Chapter 584 - 182: The Side Effects of Divine Tree Juice
Chapter 182: [The Side Effects of Divine Tree Juice]
"Hmm, I didn’t want to go to school anymore." Lu Sisi sighed, "Chen Yan, I know you advised me to attend school before because you were thinking of my future.
But that was in the past.
Have you ever thought, since I’ve already embarked on the path of cultivation, what do I need a diploma for?"
Chen Yan looked at Lu Sisi and smiled with understanding.
Indeed.
Previously, he did try to persuade Lu Sisi not to abandon her studies, but back then, she hadn’t been exposed to cultivation. Moreover, Chen Yan felt that since Lu Sisi got together with him, she seemed somewhat enamored, and he didn’t want to disrupt her career.
But now, the situation is different.
Lu Sisi has already been introduced to cultivation.
She has taken the Bone Forging Pill and is practicing the Cultivation Technique.
As a cultivator, would she still need to rely on a mediocre university degree to find work in the future?
Chen Yan thought for a moment, gently patted the back of Lu Sisi’s hand, and then got up to leave.
A few minutes later, Chen Yan returned carrying a cardboard box and placed it on top of the sheets.
In front of Lu Sisi, Chen Yan slowly opened the cardboard box.
After taking one look, her eyes widened in shock, and she said in a low voice, "These, are, all properties...??"
"Yes." Chen Yan smiled, picking up one of the red property certificates, "This entire box is full."
Saying this, he pushed the box a little closer to Lu Sisi, "I told your dad that I’m wealthier than him. You didn’t think I was just talking big, did you?"
Lu Sisi took a deep breath and reached out to touch the stack of property certificates, "That’s—that’s just too much."
"They’re all shops at Critical; I have a whole street over at University City." Chen Yan thought for a moment, "The shops are all rented out anyway, so I won’t bother managing them myself. Things like leasing and collecting rents will be up to you. These assets can certainly support the two of us."
Lu Sisi covered her mouth with a smile, "So, I’ll just be your pampered little lady then?"
"If you want, being a pampered lady is no problem." Chen Yan seemed quite unconcerned.
Lu Sisi contemplated thoughtfully.
She’s only eighteen, with a simple outlook. She didn’t even mind being taken care of by Chen Yan—a notion that not being able to rely on a man would mean losing independence and worrying about what if he ever falls out of love—
The eighteen-year-old Lu Sisi hadn’t even thought about those things.
She didn’t care about others’ opinions either.
She simply thought that Chen Yan saved her life anyway! Without him, she wouldn’t survive long with that awful disaster-prone Life Chart—even if she barely scraped by, what kind of life would that be?
In the end, she would just give her whole heart and soul to Chen Yan, her life was owed to him.
If Lu Sisi weren’t just eighteen and if Dragon Country’s legal marriage age for women weren’t restricted to twenty years old—if Chen Yan beckoned her to register for marriage, she would follow him without batting an eye.
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During the day, Chen Yan was busy cutting logs in the yard.
The batch of Evil Spirit Tree wood, bought from Snow Cliff Pass, was piled up in the yard, being cut with a saw, and then engraved with runes using machinery.
While he worked, Lu Sisi mostly sat nearby on a small stool, resting her chin in her hands, quietly watching her man work.
When Chen Yan took breaks, the girl would bring a towel to wipe his sweat and hand him a glass of water.
It’s not that she didn’t want to help, but she couldn’t contribute to rune carving—she didn’t understand runes.
However, Lu Sisi could sense that the wood Chen Yan was cutting was somewhat extraordinary.
After the wood filled the yard, the temperature around the vicinity seemed to drop slightly.
Evil Spirit Tree wood is excellent material for arrays, but its Primordial Qi is yin in nature. By June, the daytime temperature in Jinling Prefecture would typically be above thirty degrees, but the yard felt much cooler with the wood stacked around.
In fact, because of the wood’s presence, even in thirty-plus degree weather, the house didn’t need air conditioning, and blankets could still be used at night for sleeping.
For instance, today, although it was past two in the afternoon, the hottest time of the day, with the weather forecast suggesting thirty-four degrees, Lu Sisi felt that in the yard, it barely exceeded twenty degrees.
The buzz of the cutting machine finally ceased, and Chen Yan stood at the workbench not far from Lu Sisi, engraving the last rune on a piece of wood, letting out a long breath.
Two days of machine and hand work later, the task was finished.
Once Chen Yan placed the final piece of wood into the array...
Almost instantly, Lu Sisi noticed that the surrounding trees beyond the courtyard wall seemed to sway without any wind!
Chen Yan stood there, completely relaxed, with his eyes closed, taking a deep breath...
Primordial Qi!
Dense Primordial Qi gathered from all directions under the influence of the Spirit Gathering Array!
The speed and density of this Qi flow were several times greater than that of the previous bluestone version of the Spirit Gathering Array!
This Qi concentration almost matched those premium exercise rooms at Snow Cliff Pass with their grade A facilities.
Having finished the work, Chen Yan tossed the carving tools aside, drenched in sweat and too lazy to clean up, and gave a look toward Gui Geng who was lounging at the pool—signaling him to wrap things up.