不白 Non-White
丑脸扑白粉，玲珑狡诈身。
大胆唱主角，终是戏中人。
A jester's face with powder white,
A cunning form, both sly and slight.
Boldly plays the leading role,
Yet remains an actor, lost in the whole.
驼罗庄有个十几人的小戏班。听他们唱戏，是附近几十里最奢华的消遣。
这戏班中有个专唱丑角的人，平素总涂着张白脸，庄中人见他便窃笑不止。丑角十分郁闷，他自幼便有上台扮一次英雄好汉给大家看的梦想，为了进戏班，他无偿为班主当了一年的杂役，为了练功，他不管阴晴雨雪生病染疾也从不休息。如今，却是落了个人见人笑的下场。
丑角提议，要换个英雄角色来唱。大家却说他身上没有正气，不适合这种角色。
丑角觉得大家在糊弄自己，便在一次登台时，改了自己的戏份，反将英雄在台上打了一顿。看客们十分生气，砸了戏台，没给戏钱就都走了。
大家纷纷指责丑角，又去劝慰被打的英雄。班主更是一怒之下，将丑角逐出了戏班。丑角不得其解，他努力反思，最终觉得是自己面相生得不好，便守在小巷中，用两柄淬毒的匕首，将素日扮英雄的那人杀了，剥下他的面皮，贴在自己脸上，想以此顶替他的生活。
第二天搭台唱戏时，到正角上场时，丑角忽然顶着他的面皮，旁若无人上台演起那英雄，咿咿呀呀唱了许久。
众人一时没反应过来，事后惊恐莫名，以为丑角得了症，便把他团团绑住，托人送到千里外的寺庙静修。那寺庙的院主见了，大喜过望，给他赐了“不白”的名号，还为他独创了一门毒冰双休的功法，
院主告诉他，只要他能等到一个让其功法大成的天命之人，就能顶着他的脸，做一回真英雄。
如今，谁都不敢走四师兄守着的山道，谁都害怕遇见四师兄。
In the Village of Tuoluo, there was a small opera troupe of about a dozen members. Watching their performances was considered the most luxurious entertainment within miles.
Among the troupe was an actor who specialized in playing the jester. He always painted his face white, and the villagers would snicker whenever they saw him. The jester was deeply frustrated. Since childhood, he had dreamed of playing a heroic role on stage. To join the troupe, he had worked as an unpaid servant for the troupe leader for a year. He trained tirelessly, regardless of the weather or his health. Yet, he ended up being the subject of ridicule.
The jester suggested a role switch. However, everyone said he lacked the righteous aura needed for such a heroic role.
Disbelieving their words, the jester took on the role of the hero without notifying the cast during the performance, and beat up the hero on stage. The audience was furious; they destroyed the stage and left without paying.
The jester was condemned by the troupe, while the beaten hero was comforted. In a fit of rage, the troupe leader expelled the jester from the group. Despite much reflection, the jester couldn't understand why he suffered such reprimand. Eventually, he concluded that it was his appearance that was the problem. Thus, with two poisoned daggers, he waited in an alley and killed the hero actor. He peeled the man's face and wore it, hoping to take over his life.
The next day, when it was time for the hero to appear on stage, the jester, wearing the actor's face, stepped forward and sang passionately.
Initially, the audience was deceived, but later they were horrified. Believing the jester had gone mad, they tied him up and sent him to a temple a thousand miles away for seclusion. Upon seeing him, the abbot of the temple was overjoyed. He named the jester "Non-White" and even created a unique practicing technique combining poison and frost for him.
The abbot told him that a Destined One would come and help him master the technique, and he could become a true hero if he could wear the face of the Destined One.
From the day on, no one dared to walk the mountain path guarded by Non-White, fearing they might encounter him wearing someone else's face.
