65: Chapter 0065 Strange Skills and Ingenious Tricks

In the middle of the night, Lin Xiao knocked directly on the door.

"Who is it?" the old servant asked.

"Lin Xiao!"

The servant was startled and opened a crack in the door. Seeing that it was indeed Lin Xiao, he did not dare to block him.

Lin Xiao strode in. As soon as he reached the courtyard, he saw several packed wooden boxes on the ground.

Su Chang came out to greet him with an awkward expression, smiling honestly.

"Commander Lin, why visit in the middle of the night? If there is anything, you could just give a call during the day!"

"During the day?"

Lin Xiao sneered. "I'm afraid that by daybreak, Lord Su and his family would have left the city and vanished without a trace?"

"You mean these boxes?"

Su Chang laughed. "It's my wife; she wants to return to her parents' home to visit relatives."

Lin Xiao didn't speak and walked directly toward one of the rooms.

He kicked it open. Inside, someone was tied to the bed, mouth gagged tightly—wasn't that Su Wansha!?

Seeing Lin Xiao arrive, Su Wansha hurriedly stood up and hopped around.

Lin Xiao went over and pulled the cloth from the girl's mouth.

"Commander Lin, Prince Bai is colluding with the Northern Barbarians to launch a pincer attack on Baishui City! My father wouldn't let me tell you!"

Su Wansha looked aggrieved. She felt her father had gone too far. Such a major matter concerned the safety of the entire city's people; how could he only care about running away himself!?

"Sigh..."

Su Chang covered his face, knowing he couldn't hide it anymore.

But he thought it was because he gave intelligence last time that he had exposed himself.

Little did he know, Lin Xiao had discovered it the first time they met.

"Lord Su, you are well-informed." Lin Xiao said with a half-smile.

Su Chang smiled bitterly. "Commander Lin, we are just an ordinary small family, just trying to survive. I beg for your mercy!"

"I can let you go, but it depends on your sincerity!"

Lin Xiao said coldly, "General Shi Yong of Xuanwei, Chief Bayar of the Greedy Wolf Tribe—I want as much intelligence as you have on both sides!"

"The intelligence is in the study; I've seen some of it!" Su Wansha said hurriedly.

Su Chang looked at his daughter, who was clearly siding with Lin Xiao, and felt his 'little padded jacket' was leaking air—his heart was cold!

"Commander Lin, please..."

After arriving at the study, Su Chang took out all the intelligence related to General Shi Yong and Bayar.

There was quite a bit of information on General Shi Yong since he had been in the Northern Frontier for years, but there were only a few words on Bayar.

But Lin Xiao discovered that the intelligence network in Su Chang's hands covered the movements and trends of the entire Cang Province.

"Is this really all?" Lin Xiao stared suspiciously at the fat man.

"Commander, maintaining informants costs money. This is my entire foundation; it doesn't work outside of Cang Province!"

The flesh on Su Chang's face was trembling, and he was shivering.

Lin Xiao originally wanted to ask him who exactly he was from the Academy and why he had established an intelligence network here.

But with danger imminent, it was better to get through this crisis first.

As he was leaving, Lin Xiao looked at Su Wansha.

"Miss Su, Lord Su also loves his daughter dearly and wants to protect your family."

"If you go with him, I won't stop you."

Su Wansha's eyes reddened. "What do you mean? Do you think I, Su Wansha, am afraid of death?"

"I'm telling you, I grew up in Baishui City. My feelings for the people here, for every blade of grass and every tree, are much deeper than yours!"

"I built the Baiyu Pavilion with my own hands, and I will never allow it to be destroyed by the barbarians like this, do you hear me!?"

By the end, the girl's eyes were filled with tears, full of worry and reluctance to leave.

Lin Xiao gave a knowing smile, just about to say that when he returned, he would go to Baiyu Pavilion for a drink...

Then he thought better of it; one shouldn't set up death flags!

Watching Lin Xiao's back as he left, Su Wansha was reluctant to return to the house for a long time.

Su Chang sighed as he watched this from the side...

To turn the tide in such a desperate situation? It's as difficult as reaching the heavens!

Meanwhile, Lin Xiao had already left the city overnight without stopping!

He took a short break midway and reached the outskirts of Lincang City by dawn.

As expected, there were already many military camps outside the city, poised to set out at any moment.

Lin Xiao's goal was simple: he still had to start with the Commander, General Shi Yong.

But because of his previous battle record, the other party would definitely be wary, so the difficulty of succeeding had increased significantly.

Furthermore, Prince Bai had likely arranged a backup plan; even if General Shi Yong died, the army would continue to attack under someone else's lead.

Lin Xiao was in no hurry to enter the city. Instead, behind a hidden pile of rocks, he took out a bronze mirror he had brought with him.

That's right, he was going to disguise himself!

With his current fame, trying to sneak in would likely alert the enemy.

Although he was still nearly a thousand Prestige points short of buying the 1500-point "Disguise Technique," Lin Xiao still had many pieces of loot that hadn't been recycled.

[Skeleton Ghost Head Saber, yellow grade, can be exchanged for 150 Prestige points. Exchange?]

"Yes!"

[Ding! Obtained achievement "First Pot of Gold" (yellow grade): Sold an item for the first time to exchange for Prestige. Prestige +10]

[Wildwood Longbow, yellow grade, can be exchanged for 130 Prestige points. Exchange?]

"Yes!"

...

Lin Xiao then sold the two yellow grade swords captured from Bart, a set of Bota's Northern Barbarian iron armor, General Fan Zhong's snow silver spear...

And several other yellow grade spoils of war scavenged from the battlefield—he sold them all!

[Ding! Obtained achievement "A Small Profit" (mystic grade): Exchanged more than 1000 Prestige points. Prestige +50]

In the blink of an eye, Lin Xiao's Prestige balance reached 1840!

"Enough!"

Lin Xiao took a deep breath. The key to success or failure lay in this one move!

1500 points, purchased!

[Obtained "Disguise Technique" (yellow grade, upgradeable). Learn?]

Learn it!

[Ding! Congratulations to the host for learning the "Disguise Technique"!]

[Ding! Obtained achievement "Ingenious Skills" (mystic grade): Learned a special skill. Prestige +50]

[Disguise Technique (1 year of cultivation): Created by a Face-Changing Grandmaster. Change facial muscles to take on another appearance. (Upgradeable)]

In Lin Xiao's mind, strange knowledge had increased again!

"So that's how disguise works..."

He faced the mirror, recalled General Zhao Kuan's appearance in his mind, and performed it.

His facial muscles changed rapidly, becoming sixty percent similar, just without the beard.

"It really works?"

Lin Xiao was overjoyed and immediately started adding points. From the last battle, he had accumulated 323 points of Cultivation!

+1+1+1...

[Ding! Disguise Technique (20 years of cultivation) meets the upgrade requirements. Upgrade?]

Go for it!

[Congratulations to the host, "Disguise Technique" has upgraded to "Face-Changing"!]

[Face-Changing (20 years of cultivation): An advanced technique of disguise, like changing skins, difficult to distinguish with the naked eye. Grade: mystic grade (Upgradeable)]

"Eh? It can still upgrade!?"

Lin Xiao was jolted. Besides the Indestructible Golden Body, this was the first technique that could upgrade twice!

No wonder it cost 1500 Prestige; these mundane skills also have deep secrets!

He couldn't help but wonder what this disguise would eventually upgrade into!

+1+1+1...

This time, the cultivation required for Face-Changing to upgrade was actually twice as much!

[Ding! Face-Changing (60 years of cultivation) meets the upgrade requirements. Upgrade?]

"Do you even need to ask? Do it!!"

[Ding! Congratulations to the host, "Face-Changing" has upgraded to "Shape-shifting"!]

[Shape-shifting (60 years of cultivation): A long-lost mysterious skill. Face, voice, temperament, and physique can all be perfectly imitated! Grade: Earth Grade]

[Ding! Obtained achievement "One Man, A Thousand Faces" (Earth Grade): Pushed the Face-Changing skill to its limit. Prestige +200]