Put away your magical powers now!.

Chapter 118 [A Strange Building in a Deserted Village] (8200 words)
Chapter 8200 [A Strange Building in a Deserted Village] ( words)
In the darkness, the shadow in the room seemed to suddenly hunch its body, and suddenly jumped up, rolled into a ball of gust of wind, and shot towards Chu Keqing on the bed, with several sharp claws opened and the sharpness was visible!
Suddenly, a ball of silver light burst out from all over Chu Keqing on the bed!
Before the sharp claws could touch Chu Keqing, they were suddenly bounced back by the silver light. The figure was thrown to the side of the bed and hit the wall headfirst!
Chu Keqing suddenly opened her eyes and jumped up from the bed. She saw that the window in the room was wide open and a figure was curled up under the wall panel. Then he slowly crawled up, staring at her with a pair of yellow-brown eyes and making a low roar like some kind of cat!

"what!"

Chu Keqing exclaimed!
At this moment, she was surrounded by silver light, but the light was emitted from under her neck. A pendant was hung on a thin rope, hidden under her close-fitting clothes. The silver light was faintly coming from there, shining through the clothes!

Chu Keqing had already seen the dark shadow in the room clearly!

Curled up at the foot of the wall, then slowly crawled up, baring its fangs and growling at him, it was a beast that looked like a leopard, but its body was completely black, and only most of its outline could be vaguely seen in the darkness.

The black panther suddenly leaped up and pounced on the bed again.

Chu Keqing screamed, turned over and rolled to the other side of the bed. She heard a plop, and the black panther slapped her on the back with its claws, but was bounced away by the silver light and rolled off the bed.

But the silver light on Chu Keqing's body had faded.

A man and a beast, facing each other across the bed. Chu Keqing was nervous and shouted loudly: "Senior Chen Yan!!"

After shouting, she grabbed the bed sheet and threw it towards the black panther, then turned around and ran!
The black panther dove into the bed sheet, but with just a wave of its claws, the bed sheet was torn into pieces!
As Chu Keqing ran to the door, she felt a strong force coming from behind her. Her body shook violently and she fell forward!
The black panther pounced again, and after the silver light on Chu Keqing's body blocked it, the force still knocked Chu Keqing over!
But her silver light disappeared completely!

Chu Keqing was very anxious - although she had some tricks, they were all based on the art of talismans!
At this moment, she just woke up from her sleep, so how could she have something like talisman paper on her?
Seeing the gate was only a few steps away, Chu Keqing turned around with empty hands and saw the black panther pounce on her again...

Chu Keqing was filled with despair and was about to scream when she suddenly heard the door being slammed open!

Chen Yan suddenly rushed in, raised his hand, and shot out a stream of energy from his fingers!
The black panther was in mid-air when a stream of energy pierced through its body. It then rolled twice and fell to the side.

Chen Yan came over, grabbed Chu Keqing and pulled her behind him, then strode forward, picked up a chair in the room, and smashed it at the black panther.

With a loud crash, the wooden chair shattered to pieces! The black panther dodged and then jumped out of the window sill!

Chen Yan strode to the window sill and looked out. He saw a black shadow quickly jump over the wall from the backyard, rush into the forest, and then disappeared.
He exhaled, glanced down at the wooden socket on the window sill, and frowned.

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"How are you?" Chen Yan pulled Chu Keqing up from the ground. Chu Keqing gasped softly and shook her head, "I'm fine."

As she spoke, the woman's body almost hung on Chen Yan. She grabbed Chen Yan's arm with both hands, with a hint of fear in her eyes: "That thing just now..."

"A leopard." Chen Yan frowned and shook his head. "I used my Qi-gazing technique to check it out, and there's nothing unusual. It's probably a wild animal from the mountains."

As he spoke, he couldn't help but twist his body slightly - Chu Keqing jumped out of the quilt after being attacked, and was now wearing her underwear for sleeping.

She already had an amazing figure, and now she was only wearing a thin, close-fitting outfit, and her whole body was pressed against Chen Yan. Chen Yan could feel the softness of Chu Keqing's chest, which squeezed his left arm hard...

Chu Keqing reacted, let out a low cry, quickly took a half step back, then quickly walked to the bed and pulled up a coat to put it on.

Chen Yan calmed himself down and coughed: "How about you put on your clothes first."

Chu Keqing also came back to her senses. She quickly put on her coat and turned on the light in the room.

After the lights came on, Chen Yan looked at Chu Keqing, then immediately looked away and shook his head, "...Do you want to put on your pants too?"

Chu Keqing was stunned, looked down at herself, and her face suddenly turned even redder.

She wore a tight-fitting top with shorts underneath when she slept. Although she was wearing outer clothes now, her pair of long, bare, white legs were still exposed under the light.

Chu Keqing's face flushed, and Chen Yan immediately turned around and didn't look at her.

Turning around, he heard the rustling sound of Chu Keqing getting dressed. After a moment's thought, Chen Yan asked, "I wonder where this black panther came from... Are there animals like black panthers in Japan?"

Chu Keqing replied from behind: "I don't understand these things either, but...ah!!!"

Hearing her scream, Chen Yan immediately turned around and saw Chu Keqing grabbing something under her neck with both hands, with an extremely ugly look on her face!

In her hand, there was a jade pendant - but it had been broken into two pieces!

"This is?"

Chen Yan vaguely felt a trace of weak vitality flowing from the jade pendant.

Chu Keqing gritted her teeth and sighed, "This is the protective magic weapon my master left me. If it hadn't protected me in my sleep tonight, I would have been injured by that beast."

Chen Yan took a closer look and nodded. He did feel a sense of vitality, but after being shattered, it was already very weak. The runes engraved on it must be some kind of magic spell.

"Your master is quite capable. He can even make magical instruments?" Chen Yan was also a little surprised.

"It wasn't made by my master, but was passed down by successive leaders of the Yun Sect. I didn't expect it to be destroyed in my hands today." Chu Keqing gritted her teeth, her tone full of regret.

Chen Yan shook his head: "The purpose of a protective magic weapon is to protect yourself. It doesn't matter whether it is inherited or not. If it can save your life, it is worth it even if it is destroyed."

Chu Keqing said nothing. She carefully put the broken jade pendant into her arms, then tidied her clothes and took out a cloth bag from the closet and slung it over her shoulder. "Senior, let's go and take a look!"

The two of them went downstairs and walked to the small courtyard outside the wooden building, and at the same time used the Qi-gazing technique to look around...

After looking around for a while, they all frowned - according to the Qi-gazing technique, the surrounding mountains and forests were silent, with no unusual reactions.

At this time, two temple staff members who lived in the front yard also heard the noise and walked over quickly with lanterns in hand. Chu Keqing's face was serious. After speaking to them in Japanese for a few words, she shook her head and said to Chen Yan, "They said they didn't know if there were any leopards in the mountains. They had never heard of them before."

"Can their words be trusted?"

"They should be credible. They are all locals living here." Chu Keqing thought for a moment and added, "When I first bought this place, I specifically asked people about the surrounding area. Although this is a mountain forest, I have never heard of any large carnivorous wild animals. Otherwise, I would not have bought this place."

Chen Yan nodded.

Chu Keqing bought this temple in order to use it as a place for wealthy people to come and practice Zen meditation in the future. If there were any dangerous wild animals nearby, she would certainly not choose to buy the property in this place.

He suddenly remembered something and asked in a low voice: "Do you remember, before going to bed tonight, did you lock the windows?"

Chu Keqing lowered her head and thought carefully, then said firmly, "I'm sure I locked the window."

After a pause, she whispered, "I'm a single woman. From childhood to adulthood, no matter where I live, I've always been very careful about safety. Even when I live in my own home, I always check the doors and windows before going to bed every day. And if I live outside, I never forget! These are habits I've had for many years!"

Chen Yan nodded, then looked up at the upstairs window sill of the small building.

"Your window. I happened to glance at it when I was chasing the black panther across the room." Chen Yan whispered, "The lock isn't broken."

The buildings in this place are old, and the locks on the wooden windows in the room are not very advanced. Instead, there is a socket on the windowsill, and a small sliding wooden bolt is nailed to the window. The so-called locking the window is nothing more than pulling down the wooden bolt and inserting it into the socket on the windowsill.

If you want to open the windowsill, you either have to force it open from the outside!

Or pull the wooden plug from the inside.

If the black panther broke in through the window from the outside, the wooden bolt on the windowsill should have been broken.

Chu Keqing immediately understood what Chen Yan meant when she heard this. Her face turned a little ugly: "Senior, what do you mean..."

"I didn't mean anything." Chen Yan said slowly, "I just told you what I saw, but I don't really have any judgment right now."

As he spoke, Chen Yan's face was also a little puzzled: "The Qi-gazing Technique clearly shows nothing unusual. If it is a monster in the mountains, or some evil spirit, it should not be able to escape the Qi-gazing Technique.

Unless...someone opened the window in the room?"

"Could it be someone from the temple?" Chu Keqing's face changed, but then she shook her head and said, "That's not right. Those two have no vitality and are just ordinary people. Besides, if they have the ability to sneak into my room silently, they can subdue me while I sleep. Why would they open the window and let a leopard in?"

The two looked at each other, feeling that what happened tonight was more and more weird and strange, and they had no clue what was going on.

After a few seconds of silence, Chu Keqing suddenly said in a deep voice: "We can't stay here, let's go down the mountain!"

Chen Yan glanced at Chu Keqing.

He understood what Chu Keqing meant: since such a strange and inexplicable thing had happened, and Chu Keqing had encountered danger and almost died tonight, then this place could definitely not be lived in any longer - whether it was evil spirits or wild and ferocious beasts, it was not suitable for them to continue to roam and live here.

To put it another way, if there really are any monsters or evil spirits... then this is someone else's home ground!
What's the point of staying here? There's nothing precious to protect.

To put it bluntly, the two of them were just here for a trip. If there was danger, they could just leave.

As for the subsequent investigation, that will be done after we have made sufficient preparations!
"We can go down the mountain, but..." Chen Yan looked at the dark forest and said slowly, "Let's wait until daybreak."

Neither of them felt sleepy anymore, so they simply returned to the small building, turned on the light in Chen Yan's room, and sat there until dawn.

The incident happened in the second half of the night. After returning to the room, only two or three hours later, the sky began to brighten slightly.

But today is not a sunny day. After the sky gets slightly brighter, it becomes gloomy and the mountains are filled with fog.

Chen Yan opened the window and looked outside, then turned to look at Chu Keqing: "Shall we go?"

"Let's go." Chu Keqing looked at the morning light outside the window. Although it was not very bright, the visibility was not low.

The two then pulled their luggage downstairs and greeted the two staff members in the temple.

After Chu Keqing gave some instructions, she told the two of them to pack up and leave the temple, and said that she would give them a few days off.

Then Chu Keqing and Chen Yan walked out of the temple. When Chu Keqing returned yesterday, she drove a car alone and parked it in the open space outside the temple.

After the two got in the car, Chu Keqing drove and Chen Yan sat in the passenger seat, and they drove down the mountain road.

The car had only driven a few hundred meters when suddenly some water droplets fell on the windshield. Chen Yan reached out of the car window and touched it, whispering, "It's raining lightly. The road in the mountains is slippery. Drive carefully."

Chu Keqing frowned and nodded, "Okay."

The car slowly descended the winding mountain road, which meandered through the mountains.

Chen Yan remembered that when he entered the mountain two days ago, he should have passed by a village halfway up the mountain - but this village had been abandoned. It was said that it was planned by the government and all the villagers had been relocated several years ago.

Today, this village has been abandoned and turned into an uninhabited deserted village with only some buildings and houses left here. It is said that the local government will renovate it, but for some reason no action has been taken.

Sure enough, after driving for ten minutes, the car turned a corner and saw the deserted village on the side of the road.

Chen Yan glanced at the deserted village, feeling a little strange. He raised his head to look at the sky outside the car window - how come after driving for such a while, the sky didn't get brighter, but seemed to have darkened a bit?

He didn't say anything, just looked at the road ahead quietly.

There was a light drizzle in the air, and it seemed to be shrouded in a wisp of mist. The visibility was only about 200 meters.

But after a few minutes, Chen Yan and Chu Keqing in the car both changed their expressions at the same time! Chu Keqing even cried out in a low voice: "Senior! Look!!"

Crunch!

The car suddenly stopped in the middle of the road, and Chen Yan and Chu Keqing, who were inside, both held their breath, looking solemnly out the window to the left...

On the left side of the winding mountain road, a dirt road forked off and headed down. In the distance, there was a deserted village!

"Didn't we... just pass by here?" Chu Keqing took a deep breath, looking a little ugly.

Chen Yan's face was serious, and he whispered, "Keep going!"

"Well, senior?"

"Open!" Chen Yan shouted decisively.

As Chu Keqing restarted the car, Chen Yan sat in the car, but suddenly he quickly made a few fingerprints with his hands, muttered something, and finally shouted:
"Law Break!!"

A golden light burst out from between his fingers!

Golden light filled the car and faintly emanated through the window...

But a few minutes later...

Crunch!

The car drove around another bend and stopped on the winding mountain road!

Chu Keqing stared at the left side of the car window in amazement.

A dirt road, and in the distance, there is that deserted village!
"Senior...we are back again." Chu Keqing's voice was a little dry.

Chen Yan's face also turned gloomy!
If it's a maze like a ghost wall or some kind of sleight of hand...

Then, with his own "Law Order: Breaking Word Technique", he could break the rules with one order! Spells like ghost walls should be broken!
If even the [Breaking Word Technique] doesn't work... then no matter whether this place is a maze, an illusion, or a ghost wall... the person behind the scenes who set these up, his magic and cultivation are quite scary!

The Qi-gazing technique couldn't reveal any clues! The Law-breaking Technique was ineffective!

After the initial shock, Chen Yan quickly calmed down - this was just his personality; the more critical the moment, the calmer he could be.

"Reverse, try backing up." Chen Yan sighed.

Chu Keqing's expression changed, but she still followed Chen Yan's instructions, changed gears and stepped on the accelerator.

The car slowly backed up along the winding mountain road, and after it turned a corner...

Once again, the deserted village appeared on the left side of the road!
"Stop the car." Chen Yan didn't even sigh this time, but said calmly: "Stop the car and turn off the engine."

Chu Keqing did as she was told, then looked at Chen Yan: "Senior, we..."

"You wait."

Chen Yan suddenly took off his seat belt, reached into the octagonal alchemy furnace hanging under his neck, and soon there were a few more things in his hand.

Foxtail brush, cinnabar, talisman paper.

Under Chu Keqing's puzzled gaze, she saw Chen Yan pick up the pen and quickly start writing on a piece of talisman paper.

At first, Chu Keqing thought this senior was drawing the talisman, but soon she felt something was wrong... because this guy took a long time to write.

After a moment, Chen Yan handed a piece of densely written talisman paper to Chu Keqing.

Chu Keqing took it and looked at it, and was suddenly stunned.

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Entrustment Agreement

Party A: Chu Keqing.

Party B: Chen Yan.

After friendly consultation between the two parties, the following is reached...

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The content is roughly that Chu Keqing temporarily hired Chen Yan as her security personnel in her private capacity, who was responsible for all security issues during Chu Keqing's trip to Japan, and the remuneration was 100,000 yuan.

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Chu Keqing's eyes widened.

At this hour... Is this senior messing around?!

Thinking of this, Chu Keqing suddenly had a strange idea in her mind:

It seems that this senior did this to...distinguish himself from his formal job at the academy?
Hmm, I remember it was like this last time?
He specifically asked me to accompany him to Hong Kong City and asked me to swear an oath to heaven.

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"Infuse your vital energy into it, just like burning a talisman, and burn it." Chen Yan said to Chu Keqing in a serious tone, "At the same time, you must recite the Heavenly Dao in your mouth, and not miss a single word."

Chu Keqing was full of questions, but she didn't dare to ask too much, so she had to take it and do it.

As the vital energy was infused, the talisman paper (agreement) burned, and Chu Keqing finished reciting.

Looking at Chen Yan again, his expression seemed to be a little more relaxed.

"Remember, when you pay me in the future, don't use the college's account to pay me. Use your personal account."

"...Okay." Chu Keqing's expression was complicated.

Chen Yan nodded, then took a deep breath, stretched himself, and his eyes became serious: "Let's go, get out of the car!"

"get off?"

"Yeah." Chen Yan sneered, "They've set up this ghost wall to prevent us from leaving."

He pointed to a deserted village in the distance: "Go there! There are demons to subdue demons, and there are monsters to exorcise demons!"

Chu Keqing stared at Chen Yan, and suddenly an expression of surprise appeared on her face.

Just because Chen Yan took a deep breath, his facial features began to change!
Under the effect of the transformation, his facial features changed into an unfamiliar look, with no trace of his original appearance. At this moment, Chen Yan's skull was round, his hair was much shorter, his nose was flat, and his lips were slightly thin.

But he has a typical Japanese appearance!

Just as Chu Keqing was shocked, Chen Yan suddenly stuffed something into her palm. Chu Keqing looked down and saw that it was a round bullet the size of an egg.

"Infuse vitality, then imagine a random person's appearance in your mind..."

Chen Yan spoke quickly in Chu Keqing's ear.

Chu Keqing was shocked, but she quickly suppressed her thoughts and injected her vital energy according to Chen Yan's instructions...

However, in a moment, the magical transformation skill of the white fox's inner elixir was activated, and Chu Keqing's appearance also changed.

Her once clear eyes seemed to have drooped eyelids, and her oval face had become a melon-seed face with a pointed chin. Her once round cheeks had become fleshy, making her look even more mean-spirited.

And she looked as if she was more than ten years older.

Chen Yan studied Chu Keqing for a moment, then took back the White Fox Inner Core and nodded in satisfaction. "This transformation will last for a few hours. Let's go!"

Chu Keqing let out a long breath, but her eyes were full of light!

She followed behind Chen Yan, stroking her cheeks with both hands...

Spell?

Is this a spell?

I just cast a spell!
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Coming down the winding mountain road, the path was muddy. It had been raining lightly today, and the fog seemed to be growing thicker, filling the air with a damp, chilly smell.

The houses in the deserted village were sparse, especially the buildings on the outermost edge, which were quite dilapidated and some had even collapsed.

The sky seemed to have darkened a little due to the fog and light rain - at this moment, it didn't seem like morning, but rather like evening.

Just as the light was getting dimmer, the two saw a light suddenly light up on the tallest building in the center of the deserted village.

The light was very eye-catching in the darkness. It seemed as if long lanterns were hanging on the corners of the small building on both sides. As the light flickered, the two people got closer and closer, but they always felt that the light of the lanterns became more and more weird.

It seemed that the light was not orange, but rather a kind of light with a faint hint of green.

Finally, we walked into the deserted village. When we passed the first building at the entrance of the village, we found that the houses and courtyards were already dilapidated, especially the courtyard wall, half of which had collapsed. The courtyard was overgrown with weeds, almost burying the doors.

As the two walked slowly, they could see that the original roof had a hole. Suddenly, they heard a rumbling noise from inside, and several unknown black birds screamed and flew into the sky, but they did not fly far away, just circled in the area above their heads.

Chen Yan squinted his eyes and looked along the way, and found that there was a faint sound of howling wind coming from the abandoned buildings in the deserted village. It sounded like a ghost crying and was very creepy.

Just at this moment, Chen Yan and Chu Keqing both stopped at the same time, their expressions changing slightly.

The two of them turned around together and saw a gray-white shadow on the road behind them, wrapped in mist, floating towards them.

I could even hear the sound of some hooves trampling on the road.

The two of them turned around together and quickly stood on the side of the road. Chu Keqing had already reached into the shoulder bag, her eyes flashing as she looked at the shadow vigilantly.

Suddenly, Chen Yan reached out and pressed his hand on the back of Chu Keqing's hand. When Chu Keqing looked up, she saw Chen Yan calmly shaking his head at her.

The gray-white fog gradually came closer, and through the fog it could be seen clearly that it was actually a man and a horse!
Are there still people riding horses and walking these days?
Chen Yan sneered in his heart.

I saw the man on horseback, wearing a white robe, but it was not the kind of white as snow, but rather a pale white, just like the white lime painted on the wall.

He was wearing a tall white hat on his head. The hat looked more than 30 centimeters long, as if there was a white chimney on his head.

The man sat on the horse with his hands clasped in front of his chest and his hands tucked into his sleeves. He let the horse walk while he sat on it, but his body was very stable.

What made Chu Keqing's eyes shrink immediately was... the horse under the man's crotch looked like a paper horse!
The horse looked tall, strong, and held its head high. But as I got closer, I realized that its entire body was pale white, and its bamboo and wood skeleton could be vaguely seen. The pale fur on it was actually made of paper.

The horse's face was painted very lifelike, but its eyes were dull, and no breathing or neighing could be heard while the horse was running; it just kept trotting along silently.

The person riding the paper horse gradually came to the two of them, and the horse slowed down.

The man in white clothes and a tall hat on the horse seemed to look down at Chen Yan and Chu Keqing standing on the roadside. The two of them saw that his face was also pale, like the putty painted on the walls during home renovations. It was so pale that even the original outline of his features could not be seen.

Chen Yan pulled Chu Keqing, then took half a step forward and looked coldly at the man on the horse.

The two sides seemed to stare at each other for a few seconds, and then the man suddenly nodded, as if to say hello, then he raised his head again, looked straight ahead, and the paper horse under his crotch took another step, heading into the depths of the deserted village.

Chen Yan stood by the roadside and looked at the direction the man and horse were heading - it was the small building with lanterns lit in the deserted village.

Chu Keqing looked at the man's back and asked, "What kind of ghost is this?"

"It's a human." Chen Yan shook his head and sneered, "The Qi-gazing technique can reveal his luck. This guy is human, but his luck is mixed with ghost energy. It might be caused by the cultivation method he practiced. But what is certain is that he is definitely human."

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The two walked to the center of the deserted village, turned an intersection, and saw the small building with lanterns in front of them.

There was a courtyard downstairs with an open gate and two waiters in black standing at the door to greet people.

The guy riding the paper horse that was seen earlier has stopped at the door of the small building.

The two waiters in black immediately prostrated themselves on the ground with an extremely respectful attitude.

The horseman in white clothes and a tall hat jumped off his horse, finally pulled his hands out of his sleeves, and waved back at the paper horse. The paper horse quickly shrank, and finally floated up and landed on the man's palm, suddenly turning into a palm-sized paper horse model.

The man casually picked up a wooden box hanging on his body, opened it, and put the paper horse into the box. Chen Yan, standing at the intersection with sharp eyes, saw that in addition to the paper horse, there seemed to be some paper models in the box.

He stuffed the box in his hand and threw it to a waiter in black. Suddenly, he flicked his hand and a stack of white paper money flew out, flying all over the sky.

The two waiters in black immediately kowtowed repeatedly and bowed to open the gate.

The man seemed to sense Chen Yan's gaze and turned to look at Chen Yan and Chu Keqing standing at the intersection. The corners of his pale face twitched, as if revealing a strange smile. He put his hands back into his sleeves and bowed slightly to Chen Yan. Then, he turned and walked into the yard.

Chen Yan narrowed his eyes and thought for a moment: "My previous guess may not be correct. The ghost wall magic array set up in this place may not be aimed at us."

As he said that, he looked at Chu Keqing: "I don't speak Japanese, you should know it, right?"

Chu Keqing replied in a low voice: "I know a little bit. I have no problem listening to music, but I am not very proficient in writing."

"Well, after we go in, watch more, listen more, and talk less. Don't act rashly."

After Chen Yan finished speaking, he strode towards the courtyard gate.

The courtyard gate is surrounded by low walls that are not high but seem to be built very delicately - the houses in the surrounding deserted villages are all dilapidated, but this place is the only one that is intact.

When they arrived at the gate of the courtyard, the two black-clothed waiters in front of the gate immediately crawled on the ground, mumbling something.

Chen Yan didn't say anything, just stared at the two waiters in black, then suddenly raised his brows!
These two are not human!

Although he was wearing black clothes, the body underneath was clearly a wooden puppet!
It was just that it was too far away just now, and with the fog and drizzle, I couldn't see it clearly.

The two wooden puppets spoke human language. Although Chen Yan did not understand Japanese, he could tell that the tone and intonation were mechanical and dull.

Chu Keqing also looked surprised, but then the woman controlled her expression, nodded indifferently, and casually took out two gold ingots folded from tinfoil from her bag and threw them on the ground.

The two wooden puppets immediately knelt down and kowtowed, then moved their knees and bodies to make way for the courtyard gate.

Chu Keqing nodded to Chen Yan, and then they walked into the courtyard together.

Chen Yan lowered his voice and asked beside Chu Keqing, "What are they talking about?"

"They said that distinguished guests were coming, and their master asked them to wait here for them." Chu Keqing finished speaking and whispered, "It seems that we accidentally walked into some kind of party?"

Chen Yan shook his head: "You'll know when you go in."

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(End of this chapter)