Translator: EndlessFantasy Translation Editor: EndlessFantasy Translation

“So that giant water leech was some ten-thousand-year spirit leech and ate quite some earth dragon fruit here!” Yan Liqiang rubbed his face and murmured. “It seemed that I devoured the leech’s essence Qi!”

Yan Liqiang still didn’t understand why the leech started to insert its essence into him after he inserted vital Qi that was beyond its capacity. Probably no one knew why other than that dead ten-thousand-year spirit leech.

Thousand-Faced Demon Monarch, Thousand-Faced Lust Demon. These two titles gave Yan Liqiang endless thoughts, but from the person’s last words, he was probably a half-righteous and half-evil character who thought highly of himself. He had never heard of this title but he might have been very powerful back in the days.

Yan Liqiang looked at the body again and then bowed, “Thank you, Senior, for showing me the ways. If I can leave, it will be all due to Senior. Since Senior left me a secret manual, then I will take it and not disturb Senior!”

Then, Yan Liqiang left the room and went back to the cauldron room. Under the foot of the cauldron, he indeed found a metal box.

Yan Liqiang took a deep breath and opened the box with the mentality of opening a mystery box. Immediately, he saw a secret manual called ‘Thousand-Faced Divine Technique’ inside.

Holding this manual, Yan Liqiang felt that it was made from neither metal nor paper. It was very strange. The material seemed similar to the manual of the Golden Bell Divine Protection Technique. Yan Liqiang curiously flipped open to the first page and saw two lines of words.

The first line – Your face can change a thousand times but never lose yourself!

The second line – Only those who reached Martial Ancestor, have dense essence, and formed an essence cauldron can cultivate this.

What did this mean? Was this secret manual teaching people how to do make-up? It actually required people to be a Martial Ancestor to have the right to cultivate it!

Yan Liqiang kept flipping and after he saw the latter contents, his eyes were wide open in shock. F*ck, this manual really did teach people how to change their face but the contents of it were too unimaginable. It didn’t teach people to rely on medicine or face masks, but how to control your bones, meridians, muscles, vocal cords, and skin and even some nodes to change one’s height and looks. The reason it required the cultivator to be a Martial Ancestor was because only those who reached Martial Ancestor had powerful control over their body. Only with that powerful essence could they mitigate the side effects of changing one’s appearance!

Looking at this Thousand-Faced Divine Technique, Yan Liqiang was shocked. If he mastered this technique, he could have thousands of identities to walk over the world.

Yan Liqiang held this book and indulged himself in reading!

After quite some time until Yan Liqiang felt his stomach was gurgling, Yan Liqiang moved his eyes away from the book. He had now completely remembered the contents of the book in his head.

He put away the secret manual and went into the garden. He found a watermelon-shaped thing that was greyish yellow in color and cut it open. There was fruity flesh inside so he tried it a little. The thing was salty and sweet and very soft. He ate it and after a while, he didn’t feel any discomfort. Instead, his stomach felt warm. It was only then did he dig in and eat it all. Then, he felt endless stamina growing in his body.

“Luckily, I made arrangements at home and the archery academy before coming out. With that many people looking after it, outsiders wouldn’t know about my situation within half a year. Even if I don’t go back for the time being, nothing would go wrong. No one would dare to cause trouble. There’s no point worrying right now — I can only stay here for the moment. It’ll be solitary cultivation!”

Yan Liqiang looked around and wiped his mouth. He had decided to use this time to stabilize his cultivation state. Although he strangely reached Martial Ancestor this time, Yan Liqiang felt this power wasn’t stable. He couldn’t control his power that well either. He would use this half-year to settle. Of course, he would also learn that Thousand-Faced Divine Technique during this half year. When he went out again, he would be able to throw that King Cobra’s mask into the bin.

Thinking about this, Yan Liqiang cleaned up the pill room and stayed in there.

In the days after, Yan Liqiang stayed in the cave in solitary cultivation. He was either meditating or practicing martial arts or ‘Thousand-Faced Divine Technique’.

Yan Liqiang thought that the leech’s body would rot after a few days. If it was dead, he would throw it into the underground river to prevent air contamination. But for some reason, it still didn’t rot and instead began to dry up, becoming more sturdy and elastic. This way, the body became Yan Liqiang’s training tool. Yan Liqiang would drag the huge body and run circles in the cave every day to use up his stamina and control his power. After he was tired, he would use Muscle Tendon Changing and Marrow Cleansing to recover and strengthen his body.

With such cultivation, Yan Liqiang’s power stabilized in the Martial Ancestor realm and increased as well. Yan Liqiang’s strength now was frightening. Yan Liqiang didn’t know if the leech gave its strength to him too, but now he felt that even if he didn’t use inner Qi while punching, he could easily smash down that sturdy stone wall.

With his current power, if he used powerful fist art like the Eight Extremities Fist technique, then the power would be many times stronger. When Yan Liqiang punched, the entire cave seemed to be filled with thunder. He could even shake those stalagmites and crystals off.

His cultivation of Thousand-Faced Divine Technique also progressed rapidly…

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Two months later, Yan Liqiang stood in the cave next to the pond and looked at his reflection after he transformed with the Thousand-Faced Divine Technique. It was exactly the same nation-bewitching face that he had in the Heavenly Realm…

With the sounds of bones clicking, the figure in the water changed into Yan Liqiang’s original look. Yan Liqiang laughed in joy…