Put Away Your Divine Techniques Now!

Chapter 1200: Chapter 357: Zhou Qingning’s Path to Survival

If she continues to fleece the sheep like this, she worries that Hu Shangke might be scared away again, and she’d truly be left with no sheep.

The magical restriction of only absorbing from those who have touched the lamp base is really too hindering.

The lamp base is at home, and it’s rare for anyone to come into contact with it, especially now that no one lives in the house, making it even more difficult to encounter people.

Finally, Hu Shangke knocked on her door and just happened to touch it, and even better, he’s a virgin!

A virgin! In this day and age, how rare!

So, Zhou Qingning initially planned to slow down the frequency with Hu Shangke.

However, she discovered at Hu Shangke’s house, under the doormat at the door, there’s actually a talisman!

This was evidently left by a cultivator with Tao practice to watch over Hu Shangke.

Although it doesn’t quite match the purpose, as she’s not some evil being. That talisman isn’t truly capable of harming her.

Still, Zhou Qingning realized this might be another opportunity for her to seek a way to survive!

A truly skilled master might be able to help her, perhaps?

A cultivator willing to protect ordinary people is likely not an evil cultivator, and should be considered a good person, right?

If she could figure out a way to appeal to them, perhaps they could help her solve her current predicament.

So tonight, Zhou Qingning intentionally sought out Hu Shangke.

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Chen Yan sneered, "Before you came to me tonight, weren’t you afraid I might be an evil cultivator? Or one of those defenders who wouldn’t listen to your nonsense and would directly strike you down?"

Zhou Qingning sighed, "I am helpless. Although that Mr. Hu is temporarily used by me, a single person’s Yang Qi can only barely give me a moment’s reprieve, and after absorbing a few times, it gradually becomes ineffective. Later, if I stay in this lamp base, without outsiders coming to this house, I’m afraid I won’t escape death either.

That’s why I took the risk and came to find Mr. Hu tonight, just to draw out the master behind him."

Chen Yan frowned at Zhou Qingning, suddenly saying, "Where did you get that exemption token?"

Zhou Qingning lowered her head in thought, then shook it, saying, "I actually... don’t remember."

She paused, worried that Chen Yan might not believe her, and quickly added, "After I awoke and recovered in the lamp base, this exemption token was already on me.

I vaguely remember... it seems a master gave it to me.

I vaguely remember I served that master, did something, and received this as a reward, being told that with this token in this realm, I wouldn’t be troubled by the Inspection Bureau and it would protect me.

But specifically, what I did for that master.

And who that master was, I don’t remember. No matter how hard I try to recall, I can only remember generally."

Chen Yan’s gaze turned cold, "Your explanation about the exemption token is one thing, but... what about the merit you possess?? Where did that merit come from?"

Zhou Qingning shuddered, "I, I, I truly don’t know..."

Don’t know?

Chen Yan gave a cold smile, "Memory loss huh, indeed a convenient excuse."

Zhou Qingning hurriedly raised a hand in a swearing gesture, "I can swear, I absolutely have no intention of hiding from the Immortal Official! It’s just that I’m a remnant soul now, and a lot of memories are truly incomplete; I honestly don’t remember."

Chen Yan stopped speaking.

He fell silent for a while, pondering silently.

Zhou Qingning’s claim about being in a remnant soul state with memory loss is actually real. When a person’s soul is incomplete, their consciousness is naturally not complete, and not remembering many things is indeed factual.

However, Chen Yan always felt there was something not quite right.

Thinking this, he lifted his head to closely scrutinize Zhou Qingning, when suddenly an idea struck him!

He abruptly realized what was off.

The exemption token!!

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