It was already the hour of You, with less than an hour left until the hour of Xu.

The hour of Xu had important matters... In fact, Chu Qing really shouldn’t be opening the chest at this time.

An hour’s time, if he opened Inner Power...

Tonight, he would probably find it difficult to leave this room.

But as things were, with a formidable enemy at hand and Celestial Secret Valley hard to probe, no one knew the exact situation.

Wen Fusheng had gone to keep watch, but unfortunately, there hadn’t been any news all day.

The news brought by the old beggar made Chu Qing somewhat apprehensive about the state within Celestial Secret Valley.

Therefore, even though it was a bit risky, he wanted to open the chest first before dealing with other matters.

However, speaking of risk, Chu Qing was not entirely without confidence.

Over a long period, he had already opened a lot of Martial Arts from the chests.

Based on these experiences, Chu Qing had made some guesses about the ’Random Martial Arts Treasure Chest’ that appeared after killing a target.

For instance, the elderly Jade Dragon Fairy opened Palm Technique, Jiang Divine Saber and Pei Wuji, one opened Saber Technique, the other opened Fist Technique.

Before this, the destruction of Yinfeng Stronghold also yielded a Palm Technique.

Judging by the conditions of these targets, it was highly likely the Saber Technique came from Jiang Divine Saber’s chest.

In other words, is there a possibility that killing a target who used a saber results in a chest with a certain probability of being Saber Technique?

And when killing someone using fist and foot techniques, it often results in fist and foot techniques.

However, it’s not fixed on Palm or Fist Technique but randomly selects one from fist and foot techniques.

So... now that he had slain Ling Beichen, if he opened the chest, it was very likely to be a Sword Technique.

Of course, these guesses might not be reliable.

After all, how it would turn out would only be known after opening it.

He went to the basin, washed his hands, carefully dried them, and sat on the bed.

With a thought, the system interface appeared.

[One unopened Martial Arts Treasure Chest, open it?]

Chu Qing exhaled:

"Open it!"

[Successfully opened, obtained Lightweight Technique: Floating Fluff Smoke Technique!]

"Eh?"

Chu Qing, who was so confident, was momentarily bewildered.

[Floating Fluff Smoke Technique]?

Having killed someone as skillful as Ling Beichen, he ended up with such a Floating Fluff Smoke Technique?

He had been pondering Sword Techniques for ages... like Dugu Nine Swords, Returning Phoenix Willow Sword, Twenty-Third Sword, One Sword Separates Two Worlds...

But ended up with just this Floating Fluff Smoke Technique?

Kill a swordsman, and get a Lightweight Technique, is this reasonable?

Well, very reasonable!

After all, they did say from the start that it’s a Random Martial Arts Treasure Chest.

The whole lot of deductions he made just now were merely his conjectures...

"This damn system plans to slap me in the face with facts!"

Chu Qing felt a little frustrated, but when the mantra of the Floating Fluff Smoke Technique appeared in his mind, the frustration instantly dissipated.

The method of channeling energy within was exceptionally exquisite in the way of lightness.

He opened his eyes, and with a light step, his figure suddenly seemed to turn into a wisp of green smoke, arriving at the table in a mere thought, picked up a teacup and took a sip, then flashed to the door, lightly tapping Si Ye on the shoulder.

Si Ye turned his head sharply, but behind him was empty.

Seeing the door open and Chu Qing not inside, he was startled and immediately entered to check.

The person who promised to stay confined in the room, how did they suddenly disappear?

Seeing the window in the room still tightly closed, and hearing no sound himself, he turned to go out and find someone.

But as he turned around, he saw Chu Qing leaning against the door drinking tea.

"Young master?"

Si Ye cupped his fists and lowered his head, but when he lifted his head again, Chu Qing was nowhere to be seen.

The voice, however, came from behind:

"Yes."

He quickly turned around, only to see Chu Qing sitting on the stool, looking at him with a smile.

Si Ye was momentarily drenched in sweat:

"You... are you human or ghost?"

Chu Qing’s face darkened:

"Nonsense."

If he were a ghost, how could he be speaking to you here?

Si Ye felt even more shocked.

If he was human, how could he move so swiftly and silently?

Clearly within the three-foot range, he couldn’t see a bit of his action.

Once out of sight, it was completely hard to capture.

He cupped his fists immediately and said:

"I never expected the young master’s Lightweight Technique to be so exceptional... But weren’t you in seclusion?"

"It’s over."

Chu Qing put down the teacup:

"Have someone bring some food, I haven’t eaten anything all day."

"Yes..."

Si Ye hesitated and nodded.

Feeling that Chu Qing’s efficiency in seclusion seemed somewhat too high.

But he was somewhat enlightened as well, no wonder he decided to go into seclusion at this critical moment.

It turns out seclusion can be so quick.

He shook his head, feeling that this Young Master was unfathomable, not something he could comprehend, and went out to order someone to bring the food.

Things were already prepared in advance, and once Si Ye ordered it, the food was brought in.

The dinner was quite sumptuous, perhaps because Chu Qing had praised the Mandarin Duck Fish earlier, tonight they served a steamed Mandarin Duck Fish, paired with one meat, one vegetable, and a bowl of soup.

They also brought half a bucket of Jade Fragrant Rice, which was about it for dinner.

The wine on the table Chu Qing didn’t touch, as he had things to do later and needed to keep a clear head.

The meal was finished quickly, with almost only the bottom left of the half bucket of rice.

Chu Qing wiped his mouth and drank another half pot of tea, all done in less than the time it takes an incense stick to burn.