Even the hypnotised captives became silent momentarily.

Yang Qingxi helplessly patted his shoulder from behind.

"Alright, calm down." Her voice carried slight amusement.

"There’s no point getting angry at them."

"Besides, didn’t they already confirm that the techniques originate from the White Moon Sect?" She smiled faintly. "Once we reach the sect later, we’ll naturally obtain all the answers. Even learning the practice method."

Su Mo sighed, "...True."

Miss Yang always knew how to calm him down surprisingly well. So gentle...

He shifted his eyes to Number Four again. This time, his gaze became more serious. "Where exactly is the White Moon Sect located?"

The answer also came quickly. "We only know it lies somewhere within the Frostspine Mountains."

"As for the exact location... We don’t know."

"Leader said our strength is still too weak to confront the sect directly. So we only ambush disciples leaving the sect during missions."

The basement suddenly became quiet.

Su Mo slowly turned toward Yang Qingxi.

"Where’s Frostspine Mountains?"

Yang Qingxi’s lips twitched slightly.

"Didn’t you say earlier that you were going to speed run through this world’s geography?"

"I was busy."

Su Mo answered shamelessly without embarrassment. Nonsense, why would he waste time on that? Can those spur of the moment words be taken seriously? Not like, he can’t just web search those places.

Putting aside those thoughts, his brows furrowed slightly.

"Anyway, now that we know the general location, can we go there directly?"

"It won’t be easy." Yang Qingxi shook her head calmly, taking out her phone to show him the map. "The Frostspine Mountains Range is enormous. Even with enough manpower, searching through it could take weeks or months."

"So troublesome..." Su Mo frowned thoughtfully.

"If I use insects to search the area..." He muttered inwardly. "I might shorten the time significantly."

Yang Qingxi glanced at him before speaking calmly. "Rather than blindly searching mountains, wouldn’t it be easier to locate Wu Chaochang himself?"

She crossed her arms lightly. 𝓯𝙧𝙚𝒆𝙬𝙚𝒃𝙣𝙤𝒗𝓮𝓵.𝙘𝙤𝙢

"Didn’t you say earlier that the golden charm allows tracking?"

Su Mo nodded. "I can trace him."

Yang Qingxi suddenly narrowed her eyes slightly.

"By the way..." Her tone became curious. "You still haven’t explained what exactly that golden charm does."

Su Mo merely smiled mysteriously. "You’ll understand the next time you see him."

"... again with the mystery."

Yang Qingxi snorted softly in annoyance.

Su Mo ignored her complaint completely and continued interrogating the captives.

"One final question."

His eyes narrowed slightly.

"The spiritual energy in this world is extremely thin."

"So what exactly do your cultivators use for cultivation resources?"

This question had troubled Su Mo for quite a long time.

Ever since the first day he arrived in this world, he had obtained the Energy Breathing Technique through the system’s sign-in reward.

And ever since then, he had practiced it daily.

While lounging in the sofa, playing games, or feeding his pets.

From morning to night.

Whenever he had free time, his breathing followed the rhythm of the breathing technique inhaling spiritual energy.

Unfortunately, the results were almost nonexistent.

The spiritual energy in the atmosphere was simply too thin.

Even after absorbing it continuously, the increase in strength felt negligible to the point it was almost insulting for the technique and his efforts.

In the end, Su Mo gradually gave up relying on normal cultivation and focused more on system rewards instead.

After all, compared to painstakingly gathering traces of spiritual energy from the air, directly obtaining abilities through the system was far more efficient.

Still, that did not mean he lacked interest in orthodox cultivation methods.

If he could find the true cultivation path used by cultivators in this world, his growth speed might rise tremendously. He didn’t believe that as a protagonist identified by the heaven. He would have any less talent than other cultivation prodigies.

So, finding the way of orthodox cultivation was extremely important to him.

That was why he asked the question.

Unfortunately, the answer immediately disappointed him.

"Leader said..." the hypnotized captive muttered blankly, "the White Moon Sect cultivates using those scary things."

Su Mo frowned slightly.

"Scary things? What exactly is that?"

"We don’t know."

The captive’s expression remained dull and lifeless.

"Leader never explained clearly."

"...."

Su Mo silently stared at him for several seconds.

Then he slowly rubbed his forehead.

At this point, he genuinely felt interrogating Wu Chaochang’s subordinates was becoming mentally exhausting.

Every important question eventually led to the same answer.

We don’t know.

What a bunch of useless followers.

If he had captured Wu Chaochang directly instead, things would have been much simpler.

Still suppressing his irritation, Su Mo continued.

"What about you people, then?"

"How do you cultivate without those resources?"

This time, the answer finally revealed a method. Though he didn’t like it.

"To replace those resources..." The captive spoke mechanically.

"Leader developed a method to transform life energy into spiritual energy."

The atmosphere inside the basement subtly changed.

Su Mo’s eyes narrowed slightly.

"Whose life energy?"

The answer came soon.

"At first, we raised several villages."

"After the villagers could no longer provide enough life energy... We began hunting lone cultivators during missions."

Silence filled the basement.

It was cold and heavy. Even the air itself seemed darker.

Su Mo slowly lowered his gaze.

Before this, he honestly did not feel much personal disgust toward Wu Chaochang. Just an enemy standing on opposite sides. Rather, he was Miss Yang’s true enemy. Becoming Su Mo’s enemy was just incidental. Anyway, he didn’t care much.

But now, something inside him genuinely felt revolted.

Using ordinary villagers like livestock. Draining their life span dry for cultivation.

Then, hunting isolated cultivators afterwards.

No wonder the White Moon Sect considered them mortal enemies.

At this moment, Yang Qingxi suddenly spoke from nearby.

"How about we kill them?"

Her tone remained calm. But unlike earlier indifference, this time there was genuine coldness within it. She hated these scum.

Even if she desires power, she wouldn’t stoop so low to raise humans as livestock to become her nutrients. It was utterly disgusting.