Put away your magical powers now!.

Chapter 106 [Lu Sisi's Changes] (7400 words)
Chapter 7400 [Lu Sisi's Change] ( words)
Chen Yan returned to the third floor of the haunted building and began to carefully clean up the debris at the scene.

Zhong Hongliang has turned into a dried corpse, with his flesh and blood dried up. He looks like a dehydrated mummy, lying on the ground like a dried-up tree stick, and it seems that it will break if you squeeze it lightly.

Chen Yan stared at Zhong Hongliang for a few seconds before looking away and concentrating his attention on checking the broken iron jar.

The air on the third floor was filled with an indescribable stench. Next to a broken iron pot, debris littered the floor, along with a pool of black liquid, thick as oil, and in the midst lay a body.

The man was completely naked and was a man of medium build.

Chen Yan leaned over to take a look. The guy's breathing was weak, so he was still alive. However, after a careful examination, Chen Yan determined that he was just unconscious - the reason for the coma was probably some kind of magic circle or spell hidden in the iron pot.

Now that the magic circle has been broken, this person will probably wake up after a while. As for Huang Mingyi's residual soul, it has completely dissipated after the magic circle was broken.

The identity of this person had been found out before - Huang Mingyi's eldest disciple, the missing one.

He looked at Zhong Hongliang, who had turned into a withered corpse, and then at his eldest disciple. He thought about the dead Huang Mingyi and the old ghost whose name he didn't know...

Chen Yan already had a general grasp of the whole situation.

The old ghost failed in his tribulation and his body was shed, leaving behind his ghost spirit to follow the path of ghost cultivation. He found Zhong Hongliang to deposit his ghost spirit. Because the old ghost was a cultivator in this world and his inheritance was incomplete, his path of ghost cultivation was obviously incomplete. As a result, he could only use some unorthodox methods to make do.

In order to extend the life of Zhong Hongliang, the flesh puppet, he stole Lu Sisi's fate.

Huang Mingyi's eldest disciple was the backup puppet he had found many years ago. Huang Mingyi, on the other hand, was simply nourishment.

Chen Yan actually became somewhat interested in the black liquid all over the floor. After enduring the stench and observing it carefully, he was sure that the main ingredient of this thing was most likely the legendary corpse oil.

Corpse oil is a very evil thing, and it is ominous to touch it. Chen Yan did not touch it.

That broken iron jar is also a magic weapon. The material is quite good and it can even block Chen Yan's qi-sensing technique!

When he came to this small building in the middle of the night, he used the art of observing qi downstairs, but he could not see any evil spirit at all, because this iron jar blocked the breath of vital energy!
The material of this thing must be something special, but Chen Yan disliked it because it was used to store corpse oil. Although he was full of curiosity, he still found a piece of rag and collected the iron jar fragments on the ground - he did not intend to keep them, so he took them away along with Zhong Hongliang's dried corpse.

After leaving the small building, Chen Yan found a remote wilderness and dug a hole to bury the broken pieces of the iron jar.

As for Zhong Hongliang's body, they just found a random place to throw it. This man was completely devoid of conscience and had done so many evil things that his body was left exposed in the wilderness. This was the fate he deserved!

After doing all this, Chen Yan washed his hands with water and left.

As for Huang Mingyi's eldest disciple, Chen Yan took him to the abandoned car yard and left him there.

When he wakes up, try to save himself!

Although it would certainly be embarrassing to run outside naked to ask for help, Chen Yan didn't want to reveal his whereabouts, so he could only let him down - saving his life was already a great merit, and he couldn't ask for too much.

Chen Yan himself has more important things to do!
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Early in the morning, Chen Yan was walking on the mountaintop road of Taiping Mountain. After coming to a fork in the road halfway up the mountain, he observed with the help of the Qi-gazing technique and saw a mansion hidden behind the forest with a faint flow of vital energy.

Chen Yan knew that he must have found the right place! This must be Zhong Hongliang's mansion!
As the famous "Old Zhong", Zhong Hongliang is well-known in the Hong Kong city's metaphysical circles. His home is on Peak Road in Taiping Mountain, and he lives next to wealthy people - all of this was learned by Chen Yan when he was smoking and chatting with the black-suited disciple in Huang Mingyi's dojo.

Although I don't know the exact address, as long as I know the approximate location, I can come here and check it out with the Qi-gazing technique - as a person who truly has magic and Taoism skills, there must be fluctuations in vital energy in his home: either there is a magic circle, or there is some real magic weapon!

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At this moment, Chen Yan had already put on the outer clothes that he had stripped off from Zhong Hongliang, and his body and appearance had been transformed directly into Zhong Hongliang's appearance using the transformation technique of the white fox's inner elixir.

Although he had only had a brief encounter with Zhong Hongliang tonight, and the degree of visualization before the transformation was not enough, the transformation was already 90% similar. Coupled with the same clothes, he was not afraid of any mistakes.

Chen Yan strode into the gate of the mansion and saw two disciples in white training uniforms coming towards him. After seeing Chen Yan, the two disciples quickly lowered their heads and said, "Master Zhong!"

Chen Yan raised his head, without even looking at the two of them, he just snorted lightly and strode in.

This mansion is a three-story building. The lobby on the first floor is decorated with a feng shui formation, with water and trees, and the locations are all wealth positions calculated by geomancy.

After Chen Yan entered the room, two disciples followed him all the way. Chen Yan turned his head to look at the two of them, with an impatient expression on his face. He waved his hand and said in a low and rough voice: "Everyone, leave."

He had deliberately imitated the voice of Zhong Hongliang speaking tonight. Although it was not exactly the same, his appearance was exactly like Zhong Hongliang, and he was wearing exactly the same clothes. The two disciples did not dare to say much under the influence of Zhong Hongliang's power, nor did they think much about it. They quickly bowed their heads and saluted before leaving.

In ordinary houses, the master bedroom is usually the largest room on the top floor.

Following this judgment, Chen Yan went upstairs and soon found Zhong Hongliang's master bedroom. He entered and closed the door.

"The old guy seems to be enjoying his life." Chen Yan couldn't help but sigh as he looked at the dazzling array of luxurious furniture in the bedroom.

The furnishings here are even more luxurious than those in the haunted villa in Jinling Prefecture!

After searching for a while, he quickly found the small compartment inside. After entering, Chen Yan saw the shrine and sneered.

The black stone was placed in the middle of the shrine, and it was obviously emitting the rhythm of vital energy fluctuations.

The vital energy is very pure, it should be some kind of rare treasure.

After a brief thought, Chen Yan roughly guessed that this thing should be the place where the old ghost could hide. The old ghost had begged him to let him stay in his body for two hours, so Chen Yan guessed that Zhong Hongliang's house must have some treasure that could accommodate the ghost body!
This black stone should be it.

However, the old ghost did not understand the true method of ghost cultivation and did not know how to cultivate ghost energy, so he did not know where he found this treasure with a high content of vital energy to allow himself to place his ghost spirit.

This black stone has a high content of vital energy, which can allow ghosts to hide... but this rich vital energy cannot nourish the ghost energy, it can only keep the ghost from dissipating.

"It's not suitable for the condition, but it can be used." Chen Yan sighed: "It's just a waste of such a good thing."

Chen Yan put the fist-sized black stone into the octagonal alchemy furnace without any hesitation.

Then he found some things in the drawer of the cabinet under the shrine.

Top-grade cinnabar, various colored brushes for drawing talismans, and several compasses - the equipment used by Zhong Hongliang were all high-end products, especially the compasses, some of which were made of jade, and even one was made of pure gold.

It’s much more elegant than the one used by Chu Keqing!

There were a few apricot-yellow Taoist robes in the wardrobe of the room, which were probably what the old man wore when he performed rituals for people.

After searching around, Chen Yan found the purpose of this trip: in a drawer, he found a [Cloud Order]!
This Yunzhong Order was originally supposed to be left by Huang Mingyi to his eldest disciple. Chen Yan had previously speculated that after the eldest disciple disappeared, this item most likely fell into the hands of Zhong Hongliang.

Now it seems that this guess is correct, and it seems that neither Zhong Hongliang nor that old ghost can see what is special about this Yunzhongling, so they did not keep it well and just put it casually in a drawer.

Apart from the Yunzhongling and the black stone, Chen Yan did not take anything else in the room.

Even those compasses looked to be made of extraordinary materials, such as gold and jade, and should be worth a lot of money.

But in order to avoid trouble, Chen Yan stayed where he was.

I am not short of money, so there is no need to cause myself unnecessary trouble.

What if I get greedy and take some money or something, and get recognized outside... and the investigators follow the things to find me, wouldn't that be troublesome?

Chen Yan even found a secret compartment on the wall of the room, which contained a safe. There was originally a painting hanging on the wall, blocking the safe.

After staring at the safe for a few seconds, Chen Yan put the painting covering it back.

Considering Zhong Hongliang's fame and wealth, there might be a lot of cash in this safe, but Chen Yan could only sigh.

He wasn't even capable of dismantling a safe with his bare hands! His thumb's sword would probably only be able to punch a hole through it at best; there was no point trying.

Although the Wuxiang Pojie Zhan can cut open this safe... there is no need to waste such a precious life-saving trump card.

As for taking the entire safe away - his octagonal alchemy furnace did not have enough storage space to hold this thing.

"Forget it..." Chen Yan shook his head: "It seems that I don't have good fortune in this trip, I can't force it."

Chen Yan looked around the room and checked it carefully to make sure that there were no traces of him left, such as fingerprints.

Chen Yan opened the window, used a "Dodge" technique, and flew out of the third-floor window, disappearing halfway up the mountain...

Well, it will probably take a long time for the people in the mansion to realize that Zhong Hongliang is missing.

This case will probably become a headache for the Hong Kong police.

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Chen Yan returned to Huang Mingyi's dojo after dawn.

When he went back, he deliberately went around to the side, found a deserted place, jumped over the wall, and then ran back to his room quickly.

After returning to his room, Chen Yan first took a shower, changed his bloody clothes and put them into the octagonal alchemy furnace, and then put on clean clothes from head to toe.

Just as he walked out of the bathroom, Chen Yan was wiping his hair with a towel in one hand when he suddenly heard someone knocking on the door. He walked over and opened the door, and saw Chu Keqing standing outside the door, looking at him with a smile on her face.

"You came so quickly. I was planning to send you a message later." Chen Yan opened the door and turned to enter the room.

Chu Keqing followed him in, closed the door behind her, and chuckled softly, "I've been waiting in the next room. When I heard the sound of water running in the bathroom in your room, I knew you must be back."

Chen Yan nodded. This woman was very careful in doing things. When she heard the sound of water in the bathroom, she waited for a while and waited until she finished taking a shower before knocking on the door.

He casually picked up the Yunzhong Order on the bed and gently threw it to Chu Keqing: "Take a look, it should be something from your Yun Sect."

Chu Keqing took it with both hands, the smile on her face faded, replaced by a solemn expression. After carefully examining it in her hands, the woman suddenly stood up and slowly bowed to Chen Yan: "Senior, please help me recover the inheritance of the founder of the Yun Sect. The entire Yun Sect is grateful for your kindness!"

"No thanks." Chen Yan stepped aside and waved his hand, saying, "You've done a lot for me. You help me, and I help you. It's just a favor. Don't be so polite in the future."

Chu Keqing squinted her eyes and smiled, then took the initiative to get some water from the room, boiled it, and made tea. After busying herself for a while, she held a teacup in both hands and handed it to Chen Yan.

Chen Yan sat by the window, opened the window, let the natural wind from outside blow in, slowly dried his hair, and closed his eyes to rest.

Chu Keqing brought tea to him and leaned forward slightly. Only then did Chen Yan open his eyes and glanced at Chu Keqing. He subconsciously coughed dryly, restrained his eyes and expression, took the teacup seriously and took a sip, then slowly recounted what happened after Chu Keqing left tonight.

Chu Keqing waited quietly for Chen Yan to finish listening. After a moment's silence, she sighed softly and whispered, "This is also my senior brother's fate. He ignored my objections and decided to come to Hong Kong City to make a fortune. When he came here, he was chosen by that old ghost as nourishment. Everything is the result of his own karma."

"The missing senior disciple also didn't know about this. I rescued him and left him at the abandoned car yard. I guess he'll find it himself later." Chen Yan smiled, "But these are all their problems. The whole thing, from beginning to end, no matter how messed up it was, seems to have nothing to do with us."

"I see. Let the people here worry about it themselves." Chu Keqing understood Chen Yan's meaning and said with a smile, "After my third senior brother's funeral, I will accompany you back to Jinling Mansion. If you have nothing to do in the next two days, would you like me to accompany you to stroll around Gangcheng?" Chen Yan curled his lips and shook his head, "Gangcheng is a tiny place. There's nothing much to see. The buildings here are shabby and the streets are narrow. It's already in decline."

The last time he came to Hong Kong City, Chen Yan didn't have much of a favorable impression of this place - he always felt that this city, from top to bottom, from inside to outside, exuded a sense of cramped and depressing pettiness.

There’s actually nothing fun to do here… Even Disney is so small in this place.

The food scene isn't anything special; the same items are priced much higher. If you want delicious Cantonese food, go to Guangzhou or Shenzhen—where can't you find it? The service industry isn't doing well either. From restaurant waiters to taxi drivers, everyone has a face like Sima.

The Star Ferry Pier that was blown up to the sky, and the observation path on the seaside looking at the urban buildings of the GBD business district in Central across the strait...

It's just blowing.

Compared with going to the Bund in Shanghai to see Lujiazui across the river, it is simply more than one level lower.

In short, it's meaningless.

For a deep lover of Hong Kong films, it would be nice to go to Temple Street or Causeway Bay to reminisce about the past - but Chen Yan is not a deep lover of Hong Kong films.

Chu Keqing nodded and said, "Then... what are your plans, Senior?"

"I'll go back to the hotel to rest. You can go back to your work. When Huang Mingyi's funeral is over, you can come back to the hotel to find me."

Chu Keqing saw that when Chen Yan spoke, his eyes seemed to avoid looking at her directly, and she smiled secretly in her heart.

Just now when she was serving tea to Chen Yan, this guy's eyes swept over her - Chu Keqing noticed that look.

(Huh, this senior is an LSP.)
After Chen Yan finished explaining everything to Chu Keqing, he left Huang Mingyi's dojo. He first took a car back to his hotel room to rest for a while, and then experienced the famous afternoon tea at the Peninsula Hotel.

The evaluation is: just average.

There are many luxury shopping areas around, but after looking around, Chen Yan didn’t have much interest in shopping.

In terms of material desires, he is a relatively straight man and doesn't pay much attention to his clothes and appearance.

As for shopping for family members... whether it's for my stepmother Gu Qingyi or my girlfriend Lu Sisi, buying some luxury clothes, bags, and jewelry... I can afford the money.

But... [Shancai Nanshe] warned, who the hell can stand this?
If you dare to spend this money, you can just wait for everyone to get seriously ill next month!

My own pocket money limit is only 20,000.

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When Lu Sisi woke up this morning, she felt like something was wrong with her - but she couldn't tell exactly what was wrong.

When she got up in the dormitory, she even greeted her roommates in a friendly manner. During the previous semester of her freshman year, due to Lu Sisi's special circumstances, she rarely interacted with her roommates. As time went by, everyone thought she was a bit aloof and didn't like to get close to others, so their relationship remained weak.

There is no hatred or grudges, it's just that mentality: you are so cold and don't talk to us, why should we rush to talk to you?

When Lu Sisi greeted her roommates in the morning, they were actually still a little bit uncomfortable with it - since the beginning of this semester, the other girls in the dormitory felt that Lu Sisi had changed a lot.

Lu Sisi was no longer so aloof and resistant towards others, and she smiled more often. She was also no longer so taciturn—sometimes she would even take the initiative to talk to people, such as "I'm going to the cafeteria to buy food, do you want me to bring you something..." and so on.

Originally, we were all young people, and there wasn't any deep hatred. And there weren't any people with strange personalities in this dormitory. After just a few days of school, the relationship between Lu Sisi and her roommates had improved somewhat.

They even speculated that Lu Sisi's personality had improved a lot after she fell in love and was nourished by love.

In response to this question, Lu Sisi blushed, but gave a positive response in a serious tone: "

Yes, I have a boyfriend!"

There were big classes in the morning, and after class, Lu Sisi had made an appointment with her roommate to eat in the school cafeteria—the food there was tastier, but also a bit more expensive. However, winter vacation had just ended, and students who had received a lot of lucky money during the Spring Festival were now at their cushyest.

But as soon as she walked out of the classroom, Lu Sisi was stopped by a boy, who asked to add her on WeChat.

Her roommates were laughing and watching the fun. Lu Sisi blushed a little, but she still shook her head and refused seriously: "No, I have a boyfriend."

The boy in front of him clearly didn't want to give up, and said with a casual smile, "You can add me on WeChat if you have a boyfriend. It's just to make friends. We're all classmates in the same school anyway."

"Really, that's not necessary." Lu Sisi shook her head and left with her roommate.

Then, when they sat down to eat in the cafeteria, similar scenes happened twice more. Both times, they were boys who came to Lu Sisi to add her on WeChat.

Although Lu Sisi refused, she was still a little confused.

She knew that she was pretty - she, Lu Sisi, was not a fool.

It’s a modern society, not a primitive society. Who doesn’t have a mirror or a mobile phone at home?

Do you not know whether you are good-looking or not when you look in the mirror? Do you not compare yourself with others?

That kind of "beauty without knowing it" only exists in fantasy novels.

But before, Lu Sisi always kept her head down and hid herself, trying to reduce her presence as much as possible.

Due to some special aura or destiny, there were actually very few boys who approached her in school. This happened only twice at the beginning of her freshman year, and it was very rare after that.

I don’t know what happened today, it happened three times in one morning?
After eating in the small cafeteria, Lu Sisi was dragged by her roommate to a popular milk tea shop at the back door of the school to buy milk tea.

Lu Sisi thought about it and didn't want to reject her roommate's kindness - Chen Yan had suggested to her before that under normal circumstances it was best to get along well with roommates. It wasn't for any particular purpose, it just wanted to make the four years of college more comfortable.

However, the girl remembered the three times she had been approached, so she took out a mask from her pocket and put it on her face. After all, the flu has been quite serious recently, and many people are wearing masks, so it didn't seem out of place.

There was always a long line at that internet-famous milk tea shop. When a few girls walked over together, they saw a very long line in front of the store. According to usual estimates, the line would take at least half an hour to an hour.

When her roommates were lamenting and complaining, Lu Sisi turned her head and was recognized by an acquaintance.

"Huh? It's you!"

The skinny little classmate Zhao and Mr. Zhao Shanhe looked at Lu Sisi in front of them in surprise.

He was working here with his men in line. When he turned around, he saw a familiar figure. Although Lu Sisi was wearing a mask, Zhao Shanhe recognized Lu Sisi after looking at her carefully!
Then, remembering the last time his elder brother Chen Yan kicked a girl into the fountain, Xiao Zhao took the initiative to come up and say hello.

"Ah, it's you." Lu Sisi recognized Xiao Zhao.

The girl knew that this person was Chen Yan's friend, so she took off her mask immediately and responded politely: "Hello, we met here."

Then, after exchanging a few pleasantries, Xiao Zhao learned that Lu Sisi came with her classmates to buy milk tea and was queuing here.

"Oh no! Why didn't you tell me earlier? How can I let you wait in line when I'm here?"

Xiao Zhao waved his hand generously and called a fat man under his command. A short while later, he brought a few cups of milk tea and gave one to Lu Sisi and her roommate.

Lu Sisi hurriedly tried to pay, but Xiao Zhao refused. "Hey, I don't even have to pay for this milk tea. The merchant hired us to queue up to attract customers, and in addition to the salary, they also gave us some milk tea coupons."

After a few polite words, Lu Sisi had no choice but to thank him, then left with her roommate holding milk tea.

The fat guy under Xiao Zhao stared at Lu Sisi's back for a few seconds before lowering his voice and saying, "Brother Zhao..."

"what happened?"

"That girl." The little fat man pointed at Lu Sisi's back.

"What's wrong with this girl?" Xiao Zhao was a little confused.

"Last time, just last time...you asked me to go to the cafeteria to buy food and send it to Brother Chen Yan at that one-story rental house, which is quite remote. You also asked me to bring a box of that thing...I came back to tell you that Brother Chen Yan was with a girl at that rental house..."

The little fat boy said with a smile.

Xiao Zhao was stunned when he heard this, then he suddenly slapped his thigh and stared at Lu Sisi's back with wide eyes: "It's... it's her?"

"Yes, I met her once! I won't be wrong. The girl who was with Brother Chen Yan that time was her."

What the hell!

Xiao Zhao was completely stunned!!
What's going on?
Earlier, Chen Yan had kicked the girl into the pool! She ran away crying! That was such a grievance!

In the blink of an eye, the two of them are dating?!
No, this is some new and novel way to chase girls?!
And...it actually works? !
Xiao Zhao's eyes rolled as he thought of the girl he had his eye on at school...

Or should I try it too?
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After leaving the milk tea shop, Lu Sisi's roommates were all chattering and questioning who the Xiao Zhao who delivered the milk tea was. Lu Sisi was helpless and had to answer: "That's my boyfriend's classmate."

It was just a free cup of milk tea, not worth much money, so it wouldn't immediately cause any big reaction from the female roommates. But no matter what, it invisibly brought Lu Sisi closer to everyone.

Before returning to school, a roommate who was a bit of a money-grubber insisted on trying her luck at a lottery shop when she passed by.

This kind of thing was unnecessary, and no one wanted to spoil the fun. A few girls came in laughing, and then the money-grubber girl bought a scratch-off lottery ticket worth 100 yuan.

The other roommates didn't buy it, so the money-loving girl asked Lu Sisi out of politeness: "Sisi, do you want to try your luck too?"

Lu Sisi had no interest in this thing at first, but remembering Chen Yan's suggestion and wanting to get along well with her roommate, she didn't want to refuse, so she spent thirty yuan to buy a "Long Guohong" ticket.

The money-loving girl bought a ticket for 100 yuan and won 20 yuan. She sighed and shook her head.

Lu Sisi casually picked up a coin on the table and scratched it a few times...

A few seconds later, the pattern revealed in the scratch-off area of the lottery ticket stunned Lu Sisi, who stood there in a daze.

The money-loving girl next to her noticed that Lu Sisi's expression was not right. She stretched her head to look at the pattern on the lottery ticket and suddenly screamed in surprise.

"Wow!! Sisi won the lottery! Two thousand dollars! Two thousand dollars!!"

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(End of this chapter)