Peerless Divine Doctor in the City of Flowers
Chapter 551: Curse? Seal!

Chapter 551: Chapter 551: Curse? Seal!

"Pervert, what’s there to see when a woman goes to the bathroom? Besides, I have one myself, why would I want to watch someone else use it?"

Zhao Jiaqi glowered.

Lin Fan’s utterly illogical reason was met with utter disdain from her.

"Fine, since you won’t watch, I’ll let her come back and check on us instead."

Some things can’t be explained in just a word or two.

Lin Fan believed that the fake Ni Chang was definitely not just going to the bathroom.

But what exactly she was up to, no one knew.

"You... you filthy hooligan... what are you trying to do?"

Zhao Jiaqi shivered, how could this guy always be so shameless.

"To show her the resistance and friction of the human body!"

Lin Fan smirked, his hand already reaching out.

Zhao Jiaqi hastily retreated, scared.

"I’ll watch, I’ll watch, okay? You really are a pervert... forcing someone to peep on someone else going to the bathroom!"

Zhao Jiaqi sat down cross-legged, begrudgingly.

As she silently chanted the spell, the paper crane that had been used for scouting slowly flew over.

With its Divine Sense bestowed upon her, Zhao Jiaqi could see everything the paper crane saw.

Just as she was about to control the paper crane to enter the jungle,

she noticed a figure shooting out from within it.

"Why is Ni Chang running out, wasn’t she just going to the bathroom?"

Zhao Jiaqi was taken aback.

They had already walked deep into the jungle.

She was only going for a quick convenience, why did she go so far away?

"That’s right, keep an eye on her, see what she’s going to do?"

Lin Fan narrowed his eyes, everything was just as he had suspected.

It was not as simple as her excusing herself.

"It looks like she’s going to check on the corpse of that giant ape..."

Zhao Jiaqi controlled the paper crane, curiously following it.

But in the next moment, her face suddenly turned deathly pale.

"Ah!"

With a scream, Zhao Jiaqi suddenly opened her eyes.

She was covered in cold sweat on her forehead.

"What did you actually see?"

Lin Fan frowned, anxious.

Judging by her current state, he could guess that the sight was quite shocking.

"She... she... actually sucked the Dragon Blood Ape’s blood... dry!"

Zhao Jiaqi couldn’t fully recount the scene she had witnessed.

After all, watching the huge ape deflate like a punctured balloon,

while all the blood rapidly congealed and flowed into Ni Chang’s mouth and nose,

was simply too horrifying.

"I knew it, Ni Chang is no longer Ni Chang, but when exactly was she switched?"

Lin Fan narrowed his eyes.

The three inseparable friends, why has one become like this.

"Ni Chang is fake? This... this can’t be... When I was lying on her, I clearly saw a mole of cinnabar on the back of her neck, a tiny and inconspicuous mole, one that I wouldn’t have noticed if I hadn’t grown up with her... Even the best disguise can’t be that meticulous, can it?"

Zhao Jiaqi covered her mouth.

She couldn’t accept that her close friend had turned out this way.

"Although it’s baffling, since we’re sure she remembers, we’ll just have to play it by ear. I want to see how the other party managed the disguise. I don’t believe I can’t test it out."

Lin Fan’s eyebrows were tightly knit.

He too had heard of disguise skills like the Human Skin Mask.

But such meticulousness, it was just too realistic, wasn’t it?

"How do you plan, to test it?"

Zhao Jiaqi looked at Lin Fan curiously.

But he just revealed a rascally smile.

"Of course, by taking action. Even the best Human Skin Mask can’t be flawless. There must be some oversight. During sleep, stay alert and don’t be like a dead pig."

As Lin Fan spoke, he had already begun to clear the surrounding weeds.

He had to start preparing the resting camp.

"You... since when did you know she was fake?"

But Zhao Jiaqi, with her mind full of concerns, could not remain as composed as him.

She kept circling Lin Fan, asking persistently.

"I sensed something was off as soon as we entered; at first, it was just a suspicion, but just now, I got some substantial evidence. If I had to pinpoint when she started changing, it should be the morning we were about to leave."

Lin Fan squinted his eyes, trying hard to recall many details.

"The morning we were about to leave? What did she do?"

Zhao Jiaqi, who always realized things belatedly, hadn’t noticed any signs.

She could only dig deeper and ask.

"She said she would solve some problems for me in other ways. I didn’t think much of it at the time, but now that I think about it, how could a young maiden who hasn’t left her boudoir know so much? Moreover, the knowledge she displayed far exceeded Ni Chang’s, and many things can’t simply be learned from books. So now, I have a hypothesis."

Lin Fan remembered while he kept working.

"Before we left, Meng Die didn’t show up, so could it be possible that she is impersonating Ni Chang? It’d be normal for such a seductive woman to know these things. And as the City Lord, she’s definitely the one most eager to break the curse. Among the three of us, your magical abilities are irreplaceable, and there’s no need to mention myself. So impersonating Ni Chang would be the best method. Just how she managed that, and what she has done with Ni Chang, are still mysteries."

"Then I’m even more confused. We came here to retrieve the evil dragon’s bones, which should be helping her break the curse. She should be treating us kindly, or she could’ve just come with us directly, why bother doing it this way?"

Zhao Jiaqi puckered her lips, a look of confusion on her face.

If it really was Meng Die disguised as Ni Chang, what was her purpose?

"Remember what I said at the beginning? The barrier might not be to prevent people from entering, but to keep whatever’s inside from going out. It seems to be the case now. On the day we set off, there were actually many powerful beings lurking in the shadows, any of them could have easily overpowered Ni Chang. Besides, nobody knows how vast this space is or how many fierce beasts are inside. Once we leave, it could lead to a disaster."

Lin Fan set aside the branches in his hands.

And picked up broad leaves as a makeshift support.

"And now that I think about it, this so-called curse might not be a nefarious one, but a barrier to maintain the balance of the world. And Meng Loulan turned into gold, that thing should never exist in this world, it should be sealed away forever."

"So she’s eager to use us to break the Dragon Blood’s suppression... but we must take the dragon bones to resolve the trouble in the Heavenly Cavern, aren’t we then assisting in tyranny..."

Hearing Lin Fan’s words, Zhao Jiaqi suddenly felt an unprecedented fear.

If they were to truly release some monster.

The consequences would be unimaginable.

"So, we must settle this here. If the fake Ni Chang is really Meng Die in disguise, then she can’t leave this place."

Lin Fan looked toward the white figure running back in the distance.

The fake Ni Chang was back.

So tonight, let him touch and feel this Human Skin Mask with his own hands.