Chapter 31: [It’s Just Too Unfair!]
The old turtle opened its eyes and looked around, observing the direction in which the Primordial Qi was flowing, finding it very strange.
What’s the situation? Why does the Primordial Qi seem to be attracted to something?
Is there some unscrupulous cultivator nearby gathering Primordial Qi with a spell?
Slightly pondering, the old turtle started moving towards the direction of the Primordial Qi flow...
Chen Yan soaked in the bathtub, running the Primordial Qi Transport Technique for the sixth time, his body could no longer take it.
Feeling a sensation in his heart, he continued transporting Primordial Qi, but instead, he kept injecting the Primordial Qi into the ring.
In and out, two tasks, no delay.
Lying there for nearly an hour, having nothing else to do, he began to ponder about Lu Sisi.
Stealing luck, swapping life charts.
Such methods surely indicate that the other party has some considerable Tao practice.
According to Chen Yan’s own thoughts, he definitely wouldn’t want to intervene in such matters.
Anyone capable of such sinister methods must possess significant skills.
Moreover, such a person would certainly be both malicious and ruthless.
If he meddled without any personal stake, attracting such a formidable enemy would be nothing but trouble...
In the end, Lu Sisi had no real connection to him.
"A human experience package..."
Setting aside morality for now, the benefits were indeed tempting.
Helping Lu Sisi just once could advance his cultivation by a chunk.
If he helped her with something significant...
His cultivation would likely progress by leaps and bounds.
Perhaps, he could even break through the realm!
What exact methods the other party used, Chen Yan didn’t know. But there were some similar techniques recorded in a booklet. The principles could be roughly understood.
In short: whether from a moral standpoint or the allure of benefits, Chen Yan was willing and wanted to help Lu Sisi. But at the same time, he did not want to provoke powerful enemies.
Carefully pondering the techniques recorded in the booklet involving this matter...
Chen Yan’s heart stirred. It seemed like... there might be a way.
As he was thinking, suddenly, he felt the warmth around him abruptly recede.
Chen Yan sat up from the bathtub.
The Primordial Qi gathering suddenly stopped?
He got out of the bathtub, grabbed a towel, roughly wiped himself, wrapped it around his waist, and went directly downstairs.
Upon checking the array eye.
"A makeshift setup is just a makeshift setup... The materials for the array eye really aren’t enough."
The jade token serving as the array eye had cracked, and the Primordial Qi was depleted.
Calculating the time, a jade token could only last for about two hours.
On the lakeshore of Yinlong Lake, a trail extended from the lakeshore to the edge of the forest.
The old turtle was making its way toward the forest.
In an hour, it had exerted all its effort...
To cover a distance of about fifty meters!!
Turtles are inherently slow movers.
Moreover, the old turtle was in a special situation: after years of cultivation, it had reached a critical moment of attempting a realm breakthrough.
At this moment, it was concealing its qi and slumbering to avoid the world’s calamity, refraining from using any mana!
Just as it was moving, the old turtle suddenly lifted its head.
The Primordial Qi... stopped flowing?
It stood there, stunned.
The distant direction that had been attracting the Primordial Qi also seemed to have fallen silent.
Is this... Did that unscrupulous fellow stop casting the spell and leave?
Should I continue or not?
The old turtle turned to look at the lake fifty meters away, then glanced at the mountains ahead, realizing it still had to cross mountains...
Forget it, the unscrupulous fellow is probably gone, so I’ll just go back home to sleep.
In five minutes, it turned around.
In another five minutes, it crawled a few meters...
Chen Yan drained the bathtub and cleaned it up—having soaked for a while, many impurities in his body had been flushed out.
He refilled the bathtub with water.
Filling the bathtub took upwards of half an hour.
He took the opportunity to prepare a simple dinner for himself.
Braised minced pork with eggplant, tomato egg soup, and a bowl of white rice.
Chen Yan ate while flipping through the booklet, carefully checking the records about reversing luck...
Before returning to his room, Chen Yan pondered for a moment and sighed again.
He was in the midst of washing his body with Primordial Qi; how could he abandon his cultivation halfway!
He took out a new jade token, placed it in the array eye, reactivated the Spirit Gathering Array, and, after waiting for a while, felt the Primordial Qi gathering again and nodded in satisfaction.
Returning to the bathroom upstairs, the bathtub was already full, and he touched the water—it was just the right temperature.
Contentedly, Chen Yan undressed and got back into the water.
In the mountains by the lake, the old turtle had endured a difficult journey, finally reaching the water’s edge after an hour. Just as its claws touched the water...
Suddenly, it lifted its head.
"Dammit! It’s happening again?!!"
Countless streams of Primordial Qi surged joyfully in one direction...
The Primordial Qi around the lakeshore continually depleted, becoming extremely thin.
The old turtle was dumbfounded.
It looked back at where it had come from—having spent two hours in total, traveling only a hundred meters back and forth.
Are you messing with me!!?
By evening, the Spirit Gathering Array’s second "battery" had once again died.
Without any reserves left, Chen Yan simply let it be.
After soaking for another two hours, his body was thoroughly cleansed.
The tingling and itching sensation was gone.
The process of Primordial Qi cleansing his body and altering his physique seemed to be completed.
Chen Yan lay in bed that night, holding the booklet, reading until dawn, and finally figured out a plan before falling asleep.
At dawn, Chen Yan woke and took a deep breath.
His body felt light, filled with vitality, and the sensation of being fully refreshed was truly delightful!