Lu Mian questioned him for over two hours, covering every last detail. Once he was sure he had missed nothing, he burned his body to ash with divine radiance qi.
To avoid leaving any traces, Lu Mian even took an empty clay jar from his Storage Ring, gathered Golden Blade's ashes inside, and put it back into the ring.
Then Lu Mian's face began to change.
Creak~~
Even his height increased slightly.
In the end, he looked exactly like Golden Blade, with no discernible difference even in his bearing.
Lu Mian picked up a mirror and examined himself, nodding in satisfaction. "Looks like my Transformation Technique is no worse than the mirror nightmare clone."
With that, he took a Blood Lion Guard uniform from the wardrobe and changed into it.
Afterward, he did nothing else, simply staying in the room and pretending to cultivate.
Last night, Lu Mian had already toured the Royal Palace, roughly familiarizing himself with the surrounding layout. He had also deliberately used Soul Seizure on several maids.
Of course, Lu Mian had not killed those maids. He had only asked them a few questions.
From one maid, he learned that although Golden Blade appeared to be merely a captain in the Blood Lion Guard, he was actually one of Jin Xiao's trusted subordinates, frequently running errands and handling all sorts of matters for him.
Otherwise, Lu Mian would not have deliberately chosen someone so troublesome.
What Lu Mian needed to do next was live under Golden Blade's identity, use the opportunity to learn Jin Xiao's routine, and find a chance to kill him!
It was not until noon that Golden Blade rose and left for the Blood Lion Guard's dedicated Dining Hall.
Ordinary Blood Lion Guards ate in the main hall, while captains and those above