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The Thousand-Faced Fox’s abilities are too formidable, but precisely because of this, such an existence tends to overly rely on its own abilities and too readily trust what it sees. If we make good use of this point, we can find a winning opportunity in the adversary’s blind spots!

Outside the city gates, Wei Gongzhan, accompanied by Little Mink, looked at the gates, recalling the admonishments Wei Gongcheng gave before he dissipated.

This was the first time he was in charge of such a significant matter....

He had never thought he’d see this day, for he had always been a minor figure, incapable of riding the waves of opportunity that arose in Jiangnan, unlike the young masters. In the end... he was just a common man who lived a slightly better life.

"Here comes Little Mink!"

"Mhm..." Little Mink nodded, her body shrinking suddenly and transforming into a golden-red furred little fox!

Unlike the Thousand-Faced Fox’s snow-white fur, the little one’s fur was exceptionally dazzling, glittering with a radiance that even the sun couldn’t overshadow.

One hundred meters, three hundred meters, five hundred meters... a thousand meters!

They had passed the Gate Deity’s range!

Looking at Shen Qi brought forth, Wei Gongzhan took a deep breath, hid Little Mink in his arms, and quickly walked over.

He knew the opportunity... would only come once!

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"Seventh Master Shen is still alive?"

Heiyun sat earnestly behind Ali, curiously asking.

"If he weren’t alive, do you really think that by relying on a mere Yin Devourer, we could use the Thousand Eyes Technique?

" Ali said with a chuckle: "That Technique has been preserved in the Shen Family’s archive for thousands of years, and over all these years, only two people have succeeded in inheriting it.

One was the Second Generation Old Ancestor Shen, and the other. .. is Shen Yifeng!"

"Is that so?" Heiyun was momentarily stunned; he remembered hearing that Shen Yifeng had died on Daqing Mountain.

"At that time, eh?"

The Thousand-Faced Fox didn’t say more but instead recalled the scene at the time.

Several from the Shen Family were extraordinary individuals of the era; Second Elder Shen was ambitious and cunning, Shen San acted prudently and had far-reaching vision, and Seventh Master Shen was a rare wise man who could find a sliver of survival in such desperate straits!

At the moment the Yin Devourer was about to consume him, he went crazy, suddenly activating a Technique that froze the Yin Devourer close at hand, and then, unbelievably, he swallowed it whole in reverse!

The Soultaking Technique is a Forbidden Technique, which many noble families keep, but almost no Magician practices it because it’s fundamentally useless.

When people die, their spirits are instantly pulled away to the Path of Yin and Yang; there’s no opportunity to use this Technique. And if you find yourself on the Path of Yin and Yang, facing those Evil Ghosts, you wouldn’t have the ability to devour them.

At that moment, even Zi Yue was stunned, looking at Shen Qi who had swallowed the Yin Devourer, "Seventh Master has actually cultivated this Technique?"

"Lived too long, nothing better to do...

" Seventh Master Shen was quite calm at the time, looking at the powerful Zi Yue and even jokingly said, "I used to think, if one day I was unfortunate enough to die and end up on the Path of Yin and Yang, and if I was lucky enough not to immediately meet a powerful Evil Ghost, perhaps there would still be a chance, right? Find some soft targets to squeeze, devour a few weak spirits, and maybe, just maybe, I could settle into the Path of Yin and Yang. Even if I might end up neither human nor ghost, at least... I wouldn’t become nourishment for others, right? "

"Seventh Master is indeed a clever person," Zi Yue looked at him and grinned.

"What do we do now?" Shen Qi looked at them, "You only have one Yin Devourer, right? With it dead, you surely can’t use me to deceive Wei Gongcheng and the rest, can you?"

"Then we’ll just have to make do with Seventh Master..."

Ali stepped forward, her pupils turning pink as she stared intently into Shen Yifeng’s eyes.

"Use me?" Seventh Master Shen’s eyes showed a trace of confusion, but a hint of a smile appeared, "Just be careful not to overdo it..."

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"This way, Seventh Master..." Shen Yuan said, nervously leading Shen Qi towards them.

He was incredibly anxious inside, because if discovered, he could get into trouble, and potentially bring harm to his mother.

His feelings towards Shen Qi, an elder he often interacted with, were also complicated.

The Jiangnan Shen Family and their Capital City Shen Family shared blood ties, and he could tell that on ordinary days, Seventh Master Shen treated him like a relative from a younger generation—a lot more reliable than those other relatives in the clan.

That was also why he was willing to take the risk of helping. He was a junior of the Shen Family, and although the generational gap was somewhat wide, as long as he maintained his current performance at the Heavenly Institute, the Shen Family would not disregard this distant relative.

In Jiangnan, the underworld in the Seven States was under the jurisdiction of the Shen Family.

If he proved capable, the relatives would benefit, and in the future, he would surely have a place in Jiangnan. He wouldn’t allow anything to shatter the bright future ahead, not even the dreaded demons from legend.

Seventh Master Shen was an extremely clever person; he stopped in his tracks when he saw Wei Gongzhan approaching head-on.

That spot... was precisely at the extreme distance of the Gate Deity’s surveillance.

For a moment, Shen Yuan’s breath halted.

And Wei Gongzhan, approaching from the front, also stiffened his steps.

I was too hasty...

I should have waited for Seventh Master to leave the range before coming out.

The two of them stood about two zhang apart, watching each other.

Seventh Master Shen did not make a move, and neither did the other two dare to act.

A chill rose from their hearts; under the bright daylight, cold sweat continuously slid down, soaking their clothes in just a few breaths.

Perhaps it was the sweat that had dampened his clothes that displeased Little Mink hidden within, and it suddenly struggled free.

Its golden-red fur was extraordinarily radiant under the sunlight, instantly drawing the attention of many passersby.

But the first thing that made the two of them extremely anxious was now.

If it hadn’t been for the immense pressure from Shen Yifeng that prevented them from rash actions, they might have already turned tail and fled.

"So it’s like that....."

At the moment when the two were extremely nervous, Shen Yifeng actually took the initiative to step out of that distance.

Wei Gongzhan subconsciously took a step back while holding onto Little Mink.

"Seventh Master..." Shen Yuan couldn’t help but call out.

Shen Yifeng, however, did not look back, but instead smiled at the little creature, "So it’s like that, my memory... has been modified, hasn’t it?"

Wei Gongzhan: "!!!"

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"Daddy, what do you think, will Seventh Master Shen realize that his memory has been modified?"

On the boat, waiting for news, Ghost Doll was exceedingly bored and eventually chose to disturb Chen Qing who was examining the periphery of the Dragon Palace.

Chen Qing stopped what he was doing helplessly and looked at the bored Ghost Doll, "Can’t sleep?"

"Look at what Daddy’s saying, just look at those huge eyes, who could sleep in such an environment?"

"True, haha..." Chen Qing immediately laughed.

Those ten thousand Flood Dragons might not come out, but the terrifying pressure was there. Being watched by such high-level beings, who could sleep soundly unless they had nerves of steel?

Chen Qing sighed, and feeling tired himself, sat on the ground to use the break to resolve Ghost Doll’s confusion.

"Thousand-Faced Fox’s ability is strong, but it’s not without solutions," Chen Qing chuckled.

"Changing memories can reshape a person’s life.

For example, she could make Chen Ying believe that in Jiangnan, it was Thousand-Faced Fox who helped her all along, not me.

With Seventh Master Shen, she could similarly craft various scenarios. "

"But Seventh Master Shen is not like a young girl like Chen Ying; with his two hundred years of age and rich life experiences, it’s troublesome to modify his memory. If the modification is done simply and crudely, Shen Qi would easily notice the inconsistencies."

"For example, Shen Yifeng likes to cool off at Daqing Mountain so to avoid him encountering Little Mink there by chance, Thousand-Faced Fox would have to be especially meticulous in modifying this part of the memory. It can’t just be a crude ban from going to Daqing Mountain; such an approach would make a clever man like Seventh Master ponder, why not?

The more he thinks, the more problems may arise.

A smarter approach is to add a certain emotion to the memory, like Seventh Master hating Daqing Mountain for some reason, and thus he generally avoids going there.

This would make the modification much softer. "

"But once someone invites Seventh Master to Daqing Mountain, it’s a different story."

Chen Qing chuckled, "Given Seventh Master’s character, he definitely wouldn’t refuse outright but instead would become suspicious. For example... this person knows me well and is aware that I despise Daqing Mountain, yet he’s inviting me there? Why?"

"With such suspicion, he would keep it to himself. And once he sees Little Mink outside the city, in a flash, he would understand, his memory has been modified."

"So Thousand-Faced Fox’s skill isn’t invincible," Chen Qing grinned.

"For top-notch clever people, given some time, they would soon realize this.

Even those accustomed to dealing with Thousand-Faced Fox could eventually work out her habits in modifying memories and then discern what in their memories is true and what is false. "

"Really, are there people that amazing?" Ghost Doll was in disbelief.

Chen Qing sighed and said, "The difference between people is great in this world; some people’s intelligence... is far beyond your imagination!"

He remembered that when he first played the Thousand-Faced Fox script, a group of players had to determine all of Thousand-Faced Fox’s schemes amid the chaotic information, which frustrated many to air their grievances online.

But indeed, there were people who had successfully cleared it.

Chen Qing remembered two players who made it through; later, their identities were uncovered online.

They were said to be the seed players from the Yao Class of Tsinghua University, geniuses who had made significant contributions to artificial intelligence technology while still students, the kind of prodigies who hadn’t lost a single point in math since the fourth grade of elementary school.

For such people, no matter how difficult the game, they could play through it as if solving a magic cube in seven seconds.

Who was Shen Yifeng then?

A man who could grasp eighty to ninety percent of the Heavenly Institute’s Array Technique simply by chatting with students like Shen Yuan, a talent that was unparalleled in the second generation of the Shen Family!

Such a high IQ monster, to be manipulated thoroughly through memory play?

It could only be said that both Zi Yue and Thousand-Faced Fox had underrated him...