Oh no! Seven kids at the start, all yellow and skinny.

Chapter 144: Many Secrets

"Boss, there's a corpse not far away. It gives me a really familiar feeling," Sixteen hurriedly spoke up. "Really, I feel like I'll soon have a physical body. Didn't you say I should be bold and decisive? I don't want to be an animal anymore; I want to be a human."

Upon hearing this, Yunyi thought it was a good thing. If Sixteen could really become a human, it would be a help to her. So, following the other party's guidance, she walked to the other side of the mass grave.

Sure enough, there was a recently deceased body there, probably thrown over just before she arrived. Its face looked peaceful, as if it were asleep, but…

"Sixteen, are you sure you want to be a cripple?" Yunyi looked at the corpse missing a leg and felt a little sorry for it.

Sixteen has given up. It does want to be human, but it doesn't want to be disabled.

There will be opportunities in the future.

Sixteen could only mumble a "hmm".

Yunyi didn't linger any longer and turned to leave. The human skin had to be soaked in medicine immediately, otherwise it would lose its elasticity over time.

But as soon as she left, a person emerged from the nearby woods, glanced at the two newly built graves, and touched his nose. "I didn't see her taking anything when she came. Where did all these coffins, paper money, and incense come from?"

Besides, she's just a teenage girl, how could she be so skilled at peeling skins?

It really is just as she said herself: can she do everything except act cute?

“Master.” At this moment, Lan Yi walked over. “The gang leader ordered two coffins and two sacks of paper money from Qiu’s coffin shop. Then he had his men deliver them to the small woods at the city gate and then went back.”

Jing Han nodded. Clearly, his gang leader had quite a few secrets. It was no wonder she had managed to play dumb in the village for those few months. He was looking forward to seeing what other amazing things she would do next.

Yunyi quickly returned to the Yun residence, then soaked the two sheets of dough in a pre-prepared medicinal solution before placing them in her spatial storage, and generously added a drop of spiritual spring water.

She only knew that the spiritual spring water could improve physical condition and relieve pain and cure diseases, but she didn't know if it would help in making human skin masks.

Anyway, we've already accumulated enough spiritual spring water to fill a bowl, so one more drop won't make a difference.

Meanwhile, at the Huo residence, Daoist Huanxing went to find Huo Qingyuan because he had calculated that a rare phenomenon of seven stars aligning would occur on the fifth day of the ninth lunar month. He believed that if the heart blood of a woman with pure Yin energy could be used in the medicine, its effects would be doubled.

However, no one knew where Huo Qingyuan had gone, nor was he in the study.

Huanxing Daoist was anxious, but there was nothing he could do. In the end, he could only find Mo Feng and ask him to quickly inform the Commander, since this opportunity probably only comes once every sixty years.

Two days later it will be the fifth day of the ninth lunar month.

Mo Feng was helpless. After the commander went to Fengyun Pavilion, he went into his study and then disappeared. The commander had given orders that no one could enter or disturb him while he was in his study, not even Mo Feng or Mo Han.

"Lord Mo Feng, you must inform the lord immediately, otherwise this time will pass..."

"Daoist Master," Mo Feng said calmly, "you know the master's temper. If you have the guts, go in and find him yourself."

"I..." Daoist Huanxing was speechless for a moment, and could only sigh in the end, "Well, there are still two days left, I'll wait a little longer."

After soaking the dough for two hours, Yunyi was pleasantly surprised to find that the dough soaked in the spiritual spring water became more pliable and even had a sheen. She immediately processed it according to Huo Qingyuan's method, and without caring that it was already midnight, she went directly to Jing Han's courtyard.

"Boss," Jing Han sighed, rubbing his forehead in exasperation, "You should at least have notified me this late at night! Otherwise, you'll be responsible for my innocence!"

"Take responsibility for you my foot!" Yun Yi rolled her eyes at him. "I know you're definitely sleeping with your clothes on, so even if I came in, I couldn't see everything."

In ancient times, people rarely slept naked; they would wear undergarments. If this were modern times, it wouldn't be a problem to wear them on the street.

Jing Han: ...

So he has to sleep naked?

"Hurry up, get dressed and try on the mask. If there are no problems, you can go to the Huo residence tonight."

Jing Han stopped being coy and quickly got up to wash up. Then he sat down and let Yun Yi do whatever she wanted to him.

Because they both had beards, the mask was cut in half, and only the upper half was used. After a slight adjustment, it became a replica of Huo Qingyuan.

"Okay, let's go." Yunyi nodded in satisfaction. Although she hadn't seen Huo Qingyuan many times, his appearance was already etched in her mind.

Jing Han nodded and followed Yun Yi away from the Yun residence without making a sound. They then ran all the way to the Huo residence. He entered the study with ease, sprinkled some medicine powder on it, and Mo Feng, who was guarding the door, leaned against the wall and fell into a daze.

After entering the room, Yunyi waited until Jinghan's eyes adjusted to the light before opening the door to the secret chamber in the dark and leading him inside.

When Jing Han saw Huo Qingyuan curled up on the ground, he secretly breathed a sigh of relief. Fortunately, he and this woman were not enemies; this was too ruthless.

However, given what Huo Qingyuan did, he deserved to die, and he felt no sympathy for him.

Huo Qingyuan's speech acupoints were sealed by Yun Yi, so when he saw Jing Han, his eyes almost popped out of their sockets, but he couldn't move or speak. In the end, he could only look at Yun Yi with resentment.

"Huo Qingyuan," Yun Yi smiled, "you listened to that damned Taoist and ruined so many innocent girls. Even cutting you into a thousand pieces wouldn't be enough to satisfy my hatred. But considering that you are the guard of this prefecture, I thought about giving you a chance, but unfortunately you didn't want it. So, the position of commander can only be given to someone else."

"Don't worry," Jing Han said, "I will do better than you."

Yun Yi was surprised. This Jing Han was quite a talent. His voice sounded about 80% like Huo Qingyuan's.

Jing Han smiled and said, "I used to think it was fun. I learned ventriloquism from a master, but I never thought I'd actually use it now."

“I was thinking of getting you into some kind of accident, like hurting your throat, so you wouldn’t give yourself away, but now I don’t need to. You’re good enough as you are.” Yunyi patted Jinghan’s shoulder with satisfaction. “So, having more skills is really necessary.”

Jing Han nodded: "Yes, we should learn from the gang leader."

"Let's go, the smell in this secret room is unpleasant." Yunyi said and turned to leave.

"Ah ah..." Huo Qingyuan suddenly became excited, as if he had something to say.