Once this talisman is applied, if you want to hide your breath, during the period of concealment, you absolutely cannot use any primordial qi, and cannot use any spell.
Not even the Qi Observation Skill — because once you slightly activate primordial qi, the effect of Qi Concealment will be broken!
In the darkness, Chen Yan supported Chu Keqing as they fumbled down the slope, entering the valley they had visited during the day.
It’s hard to say how brave Chu Keqing was, after all, it was the dead of night, and she was a woman following Chen Yan into the forest, surrounded by pitch darkness, and the night in the mountains was terribly cold.
Walking in the valley, Chu Keqing was trembling slightly all over.
Chen Yan felt the woman trembling, thought for a moment, and then whispered, "Don’t be scared, there are no snakes in the mountains this season... Even if there are, they’re hibernating.
And... you practice Mystical Techniques, are you still afraid of ghosts?"
In the darkness, Chu Keqing knew that Chen Yan probably couldn’t see her expression clearly, so she rolled her eyes at him fiercely.
Am I afraid of snakes? Am I afraid of ghosts?
Who deliberately walked behind me while climbing the mountain during the day to look at my butt?
And who just now touched my chest?!
Chu Keqing said nothing, chanting "scumbag" more than ten times in her heart, before finally being led by Chen Yan to the corner of the valley, behind a bush.
"Adjust your phone, turn off the screen brightness, and turn on the night shooting mode. Remember, turn off the flash!"
Chen Yan leaned in close and quickly whispered beside Chu Keqing’s ear, "In a moment, I need you to capture what you see!"
Chu Keqing’s body trembled slightly again — because this Senior Chen’s breath was on her ear when he spoke.
"... Got it." Chu Keqing replied in a trembling voice.
"In a moment, no matter what you see, do not use the Qi Observation Skill — under no circumstances can you activate primordial qi! Remember! Otherwise, the Qi Concealing Talisman will fail."
Chu Keqing listened to Chen Yan’s warning and couldn’t help but move a little to the side, then whispered, "How do you know that we can find Sun Zhihui here so late at night?"
"... I don’t know." Chen Yan’s answer almost broke Chu Keqing’s composure.
This Chu Keqing, who usually faced things with a calm and composed manner, almost cursed out loud at this response.
You don’t know and yet you dragged me out of my room in the middle of the night and into this forest?
"I really don’t know, I’m just guessing." Chen Yan’s tone was frank: "I have a hunch, if my guess is correct, Sun Zhihui will appear here at midnight.
It’s just that I’m not sure if it’s today, tomorrow, or some other day."
Chu Keqing suppressed her anger, "So... Senior, you are bringing me here just to try our luck? What if Sun Zhihui doesn’t come tonight?"
"Then we’ll try our luck again tomorrow night." Chen Yan replied.
Chu Keqing rolled her eyes again, then whispered, "Senior, what did you guess to conclude that Sun Zhihui would come here at night?"
"I..." Just as Chen Yan was about to speak, his eyes suddenly changed, and he pressed down on Chu Keqing’s shoulder, "He’s here!"
Chu Keqing immediately looked out through the gaps in the bushes, and when she saw the movement at the mouth of the valley, she couldn’t help but feel a chill up her spine!
The position at the mouth of the valley, which should have been pitch black, was vaguely visible with the faint starlight and dim moonlight, showing a silhouette staggering out of the bushes, then walking step by step into the valley.
This figure was clearly a person, but as they entered, their body swayed as if drunk — this was Chu Keqing’s first impression.
But soon, she realized her perception was not quite accurate.
The person walked through the bushes, their posture not completely like someone drunk, stumbling and swaying.
Instead, while walking unsteadily, there was an eerie rigidity in their body.
As if with each step, each swing of the arm, each movement... their legs, arms, every joint, seemed rusted, stiff like a robot.
As they walked, their entire form and posture had a bizarre, twisted appearance.
The more Chu Keqing looked, the more she felt a chill down her spine.
In her mind, a familiar word naturally came to her:
After all, she had seen many movies.
Chu Keqing quickly made a more accurate assessment: the way this figure walked closely resembled the zombies in the movies she had seen!
Twisted, stiff, stumbling...
In the faint moonlight, she could see that the person had something on their back as they walked into the valley.
Feeling nervous, Chu Keqing instinctively grabbed Chen Yan’s hands, her nails digging into his flesh.
Then, Chen Yan suddenly grasped Chu Keqing’s hand — this action did not make Chu Keqing feel abrupt or offended.
On the contrary, in this situation, it made Chu Keqing feel a bit of safety.
But Chen Yan wasn’t taking advantage of her, Chu Keqing quickly realized that Chen Yan’s fingers were writing something in the palm of her hand.