Xu Yi knew that Liu Xiangdong had no grievance with him. If Liu hadn't walked right into his hands, things would never have come to this. Who could say how fate worked? Unable to bear it, Xu Yi had let Liu's life-wheel slip away a little, giving him a chance to enter the cycle of reincarnation.
"You're getting softer with age," Huang Mei couldn't help grumbling. Xu Yi said, "Cut the useless chatter and get to it. Who exactly is that Mr. Zhu? And what's the deal with this bone key?" As he spoke, he changed into a plain-looking middle-aged man and slipped out of the hut.
He had only just changed his appearance when Huang Mei shouted, "Are you trying to get yourself killed? Xianlin City has its own restrictions. You have to show your real face here." The moment Huang Mei finished shouting, specks of light began to emerge all over Xu Yi. He hurriedly changed back to his original appearance.
"Damn it, why didn't you say so sooner?" Xu Yi's face darkened. He felt the situation might be serious. Huang Mei sent him a thought: "Hell, I only just found out myself. Your operation at Loose Immortal Academy was a real mess—so slapdash. You dared to barge into Xianlin City without even checking these details?"
Xu Yi frowned and said nothing. He had to admit Huang Mei was right. He knew where the problem lay: lately, he had relied too much on Huang Mei's information and skipped a lot of groundwork that should have been done beforehand. And now, if Huang Mei had a blind spot, Xu Yi was left completely in the dark.
He hadn't even known such an important fact as the ban on changing one's appearance in Xianlin City. Just then, the Ruyi Pearl