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Chapter 261 [The Ghost]

Chapter 255 [The Ghost]

Chen Yan closed his eyes, and it took him more than ten seconds to calm down.

He was certain that he had indeed seen something!
That semi-transparent figure was definitely not his own illusion or visual hallucination—in fact, at his level of cultivation, it was virtually impossible for him to be mistaken.

Just now, when Chen Yan merely glanced at it, according to human instinct, if one suddenly saw an unexpected presence in their field of vision, they would freeze for a moment and instinctively focus their gaze on that unexpected presence for a while...

But just before Chen Yan could react instinctively, a huge and intense sense of dread surged through his spiritual sense!

Within his consciousness, a frantic signal seemed to surge forth, desperately reminding him: the being he saw was extremely dangerous!

This frantic warning from divine sense gave Chen Yan the feeling of being stared at by a giant beast.

A conscious reminder was directly issued to himself.

Don't let her find out!
This reaction was even faster than instinct, allowing Chen Yan to react immediately.

His gaze swept over the semi-transparent figure without lingering on it.

It looks like someone who accidentally wakes up in the middle of the night and then naturally falls asleep again.

His breathing was even, his eyelids were heavy, and even his heartbeat only skipped a beat before becoming a steady rhythm under Chen Yan's control!
I kept my eyes closed for a full thirty seconds.

In those thirty-odd seconds, Chen Yan calmed himself down!

Who is that semi-transparent figure?!
That was clearly the image of Lu Sisi, and of course it couldn't be Lu Sisi's own soul leaving her body or her consciousness wandering outside.

That is……

The so-called being undergoing tribulation within Lu Sisi's body has awakened?!

Chen Yan made the first judgment.

Soon, his thoughts raced, and based on his first judgment, he naturally began to speculate and raise more questions.

Why did it awaken prematurely? Shouldn't it only awaken after its tribulation is over?

How long has it been awake?

Why did it look at me with such cold eyes?

What is it plotting, drifting around like this, secretly watching me?

One question after another swirled in Chen Yan's mind. Some he could guess at, but others he couldn't.

However, Chen Yan came to a conclusion that made him feel a little more at ease.

It shouldn't be able to do anything to me for now!

This guess reassured Chen Yan somewhat.

The creature was staring at me, and its gaze was anything but friendly. But it just stared—and that was all.

Is it because it can't do anything to itself?
Oh, right!
A thought flashed through Chen Yan's mind, and he immediately understood.

The Heavenly Dao is suppressing us!
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Let's assume that Lu Sisi is the reincarnation of a powerful being from another realm, undergoing tribulation.

So... in this world, even if this powerful being awakens ahead of schedule, he will still be suppressed by the Heavenly Dao of this world.

This world does not allow existences above the Celestial Realm!

Even someone as powerful as Gu Xiaoniang could only retain her third realm of cultivation upon arriving in this world—the Ascending Stage realm.

Even a powerful demon like the Skylark can only hide in the mirror world; once it comes out, it will be chased and struck by heavenly lightning!
And as for the higher levels of Venerable Ones and Saints, it goes without saying—Venerable Ones are merely at the boundary!

The old lady was suppressed even more when she came into this world, and could only live as an ordinary person for so many years!

and so……

Even if the powerful being from Lu Sisi's past life had a very high level of cultivation...

As long as I'm in this world, it seems I don't need to be afraid of it!

Theoretically speaking, at most, it can only exert the cultivation level of the Ascendant Realm in this world—the same level as itself!

Moreover, if its original cultivation level was higher, then in this world it wouldn't even have reached the Ascendant Realm—making it weaker than itself!

There's another one...

[Could it be that before its tribulation is complete, it hasn't truly awakened? That's why it can't do anything to me. It can only watch from the shadows like a ghost, unable to do anything or interfere?]

Chen Yan came up with another guess.

A few minutes later, after much deliberation, Chen Yan gradually became more and more certain in his heart.

He felt that his guess was at least 70% correct.

Huh?
How long has it been awake?

Did he just wake up today?
Or has it been a while already?

A thought struck Chen Yan. With this guess in mind, Chen Yan took a deep breath, pretended to be half-awake from a dream, turned over in bed, and naturally reached out one hand to hug Lu Sisi, who was lying on her side next to him.

His arm naturally draped over Lu Sisi's waist, and then his palm, as if it were perfectly natural, slid down her waist and finally rested on his girlfriend's smooth, delicate thigh, his fingers gently caressing her leg.

At the same time, Chen Yan had already quietly narrowed his eyes by a tiny slit, and his divine sense had naturally opened up a little bit.

moment!

Even though Chen Yan had prepared himself mentally, he still almost lost his composure!

Just when he opened his eyes a crack, he saw that the semi-transparent figure had somehow floated to the bedside!

It stood on Lu Sisi's side, by the bed, coldly staring at her... hand!
The hand that was touching Lu Sisi's thigh!

Besides the coldness in his eyes, there was also a clear hint of dissatisfaction and annoyance—the kind of anger that comes from being offended.

Chen Yan's heart stirred.

It... just watched, but did nothing!

With that thought in mind, Chen Yan deliberately increased the force in his hand by a little bit.

Lu Sisi hummed softly in her sleep, probably noticing her boyfriend's hand. She murmured something but didn't wake up. She just instinctively turned over, from facing away from Chen Yan to lying on her side facing him.

The girl was half asleep, but instinctively snuggled closer to Chen Yan, finding a comfortable position.

Chen Yan's divine sense immediately felt a chill!
The semi-transparent figure at the head of the bed looked increasingly dissatisfied and annoyed.

It can only watch.

Chen Yan was certain once again.

At the same time, a strange thought popped into his head.

It touched Lu Sisi and tried to be affectionate with her, but it was very unhappy.

Because Lu Sisi is its reincarnation, it is Lu Sisi's previous incarnation as a powerful being.

Therefore, rounding to the nearest whole number equals...

Being intimate with Lu Sisi is the same as being intimate with it!

It was unhappy because... it was helpless and powerless, and could only watch as others were having intimate contact with it.

What's going on?

This isn't something the husband has done wrong, but rather... something I have done wrong?

To be honest, Chen Yan didn't do what he did with this kind of weird and perverse sense of humor... he was just testing!
He needed to be sure of one thing: whether this guy could actually interfere with him!
So Chen Yan added fuel to the fire!
He suddenly hugged Lu Sisi tightly, but his fingers slid inside the collar of the girl's pajamas.

In the darkness, Lu Sisi quickly murmured something. The girl opened her eyes groggily, glanced at Chen Yan, then tilted her head back and gently kissed Chen Yan's face.

Chen Yan, however, captured Lu Sisi's lips in one bite, turning a tentative kiss into a genuine French kiss.

Lu Sisi quickly woke up and responded enthusiastically to Chen Yan, and the two figures soon came close together.

A few minutes later, Lu Sisi's face was flushed, her eyes seemed to be filled with tears, and she was slightly out of breath.

"Chen Yan... what's wrong?"

Lu Sisi chuckled and whispered, "I was sleeping... why are you..."

Chen Yan has almost achieved the results he wanted through testing.

The translucent being's gaze grew colder and colder, and even its form swayed slightly—but in the end, it was powerless and unable to make any move.

almost!

Chen Yan let out a sigh of relief.

He was just testing it out; he had no intention of putting on a live sex show in front of this semi-transparent guy.

"It's nothing, I just suddenly wanted to kiss you." Chen Yan reached out and touched Lu Sisi's eyelids, whispering, "It's really nothing, you can go to sleep."

Lu Sisi smiled slightly, slowly closed her eyes, and whispered, "Chen Yan, I love you so much..."

Since she had just woken up from her sleep, she was still sleepy. Lu Sisi adjusted her sleeping position, and without Chen Yan's interference this time, she gradually fell asleep again.

After lying down for a while, Chen Yan slowly sat up from the bed.

confirmed!
It hasn't truly and completely awakened and can't do anything!

It's just a ghost that can't do anything right.

However, Chen Yan did not want the other party to realize that he could already see it.

Chen Yan pretended to be unable to sleep, got up, pulled the blanket up for Lu Sisi, put on his shoes, and got out of bed.

He even leisurely went into the restroom and used the toilet.

To Chen Yan's dismay, the ghost seemed to harbor a great deal of resentment towards him, and kept floating behind him, its eyes filled with anger as it stared at him.

From the bedroom to the toilet.

Even when Chen Yan was relieving himself, she stood coldly beside him.

Damn it! I almost couldn't pee!
Chen Yan restrained all his actions and reactions.

After casually washing up, he walked out of the bathroom and kissed Lu Sisi on the forehead by the bedside: "I've had enough sleep. I'm going downstairs to practice my kung fu for a while. You get some sleep."

Lu Sisi wasn't sure if she had heard clearly or not, and she mumbled a confused "hmm".

Chen Yan turned and left the bedroom. He went down to the training room in the basement, circulated his vital energy for a while, meditated for an hour, and then got up.

After consuming a Spirit Nourishing Pill, Chen Yan began using the [Sharpening Knife] method to hone his spiritual consciousness.

Well, Chen Yan didn't use the primordial seed given to him by the Fairy of the Clouds Flower. Instead, he used his earliest method, "sharpening the knife," to hone his primordial spirit.

Chen Yan hadn't used the flower fairy's seeds and fruits since returning home—now that he had discovered the ghost's existence, he didn't want it to see or know about them!
The method of sharpening a knife to hone one's primordial spirit naturally caused Chen Yan to suffer a great deal of pain.

But when he was in pain, Chen Yan would deliberately grimace, his eyes revealing that the ghost was standing coldly in the corner of the training room, staring at him!

Seeing Chen Yan's pained expression, a slight change appeared on this guy's face.

Not so indifferent, but rather carrying a kind of...

Yeah, it's that kind of expression that says, "Seeing you so upset makes me feel so good!"

Anyway, I was quite gloating.

After honing his primordial spirit, Chen Yan rested for a while, and under the influence of the Nourishing Spirit Pill, he slowly nourished and repaired his tempered divine consciousness.

Chen Yan changed his clothes and actually walked out of the villa, even out of the yard.

It's like pretending to go out for a stroll.

This time, Chen Yan confirmed one thing once again!
When he was in the villa, the ghost followed him.

Even in the yard, she could follow him.

But after I stepped out of the courtyard, this guy floated to the courtyard gate as well...

I will never go outside again!
As Chen Yan slowly walked away, he stretched and pretended to move his body, his eyes sweeping over the crowd as if nothing had happened.

This ghost could only stand at the gate of the courtyard, staring at him.

His eyes held a hint of helplessness, and a touch of resentful annoyance.

It...can't go too far!

[Hmm, is it that it can't leave the courtyard? Or, is it that it can't stray too far from Lu Sisi's main body?]

Or perhaps, both?

After tossing and turning for half the night, it was already getting light.

Chen Yan was filled with doubt.

Since you have doubts, it's best to find someone knowledgeable to answer them.

However, looking at the neighbor's yard... Lin Qingquan, that old man, had gone out somewhere, and there was no one at home.

Chen Yan walked towards the dwelling of the Great Demon Skylark.

A moment later, standing in the home of the Great Demon Skylark, Chen Yan jumped into the Mirror World, but frowned.

The great demon Lark is not home again!
What puzzled Chen Yan even more was that there was a thin layer of dust on the windowsills and tables in the house—clearly, no one had been home for several days.

Where did that little girl go?
He thought for a moment, then took out the ink spirit crystal that was already filled with vital energy and placed it in the most conspicuous place on the coffee table in the living room, so that when the great demon Yun Que returned, she should be able to see that he had been there at a glance.

Since he couldn't find anyone, Chen Yan jumped out of the mirror world and returned to the real world. He checked the time and the sky, and decided to walk out of the residential area.

He went to a nearby store and bought some breakfast: seven or eight freshly fried dough sticks, hot soy milk, two large pancakes, and two steaming baskets of white steamed buns.

When I got home, the light in the master bedroom on the third floor was already on.

"Why are you up?" Chen Yan stood at the door of the bedroom bathroom, looking at his girlfriend who was washing up.

Lu Sisi rolled her eyes at Chen Yan, her tone carrying a hint of coquettishness and playfulness: "How could you do this to me? You woke me up in the middle of the night, of course I wasn't sleepy anymore. I woke up just a little while after you left."

Chen Yan smiled and went over to hug Lu Sisi: "Let's go downstairs for breakfast. I bought some freshly fried dough sticks."

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Fried dough sticks, soy milk, pancakes, and two baskets of steamed buns.

The two of them finished the food in no time!
One effect of the enhanced physical strength was that his appetite also increased.

This is assuming the energy expenditure isn't too high. If someone does strenuous physical work that consumes a lot of energy, this amount of food wouldn't even be enough for Lu Sisi alone!

It's probably the law of conservation of energy.

One side effect of having a powerful physique is that it also increases energy expenditure, requiring more food intake.

After finishing breakfast, Lu Sisi wasn't actually very full, maybe seven-tenths full.

She sighed, "If I had eaten like this before, I probably would have become a big fat person by now."

"Don't worry, you won't gain weight now," Chen Yan smiled.

Actually, Chen Yan's appetite is not as big as Lu Sisi's.

Logically speaking, his physical strength was stronger than Lu Sisi's—but Chen Yan was a cultivator, capable of greatly absorbing and controlling the primordial energy of heaven and earth.

It's as if vital energy has entered the body, replenishing a large amount of the energy the body needs.

Therefore, the need to eat was not as strong as Lu Sisi's.

Chen Yan's appetite remained above average, but not excessively so.

Of course, eating is fine too. Chen Yan has now realized that his body has a function that can store energy and then slowly consume it.

He's not quite abnormal yet. If he has a big meal, he can eat enough for three to five days, and then he can go three to five days without eating—but he can't eat more than that.

Unlike the Great Demon Skylark, who can eat three months' worth of food and then stay idle for a long time.

Lu Sisi is no good. Lu Sisi's current appetite is comparable to that of a top athlete.

"I'm going out for a bit today. You stay home with your mother. Make her some light porridge in the morning. She's still not feeling well and can't eat anything too oily; her stomach can't digest it."

After Chen Yan gave a few instructions, Lu Sisi nodded and then asked, "How long... will you be gone? It won't be..."

"No, I'm just going to the academy to check in. I haven't been there for many days, and it wouldn't be right if I didn't go soon. Also, Dean Chu helped me with something before, and I need to go and take a look."

Lu Sisi nodded.

In fact, after she met Dean Chu, she naturally felt a bit of instinctive resistance to the appearance of such a beautiful and mature woman as Chu Keqing next to her boyfriend.

But... Lu Sisi chose to say nothing.

She could sense the hint of eagerness in Chu Keqing's eyes when she occasionally glanced at Chen Yan—she probably thought she was hiding it well.

But in reality, women understand women best.

Lu Sisi chose not to speak because she sensed that Chen Yan's attitude towards Chu Keqing was indifferent.

Close, but not intimate.

Lu Sisi is not a controlling person. She is also very clear in her heart that a person as extraordinary as Chen Yan with great abilities cannot be controlled or managed by anyone.

Since he knows his limits, there's no need for me to make those pointless gestures.

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Chen Yan came to see Chu Keqing for a very simple reason...

“I need a practice room.” Standing in Chu Keqing’s small courtyard, Chen Yan made a request to the academy’s dean.

Chu Keqing was somewhat surprised. She glanced at Chen Yan and smiled, "Senior, your residence is rich in spiritual energy. In the entire Jinling Prefecture... no, in the entire world, there is probably no better place to practice than your residence. Why did you come here to let this junior..."

"It's not convenient to cultivate at home." Chen Yan waved his hand: "Don't ask any more questions, just help me get it done."

Chu Keqing was curious, but Chen Yan's attitude was already clear, so she didn't ask any more questions.

After a moment's thought, Chu Keqing said, "Then, let's go to my training room."

Chu Keqing's practice room was in the backyard of the small courtyard.

A beautifully decorated courtyard, a house, a brick and wood structure, an antique-style building.

However, Chen Yan could tell that this house was not ordinary!
"This room is designed in an antique style, but the bricks, wood window frames, and door panels were actually salvaged from a real old house."

The materials are all high-quality items from hundreds of years ago; old objects often possess a certain spiritual energy. I collected a batch and used them to build this house here.

Chu Keqing smiled and invited Chen Yan into her training room.

Sure enough, there was a slight increase in the flow of vital energy here compared to the outside world—although it was very faint.

Inside the room, there was a soft couch, a futon, an incense burner, and a tea table.

but……

Looking at the pink futon, Chen Yan fell into deep thought.

Chu Keqing blushed, bowed her head to invite Chen Yan to sit down, and then knelt down in front of Chen Yan herself, brewing tea and burning incense.

"Senior, is this place suitable? If you need anything, please let me know and I will take care of it immediately."

"Uh...it's pretty good." Chen Yan sat on the pink cushion and couldn't help but shift his position.

The woman knelt in front of Chen Yan, deliberately leaning forward slightly. Chen Yan glanced at Chu Keqing's overly voluptuous curves and immediately looked away.

"Um... well, thank you for your help with the trip to Hong Kong to find the Yang family this time."

"Senior, you're still so polite and distant with me." Chu Keqing gave Chen Yan a resentful look.

Chen Yan thought for a moment and took out a few Nourishing Spirit Pills: "Take one pill every week to nourish your primordial spirit."

Chu Keqing's eyes lit up, and she took it with both hands.

Chen Yan thought for a moment, then took out another Bone Forging Pill: "Your physical strength has already improved, so you can continue using Bone Forging Pills. However, it's best to cut off a quarter of it with a knife each time... If you take too much, your current physical condition won't be able to handle it."

However, in a few months, your physical strength will be able to barely catch up with that of an ordinary cultivator at the same level.

Chu Keqing sensed something amiss and whispered, "Senior... the physical strength of cultivators in 'that world' is far greater than ours?"

"Well, without magic, I could kill ten of you with one punch." Chen Yan smiled. "And magic? That's just basic stuff."

Chu Keqing's eyes revealed a hint of longing: "That's the legendary world of cultivation civilization."

After a pause, Chu Keqing lowered her eyelids and whispered, "I wonder if I will ever have the chance to go to that world and witness the grandeur of cultivators everywhere..."

Chen Yan glanced at Chu Keqing: "Perhaps there's a chance, but the future is uncertain. However... that world may not be as wonderful as you imagine..."

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[Note: This chapter is a make-up for yesterday's update! There's another chapter for today's update, scroll down!]

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