Chapter 34: The Magical Mask
Just as Lu Zhan was fascinated by the contents of the book and was fascinated by the pages, a thin mask fell out from between the title pages of the book and landed on the floor. That mask was put in the book of war when Lu Zhan was packing up the bag.
He bent down to pick up the almost translucent mask and placed it in the palm of his hand to examine it carefully.
He had heard from the nurses that there were crooks and thieves who were making good use of a human skin mask made of human skin to change their appearance, so as to make it easier for them to act in secret.
But the mask in his hand was so thin that it was almost transparent, and the material didn't look like ordinary skin. This kind of mask wants to achieve the effect of disfigurement, and it is obviously impossible to deceive people.
So, what is the use of this mask? Since General Duobao has stored it in the Qiankun bag as an important treasure, this thing will certainly not be a useless ornamental object.
Out of curiosity, he put the mask on his face, feeling that this face had a little warm feeling, and it was very comfortable to wear on his face, especially in this cold winter night, he felt that this mask brought him a trace of warmth, he imagined that General Duobao wore this mask, and the dark and rough ugly face was indeed a little whiter and tenderer, could it be that this mask was only used by General Duobao to whiten his skin, just like the alabaster balm commonly used by the wives and young grandmothers in the Lu MansionοΌ
The naughty side of Lu Zhan's young man's surname was revealed, and he thought it was interesting to wear this mask, so he didn't take the mask off his face for the time being, but fell on his back on the bed, covered his face with the mask, and continued to read the book "The Complete Book of Heavenly General Evolution" in his hand.
As he read, a wave of intent hit his heart, and he put the military book next to the bed, closed his eyes, breathed in and breathed, and then, as usual, half-asleep and half-awake, entered the state of practicing according to the golden vein diagram.
Since the mask was light and thin, he barely felt anything on his face, so he left it behind.
There was a knock on ......the door.
Lu Zhan woke up from the bed, he sat up and saw that it was already dawn.
He climbed out of bed, first collected the whole book of Tianjiang Derivation on the bed, and then put on the leather jacket made of leopard skin, walked to the door, opened the door, and saw that it was Xi Liuzi and Ma Lixiong and several other nurses standing respectfully outside the door.
"Is that you? what's going on so early?" Lu Zhan asked, today was his rest. With his surname, he is very reluctant to be disturbed, and just wants to wait quietly alone, practicing martial arts and reading military books.
Unexpectedly, several nurses looked at him with unfamiliar eyes, Ma Lixiong nodded and asked, "Is Captain Lu at home?"
Lu Zhan glared at him in astonishment, puzzled, "What did you say?"
Xi Liuzi next to him said, "Old man, may I ask who you are from Captain Lu Zhan's mansion?"
"Who am I Captain Lu Zhan?" Lu Zhan's mouth was wide open, and for a moment he couldn't figure out if these subordinates had a brain problem, or if he was still in a dream and didn't wake up.
Seeing Lu Zhan staring at them with a pair of stunned eyes, as if looking at a group of monsters, Ma Lixiong shouted loudly into the room: "Captain Lu, are you at home? β
This sentence almost made Lu Zhan angry, I am obviously standing in front of your eyes, can you guys deliberately see me as a ball of air?
Seeing that there was no answer in the room, Xi Liuzi politely asked Lu Zhan: "Old man, what do you call it?"
"Old man?"
Lu Zhan was puzzled and reached out and touched his face, but when he touched it, he actually touched a thick beard, and even he himself was frightened, so he turned around and ran to the basin in the room, looking at his face with the water in the basin-
What was reflected in the basin was a big black face with a scruffy beard, which ...... It turned out to be the face of General Duobao!
Lu Zhan hurriedly touched his body up and down, left and right, fortunately, the body still belonged to him! He let out a long sigh of relief.
But how did this face become General Duobao?
Lu Zhan rubbed his bearded and unkempt face vigorously, and suddenly, he remembered that it was the mask!
Yes, it must be the mask that is at work, I put the mask on my face before going to bed last night and didn't take it off, could it have grown to my face overnight?
Lu Zhan pinched his face with his hand and rubbed it hard, watching the mask slowly be lifted from his face, there was a strong stickiness between the mask and his own skin, but fortunately, this mask could still tear off his face smoothly.
His heart was finally let go.
Several nurses stood at the door, looking at the strange black-faced man in the room with his back to them standing in front of the basin with his back to them, pulling his face for a while, touching his body for a while, and wondering what was wrong with this person. Xi Liuzi asked nervously, "Old man, you, are you okay?"
Lu Zhan hurriedly patted his face and glued the mask back on.
After making sure that there was no flaw, he coughed twice, turned around and walked to the door, and said to the nurses in a thick voice: "Cough, I'm fine, Lu Zhan went out early in the morning, saying that he wouldn't come back until the evening." β
"Oh, it's out!" Ma Lixiong showed regret on his face: "We came to find Team Lu to tell him a good news about Ghost Face Cliff, but I didn't expect him to be at home." β
Lu Zhan let out an "oh" and said, "Just tell me if you have anything, and I'll tell him in the evening." β
"That's not going to work. Ma Lixiong said solemnly: "This matter is a big deal, let's wait for his old man to come to the nursing home tomorrow and tell him in person." β
Seeing his mysterious look, Lu Zhan secretly laughed in his heart: "I have known this news about the Ghost Face Cliff for a long time, how can I still use you to rush here as a big news to present the treasure." β
Xi Liuzi knew that Lu Zhan had been living alone, and he had never heard of anyone who was particularly close to him except for the deceased Father Lu, so he was extremely curious, so he asked: "May I ask the old man, what is your relationship with our Captain Lu?"
"I'm ......" Lu Zhan secretly scolded in his heart that you kid was troublesome, and he could only make up a lie in his mouth: "It's a distant relative of his, who has come to Yunmeng City to do business in the past few days, and temporarily borrowed him to live here." β
"Oh, I see. Xi Liuzi didn't give up, and continued to ask: "So what kind of business does the old man do here?" Our brothers are very familiar with people in this area, if we can help, for the sake of the captain, we will definitely try to help you." β
Lu Zhan was angry, but he had to politely excuse himself: "Ah, there's no need, the old man can do it himself." β
"You're welcome, Captain Lu treats us like brothers, his relatives are our relatives, what do you say......" Xi Liuzi has always been good at lip service, and at this moment he has completely exposed his surname that he is used to messing around.
Lu Zhan was so annoyed by him that he had to gag his mouth with a cruel word: "The old man's business is only afraid that you can't help if you want to, because this time it is the secret workshop that does business with the old man." β
"Secret Workshop!" Xi Liuzi closed his mouth honestly, the power of the secret workshop was completely beyond the Lu Mansion, this Xi Liuzi didn't have the courage to listen to the secrets there, he had to say stupidly: "Since this is the case, then we won't bother your old man, and take his leave!"
After saying that, he left with a few nurses.
Lu Zhan let out a long sigh, secretly saying that it was dangerous.
He closed the door, returned to the basin, his face shining on the basin, and touched the thick beard on the black face with his fingers, and his heart was amazed: the beard seemed to be real! But when he saw the mask last night, it was clear that it was very clean, and there was not a single beard.
And this nose, my own nose is the kind of very straight hanging gall, and this nose is a lion's nose.
It's amazing how this mask can completely transform one's own face into another person's face, and it has all the hair?
This mask obviously has some kind of magical magic on it, and in private it should be called a face-changing mask.
Lu Zhan twisted the corner of the mask under the chin with his fingers, and gently pulled it, at first he felt that the face was very sticky, and the sticky skin was a little painful, but with a little more force, the mask was still torn off the skin of the face smoothly.
After the mask was torn off the skin, the hair on it immediately disappeared and returned to its original state, which was still the same thin, translucent layer of skin.
Ha, this is the most amazing one of the treasures in General Duobao's collection, but it's a pity that it can only become the black bear face of General Duobao, if you can turn into any face you want at will, how good it would be!
Lu Zhan suddenly realized that since this mask could be transformed into the face of General Duobao, then maybe it could become another face.
Thinking of this, he decided to give it another try and see if the mask could make more faces.
So he put the "face-changing mask" back on his face.
But......
After waiting for two pillars of incense, this mask still did not change in the slightest, and the face reflected in the basin was still Lu Zhan's own original face, but because it was covered with a thin layer of skin, it looked a little pale and lifeless, and it was just weird to look at.
No, how has it not changed at all, and it has not even been able to become a general of Duobao again.
It seems that if you want this mask to change, you still need some kind of opportunity to trigger the magic on it, just like the yellow paper monster that Lu Xuan used in the previous "Capture the Flag".
Lu Zhan closed his eyes and carefully recalled all the details he had experienced after putting on the mask last night:
When he put on the mask at that time, he had a playful mind in his heart and thought that General Duobao wore this mask in order to make his black face, which was like the bottom of a pot, whiter.
Yes, when he first put on this mask last night, all he had in mind was the face of General Duobao.
In this way, if you are thinking about another person's face, such as Xi Liuzi's face, will the mask also become Xi Liuzi?
Thinking of this, he imagined Xi Liuzi's obscene face in his mind, but when he opened his eyes, the face of the copy reflected in the water still did not change in any way.
It seems that imagination alone cannot make any changes to the face-changing mask.
So, what kind of opportunity does it take to trigger the anomaly on the mask?