CHAPTER 398: CHAPTER 136: [BAD NEWS]

After thinking for a moment, Lin Qingquan sighed and simply pushed open the window, smiling and loudly saying to Chen Yan, "Young friend, you have quite a good house guardian beast."

"You’re joking, fellow Daoist," Chen Yan replied loudly and unhurriedly, "A turtle cultivator in the transformation stage hardly qualifies for the title of house guardian beast."

While saying "house guardian beast," they were also calling each other "fellow Daoist."

Both of them pretended to be casual, but they had just broken the conventional courtesy.

Lin Qingquan caught the signal Chen Yan was sending him:

Stop pretending, we’re both cultivators!

The old man closed the window and returned to his room, but he was still puzzled.

How did this kid notice?

I hide my cultivation with a spell, could he see through it with his level?

This doesn’t make sense!!

·

Chen Yan took the turtle for a stroll in the yard and then let it return to its formation point.

Lin Qingquan’s real intentions and why he was living next door weren’t clear to him yet.

But it seemed, for now, that there was no great malice towards him.

Even exposing himself as a cultivator didn’t rush Lin Qingquan into confronting or capturing him...

Even if he is the son of Chen Jue, it seemed like there wasn’t any hostility either.

Was he being watched? Or was Lin Qingquan just looking for a fellow cultivator neighbor?

Chen Yan had prepared for this probe beforehand.

If revealing himself caused the old man to turn hostile and act against him...

Chen Yan had a spell of the Mirror World ready in his pocket.

He didn’t know the extent of the old man’s cultivation, but he probably couldn’t win against him.

If worst came to worst, he’d just escape into the Mirror World.

He could always leave if he had to.

·

After the test, Chen Yan returned inside and started to entertain another thought.

It didn’t seem hostile, so... could he perhaps benefit a little from Old Deng?

Just as he was thinking about it, he saw a figure slowly jump over the wall into the yard.

Lin Qingquan dropped the act, didn’t use the front door, and boldly jumped over the wall, even ringing the doorbell once he got to the front.

Chen Yan took a deep breath, holding a talisman paper in his pocket, and went to open the door.

"Young friend, shall we have a chat?" Lin Qingquan stood outside, smiling at Chen Yan.

"Please come in, fellow Daoist." Chen Yan stepped aside.

"I won’t come in; I’m brewing tea at home," Lin Qingquan waved, but took a jade pendant from his chest and handed it over.

"This is a dual cultivation technique, consider it a belated meeting gift for you, young friend."

Chen Yan was stunned.

No way!

Who gives a "dual cultivation technique" as a meeting gift when visiting a good person!!!

It’s like going to your neighbor’s house with a prized collection of Yua Aida’s works?

Is that appropriate?!

"When we first met, I had hidden my identity, young friend, don’t blame me. Consider this technique as a belated gift for when we met.

Now we live next to each other, and our families will visit each other often in the future. You’re welcome to come to my cave for tea anytime, young friend."

Oh, dear, a cave dwelling?

Do the property developers agree with you calling your house that? Does the homeowners’ association know?

Chen Yan grumbled internally, but wore a smile on his face, "Thank you for the gift, fellow Daoist."

After accepting the jade pendant, Lin Qingquan squinted at Chen Yan and said with a smile, "This gift is indeed appropriate... I see the star of romance shining on you, so I haven’t had the chance to congratulate you on losing your virginity recently. This dual cultivation technique comes at just the right time."

Congratulations on losing virginity?

What kind of terrible congratulation is this!

Chen Yan twitched at the corners of his mouth.

After thinking for a moment, he said with a smile, "Please hold on for a moment, fellow Daoist."

With that, he turned around and went back inside, rummaged in the kitchen for a bit, and came out a moment later with a string of sausages in his hand.

"This is a specialty from my hometown, sausages made with pork raised by the villagers. They have a distinct flavor, consider it a token of my thanks."

Lin Qingquan’s eye twitched while staring at the sausages in Chen Yan’s hand!

You ungrateful brat!!

The jade pendant I gave contains a secret cultivation technique! Something people would fight over in the Domain Realm!!

Not to mention the technique, even the jade pendant alone is made of top-quality mutton fat jade!

Just selling the pendant alone would go for a million!

And you return a string of sausages?!

Holding it up, Lin Qingquan almost went into a fit—it’s way too little! At most two pounds!

At least give more!

·

"Alright, some days later, I’ll have another generous gift for you, young friend—um, let’s talk about it then."

Lin Qingquan, with a strange expression, bid farewell holding the sausages, and boldly turned to jump back over the wall.

Chen Yan slowly closed the door, roughly understanding Old Deng’s message.

We’re both cultivators, so let’s drop the pretense.

But no mentions of anything else.

It’s like the two of them just coincidentally became neighbors as cultivators.

That’s all there is to it.

As for the invitation for tea...

It likely means, "Come anytime you’d like, but don’t sneak in."

And as for another gift in a few days...

Let’s see what kind of trick the old man has in store.

·

With the dual cultivation technique in hand, Chen Yan immediately went back inside to examine it.

With a wisp of primordial qi injected into the jade pendant, it emitted light, revealing a thousand-character cultivation technique.

Chen Yan took out paper and pen, transcribed the technique onto paper. Once the primordial qi in the pendant was exhausted, it no longer illuminated—there were obviously hidden runes inside, making it a one-time use.

After it’s used, the jade pendant becomes just an ordinary pendant.

Chen Yan weighed this thing in his hand.

Hmm, if sold, it could fetch enough for a nice car.

It’s definitely worthwhile to keep in touch with Lin Laodeng in the future!