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Chapter 273 [A Wealthy Family]

Chapter 267 [A Wealthy Family]

The yellow paper figures flew forward, but quickly scattered in all directions, each taking a spot in one of the four directions.

Afterward, the paper figures flew forward a distance and then lit up with light again.

After a burst of green flames, the paper talismans and figures turned to ashes and burned away completely.

Of the eight yellow paper figures, only the one facing southwest did not burn; it simply floated gently forward on its own.

This time, Chen Yan didn't need Shen Shiqi's reminder; he naturally knew what to do.

Without hesitation, he tucked Shen Shiqi under his arm and quickly chased after them.

After flying southwest for several miles, the paper figure gradually lost momentum and slowed down. It stopped in mid-air, then spun and slowly fell, while the paper talisman turned into green flames and burned away.

Chen Yan stopped, leaped onto a higher rock, and put Shen Shiqi down.

Shen Shiqi was already dizzy from the bumpy ride, and her little face looked terrible. After Chen Yan put her down, she knelt on the rock and vomited for a while, almost throwing up everything she had eaten that morning.

Seeing that Shen Shiqi was on the verge of death, Chen Yan transferred some vital energy to him to regulate his blood and meridians. After a while, Shen Shiqi finally regained some consciousness, but his voice was still weak. He said in a low voice, "One guiding talisman is not enough, then use it again. That evil cultivator was seriously injured by the old Taoist priest and fled. Although we don't know where he is, he can't have gone too far."

He paused, took a few breaths, and continued, "The old Taoist told me that when he fought that evil cultivator, the cultivator was running towards Iron Spear Mountain. It seems that there must be a hiding place for him nearby. Over the years, the place where he has been hiding must be in these mountains!"

Chen Yan made another paper talisman, activated it with the Six Ding Six Jia technique, and used the guidance technique taught by Shen Shiqi once again.

However, when Shen Shiqi took out the broken edge of the peach wood sword stained with blood, he shook his head: "There isn't much blood left on it. Each time this guiding spell is used, it needs to absorb some of the remaining blood energy. After a few uses, the remaining blood will be exhausted, and it won't be able to be used anymore."

Chen Yan remained silent, but instead cast a spell. After a moment, the eight paper talismans scattered, but this time seven of them burned on their own, while only one went due south...

This process was repeated until the third guidance spell was exhausted. By this time, Chen Yan had been wandering around in these mountains for an unknown amount of time—tracking a flying paper doll was no easy task.

Simply put, because the paper talisman can fly, it basically travels in a straight line!
Where there is no road, it flies.

It floated across cliffs and precipices, seemingly drifting through the air. If the people following behind weren't cultivators like Chen Yan, but ordinary people, they would have been left watching helplessly, having long since lost track of it.

Even so, after exhausting his magic power with the third guiding spell, Chen Yan couldn't help but sigh as he watched the paper talisman burn to ashes.

His clothes were covered in dirt and grass sap, looking dark green and dirty. And he had waded through a river a while ago, getting his pants wet.

"The remaining blood energy on the peach wood sword has been exhausted, so I can no longer use the Guiding Spell." Shen Shiqi sighed, holding the broken sword blade, and looked helplessly at the surrounding mountains.

Chen Yan took out a sip of water and looked at the sun overhead.

This is a mountain stream, with a mountain creek flowing beside it, its banks overgrown with weeds. The steep cliffs on both sides give it a somewhat eerie and frightening feel, as if the sky has been compressed into a narrow, knife-like space by the mountains.

Only a sliver of sunlight could penetrate.

This type of terrain is a classic example of "a place even eagles fear".

I glanced at the time; I left the house this morning and went into the mountains, and it was already past one o'clock in the afternoon.

Chen Yan pulled out a bag of bread and handed it to Shen Shiqi, along with a bottle of water.

While Shen Shiqi was eating and drinking heartily, Chen Yan squinted at his surroundings.

"Without blood and energy, we can't use the Guidance Technique anymore. Now we can only rely on ourselves to find that evil cultivator's hiding place... He must be not far away. Three Guidance Techniques should have brought us closer to him! I think..." Shen Shiqi tried to say some words to boost morale.

"No need to worry about it." Chen Yan smiled, bent down, picked up a stick from the ground, and threw it into the air.

The stick fell to the ground, one end pointing due south.

"Go that way," Chen Yan pointed.

Shen Shiqi was taken aback: "This, is it really that hasty?"

Chen Yan smiled.

However, he then slowly said, "The mountains here are steep, and the peaks on both sides form an embracing and gathering energy. The so-called 'left green dragon and right white tiger' means that the mountains on the right are higher than those on the left. In feng shui, this forms a place of 'white tiger turning its head' with inauspicious energy!"

With this terrain, the area is surrounded and gathers energy, but what gathers is all inauspicious energy.

The terrain here is high in the north and low in the south!
Following the contours of the land, the gathered malevolent energy flows southward... Since that evil cultivator is an evil cultivator, his hiding place most likely requires some kind of unorthodox or heretical aura. This kind of malevolent energy formed between heaven and earth is naturally the best place for an evil cultivator to cultivate.

Upon hearing this, Shen Shiqi opened his mouth, glanced at the tree branch on the ground, and said, "So this tree branch..."

"Just kidding, I threw it like that on purpose." Chen Yan patted the dust off his hands and looked at Shen Shiqi: "Are you full?"

“…Give me five minutes…no, three minutes!” Shen Shiqi shoved the bread into his mouth with all his might.

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Following the terrain of the mountain stream southward, Chen Yan stopped after about an hour.

Looking at the valley in front of him, Chen Yan couldn't help but sigh, "What a wonderful place!"

The temperature here is noticeably several degrees lower. Even though it's only a little before three in the afternoon and the sun is still very strong, the air in this valley is filled with a chilly feeling, making people shiver as soon as they get a little closer.

Chen Yan thought for a moment, then took out a coat from his storage jade pendant and gave it to Shen Shiqi to wear. The adult coat made his small body look unsteady.

Chen Yan then casually patted two "Good Fortune and Protection Talismans" on him.

Shen Shiqi glanced at it and couldn't help but whisper, "This kind of low-grade talisman isn't very effective at dealing with evil spirits."

"It mainly serves as a psychological comfort," Chen Yan said calmly.

However, he casually took out a stack of [Six Yang Righteous Qi Talismans] and stuffed them into Shen Shiqi's hands.

Do you know how to use it?

"No." Shen Shiqi shook his head: "This thing needs vital energy to activate it, and I don't have any cultivation."

Chen Yan smiled and said, "The talisman was made using a spirit-sealing technique. When you need to use it, you can simply tear it open to activate it."

Shen Shiqi raised an eyebrow, glanced down, and surprisingly showed a curious expression: "Spirit sealing technique? You actually know this kind of thing?"

Chen Yan stopped talking, but took out a riot control fork and carried it in his hand—this was the equipment he had stockpiled when that idiot was tricked into giving him some kind of doomsday system.

The weeds in the valley were so lush that they could reach up to a person's thighs. With Shen Shiqi's small stature, he would almost disappear when he walked in, and you could only see his head bobbing up and down in the grass.

Chen Yan walked ahead, waving the riot fork in his hand, pushing aside the weeds as he moved forward.

Suddenly, his eyes flashed, and he swiftly flicked the riot fork in his hand, lifting a brownish-yellow snake from the grass with a snap.

The snake was as thick as a child's arm. It opened its mouth and hissed at Chen Yan and the other person. Chen Yan's expression remained unchanged. He directly swatted the snake away with his fork. At the same time, he stretched out his other hand, flicked his fingers, and shot out a "finger sword" that pierced through the snake's head in mid-air!
"This place is a gathering place of Yin energy, a favorite paradise for cold and vicious creatures," Chen Yan sighed.

Shen Shiqi's face had turned deathly pale: "I, I, I'm most afraid of snakes."

Chen Yan turned around and glanced at Shen Shiqi with a smile, then suddenly whispered, "Don't move."

“…” Shen Shiqi’s body stiffened.

Chen Yan narrowed his eyes and slowly took a breath: "Don't move... whatever you do, don't turn around!"

Shen Shiqi's voice was trembling: "You, you're scaring me..."

Seeing Chen Yan slowly raise his hand, Shen Shiqi's teeth chattered: "Is it...is there a snake behind me? I...I..."

"Don't move, don't move, don't move..." Chen Yan whispered.

Shen Shiqi closed his eyes, his face deathly pale.

A click!
The sound of a mobile phone shutter being taken.

Shen Shiqi suddenly opened her eyes and saw that Chen Yan had somehow acquired a cell phone, which was pointed directly at her.

"You?!" Shen Shiqi's expression suddenly changed.

Chen Yan glanced quickly at the photo that had just been taken on the screen: Shen Shiqi's body was stiff and tense, her head was hunched and her eyes were closed, her face full of panic and fear. "See, this is more like a living person. You always put on a 'I'm so stubborn and strong' act, which is not cute at all."

Chen Yan smiled and put away his phone.

Enraged, Shen Shiqi tried to snatch the phone, but Chen Yan had already taken it first. Then, he stiffened and took a deep breath: "This time, really don't move!"

"You're scaring me!" Shen Shiqi shouted, "I..."

call out!
A finger-sword shot out, almost grazing Shen Shiqi's ear.

Shen Shiqi suddenly swayed, but Chen Yan had already grabbed her and pulled her to his side.

Turning around, I saw a snake that had been cut in two and was writhing on the ground in the grass behind me.

Shen Shiqi gasped for breath, her eyes filled with terror: "This place, this place..."

“This is a valley. The White Tiger Turns Back Sha formation in the mountain stream brings the evil energy here. But this valley has no exit. The evil energy has been accumulating here for a long time, forming a place of Yin Sha.” Chen Yan curled his lips: “We should have found a place. I dare say that within hundreds of kilometers around, you can’t find such a good place for evil cultivators to cultivate.”

"You've studied such a wide variety of things," Shen Shiqi couldn't help but sigh.

"There's no other way. These are the basics I learned at the beginning. These are the skills I use to make a living." Chen Yan shrugged.

Shen Shiqi looked at the dense grass in the valley...

"How about we set fire to this patch of grass and burn it down? I dare not go any further in; I don't know how many snakes are hiding in there."

"Arsonists will be locked up for life!" Chen Yan rolled his eyes. "Where's your sense of positivity?"

However, he then took out a stack of "Six Yang Righteous Qi Talismans", shook them in his hand, and threw them into the air!
Chen Yan pointed at the dozen or so talismans, and they instantly burst into flames!

After a burst of intense Yang energy exploded, Chen Yan quickly made a hand seal.

More than ten burning Six Yang Righteous Qi Talismans were seen rapidly spreading in all directions!
As the intense Yang energy spread rapidly—especially as it extended deeper into the valley…

The eerie chill in the air seemed to vanish instantly!
At the same time, a rustling sound came from the grass all around, as if something was being driven away by the six yang energies and quickly retreating!

"Alright, the area is cleared. You can continue moving in now." Chen Yan clapped his hands.

Sure enough, as the two continued onward and ventured deeper into the grass, they encountered no more snakes!

They soon reached the valley. As Chen Yan walked, he squinted and looked around.

The grass in the valley was not as lush as outside, but the blades were much sharper, like cold, razor-sharp knives.

Walking through it, even Shen Shiqi's pants were pierced several times by the sharp grass tips.

Seeing this, Chen Yan had no choice but to pull Shen Shiqi to his side and cast a defensive spell called "Golden Light Technique," enveloping the two of them in golden light.

"This world is not suitable for cultivation—the Heavenly Dao forbids it, so the vital energy is scarce. Regardless of whether a cultivator is righteous or evil, if they want to make some progress, especially to reach a high level of cultivation, they need to make full use of the terrain formed by the natural world."

Many terrains can cause the flow or even accumulation of vital energy, thus creating ideal places for cultivators to cultivate.

However, places formed naturally by heaven and earth often possess unique attributes due to their special terrain, which brings together vital energy and momentum.

Generally speaking, there are actually more such yin and evil places—therefore, the evil cultivators in this world actually have a better life than the righteous cultivators.

As Chen Yan walked, he spoke casually.

Shen Shiqi listened at first, but later his expression turned strange: "Why... are you telling me all this?"

"Let me explain, because I'm afraid that someone from a high-class place like you might not understand some things in our resource-scarce rural world," Chen Yan replied casually.

Shen Shiqi's expression suddenly changed!
"You, you...know that I'm not from this world?"

"Nonsense." Chen Yan curled his lip. "I could have guessed it myself—but don't worry, I won't pry into your secrets—as long as you don't tell, it's not against the rules since I guessed it myself, right?"

Shen Shiqi lowered his head and remained silent.

"Okay, here we are!"

Chen Yan suddenly spoke, and the two of them had already walked out of the bushes!
After emerging from the bushes in the valley, I was surprised to find a white expanse in front of me!
The soil on the ground was dry and hard, yet not a single blade of grass grew!

The soil was even faintly covered with a layer of white frost that emitted a chill!
I don't know when, but suddenly a white fog filled the area in front of me, reducing visibility to only three to five meters!
This fog wasn't there when the two of them looked out from a distance as they walked into the valley!

It was as if it had suddenly appeared in front of the two of them after emerging from the bushes!
Shen Shiqi's eyes lit up instead: "Such a strong malevolent aura! It seems we've really found the right place!"

Chen Yan's expression turned serious. He put the riot fork back into his storage jade pendant, took a deep breath, and stepped into the mist first. Shen Shiqi followed closely behind, holding onto Chen Yan's clothes with one hand.

The surrounding white mist was filled with white fog, but the golden light technique on Chen Yan's body kept the mist out.

When the mist touched the defensive golden light of the Golden Light Technique, it was like water being poured onto hot iron, making a sizzling sound, and it seemed to be subtly eroding Chen Yan's defensive golden light.

Chen Yan frowned slightly. Fortunately, the degree of erosion was not high, and his Golden Light Technique could still hold out for quite some time.

However, after the two entered the mist, Chen Yan felt a special sensation.

His divine sense faintly felt a kind of oppression, as if some force was suppressing his perception.

It was as if someone was pressing on his chest, making it hard for him to breathe.

This place... could never have been created by a cultivator at the second or third realm!

Even though that evil cultivator was at the third realm, Chen Yan was well aware of the power of his divine sense and how despicable he was!

With the help of the primordial fruit seed given to him by the Fairy of the Clouds Flower, his primordial spirit became strong enough!
After repeated "sharpening," his primordial spirit became resilient enough!

It can be said that even a cultivator at the same level of the third realm cannot match his divine sense, let alone use his divine sense to create such a subtle sense of pressure on him!

At this moment, Chen Yan felt a slight chill. He took a deep breath and put a talisman into his pocket.

This is the last talisman he made for the symbol of a mother's love as vast as a mountain!
Of course, besides the "Mother's Love is as Solid as a Mountain" talisman, there is another talisman that is even more powerful, which is the "Summoning Talisman" that Gu Qingyi cut off a wisp of her primordial spirit. Once used, it is equivalent to summoning Gu Qingyi to appear in person. However, Chen Yan has never used this thing and has kept it as a life-saving trick.

Continuing forward, after taking a few more steps, Chen Yan suddenly exclaimed "Eh!"
Looking down, I saw that the ground beneath my feet was the cold, hard mud covered with white frost, the path I had walked in on.

But at this moment, without anyone noticing, the ground beneath their feet had transformed into a stone-paved road!
Just then, Shen Shiqi whispered, "Look ahead!"

Chen Yan raised his head, his gaze sharpening!
The originally thick fog had thinned out at some point, then rapidly dissipated, becoming thinner and thinner—as if it were intentional.

As the fog dissipated, a courtyard house came into view!
White walls and black roof, an antique-style building.

It was a magnificent and imposing mansion!

The double doors were covered with door studs, and looking up, there was a plaque with only two large characters:

Li Mansion!

"The family that has a grudge against your dean's father, the Sun family, seems to be surnamed Li, right? Is that evil cultivator from the Li family?" Chen Yan asked in a low voice.

Shen Shiqi hummed in agreement.

Chen Yan stared at the mansion that had suddenly appeared in front of him.

Right outside the gate of the mansion, next to several hitching posts, stood a stone tablet!
Two lines of large characters:

Civil officials alighted from their sedan chairs, and military officers dismounted from their horses!
Chen Yan stared at the monument for a few seconds, then twitched the corner of his mouth.

"Oh, a wealthy family, huh?"

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Just as Shen Shiqi was about to say something, Chen Yan swaggered toward the tightly closed gate in front of the mansion!
clap clap clap! !

Chen Yan reached out and pounded on the door a few times.

"Open the door! Is anyone breathing?"

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(End of this chapter)