Chapter 130: The Disguise Superhero

Still Water Village

Although it was already two or three o’clock in the morning, the factory area, under constant round-the-clock construction, was bustling with activity—machines roared and people bustled about.

Inside the room, Xiao Tudou (Little Potato) was sitting in meditation.

In recent days, due to the increasingly intense spiritual energy emanating from the dry well, Little Potato had been continuously cultivating, leaving little time to go out.

For ordinary people, sleep is the best way to recover energy.

But for cultivators, sitting in meditation is the optimal method to restore energy. Moreover, meditation can also enhance one’s cultivation.

Shui Miao quietly entered the room and also sat down to meditate.

After calming his mind and focusing inwardly, Shui Miao observed his dantian (energy center) and found that his immortal energy was still only the size of a grain of rice. The gap in the heavenly gate within his mind remained just a thin slit. He couldn’t help but feel anxious—when would he break through again?

At Shui Miao’s current level of cultivation, further progress had become extremely difficult.

Because the spiritual energy resources on Earth were becoming increasingly scarce, especially in today’s society where development and pollution were everywhere. Unless one ventured deep into remote mountains and forests rarely touched by humans, it was nearly impossible to find good spiritual energy in a bustling metropolis.

After meditating for over ten minutes, Shui Miao opened his eyes, somewhat conflicted.

In the past, he had enhanced his cultivation through sitting meditation and energy training.

Now, however, his body automatically absorbed immortal energy from his spiritual realm without needing to meditate for energy cultivation.

Therefore, for Shui Miao, meditation had become merely a way to restore energy.

The room felt stuffy.

Shui Miao opened the window and door, making a slight noise.

Little Potato was disturbed and awakened, so he stopped meditating and started chatting with Shui Miao.

After some casual conversation, Shui Miao asked Little Potato how he managed to change his appearance using spiritual energy.

Little Potato smiled slightly and told Shui Miao that it was simple—just gather spiritual energy beneath the skin’s surface to alter one’s general appearance. However, to change things like hair texture or wrinkles, one needed to control external spiritual energy. Of course, one could also adjust their voice using spiritual energy. However, Little Potato could only transform into an elderly appearance because he had only cultivated earth spiritual energy, which effectively created the effect of wrinkles.

After hearing Little Potato’s explanation, Shui Miao felt as if a window had been opened in his mind.

After explaining, Little Potato handed Shui Miao a mirror and encouraged him to try it out.

Shui Miao nodded slightly, feeling a bit excited inside…

In fact, the principle of transformation was very simple—it was just something Shui Miao had never tried before, so it felt fresh and new.

Shui Miao closed his eyes, calmed his mind, and visualized Little Potato’s appearance. Gradually, an image of Little Potato appeared in his mind. At the same time, he felt his immortal energy automatically flowing across his face. Once the energy stopped flowing, he opened his eyes and looked into the mirror. This was no longer himself—it was clearly Little Potato!

Little Potato opened his eyes wide, shocked like a statue.

“Wow, is it really that easy?”

Shui Miao found this transformation technique very effortless, requiring little immortal energy—just redirecting the energy normally present in the skin and blood.

“Senior brother, how… how did you do that? It took me over a month just to make my nose bigger, but you did it in just a few seconds, and it looked so realistic!” Little Potato was almost beside himself with excitement, grabbing Shui Miao’s hand and nearly jumping up and down.

Shui Miao closed his eyes, slightly shifted his focus, and his immortal energy returned to normal, along with his original face.

“Haha! That felt amazing!”

Shui Miao excitedly exclaimed. Just moments ago, while concentrating on the transformation, he couldn’t make exaggerated expressions or show intense emotions, hence his calm demeanor. Now that he had mastered the shape-shifting technique, it was like gaining many new advantages. From now on, he could transform into anyone he wanted—it felt like a dream, and just thinking about it made him feel exhilarated.

“Right, senior brother, you’re incredible! Quickly tell me how you did it!”

Little Potato’s spiritual realm was far behind Shui Miao’s, and Shui Miao possessed complete yin-yang and five-element immortal energies, something Little Potato could never match.

“It’s nothing really—just calm your mind and visualize the appearance you want to transform into within your spiritual realm, and your body will automatically start changing.”

Shui Miao didn’t exactly know how Little Potato did it, but he simply described his own genuine experience.

At that moment, loud noises were heard from outside.

Shui Miao’s heart stirred, and he immediately stood up and walked outside…

Li Lan was holding a walkie-talkie, continuously calling Xiao Liu. Xiao Liu was asleep in the tent in the vegetable area, snoring loudly, while the walkie-talkie was placed outside the tent—how could he possibly hear it?

“What’s going on, Sister Li Lan?” Shui Miao closed the door to Little Potato’s room, letting him continue his cultivation, and then walked to Li Lan’s side. Li Lan anxiously said, “The surveillance camera caught someone sneaking into Xiao Liu’s area. I’ve called him many times, but he hasn’t responded at all.”

“Don’t panic. How many people are there?”

Shui Miao walked toward the monitoring room. Inside, Zhao Xiaolu had just been woken up by Li Lan, still drowsy. Seeing Shui Miao enter, she was startled and hurriedly wrapped herself in her clothes.

“Just one person. From his figure, he looks suspicious—definitely not a good person.” Li Lan pointed at the monitor screen. “He came from Still Water River and is now hiding in the corner of the wall.”

“Just a petty thief. Xiao Liu and the others are probably asleep. Give me a walkie-talkie; I’ll go check it out myself.” Shui Miao looked around for a walkie-talkie. Zhao Xiaolu happened to have one, and she quickly handed it over. As Shui Miao took the walkie-talkie from her, he suddenly noticed that one of her buttons was undone and she wasn’t wearing a bra underneath—her pale, white chest looked like a freshly steamed little steamed bun. He felt a wave of embarrassment and hurriedly took the walkie-talkie and turned to leave.

Realizing Shui Miao’s odd gaze, Zhao Xiaolu looked down and saw that she had exposed herself. Her face immediately turned red, blushing all the way to her neck.

Li Lan glanced over, thinking to herself, “So what? Shui Miao doesn’t even care.”

“Boss, maybe I should go with you?” Li Lan followed out, somewhat worried.

Shui Miao shook his head. “How big of a deal could it be?”

At this moment, Shui Miao saw a familiar female figure running towards them from the village. “Hmm, so late at night—why is Sister Lin Xue here?”

“Lin Xue! That’s Lin Xue!”

Li Lan had heard from Wang Xiaomi about Lin Xue before. She knew Lin Xue was a tough woman with high martial arts skills, and she had always wanted to meet her. She hadn’t expected to meet her so suddenly.

“Lin Xue Sister, why did you come?”

Shui Miao smiled and walked forward to greet her.

Lin Xue exhaled in relief. “Good eyesight! You could spot me even in this pitch-black night. So, did someone climb out of Still Water River and get discovered by you guys?”

“How did you know?” Li Lan was very curious.

Lin Xue shrugged at Li Lan. “I’m helping a friend solve a case and capture a criminal from an island nation. I guessed he might appear here and be caught by your surveillance, so I came over. Well, since he’s already here, let’s talk about the details on the way?”

Lin Xue looked questioningly at Shui Miao.

Shui Miao immediately nodded. “Okay, Sister Lin Xue, I’ll go with you.”

“Great, no problem. I have a gun. Squad Leader Li Lan, you can rest assured.”

Lin Xue smiled slightly at Li Lan and quickly walked southward, with Shui Miao closely following behind.

In front of the tent, Li Lan frowned deeply, murmuring to herself softly, “Strange, how did she know about me? She’s never been here before, yet she knows we have surveillance. That’s not normal! The surveillance cameras by the riverbank were placed very secretly; she shouldn’t have been able to discover them. Could there be a spy among us? Or was some spyware planted in the computer?”

Thinking this, Li Lan hurriedly returned to the monitoring room.