Chapter 677 - 207: [Tribulation] (6500)
Chapter 207 [Trial by Fire] (6500)
Chen Yan accepted the gift from the Skylark girl, bid her farewell, and left.
After the little girl closed the door, she stood on the rooftop balcony watching Chen Yan, seeing him off.
Moments later, the little girl flipped over the small building, and her body lightened, transforming into a skylark, soaring into the sky and flying away.
In an instant, the skylark’s figure landed in a nearby square.
In this Mirror World square, it was quietly empty. After the little girl landed and turned back into human form, she happily ran to the corner of the square.
Although it was the Mirror World, to her surprise, under a sycamore tree in the corner of the square, there were two big dogs tethered there!
A golden retriever and a Samoyed, who were originally lying quietly on the ground, stood up immediately when they saw the little girl running over.
When the little girl approached, both big dogs affectionately rubbed against her legs.
"Were you getting anxious?" The little girl squatted down and vigorously rubbed the Samoyed’s head, then patted the golden retriever’s back before untying the leashes from the tree, leading the two dogs leisurely down the street...
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Chen Yan returned home to find Lu Sisi in the kitchen, tinkering with something unknown.
When Chen Yan walked into the kitchen, he saw Lu Sisi sitting at the kitchen island, clumsily wrapping zongzi with two bamboo leaves in hand.
There was a large bowl of glutinous rice on the counter, along with a plate of items like candied dates and red beans.
But evidently, Lu Sisi was not skilled, as glutinous rice was scattered everywhere, and a large plate nearby had seven or eight wrapped zongzi, all crooked.
Chen Yan casually picked one up, noticing it wasn’t sealed properly, with some rice spilling out.
With a red face, Lu Sisi snatched the zongzi from his hand: "This, this one is just for practice."
Chen Yan thought for a moment, then smiled: "Next time, make some with meat—I quite like meat zongzi."
"You’re actually on the savory team?!" Lu Sisi exaggeratedly widened her eyes, looking at Chen Yan with mock disbelief, and said in an exaggerated tone: "That’s it! Break up!"
Chen Yan laughed heartily and casually embraced his girlfriend: "Zongzi, whether sweet or savory, I eat them all."
After speaking, Chen Yan took the incomplete one from Lu Sisi’s hand, and in a few swift moves, wrapped a complete zongzi—much better looking than Lu Sisi’s creations.
"My grandmother taught me how to make them back at home." Chen Yan casually said.
Lu Sisi sighed, wiped her hands clean: "You make me feel so useless, as if I can’t do anything—can’t cultivate, can’t make zongzi—even cooking, you do better than me.
It seems the only role I have as your girlfriend is to warm your bed."
Chen Yan laughed heartily, took one of Lu Sisi’s hands and placed it over his chest. Though he was smiling, his eyes were sincere: "You make this... complete."
Saying that, Lu Sisi let out a surprised cry as Chen Yan scooped her up and carried her out of the kitchen.
"The stuff on the table, I haven’t cleaned it up..."
"Leave it, let Gui Geng handle it tomorrow."
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Fortunately, Lu Sisi breathed a sigh of relief as Chen Yan did not take her back to the bedroom but carried her down to the basement training room.
Lu Sisi’s expression slightly relaxed, but her eyes were curious, as if recalling something, she looked at Chen Yan strangely: "You... you’re not thinking of some new idea, wanting to..."
Chen Yan placed Lu Sisi on a meditation cushion and lightly tapped her head: "Clearly, you have more jumbled thoughts than I do."
Saying that, Chen Yan helped Lu Sisi sit properly, his playful demeanor turned serious as he slowly took out the brow feather from his Storage Jade Pendant.
"Is this... a feather?" Lu Sisi looked at the item in Chen Yan’s palm.
"It’s a treasure." Chen Yan exhaled, seriously: "I’m not joking, it’s a gift from a Great Demon with profound cultivation."
"A demon? Stronger than... Gui Geng?"
"Yes, could easily crush a thousand Gui Gengs with one hand."
Chen Yan casually answered, then seriously said: "Now, sit properly, Embrace the Circle and Guard the One, meditate and concentrate."
Upon hearing this, Lu Sisi no longer joked, she sat upright, closed her eyes, and calmed her mind.
Chen Yan said: "You just need to enter the state according to the Cultivation Technique, no matter what happens later, don’t panic, just maintain your normal state."
Lu Sisi slowly nodded.
Chen Yan watched Lu Sisi for a while, waited until her breathing was smooth and stable, indicating she had entered the state of meditation, then quickly reached out and gently touched Lu Sisi’s fingertip.
Concentrating energy at the point, after a slight sharpness, a drop of blood oozed from the tip of Lu Sisi’s right index finger.
Chen Yan quickly soaked the brow feather in the blood bead, then flicked it with a finger.
The brow feather, stained with the blood bead, was flicked onto Lu Sisi’s forehead. As it was absorbed by the blood bead, the feather suddenly transformed into a light, slowly dissipating and penetrating into Lu Sisi’s forehead.
Chen Yan focused on watching Lu Sisi, waiting a moment.
Suddenly, Lu Sisi’s expression changed, though her eyes remained closed, adhering to Chen Yan’s instructions not to move, she continued to maintain the meditative practice state.
However, Chen Yan already felt the surrounding Heaven and Earth Primordial Qi beginning to subtly flow, all converging towards Lu Sisi!
This state was exactly the same as when using the Spirit Communication Pill before!
Moreover, the flow of qi was even more surging compared to the duration of the Spirit Communication Pill’s effect!
Lu Sisi finally couldn’t contain herself, opened her eyes full of delight: "I can feel the primordial qi again! So much, so much qi!"