Chapter 27: The Mask

  Su Tang couldn't understand, he scratched his head with his hand, but found that he couldn't touch his hair at all. When he put down his hand, the tips of his fingers and face rubbed against each other, making a crisp metallic sound.

  Su Tang was stunned, and then he used his hand to slap his own face, making a loud slapping sound. His hand felt extremely hard, but his face didn't feel anything. He touched it all over, only to realize that his entire face was covered with an unknown metal.

  Su Tang turned around and rushed towards the boudoir, rushing to the dresser, wiping off the dust on the mirror with his hand. He saw a strange mask, the mask was integrated into one piece without any gaps, but his vision, olfaction, hearing and even breathing were not affected at all. In other words, if he hadn't accidentally touched it, he wouldn't have felt that there was an extra mask on his face.

  Su Tang shifted her attention to the cloak, then rummaged through a drawer in the dresser and pulled out a small knife, tentatively slashing and poking at the cloak.

  The cloak was incredibly resilient, and Su Tang spent half a day using all his might to barely pierce a hole in it. However, as soon as the cloak was pierced, Su Tang felt a sharp pain in his brain, as if he had been pricked by a needle. He immediately realized that he had done something stupid...

  He curled up his lips, threw the small knife aside, and Su Tang revealed a smile. The smile grew bigger and bigger until it turned into loud laughter.

  If there were people around, Su Tang would definitely restrain herself, but now, it was unnecessary to disguise her inner self.

  His joy was beyond words, for his path and direction had become clearer than ever at this moment, and that arrow also gave him enough confidence.

  He threw his mind into the brain domain, put away his mask, and Su Tang couldn't care about the mess anymore. He slowly sat down on the bed, he needed time to digest the new information he had grasped.

  After a while, the sound of noisy voices came from outside, Su Tang woke up, got up and tidied up simply, and walked out of the house.

  Longqi had led a group of servants into the courtyard, instructing them to sweep the yard. Seeing Su Tang come out, he was taken aback: "Where did you sneak off to last night? Why are you so dirty?"

  Su Tang just smiled and didn't respond.

  "Go outside and fetch some water." Longqi said to a middle-aged woman, then remembered something: "Right, there's a well in the backyard, it's just been sealed with stones, take a few people to open it up."

  The middle-aged woman responded with a respectful tone and led several men towards the backyard.

  "Is there anything to eat?" Su Tang asked, possibly because his spirit had been stirred up, he was now extremely hungry, and even showed signs of trembling.

  "Are you hungry?" Long Qi turned around and called out to someone else, asking them to go buy some breakfast at the street corner. Then he said to Su Tang: "Today we'll first clean up a courtyard, then take you to buy some furniture, hmm...and also go to East Market to pick out a few maids."

  "Never mind about Yatou," Su Tang said: "I don't have much money on me, I can barely support them."

  "You... a monkey becoming the king, but still thinking of yourself as a monkey, not having the dignity of a king at all." Long Qi smiled and shook his head: "The majestic leader of the Miao Dao Pavilion can't even raise a few maids? It's laughable if it gets out."

  "I just like quietness." Su Tang said, he somewhat understood Long Qi's temperament now, who liked to tease people but had a kind attitude inside.

  "Hmm... if you like quietness, you can have it. This position wouldn't be yours to sit in anyway." Long Qi said: "Besides, such a big courtyard, must need several slaves."

  "How come you're so early?" Su Tang changed the subject.

  "Miao Dao Ge had some trouble last night." Long Qi said: "But for you, it's a good thing."

  "What's wrong?"

  "Wenping Dai's condition worsened last night, judging from his appearance, he can hold on for at most two more months." Long Qi said: "You're quite lucky, just as you've taken the position of Zuo Shi, you'll become the new master."

  "How come I feel like you're gloating?" Su Tang said with a smile.

  "It's not about gloating over someone else's misfortune, it's just that there were some old grievances before." Long Qi said, then looked up and down at Su Tang: "Do you feel like something significant has changed within yourself?"

  "What?" Su Tang was stunned, wasn't Long Qi unable to cultivate? Did he still feel the changes in his body?

  "Yesterday, you seemed cautious and humble in your attitude, deliberately showing respect for me... haha... I know you're trying hard, but to me, it seems a bit fake, with signs of artificiality." Long Qi said: "Today is much better, very natural, and the spirit between your eyebrows is flying high, as if... you've figured something out or accomplished something."

  "I was in the yard all last night and didn't go out at all..." Su Tang said with a bitter smile.

  "No need to rush to explain, the more anxious you are, the more fake it is, hehe... Besides, I'm just casually saying it, and don't have to answer me, you can ignore me." Long Qi said: "Alright, your breakfast is here."

  The breakfast here is very monotonous, and there aren't many stalls on the street because most people eat at home. That servant only bought back a few big pancakes, which were dry and tasteless with just a few sesame seeds sprinkled on top. But Su Tang was so hungry that he didn't care about being picky.

  Seeing Su Tang wolfing down the flatbread, Long Qi was astonished: "What exactly did you do last night? Even if you were with ten women, it wouldn't make you this hungry, would it?"

  Su Tang almost choked, he was too lazy to care about Long Qi, turned his body to the other side and continued eating.

  At this time, a middle-aged woman carrying a wooden basin walked over from the backyard. Su Tang only then remembered that he had forgotten about personal hygiene and put the pancake in his mouth, starting to wash his dusty hands.

  This made Long Qi's face turn straight: "You didn't lie, it seems you really are a wild kid..."

  If it were yesterday, Su Tang would definitely show a slightly embarrassed silly smile, or appear to be shy. In fact, he wasn't intentionally deceiving Long Qi, but was simply using body language to convey some information: I know I'm wrong, I'll behave, I won't hold grudges, etc. But today he understood that Long Qi had that kind of personality, and this guy's eyes were incredibly sharp, his senses extremely keen - it wasn't necessarily possible to deceive him. Rather than pretending and being seen through, it was better to simply not bother with him.

  Su Tang quickly finished eating the pancake and patted his own belly contentedly: "Brother Long, what are we going to do today?"

  "Today will be wonderful." Long Qi said: "First, let's take you to meet everyone, our new host should also make a debut, then go to the pavilion to turn around and get to know some people. In the evening, Tong Fei, Xiao Bu Hui, and Wen Xiang will all come, there are things to do."

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