Put Away Your Divine Techniques Now! Chapter 1326 - 393: [Dead End]_3

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Previously on Put Away Your Divine Techniques Now!...
Chen Yan discusses his cultivation progress and asks Chu Keqing to investigate unique geographical features in local history records for his research. Chu Keqing agrees to help and departs on a business trip that evening, with Chen Yan giving her a protective talisman.

Chu Keqing turned her head to look at Gu Qingyi, and said with a smile: "Thank you, Elder Gu."

After a pause, she added: "These past few days, you’ve been eating my cooking, my skills are not very refined, sorry for putting you through this, Elder Gu."

Gu Qingyi coughed and looked away.

Chen Yan saw Chu Keqing off as they walked to the door, moved through the courtyard to the roadside outside, where Xiaocai’s assistant had already driven a car slowly from the garage of the villa next door.

"Actually, I’m reluctant to leave you." Chu Keqing sighed softly, looking at Chen Yan with a couple of glances: "We’ve just started being together, I want to always be by your side."

Chen Yan smiled: "Alright, I know you’re saying this to win my heart. But I understand, you’re not the kind of little girl obsessed with romance. The renowned Elder Zi, known for shaking the Mystical Cultivation Realm with a stomp of his foot, naturally has his own things to attend to."

"I’ll be back, at most two or three days." Chu Keqing sighed again, lowering her voice: "And while I’m not here, you... don’t look for others for heart refining and indulgence!"

"Alright, I won’t."

The alluring mature woman suddenly became like a girl just falling in love, throwing herself into Chen Yan’s arms, hugging him tightly, and after kissing him twice on the lips, she sighed and turned to the car.

Chen Yan watched the car slow down driving away, and only then did the smile on his face fade, turning back home.

Upon entering, he saw Gu Qingyi still sitting on a seat in the dining room, her chopsticks still picking at the remaining bell peppers on the plate.

"Has she left?"

"Yes, she left."

Gu Qingyi nodded, watched Chen Yan come over and sit down again, she mused: "This woman is genuinely invested in you, sincerely she is."

"So now do you no longer think she’s a scheming temptress come to seduce me?"

Gu Qingyi held her breath, then shook her head: "I wanted to advise her before, to help me stop you from courting disaster, but in the end, she stood firmly by your side, even said if you died, she’d be widowed for you—such words, she really said them, what else can I do."

After a pause, Gu Qingyi looked at Chen Yan, took a deep breath, and said seriously: "Chen Yan, you..."

"Hold up." Chen Yan waved his hand, his tone also becoming serious: "I know what you want to say, but I must tell you clearly, I won’t listen to your advice.

No matter how much you say... Even if you want to hit me, it won’t work.

You hit me, at most I’ll give in verbally, say I’ll listen to you, but you can’t keep living here not going back, right? You can’t possibly guard and watch over me for a lifetime, right?

Once you leave, I’ll still do what I’m supposed to, so let’s not waste breath, save some energy."

Gu Qingyi stared at Chen Yan: "Did you know I wanted to hit you?"

"Before coming back today, standing at the bank doors, the way you looked at me was like the look I’d get in childhood before getting scolded by the old lady."

Gu Qingyi got interested: "In your childhood... Did Lord Venerable hit you?"

"Hit! Hit me pretty hard, once hit so begrudgingly, a thumb-thick wooden stick broke!

After that, whenever she hit me, I’d run, run to the old village head’s house, and the old man would protect me.

So there was a period when my feelings toward the old village head got particularly good."

Gu Qingyi laughed: "And then?"

"Then I caused trouble at the old man’s place too, and the old man also hit me, when hitting me, he really didn’t treat me as an outsider! Took off his shoes and smacked my butt, just like hitting his own grandson."

"And then?"

"After that, my feelings toward the old man got even better."

At this point, Chen Yan suddenly stopped speaking.

He silently picked up chopsticks and took a bite of food.

"Young Lady Gu, the old village head... is no longer here. Left last year."

Gu Qingyi was silent for a moment, then sat closer, placing her hand on the back of Chen Yan’s hand.

"He always treated me like his own grandson, before leaving, I visited him, even brought Lu Sisi to see him, met him, let him rest assured. Let him know, I’m not alone in this world, I still have someone who cares for me, someone who loves me."

Saying this, Chen Yan’s face suddenly showed a smile: "Now, Lu Sisi is gone too."

Seeing the smile on Chen Yan’s face, Gu Qingyi’s heart sank.

At this moment, Gu Qingyi suddenly realized: Chen Yan seems to have a problem!!

She took a deep breath, the hand on Chen Yan’s back subtly tightened: "You... still have someone.

You and I, I’m your family too.

Yes, even if I can’t be by your side all the time, I still care about you.

And also...

If worst comes to worst, now at least you still have Chu Keqing by your side, right?"

Speaking of this, Gu Qingyi suddenly gritted her teeth, as though making a decision through balance.

"Chen Yan, come back with me to the Domain Realm!"

"?" Chen Yan looked at Gu Qingyi.

"Don’t you want to breakthrough the Celestial Human Realm? The Heavenly Dao of this world doesn’t allow it, but once you’re in the Domain Realm, you can cultivate however you want, break through without Heavenly Dao suppression!"

Chen Yan said nothing, just quietly looked at Gu Qingyi.

Gu Qingyi slowly said: "The World Wall doesn’t allow anyone from this world to pass in terms of rules. The channel within the World Wall is dangerous, only during the activation of the array can the dangers in spatial tears be barely suppressed.

But... I still have ways! The cultivator guarding the entrance to the World Wall is from the Immortal Platform, I have friends there, bringing you over, even if any crime happens, when back the worst I’d have to stay at the Prison Suppression Platform a few months, it’ll be cleared!

Chen Yan, come with me to the Domain Realm!"

Chen Yan looked at Gu Qingyi, the smile on his face slowly faded away, but the gaze grew brighter, the eyes also showed more sincerity.

"Gu Qingyi, thank you."

"...Hmm?"

"Crossing the World Wall is hard, when the big array isn’t open you’d be forcing through, when you came alone and even with your cultivation you got hurt.

Having known you for a while, the fact you’re willing to go this far touches me deeply."

Gu Qingyi snorted: "Then return with me to the Domain Realm! In the Domain Realm, I’ll help you break through the Celestial Human Realm! If you... If you can’t let go of Chu Keqing, after breaking through you can still come back.

Returning you’d just be suppressed in cultivation, only unable to use the Celestial Human Realm power here. But the realm won’t be lost."

Facing Gu Qingyi’s hopeful gaze, Chen Yan was silent for a few seconds, but finally, though slowly, he decisively shook his head.

"I cannot go to the Domain Realm to break through."

"Why!!" Gu Qingyi stood up.

Chen Yan seemed hesitant for a moment but looked at Gu Qingyi, looking at this Young Lady Gu full of concern for him.

He sighed.

"She... Before she left, we fought, she hit me, almost killed me. But no one knows she left a message within my divine sense with that blow."

Gu Qingyi was taken aback: "She, she left you a message?"

"Yes, she said: Domain Realm cultivation is a dead end, it must not be pursued."

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