Damn it! That’s unreasonable! We agreed on physical combat, and now you’re using long-range attacks?!
Chen Yan rolled on the ground, and as he got back up, the giant monster shook its form, breaking free from the Body-Stabilizing Technique’s effect.
It roared and leaped into the air, like Titan King Kong, both hands smashing toward Chen Yan...
Chen Yan couldn’t dodge, his eyes rolled, and he cursed in his heart: Damn it!
Suddenly, a golden light flew in from the distance! Like a meteor, it struck the giant monster from the side, causing the monster to change its course. With a loud boom, it was flung into the nearby lake, raising huge waves...
Chen Yan’s eyes widened as he saw Gu Qingyi descend from the sky, landing beside him.
Gu Qingyi glanced down at Chen Yan: "Not bad, can you get up by yourself?"
"..." Chen Yan silently got up, spitting out some dirt: "Were you watching me in secret all along, waiting for me to be on the verge of death before intervening?"
"You guessed it." Gu Qingyi nodded: "How else would you get the training you need?"
Chen Yan rolled his eyes.
Young Lady Gu, don’t make me curse at you! It’s against filial piety for a son to curse his mother!
Gu Qingyi seemed to guess what Chen Yan was complaining about in his heart, letting out a light, cold laugh before slowly walking toward the lake.
The small monster roared continuously at Gu Qingyi, baring its teeth, yet it seemed extremely frightened.
Gu Qingyi’s small form advanced step by step, making the small monster retreat repeatedly.
After a few steps back, it suddenly roared and turned to flee.
Gu Qingyi’s eyelids lowered as she stopped, slowly stretching out her right hand, making a fist, but only extending her index finger.
She coldly uttered a word: "Form..."
As the word left her mouth, Primordial Qi surged violently!
The girl’s cold voice sounded out, syllable by syllable:
The monster had already reached the edge of the forest, about to disappear into it with one more step.
Gu Qingyi’s crisp voice uttered the final word:
Chen Yan felt the monster at the forest’s edge tremble.
There was no golden light, no flashy effects; the monster’s body twisted and silently shattered into seventeen or eighteen pieces!
Then, black Qi swirled around the ground, and the shattered remains turned to ash in the black Qi...
Chen Yan’s eyes sparkled.
"What’s the name of that move you just used? Formless Tribulation... what?"
Gu Qingyi, hands behind her back, looked calmly at Chen Yan: "Formless Tribulation-breaking Slash."
After a pause, she added: "It uses Qi Mechanism to lock onto the enemy, then manipulates Heaven and Earth Primordial Qi to kill them."
Chen Yan was deeply moved.
Gu Qingyi continued slowly: "This move can be used solo or for crowd control."
It can do crowd control?
Chen Yan couldn’t help but imagine a scene.
Against a massive army, Gu Qingyi stands alone on the city wall, nonchalantly extending a finger.
With one move of Formless Tribulation-breaking Slash... the massive army turns to ash...
"Is this your ultimate move?"
"Hmm, you could say that." Gu Qingyi nodded.
Chen Yan frowned: "With your Realm, you shouldn’t need an ultimate move to deal with such monsters, right?"
Gu Qingyi squinted at Chen Yan: "I did it to show you on purpose—lately, you’ve been getting more disrespectful. I had to remind you of the gap in our abilities."
Chen Yan twitched his mouth, walked to Gu Qingyi’s side: "What about the one in the lake? Is it still alive?"
Gu Qingyi snorted, tilting her head toward the lake.
Chen Yan looked and saw that the lake had only just calmed down. A massive monster’s body slowly floated to the surface, riddled with holes, with wisps of black Qi emerging.
"That one’s not dead yet. It’s up to you to finish it." Gu Qingyi quietly watched Chen Yan.
Chen Yan raised an eyebrow.
He wasn’t afraid, but... he didn’t have any lethal techniques.
Gu Qingyi walked behind Chen Yan, lightly placing a small hand on his right shoulder.
"I’ll teach you a simple offensive move now, also using Primordial Qi. Focus and feel it."
As she finished speaking, Chen Yan felt a surge of Primordial Qi entering his body!
The qi was gentle yet powerful, circulating through his body from his right shoulder, following a specific route until it gathered at his fingertips.
"This move is called Finger Sword, gathering Primordial Qi at a point to assassinate enemies. How much damage it does depends on your mastery of Primordial Qi."
After speaking, Gu Qingyi withdrew her hand, stepping back and watched Chen Yan.
Chen Yan closed his eyes, recalling the route the Primordial Qi took in his body twice.
He slowly raised his right hand, extending his index and middle fingers, making a Sword Technique, pointing at the lake...
A few seconds later, a silent burst of Primordial Qi shot out!
It pierced directly through the giant monster floating in the lake!
The monster’s body twitched twice before lying still, then began to melt, more and more black Qi dissipating as its body dissolved in the water...
Gu Qingyi stood behind Chen Yan, her eyes widened in surprise as she stared at his back shadow.
He actually got it on the first try?!
As expected... truly the son of that guy.
Chen Yan turned, his face full of joy: "How was it? Did I get the move right?"
Gu Qingyi’s expression stiffened, turning her head slightly: "It was... alright."
Chen Yan didn’t notice anything unusual and thought for a moment before asking: "Before we came, you mentioned that killing these monsters would involve collecting their Evil Qi and Yin Qi? It helps with my Cultivation?"
Gu Qingyi pulled herself together, setting aside various thoughts, and took out something from under her collar.
Chen Yan saw it was a thumb-sized Jade Gourd.
This gourd, which Gu Qingyi always wore close to her, was something Chen Yan was seeing for the first time.
Gu Qingyi held the gourd aloft, and the black Qi in the air was immediately absorbed into it.
Gu Qingyi glanced at Chen Yan, her eyes hiding something they didn’t have before: "When we return, I’ll teach you how to use this Yin Sha Qi to train your Primordial Spirit."
Gu Qingyi looked at the unconscious girl on the ground, walked over, looked closely to confirm she hadn’t awakened, and lightly blew on her face.
"What are you doing...?"
"A small Enchanting Technique, to avoid trouble for you." Gu Qingyi shook her head: "She’ll wake up in a few minutes. Okay, let’s go home..."
With that, Chen Yan felt a cold, smooth little hand slip into his palm, and his face changed, only having time to say: "Wait a..."
A fierce wind rose, carrying Chen Yan’s scream as Gu Qingyi sped away with him...
By the lake, the quiet forest seemed to have fallen still.
Slowly, a foot stepped on the grass. Wearing plain, thin training clothes, the cold night seemed unbothered by the cold.
The old man looked into the distance, then at the lake nearby, shaking his head with a sigh.
"Young people are so impulsive... always need an old man to clean up."
With that, the old man sneered and pointed at the lake: "Come out, stop hiding!"