Wu Shattered Star River

Having returned to Blue Capital City, Jiang Han changed his identity several times before heading to the Secret Arts Pavilion.

He sold most of his resources and also sold two thousand merit points, finally scraping together fifteen billion Sacred Flame Stones.

Jiang Han obtained a secret art called "Thousand Faces Technique." This technique was somewhat difficult to master, but once successful, it would allow for endless transformations.

Not only would one's appearance change, but even their racial aura could be altered, and even their soul's aura could be slightly modified, making it impossible for even close friends to recognize you.

A thousand people, a thousand faces; such was the Thousand Faces Technique.

What frustrated Jiang Han was that this secret art was contained within a jade slip. After he refined the jade slip, the secret art appeared in his mind, and then the jade slip shattered.

In other words, he was the only one who could access this secret art; he couldn't pass it on to Lao Deng and the others!

This secret art was very profound, with many aspects that could only be understood intuitively and not verbally explained. Moreover, cultivating this secret art required the assistance of refining several types of specially made marrow fluid.

The Secret Arts Pavilion probably intentionally prevented cultivators from spreading it, otherwise, they wouldn't be able to make money…

Jiang Han returned to Thunderclap Valley and immediately went into seclusion. He felt that this secret art was somewhat difficult to cultivate, so naturally, he had to seize the time to comprehend it.

His main soul entered the Heavenly Beast Cauldron to fully deduce the technique.

As expected…

He spent a full four months deducing this secret art before finally succeeding. Then, he began to cultivate, refining the marrow fluid, and after another two months of cultivation, he mastered the Thousand Faces Technique.

“Buzz~”

Jiang Han's immortal power circulated within his body, and then his flesh began to squirm, and the aura on his body began to change. Scales even grew on his skin, and wings appeared on his back.

He stood up and looked in the mirror, nodding with satisfaction.

He pushed open the door and walked out. Lao Deng was startled awake. He glanced at Jiang Han, a look of astonishment on his face, and asked, "Wan Suiyun, when did you enter Master's room?"

A smile appeared on Jiang Han's face. He didn't answer Lao Deng's question, but instead knocked on the door next to him. Soon, two cultivators walked out from inside: Yu Qi and Wan Suiyun.

“Uh…”

Yu Qi was stunned when he saw Jiang Han, while Wan Suiyun was completely bewildered.

“Ah?”

Lao Deng reacted, a look of joy on his face as he said, "Master, this secret art of yours… it's too perverted! It's exactly the same as Wan Suiyun. I can't detect any problems at all!"

“It's useless if you can't detect it!”

Jiang Han smiled and said, "I'm going to find Lord Lei Qu and see if he can sense it."

Jiang Han's body flashed with white light, and then he transformed into Lei Qi's appearance. He even took out the Thunderclap Army's armor and put it on before striding out.

As he walked outside, many soldiers saluted him, and Jiang Han nodded faintly.

He walked to the castle where Lei Qu lived. The soldiers guarding the outside didn't even stop him, but instead said intimately, "Young Master Qi is here?"

Jiang Han nodded and walked inside. Lei Qu was Lei Qi's uncle, so he could go directly inside.

Jiang Han sensed for a moment and found that Lei Qu was in the backyard. He walked in and saw Lei Qu sitting in a pavilion in the backyard, drinking tea.

Jiang Han walked to the outside of the pavilion and bowed respectfully, saying, "Fourth Uncle!"

Lei Qu glanced over, a trace of surprise in his eyes, then his eyes flashed with lightning, and after looking at him several times, he said, "Not bad, this disguise technique is very powerful. I wouldn't have been able to tell if I hadn't sensed it carefully!"

“Buzz~”

Jiang Han transformed back to his original appearance. He cupped his fist and said, "Lord, your eyes are like torches. My little trick couldn't fool you."

“A little trick?”

Lei Qu sneered, "This secret art must have cost at least ten billion, right? You brat, you're so rich?"

“Cough cough!”

Jiang Han coughed twice, not mentioning borrowing money from Lu Yu and Liu Fangfei. He asked, "Lord, with this secret art, even ordinary Saint Sovereigns can't see through my disguise, and ordinary scouts are even less likely to discover my whereabouts, right? Could it be… that I can go out now?"

“Go out?”

Lei Qu frowned. He thought for a moment and said, "Why are you in such a hurry to go out? Are you worried about your wife? Even the White Jade Capital's intelligence departments can't find her. You won't be able to find her even if you go out."

“Although you have a very strong disguise technique, this world has all kinds of strange races. Many strange races possess incredible divine powers and secret arts…"

“Let me put it this way!”

Lei Qu said, "Don't think that just because your secret art is so powerful that Saint Sovereigns can't see through it, even if you cultivate a secret art that even Dao Ancestor Realm cultivators can't see through, many strange races can still track you down."

“The Dark Dragon Pavilion itself is full of hidden dragons and crouching tigers, and countless experts can take on jobs in the Dark Dragon Pavilion.”

“Let me tell you about a race that everyone knows—the Heavenly Fortune Clan. This race can divine the future. As long as they have a drop of your blood, they can easily lock onto your location.”

“You've fought so many times over the years, and your body has been shattered so many times. Your blood must have already been collected. If you go out, the Heavenly Fortune Clan will immediately be able to track you down. Even if your disguise is very clever, those assassins may still be able to find you!”

“This…”

Jiang Han was dumbfounded. He originally thought that he could go out after mastering the Thousand Faces Technique. He was very excited in his heart.

Now, after hearing Lei Qu's words, he was immediately stunned.

Did he waste these billions for nothing?

He still could only stay in Thunderclap Valley, waiting for ten thousand years? He couldn't do anything, as if he were in prison.

Thinking of this, Jiang Han immediately wilted like an eggplant beaten by frost.

Seeing Jiang Han like this, Lei Qu comforted him, "You are still young. Which Heavenly Emperor Saint Sovereign hasn't cultivated for tens of thousands of years? The path of the strong requires first and foremost the ability to endure loneliness and solitude, to have a stable mindset, and not to be impatient in everything."

“Only by living is everything possible. The path to ascension requires a long period of exploration, and there will always be a way.”

“You should go back and rest for a while. If you feel too suppressed, you can go to Blue Capital City to vent.”

“You don't need to perform any tasks within the next hundred years. You can go drinking, gambling, and playing with women. You can live a dissolute life for a hundred years, acting like a playboy. As long as you don't leave the city and don't cause any major incidents, anything goes.”

Lei Qu waved his hand. Jiang Han forced a smile, bowed and thanked him, and retreated.

He dejectedly returned to his residence. Lao Deng, Yu Qi, and Wan Suiyun wanted to ask him a few questions when they saw him like this, but Jiang Han didn't say anything and entered his room.

“What to do? What to do? What to do?”

Jiang Han's head was spinning. After thinking wildly for a while, he took out a few jars of wine and got himself drunk, falling into a deep sleep.

He woke up two days later.

He leaned against the bed and lay there for half an hour before finally pulling himself together. As usual, he inspected the Other Shore Space.

The last time he inspected the Other Shore Space was half a year ago. He felt that there hadn't been much change in half a year.

Another leaf had grown on the dead branch, and more lightning had accumulated, estimated to be enough to release tens of thousands of attacks.

The Nine-Leaf Sacred Lotus hadn't changed much, except that the cold pool below it had become larger. Other than that, there didn't seem to be any changes.

“That's not right!”

Jiang Han looked towards the Ice God Fruit on the Ice God Tree. This fruit was completely shriveled. From the outside, it looked like a stone.

When Jiang Han's soul sense scanned inside, he found that there were even more patterns inside, and the patterns inside were actually emitting a faint white light.

“What is that? Could it be that it has evolved into a divine array?”

Jiang Han blinked his eyes. He pondered for a moment and mobilized some immortal power to see if he could activate the divine patterns inside the Ice God Fruit.

After he mobilized immortal power into it, an extremely strange thing happened!

All the patterns inside the Ice God Fruit lit up, and then Jiang Han felt a flash of white light before his eyes, and he actually… disappeared from where he was.

“What?”

Jiang Han blinked his eyes and glanced around. Then, his pupils suddenly constricted, and he exclaimed, "Crap, could it be that I've been teleported into the Ice God Fruit?"