Skinwalker Belle – Chapter 252 – Unexpected Joy

“Please, have a look!”

Just as Lin Fan was bored enough to consider picking her toes, Jiji finally opened the heavily locked safe.

He turned around, holding a delicate black velvet box.

Like he was presenting a treasure, he carefully placed the box in front of Lin Fan and slowly opened the lid.

“Click.”

With a soft click.

Lin Fan subconsciously narrowed her eyes, bracing herself to be visually assaulted by something bizarre.

However, the expected scene did not appear.

Lying in the black velvet box was a set of jewelry, shimmering with a breathtaking beauty.

A necklace woven from an unknown silver metal with a pendant of a deep blue gem, profound as the sea; a pair of earrings shaped like miniature stars; a ring engraved with intricate runes; and an exquisitely crafted forehead ornament that seemed to be woven from thorns.

In the dim secret chamber, this entire set of jewelry exuded a cold and noble aura, as if it were condensed moonlight.

Lin Fan was stunned for a moment, then her cheeks grew slightly hot.

“Ahem…” She let out a light, concealing cough, her fingers gently stroking the cool metal. She cursed herself internally for her dirty thoughts. “Jiji, is this what you called… the special edition?”

“That’s right! The final work of the ‘Divine Craftsman,’ the chief master of the City of Artisans—’Ghost’!”

Jiji introduced it with spittle flying. “This is no ordinary jewelry. It’s made from ‘Forbidden Magic Silver’ excavated from the deep sea, and inlaid with the Crystal of a peak Level 6 ‘Phantasmal Spirit Beast’!”

Lin Fan raised an eyebrow, hooking the necklace with her fingertip.

It was slightly heavy in her hand, with a strange magnetic feel.

“It’s beautiful, but if it’s only beautiful…” Lin Fan’s tone was indifferent.

“How could that be! This is real black technology!” Jiji grew anxious and hurriedly explained, “Your Highness, one of the main functions of this ‘Ghost’ set is ‘Concealment’ and ‘Deception’!”

As he spoke, he pointed to the thorny forehead ornament.

“As long as you wear this set and infuse it with Mental Strength, it can form a perfect ‘Mental Strength shielding field’. Within this field, the wearer’s aura, mental fluctuations, and even life fluctuations will be completely concealed!”

“Even if a stronger expert, one level higher, scans with their Mental Strength, as long as they don’t see you face-to-face with their naked eyes, you’ll be nothing but a pocket of air in their perception, completely non-existent!”

Lin Fan’s eyes lit up slightly.

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Mental Strength shielding?

This was good stuff.

One had to know that in the perception between experts, mental scans often preceded visual sight.

If she could shield herself from mental scans, she would be a ghost on the battlefield, able to swagger into certain heavily guarded places—like the Federation headquarters, or some of the Dragon Clan’s forbidden lands.

“Not only that!” Seeing Lin Fan’s interest, Jiji pushed his sales pitch even harder. “Another major reason for its design was to allow the user to have a momentary burst of power in battle.”

“It can, like an energy-storing Crystal, draw out the Spirit Energy from the wearer’s body and store it in these gems.”

Jiji pointed at the deep blue gems and sighed with a look of regret.

“What a pity, this thing is a failed product.”

“A failed product?” Lin Fan asked nonchalantly, toying with the ring.

“Yes,” Jiji said with a pained expression. “That master originally wanted to design a device that could store Spirit Energy, allowing an expert to instantly draw from it to recover their Spiritual power when they ran out. But he failed…”

“Although this thing stores Spirit Energy very quickly, the speed at which the stored energy can be retrieved is very slow. And most importantly, when it absorbs the wearer’s Spirit Energy, it causes the wearer’s evolution level to be forcibly lowered!”

Lin Fan instantly understood why it was a failed product. Something like this would typically be used to feign weakness before crushing an opponent.

But what would happen if the stored Spirit Energy was retrieved too slowly?

The result would be getting killed by the opponent while still recovering one’s Spiritual power.

“So, the craftsman who made this only created this one before he could successfully break through this technology. I only bought it back at a low price because the materials were so expensive. After all, just the function of concealing one’s aura is priceless…”

Jiji was still muttering and complaining about this deal.

But Lin Fan had suddenly thought of something.

Suppressing one’s strength?

Lowering an Evolved being’s level?

How was this useless? This was practically a divine artifact tailor-made for her!

What was the biggest problem she was facing right now?

She was too strong!

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Her true body had already reached Level 7.

The low-level Rift in Azurewood City simply couldn’t handle her current energy volume.

Even for a Rift like the one in Border Dragon City, which could accommodate a peak Level 6, she had to be extremely careful and wear Long Wu’s “skin” to pass through.

If she didn’t solve this problem, she couldn’t even return to Blue Star!

And now, this “failed product,” which Jiji regarded as worthless, perfectly solved this deadlock.

“Interesting.”

A playful arc formed on Lin Fan’s lips. She picked up the necklace and put it on her slender neck.

The cool sensation touched her skin, followed by the earrings, the ring, and finally, the thorny forehead ornament.

The moment the last piece of jewelry was put on, a strange resonance occurred among the set.

“How do I use it?” Lin Fan asked.

“Just inject Spirit Energy. Inject as much as you want to suppress,” Jiji answered subconsciously, then tried to persuade her again, “Your Highness, just try it out, don’t actually…”

Voom—!

The air trembled slightly.

Without hesitation, Lin Fan mobilized the Spirit Energy in her body, frantically pouring it into the jewelry set.

The originally deep blue gems, like famished beasts, greedily devoured this immense energy.

As the Spirit Energy flowed in, the gems’ light grew brighter and brighter, eventually turning into a deep blue that was almost black.

And the aura on Lin Fan’s body began to drop at a visible rate.

Late-stage Level 6…

Mid-stage Level 6…

Early-stage Level 6…

Level 5…

Lin Fan only stopped the infusion when her level had dropped to that of a peak Level 4.

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She clenched her fist, feeling the state of her body.

Her physical constitution was still there, but eighty percent of the Spirit Energy flowing within her was gone.

“This is what I wanted.”

Lin Fan turned around, the hem of her black silk dress tracing an elegant arc in the air.

The light in her eyes was even more brilliant than the gems.

Her original, sharp-edged Dragon Clan aura was instantly restrained.

She had become an ordinary, even somewhat weak, Level 4 Dragon Clan girl.

“Perfect.”

Lin Fan condensed a mirror out of Mental Strength and looked at her reflection.

This set of gothic-style jewelry, paired with her black long dress and black stockings, was simply tailor-made.

It had the decadent beauty of a dark lolita, yet also exuded a nobility and mystery that made people afraid to look directly at her.

“How is it? Your Highness, is this item to your liking?”

Jiji rubbed his hands, looking at her with anticipation. “This is a treasure that only someone with your temperament can pull off! On anyone else, it would be like a firefly trying to compete with the bright moon!”

“You have a way with words.”

Lin Fan was in a great mood. She turned to face the shrewd-looking rat-man.

“Name your price.”

“Your Highness, you flatter me!”

Jiji waved his hands dismissively, his expression one of righteous selflessness. “It is my honor to be of service to you! Although this thing is a bit expensive, please consider it a small token of my respect for you! Talking about money? That would hurt our relationship!”

Although he was greedy, he wasn’t stupid.

This item was priceless; the concealment ability alone could fetch a sky-high price on the black market.

But if he could exchange it for the protection of the future city lord, or even a direct line to the core of power…

Then this deal was a massive win!

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Lin Fan looked at him with a half-smile.

“Alright, stop with the act.”

She walked up to Jiji and reached out to straighten his slightly crooked collar.

The gesture left Jiji flattered but stunned, his body stiff and afraid to move.

“I don’t like owing favors, especially not to a businessman.”

Lin Fan said coolly, “I’ll take this. In exchange…”

She paused, her voice dropping a little lower.

“From now on, you’ll manage half of the Slave Market in Azurewood City. Aside from the ones I specifically request, you can handle the rest as you see fit. How much you can earn depends on your ability.”

“As long as I don’t fall, no one in Border Dragon City or Azurewood City will dare to touch you.”

Hearing this, Jiji’s two beady green eyes went wide, and his breathing nearly stopped.

Half the management rights to the Azurewood City Slave Market?

With official backing?

This wasn’t just business; this was a direct pass into high society!

Thud!

Without a second thought, Jiji dropped to his knees on the ground, his movement crisp and decisive.

“Your Highness! From this day forward, my life, Jiji’s life, is yours! If you tell me to bite someone, I’ll bite them! If you tell me to dig a hole, I’ll never climb a tree!”

“Alright, get up.”

Lin Fan waved her hand and turned to walk towards the door.

“If you get any truly good things in the future, save them for me first.”

“Yes, yes! I will! I definitely will!”

“Oh… right. That… Thunderous Fury, have it packed up and sent to my place.”