Chapter 9: Chapter Eight: Meeting the Calamity

Chen Yan had a grave expression.

Ever since he learned the "Qi Yun Zhou Shu," he'd been thrilled by it, wishing he could calculate his fortune eight times a day.

If all mystical arts didn't consume a bit of primordial qi, he might have done it even more.

He remembered clearly—he'd calculated his journey's fortune last night, and it had been smooth sailing, utterly safe.

So why, after boarding the plane, did it…

That means, someone on this plane is cursing me!

The moment Chen Yan thought of this, he took a deep breath, directed his primordial qi into his eyes, then squinted and used the Heaven's Eye Qi-Viewing Method to scan the surroundings.

What he saw…

【Holy shit, where did this black qi come from?!】

He saw that in the cabin, every passenger in first class—men, women, young, old—each had faint, wispy strands of black qi swirling around their heads. Even the flight attendants were no exception.

And these wisps of black qi drifted toward him, originating from the economy class in the rear.

Chen Yan's heart skipped a beat; he immediately rose from his seat and walked toward the economy class.

Along the way, the economy class was the same: every passenger had several thin strands of black qi coiling around their heads, and all these wisps converged from a single direction.

Chen Yan walked all the way to the last row of seats in economy class and stopped there.

The plane wasn't full; in the last row of economy class, only the window seat on the left side was occupied.

A small, slender figure sat there, wrapped in a bulky cotton coat, head bowed, hood pulled low, curled up in the window seat as if asleep.

Chen Yan used his Qi-Viewing Method and saw a thick, dense mass of black qi swirling above the person's head—like dark clouds pressing down!

Not only was it thick, but it seemed to be gathering more and more…

Found the source!

This person might as well have a label stuck to them: Misfortune Personified!

Chen Yan stood there, pinched his fingers in calculation, and realized—with this level of black qi, this was genuine, real bloodshed calamity!

And the black qi was still slowly accumulating; if this trend continued, this person's misfortune would drag down everyone on the flight!

Looking at the black clouds pressing overhead, this calamity was no small matter!

Chen Yan instantly broke into a cold sweat.

His mind raced through the various methods of fortune reversal recorded in the manual…

He'd read many, but all were high-level techniques beyond the reach of a beginner like himself.

Besides, he had no magical artifacts.

In his panic, a sudden idea struck him—a makeshift solution. It wouldn't fix the root cause, though.

A method called "Breaking the Calamity" mentioned in the manual.

Qi fortune, whether positive or negative, accumulates gradually.

When negative qi fortune accumulates to a certain point, it forms what's called a "calamity."

To break a great calamity, besides the proper, costly fortune-reversal techniques, there was another makeshift method:

Preemptively meet the calamity.

It sounds complicated, but it's simple: suppose your misfortune is building up, and once it peaks, it'll unleash a massive bloodshed calamity—ranging from serious injury to outright death.

But if, before this bloodshed calamity fully forms, you just… get your period…

Doesn't that mean you've already bled?

Then the bloodshed calamity has already been "met."

Like a reservoir: before it fills completely, you drill a hole in it—the water drains out, the pressure drops sharply, and it takes much longer to fill again…

Thinking of this, Chen Yan sighed, glanced helplessly around, clenched his fist, and leaned close to the person.

Only when he got closer did he realize the person was a girl—her face looked incredibly young.

Her features weren't strikingly beautiful, but delicately refined.

Her face was full of collagen, her appearance the kind of harmless, cute, soft-girl type.

Chen Yan said nothing, his resolve unshaken, his expression calm as he moved closer.

He first gently tapped her shoulder with his left hand.

The girl, who had been resting with her head down, instinctively looked up and naturally let out a soft: "Hm?"

She saw a clean-cut young man staring at her.

The next second…

A fist came straight at her face!

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"Ahh!!"

A shriek—the fist landed squarely on the cute girl's delicate nose.

Blood gushed out immediately; she clutched her face and bent over, moaning in pain.

Chen Yan's expression didn't change; his gaze remained calm.

He never had any extra sympathy for women.

No matter how cute or adorable she was, what did it matter to him? She wasn't his woman.

Besides, under the threat he'd just sensed, faced with the choice between "this stranger suffers" and "I suffer the calamity," Chen Yan decisively chose the former.

As the blood kept flowing, the girl whimpered "Ooooh."

Chen Yan clearly saw the thick black cloud above the girl's head rapidly dissipating.

And the tense, dangerous feeling in his own chest vanished just as quickly.

Chen Yan exhaled in relief.

At least, the blood calamity won't be triggered before this plane lands.

The feeling of tension and danger faded. Chen Yan watched the little girl in front of him, who was covering her nose and whimpering pitifully. Apart from the nosebleed flowing from between her fingers, her eyes were wide with panic as she looked at him, and her body tried to shrink backward.

"You... wuwuwu, who are you... wuwu..."

Her voice was very soft.

Chen Yan narrowed his eyes and said nothing.

There has long been a guess on the internet: if such a cute soft girl gets punched, will she cry for a long time?

Hmm, she indeed will cry for a long time.

Personally tested.

Actually, Chen Yan held back his strength when he struck; he hit her with controlled force.

Otherwise, the little girl wouldn't just have a nosebleed; her nasal bone would have been broken.

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The commotion here immediately alarmed the passengers in the front row; some turned to look and then let out exclamations.

"Oh my! What's going on!"

"They're fighting! They're fighting!"

Chen Yan didn't panic, nor did he show any expression of guilt.

His punch was for self-preservation, and it saved everyone on the plane, and incidentally saved this cute girl with dark clouds looming overhead.

I'm doing a good deed too...

Great Benefactor Chen consoled himself in his heart.

Just as he was about to open his mouth and say a few words of explanation...

"Don't move!!"

A harsh shout came from behind!

Chen Yan instinctively answered: "Eh?"

A great force collided with him from behind. Chen Yan stumbled forward, and then a pair of hands with even greater strength pinned him directly to the ground.

Chen Yan wisely made no resistance; instead, he raised both hands high and voluntarily lay face down on the floor.

A voice behind him shouted harshly:

"Don't move! I'm the plane's safety officer! Don't move!!"

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The first-class cabin bought for several thousand yuan was no longer a privilege he could enjoy.

For the rest of the journey, Chen Yan sat in the very last row of economy class, squeezed into the innermost seat on the right.

And beside him sat a plane safety officer in plain clothes with an unfriendly expression.

In fact, he was similar to a police officer on the plane.

Well, he couldn't even sit comfortably; his hands were placed together in front of him, and white plastic-looking cuffs were clamped onto his two thumbs...

These were simple handcuffs.

And for the rest of the journey, Chen Yan would have to maintain this posture here.

Across the aisle, a flight attendant came over to give the cute girl some water and medical cotton for use on the plane...

Then she took the cute girl away and moved her to a seat in the front.

Hmm, Chen Yan estimated that it seemed the girl was taken to first class to sit...

In his seat?

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The whispered conversations from the passengers in the cabin, such as 【This person's brain is sick】, 【Why did he suddenly run to the back to hit a little girl】, 【He must be a madman】, and the like, entered Chen Yan's ears.

With his Yuan Qi entering his body after reaching the entry level, besides enhanced perception, his hearing, vision, and the other five senses had also become much sharper than before.

Moments later, two flight attendants pushed a trolley over to distribute drinks; when they looked at Chen Yan, their eyes held a look of barely concealed disgust and fear as they stole glances at him.

Chen Yan thought for a moment and suddenly spoke: "Excuse me..."

The safety officer beside Chen Yan immediately glared at him with alertness, poked Chen Yan, and said with an unfriendly expression: "What are you doing! Don't cause trouble!"

Chen Yan's expression didn't change; he only looked at the flight attendant he had called over: "Is she okay?"

Flight attendant: "..."

After hesitating for a moment, the flight attendant shook her head and then quickly pushed the cart away.

Chen Yan looked at the safety officer beside him with the unfriendly expression, said no more, closed his eyes to rest his spirit, and began to ponder his countermeasures after the plane landed in his mind.

Sigh... my skills are still not enough; if I knew higher-level Strange Arts, why would I need to use this simple and crude method of 【anticipating the calamity】...

I must intensify my practice after returning.

Eh?

As Chen Yan pondered these thoughts, suddenly his heart stirred, and a subtle and peculiar sensation arose throughout his body, as if in spring, standing under fine rain as dense as ox hair, that warm and soft, silk-like drizzle gently brushing and washing over his body.

Yuan Qi...

It seems to be rising?!

Chen Yan's heart stirred.

What did I do?

He instantly came to his senses, and a strange thought appeared in his mind:

Could it be... that just now, by helping that girl anticipate the calamity early and breaking her disaster of blood and light...

... my Yuan Qi circulation actually increased?

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"Name!"

"Chen Yan."

"Gender!"

"Male."

"Age?"

"Twenty-two."

At the Jin Ling Airport Police Station, Chen Yan had already been transferred to an office here.

Sitting in the chair, his hands were still restrained by those simple plastic handcuffs.

Two police officers from the airport station sat opposite him, taking down a statement.

What Chen Yan did not know was that in the room next door, the girl who had taken his punch was also giving her statement.

Actually, Chen Yan had already figured out how to deal with the police while on the way.

Telling the truth directly was definitely out of the question.

To say: I know magic! I can see this woman is destined for bloodshed, and that the entire flight might be taken away by her misfortune?

To say I made her bleed first to help her survive the calamity?

If he dared to say such a thing, he might just be sent straight to a hospital for a mental health evaluation.

So Chen Yan's explanation was very simple:

"I mistook her for someone else."

"Mistook her? Even if you did, you still can't hit people!!" the police officer shouted sternly.

Chen Yan nodded and admitted defeat: "Yes, Uncle Police, I admit my mistake. I was wrong."

"Even if you mistook her, you must have a reason for hitting her!"

"Uh..." Chen Yan paused for a moment: "I mistook her for my ex-girlfriend."

"Ex-girlfriend? That still doesn't justify hitting her!" the other, slightly older police officer frowned: "What exactly happened?"

Chen Yan's expression remained unchanged:

"My ex-girlfriend stole the money I had saved to pay rent, bought a wedding dress, and went to see her idol's concert. When she came back, she called me stingy and kicked me out."

The two police officers: "............"

Chen Yan didn't feel he was lying.

Was the story true? Yes, it was.

It just didn't happen to him personally.

Both police officers seemed somewhat silenced. After a moment, they began the procedure.

Asked about his workplace.

None; he had resigned not long ago.

Notify family members?

No father, no mother; his grandmother had only been buried a few days ago.

"Are you willing to apologize and compensate?"

"Yes," Chen Yan answered very decisively, and with a very sincere tone: "I am willing to apologize to that girl in person and compensate for all medical expenses and losses."

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