The acting city lord's private suspicions

``` "Host: Qin Yao"

"Realm: Sixth layer of the Innate Realm."

"With all nine of the host's hidden apertures open, his true qi is seventy to eighty percent more powerful than that of others at the same cultivation level (during the Innate Realm). Moreover, because the host cultivated the Body Tempering Realm and Meridian Opening Realm separately, his physical body is also a cut above the rest."

"Cultivation methods and martial techniques—"

"Azure Dragon Blazing Flame Spear (heaven rank middle grade), Perfection Realm"

"Nine Skies Thunder Step (heaven rank lower grade), Greater Achievement Realm (7/125000)"

"Heaven-Burning Cloud-Sundering Palm (heaven rank lower grade), Greater Achievement Realm (15/125000)"

"Army-Breaking Wild Wave Saber (heaven rank lower grade), Greater Achievement Realm (12/125000)"

"Lone Swan Falling Snow Sword (heaven rank lower grade), Greater Achievement Realm (9/125000)"

"Skills—"

"Mining, Perfection Realm (Identify and understand ores, with a massive increase in extraction efficiency!)"

"Eating, Perfection Realm (Extremely high absorption of nutrients from consumed food!)"

"Acting, Perfection Realm (Actor and role become one, authentic and natural. Every movement naturally reveals the character's traits, without the slightest trace of acting!)"

"Lockpicking, Perfection Realm (No matter how bizarrely shaped the lock, a solution can always be found.)"

"Disguise, Perfection Realm (Bone-Shrinking Technique learned. Becoming a cross-dressing master is also possible!)"

"Literacy, Perfection Realm (Photographic memory. Even writing never seen before can be understood through something akin to inferring meaning from its appearance.)"

"Blacksmithing, Perfection Realm (As long as the material yields to the hammer, no shape or design is beyond forging.)"

"Archery, Perfection Realm (Archery has reached transcendent heights. Nine stars in a string is child's play! Even perception and control of airflow have reached an extremely high level.)"

"Logging, Perfection Realm (Nobody understands logging better than me! Not even a chainsaw-wielding Bald Qiang!)"

"Tracking, Perfection Realm (A 'dog's nose