Put Away Your Divine Techniques Now! Chapter 1334 - 396: Gu Qingyi’s Change of Heart

The car crossed the bridge and passed the river, heading north. In just about an hour, they reached another city.

Yangzhou.

"Shall we visit Slender West Lake? Try a hot spring? Last time, when I sent you north, we passed by Yangzhou but didn’t stop to play. Let’s make up for it this time."

"Okay," Gu Qingyi replied with a gentle smile.

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Yangzhou is an ancient city and also a tourist city.

By the way, there are always netizens online questioning Su Province’s government, saying the government’s culture and tourism promotion is not strong enough.

Take for example Zibo barbecue in Lu Province, or the promotion of Harbin in the northernmost part of the Three Eastern States. The government spent a lot of effort on their promotion, and they became very popular.

But the official culture and tourism promotion of Su Province always gives the impression of being passive, as if they’re not making any significant noise.

Actually, it’s not.

Because the foundation is too strong.

So strong that there’s no need to promote culture and tourism anymore. Promoting further won’t be handleable.

One phrase, "Visit Yangzhou in March," another, "Cold Mountain Temple outside Suzhou," and "Ride a crane to Jiangnan," surpass any promotional effort costing billions by other places.

Let’s put it this way: our ancestors have already done all the promotion for us.

With such an outwardly "passive" attitude, Su Province’s annual tourism revenue exceeds 1.4 trillion yuan.

That’s right, the unit is trillion.

This figure is equivalent to one-third of the total annual GDP of a typical medium-sized province. For economically backward provinces, the total annual GDP is about this figure.

Any more promotion, and they truly wouldn’t be able to handle it.

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They arrived in Yangzhou in the afternoon, but Chen Yan and Gu Qingyi didn’t care about that. They first found an old-technique restaurant to have a so-called Yangzhou early tea.

Timing doesn’t matter, as long as you pay to eat!

After eating, the two of them strolled to Slender West Lake, rented a boat, and drifted on the lake until nightfall.

Then they found a resort hotel with hot springs near Slender West Lake and rented a private villa.

There’s a private hot spring pool in the villa yard—it offers great privacy.

However, there was some awkwardness when using the hot springs.

It wasn’t that Chen Yan was feeling shy; after all, he’s not an old relic.

It’s just that Gu Qingyi didn’t bring a swimsuit—she had traveled through the Domain Realm, breaking through the World Wall. Bringing a swimsuit would be quite novel, right?

Chen Yan thought for a moment and asked the front desk to send over a lady’s swimsuit for Gu Qingyi.

After Gu Qingyi changed into her swimsuit in the room, she wouldn’t come out.

Chen Yan waited outside for quite a while, sitting there for a full half hour, urging several times, before finally seeing the door to Gu Qingyi’s bedroom open, watching Young Lady Gu walk out.

For a moment, Chen Yan’s breath paused.

In fact, the swimsuit Gu Qingyi wore was quite conservative—a one-piece swimsuit with a short lotus leaf skirt at the waist. This style is commonly referred to as "auntie style" nowadays, typically chosen by women of middle age or older.

But...

Gu Qingyi’s figure was just too explosive!

Speaking of explosive, Chu Keqing is one of those bombshell figures.

Gu Qingyi is no less than that.

Unlike Chu Keqing’s curvy but seemingly fragile appearance, Gu Qingyi’s explosive figure exudes a healthy, vibrant feeling, firm and resilient, full of vitality.

Especially her body proportions—broad where they should be, slim where they should be, large where they should be, long where they should be.

Her long legs were beautiful and slender, while her waist suddenly narrowed.

Chen Yan didn’t have to look to know that this woman’s abs would be super attractive—though since she’s wearing a one-piece swimsuit, there’s no chance of seeing them.

Feeling Chen Yan’s gaze, Gu Qingyi fiercely glared back: "What are you looking at!"

"What’s wrong with looking at you?" Chen Yan instinctively replied.

Seeing Gu Qingyi raise a fist, Chen Yan quickly slipped into the hot spring.

Though there was awkwardness in the room, Gu Qingyi relaxed a lot once she got into the water. With her body hidden beneath the water, her entire demeanor visibly eased.

The hot spring pool in the yard was large and round, roughly three to four meters in diameter.

The warm, slightly hot spring water made you feel your pores expanding, providing a soothing sensation.

Chen Yan and Gu Qingyi sat on opposite ends of the pool, looking at each other across the expansive pool.

Fortunately, after just a couple of glances, Chen Yan quickly grabbed a wet towel, placed it on his face, leaned back, and rested against the pool’s edge.

Finally, the redness faded slightly from Gu Qingyi’s face, but it soon turned rosy again from the steam of the hot water.

In fact, she was sneaking a peek at Chen Yan through her half-closed eyes.

Chen Yan’s physique was also impressive; after all, cultivators with Essence Nourishing bodies were extremely robust.

Broad shoulders and a narrow waist, perfectly proportioned.

But Gu Qingyi only sneaked a couple of glances before averting her gaze.

After soaking for a few minutes, Chen Yan suddenly removed the towel from his face: "Oh! I nearly forgot something important. You wait here; I’ll be right back."

With those words, he leaped out of the water, not bothering with slippers, and ran barefoot into the house.

Watching Chen Yan, wearing only shorts and shirtless, race out of the water, Gu Qingyi let out a small gasp and then quickly coughed to avert her gaze.

A moment later, Chen Yan came back with two glass cups and several bottles of drinks.

Two cans of Coke, and surprisingly, two cans of alcoholic fruit drink, RIO.

He jumped back into the water, swiftly opened them up, poured himself a glass of RIO, and glanced at Gu Qingyi: "Would you like a Coke or..."

"I’ll have what you’re having," Gu Qingyi said softly.

Cultivators don’t mind a little alcohol, let alone RIO, which is a low-alcohol drink. Even if Gu Qingyi, a Celestial Human Realm cultivator, were to drink a barrel of baijiu, she wouldn’t get drunk.

But alcohol does have some effect.

One glass of RIO, and Gu Qingyi could feel her blood vessels dilate as the alcohol sped up her blood flow, giving her a slightly tingling sensation—though she wasn’t sure if it was just psychological.

Gu Qingyi was certain: Chen Yan truly seemed sincere and straightforward, without any improper thoughts towards her.

He seemed to have a purely "traveling with family and soaking in a hot spring" attitude.

As for the few extra glances he gave her, they were probably just instinctual reactions. After glancing, he would divert his gaze, not staring persistently or sneaking looks.

In contrast, she couldn’t help but feel a little guilty and unsure why she was feeling this way.

No, this isn’t right!!

The last time they drove north together, sharing a room for over two thousand kilometers, she never had such peculiar feelings.

That night, after soaking in the hot spring, Gu Qingyi returned to her room and downed a large bottle of ice-cold water to cool her flushed face.

It’s all that rascal’s fault!

Something about being my father, something about us not being real mother and son!

Scoundrel!

Gu Qingyi gritted her teeth angrily, wrapped herself in the blanket, and curled up on the bed.

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The next morning, looking at the clearly not well-rested Gu Qingyi, Chen Yan hesitated: "Was the hotel’s bed uncomfortable?"

It shouldn’t be. This Young Lady Gu can even sleep amidst mountains of corpses and seas of blood; she’s slept rough in Evil Land Mountain forests while warring and lurking, able to tread and sleep on snow and ice.

No matter how uncomfortable the luxury hotel bed, it should be ten thousand times better than camping in the wilderness.

"My Qi movement was disrupted last night... don’t mind me!"

Gu Qingyi glared fiercely at Chen Yan.

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Gu Qingyi felt her Dao heart was unstable!

She felt like something was wrong with her mentally!!

Originally, she thought her relationship with Chen Yan was perfectly fine—everything was perfect!

The two of them were mother and son, family, and actually very good friends.

The two had lived under the same roof for months, getting along well and caring for each other. Travelling together, sharing a room, never felt strange.

But now...

Everything seemed to have changed!!

Finally, on the fourth day of their trip,

While having dinner in the evening, Chen Yan got up to buy a drink from the restaurant counter. As he stood, Gu Qingyi caught a glimpse of Chen Yan’s profile.

Her mind instinctively whispered: His side profile is quite nice...

Then, in the next instant, realizing what she was thinking, Gu Qingyi’s expression changed instantly!

She understood she was truly "sick," and it wasn’t just a minor issue!

"Chen Yan, I’ve made up my mind. I’m leaving tonight."

"...Ah?"

"Yes, tonight," Gu Qingyi said coldly, gritting her teeth.

Chen Yan frowned, thought for a moment, then without questioning much, made one request.

"Can you do me a favor?"

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