I'll also work hard to conquer the dungeon today.

Chapter 44, December 25: The Secret Mansion and Miss Lily's Toy House

Mu Yin really killed all the spiders that rushed up, disemboweling them all; not one of them was intact.

His body was covered in a bright green liquid, and his skirt was stained black and torn by the venom. Only he and the short sword in his hand were not corroded by the venom.

He reached out and wiped the emerald green liquid from his cheek, staining his once fair skin a deep and terrifying color, like a demon king from hell, with a touch of dark and decadent beauty.

He casually picked up the white mask from the table and glanced down at it.
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[14] The Mask of Reality and Illusion

Rank: Crown Prince (SS-level)
Introduction: The front is real, the back is illusory; everything has two sides, so don't be fooled by appearances.

Passive: When the black side is up, physical fitness is increased by 150%; when the white side is up, observational acuity is increased by 20%.

Active: Wearing the white mask allows you to see clearly everything that is hidden until you remove the mask. Wearing the black mask will make your form ethereal, making you invisible and untouchable until you remove the mask.

Cooldown time: 3 days

Review: This is a perfect mask, hand-carved by the puppeteer himself, embodying all his painstaking effort. Using it to peep on someone bathing would be a complete waste!
Can a white face see what's hidden...?

The usage method seems to be wearing rather than carrying, meaning it needs to be worn on the face.

Mu Yin curled his lip in disgust and put on the mask, white side facing up. Sure enough, he saw some random things hidden among the dense spiders on the ground, but the key wasn't among them.

He glanced around and clearly saw that the key was hidden inside a doll...

Wait a minute! It doesn't look like the stomach.

Mu Yin stepped forward and picked up the puppet. He saw that its back was covered with a dozen or so black spiders of varying sizes.

It's actually quite disgusting, but Mu Ye has gone into hiding, so only he can do this kind of thing.

Doing the hardest and most tiring work and still being disliked makes me feel incredibly pathetic.

The tip of the short sword lightly grazed the abdomen of the largest spider, gently flicking out a golden key. Golden light danced in the air, carrying a hint of holy light, and the spider, restless and eager, rushed towards the golden light.

The spider legs on the ground, which had long since died, kept pawing, and several that had been split in two even came back to life and moved toward his feet.

Mu Yin tried to move his feet to get rid of the spiders, but they crawled onto the back of his feet. Helpless, he could only kick his feet to shake them off. Spider silk remained on his feet and the back of his feet, and a powerful force suddenly pulled Mu Yin upside down from the roof.

Mu Yin: "..."

The upside-down perspective allowed him to see that the spiders were acting independently, while the boss simply sat behind the bar, sewing on a doll with a broken arm, paying no attention to Mu Yin.

The overly long skirt was obstructing her vision, so Mu Yin simply cut the remaining fabric in half, muttering to herself as she did so, "Hey, you expressionless guy, let's make a deal, okay? Don't wear skirts next time, alright? This thing is so long and inconvenient, it's useless except for looking pretty. I'm so annoyed by it!!!"

With a slight bend in his left leg, he pulled his body upwards. His right leg, no longer under his control, became entangled in the spider silk. With a slight crouch, Mu Yin swiftly severed the silk binding him. The moment he landed on the ground, he rushed forward, snatched the golden key from the floor, and ran towards the door.

As he fled, he didn't forget to grab an intact doll and take it with him, saying, "Thank you for your generosity, boss!" The door behind him slowly closed, completely isolating him from the spider's attack. Mu Yin glanced back at the black spiders that were climbing up the glass door one after another, and curled his lips in disgust. Luckily, he wasn't a germaphobe, or he would have been disgusted to death.

He grabbed the keys in one hand and the doll in the other, then turned and headed towards the secret mansion. He figured he should take a shower and change his clothes first. His face was covered in white, so Mu Yin easily saw that the doll he was carrying showed no signs of spiders or being controlled.

Speaking of spiders, Mu Yin thought of a possibility: could it be that the maids were also controlled by spiders? But the spiders' actions seemed to be controlled; who was their master?
Mu Yin saw it clearly just now: the owner of the Silk House did not make any move to control the spider. But if he is excluded, then who else can control the spider?
Ifa...

Regardless of whether it was related to Ifa, Mu Yin decided to strike first.

The best way to stop someone's ambition is to address the root cause. If Mu Yegui prefers to peel back the layers of the truth bit by bit, then Mu Yin's approach is even simpler and more brutal: he would choose to kill Yifa directly.

With the person gone, there's naturally no way to realize their ambitions.

Regarding Mu Yegui's earlier statement that "I intend to let Yifa go and find out who is behind him," Mu Yin said he was in a daze at the time and did not hear it.

No matter what, Ifa must die!!

Even if someone dies, you can still find out who's behind them, since they'll still send people to investigate the cause of death.

"You go back..." Miss Lily was so frightened by Mu Yin's appearance that she shrank back before she could finish speaking.

Mu Yin casually shoved the doll into Miss Lily's arms and went upstairs.

His amethyst-like, mysterious and deep eyes silently watched Mu Yin's retreating figure as he went upstairs, a flash of murderous intent passing through them.

"It seems Miss will have to study on her own today," Ifa said to Miss Lily with a gentle smile.

night.

Mu Yin successfully opened the door to the second-floor study with the key and went inside. Everywhere there were mangled limbs of dolls, and dust shrouded the entire study in a gray haze.

Through the mask, Mu Yin saw a square, three-dimensional box behind the bookshelf next to the desk, containing a heavy book.

Without thinking, he walked forward and threw all the books on the bookshelf onto the ground, one by one.

I found it, but it's quite far away.

She slightly raised her fair hand towards the door behind the bookshelf, but the next second her wrist was grabbed by a large hand. A sharp, cold touch pressed against the back of her neck, and the gentle voice of the young butler reached her ear, "It's not good to wander around at night."

"Is that so you held a knife to my neck?" A hint of coldness flashed in his dark gold vertical pupils, and without hesitation, he drew his sword and stabbed backward.

"Compared to you, who uses both hands to control me, I still have one hand free." He casually drew his sword, and crimson blood splattered on his snow-white clothes, creating a chilling and terrifying scene.

Mu Yin forcefully broke free from Yifa's grasp, turned around, and looked down at him. His dark golden vertical pupils flashed with a cold light and a hint of self-loathing that he could hardly hide. "I'm really sorry, ordinary weapons can't even pierce my skin. I'm sorry to disappoint you. After all, I was born to be this kind of monster."

(End of this chapter)