The cruelest disguise was to destroy one's face!
This was the most basic and thorough disguise. For example, Fang Jin had chosen to destroy his face. His originally good-looking face had been completely stripped of its skin.
The other person was called Zhenyang. He had shaved his head and carved a snake on his face. This was a direct carving of a scar. The snake lay on his forehead, bypassing both of his eyes. His entire appearance had changed.
… …
After the matters here were concluded, Qinchuan returned to his courtyard.
He knew that this was just the beginning. The prefectural government wouldn't let this matter rest.
As such, Qinchuan had these disguised people leave to scout out the situation. That way, he could make plans ahead of time.
Qinchuan thought of Qingdan. He wondered if she was doing well in Phoenix City. His heart burned with anxiety, and he wanted nothing more than to enter Phoenix City and bring her out.
He was still lacking twenty or so immortal crystals. Once he had enough, he could upgrade the Five Elements Banner.
Qinchuan was filled with anticipation, but he was also nervous. He was afraid that he wouldn't have enough immortal crystals when the time came, but his strength wouldn't be enough. Before becoming an immortal, he could only upgrade treasures to the fifth rank. Now that he was an immortal, he could upgrade treasures to the sixth rank. But would he be able to upgrade them to the seventh rank?
He was very nervous, but he also had a strong premonition that even if he had enough immortal crystals, he wouldn't be able to upgrade to the seventh rank.
"What are you worried about?" a gentle voice asked.
Qinchuan turned to see that Silksnow Thousand Leaves had arrived. This was the first time she had spoken in a few days.
Qinchuan shook his head. "No!"
"What? You don't want to talk to me anymore?" Silksnow Thousand Leaves lowered her head slightly, her long eyelashes trembling.
Over the past few days, she had been thinking about many things. Initially, she had felt hurt because of Qin Chuan's words. It was disrespectful. She didn't know why, but she just felt terrible in her heart. She couldn't figure it out and she couldn't understand it.
Qinchuan looked at her, unable to see through this unbelievably holy woman.
"How could that be? We're friends," Qinchuan said with a smile.
"I can sense that you're distancing yourself from me," Silksnow Thousand Leaves said softly.
Qinchuan said nothing.
"Is it because I can't take a joke? Or is it because I care about you too much?" Thousand Leaves Silksnow asked softly.
Qinchuan trembled as he thought of Shen San's words. She did like him, but he still didn't believe it. He wasn't narcissistic enough to make such an outstanding woman like him so easily.
"I just helped you a little. You're grateful to me, but that's not how you feel. If it were someone else, they would do the same. You don't care about me, you care about what I do." Qinchuan said.
"Is there a difference? Only you can do what you're doing, "Thousand Leaves said.
Qinchuan smiled. "Do you want to have lunch here?"
Silksnow Thousand Leaf could sense that a clear boundary had appeared between the two of them. However, she didn't know why. Sometimes, a single sentence could be very wondrous. If it had been anyone else, it wouldn't have mattered at all. But for some people, an irreconcilable barrier had appeared between them.
She was panicking, but she didn't know what she should do. She didn't know what she wanted either.
The woman stayed behind and ate. The two of them chatted and laughed, and the atmosphere was very good. However, Thousand Leaves Silksnow Thousand Leaf still felt that something was different from before. She didn't know if she had changed, or if Qinchuan had changed, or if neither of them had changed. It was just that she felt different.
However, this was a time of life and death for the Silksnow Family. It was best not to think about such things.
Three days later, Thousand Leaves Silksnow went into seclusion!
At this critical juncture, at this time, Thousand Leaves Silksnow had gone into seclusion.
Many people didn't know why. Only Qinchuan understood.
She had experienced a period of time that couldn't be considered a part of the mortal world. To others, it might not be, but to her, it was a tempering experience. And it seemed to have had a huge impact on her, loosening her barriers and allowing her to go into seclusion in search of a breakthrough.
Previously, Qinchuan had said that this was only temporary, and that she would soon experience a great leap forward. Now, it had come.
Previously, she had been worried about his personal gains and losses, so she should have.
However, Qinchuan knew that after this seclusion, she would truly become as pure and holy as an immortal. At that time, he would feel even more distant.
The next day, the weather was very good. Qinchuan walked out of the city lord's mansion, wanting to relax. He walked alone, following the vast crowd as he walked.
He didn't know what he wanted to see or where he wanted to go. He just wanted to take a walk and look around.
In any case, no one recognized him, not even the people in the Jianglang prefectural palace. At the very least, they wouldn't think of him as the mysterious formation master of the city lord's mansion.
Suddenly, Qinchuan looked in a certain direction. There was a stall there, and the reason why Qinchuan looked in that direction was because there was a trace of pure spiritual energy rippling there.
This aura caused Qinchuan to unconsciously walk over.
This was a street stall district. There were many street stalls here, and although they were street stalls, they weren't considered low-class. In fact, they were even more high-class than those large commercial shops.
It was said that treasures were among the people, so there were many people who came here to try their luck.
However, they were just trying their luck. The things here were said to be antiques, passed down from the era of their ancestors. It was very likely that they were treasures, or even peerless treasures.
Listening to the vendor's unceasing introduction, his tone made it seem as though the things in his stall were all divine artifacts, and the prices weren't high. Of course, if they were divine artifacts, they really wouldn't be expensive.
However, if they were divine artifacts, only a fool would sell them. Therefore, one thing was for sure. At least in the eyes of the stall owner, the things here were trash …
Of course, the stall owner could also be wrong.
The thing that Qinchuan had his eyes on was in the stall of the man who was introducing non-stop.
He wasn't tall, was lean, and looked to be in his thirties. His eyes were very bright, and he exuded a sense of shrewdness.
Qinchuan looked at his stall and said, "I want everything here. How much?"
The man looked at Qinchuan and was momentarily at a loss for words.
"Why? You're not buying?" Qinchuan asked with a smile.
"Sell, sell …"
Qinchuan was afraid that something would go wrong, so he bought everything directly to show that he was rich and didn't care about money. Indeed, he didn't care about money.
The man rolled his eyes and dismissed what he thought was a very high price.
Qin Chuan didn't even try to bargain. He paid the money and sat down at the stall. He even bought the stool that the stall owner was sitting on.
"You, you are …" The vendor looked at Qinchuan in confusion.
"I just want to experience the fun of setting up a stall. If you have nothing to do, you can accompany me here. I'll give this stall to you when I leave." Qinchuan smiled as he picked up the things he had his eyes on.