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"One, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight, nine!"
Lin Yue softly counted as he held the Long Bright Pearl in one hand, while the other was incessantly tapping the stone wall according to the numerical sequence of the Nine Square Diagram.
The slender, pale palm of his hand repeatedly made contact with the stone wall, quickly moving through the nine numbers.
Then, Lin Yue took a small step back, expectantly looking at the wall.
This method of opening secret doors should be similar to unlocking a phone screen in his past life, and it might also require fingerprint recognition, or something else to identify the person attempting to open it.
If the owner of this Cave Mansion were indeed this ghostly beauty, then it should open.
However——
"Huh?"
Lin Yue waited for a while, but the stone wall remained inert, showing no sign of opening.
He examined the stone wall, his brows knitting slightly, and tapped once more in sequence, to ensure he hadn't missed anything before.
But the result was still the same.
He then switched hands, and even tried tapping while biting on the Long Bright Pearl, using both hands in succession; still, it was to no avail.
"It seems that the original master of the Cave Mansion is not this great beauty."
Lin Yue pondered for a moment, then turned to look at a male corpse not far behind him.
He immediately walked over to inspect the grotesque and horrifying male corpse, noting that the area of the chest where a sword had penetrated had split open into a rather large gash, the edges of the wound also showing numerous cracks.
Inside the gap was hollow, revealing only faintly visible bones, but not a trace of flesh.
Lin Yue carefully grasped a piece of skin at the edge of the wound, trying to tear it with force.
"Hiss..."
Unexpectedly, a small piece of skin was easily torn off by him.
"That simple?"
Lin Yue was somewhat astonished.
He had thought that this person of an unknown high realm might have an extremely tough hide even after death, difficult to damage, yet he'd managed to tear off a piece so effortlessly.
Perhaps it was decayed by the passage of time?
Or maybe the surrounding hide had been damaged by this rusty iron sword?
Whatever the reason, it was a good thing.
Having a piece of skin meant he could subject it to the analysis and resolution of the Life's Appearance.
"One last chance."
Lin Yue, holding the piece of skin, retreated to the end of the cave and then observed the wrinkled skin fragment with the Long Bright Pearl, feeling increasingly uneasy in his heart.
"If even this person isn't the original master of the Cave Mansion, then there really is nothing I can do."
Then, Lin Yue took out a small knife and cut open his scarred fingertip, smearing the drop of blood that seeped out on his forehead.
This was the method to dissolve the transformation of Life's Appearance.
As long as a drop of blood from the master of Life's Appearance was applied to the forehead, the transformation could be undone.
The next moment, a surge of astonishing and intense heat flowed out, beginning to scorch and refine his flesh and bones.
Soon, when Lin Yue regained consciousness, he found his body had returned to its original state.
Feeling like a man again was quite pleasant.
He then removed the Life's Appearance mask from his face and, following the same procedure, dripped a few drops of blood onto the small piece of skin and then wrapped it up in the Life's Appearance, allowing it to analyze and decompose.
After half an hour of waiting, the Life's Appearance finally expelled the piece of skin.
The piece of skin was now reduced by about half.
"It worked."
Lin Yue took a deep breath and then sat down against the stone wall, tilting back his head and pressing the Life's Appearance mask firmly over his face.
With a single thought, the Life's Appearance once again erupted in a vast heat flow that enveloped him and rapidly melted his flesh and bones.
After a while, everything settled down.
Lin Yue slowly opened his eyes and immediately paused in surprise.
He lifted his right hand for inspection and became increasingly baffled.
The hand was broad and thick, with a bronze hue, clearly that of a man's.
But what made it strange to him wasn't the hand itself, but the way he perceived the world in front of him—it seemed different than before.
Seemingly, the world...
Had gained an extra perspective?
Lin Yue suddenly reached out to touch his cheek, then his forehead.
His vision was obstructed.
At the forehead, he felt a seam, and as he ran his fingers over this seam, he could clearly see his fingers.
Lin Yue suddenly understood.
Could it be that this person had a third eye on his forehead?
No wonder the perspective felt a bit off.
"To actually have a third eye?"
He tried speaking and found his voice to be deep, powerful, and magnetic—it turned out he had a bass voice.
He touched his cheeks again, finding no special features on the man's face; a very high nose, extremely thin lips, prominent brow ridges—a rather stern appearance.
Lin Yue did not waste any time; he immediately stood up, preparing to try opening the secret door once more.
Upon standing, he instantly noticed that the man's stature was exceptionally tall, at least eight feet high, equivalent to over two meters, making his clothes stretch tight.
Fortunately, with his original height of 1.85 meters, the difference wasn't too great.
"One last chance..."
Lin Yue took a deep breath, eyes on the stone wall before him, holding the Long Bright Pearl in his hand, he began tapping the numbers on the Nine Square Diagram in sequence once again.
One, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight, nine.
After he tapped the wall nine times in a row with his bare hand——
"Clang!"
Following a brief silence, a sound like metal striking metal suddenly came from inside the stone wall.
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