Stone lowered his head dejectedly: "I really don't remember anything~~~"
"Alright, alright, Xue'er's gone, stop pretending." Luo Pipi smashed through the rocks and strode forward. His aura was definitely manly!
Seeing this, Linda had no choice but to pull Stone along and quickly follow.
This time, their goal was very clear: the Fallen Nether Empire. But even with such a clear goal, it was already two months later when they arrived at their destination.
Including the time before, Shi Tou has been away from the capital for half a year. During this time, her appearance and figure have indeed changed a little, but not enough to deceive others.
"I'm not going in." At the city gate, Stone hesitated, unwilling to go in.
Luo Pipi was truly exasperated: "This is Kodak City, not the capital. No one here will recognize you!"
"How could that be? Even if the wanted notice has been lifted, the Mercenary Guild's mission isn't so easily canceled. Besides, with such a high bounty back then, someone must have remembered what I looked like!"
That makes sense.
Luo Pipi pondered for a moment: "Why don't you change your appearance?"
"How can this be changed?" Shi Tou's eyes widened. She had indeed studied makeup in her past life, but her skills were only average, far from expert. Think about it, even if she applied concealer and lipstick, it wouldn't make much difference!
etc!
Stone suddenly exclaimed in surprise, "I remember now!"
"What?"
"The Nine Heavens Shocking Technique can alter a cultivator's appearance to a certain extent!" Stone flipped his wrist, taking out the complete version of the Nine Heavens Shocking Technique that Baozi had written for her from his ring space: "I haven't practiced it much, but perhaps it can..."
"Stone! You're not planning to study here, are you? Are you trying to be really that irresponsible?!" Luo Pipi was practically going crazy. What kind of brat is this?!
"If this won't work, then come with me to the ring space!" Stone was quite decisive; after all, Luo Pipi already knew about her ring space. As for Linda, because she had signed a master-servant contract with her, she had never worried about her.
Of course, there was also a little one who was completely ignored by her.
"Gaga, Master! Do you want to master the Nine Heavens World-Shaking Technique right away?" As soon as they entered the ring space, Baozi hopped out to welcome Stone.
Stone paused for a moment: "You little rascal, are you hiding something from me?!"
Baozi pouted, looking quite aggrieved: "Hehe, Master is wronging Baozi again! Baozi is such a good boy, but Master..."
"Alright, get to the point!"
"Hehe, the important thing is that Baozi suddenly remembered all the contents of the Chu family's time magic!"
Time travel magic... (Welcome! Your support is my greatest motivation.)
Chapter 242 When Time Was Accelerated
Stone glared at Baozi in utter frustration: "You damn Baozi, explain yourself clearly! What do you mean you remembered the Chu family's time magic? Wait, something's not right..."
Slapping her forehead hard, Shi Tou finally remembered—wasn't the Chu family's time-travel magic the very same harmful secret technique Huo Xiaoxiao had mentioned to her before? Yes, she remembered completely; Chu Fei, whom she had met once, was killed by this very technique.
"You brat! You did this on purpose, didn't you? Chu Fei died because of the Time Technique, didn't she? Do you want me to practice it?" Shi Tou gritted his teeth, starting to think about what to have for dinner tonight.
Baozi trembled and hurriedly declared his innocence: "Hehe, no way! That idiot Chu Fei died because of her own fault, how can you blame such a great time magic?"
"Is time magic really that great?" Stone squinted, a dangerous expression on his face.
Baozi swallowed the soup and carefully moved a little further away: "Hehe, actually, time magic is a very great secret art! It allows people to control time, make time flow quickly, stop time, and even make time go backwards!"
What?!
Stone was stunned by Baozi's words. She never expected that the Chu family's time magic would have such an effect.
"Wait, I remember you said before that the descendants of the Chu family were overestimating themselves and even mocked them! Oh right, what about that Chu Chu?"
"Hehe, actually, Master, you used to know time magic too, but back then you called it time magic. There's also a space magic, have you forgotten all about that?"
Stone frowned and pondered for a moment. Of course, she didn't remember her memories as Irene, but this spatial magic...
"Spatial magic certainly exists; otherwise, where would our spatial items come from? But what about time magic?"
Baozi's pleats tightened slightly: "Hehe, space magic and time magic are both very rare! Master, you used to know time magic, but your talent is actually not as good as Chuchu's. At most, you can only speed up time. [~] One day equals one year, but you can't stop or turn back time!"
"Nonsense! Time can't be stopped, nor can it be reversed!" Stone looked at Baozi with disdain. But then a thought struck her, because she suddenly remembered something from her past life: if your speed exceeds the speed of light, time will reverse. "Uh..."
"Hehe, Master, you remembered? Chu Chu is very talented in time magic, and she even created her own secret technique, the Time Spell! She even asked you for the Heavenly Fate Fruit because she didn't want her appearance to change when she used the Time Spell!"
Stone looked at Baozi suspiciously, pondering the truthfulness of its words: "So, the Time Magic is just time-based magic, only slightly altered by Chu Chu? Besides, you have all the secrets of the Time Magic. And you want me to practice it?"
"Gaga, Master, you're so clever!" Baozi rolled on the ground with joy, but unexpectedly, a stone kicked at him.
"Get lost! I'm not sick. Are you tired of living? Trying to accelerate your time and turn yourself into an old woman instantly? You know, I didn't eat any Heavenly Fate Fruit, and even if my appearance doesn't change, I have no intention of dying young!"
The steamed bun was kicked by a stone and rolled away, finally stopping at the corner of the wall. "Giggle, Master..."
"Ahem, Stone, is this your space? Where should we go to rest?" As expected of the most thick-skinned person, Luo Pipi only paused for a moment when faced with the sudden change of location before quickly returning to normal.
"Over there, there are two bedrooms inside, one for you and one for Linda. The other bedroom originally belonged to Mifen'er and Dora Jiaer, you can move in after tidying it up a bit."
After sending the two big guys and the little burden away, Stone glared at Baozi again: "Then tell me, what exactly do you want?"
"Hehe, the power of time magic is actually very great! If you want to learn the Nine Heavens Shocking World Technique, you can use time magic to accelerate time. That way, you can master the Nine Heavens Shocking World Technique in a very short time!"
The steamed bun tried its best to stand up, but then it accidentally rolled away again.
"Hey, are you kidding me? Even if I really want to master the Nine Heavens World-Shaking Technique quickly, your method is way too ridiculous! What if I accidentally speed up time by a hundred years?"
Baozi lifted itself up, looked at where the stone was, adjusted its posture, and rolled towards the stone: "Gaga, Master, you really think too highly of yourself! Judging from your magical talent, even if you used time magic, you could only speed up time by ten times at most!"
"Ten times? One day equals ten days? Damn it, I'm not an immortal, I'll die if I don't eat or drink for ten days!" Stone instantly bristled, seeing that the steamed bun had rolled to her feet, she stomped on it: "Are you thinking that I bully you all the time, so you're trying to curse me to die quickly?"
"Gaga, Master, you're too... well, you know! With your skill level, you can only turn one hour into ten hours, no one will die!" Baozi was being stepped on by a stone and spoke with great difficulty.
"Hmm, that seems to make sense, but why?" Stone was confused. What exactly was this deadbeat trying to do?
"Hehe, Master, do you really think your friends will obediently wait here for you to slowly cultivate the Nine Heavens World-Shaking Technique? Of course not! So, Master, you need to work harder and quickly master it. You can also change your appearance while you're at it, and return to the Fallen Nether Empire sooner!"
Stone thought the first part of what he heard made sense, but then...
"Change your appearance? You mean the Nine Heavens Shocking Technique can change your appearance?" Stone moved his precious feet off Baozi.
Baozi shook its flattened body and said pitifully, "Hehe, Master, don't you think that your appearance will naturally change when you grow up? You don't need to grow up too much, just two or three years, and even your acquaintances won't recognize you!"
Two or three years older?!
Shi Tou suddenly realized that time is the best disguise. She is not even 13 years old yet. As the saying goes, a girl changes a lot as she grows up. If she can grow up to be two or three years older, no one will be able to recognize her.
Moreover, as she grows up, not only will her appearance change, but more importantly, her height will also change. Even Huo Xiaoxiao, who knows her very well, would likely have no way of doubting that a fifteen or sixteen-year-old girl is her, right?
"Waaaaah! That's great! If I could grow two or three years older, Huo Xiaoxiao would have to call me 'older sister'! Waaaaah!"
Baozi trembled at Shitou's arrogant laughter, shivering as it tried to roll away. Unexpectedly, Shitou scooped it up from the ground, staring intently at it: "My dear~~~"
"Gah! Baozi tells everything, he tells his master everything!"
Sure enough, that guy just had to resort to threats.
Satisfied with the time-travel magic Baozi had provided, Shitou went into her private bedroom. She didn't even realize that Baozi had brought it up himself; she didn't need to threaten him, Baozi would have given it to her anyway.
Outside the door to Stone's private bedroom, Baozi lay innocently on the floor, pitifully sobbing softly, "Gaga, Master, please don't come after Baozi later! Baozi was threatened by Master Saobao..."
Time manipulation isn't difficult to learn; in fact, it's a secret technique that's easy to learn at the beginning but incredibly difficult to master. Stone quickly learned the most basic time acceleration, but unlike Baozi's prediction, she couldn't accelerate time tenfold; she could only accelerate it by one time.
However, this is not hard to explain. After all, she has only just started learning. Once she becomes familiar with this secret technique, the effect will naturally be better.
During this time, Luo Pipi, Linda, and their little burden Liu Liu were constantly wandering around in the space ring. Baozi opened up the place where the stone stored food to them, and also asked Linda to cook meals every day and put them at the door of the stone's bedroom.
As for Shi Tou, he focused on practicing the Nine Heavens Shocking Technique.
Time flies, and a month has passed in the blink of an eye.
For the past two weeks, Luo Pipi has been kicking Shi Tou's bedroom every day in a frenzy, but Shi Tou at most yells at her from inside the bedroom and doesn't take it seriously at all. Her time magic has made great progress, from accelerating by 100% at the beginning to accelerating by 80% now.
One day, Shi Tou finally mastered the Nine Heavens Shocking Technique, and her pure battle qi value was now close to that of an eight-star battle qi master. However, since she had no actual combat experience, her strength was nowhere near that of a normal eight-star battle qi master.
After looking in the mirror, Stone patiently dressed herself up. Luckily, she had thought she was going to be far away from the human kingdom, so she had prepared a lot of clothes for herself. Otherwise, with her suddenly grown taller figure, she would have had nothing to wear.
After getting ready, Shi Tou pushed open the bedroom door. Only one bun lay on the floor outside, its mouth pursed; the other three, including Luo Pi Pi, were all inside their room.
"Is it nighttime?" Stone asked Baozi, bewildered.
Baozi turned around and pointed the chrysanthemum at the clock on the wall: "Hehe, it's evening!"
This clock wasn't the quartz clock commonly used in the human kingdom, but a digital alarm clock made of stone. Because it used a 24-digit timekeeping system, it took Pipi several seconds to distinguish between day and night.
"Wait a minute, what about Liu Liu? Has his sleep schedule been adjusted?"
Baozi nodded hesitantly: "Hehe, of course! It's been so long, and there's no distinction between day and night here, so it's easy to adjust!"
"Oh, I understand." Stone nodded, then put his hands on his hips and shouted loudly into the empty living room, "Girls, come out and greet our guests!" (Welcome! Your support is my greatest motivation.)
Chapter 243: Fabricating an Identity to Infiltrate the City
"So? Tell me, isn't my new look shocking?" Stone smiled strangely and turned around in front of Luo Pipi and Linda to fully display his new look to them.
Luo Pipi took a deep breath, then forgot to exhale and choked embarrassingly: "Cough cough, Stone, you are very beautiful, really beautiful."
Linda hesitated for a moment: "Um, it is quite beautiful."
"Hey! I called you all to see my new look, and this is what you tell me?" Stone protested, "Tell me the truth! Don't lie to me!"
Luo Pipi choked again: "Why...why did you do this to yourself?"
Linda looked at Stone with an embarrassed expression, and considering Stone's feelings, she didn't dare to express her opinion.
"Don't you think my new look is gorgeous?" Stone said, resting her chin on her hand and giving Luo Pipi a flirtatious wink.