Chapter 72: Unintentional Realization

This sense of familiarity was different from seeing a common face on the street. It was a real sense of familiarity.

However, this face seemed to be missing a certain characteristic, so he couldn’t connect it to a specific person.

But how was that possible?

This was the face of the Ten Miles Sword God. When Lin Ran found the Sword God’s remains on Mount Sword, the pile of bones was at least decades old. At that time, he had yet to transmigrate. How could he have seen this face? Could it be someone he knew before transmigrating?

“Eyebrows! Beards!”

Lin Ran patted Huo Qiyun. “Hurry! Put it all on my face.”

“No, we have to wait for the adhesive to dry out first.”

Huo Qiyun shook his head. As if sensing Lin Ran’s anxiety, he added, “An hour. Just wait another hour.”

Lin Ran had no choice but to grit his teeth and continue waiting. However, in anxiety, every second felt like a year for him.

In the end, Lin Ran felt his cheeks turn numb. Just as he couldn’t help but want to do it himself, Huo Qiyun, who was meditating at the side, suddenly stood up. “Close your eyes.”

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Lin Ran immediately closed his eyes and heard Huo Qiyun take something and slowly place it on his brow. Although there was a human skin mask on his face, he still felt a furry sensation.

The process of applying the beards and eyebrows was very fast. In just two to three minutes, Huo Qiyun was done.

Lin Ran hurriedly opened his eyes to look at himself in the mirror. With gray eyebrows and beards, his face became more distinct.

But even so, Lin Ran still couldn’t connect this face with someone. He felt that there was still something missing.

Lin Ran looked at Huo Qiyun. “Is there nothing else?”

Huo Qiyun shook his head in confusion. “No, the last step is to dye your hair gray. We can do that tomorrow.”

“No, you must have forgotten something!”

Lin Ran said excitedly. That familiar feeling had reached its peak. He was so close to catching it.

“Think about it again! There must be something else! For example, age spots, buck teeth, eyepatch…”

At the mention of eyepatch, Lin Ran suddenly thought of something. He raised a hand to block his eyes and looked at the face in the mirror through his fingers.

Boom!

Lin Ran was struck dumb. After he covered his eyes, his face was exactly the same as Daoist Li’s!

Daoist Li was blind, and his eyeballs were all white. Every time Lin Ran saw him, his attention was on his eyes.

Therefore, in Lin Ran’s memory, a pair of white eyes was Daoist Li’s facial features. It was also because of this that he did not recognize this face immediately.

But how was this possible? Daoist Li actually looked exactly the same as the Ten Miles Sword God? Twins? Or was he the real Ten Miles Sword God?

But if Daoist Li was the Ten Mile Sword God, who was the skeleton in the cave on Mount Sword? Was it the sealed demon?

After recognizing this face, countless questions surged out like a fountain.

Lin Ran felt that his mind was about to explode, but he quickly thought of a key question. Daoist Li looked exactly like the Ten Miles Sword God. Did the empress know about this?

Obviously, she knew. Then why had she never mentioned it?

Lin Ran couldn’t figure it out. If it were any other time, he would put the questions to the back of his mind in no time. But now, he was in the same boat as the empress. This feeling of not being trusted made him very unhappy.

“This is the sword technique left behind by Sword God. Take a look yourself. I need to go out for a while.”

Lin Ran threw the sword technique he had written to Huo Qiyun and left.

At this point, in another two hours, it would be dawn.

Logically speaking, the empress should be resting in the bedroom at this moment, but tomorrow was the state banquet. There were too many things for her to deal with, so Lin Ran did not go to the bedroom. Instead, he went straight to the imperial study.

As expected, the imperial study was brightly lit. Countless eunuchs came in and out. Although no one spoke, one could feel the busy atmosphere in the air.

Lin Ran was in a hurry to clarify the doubts in his heart. Without waiting for the eunuch to inform the empress, he walked in.

The empress was still sitting in front of the desk and was explaining something to Li Tianyi. When she saw someone coming in, she subconsciously took a look. Then, her body trembled and her eyes instantly turned red!

Li Tianyi, who was at the side, also revealed a strange expression.

He had naturally seen the Ten Mile Sword God before. Although he would occasionally meet Sword God in the palace these few days, his face was covered. Now that he suddenly saw this familiar face, it immediately evoked many memories.

Fortunately, the empress did not lose her composure in front of everyone. She took a deep breath and held back her tears. She instructed Li Tianyi, “You all can leave first. No one is allowed to enter without my permission!”

“Yes, Your Majesty!”

Li Tianyi nodded and went out with the eunuchs. He even tactfully closed the door.

The empress couldn’t keep calm anymore and immediately walked forward. She reached out, wanting to hug Lin Ran with tears in her eyes, but she suddenly frowned and asked, “Lord Lin?”

“As expected, I can’t fool you.”

Lin Ran chuckled strangely. Anyone could hear the displease in his voice.

The empress smiled and wiped the tears from the corners of her eyes. “Don’t be discouraged. You already look very much like Grandpa Sword God. It’s just that your eyes betrayed your inexperience in life. After all, you’re still young. There’s nothing you can do about that.”

“I’m not here to hear you praise me.”

Lin Ran said coldly, “Do you still remember Daoist Li from Mount Sword?”

“Of course I remember.”

The empress nodded as if she knew what Lin Ran wanted to ask. Without waiting for him to speak, she smiled and said, “What a coincidence. Other than his eyes, he looks almost identical to Grandpa Sword God.”

Seeing that the empress admitted it so readily, Lin Ran was a little at a loss. He was stunned for a moment before continuing to ask, “Then why haven’t I heard you mention it before?”

“Why did I have to mention it?”

The empress asked in confusion, as if she did not understand this question. “There has to be an opportunity for me to bring this up. You’ve never asked about Grandpa Sword God’s appearance. Why did I have to mention it for no reason?”

Lin Ran was speechless. Only then did he remember that the person in front of him was the current emperor, not his female classmates who liked gossiping.

There was no way the empress would suddenly come to him one day and say, “Do you know that Daoist Li from Mount Sword looks exactly the same as the Ten Mile Sword God?”

Thinking of what the empress had just said, Lin Ran was so embarrassed that his toes curled up.

However, this embarrassment was quickly gone.

Initially, Lin Ran only wanted to ask a question, but now that he looked into the empress’s eyes, perhaps it was because of the tacit understanding between the two of them or his sharp intuition, he was almost 100% sure that this woman was hiding something very important from him.