"That’s right." Chen Yan smiled and said, "I finally understood! The so-called clearing of the Primordial Spirit is actually just one sentence!"
Chen Yan smiled triumphantly, "Five words float in the sky! It’s nothing at all!"
Gu Qingyi stared at Chen Yan with wide eyes, almost spitting rice on his face!
She felt guy was going to go crazy!
Swallowing the rice in her mouth with effort, Gu Qingyi patiently said, "Don’t just practice randomly by yourself. The Primordial Spirit isn’t something to mess with. If you go mad, you could damage your foundation irreparably."
"It’s okay, I won’t practice recklessly, don’t worry." Chen Yan’s tone was very calm.
"Hmm..." Gu Qingyi thought for a while and said, "Last time when we killed the Mountain Demon, we collected some of its Evil Qi. I said then that I would save it for you to temper your Primordial Spirit. If you want to use it, I’ll give it to you."
With that, Gu Qingyi reached out and took off a Jade Gourd pendant the size of a pinkie finger from around her neck.
This item was something Gu Qingyi had always worn. It was a small Magical Artifact.
Gu Qingyi handed the Jade Gourd to Chen Yan and said, "Infuse it with Spiritual Qi, and you can draw out the Evil Qi inside it. But be careful, do it little by little."
"Okay!" Chen Yan squeezed it in his hand.
The Jade Gourd felt warm to the touch—it must have been warmed by Gu Qingyi’s body temperature after being worn around her neck for so long.
Thinking about this, Chen Yan’s previously calm state of mind instantly shattered, and the subtle state he had maintained for so long suddenly left him.
A trace of panic flashed in his eyes, and he quickly looked away, suppressing the distracting thoughts, and slowly put the Jade Gourd away.
Gu Qingyi immediately noticed the subtle change in his demeanor and temperament.
Seeing Chen Yan clutching her Jade Gourd with a peculiar look in his eyes, Gu Qingyi suddenly understood what was going on. She glared at Chen Yan, took a deep breath, and buried her head in her food!
"Um, using the Evil Qi is straightforward. You draw out a tiny bit, and each time you can only use a little. Then you absorb it into your body and use it to activate your Primordial Spirit, which will give rise to distracting thoughts. Then, you suppress and control these thoughts. That’s the tempering."
Gu Qingyi kept her head down and didn’t look at Chen Yan, but continued, "It’s a clumsy method, just like sharpening a knife. You can only do it bit by bit.
After one tempering, you should rest for seven to eight days to let your Primordial Spirit recover.
You don’t have a proper Cultivation Technique for the Primordial Spirit, so you can only use this method to temper it, which is better than nothing, but the progress will be very slow—don’t rush it!"
"Understood." Chen Yan didn’t dare to look at Gu Qingyi either and sighed, "I’ve told you before, I won’t practice recklessly."
Chen Yan didn’t lie to Gu Qingyi.
He indeed wouldn’t practice recklessly.
Moreover, to be more precise, he didn’t even plan to follow the "Forging Spirit Chapter" to practice!
This morning, back at home, in the practice room while studying the "Forging Spirit Chapter", Chen Yan hadn’t started his cultivation at all. He just repeatedly studied it.
In fact, there were several moments when he wanted to start circulating Primordial Qi and begin practicing!
But each time he had that thought, a vague sense of unease stopped him.
The Forging Spirit Chapter explained the principles of cultivating the Primordial Spirit clearly—Chen Yan didn’t see any problem with these principles.
Removing impurities, refining to purity... the principles were sound!
But he kept feeling that something was off!
Especially after discussing the Primordial Spirit path and the Combat Body Refining path with the little girl...
The contradiction between the two seemed like some kind of shackle...
Each time Chen Yan sat in the practice room, as soon as he wanted to start cultivating, a voice in his mind would caution him.
He knew that there was a flaw, a shackle in it.
So why should he fall into it?
This path... although almost all cultivators in the Domain Realm are on it.
But is the path that everyone follows necessarily the right one?
The cattle and sheep in the pasture, the herds, are all driven in one direction...
And where do they end up?
"We can comprehend the principles, but there’s no need to practice the ’Forging Spirit Chapter’!"
Chen Yan secretly made this decision.
In any case... he’s not in a hurry.
Exactly, a peace of mind!
Chen Yan wouldn’t tell Gu Qingyi about the Forging Spirit Chapter—doing so would reveal the existence of the little girl.
Since he didn’t plan to practice it, there was even less need to talk about it.
After lunch, Chen Yan washed the dishes and tidied up the kitchen. Then, he told Gu Qingyi he was going out.
"Where are you going now?"
"For a stroll." Chen Yan looked at Gu Qingyi.
"...Alright." Gu Qingyi knew he was using her own words against her, but she could only nod, "Are you coming back for dinner?"
Chen Yan sighed, "You see... I ask you what you’re doing and when you’ll be back because I do all the cooking at home. Whether I come back early or late, I’ll be the one cooking anyway."
"...Alright then. Suit yourself!" Gu Qingyi waved him off.
After Chen Yan turned and left, Gu Qingyi sat there in a daze for a while, then suddenly stood up and walked into the kitchen.
Even just a namesake mother...
Should cook for her child, right?