Skinwalker Belle – Chapter 172 – The Maid Su Rou

Inside the inn room, the surging fluctuations of Spirit Energy slowly subsided.

Su Xiaoxiao opened her eyes, a sharp glint flashing through her amber pupils.

She opened her palm, gazing at the visible fluctuations of Mental Strength swirling around her fingertips.

This was the mark of a level-four Evolved being.

“Sister… I… I really broke through!”

Su Xiaoxiao abruptly looked up at Lin Fan, her voice carrying an irrepressible tremor and a hint of tears.

From level three to level four, a chasm-like leap, would take even the most talented members of Green Hill Village several years of hard work.

But she had done it in a mere moment, with just a single Crystal.

Lin Fan sat on the edge of the bed, her long fingers nonchalantly toying with her waterfall of silver hair, not the least bit surprised.

“Level four just barely allows you to keep up with my pace.”

She raised her eyes, her pupils, which swirled with a seven-colored halo, as calm as a bottomless, frigid pool.

“Your Bloodline is too ordinary, and the quality of your Mental Strength is cruder than I expected.”

“Xiaoxiao knows!” As if doused by a basin of cold water, Su Xiaoxiao instantly sobered up and nodded vigorously. “Xiaoxiao will definitely work her hardest and never drag Sister down!”

Lin Fan said no more, flipping her palm over.

A flash of light passed, and Su Rou’s Skin lay quietly in her palm.

The Fox Girl Skin, a weave of dark orange and pure white, was breathtakingly beautiful.

“For the next period of time, I will be acting with this identity.”

Lin Fan stood up. Under Su Xiaoxiao’s stunned gaze, her perfect, otherworldly, silver-haired main body began to don the fox girl “outerwear.”

The silver hair retracted, transforming into long, orange-and-white hair.

The seven-colored eyes turned into gentle, alluring amber.

Even her tall stature shrank, going from one meter seventy to a petite frame of less than one meter sixty.

Lin Fan flexed her wrist, feeling the distinctly different lightness and softness of this body.

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“This body’s fine control over Mental Strength is indeed delicate.”

She turned her head, a slight curve gracing her lips as she looked at the utterly dumbfounded Su Xiaoxiao.

“From now on, I am your kinswoman, Su Rou.”

Su Xiaoxiao stared blankly for several seconds before it suddenly clicked.

“Then… Sister Ning Shuang?”

“Ning Shuang has gone into seclusion in the depths of the Mist Forest to hunt for Crystals.”

Lin Fan walked to the bronze mirror and adjusted her collar, her voice also becoming soft and sweet.

“That’s what we’ll say to others.”

Su Xiaoxiao nodded forcefully, her heart pounding.

She understood.

Her sister was going to change her identity, to use a pair of eyes no one would ever expect to secretly overlook all of Azurewood City.

Knock, knock, knock…

Just then, a knock suddenly sounded at the door.

Su Xiaoxiao tensed up like a startled rabbit, subconsciously looking toward Lin Fan.

Lin Fan raised a hand, signaling for her to remain silent, while she herself glided to the door with graceful steps.

“Who is it?”

She spoke, her voice so soft it seemed one could squeeze water from it.

Outside the door, a gruff male voice sounded.

“Captain Hu Ben sent me to find Lady Long Ningshuang.”

A knowing glint flashed in Lin Fan’s eyes.

They’re here.

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She pulled the door open.

Standing outside was a burly tiger clan soldier, emanating a murderous aura. The scimitar at his waist glinted coldly in the lamplight.

Without even looking at Lin Fan who had opened the door, he craned his neck to look inside, his tone aggressive.

“Where is Lady Long Ningshuang?”

Lin Fan immediately lowered her head slightly, her hands clasped nervously in front of her, putting on a frail and timid posture.

“Sister… Sister Ning Shuang… she went into seclusion deep in the Mist Forest.”

Her voice was as faint as a mosquito’s buzz, carrying a perfectly measured hint of timidity.

“Is there something you need, my lord?”

The tiger clan soldier’s brows furrowed into a knot, his gaze finally falling upon Lin Fan.

“The Mist Forest? When did she leave?”

“Three days ago.” Lin Fan blinked her large, watery eyes, her amber pupils filled with innocence.

The tiger clan soldier stared at her, scrutinizing her for a few seconds. After sensing the weak aura on her, the vigilance in his eyes turned into undisguised contempt.

“Who are you?”

“My name is Su Rou. I am Sister Ning Shuang’s handmaiden.” Lin Fan kept her head down, her voice even softer. “Do you have any instructions, my lord? I can pass them on for you.”

The tiger clan soldier was silent for a moment, seemingly weighing his options.

“The City Lord sent me to confirm something.”

He pulled a piece of beast hide paper from his robes and tossed it directly into Lin Fan’s arms.

“Lady Long Ningshuang promised to send someone into the Rift to bring back ten thousand level-one Crystals. The City Lord wants to know who she is sending.”

Lin Fan glanced down at the beast hide paper; it was the contract for the transaction.

She looked up, a flash of nervousness from being exposed crossing her amber eyes.

“It’s… it’s me.”

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The tiger clan soldier froze for a moment, as if he had heard the world’s greatest joke.

“You?”

His oppressive gaze swept over Lin Fan from head to toe without any courtesy, the disdain in his eyes nearly overflowing.

“With that tiny frame of yours? A strong gust of wind could blow you away, and you want to enter the Rift?”

Lin Fan bit her lip hard, lowering her head in grievance.

“Sister Ning Shuang said… only those below level six can pass through the Rift. Her power is too strong, so she can’t go in…”

“So… so she sent me.”

“Heh.” The tiger clan soldier let out a sneer. “Do you even know what’s on the other side of the Rift?”

He shook his head, his tone laced with a patronizing pity.

“It seems Lady Long Ningshuang doesn’t think much of you, her handmaiden.”

Lin Fan kept her head down, her shoulders trembling slightly, not saying a word.

The tiger clan soldier stared at her for a few seconds, then seemed to lose interest and waved his hand dismissively.

“Forget it. It’s none of my business.”

He turned to leave, but as he reached the doorway, he seemed to remember something and said without turning back:

“By the way, the City Lord told me to inform Lady Long Ningshuang that the three hundred female slaves are ready.”

“Once she gets the Crystals, she can go to the Slave Market to collect them at any time.”

With that, he strode away.

Lin Fan slowly closed the door. The frailty, grievance, and fear on her face vanished in an instant, replaced by a cold and playful smile.

“That fellow, Hu Lie, is really getting impatient.”

Su Xiaoxiao walked out quickly from the inner room, her face filled with worry.

“Sister, that tiger clan soldier was right… the other side of the Rift is truly too dangerous.”

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“I know,” Lin Fan interrupted her, walking to the table and sitting down. “But that’s for an ordinary level-five Evolved being.”

Her eyes glinted with a demonic and confident golden light.

“Twenty thousand brainless, low-level Demonic Creatures, to me, are nothing more than twenty thousand walking Crystals.”

Su Xiaoxiao was stunned for a moment, then it dawned on her.

That’s right!

Her sister was level six!

Even though she was wearing this body now, it was only to get past the Rift’s restriction!

“However…” Lin Fan’s tone suddenly shifted, a hint of amusement in her voice. “For Hu Lie to prepare three hundred female slaves so readily, it seems he truly values this deal.”

Su Xiaoxiao blinked, only half-understanding.

The night deepened.

Above Azurewood City, the purple spatial tear grew ever clearer, like a hideous scar heralding the imminent start of a gluttonous feast.

“Soon.”

Lin Fan stood up and walked to the window, quietly gazing at the Rift.

“In three days at most, the Rift will open completely.”

She turned her head to look at Su Xiaoxiao, issuing a command in a calm tone.

“Tomorrow, go to the Fox Beauty Tavern and have Su Yue get all her eyes to keep a close watch on the City Lord’s Mansion.”

“Especially… the rats Hu Lie sent out to hunt Long Yan.”

Su Xiaoxiao’s expression turned grim as she nodded forcefully.

“Xiaoxiao understands!”

Lin Fan said no more, merely watching the Rift outside the window in silence. Her amber eyes reflected endless ambition and a chilling coldness.

Everything was ready.