Chapter 98[Divine Descent Talisman](6500 words)
The most convenient and quickest way to get from Jinling Prefecture to Port City is, of course, to fly directly.
However... Chen Yan couldn’t choose this route.
Because Gu Qingyi is still a "black household".
Not only can she not take a plane, but she cannot travel by high-speed rail, train, or even long-distance bus.
Because all these travel methods require identification documents. To go to Port City, a pass is also needed.
The Dragon Country has already fully networked and managed all resident and citizen identity information, making it very difficult to forge documents—at least it’s not within Chen Yan’s capabilities.
The only way for Chen Yan to take Gu Qingyi is... by driving.
They would drive from Jinling Prefecture to the neighboring Shenzhen Stock Exchange and then head to Port City from there.
When crossing the border, Gu Qingyi would need to use a spell to secretly get through. After all, it’s a land border; they could just fly over at night when no one was around.
Driving from Jinling Prefecture to the Shenzhen Stock Exchange covers about 1400 kilometers, which takes around 15 hours driving non-stop.
For people who enjoy self-driving tours, this might be acceptable.
But for someone like Chen Yan, who doesn’t like long-distance travel, this travel method was definitely a kind of self-torture.
After listening to Chen Yan’s plan at home, Gu Qingyi replied.
Chen Yan was stunned.
"If you don’t go, I’ll actually be a bit worried." Chen Yan didn’t hide his feelings and said straightforwardly, "This time it’s different from when we went to the He Family. In Port City, I worry that we might face some danger."
That guy called Elder Zhong probably had some tricks up his sleeve!
His cultivation was not weak, and his methods were mixed with many of the Southern Ocean Evil Arts. For instance, the insidious methods used to harm Lu Sisi and steal her Life Chart.
Additionally, Chu Keqing also mentioned his conduct, like refining corpse oil and raising ghosts.
It just sounded sinister.
If Young Lady Gu, his biggest support, didn’t go, Chen Yan would feel quite uncertain.
Gu Qingyi pondered for a while, sighed, "Wait for me here." She then slowly stood up and went downstairs to the training room.
A moment later, Gu Qingyi returned to the living room and placed a talisman in front of Chen Yan.
Chen Yan was delighted, "Another one like the ’Formless Tribulation-breaking Slash’ fueled by motherly love... Oh no, wait, the runes don’t seem right."
The patterns on the talisman paper were still unfamiliar to Chen Yan. A twisted and crooked design with a touch of bright red in the center.
"This is a [Divine Descent Talisman]." Gu Qingyi breathed out, "It has a drop of my essence blood as the guiding force. When you’re in a crisis, burn this talisman, and a wisp of my Primordial Spirit will descend to help you slay your enemies."
Chen Yan was stunned!
Was it that advanced? A Primordial Spirit descent?!
Gu Qingyi added, "But remember, the effect of this talisman will only allow my Primordial Spirit to stay with you for one minute. Once the minute is up, the spirit will dissipate and fly back. Also, the wisp of my spirit can only exert about thirty percent of my full power, roughly equivalent to the strength of the Guiyuan Realm."
Chen Yan felt a bit disappointed upon hearing this.
A minute was acceptable, but a Guiyuan Realm Gu Tianren? That didn’t seem much help.
Gu Qingyi saw Chen Yan’s expression and guessed what he was thinking. She sneered, "Don’t measure my strength with your perspective. When I was at the Guiyuan Realm, I could slay those in the Ascension Realm— even within our Domain Realm!"
When I was at the Ascension Realm, I had once fought against an opponent in the Celestial Human Realm on the Prison Suppression Platform and was undefeated."
Chen Yan took a deep breath.
Gu Qingyi was indeed still very strong.
Two levels above could kill those three levels above— and his enemies weren’t the weaklings from this reality.
In this world, the fourth level (Celestial Human Realm) didn’t exist, so...
"So what you mean is, even if your wisp of Primordial Spirit is at the Guiyuan Realm, you can still slaughter everyone in this world?"
Gu Qingyi glanced at Chen Yan and snorted.
Chen Yan looked at the talisman before him, and his eyes couldn’t help but shine, "Such a good item! Young Lady Gu, why don’t you draw a few more for me?"
Gu Qingyi glared at Chen Yan, "Do you think this is easy? The Divine Descent Talisman isn’t a piece of cabbage! It’s calling a wisp of my Primordial Spirit! Do you think Primordial Spirit can be divided as easily as you want?"
Chen Yan’s expression changed slightly, and he awkwardly smiled and nodded, "Alright then..."
"Remember, don’t use this talisman unless it’s a crisis." Gu Qingyi said seriously, "Your cultivation is already not weak, but your combat experience is too lacking. I hope you can rely on your own abilities to gain more experience. When I was at your level, I could beat ten of you with one hand!"
She sighed softly, lowered her voice and said, "Moreover, Chen Yan, I have to leave this place eventually. If you encounter enemies and face danger in the future when I’m not in this world, will you still rely on my Formless Tribulation-breaking Slash? Or depend on me to fight for you?"
Chen Yan’s heart skipped a beat as he looked at Gu Qingyi thoughtfully.
Gu Qingyi shook her head, "Lord Venerable taught you such excellent Cultivation Technique, Talisman Art, and Spell... yet during the time I spent with you, I felt your cultivation was rather slack. You rarely spent time on training, and you didn’t dedicate much energy to studying spells.
Do you know, in our Domain Realm, if someone were to learn the absolute techniques and spells from Lord Venerable, they would go mad with dedication. Not eating, not sleeping, and tirelessly practicing."