Chapter 594 - 184: Seeing Through Anger and Delusion
Toad spirit?
Chen Yan glanced at this guy.
Indeed, this thing really does resemble a toad spirit.
"I can choose not to suppress you." Chen Yan deliberately sighed, "But if you continue with this business, it’s likely you’ll be suppressed soon."
The man’s mind was quick, upon hearing this, his eyes rolled slightly, and he immediately clasped his hands and said, "Please, Immortal Official, give me some guidance!"
"For now, you should stop doing this job," Chen Yan deliberately pondered for a moment, "You should find another job to compensate for all the marriage opportunities you’ve disrupted in this realm."
The man looked at Chen Yan eagerly, "What kind of job?"
Chen Yan chuckled, "You should work in matchmaking. Help foster some marriage opportunities, fill in the holes you’ve previously created, and do more good deeds for others. Gradually, you can accumulate enough merit... Afterwards, you will be recognized by the Heavenly Dao as a creature in this realm, and any further actions will not be our concern."
The man blinked, "Matchmaking? Isn’t that being a matchmaker?"
"Correct!"
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After adding the toad spirit’s WeChat, Chen Yan patted his shoulder, opened the car door, and left.
Before leaving, he said, "You’d better behave. If in three months you haven’t improved, I’ll have to use some tough methods."
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After parting with the toad spirit, Chen Yan left the underground parking lot, called a ride, and headed straight to the train station to return to Jinling Prefecture.
It’s like getting myself another cultivation cheat.
Every time this toad spirit successfully matches a couple, I gain some merit, which translates to cultivation for me!
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Upon returning to Jinling Prefecture, Chen Yan rested at home for a day and inquired about Lu Sisi’s cultivation progress—Lu Sisi still hadn’t realized the existence of Primordial Qi.
Chen Yan’s face remained expressionless, but he felt somewhat helpless inside: Lu Sisi’s cultivation talent seems genuinely average.
Wang Chuyi, that kid, started cultivating at Chu Keqing’s place, and within a month he sensed the existence of Primordial Qi, considered entry-level.
Yet Lu Sisi has been practicing the Cloud Sect Technique for almost two months now and still cannot sense Primordial Qi. Her talent isn’t even as good as Wang Chuyi’s.
Chu Keqing once mentioned during a casual chat with Chen Yan that she began cultivating the Cloud Sect Technique at a young age and sensed Primordial Qi within a few days.
Chen Yan gradually lost hope in Lu Sisi’s cultivation path, but he couldn’t bear to dampen his girlfriend’s confidence verbally, so he still offered her some encouragement.
Chen Yan recalled the previous trouble Lu Sisi encountered when he wasn’t there, leaving her isolated and helpless. So, in his daily life, he drew some talismans at home, like Light Body Talismans, Strength Talismans, and Fortune-Telling Talismans, leaving a thick stack for Lu Sisi.
Owning that origami technique box from Ouyang, used by a Japanese Yin Yang Puppet Master, Chen Yan set aside time each day to fold some paper puppets.
Every now and then, Lu Sisi, having some free time and finding Chen Yan’s paper folding interesting, would join in to help fold. Conveniently, Chen Yan handed the task over to Lu Sisi when he got impatient.
Lu Sisi, being a girl, was more meticulous and deft-handed compared to Chen Yan, helping him fold a large number of various paper dolls and paper puppets daily. As days passed, the stock in Chen Yan’s box increased.
A few days later, Chen Yan routinely used "Evil Qi" to sharpen his Primordial Spirit, experiencing the excruciating pain akin to sharpening a knife. After a session of sharpening the Primordial Spirit, Chen Yan was sweating profusely from the pain.
Just then, the doorbell outside rang suddenly.
Chen Yan frowned walking out, seeing Lin Qingquan standing at the doorway, without knowing when he had arrived.
"You now like to climb over walls directly, without even knocking on the courtyard door?" Chen Yan looked at Lin Qingquan, shaking his head.
Lin Qingquan chuckled but didn’t enter, just handing a piece of paper to Chen Yan.
"What’s this?"
"A way to sharpen the Primordial Spirit." Lin Qingquan maintained a neutral expression, "I know you’ve been using Evil Qi to stimulate and temper your Primordial Spirit recently. This method suffers greatly, so I kindly decided to teach you a way that causes less hardship. It’s better than you grinding daily in pain and rolling on the ground."
A peculiar expression crossed Chen Yan’s face as he received the paper, which turned out to be a spell, written with a brush, the ink not yet dried.
"You’d really be so kind?" Chen Yan skeptically eyed the neighboring Old Deng.
"Take it or leave it!" Lin Qingquan blinked, "Just so you know, it’s your old lady who asked me to give it to you."
Chen Yan’s expression shifted sternly as he solemnly accepted it, his attitude toward Old Deng softened considerably, smiling, "Well, Lin senior, would you like to come in for a cup of tea?"
"Get lost! Your tea leaves were swiped from my place!" Lin Qingquan rolled his eyes, turned away, and then took a leap to cross the wall back into his courtyard.
Chen Yan closed the door and returned to his room, sitting on the sofa, he took out the spell paper for a thorough look, his facial expression subtly changing.
This wasn’t a cultivation technique for the Primordial Spirit—Chen Yan had decided not to practice Domain Realm’s Primordial Spirit Technique.
In fact, the text wasn’t even a spell, it’s difficult to describe it as such. Rather than a spell, it’s more like an explanatory introduction to certain principles.
After reading it over, Chen Yan was silent for a moment, muttering to himself, "Understanding anger and ignorance? Hmm..."
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[Important Notice!
Here’s the thing, I’ve been in a really bad place lately, mainly due to too much work and tight scheduling, writing under maximum pressure several times. On top of this, I’m going on a business trip today.
After considering, this approach is not working, pushing deadlines too hard affects my mental state and quality.
I’ll shamelessly take a leave for a day, catch my breath, adjust my state, and get through this busy stretch.
I ask for understanding that tonight’s twelve o’clock update (Thursday’s update) will be postponed.
I’ll update on Friday! But Friday’s update won’t be exactly at noon, it’ll be during the day.
This is the second leave since opening the book, please understand.]
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