Chapter Twenty-Five: A Makeover

Things have developed to this point, I don't understand anymore that I'm a fool, the person in front of me is clearly a 'disguise' master, he has the magical ability to change people's faces.

"Got it now?" The middle-aged man looked at me as if he had realized something, and said with a smile.

"Understood." I said it seriously, but I felt a pain in the muscles on my face for no reason, so I subconsciously said, "You can't use a knife, do you?" Am I not going to be the same way I used to be? ”

When the middle-aged man heard my question, a trace of disdain flashed on his face, and then he said: "Your Taoism has a long history, and now there are many things that have been lost, but the Chinese people still know and recognize Taoism." Therefore, it is normal that you don't understand some folk gadgets, after all, you are a Taoist, and folk thaumaturgy is not necessarily just a trick for you. ”

The middle-aged man's expression and tone made me extremely embarrassed, even if he didn't answer me, I knew how silly the question I just asked.

"I'm sorry." I stood up and said solemnly to the middle-aged man.

I guess this middle-aged man wouldn't have thought that I would apologize to him, he looked at me in surprise for a long time, the expression on his face eased, and there was a hint of friendliness in his eyes, so he said to me in a soft tone: "That's it, it's none of your business, our Chinese culture has been inherited for thousands of years, and many magical and useful things have been lost because of some bad habits, such as what is passed on to the son and not the daughter." I've just inherited the real transfiguration techniques of the old days, but now I don't necessarily have a person who takes makeup seriously, maybe one day I'll change my career to makeup or something. ”

As he spoke, a wry smile appeared on his face, and then he said, "You can roughly trim your beard, and I'll help you rest the shape of your beard when the time comes, and when I have the tools ready, let's start." ”

In the past, I thought that transfiguration was a magical thing that would only appear in martial arts novels, and even stubbornly thought that the so-called transfiguration was nothing more than the ancients growing a beard on their faces and painting a color, which exaggerated to say that it was a makeover, and what kind of disguise mask and the like were even more unreliable.

But when the middle-aged man started to disguise me, I realized how shallow I was, and how superficial my understanding of Chinese culture was.

"The most profound transfiguration technique is actually a transformation from beginning to end, it takes a long time, and the most important thing is to teach people how to change their temperament, for example, to pretend to be a Jianghu person like a Jianghu person, to pretend to be a literati like a literati, which requires the transfiguration master to observe the details of these people's movements, conversation habits, etc., and then teach the disguised person." When I said this, the middle-aged man was mixing some powder, and I didn't know what it was for.

I didn't speak, I just listened quietly, and suddenly realized that in fact, every craft is worthy of awe.

"You don't have to bother, though! After all, it's not about getting in touch with anything, it's just about dealing with people who look familiar to you, so I just need to give you a simple change. As he spoke, the middle-aged man had already put down the powder in his hand and began to build my beard.

"Don't underestimate the role of hair, beard, and sometimes the effect of cooperating, will make people who are familiar with you unable to recognize you at a glance, of course, this is also very particular, to try to achieve the effect of conflict between the image of peacetime, such as a loyal person, suddenly have a mouse whisker, that will change to a great extent." The middle-aged man's craftsmanship was excellent, and my beard fell to the ground as I spoke, and I saw through the mirror not far away that he had trimmed my beard that I often saw on TV, the kind of beard that an elegant middle-aged man would trim.

After finishing my beard, the middle-aged man began to trim my hair again, my hair has always been simple, just a simple short hair with bangs on the forehead, and under the magic of the middle-aged man, my hair became a steady part, and then he combed it for me, and handed me a metal flat glasses, and said, "Put it on and let me see?" ”

I took the glasses and put them on, and then took the mirror and looked at it, I looked older in the mirror, and suddenly the whole person became a person with a Sven temperament like Brother Chengxin, at first glance I was a little uncomfortable with me, but then I got used to it, and I could still see that it was me.

"It's just the most basic change, giving people a little visual impact, at first glance it will ignore the past, and now you have to change the details." As he spoke, he took out a bowl of the powder that he had put on the coffee table in a small bowl, and without knowing what he had added, he began to make my hair, eyebrows, and beard.

Under his magical craftsmanship, my hair color has changed, from pure black to slightly yellowish, just like when a person reaches a certain age, his hair is naturally not so black, and there are some gray hairs in the middle of his hair, which is quite natural.

Anyone who changes the color of their hair can do it, but to achieve the effect I have now, it is a real test of craftsmanship, and naturally I can't see that the hair, eyebrows, and beard have been changed in color.

"These discoloring things are my unique secret recipe, and it doesn't matter if you wash your hair and face, you can last for at least half a month." The middle-aged man said.

Time passed minute by minute, and the middle-aged man carefully gave me the work of disguise, and from his mouth, I knew a lot of things about disguise.

He told me that in fact, the difference in everyone's appearance is determined by the details, just like the slight distance difference in the skull determines the difference in the appearance of the person, whether it is good-looking or not.

What eyebrow spacing, eye spacing, etc., a person wants to be easy to face, not necessarily to use a knife or anything, as long as some small changes are made, the whole person's image will change greatly.

And you also need to use color to change some of the light and shadow effects on your face.

He was busy with my face, tinkering with special glue or something, smearing it on my face, and after a few hours of doing so, he handed me the mirror again, and I was shocked.

In the mirror, I became a middle-aged man with facial features, a white face, and a slightly gloomy expression, but also elegant, about 40 years old.

At that time, this middle-aged man gave me a technical shock that was incomparable, even in modern times, many girls are like mastering the art of disguise in makeup, removing makeup is shocking, but to achieve such a miraculous means, you still need to practice well, that is a real makeover.

I don't know what to say when I look at myself in the mirror, and the most important thing is that it's all very natural, and I can't tell that it has changed my appearance at all, unless I put it on my face and look at it with a magnifying glass.

"The things on your face are all special materials that are unique to me, if you insist on washing your face or something, it may return to normal in more than a month, but to recover instantly, you still need some potions I concocted." As he spoke, he handed me a bottle and told me to put it away.

I felt that all this was really amazing, but the middle-aged man said: "The potion is not a magical thing, I don't like to pretend to be a god the most, in fact, it is just a chemical reaction, just like the gasoline on the clothes needs to be washed off with something, it is the same effect." ”

As I spoke, he came in again and brought out a suit for me, a suit, shirt and tie and everything, and even a briefcase.

"I don't have time to teach you any temperament changes, but you can remember to behave a little more steadily. This face of yours and this outfit will work perfectly, and my work will be done. The middle-aged man said to me.

I took the clothes, looked at the middle-aged man and asked, "Actually, I don't know what your name is?" ”

"It doesn't matter, you go take a shower, let me apply it to your face and neck, and the color of your hands is natural, change your clothes and go." And then the information you might need, here, the department asked me to pass it on to you. As he spoke, he handed me a sealed envelope, and resumed the silence I had seen him before, and the appearance of being a little unapproachable.

I took the envelope and didn't know what to say, but he urged me to take a shower, and I had to do as he said.

And when I finished taking a shower. After changing his clothes and coming out, the whole room had become quiet, and if he looked closely, all the traces left by the middle-aged man here were gone, including all his tools.

I stood in the room and was a little stunned, and found that this is the real folk strange person, and how much do I know about the various cultures that have been handed down in China? I thought that as a Taoist priest, I had already seen a lot, but sometimes I felt that I was a real frog at the bottom of a well.

After a while, I finally remembered the letter that the middle-aged man had left for me, I hurriedly picked it up from the coffee table, the seal of the letter was intact, it was really as the middle-aged man said, he had not read it.

I opened the letter and found a piece of stationery inside, and on it, like the one I had seen, had the same address written on it, and that was where I was going.

I frowned slightly, I didn't understand what that meant, in my own heart, finding my brothers and sisters in time was the most urgent thing, at least finding them would give me a little confidence to confront that force.

But now I have a feeling of being led by the nose again, you must know that I don't completely trust the department, so I gave me those shots at the same time, and if I am not careful, I will really die!

So what should I do? Just as I was thinking, there was a knock on the door, and I felt creepy all of a sudden, what was I afraid of? Who's outside the door?