Chapter 158: 152. Moving House (1/2)

152. Moving House (1/2)

"You, what do you mean by that?"

The purple-skirted woman's words revealed nervousness, and she no longer possessed that high-and-mighty posture of looking down on everyone as she had before.

Chen An did not have the heart to beat around the bush with her, choosing instead to get straight to the point:

"I know you can use Severing Tail to Escape, and that you can make a comeback every time you are killed."

"Therefore, I will not kill you this time; I choose to imprison you in this cave, so that you don't come and harass me whenever you have nothing better to do."

As he spoke, Chen An moved his thoughts and took out four Restrictive Magical Artifacts from the purple-skirted woman's Storage Ring.

First, the Lightning-Strike Wood Shackles, a wooden board with two holes the size of wrists in the middle, equivalent to the handcuffs of his past life, used to restrict a prisoner's hands, but which would release lightning when damaged, capable of shocking the shackled creature until their whole body convulsed.

Second, the Sea Tower Stone leg shackles; Sea Tower Stone is an extremely special seabed mineral that absorbs the Spirit Power within a creature's body upon contact.

Third, the Tightening Collar; a creature trapped by this collar cannot use their Divine Sense, otherwise the collar will tighten, causing the creature to nearly suffocate—though it is only near-suffocation, it will not truly cause the creature to suffocate to death, only making them feel that death would be better than life.

Fourth, the Divine-Avoiding Earrings, crafted from a mixture of Hidden-Machine Stone and azure crystal, which, when worn, can hide one's aura and block the Divine Sense perception of others.

"These are my Dharma Artifacts!"

"You took my Storage Ring!"

"Give me back my Storage Ring!"

Seeing Chen An suddenly take out these four Dharma Artifacts she was incomparably familiar with, the purple-skirted woman was so angry that her face was full of fury.

Chen An could not help but be stunned upon hearing her words.

Is this fox demon's brain broken?

What is your current situation, and what is our relationship, yet you ask me to return the Storage Ring to you?

Heh, she is likely a second-generation demon who has been pampered since childhood.

Chen An sneered in his heart and walked toward the purple-skirted woman with the four Dharma Artifacts.

Seeing this, the purple-skirted woman's face revealed terror; her body scrambled backward desperately, and she shouted fearfully: "No, don't come over!"

Chen An was ruthless and spoke little; he went up and punched her in the face.

It hit her until her consciousness was blurred, nearly causing her to faint.

Afterward, he stepped forward, crouched down, and put the four Restrictive Magical Artifacts on her one by one.

Chen An's punch just now was not considered heavy.

The purple-skirted woman quickly regained consciousness, and seeing that her hands, feet, and neck were all restricted by the Dharma Artifacts, she immediately threatened him:

"You human cultivator had best let me go; my grandmother is a Nascent Soul great cultivator. If she finds out you treated me this way, you will die a very ugly death!"

"Stay here properly; I will come to feed you regularly from now on, so you don't starve to death."

After dropping these words, Chen An turned around and left without looking back.

Seeing that Chen An was about to leave, the purple-skirted woman became anxious.

She shouted at Chen An: "Despicable villain, if you have the ability, kill me now; otherwise, once I escape, I will definitely kill your wife and daughter!"

Chen An originally did not want to pay attention to her, but upon hearing that last sentence about "killing your wife and daughter," his footsteps stopped immediately.

Then, he turned around with a gloomy face and walked back.

Seeing this, the purple-skirted woman felt a secret joy in her heart; the provocation had succeeded, and she could be free!

However, Chen An's subsequent actions toward her made her regret her provocative behavior just now.

Chen An walked up to her and stopped, kicked her to the ground with a gloomy face, stepped on her beautiful face with his foot, and looked down at her from above, asking:

"Have you ever heard of wind oil essence?"

"You dog, if you have the guts, kill me!"

With her face being stepped on, the purple-skirted woman felt immense humiliation and gritted her teeth in anger.

Hearing this, Chen An stepped down even harder and said with an indifferent tone: "That's right, you certainly haven't heard of it; after all, it is something from my hometown."

"When I was still a mortal, I specifically developed wind oil essence myself during the summer to prevent mosquito bites."

"Although the effect of preventing mosquitoes is not as good as the industrial production from my past life, it is more than ten times stronger in terms of irritation to human skin."

"Half a year ago, I made a bottle; I originally intended to use it to protect my two young daughters from mosquitoes, but I didn't expect it to come in handy for you instead."

As he spoke, Chen An moved his thoughts and took out an exquisite medicine bottle from his Storage Bag.

Only a "pop" sound was heard.

The bottle stopper had been pulled out.

In an instant, an extremely pungent smell permeated the cave.

"You, what do you want to do to me?"

"I was wrong, I won't kill your wife and daughter; that was just something I said on purpose to threaten you just now. I am not a bloodthirsty person!"

"No, don't!"

The purple-skirted woman was first nervous, then terrified, until finally she curled up into a ball, her delicate body trembling incessantly, and her exquisite face was full of pain.

Chen An put the now-empty medicine bottle back into his Storage Bag, dropped the line "I suggest you figure out your current situation," and turned to leave the cave without looking back.

Before leaving, he did not forget to set up a Soundproofing Array in the cave.

Afterward, he rose into the air via Sword Flight and flew toward the Market at high speed.

Only a moment later.

Chen An arrived at the Lu Clan Firm.

He first sold some valuable goods from his Storage Bag, selling them for quite a few High-grade Spirit Stones.

Next, he used these High-grade Spirit Stones to buy twenty Third-tier Pill formulas, and incidentally picked up some free gifts for his wife and daughter.

Then, he left the Lu Clan Firm via Sword Flight.

On the way home.

Chen An saw several human cultivators below being chased by a group of demon creatures.

Neither side had high cultivation, both only at the Foundation Establishment realm.

"Strange, why don't those people escape using Sword Flight? Can they not?"

Chen An could not understand.

Thinking this, he dove down while riding his sword.

It only took a few sword strikes.

In an instant, he slaughtered the group of demon creatures that looked like stones.

"Thank you, fellow Daoist, for your help!"

"Thank you, fellow Daoist!"

"Truly, thank you, fellow Daoist!"

"..."

The people who had been saved spoke up one after another to thank Chen An, their faces filled with the relief of having survived a disaster.

As Chen An collected the Demon Cores, he asked with some curiosity: "You are all Foundation Establishment cultivators, why didn't you escape using Sword Flight when being chased by these demon creatures?"

"Fellow Daoist, you may not know, but these Demon Beasts can launch clods of earth that have the effect of draining Spirit Power; it is easy to be hit while flying in the air, so we can only escape on the ground by using cover."

A female cultivator with some beauty answered first, intending to attract Chen An's attention.

Unfortunately, Chen An had no interest in her and only asked: "Do you know what these Demon Beasts are?"

Those people all shook their heads to indicate they did not know.

Seeing this, Chen An did not ask further.

After putting the collected Demon Cores into his Storage Bag.

He quickly took to the air on his sword and flew toward home at high speed.

On the way.

Chen An studied the Demon Cores he had just collected.

They were Earth-attribute Demon Cores.

And they were at the Foundation Establishment level.

Hmm, they could be brought back for Shen Qingyi and Gu Xinyue to use for nourishing their Earth Spirit Root.

Baicao Lane.

In the tunnel.

When Chen An walked into the hall, his wives and daughters were sitting around the dining table eating breakfast.

Seeing her husband return, Song Huaying immediately said to the daughter beside her: "Xiao Yuejian, Daddy is back, go quickly and fetch a bowl of porridge for Daddy."

"Okay!"

Chen Yuejian said in a crisp voice.

Gu Xinyue pulled out the chair beside her and said to Chen An with a smile: "Husband, sit here."

"Mm."

Chen An nodded, walked over, and sat down.

Afterward, he told his wives and concubines about what happened early this morning, saying that the fox demon had snuck to their home but had been subdued and imprisoned in a certain mountain cave by him.

Hearing him say this, the wives and concubines all felt a lingering fear in their hearts.

It was fortunate that their husband had discovered in time that the fox demon had come to their home.

Otherwise, the consequences would have been unimaginable.

"Husband, why didn't you just kill that fox demon once and for all?"

Wen Zhiyun picked up a handkerchief to wipe the corner of her silly daughter's mouth, her increasingly charming face full of confusion.

Before Chen An could explain, Shen Qingyi, who was sitting opposite Wen Zhiyun, said:

"Zhiyun, you may not know, but that fox demon has the ability of Severing Tail to Escape; if killed, she will return again after some time, so she can only be solved by imprisonment."

"Husband is a Golden Core great cultivator and still cannot completely kill that fox demon? That fox demon is too terrifying, right?" Song Huaying was very shocked.

After finishing the porridge handed to him by his daughter, Chen An took out the gifts he had "freeloaded" from the Lu Clan Firm and gave them to his wives and daughters respectively.

This time, he had specially brought back dozens of boxes of Heavenly Snow Fruit Spirit Cake, making his eldest daughter Chen Yuejian grin from ear to ear, and making his second daughter Chen Yike unable to keep her legs together, her little short legs kicking excitedly under the table.

"Out of safety considerations, Qingyi and I will go out for a trip in a moment to find a place to dig a new tunnel, and then our family will move there."

Seeing that the excitement of his wives and daughters upon receiving the gifts had subsided a little, Chen An said calmly.

Wen Zhiyun was puzzled: "Husband, why are we suddenly moving when everything is fine?"

She liked a monotonous and Wen life, did not like life to undergo changes, and had a natural resistance to moving.

Chen An patiently explained to her: "Although that fox demon is currently imprisoned in the mountain cave and cannot get out, if she escapes one day, we will be very passive."

"Because she knows where we live and can come to our door to seek revenge at any time."

"So, out of safety considerations, we must move and find another place to live."

"I understand, Husband."

Wen Zhiyun nodded to indicate she understood.

Not wasting any time.

After giving a few instructions to the wives and daughters staying at home.

Chen An quickly went out with Shen Qingyi to look for a new residence.

It took about half an hour.

The new residence was chosen.

It took less than three hours.

The tunnel was already dug.

Afterwards, the husband and wife returned to the tunnel side, brought over everyone who remained, and together they repaired and arranged the new tunnel.

When all of this was finished, time had unknowingly reached the evening.

That night.

It was Chen An's turn to go over to Shen Qingyi's place to spend the night.

Seeing that the time was about right, he entered the room to find her.

"Qingyi, when I returned from the merchant firm during the day, I wiped out a group of Demon Beasts of unknown type and collected some Earth-attribute Demon Cores. Take half of these to nourish your Earth Spirit Root; I'll take the rest to Yue in a moment."

Chen An sat by the bedside and took dozens of Demon Cores out of his Storage Bag, placing them on the bed.

Shen Qingyi shook her head and smiled, "I appreciate your kindness, husband. Although I am a cultivator with dual Gold and Earth Spirit Roots, I primarily cultivate my Gold Spirit Root. It would be a bit of a waste to use these Earth-attribute Demon Cores on me; it's better to let Yue use them all."

Chen An: "That works too. When I collect Demon Cores with the Gold attribute in the future, I will bring them to you to nourish your Gold Spirit Root."

After speaking, he gathered the Demon Cores on the bed, placed his hand on the sash at Shen Qingyi's waist, and said with eyes full of desire:

"Qingyi, the time is about right; it is time to rest."

"Mm."

Shen Qingyi gave a soft response.

PS: Because I am working on the outline for the follow-up, I wrote very slowly today and failed to reach ten thousand words again; I can only send out red envelopes. I will rise to the occasion again tomorrow.