Chapter 396 - 136: [Bad News]
Chapter 136: [Bad News] (6400)
Chen Yan felt that there was something off about Lin Laodeng next door—there wasn’t any actual incident or evidence, just a feeling.
He always felt this old man next door was a bit peculiar.
This feeling had been there since the first time they met, lingering faintly.
So even though they were just neighbors, in reality, Chen Yan didn’t interact much with Old Deng next door.
When they first met, Chen Yan had just started his cultivation journey. At that time, he habitually used the "Qi Observation Skill" to check Lin Qingquan out. There was nothing unusual about the old man—no primordial qi fluctuations; he was just a normal old man—with a bit too much and too random of a romantic luck.
But as Chen Yan cultivated longer and gained more experience, he understood this truth: the Qi Observation Skill is not omnipotent.
Any highly cultivated expert has spells and means to conceal their own primordial qi.
In fact, Chen Yan himself even had a Qi Concealing Talisman.
After that, Chen Yan no longer believed blindly in the "Qi Observation Skill."
Remembering this, Chen Yan took out a Qi Concealing Talisman and patted it onto himself.
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Once Ouyang walked away, Chen Yan slowly drove and followed. He drove out the neighborhood gate and saw Ouyang standing by the roadside, looking around.
Chen Yan deliberately parked the car not far from Ouyang and lowered the window, staring at the traffic light at the intersection ahead.
Ouyang, hearing the noise, indeed turned his head to take a glance over here.
Chen Yan pretended to nonchalantly gaze at the intersection, and after Ouyang took just one look at him, he drew back his gaze.
Chen Yan made a judgment in his mind:
He didn’t recognize me!
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In Japan’s secret realm trial, Chen Yan had used the White Fox’s Transformation Technique to change his appearance and Chu Keqing’s as well!
At that time, Ouyang never saw his real face!
Since he didn’t recognize me...
Then this guy showing up in Jinling Prefecture, appearing in my neighborhood, shouldn’t be after me.
But should have something to do with Lin Qingquan next door.
So...
Does Lin Qingquan know my background?
Chen Yan suddenly felt a bit tense.
I’m a cultivator, and this point, the old man next door probably knows!
His villa is right next to my yard; if he wanted to spy... A cultivator should be able to detect movements from my household.
And I never shielded my primordial qi in front of that old man before!
Thinking this way, Old Deng should have long noticed my identity as a cultivator.
And then there’s Gu Qingyi!
But the key issue Chen Yan cared about most is...
Does Lin Qingquan know about my relationship with Chen Jue?
Ouyang, Assistant Inspector.
Came here looking for Lin Qingquan, even called him "Teacher."
Lin Qingquan’s status must be quite high... so, is he also someone from the Inspection Bureau? Possibly holds a pretty high position?
Like an Inspector or something?
An Inspector living next to me... If he knows I’m Chen Jue’s son.
Will he cause trouble for me?
And just a few days ago, I held a nether marriage with Gu Qingyi in the mountain behind the villa!
Performing spells and setting up formations naturally stirred the primordial qi of heaven and earth.
Ordinary people wouldn’t notice, but if a high-cultivated cultivator lived nearby, they would definitely notice!
He won’t arrest me, right?
I don’t even know if the Domain Realm has a rule where family members are implicated if someone commits a major crime?
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Ouyang left in a taxi—these guys from the Inspection Bureau don’t seem to have it too well either.
Can’t even afford an exclusive ride by calling for a ride-sharing car?
Salaries don’t seem high either.
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Chen Yan watched as Ouyang departed in a car, but he drove in the opposite direction. After circling the roads twice, he wasn’t in the mood to buy a car and simply headed back home.
Driving back to his house, he parked the car in the garage. Upon entering, Chen Yan sat on the sofa, squinting through the huge living room window, looking at Lin Qingquan’s house next door.
He actually has quite a few secrets.
His identity as a cultivator.
Gu Qingyi.
Oh right, there’s also the old turtle Gui Geng—by the way, having a demon cultivator as a pet at home isn’t illegal in the Domain Realm, right?
And...
The little girl from the Mirror World!
Leaning on the sofa, he rapidly calculated in his mind.
Is Old Deng targeting me?
Chen Yan found it hard not to suspect this—he didn’t live in this villa long before Lin Qingquan moved next door.
Just such a coincidence? I’m a cultivator, and next door just happens to have a cultivator move in too?
There aren’t many cultivators in this world to begin with.
How small is the probability of this!
If he is here for me... why?
First, rule out the little girl from the Mirror World.
When Lin Qingquan moved in, Chen Yan hadn’t gone to Port City yet.
Then rule out the old turtle Gui Geng... Hmm, it doesn’t have that qualification.
So then... he’s here for me or Gu Qingyi?
But Gu Qingyi has already left.
If it’s for me...
What value do I have to make a suspected high-ranking cultivator from the Inspection Bureau move into a neighbor’s house to monitor closely?
Thinking over and over, there is only one possibility: because I am Chen Jue’s son!
But if it’s for implication, to take me back to bear the responsibility for Chen Jue’s crimes...
He hasn’t made any move all this time.
Why is this?
"Could it be because he can’t defeat Gu Qingyi?"
Chen Yan came up with an absurd reason but shook his head afterward; that’s not it either.
Aside from ignoring the possibility of him having an "official Domain Realm" identity from the Inspection Bureau. I hadn’t guarded against him before, and if he wanted to capture me, he had plenty of opportunities when I was out.