"It's all over! It's all over!"

Tang Fu suddenly collapsed inside the cave. He had just been carried by the Golden Scaled Crocodile, escaping for his life in a frenzy that left him completely bewildered. After the crocodile killed Ge Yuzhe and rampaged through all of Hua Shui City, Tang Fu had no time to even think about his daughter.

Furthermore, he still harbored a glimmer of hope. That was because he hadn't been the one to kill Ge Yuzhe; the Ge Family shouldn't vent their anger on his daughter. But Su Xuan had rescued him from the prison...

Tang Fu's mind was in turmoil, and he had no idea what to do.

"Brother Tang, don't panic," Su Xuan consoled him. "With Ge Yuzhe dead, the Ge Family will be using all their resources to hunt me down. For the time being, they won't have the chance to bother with you. I have to go into the city again tomorrow, and I'll see if I can bring your daughter back with me."

His trip to the city tomorrow was, of course, to meet the Third Elder of the Jiuding Sect, as per their agreement.

THUMP!

Upon hearing this, Tang Fu immediately began to kowtow to Su Xuan. He was his great benefactor!

"You don't need to be so formal," Su Xuan said, shaking his head. "Everything I've done for you was no trouble at all."

"No, that's not it," Tang Fu said, also shaking his head. In his heart, what Su Xuan did wasn't just out of convenience. He believed Su Xuan possessed a great and compassionate heart, a true sense of chivalry, and a righteous spirit. A person like him deserved his utmost reverence.

"Brother Su!" After Su Xuan helped him to his feet, Tang Fu thought for a moment and said, "I have little to offer you as thanks, but I do have an ancestral heirloom. I will give it to you now. It will surely be of use when you enter the city tomorrow. As for me, in this state, I cannot accompany you!"

As he spoke, Tang Fu suddenly clutched his throat and coughed up an object! It was as translucent as jade and gleamed brightly, resembling a precious stone. Tang Fu carefully wiped it clean with his clothes and presented it to Su Xuan with both hands.

Su Xuan didn't accept it. "I may not have many virtues, but I do have money. You don't need to thank me with material possessions."

"This is no ordinary object!" Tang Fu hastily explained. "It's a magical treasure with a wondrous function. Whoever holds this item and learns the incantation can change their physical appearance!"

Looking toward Hua Shui City, Tang Fu continued, "After I killed that ruffian, I planned to use this treasure to change my appearance and start a new life with my daughter."

"Oh?" Su Xuan said, intrigued. "Such a thing exists? Brother Tang, could you demonstrate it for me?"

"Of course!" Seeing Su Xuan's interest, Tang Fu breathed a sigh of relief, having feared he might refuse. He immediately began the demonstration. "Watch closely, Brother Su!"

Holding the jade stone, Tang Fu clearly enunciated the incantation for Su Xuan. Instantly, a miracle occurred!

An odd sound came from Tang Fu's facial bones as his features began to twist and transform. Even the color of his skin changed! It wasn't just his face; his body was also changing, growing taller and more slender.

A moment later, Tang Fu had turned into a completely different person.

He had turned into Su Xuan.

"Incredible!" Su Xuan's eyes widened. Tang Fu looked exactly like him. Even if Alice or Su Zimo were here, they would have a hard time telling the real from the fake.

"Brother Su, this treasure is called the Thousand Faces Stone. It's yours!" Tang Fu said, changing back to his original form and once again presenting the jade stone with both hands.

"Then it would be rude of me to refuse!" Su Xuan didn't feign reluctance this time and accepted the stone. After all, this item would be incredibly useful for his business tomorrow.

He felt the Thousand Faces Stone was far too precious and that he was getting the better end of the deal. He waved his hand, stuffing several Xuan notes into Tang Fu's hands. "After this is all over, you can use these to start a new life."

"This..." Tang Fu's eyes instantly welled up. It was 300,000 Xuan notes! He had toiled in Hua Shui City for most of his life and had only managed to save 50,000. Su Xuan had made him a rich man in an instant! My Thousand Faces Stone wasn't given away for nothing! But what he didn't know was that this sum was merely the tip of the iceberg of Su Xuan's wealth.

CRACK! CRACK!

Suddenly, a strange sound emitted from Su Xuan's body. In a flash, Su Xuan, now holding the Thousand Faces Stone, transformed into someone else entirely: Lu Dachun, the former head of the courier station!

Tang Fu was stunned. Su Xuan's ability to learn is just too powerful, isn't it? I demonstrated it only once, and he's already mastered it? A man like him is simply a monster!

"Brother Tang, do you think anyone will recognize me if I enter the city looking like this?" Su Xuan asked, looking down at his new body.

"They definitely won't," Tang Fu said, suppressing his shock and managing a grin. "You look too ordinary. A bit ugly, even."

"Hahaha!" Su Xuan burst out laughing. "This is the appearance of a friend of mine. If you ever get the chance to meet him, please don't say that to his face."

"I won't, I won't," Tang Fu said, his mood lightening as he laughed along.

What an amazing item! Su Xuan glanced at the jade stone in his hand again. Cultivators could easily sense a person's soul aura, yet the Thousand Faces Stone could even change that! This is truly an unparalleled heavenly treasure!

Just then, a series of notifications sounded in his mind.

*"Ding! Congratulations to the Host for obtaining a heavenly treasure!"*

*"Ding! The Host is awarded Hua Shui City's Zhentai shops and all its branches. You are now the owner of Zhentai!"*

*"Ding! Third-stage mission progress: 2/10."*

Su Xuan was dumbfounded. Whose shops were Zhentai's? They belonged to the Ge Family! To Ge Yuzhe's family! He had actually obtained all of the Ge Family's shops?

This is... utterly absurd! If I'd become the owner of Zhentai earlier, I probably wouldn't have ended up in prison, right? Wouldn't Ge Yuzhe have treated me like his own grandfather?

"System, under what name did I become the owner of Zhentai?" Su Xuan suddenly thought of something and immediately asked.

The system replied with three words in its mechanical voice: "Lu Dachun."

Not bad at all! A sly smile crept onto Su Xuan's face. This is going to be fun! This is going to be *really* fun!

He understood why the system had used Lu Dachun's name—it was because he currently wore Lu Dachun's face.

Furthermore, he discovered something else. Although the system hadn't explicitly mentioned it, it was still strengthening his physique and his will. He could clearly feel that he had grown stronger again. Even his cultivation was showing signs of loosening, as if it were about to break through to the next stage.

"Brother Tang!" Su Xuan turned to Tang Fu. "No need to wait until tomorrow. I'm heading to Hua Shui City right now, and I guarantee I'll bring your daughter back safely!"

"Words cannot express my gratitude!" Tang Fu didn't know where Su Xuan's sudden confidence came from, but he still bowed deeply.

Su Xuan's gaze shifted to the cave entrance as he abruptly asked Tang Fu, "Can the Thousand Faces Stone change someone else's appearance? For example, my mount?"

"Well..." Tang Fu looked troubled. "That's not so easy to do."

"So, it *can* be done, right?"

"It can, but it has a requirement for the user's cultivation. They must be in the Longevity Realm!"

The Longevity Realm was considered the pinnacle of cultivation in this world. Anyone with a Longevity Cultivation Level was undoubtedly a major figure.

"Then I'll just reach the Longevity Realm."

Su Xuan began walking step by step toward the mouth of the cave. At the same time, he took a handful of medicinal pills from his sachet and tossed them into his mouth. The cultivation aura radiating from his body surged in an instant.

By the time he reached the cave entrance, right before Tang Fu's astonished eyes, he broke through to the Longevity Realm.

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