At this moment, outside it was already deep into the night. Suo Lun waited quietly inside the central army hall of the Silver Wolf Legion, going over every aspect of the situation in his mind.
He was simply waiting for Yan Shuang and Tu Lingduo to summon him from below.
Without doubt, Tu Lingduo would definitely tell Yan Shuang that he was Suo Lun. How should he respond?
He had to choose the best plan among all possibilities, one that was best not only for himself but also for Yan Nai’er. She had already suffered one massive hurt and could not endure a second one.
Now time was running out. At the latest, tomorrow the other hungry wolves of Heavenly Wild City would launch their attack, and the Silver Wolf Legion would also face internal division.
Moreover, his own identity faced the risk of being exposed. No matter how one looked at it, the current situation was a dead end.
The harm Suo Lun had previously caused Yan Shuang was far greater than she herself imagined.
Suo Lun’s original plan had been to slowly and gradually re-enter her heart, soothe her wounds, and then strive to mend the broken mirror and reunite.
He had even considered making the raw rice into cooked rice, turning their relationship from lovers directly into husband and wife. At that point, gradually revealing his identity would cause far less impact on her.
Once his identity was exposed prematurely, the immediate impact on Yan Shuang would be enormous, and the consequences were entirely predictable.
Any talk of mending the broken mirror and reuniting with her, or obtaining the Silver Wolf Legion, would all become nothing but a dream.
Furthermore, once his identity was exposed in front of Tu Lingduo, he would face endless pursuit and killing. It would be difficult even to return alive to the Angry Wave Kingdom.
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At this time, footsteps came from the steps below. These were not Yan Shuang’s footsteps but Tu Lingduo’s.
This scheming and cunning woman deliberately walked very slowly, trying to give Suo Lun a sense of pressure.
The hidden door of the basement was opened, and Tu Lingduo said: Suo Lun, come down. Face your old lover with your true appearance.
Having said that, she did not give Suo Lun any time to react and walked straight down. After a few steps she paused slightly again and said: Suo Lun, you could run away right now and see if you can escape. Perhaps this is your only chance to get away.
In the end he still had to face it. Stretching out the head meant one slash of the knife, and shrinking the head also meant one slash of the knife.
Suo Lun took a deep breath and then walked towards the steps of the basement. He even did not forget to close the hidden door behind him.
Fortunately he had already made full preparations. When he heard Yan Shuang say she was going to attend the banquet and that there were honoured guests from the Angry Wave Kingdom, he had anticipated this scene occurring.
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The moment Suo Lun stepped into the secret room, Yan Shuang’s gaze fixed on his face and did not move.
That gaze was extremely complex, even carrying a trace of panic, making it almost impossible for Suo Lun to meet her eyes.
These past days, Yan Shuang had always been strong and imposing, cold and composed, as if the mountains could collapse before her without changing her expression.
Yet at this moment, her eyes were already on the verge of collapse. Suo Lun was her only weakness, and that once deeply engraved love was her only weakness.
At this time she was ten thousand times unwilling for the man before her to be Suo Lun, and she did not want to see Suo Lun either.
Suo Lun, stop trying to deceive. Reveal your true face. Tu Lingduo said with a faint smile, full of absolute confidence.
Yan Shuang’s beautiful eyes kept staring at his face without even blinking once, absolutely not missing any detail of his expression.
Suo Lun immediately gave a bitter smile and said: Miss Tu Lingduo, this is already the third time you have said this name. I now also know who he is, but… I really am not him, okay?
Tu Lingduo smiled and said: You really are stubborn. Even at this point you still flatly deny it.
Then Suo Lun spread his hands helplessly and said: You say I am Suo Lun. Fine, please provide any evidence, and I will definitely cooperate.
Tu Lingduo said: This face of yours is fake, smeared with some special substance, which is why it looks sallow. Moreover, your beard is also fake and stuck on. So will you remove it yourself, or shall I do it?
Suo Lun’s eyes immediately showed a trace of bitterness. He looked towards Yan Shuang and said: Do I really have to reveal my true face? Are you sure you have prepared yourself mentally?
Yan Shuang nodded and said: I want to see the truth.
Then please prepare yourself sufficiently. Suo Lun sighed, his eyes showing a trace of painful struggle.
Having said that, he tore off the fake beard on his face bit by bit.
Then he took out a bottle of medicinal liquid from his bosom, poured it into his hand, rubbed it evenly, and then wiped it on his face.
Thus the sallow colour on his face and all the disguise makeup completely melted and peeled off, revealing his original face.
Seeing this face, both Yan Shuang and Tu Lingduo suddenly changed colour dramatically.
Suo Lun smiled bitterly and said: It was you who wanted to see it. You insisted on making me reveal this devilish face.
After washing away all the disguise, what was revealed was not Suo Lun’s handsome face. Instead it was an extremely ugly and extremely grotesque face.
The entire face had countless pits and holes, and the skin texture was twisted in an completely abnormal way, presenting strange and terrifying scars. How could one describe it?
His face looked just like the skin of a toad, equally bizarre and horrifying.
Although Yan Shuang and Tu Lingduo had already become indifferent to men’s faces, seeing such an ugly and terrifying face still gave them a big fright.
Cursed ghost face. Were you born with mottled disease? Tu Lingduo said with a trembling voice.
Yes, mottled disease, brought from the womb. Before the age of thirty it will spread over the entire body, and then I will die in agony. Suo Lun sighed and said: Before this, you all called my rough sallow face ugly and unbearable, but you did not know that was already my most handsome face.
How did Suo Lun create this mottled face?
Those terrifying scars and wrinkles were created by applying a special medicinal liquid, after which Yao Xing used complicated energy to twist his facial features and create the illusion of mottled disease.
In reality, his current face was still different from real mottled disease, but it was simply too ugly. Ordinary girls would not dare to look at it a second time, let alone reach out to touch it and examine it carefully. Therefore it was very difficult to distinguish the differences at a glance.
Sure enough, Tu Lingduo was frightened and had no intention at all of coming forward to touch it.
After the brief shock, Tu Lingduo said with a cold laugh: Suo Lun, you are really ruthless to yourself. You actually used medicinal liquid to torment your handsome face into this state. Are you not afraid of disfigurement?
Suo Lun closed his eyes in pain. This made the ugly face look even more terrifying. Then he sighed and said: Miss Tu Ling, if it were possible, I would really be willing to pay any price to exchange this face of mine, even if only for one day. So… if I were that Suo Lun you speak of, how good that would be.
Then his gaze turned towards the portrait of Suo Lun on the wall. His eyes were filled with extreme desolation and extreme pain.
At this moment, his acting was completely perfect. If not at Oscar level, it was at least at the level of a Huabiao Award.
Seeing this performance, even Tu Lingduo became somewhat doubtful. Could it be, could it be that she had really guessed wrong? All along she had relied on her sharp intuition and had almost never been mistaken. Could she be wrong this time?
No, Suo Lun was an extremely cunning person who could use any means. Tu Lingduo firmly believed that the person before her was Suo Lun, because at this time he would definitely appear by Yan Shuang’s side.
After reaffirming her confidence, Tu Lingduo stared tightly at Suo Lun’s eyes and said with a cold laugh: Suo Lun, you can use special medicinal liquid to turn your face into something neither human nor ghost to conceal your true appearance. But there is still one absolute piece of evidence that can prove you are Suo Lun.
Say it. No matter what evidence it is, I am willing to cooperate. Suo Lun said.
Tu Lingduo asked Yan Shuang: When you and Suo Lun were so intimate, did you ever see his body?
Yan Shuang shook her head and said: We stopped at affection and propriety. We had no physical intimacy at all.
Tu Lingduo said: Suo Lun pursued all the beautiful women in the royal city academy but let me go alone. Do you know why?
Suo Lun was also very curious as to why. Tu Lingduo was the campus belle of this cohort. How could the previous playboy Suo Lun have let her go? Could it be because of her special status? He had even dared to pursue the Princess of Zhi Ning madly, so what woman’s status would he not dare to chase?
Tu Lingduo said: Actually, Suo Lun once offended me without knowing the height of the heavens and the depth of the earth. He flirted with me. I did not just give him a beating with my powder fists like Yan Nai’er did. Instead I gave him a lesson he would never forget. My sword stabbed his chest six times in a row, leaving six deep holes. Moreover each sword released dragon force directly into his heart, causing his heart to stop for a full half minute. He brushed shoulders with the god of death. From then on he never dared to appear within ten metres of me again.
As soon as these words were spoken, Suo Lun looked towards Tu Lingduo in horror. This woman had such a ruthless heart.
No wonder Suo Lun never dared to pursue her again and avoided her like a snake or scorpion.
I left these six plum blossom scars on Suo Lun’s chest, deep enough to see the bone. They cannot be erased. Tu Lingduo looked over with a cold laugh and said: It could not be such a coincidence that you also have six plum blossom scars at the position of your chest, could it?
At this moment Suo Lun almost could not help laughing inside. If he really were Suo Lun, then of course his true form would be revealed now. But he was not Suo Lun. He was Lan Ling from Earth, so naturally there were no so-called six plum blossom scars at his heart position.
Then he stared at Tu Lingduo’s face and took off his clothes one by one, revealing his bare upper body.
Is it this position? Suo Lun pointed at the heart area and asked with a cold laugh.
Tu Lingduo stepped forward, widened her eyes and looked at Suo Lun’s chest. It was smooth and intact, without any scars, let alone six plum blossom scars.
I… I really got the wrong person? This scar mark is absolutely impossible to erase. Tu Lingduo said with a trembling voice. She examined his chest position carefully for a long time.
A full two minutes later, Tu Lingduo put away all expression and said to Suo Lun: Sorry, I recognised the wrong person.
Suo Lun did not speak but put his clothes back on meticulously.
Tu Lingduo looked towards Yan Shuang and said: Miss Yan Shuang, even if he is not Suo Lun, he has mottled disease. This face is enough to give people nightmares, and he will not live past thirty. Are you sure you want to choose him instead of my handsome and elegant brother Liu Chen?
Liu Chen? Suo Lun asked with confusion.
Tu Lingduo said: My brother Tu Lingchen, a man who is madly infatuated with Miss Yan Shuang and even became a monk for her. He is ten thousand times more handsome than you and ten thousand times stronger in martial prowess. He is more than enough to protect Yan Shuang and her Silver Wolf Legion.
Yan Shuang looked at Suo Lun’s face, then shook her head and said: I have already promised Lan Ling and let him stay by my side to help me, so I absolutely will not go back on my word. No matter what he looks like, I only seek character and wisdom. As for Liu Chen, I can only say sorry.
Tu Lingduo looked deeply at Yan Shuang and said: You are truly stubborn to the point of foolishness. Then just wait for the destruction of the Silver Wolf Legion. Moreover, death would still be the best outcome for you. For a woman as beautiful as you, the most terrifying result is being unable to live or die.
Then she looked towards Suo Lun and said: If you truly love this woman, you should watch her live in peace and happiness. A toad like you should hide in a corner and cry while watching her happiness, rather than come out to scare people.
Then Tu Lingduo left arrogantly and departed from the basement.
Yan Nai’er, after daybreak the horn signalling the destruction of the Silver Wolf will sound. I am waiting for your outcome of destruction. Her voice came from above ground and then drifted away as she left the camp of the Silver Wolf Legion.
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Inside the entire secret room only Suo Lun and Yan Shuang remained. It was completely silent and neither of them spoke.
Suddenly Yan Shuang stretched out her jade hand and stroked Suo Lun’s terrifying face, as if completely ignoring the devilish ugliness and disgust. She caressed it inch by inch.
At the same time, the pain in her eyes broke apart bit by bit and cracked open bit by bit.
Enough, Tu Lingduo has left. Now you can tell me whether you are Suo Lun or not. Yan Shuang said word by word. Tears were already swirling in her eyes and her voice was no longer cold but full of painful sorrow.
Suo Lun’s heart trembled and he suddenly felt completely dazed, not knowing at all how he should answer.
What, what was this situation? Tu Lingduo had not recognised him, yet… yet Yan Shuang had recognised him?
This made no sense. He had no flaws at all. There was no way she could have recognised him.
Yan Shuang tried hard to hold back the tears in her eyes, widened her beautiful eyes and looked at Suo Lun as she said: Think carefully before you answer. No matter what you say, I will accept your answer. If you say you are not Suo Lun, then I will treat you as not being him. No matter what price I have to pay, I accept it. I can be deceived by a man once, and I can also be deceived a second time.
If it were anyone else, Suo Lun would treat it as blackmail.
But the girl before him had an extremely pure heart. Facing the man she had once loved deeply, she was absolutely incapable of any scheming.
Suo Lun’s face began to twitch. All his acting began to collapse. In the end even his breathing started to tremble and become chaotic. Then tears slid down from his eyes as he said: Yes, I am Suo Lun. I am that bastard!
As soon as these words were spoken, the tears in Yan Shuang’s eyes could no longer be held back and surged out completely.