CHAPTER 236: CHAPTER 210: MASTER RECOGNITION CHALLENGE, UNNAMED MASK

All around were maids coming and going, in the rear courtyard of the City Lord’s Mansion, everything seemed calm and peaceful, as if the treasure vault theft had never happened.

Lu Lin took advantage of no one paying attention and carefully made his way into the courtyard of the Third Madam.

Here, he could hear voices speaking in the room inside.

"Dou Dou, did you remember the spells mother taught you this morning?"

"I remember, mother."

A childish voice replied.

Lu Lin recalled that yesterday while dining, Third Madam mentioned something about little Dou Dou missing Dad or something like that.

He figured this must be the little Dou Dou.

"Alright, today mother will test you, tell me, what does our Extraordinary Human Race need to advance from the Third Level to the Fourth Level?"

"Mother, I know this. To advance from the Third Level to the Fourth Level, you need the petals of the Hundred Bellflower, the bamboo shoots of the Solid Heart Bamboo, and the feathers of the Spotted Tail Chicken. Collect all three, and use Star Power to refine and merge them, then send them to that dark place."

"Not a dark place, that’s the Soul Realm."

"Right, the Soul Realm, mother I remember."

"Good, now let me ask you, what do you need to advance from the Sixth Level to the Seventh Level?"

"I know this too, but mother, my stomach hurts, I need to poop."

"Hmm, trying that trick again."

Third Madam snorted, "Little Dou Dou, that trick doesn’t work on mother anymore. Tell mother, what is needed to advance from the Sixth Level to the Seventh Level?"

"Mother, I’m not lying to you, I really need to poop."

"Hmm, you said the same thing last time. Tell me the answer first, then I’ll let you go."

"Mother, mother, I can’t hold it any longer, wa..."

Little Dou Dou suddenly started crying, and Lu Lin, hiding outside, felt he could almost smell something foul.

"Oh no, he really pooped, little Dou Dou, mother was wrong, Xiao Ling, Xiao Yue, come in quickly and change the Third Young Master’s pants."

Inside became a flurry of activity.

At this moment, Lu Lin sensed someone approaching and quickly made himself crouch even lower.

"Third Sister, why so busy? Little Dou Dou, why are you crying so loudly... oh, it stinks."

Lu Lin recognized from the voice that this was the Second Madam.

The two chatted and laughed for a while, and Lu Lin saw several maids coming out with a little boy with green smoke hair.

However, that little boy didn’t have a trace of sadness on his face, instead... he looked a bit smug.

This time, with a new trick, as expected, mother didn’t make him recite methods for advancing in the Extraordinary at all, truly satisfying.

However, being nine years old and still using the poop strategy to avoid questions seemed a bit inappropriate.

But who cares, so long as the trick works.

Lu Lin watched the little fellow leave the courtyard with a delighted stride and couldn’t help but find it amusing. This must be the so-called little rascal.

"Second Sister, who do you think stole our husband’s treasure vault last night?"

After dismissing the servants, the Third Madam quietly asked.

"Who? How would I know who?"

The Second Madam immediately stood up, speaking passionately: "Third Sister, I tell you, if I knew who that little thief was, I’d wish to tear him to pieces."

Lu Lin broke out in a cold sweat; it was his first time experiencing the thrill of eavesdropping.

Others were talking about dismembering him right in front of him.

"No, Second Sister don’t get excited, I heard there’s a mask in husband’s treasure vault."

"That mask is called the Thousand Transformations Mask, and it can turn into anyone you’ve seen."

"Except those whose abilities reach the Star General level, ordinary Star Soldiers can’t detect it at all."

"This morning, Father-in-law said people have already been arranged to investigate this. Do you think that little thief might have used this Thousand Transformations Mask to fool others and then escape..."

Lu Lin couldn’t hear what the two women said afterward.

His ears only caught the Third Madam’s mention of the "Thousand Transformations" mask.

If he guessed correctly, the treasure he took yesterday, the one with various mysterious and intricate patterns, was that mask.

Transform into anyone you’ve seen.

No one but a Star General can detect it.

Lu Lin thought, isn’t this exactly what I need?

His heart raced with excitement, longing to try the mask right there in the courtyard. But upon thinking it through, he decided it was safer to test it in a secluded place.

Lu Lin climbed out of the rear courtyard of the City Lord’s Mansion and followed the path until he reached a deserted small courtyard.

He climbed over the wall and surprisingly found a cellar at the back of the courtyard.

Opening the cellar lid, Lu Lin jumped straight down.

Inside the cellar were only some long-stored vegetables and meat, which had already gone bad and emitted a nauseating stench.

This was easy to handle, just make it so he couldn’t smell it anymore.

Taking out the Thousand Transformations Mask, Lu Lin didn’t dare to look at it too much and directly put it on his face.

"Kill!"

Lu Lin suddenly shouted in a low voice.

As soon as he put on the mask, he was pulled into an Illusionary Realm full of bloody battlefields.

A fierce tiger suddenly appeared in front of him, pouncing toward Lu Lin.

At this moment, Lu Lin was unarmed and could only roll on the ground.

The tiger missed its pounce and roared angrily, turning to charge at Lu Lin again.

All around were countless soldiers battling exotic beasts, but they weren’t Real Persons, nor were the beasts real. Lu Lin could easily pass through them.