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Chapter 582 You Are That Monkey
Song Ciyuan dawdled as he returned to the next room.

As soon as he left, Li Chengxiao decisively closed and locked the door, turned off the lights, and went to sleep.

After sleeping lightly for about two hours, I heard a slight noise coming from outside the door. I suddenly opened my eyes, my gaze clear and alert.

Then he closed his eyes, leaving only a slit, and pretended to gently turn over in his sleep.

The sound of unlocking outside stopped, and after a few breaths, the rustling sound resumed.

Finally, with a "click," the door was gently pushed open.

The newcomer carried a faint earthy smell mixed with a sweet fragrance. Just as Li Chengxiao hesitated whether to hold his breath, fine powder was sprinkled over.

With a sudden flick of the blanket, catching the powder, Li Chengxiao, who was already asleep fully clothed, kicked the person who had just arrived.

First, the powder that was thrown was deflected back the way it came, and then the person was kicked in the stomach. Even though there was a blanket covering them, they couldn't help but groan and stumble back several steps until their back hit the door.

As Li Chengxiao got up, he turned on the room light. After quickly adjusting his eyes to the light, he looked at the person who had come in.

He knew it was a woman when he heard that muffled sound.

However, seeing what a woman looked like still surprised him.

It's hard to tell how old this person is; you could say he's thirty, or even forty. His skin is the kind of white that doesn't get sunlight all year round, but he also has a birthmark the size of a child's palm on his left cheek.

Knowing she was no match for him, the woman simply sat down on the ground and remained motionless, letting out a cold laugh as she spoke.

"You're quite wary!"

“I am a guest of your master.”

"Heh, you mean the one sleeping next door? They've probably replaced him a long time ago!"

Li Chengxiao almost instantly recalled Song Ciyuan's previous description of this group of people: each of them had their own unique skills.

"How did you tell?"

"No need to look, the patriarch wouldn't go into the next courtyard. The fact that the guy next door went in proves he's definitely not the patriarch!"

"I see."

The woman clutched her still-painful stomach for a moment, then asked, "How about we make a deal?"

"Tell me."

“We were all found by the head of the family. He needs our abilities to do some shady things, and we just happen to need a sufficiently secluded place to stay. To be honest, none of us owe each other anything. I came here this time because you stabbed my brother’s hand with a dagger, and I just wanted to teach you a lesson in return.”

She paused at this point, realizing that instead of receiving a lesson, she had delivered herself into the mess and been taught a lesson herself.

Huanhuan Shen continued, "Now that the patriarch is no longer here, we will no longer occupy the neighboring courtyard. You and the neighbor next door, let us leave, and I promise we will never appear before you again."

If she had been wondering why the family head had suddenly fallen, now, looking at the person standing in front of her, she really couldn't bring herself to fight him to the death.

Because she is the most likely candidate to suffer a desperate situation.

Furthermore, given their relationship with the family head, it's not worth risking their lives to avenge him.

What if I don't let go?

The woman's eyelids twitched. "You want us to keep working for you?"

"Go and call the others over, and tell them what you can do."

The woman lowered her eyes and pondered for a moment, then finally nodded gently. The lights in the drawing room were turned on again at midnight.

Startled awake by the noise, Song Ciyuan looked at his senior brother, then at the group of people opposite him who clearly weren't good people. Thinking back to his experience of being captured, he couldn't help but grind his teeth.

There were actually only five people in total.

The one whose palm was pierced by Li Chengxiao's dagger earlier was skilled in the five senses, with an exceptional sense of smell and very keen hearing. Because of this ability, he was called the Hound. He was also the first to notice that someone had entered the yard before coming out to check the situation.

His sister, who sneaked in in the middle of the night to teach Li Chengxiao a lesson, was skilled in making medicine. Even the birthmark on her face was not natural, but rather a result of accumulated medicinal poison. Her nickname was "Medicine Girl."

There was another one who was as thin as a monkey and looked rather sleazy. He was skilled at shrinking his bones, and when he shrunk to the extreme, he could even be about the size of a five or six-year-old child. His name was just like his appearance, so he was called Skinny Monkey.

In stark contrast to the skinny monkey was a pale-faced fat man. Although he was fat, he was the most agile of the five. Compared to the other four, he was noticeably more outgoing and talkative, with incredibly bright and lively small eyes. He usually played the role of communicating with others, hence the nickname "Fatty."

The last one was the oldest, his face lined with wrinkles, his hair completely white, and he was blind. But his ability was still manifested in his eyes; he could see things invisible to the naked eye. Of course, it was because he saw so much and overused his eyes that he gradually went blind, so the others called him the Blind Man.

After listening to each of them explain their abilities, Li Chengxiao finally focused on the medicine girl, asking, "What was the purpose of the powder you sprinkled on me earlier?"

"Just so you can get irritable and lose control of your temper and vent your frustrations."

Song Ciyuan: "How vicious!"

The woman smiled at him and said, "Thank you for the compliment."

Song Ciyuan: "..." He turned to look at the blind man who was wearing sunglasses but whose gaze was clearly directed at him. "Why have you been staring at me ever since you came in?"

"You are that monkey."

Song Ciyuan was so shocked he almost jumped off the sofa. "You, you're the monkey! Your whole family are monkeys!"

After calming down, she still asked, somewhat unwilling to give up, "Can you really see it?"

It's not surprising to have this ability in the Canglan Realm; there are even specialized techniques for it, and anyone who successfully cultivates them can achieve it.

But in this world, possessing this ability is somewhat unbelievable.

"It was just a lucky encounter when I was young."

Song Ciyuan looked at his sunglasses, which seemed to be permanently attached to his face, and after a while, he accepted it.

If we're talking about extraordinary encounters, how can the guy who implanted false memories in him and took him to another world and back not be considered an extraordinary encounter?

If he has it, others can naturally have it too.

Wait a minute, thinking of the guy who had taken over his body before, Song Ciyuan couldn't help but ask again, "Then what did you see when you looked at your family head before?"

He was so curious about what that guy looked like!
Upon hearing Song Ciyuan's question, even Li Chengxiao looked towards the blind man.

With this ability, you might actually see something different.

This time, the blind man remained silent for a full three minutes before uttering three words: "Many lines."

"Huh? A wire? What kind of wire?"

"There is no pattern, there are many colors, some extend outwards, but if you look further away, you can't see them anymore."

And he only saw it once.

I wanted to watch it again later, but I was warned.

He didn't want to ruin his eyes.