4: Chapter 4 A pillow arrives just as I'm about to doze off?

On the outskirts of the Soul Severing Abyss, jagged rocks were scattered everywhere.

The grayish-brown mist was much thinner than in the depths, allowing a hint of mottled sunlight to filter through the clouds.

Su Yun walked in front with a light step.

Liu Yuqin followed half a step behind him, her pace slightly unsteady.

The pristine white dress of the Mysterious Maiden Sect Saintess, usually spotless, had been tidied up for now.

Yet, no matter how one looked at it, it exuded an indescribable beauty of disarray.

She kept her head down, her pearly teeth biting her red lips, her eyes occasionally scanning the surroundings warily.

If others were to see the high-and-mighty icy Saintess looking like a "mistreated little daughter-in-law," their eyes would surely pop out.

“Stop.”

Su Yun suddenly halted and raised his hand to stop Liu Yuqin.

“What is it?”

Liu Yuqin's heart tightened. She subconsciously gripped the sword at her waist and scanned the surroundings, her voice trembling slightly.

“Is there an ambush?”

She was truly afraid of being spotted; being with this Devil Head, she wouldn't be able to clear her name even if she jumped into the Yellow River.

Su Yun ignored her, his gaze fixed intently on a pile of rocks to the left.

There, several carrion vultures were flapping their wings and taking flight in alarm, leaving behind a mess of black feathers on the ground.

Amidst the concealment of the rocks, a corner of a gold-trimmed brocade robe was revealed.

“Interesting.”

Su Yun narrowed his eyes and walked straight over.

Pushing aside the rocks, a male corpse suddenly came into view.

He looked to be in his early twenties with a fair face, even exuding an air of superficiality from being pampered.

However, his chest had been pierced by the sharp claws of an unknown Yao Beast, and his heart was already long gone.

The blood at the wound had not yet completely solidified; clearly, he had only just died.

“These clothes...”

Liu Yuqin followed him, her beautiful brows furrowing slightly after a glance.

“It's high-quality 'Flowing Cloud Silk.' Ordinary Loose Cultivators can't afford it; it seems he's a scion of a prominent Family. Although the outskirts of the Soul Severing Abyss are dangerous, it shouldn't be enough to make a wealthy Young Master risk his life here alone.”

“Regardless of who he is, dying here is fate.”

A wicked smile curled on Su Yun's lips as he skillfully squatted down, his hands fumbling over the still-warm corpse.

His movements were as smooth as flowing water, professionally precise in a way that was almost pitiable.

A moment later, a Storage Pouch and a gold-stamped medallion engraved with the word 'Lin' appeared in Su Yun's hand.

“Someone from the Lin Family?”

Su Yun raised an eyebrow, his Divine Sense brutally breaking through the Restriction on the Storage Pouch.

Clatter.

A few Mid-Grade Spirit Stones, several bottles of low-tier Medicinal Pills, and the rest were all flashy, useless Magical Artifacts meant only for show.

This setup was typical for a playboy.

However, Su Yun's gaze fixed on a letter in the corner of the Storage Pouch.

On the envelope was a seal he was incredibly familiar with—it was the clan emblem of Lin Aotian's Family!

“Could it be...”

Su Yun's heart pounded as a bold hypothesis surfaced in his mind.

He no longer hesitated, his right hand suddenly gripping the corpse's crown.

Soul Search!

Although the person was dead and the soul mostly dissipated...

As long as the time of death did not exceed one hour, he could still capture some residual memory fragments.

Buzz!

Mottled images flooded his mind.

“I am Lin Chen... Clan Brother Aotian has ascended, and I'm going to the Mysterious Maiden Sect to bask in his glory...”

“Cousin Aunt Lin Rou... She is an Inner Sect Elder; she can definitely ensure I enter the Inner Sect...”

“This damned Soul Severing Abyss outskirts... how can there be a Rank Three Yao Beast... help...”

The memory came to an abrupt end.

Su Yun slowly opened his eyes, the expression on his face shifting from astonishment to uncontrollable wild joy.

At this moment, he just wanted to laugh three times toward the sky.

Lin Aotian, oh Lin Aotian, you really are my wealth-distributing boy!

Not only did you send a woman, but now even the 'ticket' into the Mysterious Maiden Sect has been delivered to my doorstep!

This unlucky fellow is named Lin Chen, and he's actually a distant cousin from a branch of Lin Aotian's Family!

As the saying goes, when one person attains the Dao, even their chickens and dogs rise to heaven.

After Lin Aotian's Ascension to the Upper Realm, these distant relatives who originally relied on the Lin Family also began to act haughty.

This Lin Chen's Aptitude was mediocre, merely at the Qi Refinement Great Perfection stage.

Relying on Family connections and carrying a personal recommendation letter from Lin Aotian, he was prepared to seek refuge with a powerful Elder of the Mysterious Maiden Sect—Lin Rou.

According to seniority, this Lin Rou was also Lin Chen's distant Cousin Aunt.

“Lin Chen... Lin Rou...”

Su Yun toyed with the medallion in his hand, a calculating glint flashing in his eyes.

“If I'm Lin Aotian's relative, then I can enter the Mysterious Maiden Sect legitimately.”

“You... what do you want to do?”

Liu Yuqin watched Su Yun's hair-raising smile and instinctively took half a step back.

Su Yun stood up and turned to look at Liu Yuqin, his smile becoming even more radiant.

“Great Saintess Liu, let's get reacquainted. From now on, my name is Lin Chen.”

“Lin Chen?”

Liu Yuqin was stunned for a moment, then she looked at the corpse on the ground, her pupils shrinking sharply.

“You want to impersonate him? That's impossible! The Mysterious Maiden Sect's entry examination is strict, and there's a Spirit-Peering Mirror hanging at the mountain gate. No disguise technique can hide from it. Moreover, everyone's aura is unique, you...”

“Shh.”

Su Yun placed his index finger against his lips, interrupting her.

“As long as I want it, nothing is impossible.”

With a thought.

“System, use 'Thousand Illusion Mask'!”

【Ding! Item used. Commencing Physical Body reconstruction and aura simulation...】

Crack! Crack!

The tooth-aching sound of bones dislocating suddenly rang out.

Under Liu Yuqin's horrified gaze, Su Yun's figure began to undergo a visible transformation.

His originally tall and straight body hunched slightly, becoming somewhat thin.

His features, originally full of wicked charm and sharp angles, began to squirm and reorganize. His eyes became superficial, his eye bags sagged slightly, exuding a pale look from excessive indulgence.

In just three breaths...

Standing before Liu Yuqin was no longer the great Devil Head Su Yun who made her feel a mix of love and hate, but a living image of the playboy—Lin Chen!

Even more terrifyingly, his aura had changed as well!

His originally powerful Foundation Establishment fifth-level cultivation was instantly retracted, replaced by the unstable and superficial spiritual fluctuations of Qi Refinement Great Perfection.

“This... how is this possible...”

Liu Yuqin covered her mouth, her beautiful eyes wide with complete disbelief.

If she hadn't seen it with her own eyes, she would absolutely have thought the person in front of her really was that Lin Family playboy!

Even when using Divine Sense to investigate, not a single flaw could be found.

Su Yun cracked his neck, adapting to this new "body."

Then, he took a step toward Liu Yuqin and reached out to tilt her delicate chin up.

At this moment, he wore a face that was thirty percent similar to Lin Aotian's, yet his eyes held Su Yun's characteristic aggressiveness.

“Great Saintess Liu.”

Su Yun deliberately lowered his voice, mimicking Lin Chen's frivolous and playboy tone.

“In the future within the Sect, I'll have to rely on Great Saintess Liu to look after me.”

“You... shameless!”

Liu Yuqin's cheeks instantly turned bright red. She wanted to slap his hand away, but Su Yun caught her and pulled her into his arms.

“What? You don't like this face?”

Su Yun leaned close to her ear and wickedly blew a breath of air.

“You should know, my current identity is the cousin of your beloved Brother Aotian. According to the rules, shouldn't you be a bit more polite to me?”

“Let... let go of me...”

Liu Yuqin felt weak all over. Under the influence of the 'Heart Lock', she simply could not produce any substantial resistance against Su Yun.

“Remember this.”

Su Yun stopped joking, his eyes suddenly turning ice-cold as his fingers firmly squeezed her chin.

“Once we enter the Mysterious Maiden Sect, I am Lin Chen. If you dare to let it slip... I will let the entire Mysterious Maiden Sect know how their high-and-mighty Saintess served a man beneath the Soul Severing Abyss.”

Liu Yuqin's delicate body trembled violently, and the last hint of struggle in her eyes was completely extinguished.

“I... I understand.” She lowered her head, her voice as faint as a mosquito's hum, “Junior... Junior Brother Lin.”

“Good girl.”

Su Yun patted her cheek with satisfaction, then turned to look at the real Lin Chen on the ground.

“I'll borrow your identity. In return, I'll give you a cremation to avoid your corpse being left in the wild to be eaten by Yao Beasts.”

He flicked his finger.

A wisp of golden Nine Yang True Fire whistled out, instantly enveloping the corpse.

Sizzle sizzle sizzle—

In the blink of an eye, the corpse on the ground turned into a pile of ashes and scattered with the wind, as if it had never existed in this world.

Having done all this, Su Yun straightened his clothes and swaggered toward the exit of the Soul Severing Abyss.

“Let's go, Great Saintess Liu. Take me to meet that good Cousin Aunt of mine whom I've never met.”

Su Yun's eyes sparkled with excitement.

Inner Sect Elder, Lin Rou.

In his memories, this Cousin Aunt, though nearly forty, still retained her charm because she was well-maintained.

More importantly, she held real power within the Mysterious Maiden Sect.

This was an excellent point of entry.

Soft Rice Hard Eat is the true romance of a villain!

Liu Yuqin watched Su Yun's back, which was tall yet exuded a superficial air, with mixed emotions in her heart.

She knew that from this moment on, the Mysterious Maiden Sect... was about to change.

This was leading a wolf into the house.

And she was the one opening the door.

...

The two of them, one in front and one behind, passed through the mist-shrouded rocky forest.

About half an hour later, the view ahead suddenly opened up.

Two giant rocks, hundreds of feet high, stood like door gods.

In between was a narrow canyon that only allowed two people to pass—this was the exit of the Soul Severing Abyss.

Once they stepped out of here, the world would be wide open.

However...

Just as the two of them stepped out of the canyon.

Buzz! Buzz! Buzz!

Several powerful Divine Senses, like searchlights, swept over without any reservation.

Carrying the pressure unique to Golden Core Stage Cultivators, they instantly locked onto Su Yun and Liu Yuqin.

Immediately after, a stern shout exploded in mid-air like a thunderclap:

“Halt!”

“Who goes there, acting suspiciously coming out of the Forbidden Ground? Surrender immediately and submit to inspection!”

Whoosh whoosh whoosh!

The sound of breaking air rang out as seven or eight figures wearing various Sect uniforms descended from the sky, surrounding the two in a fan shape.

The leader was dressed in a purple robe, holding a long sword, his gaze like lightning. He was impressively a Golden Core Late Stage powerhouse!

Su Yun stopped in his tracks, his slightly lowered eyelids concealing the flash of cold light in his eyes.

The good show has begun.