Becoming An Immortal Begins With Marrying A Wife

Chapter 52: Wen Zhiyun's Situation

The sound outside the house was very familiar, it was the Bamboo Leaf Gang steward who had come twice before.

Chen An and Wen Zhiyun exchanged a glance, without saying much, they simultaneously got up and went out to see what was happening.

Song Huaying and Gu Xinyue were both sensible and knew when to join in the excitement and when not to.

The two of them silently continued eating breakfast, without curiosity to follow outside.

Chen An came to the outside of the courtyard and saw that both sides of the alley were filled with people.

In the middle of the alley were the people from the Bamboo Leaf Gang from before.

Leading them was Elder Zhao from the Law Enforcement Hall.

Accompanying him were the steward and several ordinary gang members at the Qi Refining stage.

The only difference was that there were five people kneeling in front of them.

It was none other than Han Sanfan and the others who wanted to leave the Bamboo Leaf Forest last night.

At this moment, these five people were covered in injuries, their bodies tightly bound, their mouths stuffed with wet cloth, lying on the ground like dead dogs, their faces ashen.

Seeing that most of the residents had come out.

Elder Zhao, who was leading them, immediately said, "These five people are undercover agents from Black Iron Mountain Villa. They tried to leave last night to pass on information, but fortunately, I caught them."

"Today, I will execute these five people on the spot in front of everyone, to give you all an explanation."

After speaking, Elder Zhao swung his sword and beheaded the person closest to him.

A Qi Refining stage expert fell just like that.

Seeing this scene, everyone's faces changed slightly.

"Mmm... Mmm... Mmm!"

The remaining four people, seeing their companion beheaded, were immediately frightened and struggled desperately.

Among them, Han Sanfan, in the process of struggling, saw Chen An and his eyes instantly filled with malice.

He wished he could tear him apart!

Skin him and break his bones!

Chen An saw the malice in Han Sanfan's eyes and knew that the other party had misunderstood him, thinking that he had informed the Bamboo Leaf Gang, which led to the capture of the five of them.

"Swish!"

"Swish!"

"Swish!"

"Swish!"

Only four consecutive sword swings were heard.

The four people who had just been struggling on the ground.

Instantly followed in the footsteps of their companion.

All of them were dismembered, dying a tragic death.

"If any of you discover undercover agents from Black Iron Mountain Villa in the future, feel free to report to me at any time."

"Those who report will be rewarded."

After speaking, Elder Zhao forcefully swung his sword, shaking off the blood on it.

Then, without even handling the bodies, they directly left with the group of people behind them.

"Is this their way of giving us an explanation? This is clearly a warning to us not to leave Bamboo Leaf Forest!"

"Fellow Daoist Han's death is so unjust. I used to team up with him to go to the battlefield and kill enemies. At that time, he was a formidable cultivator, killing both early and mid-stage Qi Refining cultivators from Black Iron Mountain Villa. How could he be a spy for Black Iron Mountain Villa?"

"Sigh, there's no need to say much about these things. Everyone understands. Let's have a few people help give these five Fellow Daoists a proper burial."

"..."

With sighs echoing, several male cultivators quickly stepped forward to clean up the five headless bodies.

Many residents who had originally planned to leave Bamboo Leaf Forest had to temporarily abandon that idea after witnessing today's scene.

They decided to tough it out for now.

When they really couldn't hold on anymore, when they couldn't afford the rent, they would make other plans.

They would consider whether to earn rent vouchers on the battlefield or find another opportunity to leave Bamboo Leaf Forest.

"Sigh, it's truly a dog-eat-dog world."

Chen An looked at the five headless bodies being dragged away and couldn't help but feel a sense of desolation.

In this cultivation world where giant beasts and demons roamed, Independent Cultivators had to rely on sects and clans to live a stable life.

And living under the protection of others was generally difficult.

It was fine when there was nothing going on.

But once something happened, these Independent Cultivators would be ruthlessly exploited and squeezed dry by the sects and clans they belonged to.

Returning to the house.

After finishing breakfast.

Chen An and Wen Zhiyun went back to their room to catch up on sleep.

They had hardly slept all night.

They were extremely tired.

However, after lying down on the bed, Chen An found that he couldn't fall asleep at all.

Thinking about Han Sanfan and the others who were just beheaded outside, he felt very uneasy.

Bamboo Leaf Gang would rather lose the support of the people and ruin the reputation of Bamboo Leaf Forest than not make an example in front of all the residents.

This indirectly indicated just how difficult the situation of Bamboo Leaf Gang was.

If this trend continued, Bamboo Leaf Gang might do anything to resist Black Iron Mountain Villa.

Thinking of this, Chen An felt a sense of urgency.

No! He must quickly become a second-tier alchemist!

Join Treasure Pavilion!

Break free from the control of Bamboo Leaf Gang!

After having this idea, in the following days, besides completing the necessary alchemy every day, Chen An spent most of his time enjoying marital bliss with his wife.

Diligently improving his alchemy experience.

In the blink of an eye.

Over half a month had passed.

On this day.

Chen An had just finished his intimate time with his wife and sat on the edge of the bed, his thoughts turning as he opened the panel.

Name: Chen An

Cultivation Level: Qi Refining, 7th level

Wealth: 599 pieces of low-grade spirit stones

Pill Technique: Advanced, 1st stage (1566/2500)

Divine Sense: Advanced, 1st stage (1198/2500)

Goldfinger: Proficient (1322/2500)

Sleep Aid Technique: Skilled (266/500)

Spouse: Song Huaying, Gu Xinyue, Wen Zhiyun

Descendant: Chen Yuejian

Chen An didn't look closely and immediately focused his gaze on the Pill Technique column.

He has now accumulated 1566 points of experience, only needing a little over 900 more points to break through.

In the past half month, he has gained nearly 500 points of experience.

On average, he has been gaining 33 points of experience per day.

At this rate, it will probably only take a month to break through to the 2nd stage of pill cultivation.

"Indeed, adversity brings out hidden potential."

Chen An's heart was slightly excited, and he patted his petite wife beside him, wanting to continue improving his alchemy experience.

When Song Huaying was patted like this, her whole body trembled involuntarily. What's wrong?

She was a little scared and could only look at him with watery eyes, pitifully saying, "Husband, you've been spending a lot of time with Ying'er lately. Is it not good for Wen Jiejie and Gu Jiejie? I feel a bit neglected..."

"..." Chen An fell silent after hearing this, knowing that his petite wife was feeling burdened by his actions.

Soon, he gently touched her small face, smiled, and said, "Ying'er is really considerate, thinking about the two sisters. I didn't consider this matter properly."

As he spoke, he tenderly covered Song Huaying with a thin blanket and kissed her on the cheek, saying, "Ying'er, you've worked hard during this time. Rest well, I'll go see Wen Jiejie and Gu Jiejie."

"Husband, it's because Ying'er is useless..." Song Huaying pursed her lips, feeling disappointed.

During this time, her husband had become infatuated with her and wanted to give her more love, but she couldn't bear it.

After all, there was a difference between immortals and mortals.

Thinking of something she had seen when she lived in the cheap district before: a mortal woman being abandoned by her immortal husband and then hanging herself in front of her own door.

She couldn't help but feel a little depressed, thinking that if she couldn't satisfy her husband's needs, would he eventually become dissatisfied with her, even resent her, or even abandon her?

Chen An noticed his petite wife's anxiety and reached out to embrace her, comforting her, "Ying'er, don't overthink. You didn't rest much last night, so just get a good sleep now."

"Husband..." Song Huaying was moved.

Chen An didn't say anything, he just silently held her.

In the warm embrace of Chen An, Song Huaying quickly fell asleep.

Seeing her sleeping peacefully.

Chen An gently put her down from his arms, got dressed, and left the room.

He went to another room to visit Gu Xinyue.

After a moment, he entered Gu Xinyue's room.

Chen An was somewhat surprised to find that even his cold-hearted concubine was depressed?

He thought that he had neglected Gu Xinyue too much in the past half month, which led to her depression.

After some inquiry, he learned that Gu Xinyue was feeling upset because she remembered her deceased father.

Chen An felt uneasy listening to this, but there was nothing he could do except try to comfort her. He let her cry and call out for her father all morning, hoping to fill the void in her heart.

[Spiritual Power Intensity +3] x28

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After having lunch and resting for a while.

Chen An knocked on Wen Zhiyun's door.

Wen Zhiyun stood in the room and sarcastically said like a resentful woman,

"Oh, isn't this Master Chen Dan?"

"What's the matter?"

"Finally remembered that you have a concubine in your cold palace?"

"Yuner, it's my fault." Chen An said as he walked into the room and hugged Wen Zhiyun.

"Don't touch me!"

Wen Zhiyun became sulky and shook off Chen An's hand that was holding her.

But Chen An shamelessly continued to hold her and used sweet words to coax her. Eventually, she reluctantly forgave Chen An.

However, she was still angry in her heart.

In order to completely appease the resentment that had accumulated in Wen Zhiyun's heart over the past half month, Chen An frequently visited her in the following days.

After these few days, the fire spiritual root, which was originally less than half complete, almost leveled up.

[Fire Spiritual Root: Low Grade (98/100)]

"Just 2 more points to go."

Chen An couldn't hide his excitement. He reached out and woke up Wen Zhiyun next to him, wanting to continue being intimate with her.

Wen Zhiyun wasn't angry either, she just gave him an annoyed look and let him continue.

After about the time it takes to burn an incense stick.

[Fire Spiritual Root Aptitude +1]

[Fire Spiritual Root: Low Grade (99/100)]

"Just 1 more point to go!"

Chen An felt a slight excitement in his heart.

Just as he was about to continue, a prompt suddenly appeared in front of him.

[You have successfully impregnated your wife Wen Zhiyun, taking the second step towards branching out. Reward: one Bone-Cleansing Pill.]

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