Put away your magical powers now!.

Chapter 59 [Return to Geng and Return to One's Position]

Chapter 58 [Returning to Geng and Returning to One’s Position]

In the evening, after dinner, Chen Yan asked Gui Geng to use a flashlight to check the bluestone slabs of the spirit gathering array in the yard one by one.

He also took out the batch of white jade plates that were delivered in the afternoon - the black-hearted boss finally had a conscience for once. He ordered 100 pieces, but this time the number of white jade plates delivered was 120. The extra ones were considered as gifts from the boss.

Chen Yan took out a few of them and injected some vitality into them, then handed them to Gui Geng.

"You are responsible for placing it into the eye of the formation. Each jade token can keep the formation running for two hours. You are responsible for changing the battery every two hours. Do you understand?"

“…” (Don’t I need to sleep?!)
Gui Geng agreed obediently - but Chen Yan always felt that there was something wrong with the way this guy looked at him.

(Is this the thing that made me run back and forth the past few days?!)
After the counterfeit magic weapon was placed in the center of the array, the spirit gathering array that had been inactive for many days was activated again.

As traces of the vital energy of heaven and earth were gathered into the villa compound, Chen Yan couldn't help but take a deep breath, feeling the increasingly rich vital energy in the air, and turned back to the house.

As soon as I entered the door, I saw Gu Qingyi leaning against the wall with his arms folded, looking at me.

"Excuse me, Miss Gu. My conditions here are simple and I lack good materials, so I can only make this copycat version of the Spirit Gathering Array."

Gu Qingyi was stunned for a moment, then perhaps after savoring it for a moment, he understood the meaning of "copycat." He shook his head and said, "This spirit gathering array is quite well-made. I've seen the array runes—your magic was taught by the Venerable Master himself, right? Your world's vitality is very thin. At your age, it's quite rare for you to have reached this level of cultivation at the age of twenty-two."

Chen Yan raised his eyebrows... I have been practicing for less than a month. If calculated by this, wouldn't I be a child of destiny, the illegitimate child of heaven?

"Actually, it's a bit of a waste to use those tattered jade tokens as the center of the formation."

“No waste, not much money.”

"I mean it's too troublesome." Gu Qingyi shook his head: "Don't you know there is a better way?"

"Hmm?" Chen Yan's eyes lit up, and he bowed politely, his expression solemn, "Please give me some advice!"

Gu Qingyi smiled lightly, walked outside, and grabbed Gui Geng who was standing next to the center of the flower bed array: "Change back to your original form!"

"...Yes, sir." Gui Geng did not dare to resist. After shaking his body a few times, he suddenly turned into an old turtle as big as a millstone.

Gu Qingyi took a look and frowned, "It's too big, make it smaller."

"..."

The old turtle slowly shrank in Gu Qingyi's hand. When it shrunk to the size of a palm, it stopped moving: "Master, my cultivation is not enough, so I can only become this small."

"That's fine. It's enough." Gu Qingyi quickly said a spell next to the old turtle's head, and the old turtle's eyes lit up when he heard it.

Gu Qingyi said slowly: "Do you understand?"

"I understand!" The old turtle said excitedly, "Thank you, Master, for teaching me the Dharma!"

Gu Qingyi placed the old turtle on the flower bed. The old turtle slowly crawled into the center of the formation, and its head, limbs, and tail were retracted into its shell...

The vital energy of the spirit gathering array suddenly flowed back into the center of the array. The original patterns on the tortoise shell suddenly flashed with faint light, and then the light faded. Then countless vital energies were slowly released and flowed to all directions in the villa courtyard.

Gu Qingyi clapped his hands, turned around and walked back into the house, looking at Chen Yan who had his eyes wide open.

"what happened?"

“…Is this even possible?”

"If you don't have a suitable magical weapon, you can use this. In fact, it's even better than a magical weapon."

Chen Yan said slowly, "Aren't you afraid of being cyberbullied by the protection organization if you do this?"

Gu Qingyi didn't understand what Chen Yan said, but he probably guessed that this guy was complaining, so he shook his head and said, "It's a turtle clan demon cultivator. It hibernates in this season anyway, and can sleep for several months.

Furthermore, this spirit gathering array gathers vital energy, condensing it at the center before dispersing it. It acts as the centerpiece, meaning vital energy is constantly flowing through its body. This is extremely beneficial to its cultivation. Furthermore, I just taught it a method for tempering its body with vital energy. Sleeping here for three months will speed it up faster than years of cultivation.

Seeing that Chen Yan didn't quite understand what he was saying, Gu Qingyi continued to explain, "Demon cultivators aren't good at magic. Aside from one or two innate magical powers, they're known for their strong bodies. The method I taught him to temper his body was taught to me by a demon cultivator friend of mine on the Prison Suppression Platform. It's just right for him."

Seeing that Chen Yan didn't say anything, Gu Qingyi frowned and asked, "Why, do you have any other questions?"

"I was just wondering, since you've made the only capable person in the house the center of the formation, who's going to clean up tomorrow?"

Gu Qingyi smiled and pinched the joints of her fingers: "I guess it's you."

"...Okay, you guessed right." Chen Yan nodded helplessly.

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There are three levels of cultivation: entering the room, returning to the origin, and stepping onto the stage.

According to Gu Qingyi, Chen Yan's current realm is [Guiyuan Realm], which is the second realm of practitioners.

Chen Yan roughly guessed that he was able to reach the second realm because he had saved Lu Sisi before and received a large amount of vitality (merit?) from the heaven to improve his cultivation.

If I rely solely on my own practice, it will probably take several years.

According to Gu Qingyi, the vital energy in this world is thin, and even if one has a good technique, the speed of cultivation seems to be very slow.

The Heavenly Dao of this world does not allow the existence of beings above the Heavenly Realm, and this is probably partly because of this.
Gu Qingyi was practicing combat techniques and was not good at magic - but with such a great master of the Heavenly Realm by his side, Chen Yan certainly would not miss the opportunity to ask him questions about cultivation.

At night, Chen Yan asked Gu Qingyi to protect him. He performed the Qi Moving Technique in front of Gu Qingyi, circulated his Qi to practice, and then asked Gu Qingyi some questions about practice.

Gu Qingyi simply frowned and shook his head, saying, "The cultivation technique that the Venerable Master left you is naturally top-notch—I don't really understand it. My Gu family's combat methods are very different from the cultivation methods you've learned. I'm afraid I can't help you with anything regarding cultivation."

Chen Yan was somewhat disappointed, but Gu Qingyi continued, "You have already entered the [Return to Origin Realm]. I sense that your vital energy circulation is still a little stagnant, so it seems you haven't broken through to this realm for long. At this point, what you need most is diligent cultivation, spending more time moving your vital energy and practicing the techniques to stabilize your realm."

As he spoke, Gu Qingyi's eyes lit up: "There is a way. You also go to the center of the formation and lie down with Gui Geng, letting the vital energy wash over you. Just sleep like this for a month, and I guarantee that your cultivation will increase a lot. However, there will be some side effects.

The human body structure is different from that of demon cultivators. This method can temper the body, but it may cause great changes in your body shape and appearance. You will probably become an ugly-looking, stout and strong person.

Also, the process is somewhat painful.”

Chen Yan glanced at Gu Xiaoniang... Let me sleep with that old turtle for a month?

"Is there any other way?" Chen Yan was not afraid of becoming ugly, but he didn't want to be a muscular man.

"Then spend more time every day practicing the techniques to move your vital energy. Using the techniques to circulate the vital energy throughout your body is also a process of guiding the vital energy to cleanse and temper your body, but it's much gentler than lying directly at the center of the formation..."

Chen Yan sighed.

To put it bluntly, if you want good grades, you have to practice more questions...

"If you care about your appearance, then you can only practice slowly." Gu Qingyi shook his head and said, "There are no shortcuts to cultivation. In the end, it's just talent and hard work."

After a pause, Gu Xiaoniang slowly said, "I started practicing at the age of five. I entered the [Entering the Room Realm] after one day of practice. It took me two years to reach the [Returning to the Origin Realm]. After that, it took me a full six years to reach the [Standing Stage Realm]. I was thirteen that year.

After that, it took another seven years to break through the Heaven Gate, break through the level to the extraordinary, and step into the [Heavenly Realm]. Among them, it was the five years of fighting on the Prison Platform, using battle to nourish the spirit, that allowed him to break through.

I entered the Celestial Realm at the age of twenty, which puts me in the top three in the Gu family tree."

After hearing this, Chen Yan asked, "Then at my current cultivation speed, how long will it take to reach the [Entrance Realm] from the [Returning Origin Realm]?"

“It took me six years, but that was in the domain realm, and I had the support of the Gu family’s resources.

Your world's vitality is thin, and there are few resources for cultivation. Even if you have top-notch talent and have obtained a Venerable-level technique... you'd be lucky to reach the Stage Realm within twenty years."

Twenty years later, isn’t that still too early... Chen Yan curled his lips and decided not to consider such a distant thing for the time being.

"Okay, I'll start practicing diligently today and stabilize my Guiyuan Realm first." Chen Yan glanced at the time. It was already past midnight, so he stood up and said, "Let's go."

"Where are we going?" Gu Xiaoniang was a little nervous.

"Go beat up that Luo Qing from Luo Yunzhai, didn't you say what you agreed on?"

Gu Xiaoniang pretended to be calm: "It's so late..."

"Of course you have to do bad things quietly in the middle of the night. Do you think you have to do it in broad daylight?"

Well, what he said makes sense...Gu Xiaoniang was helpless.

When she went out, she wore a cotton coat, a hat and a mask.

Chen Yan studied the woman, who was almost unrecognizable in her attire. He couldn't help but whisper, "Do you have a lot of experience doing bad things? I see you're quite good at disguising yourself."

Gu Qingyi blushed, but luckily she was wearing a mask so no one could see it. She turned her head and said quickly, "Stop talking nonsense. Go away, you are sick."

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The two went out and came to the commercial street where Luo Yunzhai was located.

It was already midnight, the street lights were dim, and the wind was very cold at night. The road was empty, with not a single person in sight.

The two of them walked to the door of Luo Yunzhai. Seeing that the shop door was closed, Chen Yan took Gu Qingyi around to the left side of the courtyard wall.

After checking that there were no cameras around, the two of them jumped over the wall.

Chen Yan used the [Law and Order·Escape Technique] and jumped over the wall as light as a swallow. However, he did not see clearly what method Gu Qingyi used. He felt a flash before his eyes and the girl appeared directly in the yard.

Standing in the pitch-black yard, Chen Yan unexpectedly saw that the west wing in the backyard had collapsed into ruins, and the main hall inside was also half collapsed, and even the roof had a hole in it.

There should have been an osmanthus tree in the yard, but now all that is left is a big pit, and the osmanthus tree is lying across the yard.

"...What's going on?" Chen Yan was a little dumbfounded.

"Well... maybe they are renovating their house." Gu Qingyi said in a low voice while looking into the distance.

Who is such a good person who renovates his house during Chinese New Year... Chen Yan rolled his eyes.

After looking around and confirming that no one lived in the yard, Chen Yan had an idea.

Regardless of whether Luo Qing renovates the house or not, I will just give it a good "renovation"...

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(End of this chapter)