Chapter Sixty-One: [Remedy]
Chen Yan walked out of the restaurant, taking a few unhurried steps at first. Once he reached the street corner, he suddenly broke into a run, using the Escape Rune Technique spell. In just a moment, he vanished from sight down the street.
The rules of the Jianghu: show off and then run.
Besides, not running wasn’t an option...
The Body-Stabilizing Technique of Chen Yan’s Law Order was a spell he had only recently mastered after his strength had seen significant improvement. When dealing with someone of Elder Zi’s caliber, who had cultivation comparable to his own, he wasn’t sure how long he could hold her.
If he didn’t run, he feared he wouldn’t manage to intimidate her successfully.
On his way, Chen Yan made a phone call to President Fang and roughly inquired about this "Elder Zi."
President Fang was very surprised that Elder Zi had approached Chen Yan and repeatedly swore that he hadn’t disclosed any information about Teacher Xiao Chen.
Chen Yan didn’t pay much attention to this, but continued to carefully inquire about Elder Zi’s background. President Fang didn’t hold back and shared everything he knew.
After listening, Chen Yan couldn’t help but frown, deep in thought.
According to President Fang, this woman named Chu Keqing was already a top-notch expert in the mystical techniques around Jinling Prefecture, and she was quite famous.
But... Chen Yan recalled the interaction he had just had with this woman.
Especially when he used the Law Order·Breaking Rune Technique to break her talisman power, then used the Set Character Technique to immobilize her.
The woman’s reaction was like she had seen a ghost.
It wasn’t just the reaction of someone who had been immobilized by a spell and was in too much peril to move.
Casting a spell... is it really that difficult for cultivators in this world?
Judging by this woman’s reaction, his ability to cast spells without using a Taoist Talisman seemed to break her fundamental understanding.
This woman, Chu Keqing, had a level of Tao practice comparable to his own and was quite renowned in Jinling Prefecture, even being the sect leader of Cloud Sect.
Yet she couldn’t cast spells and only knew talisman art, meaning she hadn’t reached the realm of casting spells without external objects.
Clearly, there was a mismatch between her level of Tao practice and her skills.
But Chen Yan himself, having just entered cultivation, had not reached the Guiyuan Realm, yet he could already cast spells. And this Elder Zi could not.
It wasn’t just an issue of casting spells.
There was also the Qi Observation Skill! This woman’s Qi Observation Skill was incomplete compared to the version Chen Yan learned from his old teacher.
When Chen Yan used the Qi Observation Skill to observe Chu Keqing, he could see her cultivation and Tao practice were similar to his own.
But this woman couldn’t gauge his level of Tao practice.
It seemed Gu Qingyi was right; the cultivation legacy in this world was too crude, with many aspects missing.
"This... works well enough. It should be enough to scare her."
Chen Yan made up his mind.
In the restaurant, Chu Keqing stood motionless at the table for over ten seconds before her body suddenly relaxed. She took two steps back and collapsed into a chair as if she were exhausted.
It wasn’t that her strength was drained, but rather the shock in her heart was overwhelming.
At this moment, her feelings were complex, a mix of shock, fear, and an indescribable excitement.
This senior could cast spells without relying on any objects!
In her entire life, including her late teacher, she had never seen anyone who could do that.
After a few seconds of thought, the woman’s eyes narrowed!
To offend such an exalted figure? Such a person was a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity for the entire Cloud Sect from her teacher’s time onwards! And yet Luo Qing had offended them?
Fortunately, the other party appeared not to want to pursue the matter further, only teaching Luo Qing a lesson.
But... that wasn’t enough!
Chu Keqing had earned the name of Elder Zi in Jinling Prefecture, engaging in discourse with scholars and working with intellectuals, because of her exquisite talisman art and her intelligence and means.
Upon encountering such an exalted person, should she just hope for no further pursuit?
"If there’s a grudge, resolve it. If there’s a misunderstanding, clear it up!"
In fact, Chen Yan hadn’t finished his meal. He had barely touched the four dishes and soup or the rice.
After walking two streets away, he wandered into a noodle shop and had a bowl of noodles.
Having experienced the encounter with Chu Keqing, Chen Yan decided to cancel his afternoon date with Lu Sisi—he didn’t feel up to it anymore.
So he decided to be a good and obedient son instead.
After finishing his noodles, he went to the wood shop and collected the custom-made tablet.
Upon receiving the tablet, he saw it was inscribed as requested with "Seat of the Seventeenth Generation Heir of the Chen Sect, Chen Jue."
Chen Yan examined it carefully; the craftsmanship was quite meticulous, suggesting the shop’s claim that it was handmade by master craftsmen rather than machine-carved was likely true.
After happily paying the balance, the wood shop thoughtfully included a piece of yellow silk to wrap the tablet and placed it in a bag for Chen Yan to carry.
At the street corner, he saw a vendor selling roasted sweet potatoes from a cart.
Feeling tempted, Chen Yan stopped and bought a few. As he peeled and ate one, he hailed a car on the roadside and put the rest in the bag.
Upon returning to the villa complex and reaching his doorstep, Chen Yan noticed a moving truck parked in front of the neighboring villa.
But this time, they were moving furniture in, not out, into the villa.
"Someone moved in just a day after someone moved out?"