Put away your magical powers now!.

Chapter 114 [Coming from the Same Source] (6400 words)
Chapter 6400 [Coming from the Same Source] ( words)
When Gu Qingyi looked at Chen Yan at this moment, she always felt that Chen Yan's expression and demeanor were slightly different from before.

It’s not about cultivation - in terms of cultivation, Gu Qingyi used the Qi-gazing technique to see and could tell at a glance that Chen Yan’s cultivation had not changed from yesterday.

I just felt that Chen Yan looked calm and composed, and his demeanor seemed to carry a kind of indescribable tranquility and stability.

It's not old-fashioned, nor decadent, nor tired.

It's like entering a very subtle state.

Don't be impatient or anxious, don't be fast or slow, don't be panic or hurried.

Just... just right?

Even Chen Yan's eyes when he looked at him were different from usual.

Gu Qingyi knew how stunning she looked.

After she entered the room, she took off her thick down jacket, revealing a tight-fitting sweater underneath, which highlighted her proud curves.

If it were in the past, Chen Yan would definitely not be able to help but take a few glances, and then, as if for some reason, he didn't dare to look any longer, so he deliberately avoided her gaze - very deliberately avoided it.

But at this moment, Gu Qingyi took off her coat and slowly walked in front of Chen Yan. Chen Yan looked at her calmly for a few seconds, then lowered his head to eat. After taking two bites, he suddenly remembered something, looked at her again, and smiled, "Why are you always staring at me?"

Yes! That’s the look!

Very casual, very ordinary.

There is no trace of the previous look where he was attracted to me, wanted to look at me, but deliberately avoided my gaze!
After looking at Chen Yan for a while, Gu Qingyi slowly took the book from his hand and read the words on the book subconsciously in a low voice:

"...Time is like a journey against time, life and death are not as important as love..."

Putting down the book, Gu Qingyi frowned and looked at Chen Yan: "Why do you suddenly like reading these?"

"If I have some insights, I'll just flip through it casually." Chen Yan answered casually.

Gu Qingyi thought for a moment, then suddenly asked, "Are you...trying to cultivate your soul?"

Chen Yan was a little surprised: "You can even think of this?"

Gu Qingyi pointed to the copy of Liezi: Tianrui on the table and said slowly, "I also read these books when you brought them back from the academy. Some of the principles in them are very similar to those of cultivators in cultivating their primordial spirits."

Chen Yan nodded and said, "Yes, when I read this book, I was indeed thinking about the principles of cultivating the primordial spirit."

Gu Qingyi pursed her lips and looked at Chen Yan, with some ripples in her heart.

in fact……

The old lady left Chen Yan with a set of skills that lacked the skills to cultivate the primordial spirit. When Chen Yan told him about this, Gu Qingyi said on the surface that she did not know the skills of the primordial spirit, but in fact...

She had also been struggling in her heart about whether or not to pass on the "Taishang Bu Tian Ce" to Chen Yan.

But Gu Qingyi did not teach at that time for two reasons.

Firstly, although "Taishang Bu Tian Ce" is a combination of two methods, it naturally contains methods for cultivating the primordial spirit - but in Gu Qingyi's opinion, it is a weak method, created for the sake of balance and compromise, and is inherently flawed!

If you practice the "Great Heaven-Repairing Strategy," your achievements in this life are doomed to be limited! You will only reach the Stage Realm in the future, and there will be no chance of breaking through to the Celestial Realm in your lifetime! Because... the road ahead is blocked!
What Gu Qingyi was worried about at the time was that Chen Yan looked like someone with great talent!
He has reached the Guiyuan realm at such a young age, and is considered a genius in the domain!
If I take out the "Taishang Bu Tian Ce" and give it to Chen Yan to practice, it is hard to say whether it is helping him or harming him!

As for the second reason... it was the old lady's intention that the two of them analyzed at the time!
The old lady deliberately did not leave any method for cultivating the primordial spirit, which must have a deep meaning - the actions of the Venerable naturally have intentions.

Especially the sentence that was analyzed: "No illness or disaster will lead to the status of an official"!
Since that was the old lady's intention, and she didn't want Chen Yan to cultivate his soul, then... Gu Qingyi naturally wouldn't dare to teach "Taishang Bu Tian Ce" to Chen Yan without authorization.

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"What did you do when you went out today?" Chen Yan asked curiously.

"Go to Qiu Express. Didn't I tell you yesterday?" Gu Qingyi said casually.

"Does it take half a morning to get to the express delivery station? If you let Gui Geng go, it will be enough for him to crawl back and forth, right?" Chen Yan curled his lips.

The nearby express delivery station is just across the road from the community gate, and it’s only a few hundred meters away from the gate.

"Don't worry about it." Gu Qingyi curled her lips and said, "I'm going out for a walk, is that okay?"

"Of course." Chen Yan's tone was very calm: "But you should at least tell me, otherwise, should I cook for you?"

"...Okay, next time I'm out for a long time, I'll definitely tell you." Gu Qingyi readily followed suit, then served herself a bowl of rice, sat down opposite Chen Yan with chopsticks, and reached out to pick up a piece of pork belly for herself.

"Hmm? It tastes good." Gu Qingyi laughed: "Your cooking skills have improved."

"Not bad, right?" Chen Yan also smiled and said, "I was reading a book while cooking, and suddenly I realized something."

"what?"

"Just right." Chen Yan smiled and said, "When I cooked before, I was always particularly concerned about whether I added too much water or too little salt. For many things, the more you think about them and the more you care about them, the easier it is to lose control.

Today I just kept a normal mindset and did pretty well.”

Gu Qingyi nodded: "Calm down?"

She pointed at the book on the table with her chopsticks: "Is this what you learned from the book?"

"That's right." Chen Yan smiled and said, "I finally got it! The so-called purifying of the soul is actually just one sentence!"

"What?"

Chen Yan smiled proudly: "Five words floating in the sky! That's nothing!"

Gu Qingyi stared at Chen Yan with wide eyes and almost spit a mouthful of rice in his face!
I always feel that this guy is going crazy!

Trying hard to swallow the rice in his mouth, Gu Qingyi said patiently: "Don't practice blindly. The soul is not something you can do casually. If you go astray and damage your foundation, you can't make up for it."

"It's okay, I won't practice casually, don't worry." Chen Yan's tone was calm.

"Hmm..." Gu Qingyi thought for a moment and said, "Last time when we killed Shan Kui, we collected some of his evil spirit. At that time, I said I was going to save it for you to use to sharpen your soul in the future. If you want to use it, I'll give it to you."

As he spoke, Gu Qingyi reached out and took off a jade gourd pendant as thick as his little finger from his neck.

This thing is what Gu Qingyi has been wearing on his body. It can be regarded as a small magic weapon.

Gu Qingyi handed the jade gourd to Chen Yan and said, "If you pour spiritual energy into it, you can draw out the evil spirit inside. But you must be careful when pouring it in, and do it bit by bit."

"Okay!" Chen Yan took it and squeezed it in his hand.

The jade gourd felt warm to the touch - this temperature should be because Gu Qingyi had been wearing it around her neck for a long time, and it was warmed by her body temperature over time.

Thinking of this, Chen Yan's "normal mind" was suddenly broken, and the subtle state that had lasted for a long time suddenly jumped out.

A trace of panic flashed across his eyes, and he quickly looked away, suppressed the distracting thoughts in his mind, and slowly put away the jade gourd.

Gu Qingyi immediately caught the subtle changes in his temperament and demeanor.

This guy's calm and composed demeanor suddenly lost its composure. Gu Qingyi was stunned at first, but when she saw Chen Yan holding her jade gourd in his hand with a strange look in his eyes...

Gu Qingyi immediately understood something in his heart, glared at Chen Yan fiercely, took a deep breath, and buried his head in eating!

"Well, using the evil spirit is very simple. You draw out a little bit of it, just a tiny bit at a time, and then inhale it into your body. Let the evil spirit activate your spirit and give rise to distracting thoughts. Then, you control and suppress these distracting thoughts. That's called sharpening."

Gu Qingyi lowered her head and didn't look at Chen Yan, but continued to say: "This is a stupid method, just like sharpening a knife, you can only do it little by little each time.

After each session of hard work, it's best to rest for seven or eight days to allow your spirit to recover.

You don't have the righteous cultivation method for your primordial spirit, so you can only use this method to sharpen your primordial spirit. It's better than nothing, and the progress will be very slow - don't worry!"

"Got it." Chen Yan didn't dare to look up at Gu Qingyi, then sighed: "I told you, I won't practice blindly."

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Chen Yan did not lie to Gu Qingyi.

He really doesn't practice blindly.

To be more precise, he didn't even plan to practice the "Spirit Tempering Chapter" according to the method!

Today, when he returned home and studied "Forging the Spirit" in the training room that morning, Chen Yan did not start practicing for a long time, but just studied it over and over again.

In fact, there were a few times when he wanted to start moving his vital energy and practicing!

However, every time the thought came to my mind, I felt something was wrong.

Although the chapter on forging the soul clearly explains the principles of cultivating the primordial spirit, Chen Yan also thinks there is nothing wrong with this principle.

Remove impurities, discard the dross and retain the essence...the principle is sound!

But I always feel something is not right!

Especially... after chatting with the little girl about the path to the soul and the path to the body refining through combat techniques...

The contradiction between the two, that existence that vaguely seemed like some kind of shackle...

Chen Yan was sitting in the training room in the morning. Every time he read "Forging the Soul", just when he was about to start practicing, a voice in his heart reminded him.

No!

It's like...

I clearly know that this thing has flaws and is something with shackles.

It's a pit...

So why should I jump in?
This road...although almost all practitioners in the domain are taking it.

But, is the path that everyone is taking necessarily the right path?
The cattle and sheep in the pasture, herds of cattle and sheep, are all driven in one direction...

The results of it?
Where is the final destination of cattle and sheep?
It's a slaughterhouse!
and so……

"You can comprehend the principles! But it's better not to practice this 'Spirit Forging Chapter'!"

Chen Yan made this decision secretly in his heart.

Anyway... I'm not in a hurry.

Correct!
Not in a hurry!
Just right, keep a normal mind!
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Chen Yan would not tell Gu Qingyi about the God Forging Chapter - if he did, it would expose the existence of the little girl.

And he doesn't plan to practice anymore, so there's no need to talk about it.

After lunch, Chen Yan washed the dishes and cleaned up the kitchen, then said goodbye to Gu Qingyi and was about to go out.

"Where are you going again?"

"Let's go for a walk." Chen Yan looked at Gu Qingyi.

"...Okay." Gu Qingyi knew that the other party was deliberately using her words to counterattack, so she nodded: "Then will you come back for dinner?"

Chen Yan sighed: "Look... I asked you what you were doing outside and how long you would be back. It's because I'm the one who cooks at home. No matter whether I come home early or late, I always cook."

“…Okay then. You…do whatever you want!” Gu Qingyi waved his hand.

After Chen Yan turned around and walked out, Gu Qingyi sat there in a daze for a while, and suddenly she stood up and walked into the kitchen.

Even if she is a nominal mother...

You should cook for the kids, right?

Gu Qingyi bit her lip.

"After all, I am the legal wife of the Chen family. As a mother, I cannot always let my son serve me, no matter where I am."

Gu Xiaoniang sighed.

Being a mother... is so hard. Gu Qingyi made a bitter face and went to look through the refrigerator.

"Well, Chen Yan cooks all the time, so it doesn't look that difficult... This cucumber is the easiest to make, can be sliced and served cold? Tomatoes, can be fried with eggs? Oh, there has to be a meat dish..."

Gu Qingyi took out a piece of beef from the refrigerator - there were still a few pieces of M5 steak left that Boss Fang had given her.

Cutting cucumber slices is no difficulty for Gu Qingyi!

After all, she is practicing combat techniques - using swords and axes to chop on the battlefield, and she has mastered the art of swordsmanship to perfection!

Cold salad...

Just follow Chen Yan’s previous method and add some seasonings, and there’s nothing wrong with that.

Gu Qingyi took a bite himself and immediately became more confident!

"It seems pretty good! It's not difficult!"

Well, it turns out I can cook! !

Gu Tianren’s courage increased greatly!
Dicing tomatoes, easy!

Whisk eggs, easy!

I remember when Chen Yan made it, he always fried the eggs first...

So, put oil in the wok and pour the eggs...

"Why isn't it hot? There's no crackling sound like when Chen Yan fried eggs before." Gu Qingyi thought for a moment; "Yes, the heat is not high enough?"

She squinted her eyes, stared at the wok, then suddenly stretched out her hand and made a move!
A flame shot out from her palm and sprayed under the wok...

Suddenly the eggs in the pot started to crackle and pop.

"Done!" Gu Qingyi laughed happily, holding a spatula in one hand and continuing to spit fire in the palm of the other.

But soon her expression changed!
The egg began to turn black instantly, visibly to the naked eye!
As she got anxious, the flames on her palms grew even more intense...

"No, no! Stop!!"

Gu Qingyi quickly put away the flame, turned off the fire, and then looked at the black, carbonized eggs in the pot...

The little girl rubbed her face and got angry with herself for a while.

A few minutes later, how could Gu Qingyi, who had been honing his skills on the Prison Suppression Platform for several years, be so easily discouraged and give up?

Come again!

Pour out the eggs and add oil again.

This time it’s beef!

She threw a piece of raw steak into the pot, and then with a wave of her hand, a flame sprayed onto the bottom of the pot.

"It seems okay!"

She could see the beef making a crackling sound and could smell the aroma of meat.

"What's next..." Gu Qingyi thought.

At this moment, Gu Qingyi's expression suddenly changed!
boom! ! !
The ordinary wok on the stove suddenly broke into pieces! !

The flames of the explosion shot up into the sky, and a ball of light instantly burst out from Gu Qingyi's body, blocking all the flames outside.

But the flames rose up, and the sparks of the explosion sprayed everywhere...

A moment later, Gu Qingyi stood in front of the pitch-black stove, looking at the frying pan that had been broken into seven or eight pieces, and the blackened steak...

She was clean, her clothes were intact, and there was not a speck of black dust on her face.

But this kitchen...is terrible!
Turning around, Gu Xiaoniang walked back to the living room, then sat down on the sofa, hugged her knees, and buried her little face in them.

Being a mother...it's so hard!!!

I looked up at the kitchen...

It must not be my fault! It must be that the pot is not strong enough!

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In the kitchen, the broken pot on the stove lay quietly on the dark countertop.

If this pot had a spirit in heaven, I'm afraid it would point at Gu Qingyi's nose and curse...

I’m just an ordinary pot that costs 89.9 yuan per pot in the supermarket!

Are you using the internal fire that carries your vital energy to burn me?

Who do you think I am? An alchemy furnace?
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"what?"

The little girl looked at Chen Yan who came and stood in front of her, her eyes widened: "You want to learn... the method of body training?"

"Ok!"

"No! Didn't you just learn the technique for cultivating the Yuan Shen here this morning?" The little girl was surprised. "Why, you want to switch to physical training? Are you going down the path of combat?"

"I haven't decided whether to change my path or not. Anyway, I just want to see the techniques of body refining." Chen Yan replied with a smile.

"Let me warn you first, physical training and spiritual cultivation conflict with each other! I've made this clear to you!

Also, you are already quite old, and you have taken the path of a cultivator and have already reached the Guiyuan realm.

Changing your cultivation path suddenly at this time would definitely be a thankless task for you! It would also waste the cultivation you have worked so hard to achieve in the Guiyuan Realm..."

"Just think of it as my curiosity, wanting to see the techniques of body refining." Chen Yan smiled, then fumbled in his pocket, took out two bars of chocolate and handed them over.

The little girl snatched the chocolate, tore it open and took a bite. Her eyes lit up! She smiled with satisfaction and waved her hand, saying, "Alright! The cultivation is yours anyway. If you don't care, why should I be afraid? Come in, I'll copy the body refining technique for you."

Two bars of chocolate bought from the supermarket were exchanged for the physical training technique of a Half-Step Venerable!
Chen Yan didn't stay with the little girl for too long...the girl was watching TV at home.

Internet TV in Hong Kong is not very developed, and the three major platforms of iQiyi, Youku and Tencent Video are not as popular in Hong Kong as they are in the mainland.

However, there is an Internet TV produced by Lei Corporation in this house. When Chen Yan came to ask for advice, the TV was playing an unknown season of "Tom and Jerry".

Well, Chen Yan was also considerate enough to buy memberships for several platforms for the little girl.

After obtaining the skills, Chen Yan said goodbye and left, jumped out of the mirror world, and walked towards his home.

When I got home and walked in, I smelled a burnt smell in the air!

Chen Yan was stunned and saw Gu Qingyi sitting on the sofa, looking at him hesitantly.

"Chen Yan, something just happened!!"

"..."

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A few minutes later, Chen Yan looked at Gu Qingyi with a toothache expression, took a deep breath, and said with a stern face:

"So, you're telling me that an evil thief broke into our house, sneaked into the kitchen, cooked in our pots, and burned the kitchen down?

You discovered it in time and captured it, and the thief fled in panic and disappeared without a trace?"

"Ok!"

Gu Qingyi nodded seriously.

"Do you think I'm a three-year-old child?" Chen Yan sighed.

However, there were already sparks in Gu Qingyi's eyes. He slowly clenched his fists, and his joints made a crackling sound.

Chen Yan suddenly came to his senses and coughed quickly. He said in a sincere and heartfelt tone, "Then we should thank Miss Gu! If you hadn't chased the thief away from home, I'm afraid that thief would have stolen all the vegetables in our kitchen!"

Well, Chen Yan already knew Gu Qingyi's personality very well.

She looks aloof, but she is actually a tsundere girl.

She is very thin-skinned. If you make her angry or embarrassed, she will really beat you up!

Moreover, this personality is also very interesting. As long as you give her an excuse, no matter how outrageous the excuse is, so that she can bury her head in the sand like an ostrich, she will really force herself to continue acting and pretend to turn a blind eye.

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Cleaning the kitchen isn't that difficult.

Chen Yan poured a bowl of water, dipped his hand in it, and flicked it lightly. A golden light shot out, and he muttered something...

In less than a moment, all the dust and dirt in the kitchen were swept together and finally poured into the bowl of water in his hand!

Seeing that the water color finally turned as black as ink, Chen Yan poured out all the water, filled a new bowl of water, and repeated the process.

Gu Qingyi leaned against the wall outside the kitchen and looked at Chen Yan, a little surprised: "When did you learn this 'Dust Removal Technique'?"

"Well, I just learned it recently. This spell is in the secret book left by the old lady." Chen Yan answered casually.

He performed the "Dust Removal Technique" three times in a row. In the end, the third bowl of water only absorbed a tiny bit of dirt, and the water didn't even turn black.

Chen Yan looked at the completely spotless kitchen with satisfaction.

Not only the burnt stove, but also the floor, the corners of the cabinets, and everywhere were spotless. Even the oil container in the range hood was clean.

Even the rotten wok on the stove seemed to have been washed countless times, and was as clean as if it were hanging on a supermarket shelf - if you didn't look at its shape.

Well, it was cleaned so cleanly after death, so it can finally rest in peace.

Chen Yan picked up the broken pot and threw it into the trash can.

From beginning to end, Gu Qingyi stood by and watched Chen Yan clean the kitchen.

The twenty-one-year-old stepmother had a stern face and a cold expression, but her red cheeks betrayed her inner anxiety.

Only after Chen Yan finished cleaning did Gu Qingyi finally seem to breathe a sigh of relief. Just as she was about to turn around and leave, Chen Yan called her.

"Wait a minute, I have something to ask you."

"I already said that the kitchen was destroyed by a thief!" Gu Qingyi gritted her teeth and looked at Chen Yan.

"Uh... not talking about the kitchen." Chen Yan smiled and said, "Well, I want to ask you about the body training techniques for practicing combat methods."

"Ok?"

Gu Qingyi was stunned.

During lunch, I practiced the same method with my own soul cultivation.

Why do you suddenly want to ask about body refining techniques?
"It's just curiosity. I've reached this level of cultivation, and I want to know more about the principles of cultivation." Chen Yan smiled and said, "You're a genius in combat methods. If I don't ask you, who else can I ask?"

When talking about the topic of cultivation, the shame and anger on Gu Qingyi's face finally disappeared, and his expression became serious.

She lowered her head and thought for a moment before saying, "The Gu family's unique combat and physical skills are our family's unique skills. I cannot teach you... but I can explain to you the principles of physical training."

Chen Yan immediately laughed and politely made a gesture of invitation, inviting Gu Qingyi to sit on a chair in the restaurant. He even went to the kitchen to get a bottle of drink and placed it in front of Gu Qingyi. Then he sat down honestly and said seriously, "Please give me your advice!"

Gu Qingyi held the bottle of drink in front of him, pondered for a moment, and slowly said, "The so-called cultivation methods and the path of physical training... are actually the same as those of cultivators who cultivate their primordial spirits. From the very beginning, the fundamentals are the same... In other words, they come from the same source!"

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(End of this chapter)