Chapter 66: The Fish Lady

After Wu Xian fled.

He walked toward the direction opposite the city.

Regarding breaking the cycle, Wu Xian had several theories, one of which was to run far away, out of the cycle’s range.

But before Wu Xian had gone far.

He suddenly felt excruciating pain—his left half-body split open, bones, organs, flesh, skin, soles—all agonizingly throbbing, and the farther he ran, the more intense the pain became.

Wu Xian could only stop walking; at that moment, two lines of text appeared in his eyes.

【You escaped the inspector’s pursuit, but it’s only temporary—they will find you eventually… no matter where you hide.】

He sat across from the woman.

Switching bodies sounded horrifying and hard to accept.

“After switching bodies here, I’ll have nothing left—how will I pay you?”

Wu Xian looked into the distance and saw a white sedan approaching…

Since the Favored One’s Credential demanded he do this, he would do it.

All these bodies were male, with slightly curly hair, differing only slightly in height and build, suspended by steel hooks through their back skin like slabs of pork in a slaughterhouse.

The Fish Lady shook her head: “The curse will be temporarily left behind in the original body, but it won’t vanish—it will find you again. Eliminating it before it enters the new body is your own problem.”

Wu Xian began calculating in his mind.

Wu Xian was right not to kill Wei Hao; breaking the cycle isn’t achieved by minor changes alone.

The Fish Lady led Wu Xian to a spacious room.

“So, you’re not letting me leave, huh.”

He draped his coat stained with black dog’s blood over his shoulder and trudged toward Xianwei City.

“A name is just a label—you can call me the Fish Lady.”

Then he looked up.

If he had once undergone cosmetic surgery here, then this clinic was part of the cycle—and there had been more than one criminal escaping the inspector’s pursuit, yet the cycle still persisted.

“Huh… wait, when I tried to kill the malevolent spirit before, the Favored One’s Credential stopped me—why didn’t it say anything when I just tried to kill Wei Hao?”

Fine, this woman was definitely up to something!

Wu Xian asked again: “What if I successfully ‘get a new face’—I lose my identity. How will I earn a living afterward? Can’t I just become a beggar?”

“Then… how do I escape the curse?”

“If you’re cursed or targeted by a malevolent spirit, changing skin and blood won’t solve it.”

The room inside was simple: only two sofas, and a woman in a white coat, with fish-like eyes, smoking a pipe, legs crossed, watching a soap opera. She spotted Wu Xian entering and gave a strange smile.

Wu Xian’s lip twitched—this name didn’t sound like a doctor’s, more like some fortune-teller hiding in a tent, but it suited her appearance perfectly.

"The Reincarnation Cosmetic Clinic... this is it."

Wu Xian realized this was what he needed: “If I switch bodies, can I escape the curse?”

But the body Wu Xian currently used wasn’t his original one.

“I have connections at the psychiatric hospital—they’re short on doctors right now. You used to be one. I can place you there.”

To avoid walking back to the city, he had to offer his looks, seducing a wealthy female driver to give him a ride.

【Legend says Xianwei City has a special cosmetic clinic—those who leave it are completely transformed, shed their past, and begin new lives. Perhaps only by becoming someone else can you escape pursuit.】

This room resembled a barber’s locker room, except instead of dismembered body parts, it held intact human bodies.

Wu Xian raised an eyebrow: “You’ve seen me before?”

The drawer was packed tightly with documents—all of them medical licenses.

But was switching bodies truly safe?

Again, no payment required?

Fine, back to square one again—I won’t follow the cycle’s script this time.

The Fish Lady’s thick lips curled.

And if he didn’t follow the Fish Lady’s advice, Wu Xian faced only one outcome: either revenge from the inspector, execution by the Investigation Bureau, or the malevolent curse inside him exploding.

Wu Xian rolled his eyes.

The Fish Lady drew a puff from her pipe: “No payment needed—I only require your body left here. A fresh, living body is extremely valuable.”

But Wu Xian could accept it; he calmly asked the Fish Lady.

Wu Xian’s eyes widened.

Wu Xian remembered the four malevolent spirits inside his body.

“Choose a flesh body—see which one suits your taste.”

“Then you need to switch bodies!”

Wu Xian pushed open the clinic’s door.

Wu Xian’s expression darkened; after a moment, he sighed deeply.

This being the case.

Since the Fish Lady didn’t handle curses, Wu Xian was at least safe until the curse was resolved, so he agreed.

The Fish Lady pulled out a form and showed it to Wu Xian.

“Alright, impressive.”

Just changing skin is enough?

So easy to say—who gets cosmetic surgery by replacing their entire skin?

“If you’ve committed a crime and want to escape the Investigation Bureau’s pursuit, you need more than skin replacement—you must also replace your blood. Only then can even inspectors and agents no longer find you.”

“What’s your name, doctor?”

A curvaceous, still-attractive woman closed the car door, leaned out the window, blew Wu Xian a kiss, and slowly drove off in her white Baolü sedan.

After hearing the Fish Lady’s explanation.

Wu Xian muttered a curse.

…

The scene was bizarre.

Wu Xian sighed deeply.

“Damn!”

“It’s you, guest—again, things not going well?”

Wu Xian waved excitedly: “Sister, don’t worry—I’ll come find you once this is done!”

“Ah, too far away… better catch a ride.”

After the car drove off, Wu Xian immediately dropped his cheerful expression.

The Fish Lady smiled and pulled open a drawer.

“You’ve sunk this low—you won’t be picky about your job anymore, right?”

“I saw the sign outside saying you can shed all past troubles here through cosmetic surgery. Can you explain how you do it?”

As soon as he entered the room, Wu Xian’s expression stiffened.

After much thought.

“Brother, here’s my contact info—remember to find me. My bed’s big and comfortable.”

It meant handing his life over to a woman who looked deeply suspicious—if she did anything to him, Wu Xian wouldn’t even know how he died.

The woman exhaled a smoke ring: “Of course—last time, I was the one who helped you ‘get a new face.’”

“If you merely want to avoid family and friends and start a new life, replacing your skin alone is enough.”

But he still played along.

“Fine, I’m best at being a doctor.”

(End of Chapter)