manynovel Chapter 39 Seeking help from Qin Chengcheng
Chapter 39 Seeking help from Qin Chengcheng
Chapter 39 Seeking help from Qin Chengcheng
Chen Yi began to think about how to handle the aftermath.
His biggest problem is the traces of the battle in Huo Sanniang's courtyard, the battle fluctuations between body cultivators and blood cultivators, which Chen Yi cannot completely eliminate with his current abilities.
After thinking for a moment, Chen Yi hid the valuable items from his storage bag in the cave and took the spirit stones, monster materials, and other items with him.
After returning to the courtyard, he did not immediately go into his room. Instead, he used concealed magical energy fluctuations to gently tap the array in the largest room of the neighboring Miaoyin Pavilion.
Sure enough, after a short while, Chen Yi heard a lazy but dissatisfied voice:
"Come in!"
Immediately afterward, ripples appeared in one corner of the formation. Chen Yi hesitated for a moment, then slipped inside.
The moment Chen Yi pushed open the door, his pupils contracted slightly—this was hardly the fairy boudoir that outsiders imagined.
Moonlight streamed through the window, illuminating the mess on the floor: a lotus-colored silk robe hung on the screen, a bib embroidered with mandarin ducks was casually draped beside the zither table, and several silk stockings were scattered like withered flower petals.
The most striking thing was the half-empty pot of "Drunken Immortal Brew" on the table, its amber liquid shimmering in the luminous glass.
As the candlelight flickered, Chen Yi's breath hitched for a barely perceptible moment.
Qin Cheng, lying on the soft couch, looked like a jade sculpture bathed in moonlight. His white robes were loosely draped over his shoulders, the hem slipping down to his elbows to reveal large expanses of skin as dazzling as fresh snow.
Her collarbones were sunken, rising and falling gently with her breath, like two pools of wine.
A pair of slender feet dangled from the edge of the couch, their toes like newly blooming lotus petals, gleaming with a lustrous sheen under the moonlight. The arches of their feet were as elegant as a crescent moon, and even the slightly protruding knuckles at their ankles exuded refinement.
"Disturbing my peaceful sleep in the middle of the night. Have you found a way to break the seal?"
The voice carried a hint of languor and a touch of tingling pleasure, the last syllable brushing against the ear like a feather.
Having seen countless so-called "national goddesses" in the entertainment industry in his previous life, Chen Yi now felt that those heavily made-up stars were like rubble compared to a pearl when compared to the languid fairy with her drunken, dreamy eyes.
His Adam's apple bobbed uncontrollably, and his internal energy surged unnaturally, almost causing his Daoist resolve to falter.
"What? Staring blankly?" Qin Chengcheng suddenly sat up, her inner garment slipping completely off her shoulders. She seemed to enjoy this teasing, deliberately tucking her loose black hair behind her ear to reveal her swan-like neck. The corners of her mouth were slightly upturned. She really wanted to see this middle-aged man, who was two years older than her, make a fool of himself.
Chen Yi suddenly closed his eyes and secretly circulated his water magic power. His mind quickly cleared up, and his restless blood and qi returned to calm.
When he opened his eyes again, his vision had returned to clarity, and he could remain calm even when looking directly at Qin Chengcheng's stunning figure and face.
"You jest, fairy." He remained calm. "I, Chen, have long since seen through the vanities of the world and have no interest in women. I have come here tonight for important business."
A hint of surprise flashed in Qin Chengcheng's eyes. Although no outsider had ever seen her in this state, based on her years of experience being harassed by various male cultivators, no cultivator could resist her. No matter how high a man's cultivation level was, upon seeing such a top-tier beauty as her, he would become a creature driven by his lower instincts.
Besides, Chen Yi is just a Qi Refiner, but the old guy is quite interesting.
"Boring. Speak, what is it?" Qin Chengcheng pouted, casually pulled the gauze curtain over herself, and lazily lay on the bed, asking indifferently.
Chen Yi took out the blood pact and briefly recounted what had happened that evening. Then, with a slightly apologetic look in his eyes, he said, "I've caused you a little trouble, Fairy."
"Oh?" Qin Chengcheng flicked her finger, and the blood pact flew into her hand. After reading its contents, she suddenly sneered, "So you want me to clean up your mess?"
"I dare not. I had no choice but to do what happened tonight. I was thinking of the fairy. If Huo Sanniang were to perish..."
I will definitely run away tonight and leave the Dong family.
"At that point, we might not be able to attend to matters concerning the fairy."
Qin Chengcheng scoffed, "You? A mid-stage Qi Refining cultivator, trying to escape the Dong family's Foundation Establishment pursuit?"
Upon hearing this, Chen Yi offered no further explanation.
Directly cast the second-tier Breath Concealment Technique.
Suddenly, his aura vanished, as if he had turned into a stubborn rock.
Qin Chengcheng's pupils contracted slightly—in her divine sense, Chen Yi's figure seemed to have vanished into thin air, and she couldn't even detect the most basic spiritual energy fluctuations.
"Second-tier Concealment Technique?" Before she could finish speaking, Chen Yi had already moved.
Without a trace of spiritual energy leaking out, relying solely on his physical strength, Chen Yi's figure blurred into several afterimages within the room. The moon-white gauze curtains swayed slightly, and the wine pot on the table spun gently, yet not even a gust of wind was stirred.
"You have mid-stage Qi Refining cultivation and peak Qi Refining cultivation, yet you've cultivated the Breath Concealing Technique to the second level. Moreover, even my divine sense can't detect it. This means the Breath Concealing Technique itself must be at the second-grade high level, right?"
Just how sneaky are you?!
Qin Chengcheng couldn't help but sigh.
"How is it? With my current strength, can I escape the Dong family's pursuit?"
Chen Yi asked.
Qin Chengcheng's beautiful eyes widened as she scrutinized Chen Yi repeatedly, remaining silent.
"So I'm also thinking of the fairy. If my teammate doesn't survive, I'll probably have to disappear from public view to avoid the Dong family's pursuit, which might interfere with the fairy's soul restriction."
"Hmph, threatening me?" Qin Chengcheng looked at him disdainfully. "You think you can run away just because you know a concealment technique? As long as you need resources to cultivate, in this cultivation world, with my power, I can definitely find you."
Besides, even if you manage to escape, your old flame and her cronies will certainly suffer a terrible fate.
"Fairy, you've misunderstood. I don't have a former lover. Huo San Niang and I have nothing to do with each other anymore. I only borrowed her black market trading token, which led to the subsequent trouble."
Even under Li Wusheng's soul search, Huo Sanniang did not betray me. I, Chen, am also a man of my word, and today I will do my best to protect her.
"My lady, my actions are not directed at any one person. My treatment of Huo Sanniang today will only make me more serious and faithful in future dealings with you!"
Chen Yi's past life experience dealing with women taught him not to reason with them, but to first distance himself from other women and then emphasize the other woman's more important position, which would be more effective.
Sure enough, Qin Chengcheng's expression softened upon hearing this.
"I don't believe it!" She looked at Chen Yi suspiciously, her breath reeking of alcohol.
"I've heard that when you were a mortal martial artist, you often slept in a half-closed doorway and frequently mingled with that Huo Sanniang. Now you've come to me to plead for her sake, and you still say you two have no relationship?"
That was my past self, not me.
Chen Yi didn't offer much explanation, only stating the current situation:
"Fairy, these days I cultivate by making leather and drawing talismans during the day, and at night I also refine my body, and in my spare time I cultivate my soul and study formations."
"I'm so busy I don't even have enough time to sleep, how could I possibly be interested in women?"
"Are you really studying formations? I feel like you spend all your time studying concealment techniques." Qin Chengcheng's eyes were filled with suspicion.
(End of this chapter)