Chapter 394: Transplantation Technique

“Ah Xun, who exactly is the person who cast the Technique on you?” Sun Rao couldn’t help but ask.

“Su Mei,” Yang Xun gritted his teeth, a cold glint flashing in his eyes.

“Don’t worry. I’ll go check her whereabouts first,” Sun Rao said, about to stand up.

“No need to check.” Yang Xun shook his head and reached out to hold her wrist. “I left a mark on her. As long as she’s still within Zhonghai, I can find her.”

After absorbing the Snake Origin Qi, he had awakened a very badass ability—aura tracking.

He closed his eyes, sinking his Divine Sense deep into his Dantian, carefully sensing the aura mark he had once left inside Su Mei’s body.

A moment later, he opened his eyes, his gaze turning sharper. “Found her. She’s heading toward the West Suburbs, about thirty kilometers from here.”

“Let’s go. We’ll head over right now.” Sun Rao acted swiftly, her brows furrowed in utter seriousness.

“There’s no need to rush. It’s easy to be exposed in broad daylight. We’ll have to wait until dark. For now, take me home to rest.” Yang Xun looked amused. As he spoke, he changed out of his hospital gown and briefly stretched his still-aching wrists.

The two of them were about to leave when they suddenly realized that after all this time, Zhao Linglong still hadn’t returned.

Meanwhile, Zhao Linglong was hiding in the hospital stairwell, her back pressed against the wall, carrying a packed lunchbox in her hand.

Her phone vibrated with a message from Yang Xun: “Where are you?”

Zhao Linglong stared at the line of text on the screen for a long time, her tears falling PLOP PLOP onto the screen.

She didn’t reply. Instead, she stuffed her phone into her pocket, gripped the lunchbox that had already gone completely cold, and turned to walk toward the hospital gates.

She walked very slowly, every step feeling as if she were treading on cotton.

Her phone rang again. It was a call from Yang Xun.

Zhao Linglong didn’t answer it, nor did she hang up. She simply flipped the phone over and placed it face-down on her leg.

She hailed a taxi by the roadside. Soon, the car merged into the traffic, driving all the way toward the train station.

Meanwhile, Yang Xun had been unable to get through and looked somewhat frustrated.

He dialed once more, only to find that Zhao Linglong had already turned off her phone.

“Oh no, did she see us… and misunderstand?” Sun Rao bit her lip, her cheeks flushing slightly.

“She didn’t leave because of that. She blames herself, thinking she’s the reason I went blind. That silly girl,” Yang Xun sighed helplessly.

He quickly dialed Zhao Hongshan’s number.

It connected after two rings, and Zhao Hongshan’s gentle voice came from the other end. “Dr. Yang?”

“Mr. Zhao, Linglong went back to Shunping early. It’s not safe for her to be alone, so please go pick her up at the station.”

Hearing this, Zhao Hongshan paused, sensing that something was wrong.

“Alright, I’ll head to the station right away. As for you guys…”

Before he could finish, Yang Xun immediately interjected, “Mr. Zhao, please pass a message to her for me. Tell her that this isn’t her fault, and she has nothing to do with it. Once I’m done with this busy period, I’ll go to Shunping to pick her up.”

Zhao Hongshan could tell something had happened, but he didn’t ask further, only replying, “Alright, I’ll let her know.”

After hanging up, Sun Rao and Yang Xun left the hospital and went home to rest first.

By evening, they drove out to a location thirty kilometers away in the West Suburbs.

Yang Xun’s condition was fairly stable, but a surge of pent-up anger burned within him.

How dare she plot against him! Today, he absolutely had to make that vicious woman, Su Mei, pay the price!

The car came to a steady stop in the shadows of an abandoned factory building on the outskirts of the city.

Yang Xun pushed open the car door and looked up at the dusty, gray building. Its walls were mottled, and most of its windows were shattered, leaving only a few jagged shards of glass swaying in the wind.

The area was overgrown with waist-high weeds, and the air was thick with the scent of rust and dust.

Sun Rao stepped out of the driver’s seat, gripping a handgun as her sharp eyes scanned the surroundings.

The two exchanged a glance and moved along the shadows at the factory’s perimeter. Their footsteps were extremely light, carefully avoiding the gravel and scrap metal that could easily make noise.

On the eastern side of the factory was a rust-mottled iron door. As the two slowly walked past it, a strange odor permeated the air.

Yang Xun narrowed his eyes slightly, observing his surroundings.

If Su Mei was truly hiding here, there was no way she would be living inside the rooms of an abandoned factory.

He pondered for a moment and activated his aura tracking once more. Because they were so close, the location was much more precise this time.

Yang Xun walked straight in and discovered a highly concealed entrance to a secret room.

Precisely because it was so well-hidden, it wasn’t locked. He calmly stepped inside.

The stairwell was narrow, its walls covered in damp water stains. The air was thick with a scent that was a mix of medicinal herbs and rust.

Yang Xun took the lead with Sun Rao following right behind. The two descended the stairs in single file.

At the bottom of the stairs was a heavy metal door. A faint sliver of light spilled through the crack in the door.

Yang Xun pressed his palm against the door, sensing for a moment before nodding to Sun Rao.

Sun Rao pressed her side against the door, her finger resting on the trigger, ready to react at a moment’s notice.

Channeling his True Qi, Yang Xun easily destroyed the iron door’s lock.

He slowly pushed the door open. The space inside was far more spacious than he had anticipated.

The ceiling was high, and fluorescent lights emitted a cold white glow, illuminating the entire room as brightly as day.

The floor was covered in densely packed symbols painted in dark red pigment. The intricate lines intertwined to form a massive circular Array.

A few slender copper nails were driven into the very center of the Array. The nails gave off a dull luster, looking as though they had been used repeatedly.

A simple camp bed was set up in the corner of the room, and a few pieces of clothing alongside some scattered items lay on top of a wooden crate next to it.

“It really is here.” Yang Xun’s gaze swept over the dark red symbols on the floor before finally locking onto a half-open small door on the other side of the room.

A dim, yellowish light shone through the gap in the door, and he could faintly see several crates stacked inside.

Understanding his unspoken cue, Sun Rao stepped forward swiftly and kicked the door wide open.

The scene inside made both of them stop in their tracks.

The small room was roughly ten square meters, piled with several uniform wooden crates.

Sun Rao bent down and flipped open the lid of the top crate, her movements suddenly pausing.

Inside the crate were stacks upon stacks of neatly arranged cash, forming a sea of bright red bills.

She then opened the two adjacent crates, finding them filled with small gold bars and various pieces of jewelry.

The current Yang Xun truly didn’t care for such worldly possessions. His gaze searched the room before landing on an inconspicuous old book resting on a table.

He walked over briskly and flipped it open. Sure enough, the book recorded the detailed setup method for the ‘Transplantation’ Array.

Aside from the Array itself, there were also several annotations:

“Those with abundant Primordial Yin are optimal; if long-term contact with the target is maintained, the effects are even greater.

“The medium must be replenished every seven days, otherwise the Array will loosen.

“Upon mastering this Technique, one may seize another’s cultivation to use as their own.”

Yang Xun gripped the ancient book tightly and let out a cold sneer. “What a nice way to say ‘use as their own’.”

He finally understood why Su Mei would come looking for him every few days. To put it bluntly, she just wanted his tadpoles.

No wonder Su Mei wasn’t afraid of getting pregnant! So this was what she had been plotting all along!