Face Swap

Zhao Han continued pressing: "Why does your eldest sister like to wear red robes and comb her hair in the middle of the night? Does your whole family know?"

Yu Qiuyue's tone was perfectly natural: "Of course we know. It's my eldest sister's hobby."

"She said combing her hair and looking in the mirror at night doesn't just nourish her skin and enhance her beauty—it also makes her hair softer and lets it grow longer."

Zhao Han's body shuddered at that. Well, the entire Yu family had been duped by the ghost.

With a ghost this capable, it was best to keep his distance. He already had his money—time to make a run for it.

"I'm leaving," Zhao Han said, and without looking back, he flipped out the window and fled.

"Running off that fast? Hmph, what a creep, always skulking around in the shadows."

"Sigh, tomorrow I won't have any money to shut Liang Feng up. What am I supposed to do? Do I have to offer up my body?"

"But does Liang Feng even deserve that? His family's ordinary—no match in status..."

"Right, that guy said he saw Eldest Sister. I'll use that to threaten her and make her give me money."

The next day, before dawn had even broken, Yu Qiuyue arrived at her eldest sister Yu Qiulian's door and knocked.

"Thump, thump, thump!"

"Creak—"

Ten seconds later, the door opened. A woman in a red robe stepped out, her features delicate, her hair straight and smooth, her face pale but composed.

Seeing Yu Qiulian's expression, Yu Qiuyue's heart skipped a beat: Could Eldest Sister have been combing her hair all night? Just how obsessed with beauty was she?

"E-Eldest Sister, I need to talk to you about something."

"Come in and talk."

The two entered, and Yu Qiulian gently closed the door behind them.

Once inside, Yu Qiuyue first glanced at the dressing table and the antique bronze mirror, then at the wooden comb. For no reason at all, her heart began to tremble.

When the door had been open, she hadn't felt anything strange. But now that it was shut, something about Eldest Sister's room felt... off.

Still, remembering she had leverage in hand, Yu Qiuyue straightened her back with more confidence.

The two sat facing each other on chairs. Yu Qiuyue gave a light laugh: "Eldest Sister, you were combing your hair again last night, weren't you?"

Yu Qiulian revealed a stiff smile: "That's right. I comb my hair every night."

"Eldest Sister, did you know that last night there was a Flower Thief? He was highly skilled in martial arts. While you and I were asleep, he drugged us both unconscious and then saw our bodies completely."

"In the end, he threatened me: if I didn't give him Fifty taels of Silver, he'd spread word about the private parts of both our bodies and let the whole County Town know."

"Eldest Sister, what do you think we should do?"

As she spoke, Yu Qiuyue put on an anxious expression.

As if there really was a Flower Thief.

"Then give it to him."

What Yu Qiuyue hadn't expected was for Yu Qiulian to agree so readily. What's more, her expression didn't change at all at the mention of the Flower Thief—as if she already knew.

Now it was Yu Qiuyue's turn to be dumbfounded. It seemed Eldest Sister didn't care about the Flower Thief at all. Or maybe the Flower Thief had said the same thing to Eldest Sister, and she was already mentally prepared?

"Gulp!"

Yu Qiuyue mustered her courage: "Eldest Sister, the Flower Thief told me to deliver the money alone. C-Can you give me the silver?"

"Why not?"

Yu Qiulian's voice was stiff. Then she turned around, walked to the dressing table, sat down, and slowly began combing her hair.

"E-Eldest Sister, what are you..." Seeing this, Yu Qiuyue's hair stood on end. She forced herself to ask.

"Anyone who lies to me... deserves to die!"

Suddenly, Yu Qiulian twisted her head around, revealing a vicious, ferocious expression.

At the same time, Yu Qiulian's long, straight black hair came alive as if moved by an unfelt wind, streaming straight into Yu Qiuyue's eyes, nose, mouth, and ears.

Not only that, but a mass of hair also bound her limbs and waist.

"Mmph mmph..."

Yu Qiuyue's face was filled with terror. She struggled with all her might, tried to scream, but it was useless.

Her mouth, eyes, ears, nose—even her pores—were invaded by the black hair.

Yu Qiulian grinned coldly and walked over slowly. The closer she got, the stronger the hair's penetration.

"Slurp!"

When her face was right in front of Yu Qiuyue's, Yu Qiulian suddenly licked her tongue. It was as long as a Hanging Ghost's, and it licked across Yu Qiuyue's entire face.

"Dear little sister, you shouldn't have lied to me!"

"Bear with it. It'll be over soon. Hehehehe..."

"Riiip!"

Suddenly, Yu Qiuyue's entire face was torn off by the hair. Yu Qiuyue wanted to scream from the excruciating pain, but her throat was stuffed full of hair—no sound came out.

Only her trembling body revealed the excruciating pain she had endured.

And those strands of hair instantly drained the blood dry upon contact, not a single drop falling to the ground.

In the end, Yu Qiuyue, a living, breathing person, had her flesh, blood, sinews, and bones completely sucked dry by the hair, leaving behind an intact human skin.

Then, Yu Qiulian actually used scissors to cut off her own hair.

Those severed hairs came to life as if animated, surging into Yu Qiuyue's skin.

They swelled up, and eventually 'Yu Qiuyue' stood up.

Except for the face, where the skin had been gouged out, everything else seemed perfectly intact, like a living person.

"Hehehe!"

Yu Qiulian laughed, then reached up and gently peeled off her own face, covering it over 'Yu Qiuyue's' face, placing 'Yu Qiuyue's' skin over the faceless one.

After that, she swapped the red dress, changing into 'Yu Qiuyue's' clothes.

Yu Qiulian and Yu Qiuyue had completed their face swap.

'Yu Qiulian' continued sitting there, combing her hair.

'Yu Qiuyue' wore a stiff smile as she walked out of the room and the Yu Family Residence, heading toward the Mad Saber Martial Arts School.

As she passed the dog cage, even with a wall between them, the Big Black Dog inside started barking at the wall in broad daylight.

"Woof woof woof," it went without stopping.

"Big Black, what the hell are you barking at? Want another beating, do you!"

An old servant of the Yu family inside scolded, but the Big Black Dog kept barking wildly.

The old servant immediately grabbed a bamboo stick nearby and struck the Big Black Dog, yet it still wouldn't stop.

Only after 'Yu Qiuyue' had left the residence did the Big Black Dog finally quiet down.

At dawn, Zhao Han got up early, preparing to sell the remaining Tiger Head, Tiger Skin, Tiger Paw, Tiger Meat, and Tiger Bone from his storage space.

Though these weren't as valuable as Tiger Penis and Tiger Tail, they were still useful.

After all, Tiger Penis had a miraculous effect on that area—it could even make a bean sprout grow into a mushroom, or worse, allow the rootless to regenerate flesh.

Tiger Tail was an excellent medicine, whether boiled into soup, eaten raw, or refined into pills, it had tremendous efficacy.

Changing his clothes, covering his face, and donning a Bamboo Hat, Zhao Han hoisted two large cloth bundles. Instead of heading to the Jinshi Weapon Shop, he went to a store that bought and sold game meat.

"Boss, please take a look at these."

As soon as he entered the shop, Zhao Han put down the bundles and got straight to the point.

"Let me see... Hiss... Such a big Tiger Head, and Tiger Skin, Tiger Paw... Good heavens..."

Zhao Han smiled mysteriously. "Take a closer look."

The boss was startled, then widened his eyes for a careful inspection.

After more than ten seconds, he finally noticed the details.

"M-Mountain Lord, this, this is actually a Mountain Lord..." The boss began trembling in fear.

Zhao Han asked, "That's right, boss. Do you dare to take it?"

"Th-this humble shop is too small to hold such a great Buddha. I can recommend another place for you, Hero—they can definitely handle it."