift his arms. His whole body felt so heavy.

"What's wrong with you? You look very pale," the bright-silver female guard below asked.

"I can't move my body," Song Shuhang said with a frown.

"Hmm, let me take a look... Huh? All the true qi inside you is gathering toward your back. Have you practiced any techniques involving 'breaking out of a cocoon and being reborn' or 'shedding your skin'? Something like the Heavenly Silkworm Nine Transformations, the Caterpillar-to-Butterfly Great × Art, or Jade Serpent Three Lives?" the bright-silver guard asked.

Song Shuhang said, "No, I've never practiced any of those bizarre techniques."

After thinking for a moment, the bright-silver female guard said,