Chapter 66: After the modification - 44 [Xiaochen and Xiaogu Finally Meet]
Chapter 44[Xiaochen and Xiaogu Finally Meet]
Chen Yan left the commercial street and called a ride-share car to go home.
While in the car, he was browsing his phone and discovered that someone had uploaded a video of the Luoyun House incident to the local channel on a popular app, and the view count was rapidly increasing!
Luoyun House had suddenly become the top trending topic in the local scene.
However, this wave of attention was probably not what anyone wanted.
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Chen Yan returned to the villa area at the foot of General Mountain, entered the community, and walked to the gate of his own villa.
He reached out to enter the code on the gate’s keypad. Just as he pressed the third digit, the gate surprisingly opened from the inside with a series of beeping sounds.
He saw a short, thin old man standing inside the gate.
Chen Yan was stunned for a second and blurted out, "Who are you?"
The old man looked at Chen Yan, "I am the butler of this house, and you are...?"
Butler?
Chen Yan momentarily dazed, instinctively took a step back and looked around.
No mistake, this was indeed his own house!
Feeling emboldened, he pushed the door forcefully and walked inside, "What butler? Where did you come from? This is my house! How come I didn’t know I had a butler?!"
The old man immediately showed a respectful smile, hurriedly bowing: "Oh, it’s the young master who has returned! Please come in, young master, please come in!"
As he spoke, he stepped back quickly to make way.
Chen Yan looked extremely surprised.
Wait, what young master? What’s all this nonsense?!
"Why wouldn’t I go in! Wait, of course I need to go in, this is my house! Don’t run away, Old Deng! Don’t run! Tell me clearly, where did you come from!! How did you get into my house in broad daylight?!"
Chen Yan grabbed the old man’s arm and wouldn’t let go.
At this moment, the front door of the large villa in the yard opened. Chen Yan saw a figure standing at the door, looking at him from a distance. Then he heard a sweet and crisp voice speaking to him:
"Chen Yan, don’t make things difficult for him. I appointed him as the butler."
Huh?
Who is that?
Chen Yan squinted his eyes.
Robbers in broad daylight, trying to steal his house? Partners in crime?
Swoosh!
Chen Yan saw a blur, and the figure leapt over ten meters, landing directly in front of him!
What the hell!! A master?!
Chen Yan’s eyes narrowed! He quickly let go and retreated!
An enemy at the door? Someone from Luoyun House? Or someone from Port City?!
His first thought was... run!
Run first and think later!
Although he had learned some spells, it had only been a few days after all. If someone came to seek revenge, he wouldn’t stand a chance!
He immediately cast a Law Order·Escape Rune Technique. His body bent and rapidly retreated...
Then, he was caught by the neck!
Chen Yan’s feet left the ground, and he was lifted in front of the person.
"Don’t run around, I have something to tell you!" The Gu girl squinted at him, "It’s not easy to find you, don’t force me to make you suffer."
Chen Yan gulped down his saliva.
His first thought was... Wow? This bad guy looks so pretty?
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The old man was kicked into the pool by the Gu girl — only then did Chen Yan notice that the swimming pool in his yard was already filled with water.
"Stay inside, you’re not allowed to come out without my orders," said the Gu girl coldly.
The old man fell into the water and suddenly turned into a large water turtle the size of a millstone, quickly sinking to the bottom of the pool, lying motionless in a corner.
Chen Yan stared wide-eyed!
Was this a demon cultivator?
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Chen Yan was dragged to the middle of the yard by the Gu girl, who then placed him on the ground.
Chen Yan felt his neck finally relax and took deep breaths. But his mind was racing, looking around for opportunities.
The Gu girl glanced at him and said coldly, "Don’t get any ideas, just stay put."
She extended her hand... and two bamboo chairs from a distance flew over, landing in front of them.
Chen Yan became increasingly wary — was this the Control Rune Technique?
He hadn’t learned that yet!
"Sit down," the Gu girl ordered sternly.
Chen Yan looked at the girl in front of him, feeling a sense of absurdity.
This girl, how to describe her?
Although she was trying to put on a stern face to appear intimidating,
her naturally sweet and crisp voice, with a bit of nasal sound, was quite the contrast.
It was a natural cutesy voice!
No matter how she tried to be stern and cold, there was no intimidation. It just made her seem like she was acting cute.
But considering her capability of leaping over ten meters in one step, breaking his Escape Rune Technique with a wave of her hand, and summoning chairs with ease — her skills were undoubtedly much superior to his.
Most importantly, the old turtle lying in the pool!!
That was indeed a genuine demon cultivator!!
Chen Yan was cautious!
Following the principle of a wise man not suffering in front of him, he obediently sat down on the chair.
The Gu girl watched Chen Yan sit down, feeling somewhat nervous herself — not out of fear, but because she didn’t know where to start with what she needed to say.
Mostly because... it was a bit embarrassing!
After a few seconds of hesitation, the Gu girl coughed and asked, "Your name is Chen Yan, you’re twenty-two, and you’re a member of the Chen Family, correct?"
"...Yes," Chen Yan blinked.
"I’ve been to the place where the Lord Venerable lived in this realm; you lived with the Lord Venerable, didn’t you?" she continued, reaching into her jacket pocket and pulling out something.
It was rolled up, and she slowly unfolded it.
It was a photo — black and white.
In the photo, the elderly woman looked spirited and was smiling confidently!
Chen Yan’s expression changed dramatically, jumping up from his chair, outraged: "Did you steal my grandma’s memorial photo?!"
"You, wait, don’t get mad," the Gu girl shook her head, "It’s not a memorial photo, the Lord Venerable isn’t dead, why are you so angry?"
Uh?
It seemed she had a point.
Grandma... had just gone to take up an underground appointment.
So technically, this photo couldn’t be considered a memorial.
Chen Yan’s anger was suddenly interrupted, and he sat back down, dumbfounded.
The Gu girl waved her hand, "The photo is correct, and the person is correct, so there’s no mistake."
She rolled up the photo and handed it to Chen Yan.
Chen Yan instinctively took it, blinked, and asked, "You... who exactly are you?"
Phew!
The Gu girl seemed to let out a sigh of relief — finally getting to the main point, which she didn’t know how to broach.
"My last name is Gu, I’m from the Gu Family, remember my name... Gu Qingyi."
Gu Qingyi?
That name was quite nice, like a heroine from a novel...
But it didn’t seem like a name a sane person would use in reality!
Wait, not right!
Chen Yan’s mind stirred as he fixed his eyes on the girl in front of him.
She was... lying.
From the moment he sat down, he had been using the Celestial Eye Qi Observation Skill to observe the girl.
The Celestial Eye could observe Qi and people. Chen Yan noticed that when she said her name, mentioning ’Gu Qingyi,’ her primordial Qi subtly fluctuated, and her fate showed slight imperfections.
Was this name fake?
"What I’m about to tell you is very, very important, both to you and me, so..." the Gu girl continued sternly, "It may sound ridiculous to you, but..."
"Wait a sec," Chen Yan interrupted.
"What now?" the Gu girl frowned, obviously displeased at being interrupted.
"You said what you want to tell me is very important and that you want me to believe you, right?"
"Uh-huh."
"Then you shouldn’t lie," Chen Yan shook his head, "You should know I’ve learned spells too, I can observe Qi and people. When you said your name, I knew you weren’t telling the truth."
"..." the Gu girl’s face turned red — but it wasn’t out of shyness.
It was...
"It’s none of your business!" she glared, "My real name was given by my family, and I don’t like it! I gave myself a new name when I grew up; it’s Gu Qingyi! In my travels, I use the name Gu Qingyi! My real name doesn’t matter to you. I am Gu Qingyi; Gu Qingyi is me!"
Hmm... why the sudden temper?
Chen Yan looked at the Gu girl and couldn’t help but smile.
Even when this cutesy voice got angry, it was not intimidating but rather added a touch of cuteness.
"But if your first introduction is a lie, it’s hard for me to trust what you’ll say next."
"I don’t need you to truly believe!"
"Huh?"
The Gu girl squinted her eyes, "If you don’t believe, I’ll beat you until you do."
Chen Yan: "..."
He sensed a hint of menace from her gaze — she wasn’t lying about that line.
Quickly sitting up straight, Chen Yan politely said, "I apologize for my rudeness earlier; please, go ahead."
Gu Qingyi snorted lightly, then continued, "Since you followed the Lord Venerable and your name is Chen Yan, you must be from the Chen Family. I..."
"Hold on a second," Chen Yan interrupted again, "The Lord Venerable you mentioned is my grandma, right? Why do you call her Lord Venerable?"
"Because she holds the title of Venerable," Gu Qingyi hesitated, explaining, "In the Domain Realm, the highest rank is Celestial Venerable, followed by Earth Venerable, then Young Venerable. Apart from the rarely seen Celestial and Earth Venerable, the thirty-six Young Venerables are the top-tier beings.
The Lord Venerable ranks among the thirty-six Young Venerables, thus she is referred to as Lord Venerable."
Chen Yan frowned.
He knew his grandma was impressive — after all, even the Black and White Guardians knelt before her.
But what were these Young Venerables, Venerables, and the Domain Realm...? What were they?
"The Lord Venerable came from the Domain Realm and raised you..." Gu Qingyi continued.
"Wait again," Chen Yan interrupted once more, "The Domain Realm you mentioned, is that the Immortal Realm, or is it the Celestial Realm?"
"..." The Gu girl’s eyes twitched as she took a deep breath, "The Domain Realm is simply the Domain Realm; it’s another place separate from this one, akin to another world." She paused, then added patiently, "I’m not from this world either; I come from the Domain Realm."
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[Today’s two Chapters don’t significantly advance the plot, mainly using the meeting of two characters to explain some settings and background story. However, it’s necessary to write this because the next million words will be based on this story setup. I will quickly finish this segment and try to make it as interesting as possible, so it doesn’t feel dull to you all.]
[As usual, the monthly vote is lenient, just asking for some recommendation votes.]
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