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Chapter 6: Doesnt Anyone Recognize Me Anymore?

  The official road was endless, and Wei Luo felt that her body was not up to the task with every step she took. As for her feet, they had already developed blisters yesterday.

  The most important thing is that Wei Luo doesn't know where she's going. Even if she manages to enter the city with great difficulty, what can she do then?

  Wei Luo furrowed her brow and encouraged herself. Heaven doesn't cut off a person's path, I still have some money on me, right? Maybe I can do a small business.

  Starting a small business? That's right, although I'm just a university student who has never been in society and has no experience in doing business. However, having lived through the information explosion era, I should be able to come up with something decent. Well, let's see what kind of small business can be done later.

  The Chu land is humid and rainy with many hills, this official road is not narrow, can accommodate a horse-drawn carriage to pass through, but the yellow mud road due to frequent rain, makes it muddy and uneven for pedestrians. This is an official road, often has horse-drawn carriages passing through, so you can also see new mud filled by pedestrians after filling the potholes.

  The trees on both sides of the official road were particularly lush and deep. Wei Luo raised her head, and all she saw were giant trees that four or five people could encircle with their arms, not to mention the towering trees in the depths of the forest.

  The trees are tall and the grass is thick, when the wind blows, a refreshing and cool air rushes towards you.

  Wei Luo finally relaxed a bit after deciding to temporarily stay in the city ahead. As she looked up at the lush, rolling mountains and endless forests that stretched as far as the eye could see, she thought to herself: That woman said there would be people's homes about 20-30 li ahead, which was definitely within walking distance. Why not take this opportunity to practice her disguise skills again? If she still looked like a girl when they arrived at their destination, it would be a disaster.

  She thought of this and turned around to walk into the depths of the forest.

  The forest of this era was very primitive, with tall trees clustered together, and from time to time a rabbit, wild dog or snake would pop out, often startling Wei Luo so much that she broke out in a cold sweat.

  However, Wei Luo had only walked in for less than two hundred meters when she discovered several of the plants and minerals requested on the bamboo slips. After walking another three hundred meters, Wei Luo suddenly found that all the plants and minerals recorded on the bamboo slips were present here, and she was overjoyed.

  Wei Luo didn't think about it, but with a body like hers, originally a delicate and weak girl from a boudoir, she was able to recognize the dozen or so plants and minerals written on the bamboo slips. It was only because they were all things that were widely used in this world. Moreover, people of this era thought that if something was useful, they would rarely process it, and most things appeared on the market in their original form for people to buy, which made it easier for her to identify them.

  At this time, a subtle worry arose in Weiruo's heart: I don't know how much consciousness is left in this body? If there's too much, won't it lead to that guy's personality splitting in the future?

  She thought that a princess like herself would still remember this humble herb, it must be due to the strong residual consciousness of her body. Wei Luo did not know that these herbs occupied a large part of the limited life of the Fourth Princess of Yue Country!

  Wei Luo took some of each herb and then hastily exited the forest, testing the disguise technique written on the bamboo slips as she walked.

  The methods on bamboo slips are generally very simple, all using two or three kinds of things crushed separately, either alone or mixed together.

  Women are always full of energy when it comes to makeup and disguise. After a day's effort, Wei Luo had come up with two effective methods for changing her appearance. The first method was to use ground purple powder, applied to the cheeks, under the eyes, and at the corners of the eyes, which surprisingly made her face appear longer and narrower, and her eyes smaller.

  As for the second method, it is to mix three kinds of fruits that everyone knows are not edible, such as snake strawberries, lan heart fruit, and demon mustard, in a certain proportion and take them. However, within half an hour, Wei Luo discovered that his Adam's apple had swollen slightly, and from the outside, it really looked like the Adam's apple of a developing teenager! According to the bamboo slips, this effect can last for a whole year after taking it once!

  This disguise technique really works!

  It turns out that there is actually a face-changing technique in this world!

  Wei Luo was overjoyed.

  There are five methods recorded on the bamboo slips, and she has learned three of them. It seems that once she masters all of them, she will be able to perfectly change her appearance.

  The sun hung high in the sky all day, shining brightly and dazzlingly white.

  Although the sun was not strong, Wei Luo's delicate skin couldn't take it. In just one day, her exposed face and limbs had already turned a dark red.

  When she walked to the west of the sun, a village indeed appeared in front of her. The village was very large, scattered among the gentle mountains, and all that could be seen were thatched cottages. From afar, Wei Luo heard the sound of children's happy shouts coming from the village, and could also see wisps of smoke rising from cooking fires.

  Looking at the rising smoke, Wei Luo swallowed hard and quickened her pace.

  Wei Luo's body was too weak and she walked very slowly. When she arrived at the outskirts of the village, the sun had already completely dipped below the horizon, and a thin mist rose between heaven and earth.

  The appearance of Wei Luo caused people coming and going in the village to glance over from time to time. However, unlike before, this time everyone who saw her, whether they were adults or children, had a calm expression, it seemed that the villagers were used to seeing outsiders.

  As expected, when Wei Luo walked a few steps and asked an old woman with a coarse black face and wrinkles all over her face to exchange knife coins for food and lodging, the old woman readily agreed and took her to her son's house next door to settle in.

  That night, Wei Luo slept on the wooden bed in the thatched hut. The wooden bed was covered with a thick layer of dry grass, and there were hemp quilts and animal hides to keep warm. The thick and rough quilt with a strong smell made Wei Luo very uncomfortable, she threw the animal hide aside several times, but finally had to cover herself because it was too cold.

  Although so, Wei Luo still slept very well that night, her nervousness from the past two days and one night finally relaxed completely for a night.

  The next day, when Wei Luo took out five knife coins to give to the middle-aged farmer in his thirties, he was refused. The middle-aged man rubbed his thick hands full of calluses and said with a foolish expression: "Just one night's stay, how can I take money from a guest? No, no."

  He shook his head repeatedly, making Wei Luo hesitate for a moment and put away the knife. When she went out, she originally wanted to find that old woman to give her money again, but after searching for a while, she couldn't find her. Those neighbors knew she was looking for the old woman to give her money, so they all shook their heads one by one, saying "What kind of reason is it to have to pay money just because you stayed overnight?"

  Helpless, Wei Luo put away the knife coin and thanked the villagers before setting foot on the official road again. She walked very far, but could still hear the sound of discussions coming from behind her, "The young man is so polite."

  "Good heavens! Could it be that you are a noble person who can read?"

  "You're too polite, you must be a virtuous guest!"

  Wei Luo listened to the gossip and smiled, shaking her head. She found that her heart had calmed down a lot, and she no longer felt so much hatred and fear towards this strange era.

  Wei Luo already knew that every few dozen li ahead, villages would appear, and this place belonged to the state of Chu. The city in front was a large pool called Yi, and after passing Yi, it would be the state of Jin. As for what the great king of Chu was called, what the great king of Jin was called, and whether there was a Qin state, those villagers couldn't make sense of it.

  Weiluo's mind was focused on the art of disguise, and time flew by quickly. In the blink of an eye, eight days had passed, and according to Weiluo's estimate, she was only three or four days away from Yicheng. The thought of being able to settle down temporarily made her heart feel a small thrill.

  Nowadays, Wei Luo's exposed skin has been tanned dark by the sun, and she has also mastered the art of makeup. The fifth method of makeup is to make the makeup last long and not smudge when encountering water.

  Her current appearance, the charm between her eyebrows and eyes is gone. She now looks like an ordinary young man from head to toe, with only a hint of elegance in her pitch-black eyes.

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