Dashing Student Chapter 982: Assuming a New Identity

Heavenly Border Mountain, Moon Tower Dong Village.

As one of the weakest villages in Heavenly Border, Moon Tower Dong Village is located in a very remote area.

The nature’s spiritual energy here is insufficient, and it’s surrounded by perilous jungles filled with venomous insects and snakes, making it easy to get hurt if you’re not careful.

Even within the village, there are only a dozen households and forty-six people.

However, possessing a treasure like Crescent Spring makes other villages covetous, despite the village’s weak status.

Due to the rules of Heavenly Border, the three thousand six hundred villages and four thousand eight hundred caves in the region are not allowed to annex or annihilate other villages.

Thus within Heavenly Border, large and small villages coexist, each living their own life.

All villages and caves adhere to Heavenly Border’s rules, due to the presence of the Elders.

Heavenly Border’s villages and caves are divided into eighteen branches, each having a powerful Elder who joins the Elder Council.

The Elder Council is the actual ruling entity of Heavenly Border and also its most powerful group.

Above the Elders is the Holy Daughter.

The Holy Daughter of Heavenly Border is the most honored, second only to the King Gu. Even the eighteen Elders must obey the Holy Daughter’s orders.

Those who can become Elders are strong at the Nascent Soul Stage and can live for thousands of years, which is why Heavenly Border has been very stable.

But starting ten years ago, both the eighteen Elders and the Holy Daughter vanished, which had never happened before.

As a result, some villages became restless, and Huotang Village is one of them.

The scale of Huotang Village is twice that of Moon Tower Dong Village, and it’s always coveted Crescent Spring. Taking advantage of the Elders’ and Holy Daughter’s disappearance, they plan to seize Crescent Spring entirely.

But no one knows if the Elders and Holy Daughter will return, so they’re cautious and resort to assassination.

The lifestyle of Heavenly Border’s villages is simple, each having a Priest.

The Priest is the strongest in the village, also serving as the village chief, doctor, and prophet, earning the village’s highest respect.

Therefore, just killing the Priest, Ah Yin, would remove any threat from Moon Tower Dong Village.

This time, Ah Yin left the village due to news of a rare Spirit Grass appearing, which could earn the village a great fortune if obtained.

But now, thinking back, Ah Yin realizes it’s Huotang Village’s scheme.

All this was what Ah Yin told Chen Nan on their way back.

"By the way, senior, I heard those two say you’re from the Demon Clan. Is it true you’re a demon?"

Ah Yin cautiously observed Chen Nan’s reaction.

Chen Nan snapped back, "If I were a demon, I’d eat you first!"

Though it was a joke, Ah Yin shivered with fear, as Chen Nan’s mask really made him suspicious.

"Senior, even if you intend to eat me, I at least want to see your face; otherwise, I don’t dare take you back."

Chen Nan sighed deeply, wondering if it was really so difficult just to find a place to hide for a while.

He had no choice but to remove his mask, but he intentionally used the "Heavenly Fox Form" to alter his appearance, even forming a "scar" on his face.

He could change height and build, so adding a scar was no problem.

It also explained why he wore a mask.

Ah Yin was shocked at Chen Nan’s snarling scar, but there was a hint of disappointment in her eyes.

"Stories say masked men are always handsome and dashing, doesn’t seem right here?"

Chen Nan had intentionally made himself look plain and was surprised by the complaint. He put the Iron Mask back on and ignored Ah Yin.

But to maintain secrecy, he had to speak.

"You mentioned finding me an identity. What is it exactly?"

Although Chen Nan could easily adopt an identity, if someone really traced them to Moon Tower Dong Village, it would draw attention.

So Ah Yin promised to give Chen Nan an identity and taught him the Heavenly Border dialect along the way. In a few days, Chen Nan had almost mastered it.

"I have an uncle, named Mu Lang, who left the village to venture out in his youth and hasn’t returned in years. You can pose as him, it’s only for a short while anyway."

Chen Nan frowned with doubt, asking, "Wouldn’t that arouse suspicion?"

"Not at all, trust me!" Ah Zhu chuckled, "My uncle’s family is gone, and he hasn’t been back in ten years. No one will recognize you."

"Right, wearing these clothes will make it even more convincing."

She took out Heavenly Border’s special attire, entirely black with blue and gold patterns, from a bracelet-shaped Storage Magical Artifact.

Consisting of a top and trousers, it looked like practice clothes from elsewhere.

Chen Nan went to the side and quickly changed, and Ah Yin came over to adjust his hairstyle.

Now, he looked just like a villager.

Chen Nan didn’t mind and followed Ah Yin through the jungle, reaching a cliff area with a fence made of dirt, stones, and branches, enclosing a camp.

Inside the camp were over thirty earthen houses, with people moving around.

"Ta-da! Senior, this is Moon Tower Dong Village. It’s not too bad, right?" Ah Yin proudly looked at her village.

Though small and simple, it was her village.

"Not bad." Observing the hostile surroundings, Chen Nan nodded with a smile, "But don’t let slip and stop calling me senior."

"Don’t worry, Uncle!"

Ah Yin emphasized the last two words, but when they truly returned to the village, she hesitated to enter, quickly becoming subdued.

Because on this trip, she returned alone.

At the village entrance, Ah Yin laid the bodies of Uncle Fu and two other companions neatly at the gate.

Soon, villagers hurried out, and two women collapsed, sobbing over the bodies.

A five or six-year-old child came running, kneeling beside Uncle Fu’s body.

"Grandpa, what’s wrong? Please wake up, Grandpa..."

Witnessing this, everyone in the village looked stricken with sadness, not even noticing Chen Nan nearby.

Ah Yin hung her head, her voice thick with emotion, "Where is everyone? Why haven’t they come out?"

A strong young man suddenly came forward, kneeling before Ah Yin.

"Priest, please save them; they’ve all fallen ill!"

Ah Yin was stunned. How could this be so coincidental?

She and the others barely escaped death outside, and now her fellow villagers had suddenly fallen sick, more than half of them!

This was clearly a conspiracy!