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What is the old man's identity?

There are many people of the right age in the Li family that we can guess, and there are even two or three elders who have power.

However, Qing Chen knew that, given Li Shutong's personality, he would only tell his secrets to the person he trusted most.

Before his departure, Li Shutong made all the arrangements for Qing Chen, waiting for the young man to slowly unveil the world on his own.

Therefore, Qing Chen already knew the old man's identity.

However, the old man didn't expose Qing Chen, and Qing Chen didn't expose the old man either. The two seemed to exchange a knowing smile.

Qing Chen thought for a moment and asked, "So, when the knight ancestor gave the Heartless Bronze Bell, did he agree that it would be returned to its rightful owner someday?"

The old man sighed, "What I want most right now is to have someone throw you into Dragon Lake and make you swim back to Feiyun Courtyard in the icy water. And can you please stop focusing on such bizarre things?"

"Oh," Qing Chen said, pulling on the fishing line to let the hook swim in the water, "Does the Li family have any other cultivation methods?"

"That's all. The rest either have too low an upper limit or have side effects," the old man said casually. "Besides, you're an outsider. Don't keep eyeing the Old Li family's assets. It wasn't easy to accumulate those assets."

Qing Chen thought to himself, "This old man is even starting to plead poverty for the sake of not making me spend any money."

Just then, the old man turned and stared intently at his arm, but found nothing. "Strange, how did you manage to catch that Dragon Fish yesterday?!"

Qing Chen chuckled. The Puppet Master in his hand was transparent. How could you possibly see it?

The next moment, the fishing line in his hand began to shake violently again, and Qing Chen lifted the Dragon Fish out of the water and ran away.

The old man stared in disbelief...

Aside from dealing with Zhang Chengze's matter, Qing Chen spent almost all of this time in the quiet of the Banshan Manor during this time travel.

Every day, besides taking a stroll around Zhixin Courtyard, I stay in my dormitory, immersing myself in the world of "Conquer by Virtue" and facing the Life and Death Trial challenge of "Ultimate Trust".

According to the original plan, after obtaining the cultivation method, he should teach the Li family disciples as soon as possible. On the one hand, this would give the Li family disciples some fighting ability, and on the other hand, it would make the Li family disciples more convinced of his abilities.

Qing Chen also tried to translate some of the cultivation methods given by the old man using his fragmented memory of Tibetan, but he failed.

Everything can only be discussed after the full text is translated upon our return.

During this period, Qing Chen stayed in his dormitory and rarely went to Feiyun Courtyard.

However, what is bound to happen will eventually happen.

On the last night before his return, Xiao Ying suddenly knocked on his dormitory door and said with a wink, "Boss Changqing asked me to call you to Feiyun Courtyard. It seems there's something important."

Qing Chen glanced at the countdown to his return: 00:30:00.

The last half hour.

He calmly got up and headed to Feiyun Courtyard, where Li Changqing was already waiting. On the stone table in the courtyard, there was the metal box used to store the gene serum.

Li Changqing chuckled, "I've been keeping track of the time. Tonight marks exactly one month since your last gene injection. I know you want to advance to D-Class quickly, so the gene serum is already prepared for you."

Qing Chen looked at the metal box with a delighted expression, stroking its surface as if reluctant to let go.

"You're usually so aloof and indifferent, not at all like a young person," Li Changqing, seeing Qing Chen's happiness. She became happy too, "See? I kept my promise to you."

"Thank you," Qing Chen said. "I searched the black market for a long time but couldn't find any gene serum sequences above number 003. I thought I would be stuck at E-Class for the rest of my life."

"Come on," Li Changqing, picking up the metal box from the stone table with one hand and pulling Qing Chen's arm with the other, leading them into the Feiyun Courtyard.

Upon entering the main building of Feiyun Courtyard, Qing Chen was shocked to find that all the security guards and servants had been dismissed, leaving the building completely empty...

Li Changqing pulled him along the empty corridor, her black skirt swaying and her high heels clicking on the wooden floor.

A thin leather belt was wrapped around the waist of the black skirt, making the waist look very slender.

Qing Chen felt increasingly uneasy, but he had no choice but to grit his teeth and continue forward.

Just then, Li Changqing chuckled, "The Feiyun Courtyard, which makes one feel somewhat frightened."

"Well, if you're scared, call the security guards and servants back. Otherwise, I'm a little scared too," Qing Chen said sincerely.

The fears the two people described were completely different...

Moreover, on the night of the attack on the Fourth District, Li Changqing had already demonstrated a cultivation level beyond that of ordinary people, jumping from the tenth floor as if nothing had happened.

When they were alone together, Qing Chen really couldn't beat her.

Li Changqing smiled and said, "What are you afraid of? Don't overthink it. I'm worried that you'll scream in pain after the gene injection and they'll hear you. I don't mind, but I'm afraid your pride won't be able to take it."

Qing Chen breathed a sigh of relief; so that's how it is.

That makes sense, in Li Changqing's eyes, he really was going to be injected with gene-enhancing drugs tonight.

Everyone knows that the gene injection will be extremely painful, and Li Changqing has no way to do anything to him.

Li Changqing led him to a side room in Feiyun Courtyard and gently closed the door.

Then, in front of Qing Chen, she opened the metal box and took out the FDE-003 gene serum from the very center. "Do you want me to give you the injection? But you've given yourself two injections before, so you should be more skilled."

Qing Chen smiled as he took the azure blue gene serum from Li Changqing's hand, and said with a smile, "I can do it myself. It's just an intramuscular injection, very simple."

Li Changqing laughed and said, "Don't you need to hide in the restroom to get your injection? Can I just watch?"

"Of course," Qing Chen said.

As he spoke, he glanced at the gene serum briefly, then plunged it into his thigh without hesitation.

But, in the instant his arm fell from the air...

The countdown to the return has reached zero.

The world fell into darkness, and then light returned.

Qing Chen returned to his home on Xing Shu Road in the Outer World, still holding the No. 003 gene serum in his hand.

The boy picked up a sealed glass bottle from the bedside table, pushed all the gene serum into it, and then took out a prepared azure liquid from the side and drew it into a syringe.

He had devised this scheme of replacing the prince with a cat 18 days ago.

Since he was going to get the injection in front of Li Changqing, he had to make sure he was okay. He absolutely couldn't get the real gene serum injected, because if he hadn't been injected with 004 or 005 before, he would die if he got injected with 003 directly.

The moment the Time Walker returned, it was enough for Qing Chen to switch places.

In fact, Li Changqing's sudden question to him about whether he wanted to hide in the bathroom to get an injection was perhaps a test to see if he was Time Walker.

After all, Time Walker can also put gene serums into their bodies and bring them back to the Outer World to switch them out.

However, what Li Changqing didn't know was that the existence of Knight True Qi allowed Qing Chen to bring the gene serum back with him.

This is something that Time Walker cannot do.

No extra chapters today, something came up at home and I only have the usual 7,000 words. I'll continue to catch up tomorrow.