Chapter 264 Human Skin Mask
After Chu Tang left the pavilion, Zhou Ziyu stood up and faced the pond again, looking at the lotus leaves swaying in the wind, in a daze.
Under the scorching sun, the water surface is swollen and sparkling.
People's eyes were dazzled by the bright water light, and Zhou Ziyu, who was squinting, remained motionless for a long time.
Not long after, Miss Lin'er, who had escorted Chu Tang out of the yard, came back and came behind Zhou Ziyu.
Zhou Ziyu turned around slowly, glanced at Lin'er calmly, and said calmly: "Keep an eye on him these days, don't let him cause any trouble."
Miss Lin'er asked curiously: "Since you don't trust him, why do you still want to make a deal with him?"
"Trust?" Zhou Ziyu sneered, "Do people like us dare to trust others easily?"
Miss Lin'er said: "In order to let him conceal his identity and enter Qingcheng, you even gave away the human skin mask carefully made by Master Wei. Aren't you afraid that he would be more powerful after getting the mask and disappear into the vast sea of people?"
Zhou Ziyu shook his head slightly and said: "It's just a human skin mask. Others can't recognize him. But we left the bottom of the mask on. Are we afraid we won't be able to find him?"
"What if?"
"It's just a casual move." Zhou Ziyu said calmly, "Without him, we won't be able to get anything from the Chen family siblings? It's just that with his intervention, there will be fewer twists and turns."
"What about the second thing? Didn't you say that you have to rely on his Qinggong?" Lin'er was still very curious.
Zhou Ziyu was silent for a while and then said: "If it weren't for him, then we would have to do it forcefully!"
Lin'er was taken aback: "This is not your style, Master. You always make decisions and then act."
Zhou Ziyu suddenly smiled bitterly: "Over the years, most of the things I have planned have been successful. However, ever since Chu Tang got involved in our affairs, I found that things have never gone well for us!"
Lin'er said strangely: "Then we should get rid of him!"
Zhou Ziyu shook his head and said, "No! All signs indicate that he has great luck!"
"Luck? Do you still believe this?" Lin'er's bright eyes widened, looking surprised.
Zhou Ziyu sighed: "It's up to people to plan things, and it's up to God to make things happen. Sometimes, you have to believe in some things."
This was said in an old-fashioned way, and Miss Lin'er smiled softly and said: "This is not the young master we have always been confident about!"
Zhou Ziyu was silent again for a long time, and then said in a deep voice: "I don't want to be named Zhou anymore! I want to restore my surname openly. I want the world to know that there is still a person like me in the Tang family. I don't want to be like my father. Living a life of hiding here and there! I don’t want my descendants to continue to live like us, like a mouse that cannot see the light of day!”
He spoke very angrily, full of resentment, and his face turned red.
Lin'er's face suddenly froze and she was speechless for a long time.
Finally, Lin'er reminded: "What if he wants to atone for his crimes so that the court can lift his wanted order, restore his identity, and sell us to the government?"
Zhou Ziyu smiled and said with confidence: "Lin'er, they say that if you are close to vermillion, you will be red, and if you are close to ink, you will be dark. We have a lot of time to make him dark."
"A certificate of nomination?"
Zhou Ziyu said faintly: "By participating in the matter of King Liang's treasure with us, he has violated the royal family's taboo. The name of treason is always an unforgivable crime! As long as he does more things for us, They will sink deeper and deeper, and eventually they will have no choice but to follow our path to the dark side.”
Lin'er always felt that the other party was overconfident, but she couldn't argue with it for the moment.
"Let everyone prepare and send him out of the valley in three days, and then act according to the plan!" Zhou Ziyu made the final explanation.
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After leaving the manor and returning to the farmhouse, Chu Tang was both excited and terrified.
Excitedly, the deal was concluded and he could leave this ghost counterpart soon.
Yes, although this place is peaceful and peaceful, with an idyllic scenery, Chu Tang always feels extremely strange, extremely uncoordinated, and extremely uncomfortable.
In addition, not knowing Zhou Ziyu's strength also made him feel unsure. Only when he got outside could he feel more at ease.
What’s scary is that he eventually got involved in the matter of King Liang’s treasure!
It is true that after he got outside, he could let himself go, turn his back and refuse to admit his fault, turn around and forget about the agreement with Zhou Ziyu, and wander around the world from then on.
But thinking about Zhou Ziyu's determination to obtain clues to Prince Liang's treasure, Chu Tang could also imagine that if he let the opponent go, given Zhou Ziyu's proud character, the consequences would be serious.
Now he not only has a mortal enemy with Nan Qinghou, but also has an enemy with Luoshen Valley, the holy land of martial arts. Even the richest court in the world is looking for him. Generally speaking, it will be very difficult for him on the white road.
If the descendants of King Liang, who are so powerful in the underworld, are also provoked, the world is so big that Chu Tang really doesn’t know where he can stay.
Escape from Liangzhou completely?
It's not that it's impossible, but with his current martial arts, it's more dangerous outside!
"Zhou Ziyu can easily send warriors from the Seventh Realm to rescue me. I guess he has a more powerful trump card in his hand." This is what Chu Tang is worried about deep in his heart, "Eighth Realm? Or Ninth Realm?"
It wasn't really that he was overthinking it, but that Zhou Ziyu promised to give him the Eighth Realm Kung Fu, which made it difficult for Chu Tang to think that the other party didn't have a master of the Eighth Realm.
He really can't afford to offend the Eighth Realm master now.
If there were nine realms...tsk tsk, no matter how many lives there are, it wouldn't be enough to die.
For this reason, he had to agree to the deal with Zhou Ziyu.
"Damn, that's nice to say. It seems like he values me very much. If I dare to refuse, I probably won't be able to get out of here." Chu Tang cursed inwardly.
People under the eaves have to bow their heads!
It is also said that those who understand current affairs are heroes... Yeah, Chu Tang comforted himself like this.
Another reason is that he is still soft-hearted - pitiful for the Chen family siblings.
Zhou Ziyu knew the situation of the Chen siblings very well. With his desire for pictures and his behavior, if the Chen siblings didn't obediently hand over the picture, they would be in trouble.
The other party can even infiltrate the Governor's Mansion, but they really don't take it seriously!
"Chen Suming...Oh, you owe me another favor!" Chu Tang has never been an indecisive person, but the other party's weak face and desperate eyes always came to his mind, and he couldn't bear to watch them die.
After thinking wildly for a while, someone called outside the door. When I opened the door, I saw a middle-aged man dressed as a farmer with a dark face. After meeting Chu Tang, he only said that he was ordered to come to deliver something.
Only then did Chu Tang see that he was indeed holding a four or five inch long brocade box in his hand.
After taking the brocade box, I heard the middle-aged man say: "My young master also asked me to tell Mr. Chu that we will send him out of the valley in three days. Please prepare properly."
Chu Tang nodded and said he understood.
The middle-aged man retreated, coming and going in a hurry.
Turning the brocade box in his hand, Chu Tang was quite curious: "Is this the human skin mask that Zhou Ziyu said he would give to me before?"
When the two of them communicated just now, Chu Tang raised a question, that is, the Chen family siblings are in Qingcheng, and he is now a wanted criminal by the court. Entering Qingcheng at this time is no different from entering a tiger's den, because his wanted portrait is everywhere Rumor has it that most people in Qingcheng will recognize him!
Zhou Ziyu smiled and said that he had a human skin mask. After putting it on, it was like changing into a different person. No one could recognize it. Later, he had someone deliver it to Mr. Chu.
Now this brocade box must contain human skin masks.
To be honest, Chu Tang was very curious about this thing, after all, he had never seen it before.
In a heartbeat, he hurried back to the house, placed the brocade box beside the long cabinet, picked up Yitian, and opened the box with the tip of the magic weapon's sheath.
With a click, the box was opened, and a ball of pale yellow lay quietly on the gold foil-colored brocade.
Chu Tang approached carefully and smelled it gently. After finding nothing unusual, he reached out and picked up the thing.
It was cold and soft, and with a slight shake, a human skin mask unfolded.
"It's quite flexible!" This was Chu Tang's first impression.
When I laid it out on my hand and took a look, I couldn't help but feel happy. It really had a nose and eyes, and even the eyebrows looked similar.
"Is it really human skin?" Chu Tang was startled again. He looked carefully and felt the feel. Only then did he realize that it was not real human skin, but made of an unknown material.
It's very elastic and can be easily stretched, so it's really suitable for many face shapes.
After playing with it for a while, Chu Tang spread out the mask with both hands and slowly pressed it on his face.
When it touched my face, my skin felt cold, but it quickly adhered to my skin. After a moment of discomfort, I quickly adapted to it.
I touched it everywhere and it was very tight. It felt no different from touching my own face.
There happened to be a bronze mirror on the side of the cabinet. Chu Tang looked closely at it for a while and was immediately startled——
A man about thirty years old with a sallow face appeared in front of him!
His sallow face looked sick and weak.
The face shape is also very ordinary, the kind that would not stand out in a crowd.
Not to mention other people, even Chu Tang couldn't recognize him!
A completely different person!
He touched his face again and let his hair down a little, covering his forehead and ears. Even if he looked carefully, there was no trace of the human skin mask at all!
"Incredible craftsmanship! Ingenious craftsmanship!" Chu Tang was shocked and exclaimed. Once he put on this mask, there was no need to describe it as lifelike. He became a completely different living person!
Chu Tang said to himself: "When I wear this human skin mask, no one will think that I am the wanted criminal Chu Tang even if I am walking struttingly on the streets of Qingcheng!"
While sighing, I felt increasingly frightened by Zhou Ziyu's strength.
"How many terrible talents this guy has attracted over the years!" Chu Tang couldn't imagine anymore. "He was indeed a centipede insect, dead but not stiff. King Liang fell, and the legacy he left behind was enough to make Zhou Zi Yu and the others have been eating it for decades! No wonder they are so keen on Liang Wang’s treasure! There must be so many good things there that it’s unimaginable!”
Chu Tang didn't know whether it was right or wrong to get involved in the other party's affairs, so he hesitated for a moment.
"That's all. The boat will be straight when it reaches the bridge. Just take it one step at a time." Chu Tang smiled bitterly. He had no right to refuse anyway.
"I have solved the problem of image and whereabouts. If I want people not to recognize me, I have to disguise myself..."
In three days, he would have to leave here and enter Qingcheng again. He had to think more.
The most important thing is how to hide martial arts!
The martial arts skills that have been displayed in front of others must not be used easily, lest they be recognized.
However, what martial arts skills does he have not used?
Chu Tang's head hurt thinking about it, as if he really couldn't find it.
"Was I too high-profile and showy in the past, and didn't know how to hide my clumsiness?" He began to reflect.
Especially Qinggong, whether it's climbing up the ladder, walking on the snow without leaving a trace, or even taking the slightest step on the waves, it's almost become his trademark!
Even the Divine Movements are somewhat similar to the Lingbo Weibu. As long as these light skills are used, anyone who has seen him, Chu Tang, can recognize them at a glance.
"Damn it! Sometimes being too conspicuous is not a good thing!" Chu Tang smiled bitterly.
If he couldn't even use life-saving martial arts at will, he really wouldn't dare to go for a walk in Qingcheng.
There are really too many enemies, almost everyone in the world is an enemy!
"How did I end up like this?" Chu Tang couldn't believe that he, who had always been upright, turned out to be a dog in the end, "It's all my fault, Benze... Oh no, it's all my fault, Marquis Nanqing! It's his mistress's fault! Your son committed adultery. I violated the law and killed innocent people indiscriminately. I just acted for God and killed a scumbag. Why do you need to force me to take my life? I am not a son of man! I am really not a thing! You deserve to have your descendants cut off..."
After drawing circles and cursing for a while, Chu Tang's thinking returned to the right track: "Now that the human skin mask is available, the martial arts must be changed, and the weapons... Yitian Yitian, I have to wrong you not to see the light of day for a while."
Well, the magic weapon should be easy to solve. Zhou Ziyu, the fourth generation emperor, is extremely rich, so there is nothing wrong with asking him for a peerless magic weapon, right?
"Seventh grade...well, this one is a bit scary, too ostentatious, and doesn't suit my temperament. Then...seventh grade? No? Do you have to give a few to sixth grade? If you want your horse to go fast, you have to give it more food and grass. ...In short, it cannot be lower than the fifth rank! My divine weapon Yitian is the fifth rank, and if it is lower than the fifth rank, it is not easy to use..."
Okay, that's a happy decision.
The level of the divine weapon has been solved. As for whether it is a knife, a sword or a spear... well, it still depends on what kind of martial arts he uses!
"Martial arts... nothing else, let's talk about gold!" Chu Tang suddenly became proud.
In a place where others could not see, Chu Tang unfolded the panel of the sea of consciousness.
Looking at the total number of chivalry points on it, he felt excited and excited.
"Being chased so far and escaping all the way is not without gain!"
Chu Tang clearly saw that after exchanging the Beiming Divine Art last time and almost clearing out all the chivalry points, now he has received another huge harvest——
His chivalry value exceeded the total of 40,000!
forty thousand!
A value I had never thought of before.
Where did it come from?
Speaking of this, we have to thank Wang Yang, the Marquis of Nanqing.
Although Chu Tang didn't kill any masters along the way, he couldn't bear the large number of opponents!
Wang Yang had three hundred personal soldiers, and he killed nearly a hundred people along the way.
It is true that most of them are warriors in the lower three realms, but they have contributed ten to twenty thousand chivalrous points.
In addition, those martial arts people who responded to Nan Qinghou and Luoshen Valley and joined in were at a higher level. Many of them were warriors in the third and fourth realms, which were worth a lot of money!
Although Chu Tang is not a murderous person, in order to escape and survive, he sometimes kills those who block his way without mercy.
Especially when he was surrounded on the mountain, his wave of broken crossbow arrows reflected and killed a lot of people; when he broke through and went down the mountain, Dugu's Nine Swords were even more powerful. One sword at a time, he was really invincible, and everyone who stood in his way would die.
After killing indiscriminately, this group of people contributed another 20,000 chivalrous points.
As a result, his chivalry value suddenly reached more than 41,000!
With this number, he can covet the martial arts on the fifth level of the panel.
Marquis Nanqing, what a good man!
Thousands of miles away to give someone a head!
"Which martial arts is better to choose? You have to think carefully about it. You can't waste Nan Qinghou's hard work..." Chu Tang was a little gloating.