After Xu Ruolan recognized him yet again, Chen Lin began considering how to solve the problem.
He had originally intended to deal with the person herself, but she seemed to have vanished and was nowhere to be found. He could only deal with her ability instead.
According to the information he had exchanged merit for, identifying a cultivator after they had changed their appearance generally required probing one of three things: essence, qi, or spirit.
The first, and most common, method was sensing mana fluctuations. Every cultivator's mana differed, so once someone remembered those fluctuations, no disguise would work.
His Breath-Concealing Technique had already solved that problem. The technique Luo Qinglan had given him was so wondrous that no one below the Golden Core realm could detect his mana fluctuations at all.
Another method was sensing blood qi.
However, after he cultivated the Diamond Body-Refining Technique, his blood qi had already changed. Moreover, the Lotus-Burning True Fire Divine Ability was born from his blood qi and automatically blocked others from probing it.
The only thing that remained unchanged and undefended was his divine soul.
That was why he had spent a hefty sum to obtain Ghost Face Fruit-not only to guard against Xu Ruolan, but also to prevent anyone else from seeing through his identity by probing his divine soul.
After resting for a while, Chen Lin went to the back of the room, uncovered a concealed hole, and jumped inside.
Outside the city was nothing like inside; there was no Defensive Formation to protect him. Although he could flee into the city if danger arose, he feared a supreme expert might appear and give him no chance to do so.
So he returned to his old trade-digging tunnels!
With the abilities of a Foundation Establishment cultivator, digging up a