She was just about to close the door and go back to change clothes when Chen Yan reminded her, "It’s cold in the mountains at night, wear something warm."
Chu Keqing took ten minutes to change her clothes. When she came out again, she was carrying her backpack.
The two of them left the courtyard without disturbing the people of the He Family. Chen Yan led Chu Keqing to a corner of the courtyard wall he had scoped out during the day, checked the surroundings to ensure no one was around.
He moved behind Chu Keqing, reached out and grabbed the back collar of her clothing.
Before this woman could react, she felt herself being lifted by a force. In an instant, her vision blurred and she leaped over the courtyard wall!
The woman stared wide-eyed at Chen Yan.
Chen Yan said nothing, leading Chu Keqing away from the He Family Mansion to the village road, before turning his head to glance at her, "Hand out."
Chu Keqing didn’t understand, but out of respect for "Senior Chen," she slowly extended her left hand.
Then, she saw Chen Yan unhesitatingly grab her hand.
Chu Keqing instinctively tried to pull away, but before she could exert herself, she suddenly heard Chen Yan say in a low voice:
Suddenly, a force transmitted from his palm. Before Chu Keqing could even utter a cry, her whole body was pulled, soaring swiftly outside!!
The night wind whistled past her ears as Chu Keqing’s body was involuntarily pulled by Chen Yan, her feet barely touching the ground as they sped along the village road in the night!
She didn’t know how long it passed, when they finally stopped, Chu Keqing looked up to see the mountains before her, her eyes filled with amazement.
"How do you feel? If you want to vomit, we can rest here for two minutes," Chen Yan said casually.
Chu Keqing breathed heavily and then stared intently at Chen Yan, "I can bear it... But, Senior! Just now? From the He Family, to here... You took me... This..."
"A small spell," Chen Yan said nonchalantly.
Chu Keqing was overwhelmed—this journey they took, this road was driven back and forth these past two days, and it took about twenty minutes by car.
But Senior Chen Yan pulled her along... flew...
This spell, Chu Keqing had roamed the martial world for years, neither seen nor heard of it—only read about it in legends!
Thinking about this, a surge of excitement rose within her, "Senior..."
"No idle chit-chat, we must hurry into the mountains." Chen Yan waved his hand, then seriously said, "You ascend the mountain too slowly, I’ll use spells to pull you up the mountain... Watch your steps carefully, if you feel uncomfortable, tell me promptly."
Chu Keqing took a deep breath, this time, without waiting for Chen Yan’s instructions, she quietly extended her hand, offering her fair, tender hand to Chen Yan.
Under the effect of the Law Order·Escape Rune Technique, Chen Yan’s ascent with Chu Keqing was several times faster than during the day.
Additionally, he had already applied a Light Body Talisman to himself.
In just over half an hour, the two were standing at the northern mountain top, Chu Keqing recognized that further down was the Sun Family Ancient Tomb they had visited during the day.
But before descending, Chen Yan stopped Chu Keqing: "Wait."
Saying this, he took out two talismans from his tunic.
One talisman he slapped onto himself, and as the Primordial Qi activated, the talisman power instantly surged.
The other talisman, Chen Yan glanced at Chu Keqing, held it in his hand, and suddenly reached out—slapping it onto Chu Keqing’s chest, neither lightly nor heavily.
Chu Keqing’s eyes widened abruptly: ......??????
"Sorry, it wasn’t intentional. This talisman works best when placed on the chest." Chen Yan quickly explained, in the darkness neither his facial expression nor eyes could be clearly seen.
Chu Keqing’s expression was complex, with three parts embarrassment, three parts anger, and three parts shock...
And one part rationality: I believe you did that on purpose!
She was over thirty years old, tonight was the first time she held hands with a man. And the first time a man had ’assaulted’ her chest!!
Even through the thick down jacket, she seemed to faintly feel the touch... Chen Yan feigned calmness.
Chu Keqing hadn’t spoken yet, she felt the talisman’s power dissipate from her chest, seemingly turning into a faint Primordial Qi, quickly spreading around her body.
The words she had intended to say were swallowed back, she whispered, "This... what talisman is this?"
"Qi Concealing Talisman," Chen Yan explained, "It conceals one’s Primordial Qi and aura. If hidden in the dark, encountering opponents with Tao Practice, as long as they can’t see you with their eyes, it’s hard for them to detect you using Qi Observation skill or similar spells."
Only then did Chu Keqing nod, though the earlier incident still left her unsettled, blushing silently in the darkness.
Actually, these two Qi Concealing Talismans were drawn by Chen Yan tonight in his room—out of the talisman arts for concealing aura from the booklet, it was relatively the easiest talisman.
However, this easy talisman, with its ability to hide one’s aura and block Primordial Qi, also had a downside: