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Chapter 213 [Trial] (6500)

Chapter 207 [Trial] (6500)

Chen Yan accepted the gifts from the girl named Yun Que, then took his leave and went out.

After the little girl closed the door, she stood on the rooftop balcony watching Chen Yan leave.

A moment later, the little girl flipped over the small building, her figure transformed into a lark, soared into the sky, and flew away.

A moment later, the lark landed in a nearby square.

In this mirror world's plaza, everything was quiet and empty. After the little girl landed and transformed into human form, she skipped and hopped to a corner of the plaza.

It was clearly a mirror world, yet there were two large dogs tied up under a sycamore tree in the corner of the square!

A golden retriever and a Samoyed, who were lying quietly on the ground, immediately stood up when they saw the little girl running over.

When the little girl walked up to her, the two big dogs rubbed against her legs affectionately.

"Were you getting impatient?" The little girl squatted down and vigorously rubbed the Samoyed's head, then stroked the Golden Retriever's back before untying the leashes from the tree trunk. She then led both dogs and strolled away into the distance...

·
When Chen Yan returned home, Lu Sisi was in the kitchen, fiddling with something.

When Chen Yan entered the kitchen, he saw Lu Sisi sitting by the kitchen counter, holding two bamboo leaves in her hands, clumsily wrapping zongzi.

On the table was a large bowl of glutinous rice, and a plate of candied dates, red beans, and other things.

However, Lu Sisi's skills were clearly lacking; the glutinous rice was scattered everywhere, and on a large plate next to her were seven or eight wrapped zongzi, all of which were crooked and twisted.

Chen Yan picked one up casually and found that it wasn't sealed properly and that rice was leaking out in some places.

Lu Sisi blushed and snatched the rice dumpling from his hand: "This, this is just for testing."

Chen Yan thought for a moment and then smiled, "I'll make some braised meat later—I quite like meat-filled rice dumplings."

"You're actually a member of the 'salty party'?!" Lu Sisi deliberately widened her eyes and looked at Chen Yan with an exaggeratedly incredulous gaze, saying in an exaggerated tone, "It's over! Let's break up!"

Chen Yan laughed and casually hugged his girlfriend: "As for zongzi, I eat both sweet and savory ones."

After saying that, Chen Yan took the half-finished product from Lu Sisi's hand and quickly wrapped a complete zongzi—it looked much better than Lu Sisi's work.

"My grandma taught me how to wrap them when I was at home," Chen Yan said casually.

Lu Sisi sighed and simply wiped her hands: "You're making me seem useless, like I can't do anything, I'm bad at cultivation, bad at wrapping zongzi—and you're even better at cooking than me."

It seems like my only purpose as your girlfriend is to warm your bed.

Chen Yan laughed heartily, took Lu Sisi's hand and placed it against his heart. Although he was smiling, his eyes were serious: "You made me... whole again."

As she spoke, Lu Sisi exclaimed in surprise, and Chen Yan picked her up and carried her out of the kitchen.

"The things on the table haven't been cleared away yet..."

"Leave it there, let Gui Geng deal with it tomorrow."

·
Fortunately, to Lu Sisi's relief, Chen Yan did not carry her back to the bedroom, but instead went downstairs to the training room in the basement.

Lu Sisi's expression calmed slightly, but her eyes revealed curiosity, as if she had remembered something. She looked at Chen Yan strangely: "You, you wouldn't have come up with some novel idea, wanting to do it here..."

Chen Yan placed Lu Sisi on a meditation cushion and gently patted her head: "Obviously, you have more chaotic thoughts in your head than I do."

As he spoke, Chen Yan pulled Lu Sisi to sit down, his playful expression fading as he slowly took out the velvet from his storage jade pendant.

"This is... a feather?" Lu Sisi looked at the thing in Chen Yan's palm.

"It's a treasure." Chen Yan breathed a sigh of relief and said seriously, "I'm not kidding, it was given to me by a powerful demon with profound cultivation."

"A demon? Is it more powerful than... Gui Geng?"

"Hmm, I could probably kill ten thousand Gui Gengs with a flick of my wrist."

Chen Yan answered casually, then said seriously, "Now, sit down, embrace the circle and focus on the One, meditate."

Upon hearing this, Lu Sisi stopped joking, sat up straight, closed her eyes, and calmed herself down.

Then Chen Yan said, "Just get into the state according to the technique. No matter what happens later, don't panic. Just stay in a normal state."

Lu Sisi nodded slowly.

Chen Yan stared at Lu Sisi for a while, and only after her breathing became calm and steady, indicating that she had entered a meditative state, did Chen Yan quickly reach out and gently touch Lu Sisi's finger.

Gathering her energy into a single point, a sharp edge appeared, and a drop of blood oozed from the tip of Lu Sisi's right index finger.

Chen Yan quickly moistened the blood bead with the velvet from between his eyebrows, then flicked it with his finger.

The hair feather stained with blood was flicked onto Lu Sisi's forehead. As the blood seeped in, the feather suddenly turned into a ray of light, slowly dissipated, and penetrated into Lu Sisi's forehead.

Chen Yan stared intently at Lu Sisi, and waited a moment longer.

Lu Sisi's expression suddenly changed. Although she kept her eyes closed, she dared not move as Chen Yan had instructed, and continued to maintain her meditation posture.

But Chen Yan could already sense that the surrounding天地元气 (heaven and earth energy) had begun to flow secretly and then moved towards Lu Sisi!

This state is exactly the same as when I took the Spirit-Connecting Pill before!
Moreover, the speed at which the vital energy flowed was even more turbulent and vigorous than during the duration of the Spirit Connection Pill's effects!
Lu Sisi finally couldn't hold back any longer and opened her eyes, her gaze filled with surprise: "I, I can feel the energy again! So much energy!"

Chen Yan's eyelids drooped. Although he was also shocked, he slowly said in a deep voice, "Don't panic. Keep practicing and circulate your vital energy into your body!"

That night, Lu Sisi's cultivation talent suddenly returned to the state it had been in for three days after taking the Spirit Communicating Pill—even stronger than it had been then!
In just one night, Lu Sisi's body had accumulated more vital energy than in the previous three days, and the affinity of her vital energy far exceeded the effect of taking the Spirit Connection Pill.

After all, the velvet between the eyebrows of a half-step Venerable Great Demon is something that ordinary pills cannot compare to.

Chen Yan carefully observed Lu Sisi using his Qi Observation Technique and sensed that Lu Sisi's body had entered a subtle state.

It was as if the vital energy had a strange affinity for her, and more and more vital energy swirled around her body, as if vying to be transported and absorbed into her body.

After the vital energy returned to Lu Sisi's body, a strange aura began to emerge.

It was as if, under the observation of the Qi Observation Technique, her body became increasingly light and transparent, gradually achieving a state of harmony and flow with the primordial energy.

In just one night, Lu Sisi had already easily reached the "Entry-level Realm"!
As dawn approached, Chen Yan remained seated in front of Lu Sisi. At this moment, Lu Sisi had entered a meditative state, a profound realm in which she was oblivious to and unaware of the outside world.

Suddenly, Chen Yan felt a vague sense of unease. He abruptly raised his head and looked up at the ceiling, but all he saw was a simple, empty ceiling, with nothing unusual about it.

Chen Yan frowned slightly, feeling a faint sense of unease, but upon closer examination, the feeling quickly vanished.

He shook his head and sat down to meditate steadily.

The two sat facing each other, practicing their exercises.

This time, under the influence of the Skylark Demon's brow velvet, Lu Sisi actually entered a deep meditation and remained there for a full three days without waking up!

During this time, Chen Yan was still worried that something might happen to Lu Sisi, so he took out a fasting pill and put it into Lu Sisi's mouth, using his vital energy to help her digest it.

This state surprised Chen Yan greatly—the things given by the great demon Yun Que were indeed incredibly powerful.

Three days later, Lu Sisi's cultivation level had clearly reached the [Entry-Level] stage and was almost at its maximum!
It felt as if taking just half a step forward would lead to the "Return to Origin Realm"!
But just when his cultivation of vital energy was almost at its peak...

In an instant, everything changed!
Just like the last time she took the Spirit-Connecting Pill, three days later, the mysterious attraction and affinity that Lu Sisi had for Yuan Qi suddenly and rapidly faded away!

The surrounding spiritual energy of heaven and earth scattered and returned to the world. Meanwhile, the spiritual energy cultivation within Lu Sisi, which was on the verge of breaking through to the Inner Chamber Realm, suddenly dissipated as if collapsing, leaking out of her body!

In less than the time it takes to drink a cup of tea, it was completely drained, leaving not a trace! Looking at it with the Qi Observation Technique, from the perspective of Yuan Qi, Lu Sisi's body seemed to have turned into withered wood and stubborn stone again, without any spiritual energy at all.

Chen Yan gritted his teeth silently.

After he received the velvet for his forehead, the little girl told him something before they parted.

If even the "Frown Velvet" can't help her gain enlightenment, then it proves that the previous guess was correct: Lu Sisi is not lacking in cultivation talent, but rather that her cultivation talent has been artificially locked away!
As for who did it... the little girl couldn't guess.

But there was one thing the little girl made very clear to Chen Yan.

"I can also use this method to lock a person's spiritual aperture, but I can only do it temporarily. However, I cannot completely lock a person's spirit for their entire life!"

·
Chen Yan looked disappointed, slowly stood up, walked out of the training room, and went to the restroom.

Unbeknownst to Chen Yan, the moment he stood up, a formless, colorless, and invisible entity floated up from Lu Sisi's body and slowly followed behind him!
In the bathroom, Chen Yan stood by the sink, turned on the faucet, scooped up water with both hands, and splashed it on his face.

After accompanying Lu Sisi in meditation and practice for three days, Chen Yan's brows were full of fatigue, but when he looked at himself in the mirror, a trace of resentment arose in his heart.

Who exactly is it?!
They used tricks to lock down Lu Sisi's energy and affinity!
Just as this annoyed thought arose in his mind, Chen Yan felt that same throbbing again.

He turned around abruptly and looked behind him, but found nothing.

Even after immediately activating the Qi Observation Technique, nothing unusual was detected.

·
Inside the room, right in front of Chen Yan, an unseen presence stood silently before him!
It was as if she were a one-to-one replica, with an appearance exactly like Lu Sisi's, and a perfect outline!

It cannot be seen with the naked eye, nor can it be seen with the art of observing qi.

But this "Lu Sisi" just stood right in front of Chen Yan!
Her gaze towards Chen Yan was cold and stern...

Then, she slowly turned around, her body floating lightly through the door, and returned to the training room.

She stood in front of Lu Sisi, who was sitting on a futon, her eyes fixed on Lu Sisi, who was in a meditative state. Her indifferent gaze was like the cold water of an abyss, cold and calm.

Finally, after a moment, this being slowly moved forward and entered Lu Sisi's body, and the two became one.

·
Meanwhile, in the villa next door.

Lin Qingquan, who was sitting in a rocking chair holding his phone, suddenly jolted and jumped up from the chair!
He stared wide-eyed at his surroundings, his face instantly turning pale. He threw his phone aside, clasped his hands together, and immediately knelt on the ground, muttering, "The Sage is above!"

A secret voice pierced the air, reaching Lin Qingquan's ears and settling in his heart. "Hmm?"

"It is not that I am seeking out sacred sites, but rather that this is my duty."

After a moment of silence, that cold voice settled in Lin Qingquan's heart.

"I have endured countless tribulations in my mortal body, which you must not speak of!"

·
When Lu Sisi woke up from her meditative state, Chen Yan had already returned to the training room and was sitting opposite her.

When Lu Sisi woke up this time, she saw that she had been reduced to a mortal body again, but her reaction was not as strong as last time. She was silent for a while, then sighed softly, hugged Chen Yan, and whispered, "Maybe I really don't have the talent for cultivation. I shouldn't try again in the future."

Chen Yan forced a smile: "Maybe..."

"Forget it." Lu Sisi shook her head, leaned close to Chen Yan's chest, and whispered, "I really don't have any obsession with cultivation."

Lu Sisi behaved fairly normally that day, but both of them were very tired. After washing up briefly, they went back to their room to rest.

Chen Yan held Lu Sisi as they fell asleep, and a few hours later, they were both fast asleep.

At this moment, a transparent phantom slowly floated up from Lu Sisi's body and landed in the air by the bedside. Its eyes looked down at "itself" and then stared at Chen Yan for a while.

"This is the person I went through my love tribulation with? Nothing special!"

Then, she shook her head, her eyes cold, yawned, stretched, and returned to Lu Sisi's body, quietly closing her eyes again...

·
The next morning, Chen Yan woke up to find Lu Sisi no longer by his side.

After releasing his primordial spirit, he immediately sensed that Lu Sisi was preparing breakfast in the kitchen downstairs.

In fact, Chen Yan already knew when Lu Sisi woke up and got out of bed, but due to certain emotions, he did not get up immediately.

There's a slight... urge to give up.

Chen Yan is now certain of one thing about Lu Sisi's problems—he cannot solve them himself.

Even the great demon Yun Que couldn't do anything about it, let alone himself?
The Spirit Connection Pill was used, and the powerful demon companion hair between its eyebrows, which was many times more precious than the Spirit Connection Pill, was also used, but it was all to no avail.

As for who exactly locked Lu Sisi's spiritual aperture and what methods they used, Chen Yan couldn't figure it out either. He also guessed that the strangeness of this matter was probably far beyond what he could intervene at his current level!
The great demon Yun Que said that even she didn't have that ability!
Even a half-step Venerable cannot do this—could it be that a Venerable intervened?
A Venerable Realm expert sealed Lu Sisi's spiritual apertures.

Where in this world are there any revered ones!
Even a Venerable One cannot come to this world! If they did, they would lose their cultivation!
That would involve the realm boundary!

When did Lu Sisi go to the Realm?

The being suppressed in the ancient tomb... the talking jade... the being that helped Lu Sisi's mother defy fate... Lu Sisi, born with an exceptional destiny... the spiritual aperture of her cultivation talent locked away...

This line of reasoning, this logic, seems to have been cleared up by Chen Yan!
However, to Chen Yan's dismay, it seemed that he couldn't get involved in any aspect of the process.

·
In the afternoon, Chen Yan went to the academy.

In the academy, Chen Yan sat in front of Chu Keqing, but his expression was somewhat dejected, and he seemed rather listless.

Even though Chu Keqing deliberately wore a form-fitting cheongsam today, which accentuated her stunning figure, Chen Yan couldn't even glance at her.

Chu Keqing expressed her displeasure!

The sect leader of Yunzong skillfully prepared tea and presented a cup of fragrant tea to Chen Yan, who then took it and drank it all in one gulp.

"Senior...is something troubling you today?" Chu Keqing slowly sat down next to Chen Yan, turning to look at him.

Chen Yan took a deep breath and then exhaled slowly.

Troubles?
Well, how should I put it?

I suspect that my lovely girlfriend, who is completely devoted to me, might be a reincarnation of some powerful being!
Moreover, it was a suppressed entity.

They've all been suppressed; what if they weren't good people?
What good things could be being suppressed?
In Chen Yan's limited understanding, the number of examples of "suppression" he knew of was very limited.

The monkey trapped under the Five Elements Mountain?
In tomb raiding stories, is there a thousand-year-old zombie?
No!

My beautiful Lu Sisi! Could she possibly be that kind of person?!
·
Chen Yan refused to speak, and Chu Keqing, being such a clever woman, naturally wouldn't ask. Instead, she changed the subject, saying, "Senior, the reason I invited you here today is about Wang Chuyi."

"Hmm, what's wrong with the first year of junior high?" Chen Yan asked.

I've been so busy these days, running between the realm and this world, and dealing with Lu Sisi, that I've really forgotten about that fake monk, Wang Chuyi.

When they brought him out of his hometown, the original plan was for him to cultivate under Chu Keqing's tutelage for about a month.

Now, almost half a year has passed.

Speaking of which, Chu Keqing said last time that he had already entered the path, so he should be able to go home and reunite with his two female demon wives, right?
"So that you may know, senior, that Wang Chuyi has already reached the Introductory Realm—I observe that this young man possesses remarkable talent. Even within my Yun Sect, I have never seen anyone reach the Introductory Realm in just a few months, so..."

Chu Keqing's tone held a hint of negotiation as she said this: "I would like to take him as my personal disciple. What do you think, senior?"

Chen Yan then perked up a bit and looked at Chu Keqing: "Personal disciple?"

Chu Keqing smiled wryly and said, "Senior, you are incredibly powerful and have extremely high standards. But in this mortal world, it is extremely rare to find a promising talent who can master the basics and reach the advanced stage in just a few months! Now that I have encountered such a fine gem, I certainly do not want to let it go."

Chen Yan thought about it carefully and said slowly, "I don't have any objections, but it depends on whether Wang Chuyi is willing or not."

That kid never intended to cultivate before. The reason he was led onto the path of cultivation was purely so that he could have a long and loving relationship with his two female demon wives.

Young people, in the throes of passion... ah, pshaw, young people, in the throes of infatuation, they probably have little ambition and may not be willing to stay in the Cloud Sect as some kind of personal disciple.

He probably wants to fly back to his hometown and be intimate with those two vixens for a while now.

Chu Keqing smiled and said, "I told him—this child's mindset has changed. After all, he has already cultivated and entered the Dao, and his perspective and state of mind are different..."

Holy crap? This kid isn't planning to be a scumbag, abandoning two female demons to pursue the path of cultivation, is he?

Chen Yan was taken aback.

"After he began his spiritual practice, he felt that the Way of Heaven was more and more worthy of respect, and his desire to seek the Way gradually grew."

He also told me that he wanted to get married in his hometown... However, my Yun Sect is a secular sect and does not prohibit marriage. His going back to his hometown to get married and joining my Yun Sect as a personal disciple do not conflict... Therefore, when I asked him, he was vague and unwilling to be clear, so I asked the senior to discuss it with me.”

As Chu Keqing spoke, she frowned slightly: "From what I can tell, he has the desire to seek the Dao, but he still says he wants to go back to his hometown to get married and settle down. I told him that he could bring his wife from his hometown to Jinling Prefecture."

"As long as he joins my Yun Sect and becomes my personal disciple, he will have a position and income within my Yun Sect Academy. Then he can bring his wife to Jinling Prefecture and raise her in the Yun Sect Academy. He is my personal disciple, and with his income, supporting his wife in Jinling Prefecture will not be a problem. But he still refuses to budge..."

Seeing Chu Keqing's puzzled and pleading eyes, Chen Yan hesitated for a moment, then decided to just lay everything out with this woman.

After all, Chu Keqing was no ordinary person.

"I'm afraid it won't be easy for him to bring his wife from his hometown to Jinling Prefecture, especially to your academy."

"Why is that? Is there something wrong with his wife?"

"Well, to be precise, it should be his/her wives."

Chu Keqing fell silent.

No, I think I heard Wang Chuyi mention this casually before, but I always thought it was just a joke among young people.

It's actually true? !

After a few seconds of silence, the beautiful mature woman's expression suddenly turned strange, with a hint of annoyance and displeasure in her eyes.

"What a Wang Chuyi! He looks so honest and straightforward with his thick eyebrows and big eyes! But he's actually a womanizing scumbag!? Wives, wives? Wives? How many lovers does my honest apprentice actually have back home?"

Chu Keqing asked Chen Yan in an annoyed tone.

Chen Yan slowly extended two fingers: "Two."

Chu Keqing thought for a moment, then finally sighed, "Alright, two... will do."

After all, good materials and beautiful jade are hard to come by, and cultivation in this world is difficult. Although Chu Keqing herself has good talent, she has managed to build the vast Yun Sect to its current scale.

However, within the Cloud Sect, there are actually no outstanding talents below that level.

Wang Chuyi, who can cultivate to the Entry Realm in just a few months, has a good chance of cultivating for another ten or eight years and reaching the Returning Origin Realm like me!
In the future, they may well be able to inherit his mantle.

As a woman, Chu Keqing naturally didn't have much affection for men who actually kept two wives at the same time—if you were all-powerful and powerful, you would be able to forgive and forget about it.

What do you, Wang Chuyi, have?
It cannot be said that Chu Keqing's mentality was wrong.

This has always been the mentality of the people of China.

If you were the emperor, having three palaces, six courtyards, and seventy-two concubines would be considered perfectly normal by everyone.

If you are a destitute beggar, without looks, wealth, or talent, yet still dream of having multiple wives and concubines, you will be despised.

After thinking it over, Chu Keqing slowly said, "Talented people are hard to come by. Even if he is a bit outrageous in matters of love and sex, so be it... After all, his talent is there, and I've observed him for several months and he is quite straightforward. He is clear-headed when it comes to important matters."

As for matters between men and women, well, let's just consider them minor matters.

"Senior, why don't you tell him that I can accept him keeping two wives within the Cloud Sect's walls? Is that alright?"

Chen Yan shook his head: "It's still not appropriate."

"what?"

Chen Yan looked at Chu Keqing: "His two wives back home... are not human."

Chu Keqing; "…………"

(End of this chapter)