CHAPTER 349: CHAPTER 125: SPIRIT-LOCKING BODY (6800 WORDS)_3

Chen Yan’s body was soaking in the scorching hot spring, and he could still smell a faint hint of sulfur mixed in the spring water.

The water temperature was very high. It felt slightly scalding at first, but after soaking for a while, he got used to it.

Chen Yan sat in the hot spring pool, his limbs stretched out as much as possible, and he had a white towel on his head.

The hot spring pool was located in a small open-air courtyard, only about seven or eight square meters, with mountain stones used as decoration around it.

To the east was a row of rooms, with two fabric curtains hanging on the door, bearing the large character for "Bath."

Wind chimes were also hanging in the corridor outside the house.

Two days had passed since the great battle in the Secret Realm. After Chen Yan and Chu Keqing came down the mountain, they headed straight to Hokkaido to join the main force.

In the past two days, Chu Keqing had been following Chen Yan closely, showing even more respect than before— the experiences in the Secret Realm had opened Chu Keqing’s eyes, and she realized that Senior Chen Yan’s abilities were far more profound than she had imagined!

Moreover, during the time in the Secret Realm, Chu Keqing overheard a conversation between Chen Yan and Ouyang, and learned that Chen Yan was not from this world, but from a place called the Domain Realm...

This unbelievable fact added to her admiration and reverence for Chen Yan an extra measure of awe.

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Chen Yan lounged in the water with his eyes half-closed, feeling every pore on his body relax to the fullest.

During the final battle in the Secret Realm, he had used his ring to absorb Primordial Qi, repeatedly experiencing its forceful cleansing and the subsequent injuries and recovery.

At this moment, Chen Yan’s physical body was several times stronger compared to before entering the Secret Realm!

With his eyes closed in thought, Chen Yan pondered.

Back in the final battle in the Secret Realm, he had coughed up a lot of blood, but after coming out, his body felt perfectly fine. The damage must have been repaired immediately by the Primordial Qi.

In fact, during his fight with the old ghost in Port City, he had sustained significant injuries. A Bone Pill had helped, but it had also somewhat harmed his Primordial Qi, which he had been nourishing and repairing at home.

But after the ordeal in the Secret Realm, everything was completely healed!

The Essence Nourishing effect of the Primordial Qi on the body was that effective!

He wondered if the extensive Primordial Qi cleansing in the Secret Realm had brought his body’s Essence Nourishing to its peak.

Once it reached its peak, the physical enhancements would stop; unless he practiced Body Techniques, his body could not be further strengthened.

Plop!

As Chen Yan was lost in thought, he suddenly heard a slight sound— the noise of wooden clogs stepping on the wooden floor.

Opening his eyes, he saw Chu Keqing stepping out of one of the rooms, parting the curtains slowly as she emerged.

Chu Keqing was wearing a black kimono, barefoot on wooden clogs, her long hair tied up with a hairpin. This attire accentuated her long neck and elegant facial features.

Chen Yan took a deep breath and sank a little further into the water, speaking softly, "Why did you come here?"

"I was soaking next door and thought you might need some assistance, so I came to check." Chu Keqing smiled charmingly, walking slowly down the corridor, approaching the hot spring pool, and gracefully seating herself at the edge.

Chen Yan sighed, "Are you not going to hide your intentions at all?"

"What’s there to hide?" Despite a slight blush on her face, Chu Keqing bravely met Chen Yan’s gaze, looking him straight in the eyes, "That night at the temple when I knocked on your door, you must have known what my intentions were."

Chen Yan frowned, "You didn’t have to go this far... If you just wanted support, given our current relationship, if you needed help, I wouldn’t turn you down— so you really didn’t need to do this... Ah~~~~~"

By the time Chen Yan uttered the word "do," his breath was unsteady, and his voice came out a bit dry, inhaling sharply!

Because Chu Keqing had already extended a hand, gently stroking Chen Yan’s shoulder.

More importantly, Chen Yan’s eyes widened— Chu Keqing had slowly slipped the upper part of her black kimono off her shoulders a little.

Her snow-white shoulders, delicate and well-defined collarbones, and the deep valley of her chest were now exposed!

The faint outline of her ample breasts beneath the kimono...

She was not wearing anything underneath!

Chen Yan swallowed.

"Senior..." Chu Keqing’s voice was like a soft whisper, "I may be thirty-three, but I have never been with a man before..."

"I told you, you don’t have to do this."

"I do." Chu Keqing replied slowly, "I am not just trying to cling to you; I am genuinely entranced by your brilliance! Your Divine Techniques, your wisdom, your demeanor...

If our first meeting had only made me wary of you because of your extraordinary skills breaking my Talisman Art...

Then, later when you helped rectify and improve my Cloud Sect Technique, subdued the Fox Demon at the He Family home, and retrieved the Cloud Order from the founder of the Cloud Sect in Port City...

I now hold a deep admiration for you! What I am doing today, I do willingly!"

Lowering her voice, Chu Keqing said, "I am just afraid that you won’t see me as worthy... After all, you are much older than me and might only see me as a child..."