Qin Qing, Chloe, Mo Luo, and Du Long were shocked when they saw Jiao Fuping’s miserable condition.

Hereditary abilities could actually be stripped away by external forces?

Chloe, in particular, had inherited the Purple Pupil Ability of the Mohei Family. She knew very well that stripping away hereditary abilities was utter nonsense. However, seeing Jiao Fuping scream in pain and considering Ye Xiu’s terrifying strength, she suddenly started to believe that Ye Xiu could truly strip Jiao Fuping of his Totem Power.

"Qin Qing, relax your body!" Ye Xiu suddenly said.

"Ah?" Qin Qing was stunned, not understanding why Ye Xiu, who was in the middle of tormenting Jiao Fuping, would suddenly ask her to relax. The next moment, however, she saw Ye Xiu thrust his left palm toward her. Just like Jiao Fuping, she was enveloped in a golden light.

"Hey, hey, hey, I only ignored you for one day! There’s no need to torture me, is there?"

Qin Qing’s scalp tingled with fear, but after a moment, she realized her body didn’t hurt at all. Instead, it felt pleasantly warm.

「About twenty minutes later.」

The golden light enveloping Qin Qing and Jiao Fuping disappeared. Jiao Fuping immediately passed out from the pain.

"Damn, that was a close call. I almost lost control. It turns out stripping away Totem Power is this exhausting and dangerous," Ye Xiu said, his face pale and sweat pouring down like rain as he gasped for breath.

"What’s wrong?" Qin Qing asked with concern.

"It’s nothing, I’m just exhausted," Ye Xiu panted. "Try cutting your arm with a knife."

Qin Qing froze for a second, then instantly understood his meaning. She asked excitedly, "Are you saying you transferred Jiao Fuping’s Totem Power to me?"

Upon hearing this, Chloe, Mo Luo, and Du Long looked at Ye Xiu with anticipation. They all hoped for an affirmative answer, as it would mean Ye Xiu could also transfer the Totem Power of others to them.

"Yes," Ye Xiu nodded.

Chloe, Mo Luo, and Du Long immediately grew excited.

Qin Qing couldn’t wait any longer. She produced a wisp of Sword Qi from her fingertip and made a small cut on her left arm.

Chloe, Mo Luo, and Du Long stared intently at the wound on her arm, their breath catching with excitement and anticipation.

Qin Qing, however, was past the point of anticipation. She could already feel her strength rapidly increasing, a sure sign that Ye Xiu hadn’t lied and had truly transferred Jiao Fuping’s Totem Power to her.

Sure enough, just a few breaths later, the wound on Qin Qing’s arm healed automatically without leaving a single scar.

"My guess was correct. Totem Power can be stripped and transferred to someone else. Moreover, an awakened Totem Power remains in its awakened state after the transfer," Ye Xiu breathed a sigh of relief and smiled.

Qin Qing almost couldn’t stop herself from kicking him. She understood what he meant. Ye Xiu hadn’t been sure of the outcome beforehand. He had used her as a guinea pig for his experiment.

"Oh my gosh, Young Master! You... you’re incredible! To think you could actually do this. You’re not human; you’re a god!" Chloe’s eyes burned with fervor as she looked at Ye Xiu, her face and eyes filled with utter worship.

Mo Luo and Du Long’s expressions were different. Greed filled their eyes.

"Young Master, um, maybe I could go capture someone from Medicine King Valley, and you could transfer his Totem Power to me?" The usually stoic and unsmiling Mo Luo had now completely lost control of his expression.

"First, wake Jiao Fuping up. I have a few questions for him," Ye Xiu said weakly.

"Okay!" Although Mo Luo felt as if a cat were scratching at his heart with impatience, he still followed the order and kicked Jiao Fuping awake.

At this point, Jiao Fuping’s body was completely broken, and he was extremely weak. Upon waking, he looked at Ye Xiu in horror and asked, "What... what have you done to me?"

Without answering, Ye Xiu flicked his finger, sending a stream of Blade Qi to slash a cut onto Jiao Fuping’s left arm.

Jiao Fuping paid the cut no mind, his eyes still fixed on Ye Xiu as he waited for an answer.

Ten seconds passed, then a minute.

Finally, Ye Xiu spoke. "Aren’t you curious why the wound on your left arm hasn’t healed? And haven’t you noticed your strength has dropped by a realm?"

Jiao Fuping was taken aback. Only then did he notice the wound on his arm showed no signs of healing. Moreover, his strength had indeed plummeted back to the level of a First Realm War God. This shocked him to his core. "What... what in the world is going on? What did you do to me?" 𝚏𝕣𝐞𝗲𝐰𝕖𝐛𝐧𝕠𝕧𝚎𝚕.𝐜𝚘𝗺

"Nothing much. I just stripped you of your Totem Power. In other words, you no longer have your healing ability. You’ve become an ordinary person," Ye Xiu said with a smile.

Jiao Fuping’s already weak and pale face turned even whiter. His head spun, and he nearly fainted. The immense shock of losing his Immortal Body, falling from an undying being back to a mortal, was too much for him to accept all at once.

"Can we have a proper talk now?" Ye Xiu asked.

With a numb expression, Jiao Fuping asked, "Talk about what?"

"As far as I know, you’re not from the Main Lineage of Medicine King Valley, which means you’re not a Totem Inheritor. Where did your Totem come from?" Ye Xiu inquired.

Jiao Fuping hung his head for a moment before looking up at Ye Xiu. "If I answer all your questions, will you spare my life?"

"I can," Ye Xiu nodded.

Jiao Fuping sighed in relief and then recounted his entire backstory in detail. After listening, Ye Xiu, Qin Qing, Chloe, Mo Luo, and Du Long were all stunned—the relationships within Medicine King Valley were quite messy indeed.

Ye Xiu continued, "How did you get involved with Er Gouzi? What’s your relationship with him?"

"It was Er Gouzi who stole my corpse from Medicine King Valley. After I was resurrected, he was the one who told me I had awakened my Totem Power. I don’t know much about him, only that he has the same Totem Power as me and holds a grudge against you. To kill you, he infiltrated the Long Family as an undercover agent, trained a group of experts in Seven Killings Valley, and established a mysterious intelligence network on Hexia Road..." Jiao Fuping explained everything he knew about Er Gouzi in detail.

Upon hearing this, the expressions of Ye Xiu, Mo Luo, and Chloe darkened significantly. They truly had not expected Er Gouzi to be a Totem Inheritor as well.

"No wonder he didn’t die when the Young Master personally shattered his heart meridians five years ago. It turns out he had awakened the Totem Power of Medicine King Valley," Mo Luo said with intense killing intent.

"He managed to escape from the Young Master once," Chloe added indignantly.

Compared to Mo Luo and Chloe, Qin Qing was much calmer as she analyzed the situation. "First, the fact that Er Gouzi has the Medicine King Valley’s Totem indicates he originated from Medicine King Valley."