nycdaug #674 - Superb acting skills
#674 - Superb acting skills
“There are people like this,” Xuan Yunzi was stunned. “How could there be such a frenzied existence in the Prison Mountain Realm? And to be able to kill Xie Chong with a blade, he must be a master among masters… Why would such a master do such a thing?”
“Who knows, maybe he's just purely insane,” Snow Owl said nonchalantly. “What difference is there between those bandits and demons? Killing and torturing for their own selfish desires… I'm not surprised that such people would choose to become the lackeys and accomplices of demons once they have power.”
Lin Yu nodded.
“The motive doesn't really matter, but knowing the existence of such a guy isn't necessarily a bad thing,” Lin Yu exhaled. “At least we have a new lead—since there are accomplices, let's start by investigating the accomplices.”
“I really don't know the identity of the accomplice, I know too little about him…”
Xuan Yunzi said helplessly.
“But I have a lead here, because the one who hired the Jin Fu Escort Agency to transport Xie Chong's corpse was a wealthy man from Xian Town, short in stature with a mole on his left cheek. Although it might be a fake identity, there will be some gains if we follow this lead.”
As Lin Yu spoke, Xuan Yunzi nodded.
“Xian Town… That town isn't too far from here,” he said, taking out a few talismans from his pocket. “I have a few Divine Speed Talismans here that the heroes can use to travel. With these talismans, you can make a round trip in half a day.”
Lin Yu nodded and quickly stepped forward to take the Divine Speed Talismans and stuff them into his pocket: “It's a small matter, but Daoist Priest, there's one more thing—what about the remains of Xie Chong you have?”
Xuan Yunzi was taken aback, then smiled bitterly: “Little friend is truly amazing, how did you guess that I still have the remains of Layman Xie Chong?”
“I can somehow determine that there must be some remains of Xie Chong on the surrounding mountains,” Lin Yu said calmly, after all, the Little Fire Dragon trio and the Snow Owl trio had all entered the [instance] near here, and their tasks were all related to 'Willow Town', so there was a high probability that there were still 'Xie Chong's Remains' or similar [items] here. “And since they're not in the mountain strongholds nearby, they can only be in Senior Xuan Yunzi's Daoist temple.”
Xuan Yunzi sighed: “That's right, they are in my Daoist temple.”
The old Daoist turned around and took a box from under the altar. After opening the box, there was a gray left thigh inside.
The texture and feel of this left leg were similar to the remains that Lin Yu was carrying on his back. The cut was also smooth and even, and it could be pieced together.
However, the left leg was covered with yellow paper talismans, seemingly suppressing the aura of the left leg.
“Although you heroes and little friend are not villains, but trustworthy people, the remains of Xie Chong are of great importance,” Xuan Yunzi said hesitantly, “so I initially hid the remains of Layman Xie Chong… After all, having two-fifths of it is too dangerous.”
“Even if you little friends are not villains, what if you are targeted by someone…”
Xuan Yunzi said in a low voice, Lin Yu interrupted him.
“This is certainly risky… but now we have to take the risk,” Lin Yu said solemnly, “Senior Xuan Yunzi, you and I both know that the Thousand-Eyed Thousand-Thread Demon Lord is getting stronger day by day. It now dares to release its spider silk. In time, can you really suppress it?”
“What's more, we now know that it has a helper outside,” Lin Yu said in a deep voice, “If we don't do something, don't take some extraordinary measures, what difference is there between that and watching this demon gradually reappear in the world?”
“Giving me Xie Chong's remains might lure out the mysterious person who has been secretly plotting!”
As Lin Yu spoke, Xuan Yunzi hesitated, then slowly nodded.
“Little friend is right, as things stand, we can only take risks!”
With that, Xuan Yunzi slowly peeled off the talismans on it.
Instantly…
The same aura as the remains on Lin Yu's back surged, and the exuberant blood energy between the two combined, producing an effect greater than one plus one!
“Bang—!”
The left leg flew out of Xuan Yunzi's hand, and then instantly returned to the remains on Lin Yu's back, instantly reassembling.
Xuan Yunzi watched this scene with surprise, nervousness, and worry: “Sure enough, once the seal is lost, at this distance… Layman Xie Chong's body will automatically reunite!”
“This aura will probably attract the Thousand-Eyed Thousand-Thread Demon Lord's covetousness—if you're going to Xian Town, go quickly.”
But Lin Yu shook his head calmly.
“Don't worry, Daoist Priest, wait a moment.”
Lin Yu turned his head and looked at the entrance of the Daoist temple.
Sure enough…
The next moment, outside the Daoist temple, a figure walked out from behind the door.
At the same time, a leisurely voice sounded.
“Sure enough, Xie Chong's body is among you.”
Lin Yu looked at the other party and smiled, not surprised: “Hello, dear Senior Brother 'Chen Yuanye'.”
“Hello, my dear junior sister.”
The figure of the newcomer emerged from the shadows, revealing Chen Yuanye's unshaven face.
“I didn't expect you to see through my disguise so easily,” Chen Yuanye said in a low voice, “When did you realize that I wasn't Chen Yuanye?”
“From the very beginning,” Lin Yu tilted her head and said, “You said you were trapped there for a whole year, although your clothes and armor were tattered, and you were disheveled and unshaven, that place didn't look like a dark and humid underground where someone had lived for a whole year.”
“Where are the traces of your eating, drinking, and relieving yourself?” Lin Yu sighed, “Although your acting skills are great, just looking at your acting skills, I almost really thought you were Chen Yuanye…”
Speaking of this, Lin Yu couldn't help but admire the other party from the bottom of her heart—this was the best actor Lin Yu had ever seen. Every sentence, every reaction, every sincere expression was incredibly real and didn't seem like acting at all.
These acting skills were even better than most of her impromptu performances—as expected, there were countless geniuses in the Ten Realms, and even in her best field, there were still people who could rival her.
It's just a pity…
“But the costume, makeup, props, and set design are zero, friend… Saying a week or two would have been fine, why did you have to insist on a year?”
Lin Yu said with some regret.
“Chen Yuanye” shrugged nonchalantly: “No way, because the real 'Chen Yuanye' disappeared a year ago.”
Hearing this, Lin Yu was first stunned, then suddenly realized: “Oh, I understand… So the one who talked to me underground and acted with me all the way was the real Chen Yuanye, not 'acted' out!”
“Of course,” the “Chen Yuanye” said triumphantly, “The real thing is of course easier to fool people than the fake thing. You just need to forge a year of 'past' in his memory and then release the original.”
Hearing this, Lin Yu couldn't help but feel a little disappointed.
“Okay… I thought there was a rare acting genius!”