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"Director Ling, you already agreed to it just now."

"The Tang Sect wouldn't go back on its word, would it?"

Su Mo prodded her, clearly enjoying the spectacle.

"Brat, this was your plan from the very beginning, wasn't it?!"

Ling Zichen, who had stopped recording, glared viciously at Su Mo.

As the Tang Sect's chief scientist, if she could not recognize a material as precious as Dark Gold Dreadclaw, she might as well throw her eyes away.

No wonder Su Mo had changed his terms. So he had been waiting for her here.

Although the Tang Sect had accumulated quite a few Soul Bones over the past ten thousand years, the Great Far-North Sweep five thousand years ago had especially left both the Tang Sect and Spirit Pagoda rolling in riches.

Even so, finding an External Soul Bone of the same grade as the Dark-Gold Terrorclaw Bear Right Palm Bone would still be extremely difficult.

Soul Bones of this grade were generally used by the Tang Sect to cultivate figures at the level of hall masters.

"Mm!"

Su Mo did not argue. Instead, he admitted it openly.

Seeing Su Mo admit it, Ling Zichen's expression eased considerably. "Brat, congratulations. You achieved your goal."

Although being played by Su Mo made her very unhappy, she had already agreed to his request.

No matter what, she would find him an External Soul Bone of the same quality as the Dark-Gold Terrorclaw Bear Right Palm Bone.

Keeping her word was one of Ling Zichen's principles in life.

"Brat, can you tell me now what happened when you were in Hero Hall?"

"Of course!"

Just as Su Mo was about to speak, he saw Ling Zichen turn toward Mu Xi. "Miss Mu Xi, what comes next concerns Tang Sect secrets. Could you please leave your little boyfriend for a while?"

"Ah, no, it's not like that!" Mu Xi's cheeks flushed faintly as she waved her hands repeatedly. "My junior and I aren't at that stage yet!"

Mu Xi had not heard a single word of what Ling Zichen said, except for that final phrase: "your little boyfriend."

"..."

Ling Zichen was speechless as she looked at Mu Xi's bashful expression.

She gave Xu Li a meaningful look, and Xu Li immediately understood, leading Mu Xi outside.

Only after Xu Li had taken Mu Xi from the room did Ling Zichen nod in satisfaction and turn back to Su Mo. "Brat, you can begin."

Before coming to see Su Mo, Ling Zichen had already visited the Tang Sect branch in Eastsea City.

Unfortunately, there was not a single record in the system regarding what had happened to Su Mo that day.

If Wu Zhangkong had not repeatedly assured her that he had done nothing, Ling Zichen would truly have suspected him of deleting the system records on his own initiative.

Su Mo did not hide anything and told Ling Zichen everything that had happened between him and Tang San in Hero Hall.

Ling Zichen listened intently, and her expression grew increasingly grave.

By the time Su Mo finished, her brows were nearly twisted into a single line.

In truth, Ling Zichen did not know much about Hero Hall either, because the project had already been operating before she joined the Tang Sect.

Zang Xin had only sent her because the researchers who participated in Hero Hall's construction had all passed away, leaving them no choice but to rely on her, the Tang Sect's chief scientist.

"As I recall, there shouldn't have been any code for Ring Detonation written into Hero Hall back then!"

Ling Zichen scratched her head in frustration.

If Su Mo was not lying, then there were far too many suspicious points in this matter. She needed to return and look through the materials left behind from Hero Hall's construction.

"Brat, thank you for telling me."

"Please do not reveal anything about Hero Hall to anyone else. As for the Soul Bone, I'll have Wu Zhangkong deliver it to you."

Before leaving, Ling Zichen did not forget to remind Su Mo of the precautions.

Ling Zichen had barely left when Mu Xi poked her head into the room.

"Junior, that big-butt woman didn't give you a hard time, did she?"

Mu Xi sat boldly beside Su Mo and asked with concern.

"No. Thank you for standing up for me just now, Senior."

"It was nothing!"

Mu Xi quickly waved her hand, then patted her slightly raised chest and solemnly promised Su Mo.

"Junior, if that big-butt woman goes back on her word, you must come find me. Your Senior will definitely help you get justice."

Although Mu Xi said that, she was actually quite grateful to Ling Zichen.

If Ling Zichen had not appeared, her relationship with Su Mo might not have progressed so quickly.

Wasn't she sitting shoulder to shoulder with Su Mo now, without him showing the slightest discomfort?

But whenever Mu Xi thought of how Su Mo had to cultivate to Titled Douluo before turning eighteen in order to survive, her heart twisted like a knife, and the heaviness in her chest nearly made it impossible to breathe.

Seeing Mu Xi so worried, Su Mo felt that he truly was not human, deceiving a girl who cared for him so wholeheartedly.

The matter of him not living past eighteen had, in fact, been orchestrated by him from the start.

Eight Inner Gates burned the heart, while Seven Heavenly Breaths blew apart the lungs. If using both together let someone live for long, that would be strange.

However, Su Mo had long prepared a countermeasure.

He was not a completely wild Uchiha like Sasuke, ignorant of the Uchiha clan's inherited ninjutsu.

Never underestimate the Uchiha's ocular power!

Before activating Eight Inner Gates and Seven Heavenly Breaths, Su Mo had already used Izanagi to record his physical condition. Then, using the Uchiha clan's inherited Transcription Seal, he set Izanagi to activate one month later.

Transcription Seal was a technique that sealed ninjutsu within one's own or another's eyes through eye contact with the Sharingan. Once its conditions were met, the seal would automatically release, and the sealed technique would activate on its own.

Back then, Madara had used Transcription Seal to seal Izanagi in his right eye, allowing him to fake his death and escape everyone's notice.

So long as he waited one month, whether Su Mo was dead or alive by then, as long as his right eye remained, Izanagi would automatically activate and restore his body to its condition before he activated Eight Inner Gates and Seven Heavenly Breaths.

Of course, Su Mo could also release the Transcription Seal early and activate Izanagi ahead of time.

"Alright, Senior. Don't worry too much."

"Even if I can't cultivate to Titled Douluo before eighteen, at worst I'll go apologize to that big-butt woman when the time comes."

To keep Mu Xi from worrying, Su Mo could only use Ling Zichen as a shield.

After hearing Su Mo say that, Mu Xi still looked worried, but she was clearly in much better spirits than before.

"Um... Junior, I need to go to Heaven Dou City later to see an elder. I might not be back until after school starts."

After remaining silent for a long while, Mu Xi suddenly spoke.

Of course, there was one thing Mu Xi did not tell Su Mo: she was actually going to Heaven Dou City to learn cooking from Mu Ye. She had arranged it with Mu Ye before Su Mo was injured.

"Alright, Senior. Go take care of your own matters first."

"When you come back, I'll treat you to a meal!"

As Su Mo spoke, he patted Mu Xi on the shoulder, signaling that she did not need to worry so much.

"Mm-hmm!"

Mu Xi nodded as though a great burden had been lifted from her.

"Then I'll be going first, Junior."

Before leaving, Mu Xi stood at the door to the hospital room and waved goodbye to Su Mo.

"Goodbye, Senior!"

Bang.

As Mu Xi gently closed the hospital room door, a ghostly figure silently appeared behind Su Mo.

Then Su Mo's vision went dark as someone covered his eyes from behind.

"Master, you're far too fickle. Isn't having me enough?"

The woman breathed softly into Su Mo's ear as she complained.