Chapter 134: 132. Desperate Situation! (1/2)

132. Desperate Situation! (1/2)

Time passed.

Over the next half month, Chen An and his wives and daughters did not leave the tunnel even once.

They just stayed safely in the tunnel to take refuge.

During this time, his wives and daughters were all very sensible and did not have a single complaint.

Especially the two young daughters, who never fussed about wanting to go out.

They were very well-behaved and obedient.

As the head of the household, Chen An spent his time, aside from daily cultivation and alchemy, mostly being intimate with his wives and concubines or playing with his two daughters.

His eldest daughter, Chen Yuejian, was very playful and would pester him every day to play various games or listen to stories.

His second daughter would follow along with a silly look on her face, neither crying nor making a fuss, nor laughing.

This day.

Late at night.

Chen An was being intimate with Shen Qingyi in the room; after finishing, he held Shen Qingyi's fragrant shoulders and asked softly:

"Qingyi, how about we have a child?"

"Better not."

Shen Qingyi refused without even thinking.

Chen An propped himself up, hovering over Shen Qingyi as she lay flat on the bed, and looked straight down at her, saying: "Qingyi, you clearly like children very much, why not have one of your own?"

"My personality isn't suited for it. I like freedom and don't like being tied down by children; I want to be alone and do what I like as I please."

Shen Qingyi said exactly what was on her mind, without specifically looking for any non-existent excuses.

Chen An felt a bit disappointed, but he did not force the issue, trying his best to respect Shen Qingyi's wishes.

Shen Qingyi sensed Chen An's disappointment and took the initiative to lift her arms to wrap them around his neck, her eyes filled with a trace of affection and guilt as she said:

"I just don't want to right now. If I change my mind one day, I will let you know immediately."

"Alright."

Chen An smiled, then said: "While we still have time, let's continue."

"Mm."

Shen Qingyi said in a soft voice.

That night, in order to care for the disappointment that had just welled up in Chen An, she became more proactive than at any time before.

As long as it wasn't having a child.

Anything else, Chen An could do whatever he wanted.

Happy times always pass very quickly.

In the blink of an eye.

Time arrived at the next day.

Chen An got up early and found a tunnel opening with relatively good air circulation to sit and cultivate.

As for alchemy, he currently had no materials, and there was no Alchemy Room, so he couldn't refine anything for the time being.

"Husband, the water at home has run out."

Just after sitting down and cultivating for a short while, Chen An saw Gu Xinyue walk over with a worried look on her face and say this.

After hearing this, Chen An smiled and said: "It's fine, I'll go outside now to fetch some water back."

"Husband, you must be careful."

Gu Xinyue said with a worried look.

Now there were Demon Beasts everywhere outside, and the lowest ones were Foundation Establishment great demons, so it was hard not to worry.

Chen An stood up, touched her head, gave her a reassuring look, and said: "Don't worry, I'll be back soon. If there are any other situations, we will contact each other via Sound Transmission Talisman."

After saying this, Chen An kissed her on the face and turned to leave the tunnel to head to the surface.

Seeing this, Shen Qingyi walked up and said: "Husband, I will go with you."

"No need, you stay behind to watch the house. Once I go outside, you will be the only Foundation Establishment cultivator left at home; you must protect them."

"Alright then."

"Mm, then I'm leaving. If anything happens, contact me via Sound Transmission Talisman."

After dropping these words, Chen An quickly left the tunnel and arrived on the surface, which he had been separated from for so long.

At this moment, everywhere the eye could see on the surface was a mess.

The house, which originally only had a hole smashed into the roof, had now completely collapsed to the ground, with rubble and beams scattered everywhere.

The vegetable garden, chicken coop, and pond in the courtyard had all been destroyed beyond recognition.

Looking at it, it was full of deep, uneven footprints of giant beasts.

"It seems digging this tunnel was the right choice."

Chen An felt fortunate in his heart, fortunate that he had made a wise choice half a month ago.

Then, very quickly, he moved his mind to take out his Flying Boat Sword, leaped lightly onto it, and flew into the high sky with a 'whoosh'.

He had not lived in Baicao Lane for long, and usually hardly ever went out, so he was not very familiar with the terrain here.

If he wanted to find a water source, he had to rely on himself to look down from the sky.

After looking down for a while.

Chen An discovered that there were far more Demon Beasts on the ground than he had imagined.

However, he did not pay them much mind.

He continued to search for a water source in earnest.

Not long after, he discovered a stream flowing quietly in a patch of woods several miles away from South Lane.

"Found water!"

Chen An was overjoyed and immediately used Sword Flight to fly over without a second word.

He arrived at the streamside and stopped.

The water was unexpectedly clear.

Chen An didn't think much of it; he simply took out an empty Storage Bag and, with a thought, collected several dozen cubic meters of stream water into it.

There were seven people in the house in total, and as long as they used it sparingly, it would last at least two to three days.

"Hm?"

Just as Chen An was about to leave, he suddenly saw a fat Spirit Fish floating up near the riverbank not far away.

It was as thick as a water bucket.

Its belly was slightly upturned.

It was floating on the surface of the water, gasping its last breath.

It looked as if it were aged and about to die.

Chen An felt this situation was somewhat familiar, like encountering the water ghosts from the supernatural stories of his past life.

The favorite trick of these water ghosts was to turn into fish and float on the water's surface to lure people on the shore into the water to catch them.

Then, they would drag the people to the bottom of the water to drown them.

Thinking this, Chen An opened his Divine Sense wide and saw through the entire stream before him.

It was indeed just as he had thought.

What was floating on the river surface was no Spirit Fish, but a Foundation Establishment water demon shaped like a monkey.

"Puff!"

Chen An directly unleashed a Golden Light Projection, killing this water demon in one blow.

Immediately, he circulated his Spirit Power and sucked the water demon's corpse from the river surface into his hand from a distance.

The water demon was very small, basically skin and bones, with no meat at all.

Even if it had meat, it would be poisonous and unsuitable for use as food.

However, Chen An did not care about that.

If he wanted to eat Demon Beast meat, he could just hunt other Demon Beasts.

What he had his eye on now was the water demon's Demon Core.

Soon, he extracted a pale blue round core from the area near the water demon's heart.

It was the size of a walnut.

It was very round.

Held in his hand, a trace of coolness came from it.

It could be used as an air conditioner in the summer.

After Chen An finished examining the Demon Core in his hand, he moved his thought and put it into his Storage Bag.

Then, he did not linger any longer, took out his Flying Boat Sword, and prepared to go home.

But just at this moment!

A large flock of bird demons suddenly appeared in the sky.

They were circling at a high altitude.

Their cultivation levels were all no weaker than Foundation Establishment.

A few even reached the Golden Core stage.

These bird demons circled for a while, then soon began to dive toward the ground one after another.

A moment later, they flapped their wings and shot back up into the sky.

Unlike when they had just dived down, most of these bird demons were now clutching human cultivators in their claws.

He took a closer look.

Eight out of ten of these human cultivators had been disemboweled and were dead beyond any doubt.

The few who were still alive were screaming in terror.

However, they didn't live long, and were soon killed by the bird demons' claws.

"In this situation, there is definitely no way to use Sword Flight."

"I can only walk home."

"It's just that this might take a bit more time; I have to tell my wives and concubines at home."

Thinking this, Chen An took out a Sound Transmission Talisman and sent a message to Shen Qingyi at home, saying he might be home late.

Shen Qingyi asked him what was wrong, and he did not hide it, explaining the situation directly.

He said that the sky was full of bird demons, making it impossible to use Sword Flight to travel, so he could only walk home.

After understanding, Shen Qingyi told him to put safety first and not to risk rushing home.

After exchanging these few simple words.

Chen An put away the Sound Transmission Talisman and chose to pass through a dense forest ahead to get home.

The plants in the dense forest had thick branches and leaves, and walking inside could effectively defend against the bird demons' hunting.

But when he submerged into the forest and saw the swarms of tree demons inside, he was completely stunned.

Where did these tree demons in Baicao Lane come from?

Weren't all those demon creatures that fell from the sky yesterday just Demon Beasts?

"Swish!"

"Swish... swish... swish!"

"Swish!"

The group of tree demons saw Chen An, and one after another, they uprooted themselves from the ground, waving their vines as they lunged toward Chen An like moths to a flame.

Chen An sensed the cultivation level of the tree demon group.

The lowest were all at the Foundation Establishment starting point.

But the highest were also capped at Foundation Establishment.

So they were just a bunch of weaklings.

Then why run?

Just finish them off!

Chen An knew well how to bully the weak and fear the strong; the next moment, wisps of Pill Fire emerged from his ten fingertips, and he directly set the mountain ablaze.

In just a moment, the group of tree demons that had been swarming over and appearing so ferocious were instantly burned into charcoal all over the ground by the Pill Fire, losing all signs of life.

Chen An did not waste time; he immediately went up and took out the Demon Cores from the tree demon remains.

The Tree Demon Cores contained a large amount of wood essence.

It just so happened that his little wife had the Flower God Bloodline and also had a wood-attribute Demon Core in her body, which was equivalent to a human's Wood Spirit Root; she could absorb these Tree Demon Cores to nourish her own Demon Core.

In just a while, Chen An had taken out all the Tree Demon Cores and stored them all in his Storage Bag.

"This Demon Beast disaster is a catastrophe for the low-level rogue cultivators in Baicao Lane."

"But for a cultivator like me at Foundation Establishment or above, it is both a risk and an opportunity."

"Because with more Demon Beasts, there are more resources."

Chen An thought to himself, and soon set off to leave this place.

This area had just been ravaged by Pill Fire, and smoke was rising into the sky; it was easy to attract the attention of others or Demon Beasts, so it was best to leave quickly.

However!

Before Chen An had walked even a few meters, a large group of cultivators suddenly rushed out from the nearby forest.

There were men and women.

Every one of them was at the Foundation Establishment level or above.

The old man leading them had a cultivation level as high as the Golden Core Stage.

Chen An quickly sized up this group of cultivators.

The clothes on their bodies were all embroidered with the two characters "Black Wind".

These were not people from the Red Fire Gang.

They were suspected to be people from the Black Wind Gang.

Chen An was puzzled.

Wasn't this Baicao Lane the territory of the Red Fire Gang?

Why had so many people from the Black Wind Gang come here?

On the other side, the Golden Core old man glanced at the tree demon remains in front, and his gaze immediately fell upon Chen An.

Seeing that Chen An was alone, the Golden Core old man smiled and said, "Fellow Daoist, hand over the Tree Demon Cores you just collected, and I can spare your..."

But before he could finish his sentence, Chen An in front turned around and ran without saying a word.

He ran extremely fast, not even looking back once.

Hand over the Demon Cores and he'll spare my life?

Whoever believes that is a f***ing idiot!

In the current situation, any bandit cultivator would kill to silence the witness afterward; how could they possibly leave behind a hidden danger for themselves?

Behind him, the people from the Black Wind Gang were stunned.

Holy crap, he ran?

After a moment of reaction, the leading Golden Core old man said with a gloomy face:

"Chase!"

The next second, the members of the Black Wind Gang immediately chased after Chen An.

The Black Wind Gang specialized in the Wind Movement Art, and everyone within it had excellent footwork.

In just a moment, they caught up to Chen An, who had been sprinting ahead, and surrounded him completely.

"I was also attracted here by the thick smoke; those tree demons were not killed by me."

Chen An knew he couldn't run anymore, so he calmed his voice while suppressing all the aura on his body.

The Golden Core old man did not believe him and looked at a female cultivator beside him, saying:

"Jianjia, as your master, I previously sensed this person's cultivation; he is only at the seventh level of Foundation Establishment, and you are at the sixth level, but your talent is outstanding—go and kill him across levels for me."

"Yes, Master!"

The beautiful female cultivator named Jianjia responded in a crisp voice, then immediately drew her sword and charged at Chen An.

She was the future successor to the Great Elder of the Black Wind Gang.

However, many people in the gang did not respect her.

And now, she was going to stage a good show of killing someone across levels to demonstrate her talent, and first make these fellow disciples beside her submit.

"Hum!"

A sonic boom was heard.

The female cultivator's figure instantly turned into a blurred shadow, killing toward Chen An at a speed invisible to the naked eye, with her target aimed directly at his head.

She wanted to kill Chen An in one strike!

"Swish!"

The next instant, only a silky sound of slicing through flesh was heard.

A human head rolled down.

It slammed heavily onto the ground.

Emitting a dull "thud" sound.

The female cultivator was dead.

The moment she rushed in front of Chen An, she was instantly decapitated by Chen An's Light Sword.

Her body and head were separated on the spot, and all life was lost.

At this moment, the entire forest fell into a deathly silence.

The members of the Black Wind Gang present were all stunned after seeing this scene, their faces full of disbelief.

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PS: Setting out my bowl, begging for monthly tickets and recommendation tickets!