Chapter 347 - 125: 【Spirit-Locking Body】(6800 words)
Chapter 125: [Spirit-Locking Body] (6800 words)
Chu Keqing and the girl with long black straight hair slowly woke up one after the other.
When Chu Keqing woke up, she immediately rolled up from the ground. When her gaze found Chen Yan, her face was filled with the relief of surviving a disaster.
She scrambled up and ran to Chen Yan’s side, grabbing his arm: "Senior!"
Chen Yan waved his hand, signaling Chu Keqing not to speak for now.
The girl with long black straight hair got up, silently looked around the desolate village, then tore a strip of cloth from her sleeve and tied her long black hair into a simple ponytail, revealing her face.
Originally, she had an average appearance, with her most striking feature being her bright red left eyeball.
However, after a fierce battle, the red glow in her eye had almost completely dissipated. Now, her left eye showed little red light, making her look much more normal.
The girl walked up to Chen Yan, looked at Chen Yan, Ouyang, and Chu Keqing.
Thud!
The girl knelt down.
A perfectly executed Japanese-style dogeza!
She positioned her hands on the ground and bowed her forehead to the floor.
Chen Yan and Ouyang exchanged glances. Ouyang sighed and went up to help the girl up.
"I don’t know how to express my gratitude," the girl said solemnly, her expression serious, "It’s all thanks to you that I could avenge my father!"
Her gaze landed on Chen Yan: "Especially you, sir! A debt like avenging my father can never be repaid. I am willing to follow you from now on, to repay your great kindness!"
Chen Yan was taken aback.
He looked at the girl with long black straight hair, shaking his head: "There’s no need for such following. I don’t need followers around me..."
Sigh, she’s not really a beauty, not pleasing to the eye... Of course, the main issue is that Chen Yan doesn’t want a Japanese girl following him around.
It’s too bothersome.
The girl appeared stunned.
"It’s not that I don’t accept your gratitude. You can repay me in other ways." Chen Yan stated frankly: "People work for money, if you want to repay, giving money is acceptable."
The girl’s face showed some confusion. She hesitated and softly said: "Money... such vulgar things, how can they compare to your great kindness?"
Luckily, Chu Keqing had known Chen Yan for some time, and she understood his nature—this senior truly valued money!
She sighed, tugged at Chen Yan’s sleeve, and whispered: "Senior, let me handle it."
Chen Yan looked at Chu Keqing and nodded: "Alright."
Chu Keqing then pulled the girl with long black straight hair to the side, and the two whispered for a while. Finally, the girl exhaled deeply.
She turned around, nodded forcefully, and knelt down again in front of Chen Yan and Ouyang.
After getting up, she backed up over ten steps, turned, and left. Soon, she was gone from sight.
"I asked her to collect one hundred million Japanese yen as a reward—her family owned a dojo, but after her father’s death, the dojo has declined. She’s also not good at business, lacking assets. I thought one hundred million yen is something she could still afford, anything more would be difficult."
One hundred million yen, nearly five million Dragon Country coins.
Chu Keqing continued: "Besides, she left her contact information with me. If the senior needs her assistance in the future, she swore she would go through fire and water to serve without hesitation."
Chen Yan nodded. That was enough.
Ouyang snorted, looking at Chen Yan: "Is everything settled? Shall we talk?"
Chen Yan gazed at Ouyang, knowing he had been holding a lot of words.
"Hey, little sister, could you please avoid us for a moment?" Ouyang treated Chu Keqing kindly since they had teamed up in the Secret Realm.
Understanding they had important matters to discuss, Chu Keqing smiled and walked away.
Seeing Chu Keqing leave, Ouyang took out a talisman, lightly shook it, and a set of golden light enveloped him and Chen Yan.
Chen Yan’s thoughts raced... Sound isolation?
"Brother, you have many secrets." Ouyang squinted at Chen Yan: "That ultimate move you used against that Artifact Spirit... it was Gu Family’s Formless Tribulation-breaking Slash!"
Chen Yan wasn’t surprised—this guy had identified it during the fight, though they hadn’t had time to discuss it back then.
Now that the matter was resolved, Chen Yan expected Ouyang to question him.
"Where did you get that talisman?" Ouyang asked seriously: "Formless Tribulation-breaking Slash is a Gu Family secret, only taught to direct lineage disciples! Do you know someone from their direct lineage?"
Hmm, simple acquaintance is not enough! The relationship must be close enough for them to seal this secret technique in a talisman and give it to you! This is not general friendship!"
Indeed, not a general relationship; my Consort Mother gave it to me... Chen Yan thought wryly.
But he definitely couldn’t mention this, especially not Gu Qingyi!
Otherwise, what if they connect it to Chen Jue?
"Tell me first, how did you recognize it? Since it’s a Gu Family secret, how could you identify it at a glance?" Chen Yan countered.
Ouyang laughed heartily, puffing his chest: "Isn’t it obvious? I’m a Gu Family disciple!!"
Gu Family disciple?!
Chen Yan stared at Ouyang for a few moments, then suddenly remembered it!