Hillside Villa.
Su Qingyan was in the bathroom taking a bath.
Chen Fan stood in front of the water dispenser, holding a jade bottle in his hand, his face full of conflict.
"Logically speaking, since Qingyan has co back with , does that an she has implicitly agreed to this matter?"
"But what if she just wanted to spend the night at the villa and didn’t have that kind of intention?"
"Should I really use this thod?"
After a while, he took a deep breath, filled a glass with water, opened the jade bottle, and dropped a drop of elixir into it.
"Better be safe than sorry. After all, this involves Qingyan’s life. I must return her life essence to her tonight, whether she’s willing or not, this must be done."
Chen Fan made up his mind.
Fearing that the efficacy wasn’t strong enough, he dropped two more drops of the elixir into it.
Before long, Su Qingyan ca out of the bathroom.
She was only wrapped in a bath towel, her long legs white and smooth, her hair wet and dripping; her face, adorned with droplets of water, was alluring, and the slight shyness in her eyes made her charm uniquely captivating.
Chen Fan was stunned, his heartbeat soared, and a certain impulse quietly arose within him.
Just with that one look, he began to doubt whether he had accidentally drunk the water in the cup.
Su Qingyan saw Chen Fan staring at her like that and gave him a reproachful glance, "Hey, your drool is about to fall out!"
Slurp.
Chen Fan’s face was full of embarrassnt, "Well... I’m going to take a bath too."
"This glass of water is for you. The weather is dry today; drink it."
"Make sure you drink it, okay?"
Su Qingyan said, "Got it, you go take your bath."
Only then did Chen Fan enter the bathroom in a flurry.
The fragrance left by Su Qingyan’s recent bath lingered inside.
Chen Fan sniffed it deeply, remarking, "Indeed, girls always sll nice."
After taking a bath, Chen Fan looked everywhere for a bath towel but couldn’t find one anywhere.
"Strange, I clearly placed several bath towels here earlier, where did they go?" Chen Fan muttered to himself.
It didn’t take long for him to realize an embarrassing problem.
"No bath towels... am I supposed to dress while still wet?"
He thought for a mont then called out loudly, "Qingyan, could you get a bath towel?"
"I wonder if Qingyan drank that glass of water," he mumbled under his breath.
Shortly, the bathroom doorknob was turned.
Chen Fan was startled and quickly said, "Just pass it through a crack in the door."
But the next second, Su Qingyan, her face flushed and wrapped in a bath towel, appeared inside the bathroom and closed the door behind her.
Chen Fan quickly turned around, flustered, "Qingyan, what... what are you doing?"
Su Qingyan, looking enchantingly beautiful, said in a seductive voice, "Didn’t you want a bath towel? I brought it to you."
Having said that, she raised one hand and directly pulled the bath towel off her body.
Chen Fan swallowed hard, "Is the effect of the dicine this powerful? To make Qingyan act so forward."
Before he had ti to think too much, his vision was suddenly covered by a swath of white.
...
The next afternoon.
Chen Fan opened his weary eyes.
One hand instinctively reached out to the side.
It found nothing.
He bolted upright and found that he was alone in the room.
"Qingyan, did she leave?"
Chen Fan felt an imnse sense of loss and quickly went out, searching around the villa.
In the end, he found a note on the dining table, along with a lunch that didn’t look very appealing and had gone completely cold.
The note read, "I’ll wait for you in the Capital."
Chen Fan’s eyes instantly filled with sourness.
They had only fallen into a deep sleep at five in the morning the night before, and Su Qingyan had taken the trouble to cook for him as well, which made him feel quite distressed.
He sat down at the dining table and ate every last bit of the al on the table.
No matter what this al tasted like, at this mont, to Chen Fan, it was the most delicious food in the world.
After finishing his al, Chen Fan approached the table, planning to grab a cup of water to drink.
As soon as he picked up the water cup, his brows furrowed, and he looked inside.
It was the sa cup of water he had poured for Su Qingyan the night before, not a drop less.
Chen Fan’s eyes widened in an instant, "Qingyan last night..."
He took a deep breath and revealed a happy smile, "Does this an she has accepted ?"
Then his gaze beca determined again, "Qingyan, wait for , it won’t be long before I’ll co to find you in the Capital, in the guise of a king!"
Last night’s battle with Elder Si made him acutely aware of his own weakness.
At this mont, he was more eager to beco stronger than ever before.
"Strength is fundantal; the first thing is to find a way to break through to the Foundation Establishnt Realm," murmured Chen Fan.
Soone rang the doorbell at that mont.
Chen Fan walked over and opened the door, only to find Manager Sun.
"Manager Sun, what’s the matter?"
Manager Sun said with a smile, "Mr. Chen, there’s a woman nad Lu Qinghuan at the entrance to the neighborhood who would like to see you."
Chen Fan replied directly, "I overexerted myself yesterday and will not see anyone."
Having said that, he closed the door and went to the center of the Five Elents Fusion Spirit Formation to start practicing.
Manager Sun muttered to himself, "Mr. Chen does seem much more haggard than before. It seems he spent another whole night painting last night."
"For soone so talented and hardworking as he, it’s truly admirable."
...
A week later.
Chen Fan sat in the center of the Formation, frowning slightly.
"The Spiritual Energy condensed by the Five Elents Fusion Spirit Formation easily helped break through to the ninth layer of the Qi Refining Realm, but to break through from the Qi Refining Realm to the Foundation Establishnt Realm, the effect of this Formation is still lacking."
"With the aid of the Three Hundred Volus of the Art of Painting, my realm is sufficient to break through to the Foundation Establishnt Realm, what I’m lacking now is an imnse and concentrated Spiritual Energy."
He pondered carefully, and after half a day of deliberation, he spoke to himself.
"There are two thods right now; one is to replace the Formation Core, substituting the Cloud Spring Stone with a higher-grade Spirit Stone to elevate the Spiritual Energy condensed by the Five Elents Fusion Spirit Formation to the level of mist-like Spiritual Energy."
"The other is to find a sufficient amount of Heaven and Earth Treasures, relying on the Spiritual Energy contained within them to support my breakthrough to the Foundation Establishnt Realm."
"Neither of these thods is easy."
Soone rang the doorbell again at this ti.
Chen Fan walked out and saw that it was Manager Sun again.
Manager Sun looked helpless, "Mr. Chen, that Lu Qinghuan has co to see you again, and she has been coming every day for the past week, why don’t you et with her just once?"
Chen Fan sighed, "Alright, let her co over."
Manager Sun quickly nodded.
Soon after, dressed in a long, cyan-colored dress and with a gentle gait, Lu Qinghuan appeared before Chen Fan.
She wore light makeup and lipstick, her features as exquisite as a Nine Heavens Fairy.
"Mr. Chen," Lu Qinghuan greeted with a bow.
Chen Fan got straight to the point, "What exactly do you want from ?"
Lu Qinghuan was slightly bashful, "I’d like to ask Mr. Chen for a very important favor. I can’t say what it is just yet, but if Mr. Chen agrees, I am willing to pay a reward that will satisfy you first."
As she spoke, she took out a box, opened it, and pulled out a stone that emitted a faint glow and a cold aura.
Chen Fan’s gaze fell on the stone, and his pupils shrank suddenly.
He felt an imnsely majestic and purified Spiritual Energy from the stone!
"This is... a Xuanming Stone!"
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