Chapter 83: The Art of Wearing a Pig's Skin to Eat a Tiger

  After returning to Cangwu Ridge, Zhang Shan first went to Qingtong Temple. His master, Nan Ruoli, was not there, but he saw Nan Ya. Zhang Shan handed over the Sumi seal that Ling Yuwei had entrusted him to pass on to her, asking her to give it to his master.

  He bid farewell to Nan Ya and returned to his own Feng Zhen Courtyard.

  Arriving at the underground chamber, Zhang Shan eagerly took out the mask he had just bought.

  "Ling'er, how does this thing activate?"

  "Come into space." Ling'er's voice responded.

  Zhang Shan's mind stirred and he entered the Monument Spirit's origin space.

  In the space, Ling'er was still sitting on the stone seat like last time, with her crystal-like transparent feet dangling back and forth.

  With a wave of her hand, Zhang Shan's mask flew into hers. After examining it several times, a glint of light flashed on her finger before she touched the center of the mask.

  A bright light rippled across the mask like a wave of water, dazzlingly beautiful.

  After the bright light disappeared, that rough-looking mask had changed its shape and became as transparent as crystal, also becoming lighter and softer.

  "Put it on and try."

  Ling'er gently tossed the mask back into his hand.

  "It's really amazing."

  Zhang Shan thought to himself, and the mask on his face began to squirm and then merged tightly with the skin on his face, as if it had seeped into his skin.

  Ling'er snapped his fingers, and a three-foot-tall mirror appeared in front of him.

  Zhang Shan looked into the mirror, and the mask seemed to be non-existent. The face that appeared in the mirror was his own, with every eyebrow clearly visible.

  "What's the difference between this and the real me?"

  He touched his face and asked in puzzlement.

  Before Ling'er could respond, a message came from the mask. Zhang Shan's mind stirred, and it was a method called "Transforming Shape and Breath Technique".

  This trick is divided into two parts, one of which is the transformation incantation, which can change the mask at will and also store thousands of faces for future use.

  The second is the seal of restraint, which can hide the user's cultivation realm when used, unless the opponent is two major realms higher, otherwise it will not be seen through.

  For example, if Zhang Shan's current cultivation is Lingwu Fifth Layer, and he uses the Introspection Technique to hide his cultivation as Lingwu Second Layer, then at least a Xuanwu Realm Fifth Layer cultivator would be needed to accurately sense that he is actually a Lingwu Fifth Layer cultivator.

  "No wonder it's called the Transforming Breath Technique, using a mask to change one's appearance and then hiding one's cultivation, just like switching to another identity."

  Zhang Shan was overjoyed when he understood the key to this technique.

  This is absolutely a very useful skill, it's simply the ultimate trick of pretending to be a pig to eat a tiger.

  Zhang Shan immediately sat down cross-legged and began to ponder. The method was not complicated, and after half a day, he was able to operate freely.

  Try changing your appearance and figure to make yourself look like Gao Peng, then hide your realm behind the Qi Wu Realm. Take a look in the mirror, it's almost exactly like that kid Gao Peng.

  "This is so much fun."

  Zhang Shan burst out laughing and played for a while before reluctantly putting the mask away in his Suzumiya ring.

  In the following days, Zhang Shan did not leave his house. Every day, he entered the time difference space in the stone tablet to cultivate until the time was up and he was sent out, then continued to cultivate outside, not wanting to waste a single minute or second.

  Eliminate the demon thieves in the desolate wilderness of the setting sun, where danger lurks everywhere. The strongest means of self-protection is to raise one's own realm boundary.

  Ten days later, with the dense yuanqi of Fengxuan Temple and the double support of time-space difference, Zhang Shan successfully broke through to the sixth layer of Lingwu Realm.

  Walked out of the underground secret room and returned to the bedroom on the second floor. Zhang Shan planned to rest for half a day.

  The higher the realm of a warrior's cultivation, the less they need to sleep like ordinary people. However, it is not proper to only focus on cultivating with their heads down all the time; one must still pay attention to balancing work and rest.

  "Huh, is there a notice outside?"

  From outside the window, in front of the main gate outside the courtyard, a transmission talisman was colliding back and forth with the defensive large array of the courtyard.

  He opened up the defensive formation of Qing Chen Temple before he went into seclusion, so the message talisman couldn't get in.

  He opened the law array slightly, and the transmission talisman flew into Zhang Shan's hand. After a quick scan with his divine sense, it turned out to be a message from Ling Yuwei, saying that the spider silk inner armor they had ordered was ready for pickup today, and asking if he wanted to go together.

  Zhang Shan immediately replied with a transmission token, telling her that he was in seclusion and wouldn't be going, asking her to help bring back the Qinghong Sword as well.

  He made a pot of tea and sat in the rocking chair in his study, taking out the volume of "Zhongyuan Tongzhi" that had been delivered to him at the door, just to relax.

  Zhang Shan first looked for information about Hong Yang Guo.

  The Wumeng Mountains are the main mountain range of Hongyang Country, with rich products and more than half of Hongyang Country's resources produced there.

  The Wumeng Mountains are called the Tianqing Mountains to the east and belong to the state of Tianqing. The Qingyang City, where Zhangshan was born, is also under the jurisdiction of the state of Tianqing.

  The Azure Kingdom and the Scarlet Empire share a border, situated east and west of each other.

  The western part of the Wumeng Mountains in Hongyang Country was where they were headed - Luorihuang Desert.

  "After completing the task, if there's free time, I might as well go back to Qingyang City and take a look. I wonder how my mother is doing now, and how those two little girls, Yu Xuan and Yu Yan, are doing with their cultivation."

  Zhang Shan saw that from here, as long as he crossed the Red Sun Country, he could reach Qingyang City, and the distance was not too far. He couldn't help but have the idea of going back home to take a look.

  "I hope to earn a lot of money from this task and greatly improve my abilities, so that when I return home, I can also be considered as having achieved great success."

  Zhang Shan secretly admired him, and after a moment of distraction, he continued reading.

  The setting sun stretches across the vast expanse of ten thousand miles, with a harsh environment dominated by deserts and countless large and small oases. The oasis dwellers are indigenous peoples who have lived in the desert for generations.

  Beyond the sunset wasteland to the west lies the Mountains of Dawn. Beyond the Mountains of Dawn is the territory controlled by the great sect of the current era, the Xu Ming Palace.

  Xuán Míng Gōng is a demonic sect, the cultivation method it practices initially progresses extremely quickly, far surpassing the methods of orthodox sects. However, in the later stages, progress slows down significantly, and it's also extremely easy to be counterattacked by heart demons.

  In contrast, the Orthodox Dao's Gong Fa started with a steady pace and slow progress, but its foundation was solid and its mental state stable. When it reached the Wu Sheng realm and needed to cross the tribulation, it had an advantage and was less likely to fall.

  Xuán Míng Palace has always been a sworn enemy of Wèn Tiān Sect. The number of martial artists from both sects who have died at each other's hands is countless.

  "This time, the demon thieves joined forces to attack Hongyang Country. Although there is a reason for coveting Hongyang Country's newly discovered spiritual stone veins, it is estimated that Xuanming Palace played a crucial role as the behind-the-scenes manipulator."

  Zhang Shan couldn't help but fall into deep thought, allowing the demon thief to wreak havoc on Hongyang Country and steal its spiritual pulse, when in fact it was a blow to the Qitian Sect behind them.

  I heard Fang Yiru mention before that the Xuanming Palace has been making moves recently, with the intention of provoking a war between the two factions. If this is true, then perhaps the demon thief's actions are just the Xuanming Palace's initial probe.

  Zhang Shan put away the jade book, stretched his waist and stood up, and walked towards the underground secret room again.

  There are still twenty days before departure, he hopes to seize the time to make a breakthrough in his realm.

  Heaven rewards diligence; hard work will eventually pay off.

  The day before departure, Zhang Shan finally opened the 16th spiritual aperture and advanced to the seventh level of the Spiritual Martial Realm.

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