Chapter 120: 118. Wen Zhiyun is about to give birth (1/2)

118. Wen Zhiyun is about to give birth (1/2)

【Sword Technique +1, Gold Spirit Root aptitude +1】 x66

【Sword Technique: Mastery (2089/2500)】

【Gold Spirit Root: Upper-Grade (2023/2500)】

Late night, the Hour of the Tiger.

Chen An lay flat on the slightly damp and cool bamboo bed, one hand pillowed under the back of his head, the other arm wrapped around Shen Qingyi, whose hair was slightly disheveled and whose face was flushed with a faint rosy glow, his gaze falling upon the notification information before him.

Upon seeing the sword technique level and Spirit Root level above, he couldn't help but sigh at how fast time flies.

In the blink of an eye, several months had passed since the day he and Shen Qingyi had become intimate.

His Sword Technique realm had already reached Mastery, just over 400 experience points away from reaching Master level.

His Gold Spirit Root was also Upper-Grade, likewise just over 400 experience points away from reaching Top-Grade.

His own aptitude was getting better day by day.

From the trash-tier aptitude of being only at the Qi Refining Third Layer after nearly thirty years of cultivation, to the top-tier constitution that could break through a minor realm in less than half a year now.

Looking back, it felt truly incredible.

He wouldn't have dared to dream of such a thing.

Yet, now it had all become reality.

It had even brought him a house full of wives and concubines with near-perfect looks and figures.

It was too dreamlike.

Life was becoming so sweet he could faint.

Thinking this, Chen An's gaze fell upon Shen Qingyi in his arms, and he reached out to tidy her disheveled hair, soothing her in a soft voice:

"Fellow Daoist Shen, I know that forcing you not to punish the wicked and eliminate evil makes you feel very uncomfortable."

"But this is a choice made out of necessity."

"Our strength is too weak; many times we have to accept some cruel facts and endure as much as we can."

"But rest assured, with my aptitude, I will soon achieve Golden Core and not fear the Red Fire Gang."

"By then, I will be your backing, allowing you to punish the wicked and eliminate evil to your heart's content in Baicao Lane, or even the Red Cedar Forest, letting you carry out the justice in your heart."

When he said this last sentence, Chen An was, to some extent, just feeding her empty promises.

With his current personality, let alone achieving Golden Core, even if he achieved Nascent Soul, he would not draw his blade to help when seeing injustice.

Unless the other party offended him directly.

Otherwise, he would avoid taking action if he could.

But right now, in order to soothe Shen Qingyi, he had to make these promises, and he had to make plenty of them.

Compared to him, Shen Qingyi didn't have so many twists and turns.

She listened to whatever Chen An said.

At this moment, after hearing this string of empty promises from Chen An, she chose to believe them.

She nestled in Chen An's arms, a rare occurrence, and said in a refined voice, "Mm, I believe Alchemist Chen."

Chen An smiled without speaking, simply kissing Shen Qingyi lightly on the face and holding her tighter.

Before long, the sky brightened.

Wisps of morning sun spilled onto the earth, bringing a hint of warmth.

At this time.

Chen An woke up.

But Shen Qingyi had not yet woken.

Chen An tucked the quilt in for Shen Qingyi, quickly got up, dressed, and left the room.

He found something to eat in the kitchen, and not long after, he ducked into the Alchemy Room to begin a new day of alchemy to earn Spirit Stones.

Time passed quickly.

Before he knew it, the whole morning had passed.

Chen An extinguished the Pill Fire and, with a thought, opened his panel to check the data.

【Name: Chen An】

【Cultivation: Foundation Establishment Third Layer】

【Alchemy: Second-tier Intermediate (13865/62500)】

【Divine Sense: Second-tier Intermediate (19995/62500)】

【Gold Spirit Root: Upper-Grade (2023/2500)】

【Various Dharma Spells: Golden Finger (Grandmaster), Sleep Aid Technique (Master), Shadow Kill Technique (Master), etc...】

【Spirit Stones: 18 Middle-Grade, 88 Lower Grade】

【Spouses: Song Huaying (4 stars), Gu Xinyue (4 stars), Wen Zhiyun (4 stars), Shen Qingyi (not yet married into the household)】

【Offspring: Chen Yuejian (2 stars), Unnamed (11 and a half months)】

Chen An glanced at the panel, his gaze falling on the Spirit Stone attribute column.

One word: poor!

Ever since he learned to use Pill Fire to refine Spirit Stones for cultivation.

No amount of Spirit Stones was enough to burn.

But the good news was that his cultivation speed had increased much faster.

The pros outweighed the cons.

"It seems I must be more diligent in alchemy to earn Spirit Stones from now on."

Chen An muttered a sentence.

Immediately, a thought stirred, and he clicked open the attributes of his daughter, Chen Yuejian.

【Name: Chen Yuejian】

【Cultivation: None for now】

【Attributes: Intelligent and clever, exceptional comprehension】

【Affection: 2 stars (458/500)】

"Still 42 experience points short."

"I should be able to level up in a month."

"I wonder what kind of reward I can get."

Chen An muttered aloud while looking at the affection attribute bar.

Then, he fell into a train of thought.

He pondered where he could obtain system rewards in the near future.

First, a breakthrough in father-daughter affection.

Second, the birth of the child in Wen Zhiyun's womb.

After thinking about it, it seemed there were only these two areas.

"Daddy!"

"Daddy!"

"Daddy, where are you?"

Just as he was thinking, his daughter Chen Yuejian's shouts suddenly rang out from outside the door.

The voice sounded a bit urgent and excited.

Chen An put away the panel, a thought stirred to open the door of the Alchemy Room, and he called out softly to his daughter outside: "Daddy is here."

"Daddy!"

Chen Yuejian called out once.

She then trotted all the way into the Alchemy Room, came before Chen An, and said with a face full of smiles: "Daddy, I just learned a tune from Mother, I'll play it for you!"

"Alright, Daddy is listening."

Chen An smiled with a look of anticipation.

Soon, Chen Yuejian picked up the bamboo flute in her hand and began to play it in a proper manner.

The flute sound was melodious, as pleasant as babbling water.

Chen An was somewhat surprised; he hadn't expected his daughter, who was just over two years old, to actually know how to play the flute, and she played it quite well.

She has some artistic talent.

A moment later, the tune ended.

Chen Yuejian put down the flute and asked with a face full of anticipation: "Daddy, did I play it well?"

"Very well, Xiao Yuejian is truly amazing, an artistic genius; when you grow up, you will surely be a fairy with both talent and beauty."

Chen An praised her with genuine sincerity, without any added encouragement.

Chen Yuejian was overjoyed upon hearing this, and with a face full of brilliant smiles, she said: "I am a genius, Daddy, I am a genius!"

【You praised your daughter Chen Yuejian as a genius, making her feel filled with joy, father-daughter affection +10.】

That's +10 already?

Chen An felt a bit surprised as he looked at the notification message that popped up out of thin air before his eyes.

But upon second thought, he felt it was within reason.

What children crave most is to receive recognition from their parents.

As parents, often just a simple bit of encouragement and recognition is enough to deepen the affection between themselves and their children.

"It seems that to raise this father-daughter affection level to 3 stars, it won't take a month at all; three days is enough."

Chen An looked at his incredibly happy daughter and smiled silently to himself.

Half an hour later.

Chen An left home via Sword Flight, heading out to the Qin Clan Firm to sell the Small Restoration Pill he had recently refined.

Just like last time, he earned 1 High-grade Spirit Stone.

If it were just to maintain daily life, that would be quite a lot.

But if it were to be used for cultivation, it would be far from enough.

Worrisome!

After leaving the Qin Clan Firm.

Chen An did not delay, heading straight home via Sword Flight.

While passing through the Market in Baicao Lane.

He thought for a moment and felt he should buy some gifts for his wives and daughter, so he descended via Sword Flight.

In the past, when buying gifts for his wives and concubines, he basically bought the same thing.

This time.

He decided to buy different gifts for each wife and concubine, a "bestowing gifts according to the person" version of teaching according to aptitude.

"Fellow Daoist, I have fresh Demon Beast meat here, would you like to buy some to taste?"

"Fellow Daoist, the female cultivators I have here are all beautiful as flowers; seeing that you are handsome, I will only charge you half price, want to come in and have some fun?"

"Fellow Daoist, top-quality Soul Bewitching Pill, one pill can bring a wife home, I only sell them for 1 Middle-grade Spirit Stone each, do you need one?"

"..."

Chen An walked through the Market, with vendors and merchants shouting on both sides along the way, sounding very lively.

However, he did not pay much attention to any of it.

He was too poor.

He had no money to patronize them.

Nowadays, apart from what was needed for cultivation, the only place he was willing to spend money was on buying gifts for his wife and daughters at home.

Very quickly.

Chen An walked into different shops to buy gifts according to the different preferences of his wives and concubines.

He walked into a musical instrument shop and bought a jade flute to give to Song Huaying.

He walked into a trading firm and bought a book about culinary arts to give to Gu Xinyue.

He walked into a clothing shop and bought a sexy Daoist robe with a strong sense of contrast to give to Wen Zhiyun.

He walked into a pastry shop and bought a box of assorted-flavor Spirit Cake to give to Chen Yuejian.

When it was time to buy a gift for Shen Qingyi.

Chen An suddenly got stuck.

For a moment, he did not know what was good to buy.

Although he and Shen Qingyi now had a deep relationship and had already had many nights of deep interaction, he really knew nothing about Shen Qingyi's preferences.

The only thing he knew was that Shen Qingyi was passionate about punishing evil and promoting good.

After thinking for a while.

Chen An decided to buy an accessory for Shen Qingyi.

He bought a bracelet.

It was not expensive, just 2 Low-grade Spirit Stones.

It was the thought that counted.

Chen An calculated the price of the five gifts, which added up to less than 10 Low-grade Spirit Stones.

It was very affordable.

Just as he was preparing to use Sword Flight to leave, a sound of smashing and beating suddenly came from ahead.

"You still want me to grant you an extension?"

"I have already granted you an extension for three days; if you don't pay the stall fee now, I will smash your lousy stall right now!"

"Manager Qiu, I have already paid the stall fee to Manager Yan before. If you want to collect it again, plus the monthly Protection Fee, I really can't take it out at once. Please grant me another three days!"

"Heh, grant you another extension?"

"You few, smash this person's stall for me!"

"Bang! Bang! Bang! Bang..."

Accompanied by the sound of this smashing.

Several members of the Red Fire Gang smashed the stall of a Qi Refining stage vendor to pieces.

Watching his stall being smashed, the vendor dared to be angry but dared not speak, and could only shed tears silently.

"If you don't have money, don't learn from others to set up a stall in the Market. From now on, I will smash your stall every time I see you!"

After dropping this harsh threat.

That Manager Qiu of the Red Fire Gang left with his subordinates, leaving behind a mess on the scene.

After the people from the Red Fire Gang walked far away.

Many vendors nearby came over to comfort the person whose stall had been smashed.

"Fellow Daoist Li, there is no hurdle in life that cannot be overcome; just consider it as taking a break for yourself."

"That's right, Fellow Daoist Li. Anyway, your wife is so beautiful; going back to have fun for a few days will definitely make all your worries disappear."

"Fellow Daoist Li, we all know the quality of the Talisman you sell. In the future, if we need Talismans, we will go to your house to buy them from you; whether you set up a stall or not won't affect your income."

Some comforted him, while others cursed loudly.

They were cursing the people of the Red Fire Gang.

"Damn it, those dog things from the Red Fire Gang are truly not human. We clearly already paid the stall fee once, and now they change people and want to collect it again. Are they even human?"

"That group of people really doesn't treat us bottom-level rogue cultivators as human beings. It's bad enough that the Protection Fee is so expensive, but then they come up with all sorts of other fees. How are we supposed to live?"

"Sigh, I don't know where that Masked Heroine from a while ago went. If only she were here."

At the mention of the Masked Heroine who often came out to punish evil and promote good some time ago, many people in the crowd felt regretful and hoped that the heroine could return to the world of cultivation.

Chen An listened to all of this silently, feeling very uncomfortable in his heart.

Just the scene of the Red Fire Gang bullying the rogue cultivators, even he, who had always been steady in character, found it extremely infuriating and was once tempted to take action and hack them.

He thought that with Shen Qingyi's personality, seeing such things happen usually would probably make her feel ten or a hundred times worse than he did at this moment.

But he was not letting Shen Qingyi come out to punish evil and promote good now, which was undoubtedly torturing her.

"Sigh, this is life."

"The only thing I can do at the moment is to work hard to improve my own strength and strive to be invincible in Baicao Lane, or even the Red Cedar Forest, as soon as possible."

"By then, perhaps I can let her do a little of what she likes to do."

Chen An thought this to himself, and inevitably felt a bit of guilt toward Shen Qingyi.

Just at this moment, the Sound Transmission Talisman in his Storage Bag suddenly began to tremble repeatedly.

With a thought, he took it out to listen, and Song Huaying's excited voice came from inside.

"Husband, come back quickly!"

"Sister Wen is going into labor!"

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