Put away your magical powers now!.

Chapter 184 [Return] (6200)

Chapter 179 [Return] (6200)

The three days of circulating vital energy passed quickly, and Chen Yan detached himself from his training state, stretching his body a little.

For three days, he practiced meditation and qigong almost without sleep, circulating vital energy through meditation. After circulating it through the entire cycle, the vital energy was continuously input into the ring.

At this moment, he held the ring between his fingers, carefully feeling the vital energy flowing into it and sensing the response within the ring.

In the darkness, Chen Yan seemed to sense that there was a faint, almost imperceptible consciousness responding to him from within the ring.

Just like the first time I extracted the vital energy from the ring, that will to resist.

At this moment, the faint trace of will within the ring seemed to be responding to his own vital energy. It was as if he could activate the teleportation with just a thought.

Chen Yan glanced at the bronze Bagua plate on the wall; there weren't many time marks left.

He thought about it, redid it, and then circulated his energy for another cycle, restoring his vital energy to its optimal state.

·
When the three-day and three-hour rental period for the training room expired, the Yuan Qi Gathering Array in the room immediately stopped, and the Yuan Qi on the jade plate ceased to flow in.

Chen Yan got up and stretched his limbs.

Three days of non-stop work had left him physically exhausted. He wasn't hungry, but the training room provided fasting pills; one pill a day was enough to allow him to go a day without eating.

After taking the fasting pills for three days, although he wasn't hungry, Chen Yan felt a bitter taste on his tongue. To put it bluntly, his mouth felt bland.

He got up and left the room, went to the cave in front, paid the bill at the counter with the Brotherhood's money token, and walked out of the only training room in Snow Cliff Pass.

He didn't return to the Brotherhood's stronghold immediately, but instead wandered around the tunnels inside the mountain for a while longer.

The city in Xueya Pass is divided into an inner city and an outer city.

The outer city was built on the mountaintop, on that flattened spot. The Immortal Army of Snow Cliff Pass was stationed on the outer city.

The inner city, on the other hand, is an underground city carved out of the mountain's belly, where all logistical supplies and trade take place.

Chen Yan found the only alchemy room in the city. After entering, he found it was still a small cave dwelling. There was only one middle-aged man sitting in the shop. He didn't know if he was the owner or the shop assistant, but he was very friendly when he saw Chen Yan come in.

Chen Yan stated that he wanted to buy some pills, and the other party immediately smiled and said, "Our alchemy shop is a branch of 'Ten Immortals Pavilion.' All our pills are guaranteed to be of high quality and quantity, with absolutely no defective products. You should know the name of our Ten Immortals Pavilion; we are one of the pill shops that supply pills to the Sendai War Department!"

The pills you buy here are refined by alchemists stationed here. If you need high-grade pills that can't be refined locally, you can pay a deposit, and we can send a message to the head office to request a supply from an alchemist.”

Ten Immortals Pavilion?
Chen Yan noted down the name, then smiled and said, "You have Demon Spirit Pills, right?"

"That's natural," the middle-aged man said with a smile. "However, we don't have any high-grade ones. At the moment, the shop only has mid-grade demon spirit pills."

As he spoke, he took a catalog from behind the counter and placed it in front of Chen Yan: "This is the stock that is currently available in the store. If it is not in the catalog, you can pay a deposit and we can provide it for you."

Chen Yan took the booklet and looked at it. His expression was calm, but he couldn't help but feel a little emotional.

Since I started cultivating, I have never practiced alchemy, but I have seen the names of various pills in the manuals.

However, I've never had any experience with it, nor can I get my hands on it.

Seeing this booklet in a pill-refining workshop in this realm, I couldn't help but feel a surge of excitement.

She calculated all her current possessions. This time, she had gained 1,600 coins. When she first met Gu Jinjia in Badlands, she sold him some items and received several hundred coins in return, all of which she stored in her jade storage tablet.

All things considered, my current net worth isn't that high.

Looking at the dazzling array of products in the booklet, including various elixirs and miraculous medicines, there were quite a few that he knew were exceptionally effective.

However, the price was far beyond what I could afford with my meager savings of just over a thousand yuan.

Unexpectedly, after arriving in this realm, I've become a pauper...

In the end, Chen Yan only bought some Demon Spirit Pills, three pills per bottle, originally priced at nine hundred coins, but the Brotherhood's money tokens gave him a discount, saving him one hundred coins.

He replenished another bottle of White Bone Pills—this is the medicine Chen Yan uses the most and is most comfortable with, and its utilization rate is very high. He had used quite a lot of it before, so he might as well replenish some now.

Chen Yan then went to a building materials shop in the city.

Here you can buy materials for various weapons and equipment, and they can also be crafted on your behalf.

However, Chen Yan was short of money and couldn't afford any weapons or equipment. After thinking for a while, he asked the shopkeeper about the wood from the Evil Spirit Tree.

The Evil Spirit Tree, also known as the strange tree in the areas inhabited by ferocious beast tribes.

Chen Yan planned to take the material of this strange tree back to his home to set up a spirit-gathering array. In the previous few trips, because there was no spiritual energy on the Bad Soil Mountain, he could not use storage equipment and could only carry it back in a hiking backpack. Therefore, he had not yet gathered all the materials for the spirit-gathering array at home.

The shop does sell wood from the Evil Spirit Tree—it's not expensive, after all, Snow Cliff Pass is on the frontier, closest to the territory of the Beast Clan. Across that frozen lake lies the Strange Tree Forest, stretching for thousands of miles, so the materials are practically inexhaustible.

Chen Yan used his remaining money to buy a batch of Evil Spirit Tree timber, figuring it would be enough to set up a spirit-gathering array at home.

The transactions here are quite interesting; Chen Yan bought a full ton of timber.

After receiving the money, the shop owner turned and went to the back. A short while later, he took out a glass bead about the size of a thumb and handed it to Chen Yan.

Chen Yan asked with some doubt, but the shopkeeper's reaction was even stranger. He frowned at Chen Yan and said, "Don't you know, sir? This is a storage spirit pearl. The wood you asked for is inside it. However, the storage spirit pearl is a one-time use magic artifact. Once you take it back and take out the contents, it will automatically shatter and become unusable."

Disposable storage talisman.

Chen Yan nodded, took it, and left.

After watching Chen Yan leave, the middle-aged boss curled his lip, shook his head and muttered, "Where did this mountain hermit come from? An ignorant country bumpkin, yet he even has a Brotherhood token."

·
Chen Yan returned to the Brotherhood. As soon as Chen Yan entered, the charming proprietress Ruyi smiled and came out from behind the counter.

"Brother Chu Yi, where have you been these past few days? I've been worried sick about you!"

Chen Yan smiled and said, "Last time I went on an adventure in Bad Soil Mountain, I had some insights into my state of mind and felt that my cultivation seemed to be on the verge of a breakthrough, so I rented a training room in the city and practiced for a few days."

Ruyi smiled broadly: "Golden Armor values ​​you so much, you must be exceptionally talented. You must have made a breakthrough in your training this time, right?"

Chen Yan shook his head: "Thank you for your concern, sister-in-law. Breaking through in cultivation is not something that can be done overnight. I have made some progress this time, but I'm afraid it will still take some time before I can break through."

Ruyi remained calm and pulled Chen Yan to sit down at a table: "No rush, no rush. Brother, you're young, you have plenty of time. Breaking through to the Celestial Realm is just around the corner."

As she spoke, she went to the back and brought some food to Chen Yan.

After thanking him, Chen ate some food and then carefully looked around the shop.

The shop was deserted today, a far cry from the bustling scene of the Brotherhood that used to be there. Before, whenever I entered the shop, there would always be several tables of Brotherhood members sitting inside, who would greet me warmly with "Brother 135."

Today, only he and Ruyi were in the shop.

"Is the shop empty today? What about the other brothers...?"

Ruyi smiled and said, "The town general issued a reward yesterday, and all the brothers went to work on it."

After she explained a few things, Chen Yan finally understood the whole story.

During this period, the scout cavalry of Xueya Pass fought several battles with the fierce beast tribe on the snowy plains outside the pass, with each side winning and losing.

But just a few days ago, the day after Chen Yan and Gu Jinjia entered the city, news came that a scout army of a hundred riders had been ambushed by the ferocious beastmen on the snowfield. Only two of the riders managed to escape, while the rest perished.

This incident enraged the town magistrate, who then issued a bounty, offering the head of the ferocious beast tribe.

According to Sendai's "Seven Tribes of the Ferocious Clan Bounty Order," the head of a Ferocious Beast Clan member could be exchanged for 200 coins, and the town general of Xueya Pass added 50 coins to that amount.

The goal is to buy the heads of a thousand ferocious beasts within a month.

After this order was issued, all the scouts in the city were eager to get to work and have been going out to sweep through the city like crazy these days.

The members of the Brotherhood, also spurred on by the bounty, rushed out of the city to hunt down the ferocious beastmen.

“Brother Chu Yi, if you’re interested, you can go to the town’s mansion to register. Once you get the token, you can go out of the city to the snowfield to hunt down the ferocious beast tribe. Bring back their heads to exchange for merit points and rewards.”

As Ruyi spoke, she looked at Chen Yan with a smile.

Chen Yan thought for a moment and then shook his head and said, "I've only been away for so long, and I don't want to go back to Badlands Mountain anytime soon. I've reached a critical point in my cultivation, and it's not advisable for me to engage in combat again in the near future."

"Then stay here with me. I have plenty of good food and drinks." Ruyi smiled broadly. "Since you call me sister-in-law, the room fee and everything else are negotiable."

After thanking him, Chen Yan smiled and said, "I appreciate your kindness, sister-in-law, but I came back to deal with my brothers, so I'll be leaving for a while."

"You're leaving the city?"

"Yes, I'm not going to the territory of the Beast Clan. I'm heading east to take care of some personal matters."

Hearing Chen Yan say this, Ruyi didn't press further and could only nod and say, "Before Jin Jia left, he asked me to take good care of you. He's going back to Baiyujing this time, and I don't know when he'll be back. Once you leave, I don't know when I'll be able to see him again."

Chen Yan smiled, greeted Ruyi, and then went back to his room to pack his things.

He returned to the front hall and bid farewell to Ruyi. Ruyi smiled and said, "Next time you come to Xueya Pass, just take out the Brotherhood's money token, and you can use it as your entry pass."

Chen thanked him and took his leave.

·
The tunnel in the underground city went east, and soon we arrived at the eastern entrance of the tunnel at Shanguan.

The checkpoint entrance here is still a huge arched tunnel, with thick iron doors open and soldiers stationed there.

After Chen Yan produced the Brotherhood's money token, he was allowed to leave.

Upon arriving outside the pass, Chen Yan looked back at the towering mountain in front of him. He could faintly hear the sound of bugles and the shouts of soldiers training coming from the mountaintop, which was the direction of the outer city that had been flattened by immortal power.

Chen Yan composed himself and continued eastward along the main road outside the pass.

Heading east from Xueya Pass, the temperature rises further.

It was as if the endless mountain ranges on both sides of Xueya Pass blocked the wind, snow and cold from outside the pass.

Ahead lay a vast open field with sparse vegetation. However, as you walked along the road, the ground beneath your feet gradually changed from hard frozen soil to soft mud.

Chen Yan applied a lightness talisman to himself and ran at top speed for more than an hour before arriving at a small grove of trees.

He walked into the woods, first checking the surrounding area to make sure no one was around, then Chen Yan took out a thumb ring and put it on his thumb.

As the vital energy flowed in, Chen Yan's mind stirred.

·
After the intense feeling of falling subsided, Chen Yan opened his eyes and looked at the familiar decor and furnishings of his basement training room. He breathed a sigh of relief. Finally, he was back!
Back in the Strange Tree Forest, when the seven-day countdown ended and he wasn't teleported home, he almost felt hopeless!

If I can't teleport, then I won't be able to return to the real world, which would be a huge problem!
Although leaving the domain is not entirely impossible—if all else fails, one can follow Gu Qingyi's example and return through the boundary array.

However, Chen Yan knew that he would have a hard time traversing the boundary array—he was an unregistered resident in the domain!

The reason Gu Qingyi was able to pass through the boundary array is because she is the legitimate daughter of the Gu family and a young prodigy of the realm.

As an unregistered and undocumented individual, how could the cultivator guarding the formation possibly allow him to pass?

In the end, I'm afraid I'll have to learn from those who "escape from the boundary" and go through a life-or-death ordeal.
Of course, there are other ways.

For example, go find Gu Qingyi, or try to find the old lady.

But it's still troublesome, and we don't know what dangers we might encounter.

Now that he was finally back in the real world, in his own basement training room, Chen Yan breathed a sigh of relief.

I feel at ease now that I'm home!

·
He came out of the basement, went back to his room, took out his phone, and sent a WeChat message to his girlfriend, Lu Sisi, telling her that he had returned home safely.

He then put down his phone, rushed into the bathroom to take a shower, changed into clean underwear and a soft cotton nightgown, and threw himself onto the bed.

He was exhausted after three days of tireless energy circulation in the training room at Xueya Pass.

After lying down on the bed, I felt at ease being back home, and soon I was fast asleep.

·
When Chen Yan woke up, he felt refreshed all over. After sitting up in bed, he saw that it was already pitch black outside the window. He took out his phone and checked the time; it was a little after eight o'clock in the evening.

He calculated the time it took him to get home and realized he had slept for more than ten hours.

However, he then looked at his phone and frowned.

I sent Lu Sisi a message more than ten hours ago, telling her that I was back.

But Lu Sisi hasn't replied to the message yet.

This is quite unusual.

Chen Yan knew that Lu Sisi loved him very deeply—this girl's heart and eyes were only for him!

I've been away for almost a month now. When I got back, I sent a message to Lu Sisi. Even if she didn't see the message on her phone at the time, she would definitely reply to me afterward, or she might even call me or come to my house to find me.

More than ten hours have passed, and there has been neither a message from WeChat nor a phone call.

This is rather unusual.

·
After thinking for a moment, Chen Yan sent another message to Lu Sisi, got up, dressed, and went downstairs to the kitchen to make himself something to eat.

Chen Yan quickly finished his bowl of noodles with two eggs, then glanced at the time.

It was already 9 p.m., and Lu Sisi still hadn't replied to the message.

"Is she asleep and hasn't woken up yet?"

Chen Yan thought for a moment, then walked out the door and transformed into a sparrow, flying away.

·
Chen Yanfei arrived at Lu Sisi's school, found a secluded spot to land, transformed into human form, and headed towards the girls' dormitory.

It was not yet 9 p.m., and there were quite a few people downstairs in the girls' dormitory.

Many students returning from outings, some young couples strolling nearby, and some boys even escorting their girlfriends back, bidding each other a reluctant farewell downstairs.

Chen Yan stood downstairs and called Lu Sisi, but no one answered.

He didn't think much of it and just patiently stood downstairs at the dormitory building and waited quietly.

A moment later, Chen Yan's eyes lit up as he saw a man and a woman walking down the street.

The girl among them had a round face and a pretty face. Chen Yan recognized her as Lu Sisi's roommate. He had met her before when they ate hot pot together. Her name was Yueyue, but Chen Yan had never asked her real name.

Chen Yan immediately stepped forward and blocked their way.

Yueyue was taken aback when she saw a young man blocking her way. Then, the boy next to her immediately became alert, took two steps forward with a hint of impatience, and tried to block Yueyue's path.

"Hello, I'm Lu Sisi's boyfriend." Chen Yan's opening line was very direct: "You're Lu Sisi's roommate, right? We've met once before."

Upon hearing this, the wariness on the boy's face next to Yueyue lessened somewhat.

Yueyue recognized Chen Yan and smiled, "I recognize you, your surname is Chen, right?"

"Yes." Chen Yan nodded. "I came to find Sisi, but I can't reach her by phone. Do you know where she is?"

Upon hearing this, Yueyue was taken aback and looked at Chen Yan with a puzzled expression: "You...don't know about her?"

Chen Yan's heart skipped a beat, and he took a deep breath: "I've been away on a business trip these past few days. What happened to her?"

Yueyue hesitated for a moment, then looked at her male companion: "You go back first, I need to talk to him about something. I'll message you when I get back to the dorm."

The boy hesitated for a moment, seemingly a little unhappy, but still nodded: "Okay."

After the boy left, he gave Chen Yan a long look.

Chen Yan didn't seem to mind; he just smiled.

Yueyue then pointed to the streetlight next to her: "Let's talk over there."

"Okay," Chen Yan replied steadily.

After the two walked under the streetlights, Yueyue took a deep breath and said with a hint of disdain, "How can you be such a boyfriend? Lu Sisi is in such a big situation, and you haven't shown up at all. Don't you know anything about it? Don't you care about her at all?"

Chen Yan had no interest in arguing with this little girl, so he nodded and said, "I haven't been in Jinling Prefecture recently and just got back today. May I ask what happened to her?"

“Lu Sisi has dropped out of school.” Yueyue frowned and said, “She ran into some trouble, and then her family helped her drop out of school.”

Chen Yan's face darkened.

·
A few minutes later, Chen Yan learned the general outline of what had happened.

The boy who had previously sent Lu Sisi a confession message later came back to fawn over her.

It is said that the two had a physical altercation, and Lu Sisi dislocated the boy's arm.

It was originally just a little farce, and Lu Sisi didn't take it seriously at the time.

The next day, however, the boy used the incident to harass Lu Sisi, using the excuse of a dislocated arm to play the victim.

To put it bluntly, it was nothing more than pretending to be pitiful, trying to gain sympathy, and attempting to soften Lu Sisi's heart through this incident.

If the girl is soft-hearted and feels a bit guilty, he might have more opportunities to get close to her and win her over.

But Lu Sisi wasn't buying it.

Faced with the boy's attempts to elicit sympathy and his request to have dinner or meet with Lu Sisi, Lu Sisi gave a direct answer: "You're injured, and I can compensate you for your medical expenses. I can take responsibility for your injury, but that's all."

The boy remained silent.

Lu Sisi initially thought the matter was over, but then...

The boy called the police.

The boy produced a hospital record and WeChat chat logs with Lu Sisi, both of which proved that the two had a physical altercation and that Lu Sisi had dislocated the boy's arm. The chat logs showed that Lu Sisi admitted to injuring the boy's arm and was even willing to pay for his medical expenses.

Lu Sisi was also confused about this matter, but she was kind and gentle by nature.

Go ahead and call the police. She really dislocated her arm herself, and she won't deny it; she's willing to pay for the medical expenses.

result……

At the police station, the boy stated that he would not seek reconciliation.

A dislocated arm is considered a minor injury.

Things got a little complicated.

Anyone who intentionally causes minor injuries to others may be detained for five days and fined up to 500 yuan, according to the Administrative Penalty Regulations of the People's Republic of China.

The key lies in this "intentional".

Although Lu Sisi argued that she didn't do it on purpose, the problem is...

She's a seemingly frail little girl; if she hadn't done it on purpose, who would believe that she could "accidentally" dislocate the arm of a young, strong man with a casual push?

If it wasn't unintentional, then it must have been intentional.

Lu Sisi received an administrative penalty. She paid 500 yuan in medical expenses.

In addition, she was detained for five days.

The matter concerning Lu Sisi had just been dealt with, so naturally the school and her parents were notified.

In such cases, schools usually impose disciplinary action on the students—this is not surprising.

After being notified, Lu Sisi's family came to the school to handle the matter and surprisingly, they also processed Lu Sisi's leave of absence.

As soon as Lu Sisi was released from detention, her family picked her up and took her home.

“I haven’t seen Lu Sisi either, and I can’t get in touch with her.” Yueyue shook her head and said, “So that’s all I know.”

Chen Yan took a deep breath, suppressing his anger, and nodded: "Thank you anyway!"

"Um... don't do anything stupid." Yueyue saw the anger in Chen Yan's eyes, hesitated for a moment, and said, "That boy, his family is quite well-off, he has some connections."

“…Thank you.” Chen Yan nodded and turned to leave.

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(End of this chapter)