Put Away Your Divine Techniques Now! Chapter 1227 - 365: [Memories] 2

Chen Yan’s face changed: "What did you say?"

Zhou Qingning’s expression was strange: "I... seem to have been to this place, this mountain!"

Suppressing his doubts, Chen Yan said deeply: "Are you talking about this mountain? Right here?"

"...It seems so."

Zhou Qingning’s expression was somewhat complex, and also a bit awkward as he said hoarsely: "It’s just that the memories are still incomplete, it seems like only some fragments flash by. If Lord Immortal Official is willing, I can tell you everything as it comes to me."

Chen Yan mused for a moment, then shook his head: "No need, I’ll see for myself."

He said and summoned Zhou Qingning to come closer.

"Do not resist in your mind, empty everything, just think about the images you remember about this mountain, and then, if any anomaly appears, do not resist."

Zhou Qingning smiled lightly: "Understood, just as if I were dead."

Chen Yan laughed heartily, stood up, and reached out his hand. After pinching a seal with his fingertips, he formed a Finger Sword, gently touching Zhou Qingning’s forehead.

Zhou Qingning, being in a soul state, had no physical body, but as Chen Yan pointed, a thread of golden light emanated from his fingertip, touching Zhou Qingning’s forehead. Zhou Qingning closed his eyes, knelt there unmoving.

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This was truly not a soul-searching method, but a spell from the God-Hosting Chapter taught by Chen Yan’s avatar Shen Shiqi from the Hundred-Year-old Venerable!

Though the God-Hosting Chapter is meant to separate the Primordial Spirit to inject into different bodies, creating avatars to experience different lives, and understand the Mental Realm, it also has a soul-searching effect to explore a body’s memories – provided the other party does not resist.

If it were mere creatures like ants, with no strong self-awareness, it could directly achieve a Possession effect, but for strong creatures, like Zhou Qingning before him, a cultivator’s soul with spells and mana, a strong self-awareness is required. The other party must fully unblock themselves voluntarily.

Chen Yan did this as a test of Zhou Qingning.

He always had a peculiar feeling about this female ghost, always feeling that Zhou Qingning was hiding some secrets, something amiss.

He intentionally asked Zhou Qingning to undefend, open her mind and allow him to probe, using this as a test.

If she truly harbors ill intentions, then she wouldn’t fully relax her defenses and allow her Primordial Spirit awareness into the body! Even if desperately hiding or suppressing, a slight impulse might go unnoticed by ordinary soul-searching methods, but with top-level spells like God-Hosting Chapter, it would be detectable!!

As the thread of Primordial Spirit awareness entered Zhou Qingning’s soul body, surprisingly, Chen Yan felt his Primordial Spirit was neither blocked nor evaded!

As if scratching someone’s ticklish spot, yet even if the other person forcibly withstands without moving,

the tension of withstanding nonetheless reveals itself to be perceptible.

But Zhou Qingning was different, Chen Yan sensed that this female ghost had truly opened her defenses entirely, genuinely like she was half-dead, completely releasing mental defenses, allowing Chen Yan’s Primordial Spirit to enter her soul and gradually gain control.

Does she indeed have no secrets?

But then, Chen Yan put aside these thoughts as his Primordial Spirit had begun to "see" images!

The view was of a first-person perspective.

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Under the night sky, city lights flickered in the distance.

In the wilderness, images were shaking, evidently in the state of someone running swiftly.

There’s noise behind, looking back occasionally, seeing two figures chasing swiftly!

The pursuers were clad in gray, the standard cultivator attire, their body technique exceedingly fast!

Chen Yan sees "himself" running desperately, although not slow, evidently being gradually caught up by them.

Especially as he "felt" the pain, looking down to see a striking wound on his left leg, tearing clothes, leaving a mark nearly to the bone on the left side of his leg!

The wound also spread piercing cold pain, clearly not a simple injury, but some mana still gradually spreading and consuming his vitality!

His speed became slower, pursuers nearer and nearer.

Afterwards, a shout from behind, as if light flashed in the surrounding night.

Chen Yan felt himself struck heavily, back suddenly in sharp pain, his body lunging forward!

A sword flew from behind, piercing through, with bloodied blade emerging from the chest!

He "saw" himself, which was Zhou Qingning, prostrate, his vision going dark before his body rolled over, the view flipping.

Then, he "saw" the pursuers already approaching, but stopped at a safe distance.

Despite having gravely injured Zhou Qingning, they remained on guard, as though faced with a formidable foe.

One stands afar with sword, just watching coldly.

The other cautiously approached.

Walking close, bending down to inspect.

Chen Yan heard Zhou Qingning’s heavy, feeble breath, felt the sharp chest pain, sensed blood flowing and gradually draining this body’s lifeforce...

Blood erupted from his mouth, vision increasingly blurred.

But, just as a pursuer squatted and reached touched Zhou Qingning’s body...

Suddenly, Chen Yan felt "himself" suddenly open eyes wide, his vision turning from dark to bright!