Chapter 71: Entrusted by Someone to Protect You

In the blink of an eye, eight hours passed..

Lin Ran kept looking at himself in the mirror and practicing the facial expressions that Huo Qiyun had said.

In the end, Lin Ran felt his entire face stiffen. The rebellious feeling in his heart reached its peak. He slapped the mirror away and said angrily, “I’m done! I’m not practicing anymore! I’ll cover my face tomorrow. If anyone dares to doubt me, I’ll stab him!”

“Don’t move!”

Huo Qiyun suddenly widened his eyes and pointed at Lin Ran in surprise. “Your expression is especially good now! You already look like Grandpa Sword God!”

When Lin Ran heard this, he hurriedly picked up the mirror. However, when he saw his fierce face in the mirror, he suddenly felt a little complicated.

“Is Ten Miles Sword God usually so angry-looking? How unhappy is his life?”

Lin Ran subconsciously complained. As soon as he finished speaking, he realized that Huo Qiyun’s expression had darkened. He quickly pressed his palms together and bowed to the sky to apologize to the Ten Miles Sword God.

Only then did Huo Qiyun’s expression soften a little. He rolled his eyes at Lin Ran and said angrily, “What do you know? Grandpa Sword God cares about the people of the world. His unhappiness is not for himself, but for the people.”

Lin Ran nodded and didn’t refute. To a brainless fan like Huo Qiyun, no negative comments about the Ten Miles Sword God were allowed, so Lin Ran couldn’t be bothered to argue with him.

After Lin Ran massaged his face and rested for five minutes, Huo Qiyun stood up again. “That’s all for facial expressions. Next, I’ll teach you Grandpa Sword God’s posture.”

“Wait a minute!”

Lin Ran quickly made a pause gesture. “Let me ask you something first. Is the posture strange?”

“Don’t worry, Grandpa Sword God’s usual posture is very simple.”

As Huo Qiyun spoke, he first tied the sword to the left side of his belt with a rope. Then, he placed his hands behind his back and stepped forward with his left foot.

Lin Ran waited for half a minute, but seeing that Huo Qiyun wasn’t moving, he couldn’t help but ask curiously, “That’s it?”

“That’s it.”

Lin Ran didn’t know whether to laugh or cry. “Next time, just tell me to stand at ease.”

As he spoke, Lin Ran stood up and stood at ease. Before he transmigrated, he had been trained at a military camp and was familiar with the command “Stand at ease”.

After putting on that fierce-looking facial expression, Lin Ran immediately realized that Huo Qiyun’s gaze had changed.

It was a look of nostalgia and sadness. Without Huo Qiyun saying anything, Lin Ran knew that he had already graduated from the Ten Miles Sword God impersonation crash course.

“Take a rest first. I’ll go get something!”

With that, Huo Qiyun turned around and left. The moment he turned around, Lin Ran saw that his eyes were red.

This was the greatest compliment for Lin Ran’s impersonation, but Lin Ran looked a little worried, wondering how the empress would react when she saw him looking almost exactly like Sword God.

For some reason, Lin Ran recalled that when he was helping the empress remove the poison, the empress looked like an aggrieved little girl who was crying in his arms.

It was unfortunate for a young girl to bear the fate of the entire dynasty.

An innocent girl was forced to become a decisive and cold emperor. Moreover, she had to hide her identity from everyone. Before Lin Ran entered the palace, she didn’t even have anyone to pour out her heart.

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Lin Ran had only practiced impersonating someone for eight hours, but he had already thought of giving up several times. However, the empress had to impersonate someone for years.

Thinking of this, Lin Ran suddenly felt his heart ache for her.

She was carrying too much. Lin Ran didn’t know how much courage it took, but he knew that he couldn’t do it.

“I was entrusted by Sword God to protect you… With me around, you don’t have to bear it alone.”

Lin Ran adjusted his expression before continuing to practice seriously in the mirror.

It was not until past midnight that Huo Qiyun returned with a flat wooden box in his hand.

Lin Ran had seen this wooden box before. Previously, when the empress asked him to pretend to be her to sleep with the consorts, he used this box to store the human skin mask.

Opening the wooden box, there was indeed a human skin mask inside, but the material seemed to be different. Beside it were a few small porcelain jars and three strands of black and white beard.

“Because you’re going to show up during the day tomorrow, the requirements for the human skin mask are higher. It will take a while for this mask to fit your face completely. I’ll dress you up in a while. Otherwise, there won’t be enough time.”

As Huo Qiyun spoke, he started working. His eyes were still a little red, and his voice was hoarse. It was obvious that he had just cried.

Lin Ran pretended to not notice it. He agreed and sat down in front of the mirror, letting Huo Qiyun do his face.

High-level human skin masks were different. Even the process of wearing it was much more complicated.

The one that the empress had given to him previously only needed to be dipped in water before he put it on his face.

However, before wearing this mask, he had to shave his fine hair to prevent it from affecting the effect of the mask. If Lin Ran hadn’t objected strongly, Huo Qiyun would have shaved off his eyebrows.

After finishing the preparatory work, Huo Qiyun took out a small porcelain jar. After opening it, there was something translucent and sticky inside. He dipped a small brush into it and carefully applied it to every corner of Lin Ran’s face.

When it reached his eyebrows, Lin Ran suddenly thought of something and asked, “This thing is so sticky. Will my eyebrows be peeled off when I take off the mask?”

“Who knows.”

Huo Qiyun shrugged indifferently and patted Lin Ran. “Don’t move or speak. Otherwise, if my hand slipped, your entire face would be ruined!”

Lin Ran didn’t dare to move. He didn’t particularly care about his appearance, but that didn’t mean he could accept a balding hairstyle.

With Lin Ran’s cooperation, the paste was quickly applied.

When the surface of the paste was a little dry, Huo Qiyun picked up the human skin mask in the box and carefully covered Lin Ran’s face. Then, he used his thumb to press it carefully from bottom to top.

This process was very long. In order to cooperate, Lin Ran kept his eyes closed. Just as he was about to fall asleep, he finally heard Huo Qiyun’s voice. “It’s done.”

When Lin Ran opened his eyes, he realized that his face had changed completely.

The eyebrows and beard had yet to be put on, so he looked a little strange at first glance. There were more than ten wrinkles on his forehead and at the corners of his eyes. His face was old, but he didn’t have a strand of gray hair, which made him look strange.

He looked at the mirror for a moment and suddenly had a strange feeling.

He seemed to have seen this face somewhere before!