Bide One's Time, Conceal One's Brilliance

Inside the quiet room.

An ancient-looking mirror floated soundlessly in the air, its spotless surface reflecting Wang Chen's face.

He reached up and touched his cheek. It felt warm and smooth, no different from real skin.

Though Wang Chen's appearance had not changed at all, he was in fact wearing the Thousand Transformations Mask.

He had not used this treasure for a very long time.

Now was the time for it to shine once more!

When Wang Chen infused the mask with Mana, the reflection in the mirror underwent subtle changes.

He was still himself, yet his complexion and expression grew haggard and gloomy. His eyes dulled, his lips turned pale, and even his brow seemed to faintly exude black Qi, giving him the air of someone whose days were numbered!

In only a few moments, though his nose was still the same nose and his eyes the same eyes, Wang Chen seemed like an entirely different person.

All vigor, essence, and spirit had vanished!

But Wang Chen was quite satisfied with this.

His dangerous encounter with a Golden Core True Person who had set his sights on him had made Wang Chen realize that he had inadvertently exposed some secrets in the past.

Other Purple Mansion cultivators who ended up in the Demon Cave and Yin Sha land could only struggle bitterly to survive.

Yet he had shown no ill effects at all, and his cultivation had even improved.

To anyone with an ulterior motive, that was far too abnormal!

Wang Chen did not want to draw the covetous attention of another Golden Core True Person.

Killing True Person Ye had been sheer luck. He could not gamble that his luck would always be so good.

Thus, mending the fold after the sheep were gone and hiding his brilliance