"Mr. Liu, you really should take me to the Bloody Restaurant for a big meal."

As soon as he entered the Clinic, Lao Si pretended to complain.

The wound hadn't healed yet, and now he had to pay the "restaurant tax", it was simply killing him.

"Sure, sure, sure, once I'm free, I'll book a Planet Level private room, and we'll have a good gathering."

Liu Zheng laughed.

He'd been at the Bloody Restaurant for so long and hadn't even dined at his own place, it was indeed time to seize the opportunity and indulge a bit.

Otherwise, when the instance concludes, he would have never properly savored the delicacies of the Bloody Restaurant.

Yeah, and at that time, specifying Britain for the service sounds delightful.

"Mr. Liu, if you don't want to treat us to dinner, just say it."

Lao Si squinted and said.

Waiting for Liu Zheng to have time might take until his grandson has a grandson.

"Then you guys eat, I'll just come over and have a drink with you, how's that?"

Liu Zheng responded speechlessly.

"That works, heh heh."

Lao Si chuckled slyly, taking out a bank card and a small notebook from his pocket.

"This is the money for buying drinks and beverages, the password is six eights. This is the list for purchasing drinks, President Yuan said it's fine if it's roughly accurate, no need to be too precise."

He told Liu Zheng.

"Got it."

Liu Zheng nodded, putting away the bank card and notebook.

"Ah Bao."

He called out.

"What?"

The panda curled up in the corner responded sullenly.

"I've gathered some information about your annihilated tribe's enemy."

Liu Zheng said.

"What?!"

The panda, who was just a moment ago lifeless, suddenly lunged forward, grabbing his shoulders and shaking him vigorously.

"Hurry up and tell me, hurry up and tell me!"

"Stop first, I can't talk if you keep shaking me like this."

Liu Zheng said.

Once the panda calmed down, he recounted what Niu Ma had told him word for word.

"Just died like that..."

The panda had a complex expression, unsure if it should be happy.

"I feel like this person might not be the real mastermind."

Liu Zheng analyzed.

To revert the whole panda tribe back to their ancestral Iron-eating Beasts forms and annihilate them all, someone capable of such a grand scheme wouldn't be much different in power from someone like Niu Ma.

But according to Niu Ma, it took that person down quite easily.

A ruthless person able to orchestrate the genocide of an entire Ancient Strange Beast tribe dying just like that feels too unworthy for a true mastermind.

"Any more clues?"

The fire rekindled in the panda's eyes.

"Not for now, I'll go back and have your big boss recall it some more. However, I've brought another item."

"But before showing it to you, I need to take some precautions."

Liu Zheng glanced at Doctor Nile and Niu Daji.

"Doctor, Da Ji, if Ah Bao goes berserk later, you have to restrain it. Don't let it hurt others, or itself."

He dared to show Niu Ma the body of the Champion Bull because Niu Ma had been through hardship since childhood, now having a family, had strong mental resilience.

Whereas the panda, aside from being an orphan, hadn't really suffered much, still having a childlike manner in speech and actions.

If Liu Zheng directly showed the panda the panda hide, its reaction would be unpredictable.

"Alright."

"Got it, boss."

Doctor Nile donned his Pharaoh attire, and Niu Daji summoned his ancestral vest.

"Ah Bao, are you ready?"

Liu Zheng asked.

"Mortal, you're so long-winded."

The panda gave him a side glance.

"It's for your own good, this kid just doesn't appreciate it."

He shook his head, took out the panda hide from the Headless Mandarin Duck Pouch.

No need for a paternity test, nor any spell—at first glance at the hide, the panda knew its identity.

"Mother!"

The panda snatched the hide, clutching it tightly to its chest, rubbing its head against the hide's head.

Meanwhile, Doctor Nile and Niu Daji stood ready to subdue the panda should it go into a frenzy.

Thankfully, the panda didn't go mad, it just stayed motionless, holding the hide, tears and snot streaming non-stop.

"Eek! Eek!"

This was the sound of the panda when feeling aggrieved.

As a Mystic Sect's True Disciple raised by a Cultivator, its usual words and deeds were much like a human's.

But now, under the call of its Bloodline, its wild nature couldn't help but awaken.

"Woof!"

Finally, the panda's Anger overpowered its sorrow, clutching the hide with one hand, clawing at its own chest with the other, its body swelling like an inflated balloon.

"Take action!"

With a loud command, Liu Zheng himself retreated backward.

Not that he feared getting hurt by the panda, but worried about hurting the panda.

After all, he had deadly skills, and once he fired up, controlling the consequences would be difficult.

"Yes!"

As Doctor Nile prepared to cast a spell, and Niu Daji readied for a bear hug, the panda hide suddenly flew into the air.

The hide expanded in tandem with the panda's body, even faster than the panda, enveloping it completely.

As the panda was wrapped by the hide, its body also stopped expanding, even rapidly shrinking.

Seconds later, the panda reverted to its cub form, the fierce light in its eyes disappearing.

"Moo?"

The panda made a confused sound.

"Ah Bao, how do you feel?"

Liu Zheng asked.

"Bleat!"

The panda let out a sharp cry.

"Someone help me translate that?"

He looked at everyone.

But they all shook their heads, indicating they were at a loss.

"Doctor, what's its condition?"

Liu Zheng asked.

"I don't know either; maybe it reverted to a juvenile state due to maternal influence?"

Doctor Nile speculated.

"So is this state permanent or temporary?"

"How should I know, we'd at least need to conduct an examination first."