Chapter 160: 154. Ancient Forbidden Technique (1/2)

154. Ancient Forbidden Technique (1/2)

In a desolate mountain, inside a cave.

Chen An landed in front of the cave entrance via Sword Flight, put away his sword, and walked in unhurriedly.

His Divine Sense was blocked; he could not perceive whether the woman in the purple dress was still inside.

Only by walking in could he know.

Inside the cave.

Hearing the footsteps coming from outside, the woman in the purple dress, who had been sleeping while leaning against the cave wall, jolted and woke up with her eyes open.

She was instinctively frightened.

Chen An quickly arrived before her and said in a flat tone, "How is living here?"

"Young Master, I beg you, can you let me go?"

"As long as you let me go, our grievances will be settled, and everything in my Storage Ring will be yours!"

"I have been a human for eighteen years, and I have never deceived anyone!"

The woman in the purple dress sat up from the ground, leaning against the cave wall in a disheveled state. The high spirits she once possessed were long gone from her soul-captivating beautiful eyes, replaced only by extreme, humble pleading.

Having been pampered since childhood, she could not stand being locked in a dark room; she could not bear it for even a day.

Born as a human for eighteen years?

This fox demon is so young?

Chen An felt surprised by this, but even more so, he felt shocked.

To be at the Golden Core Mid-stage at eighteen—even if one started cultivating from the womb, this would be impossible.

He was somewhat suspicious and used his Divine Sense to test the bone age of the woman in the purple dress.

The result revealed that she was truly not lying.

She was indeed eighteen years old.

Even younger than his little wife, Song Huaying.

Chen An felt increasingly shocked, followed by a sense of helplessness.

Being born into a good family really makes a difference.

This fox demon likely had powerful parents, allowing her to be born in Rome.

But wasn't her grandmother only at the Nascent Soul stage?

Is her grandmother also not very old?

Chen An had many doubts in his heart, but he did not dwell on them too much.

Thinking this, he moved his mind, moved a flat-surfaced stone from outside the cave through the air, placed it in front of the woman in the purple dress, and sat down on it as a chair.

He looked at the woman in the purple dress's stunningly beautiful face and asked, "You just said you were born as a human for eighteen years, but aren't you a fox demon? Why do you call yourself a human?"

The woman in the purple dress retorted, "My father is a human cultivator, and I was born in human form; if I am not human, then what am I?"

"You are a beast-eared girl."

Chen An's voice was flat, and after finishing, he added on a whim, "Or rather, a human-demon."

"Whatever you say, what exactly do you want to let me go?"

The woman in the purple dress did not want to stay in this dark, sunless cave for even a moment; staying for another second was torture to her body and mind.

Chen An said expressionlessly, "I ask, you answer. If your answers satisfy me, I might consider letting you leave."

"Whatever you want to know, I will tell you everything I know." Seeing a glimmer of hope to go home, the woman in the purple dress's tone suddenly became somewhat urgent.

This is an ignorant eighteen-year-old girl; she is so easy to trick...

Thinking this, Chen An asked the first question: "What is your name, where are you from, and what are you doing here in the Red Cedar Forest?"

Though he said it was one question, it was actually three.

The woman in the purple dress answered truthfully, "My name is Jiuji, and I come from Qingqiu Mountain in the Mountain and Sea Demon Realm. I heard that the various clans of the Mountain and Sea Demon Realm were coming to the Red Cedar Forest, and knowing that the Red Cedar Forest is human territory, I was curious and followed them secretly."

A pampered young lady of the demon clan ran out because she was bored at home, hiding it from her parents?

What kind of classic Disney princess plot is this?

Will she fall in love with a grassroots human male cultivator next?

Chen An complained internally, but his gaze remained fixed on Jiuji's eyes to see if there were any signs of lying.

Hmm, no signs of lying.

Everything this fox demon said was true.

Chen An continued to ask, "What is the cultivation level of your father and mother?"

"I have never seen my father or mother since I was born," Jiuji said in a calm voice. "But according to my grandmother, my father and mother's cultivation realms seem to be at the Spirit Severing stage."

An orphan?

No, she still has a grandmother.

What a pity; with parents at the Spirit Severing stage, if that human and that fox were still alive, this fox demon could probably walk sideways through the Mountain Sea Domain.

Chen An then asked, "You are called Jiuji; do you have eight older sisters above you?"

The Fox Demon Clan has no males; they are all female fox demons with stunning appearances.

Jiuji shook her head and said, "I have no sisters or younger sisters; I was just born with nine tails, so my parents named me Jiuji."

Born with nine tails?

No wonder she could reach the Golden Core Mid-stage at only eighteen.

Chen An was secretly shocked in his heart.

Then he asked again:

"According to my understanding, your Fox Demon Clan relies on drinking breast milk before adulthood and relies on absorbing the essence of the sun and moon after adulthood; you do not need to eat ordinary food. Is this true?"

"It's true."

Jiuji nodded, though she felt displeased in her heart by Chen An's constant references to the Fox Demon Clan.

Her Bloodline was more human, and she preferred to be called human.

In this world, almost all demon clans were like this; they all liked to lean toward the word "human."

In the time that followed.

Chen An kept asking questions, and Jiuji kept answering them.

After about an hour or so had passed.

The Q&A ended.

Chen An had obtained all the information he wanted.

To summarize, Jiuji was a "left-behind" girl whose parents had disappeared without a trace; she had been spoiled rotten by her grandmother since childhood and protected so well that it resulted in her being relatively willful, in addition to being ignorant of the dangers of the world.

As for why she had secretly followed him to the Red Cedar Forest, it was mainly because she wanted to see the outside world, come into contact with human cultivators, and experience the wonderful feeling of absorbing Spirit Power.

However, these were all things spoken from Jiuji's own mouth.

Chen An only believed three-tenths of it.

No, he didn't even believe one-tenth; he only believed half of that.

Creatures like foxes had been synonymous with the word "cunning" since ancient times, and the persona of being a habitual liar was already deeply rooted in people's hearts.

You could trust anyone, but you could never trust a fox.

Who knew if the fox demon before him was deliberately playing the "innocent and sweet" act?

"Young Master, I've answered everything you asked. When will you let me go?"

Jiuji leaned against the cave wall, her delicate body curled into a ball, her face showing a helpless expression that would make anyone feel pity.

Chen An watched with no fluctuation in his heart, his voice cold as he said: "Wait until I break through to the Transformation God Late-stage Great Perfection, and can easily pin those two parents of yours to the ground and rub them into the dirt before we talk."

Jiuji couldn't help but be stunned after hearing this.

Wait until you break through to the Transformation God Late-stage Great Perfection?

Is that a realm you can just break through to whenever you want?

Even if you really could do it, how many years would I have to wait?

By then, I'm afraid I'd have been buried and at peace for many years!

Thinking of this, Jiuji's mentality collapsed; she could no longer hold it in and directly cursed out loud:

"You despicable and shameless villain! You break your promises, you will surely face divine retribution!"

"Yes, yes, yes, you are noble, you are magnificent."

Chen An's voice was very calm as he reached out to pinch Jiuji's thin chin and said: "I am different from a flower in a greenhouse like you; I only judge a gentleman's belly with a villain's heart."

"It can't be helped. As a mere rogue cultivator, if I want to survive well in this world, I can only do this."

"Those rogue cultivators who wanted to be gentlemen probably have grass growing on their graves that has been replaced who knows how many times by now."

"I've said too much by accident. It's time to go home; you stay here properly."

After speaking, Chen An stood up and walked toward the cave exit, leaving behind only a back that gradually faded into the distance.

Listening to his footsteps growing fainter, Jiuji's spirit somewhat collapsed.

She wanted to commit suicide and use her tail to substitute death for life to escape this place.

However, the Spirit Power in her body had been drained dry by the Sea Tower Stone shackles on her feet, and she had lost the ability to commit suicide.

"Grandmother, save me, I'm in so much pain!"

"Grandmother, I can't take it anymore..."

Jiuji curled up in the dim, pitch-black cave, her pure yet seductive fox-like face filled with despair.

Qianhua Forest.

In the tunnel.

When Chen An returned to this new home, his wives and daughters had already finished breakfast and were busy with their own things.

The wives and concubines were practicing in their rooms, while the two daughters were practicing in the main hall.

"Little Yike, are you following your sister to learn how to draw Qi into the body?"

Chen An stopped in front of his two daughters and looked at the silly second daughter as he asked.

Chen Yike nodded and said: "Yeah, I'm learning to draw Qi into the body with Sister."

"How does it feel?"

"It's so hard, much harder than boxing."

"Little Yike, study hard. When you learn how to draw Qi into the body, Daddy will buy you lots of delicious Spirit Cake."

"Really?!"

Chen Yike's eyes lit up, and her little mouth instinctively began to drool—a pure foodie look.

Chen An patted her silly little head and said: "Of course it's true. When has Daddy ever lied to you?"

"Daddy, you're so good to me."

Chen Yike opened her arms to hug her father's thigh, slightly raising her little face with a beaming smile.

Seeing this, Chen Yuejian, who was to the side, also walked over to hug her father's thigh and said: "Daddy, I'm the one teaching Little Yike how to draw Qi into the body. I want Spirit Cake too!"

"You both have a share; both of you have a share."

Chen An looked at his two daughters, who were as exquisite as porcelain dolls, his eyes full of love for his precious darlings.

After teasing his two daughters for a while.

Not long after.

Chen An entered the Alchemy Room and began to learn how to refine new Third-tier Pill.

In the blink of an eye.

Several days passed.

That evening, after Chen An finished refining pills, he came to Song Huaying's room, wanting to be intimate with his little darling wife.

But Song Huaying was currently sleeping with their daughter, so she asked Chen An to wait a while.

Chen An could not wait, so he turned and walked into Wen Zhiyun's room across the way, intending to find his tsundere concubine to cool off first, then go back to be intimate with his little darling wife later.

As it turned out, Wen Zhiyun was also sleeping with their daughter, saying she had no time and that if he wanted to do it, they could talk about it later.

Both wife and concubine said to wait, but Chen An simply could not wait.

Sometimes people are just like this; the more they cannot do something immediately, the more they want to do it right away.

Helpless, Chen An had no choice but to walk toward Shen Qingyi's room.

He knew that at this time, Gu Xinyue would be in Shen Qingyi's room asking for advice on cultivation.

"Husband, isn't it your turn to be with Ying tonight?"

Seeing Chen An walk in, Shen Qingyi, who was sitting cross-legged on the bed, could not help but ask with some confusion.

Gu Xinyue, beside her, also asked with the same confusion: "Husband, is there some urgent matter you need to tell us?"

"It's not exactly an urgent matter, but it is indeed a bit urgent."

As Chen An spoke, he walked slowly to the bedside, squeezed himself between the two wives without permission, sat down, and said: "It's just that Ying and Zhiyun are busy sleeping with the children and have no time for me, but I want to do it right now, and it's quite urgent."

Hearing this, Shen Qingyi and Gu Xinyue could not help but laugh, saying their husband was truly lustful.

Chen An also admitted it generously, saying he was indeed lustful and it was just his nature, and besides, if he weren't lustful, how could he have brought the four of them, fairies as beautiful as goddesses, home as his wives?

Gu Xinyue and Shen Qingyi nodded after hearing this, saying that was true.

Chen An did not want to waste any more breath; he reached out and pulled both beautiful wives into his arms, asking as he held them: "Tell me, which one of you wants to do it now?"

"I am fine with either."

"Mm, I am the same as Sister Shen."

The two wives said one after the other.

Chen An nodded, knowing what to do next.

He put away the Night Pearl.

He pulled the bed curtains shut.

After nearly half an hour passed, the room returned to peace.

【Sword Technique +3, Gold Spirit Root aptitude +3】

【Divine Sense strength +4, Earth Spirit Root aptitude +4】

【Name: Chen An】

【Earth Spirit Root: Lower Grade · 4%】

"Earth Spirit Root?"

Chen An looked at the notification before him, his face full of surprise.

But soon, he realized what had happened, thinking it might be that Gu Xinyue had used a Demon Core to nourish his Earth Spirit Root, bringing it to the same level as her own Divine Sense talent.

That was why the situation of increasing two attributes at once occurred.

It was just like with Song Huaying before.

"With this, I only need a Water Spirit Root to complete the Five Elements Spirit Root."

Chen An felt a slight surge of excitement in his heart.

Afterward, he thought of the fox demon imprisoned in the mountain cave.

When he had fought that fox demon before, he had seen her use water-type Dharma Spell.

And being able to use water-type Dharma Spell meant she possessed a dominant Water Spirit Root.

"If I could marry that fox demon and take her home as a concubine, I could collect the Five Elements Spirit Root."

This thought suddenly occurred to Chen An.

But soon, he dismissed it.

That fox demon was a Golden Core expert with an extremely powerful family background; if he married her, he would likely be unable to control her, and he feared the whole household would be turned upside down by her.

In a more serious case, it might even lead to the destruction of his family.

"Chen An, oh Chen An, you've become arrogant; you actually dare to dream of touching a Golden Core fox spirit. You must be tired of living such a comfortable life and want to add some intensity to it."

Chen An chided himself in his heart.

At this moment, the Sound Transmission Talisman in his Storage Bag vibrated.

He took it out to listen, and it was the voice of his little darling wife.

"Husband, Xiao Yuejian has already fallen asleep, where are you?"

"I am in Qingyi's room. You go to my room, and I will head over there now."

"Okay."

Song Huaying said in a soft, sweet voice.

Chen An put away the Sound Transmission Talisman, threw on his clothes, and prepared to get out of bed and leave.

Seeing him in such a rush, Gu Xinyue and Shen Qingyi on the bed both looked helpless, thinking their husband truly had boundless energy.

In the room.

Chen An and Song Huaying were already an old married couple.

As soon as the two lay on the bed, they became intimate without needing to say a word.

"Ying, Xiao Yuejian has grown up; it is time for her to sleep by herself. Tomorrow, I will dig out a room for her."

"Mm, mm, mm... I will listen to everything Husband says."

Song Huaying's face was somewhat dazed, and her voice was filled with tenderness.

Time passed very quickly.

With a blink of an eye, the sky outside the window was already beginning to brighten.

Chen An woke up, and with a thought, he moved the jade-like leg that his little wife had wrapped around his waist, then tiptoed to get dressed, get out of bed, and leave the room.

His Divine Sense, which he had spread out, sensed that Wen Zhiyun in the room opposite was already awake and sitting cross-legged on the bed practicing, so he intended to go find Wen Zhiyun to make up for the regret of not being able to be intimate last night while the silly second daughter on the bed was still asleep.

"Why are you coming in so early in the morning?"

Wen Zhiyun rolled her eyes at Chen An and said in a huffy, low voice.

Chen An did not like to pretend; he walked over simply and crudely, saying in a low voice: "What else could an old lecher like me be looking for you for? Of course, it's to have some in-depth communication about our husband-and-wife relationship."

"Look at your behavior." Wen Zhiyun rolled her eyes with charm, then asked: "Is Ying still in your room?"

"Mm, she is still sleeping in my room."

"Is Sister Shen still sitting cross-legged in her own room practicing?"

"She still is."

"Is Yue awake?"

"Not yet."

"Is Xiao Yuejian awake?"

"Not yet."

"Then look, is little Chen Yike on the bed awake?"

"Not yet."

"Look, everyone is still in their rooms; where is there a room for you and me to go and do it?"

Wen Zhiyun asked, speechless.

To tell the truth, she also really wanted to be intimate with Chen An right now.

But the problem was that there was no place to do it.

The rooms in the tunnel were all occupied.

However, this problem could not stump Chen An.

He suddenly picked up Wen Zhiyun and carried her toward the kitchen, saying: "Let's go, I'll take you to make breakfast and fix you some eggs, fried dough sticks, and soy milk to taste."

Wen Zhiyun pinched his waist and chided: "You bastard, don't think I don't know what you're thinking. You say you want to make breakfast, but actually, you just want to take me to the kitchen to toss me about."

"Nonsense, I am a decent person."

"Ah, yes, yes, yes."

Wen Zhiyun mimicked his previous sarcastic tone.

Chen An listened and smiled without saying a word, but in his heart, he was already thinking about how to discipline her in the kitchen later, making her hum and haw without stopping all day.

Soon, a commotion erupted in the kitchen.

I don't know how much time passed.

The commotion gradually subsided.

All that remained were Wen Zhiyun's faint gasps.

Chen An straightened her collar for her, and after thinking for a moment, said: "Zhiyun, I told Ying last night that starting today, Xiao Yuejian will sleep by herself."

"Mm, Xiao Yuejian is grown up now and should learn to be independent. It is correct to let her sleep by herself," Wen Zhiyun nodded in agreement.

Chen An continued: "Zhiyun, look, little Chen Yike can run, jump, and talk now. I think we can let her sleep with Xiao Yuejian to cultivate her independence early."

"Heh." Wen Zhiyun sneered and mercilessly exposed him: "That sounds nice, but isn't it actually because you feel the two daughters are in the way of you finding me and Ying to do it?"

"Doing it with you is just a side benefit; the main point is to cultivate the two daughters' ability to be independent."

"Ah, yes, yes, yes!"

Wen Zhiyun sarcastically repeated.

Could Chen An tolerate her? He immediately pulled the sash from her waist without a word and pressed her onto the kitchen counter to give her a severe thrashing, to see if this tsundere concubine would dare to be sarcastic again!

After it was over.

Chen An and Wen Zhiyun came out of the kitchen and happened to run into Gu Xinyue, who was coming to the kitchen to make breakfast.

Gu Xinyue asked a question she already knew the answer to: "Husband, Sister Wen, what were you two doing in the kitchen just now?"

Chen An replied: "Making breakfast."

Gu Xinyue said: "But... I don't see any breakfast in the kitchen?"

Chen An replied: "Your Sister Wen is a bit of a glutton; she ate it all."

Upon hearing this, Wen Zhiyun's beautiful eyes, still stained with tear tracks, were suddenly full of resentment. She was so angry that she raised her hand and slapped Chen An's arm, the "smack" sounding quite loud.

Unfortunately, Chen An was a Golden Core master, and Wen Zhiyun was just a Qi Refining piece of trash; she couldn't break Chen An's defense at all.

Gu Xinyue had learned to be bad from Song Huaying and continued to ask a question she already knew the answer to: "Sister Wen, what's wrong?"

Wen Zhiyun tried her best to calm her mood and said, calmly but still somewhat annoyed: "Nothing, there was a mosquito on your husband's arm just now, so I helped him swat it."

"I see..."

Gu Xinyue nodded with a smile and stopped asking questions she already knew the answer to.

She soon walked into the kitchen to make breakfast.

Wen Zhiyun glared fiercely at Chen An and said in a tone full of anger: "You are not allowed to touch me for the next few days, or I will bite you to death!"

After speaking, she turned and left, not even looking at Chen An.

Chen An spread his hands helplessly.

About an hour later.

All the wives and daughters were awake.

The family of seven sat in the main hall eating breakfast together.

Chen An finished the soy milk in his bowl and looked at his two daughters opposite him, saying:

"Xiao Yuejian, Xiao Yike, Daddy has something to tell you two."

"Daddy, what is it?"

Chen Yuejian's delicate little face was full of curiosity.

Chen Yike was burying her head in her food, eating so obliviously that she automatically tuned out her father's voice.

Seeing this, Wen Zhiyun glared at the silly daughter beside her and said sternly: "You little brat, didn't you hear your daddy talking to you?!"

Hearing the voice of her tigress mother, Chen Yike was so frightened that she immediately put down the spoon in her hand and sat up straight, looking toward her father.

Chen An was also amused by her cowardly appearance; he picked up the handkerchief kept in front of her for wiping her mouth and wiped the porridge grains stuck to her little round face.

Only then did he say to his two daughters:

"You two are both grown up now; it is time to learn how to be independent, good children."

"Starting from today, neither of you is allowed to sleep with your mother anymore."

"After you finish breakfast in a moment, Daddy will dig out a room for you, and then you two sisters will sleep together."

"Ah?" Chen Yuejian said with a pained expression: "Daddy, but I want to sleep with Mommy."

Chen Yike did not express any opinion, but in her heart, she wanted to sleep with her older sister Chen Yuejian, because sleeping with her mother was too much of an ordeal; she would be lectured at the drop of a hat, or even have her little hands or little bottom smacked.

Song Huaying looked at the daughter beside her and said to her in a soft voice: "Xiao Yuejian, be good. You are grown up now; listen to Daddy and don't sleep with Mommy anymore. Look at Xiao Yike; she doesn't have any objections at all."

"Alright then."

Chen Yuejian agreed reluctantly.

Seeing that his daughters had both agreed, Chen An, as a father, felt very gratified.

It seemed that his two daughters were still quite sensible.

If nothing else, at least they were obedient.

They would not do things that went against their parents' wishes.

Based on this, Chen An decided to give his two daughters a small reward and looked at them, saying:

"As a reward for your willingness to leave your mother's embrace and choose to be independent, from now on, whenever you two go to sleep at night, Daddy will tell you bedtime stories."

"Really?"

Chen Yuejian was so excited that her little face turned rosy.

She loved listening to her father tell stories.

Because the stories her father told were mostly imaginative and opened her eyes to the world.

【You promised to tell your daughter Chen Yuejian bedtime stories, making her so excited her face turned bright red; father-daughter affection +1+3+1+4+5+2+0...】

Damn, adding this much?

Chen An looked at the notification message that had suddenly popped up before his eyes and felt extremely surprised in his heart.

It seems this little girl Xiao Yuejian really loves listening to me tell stories.

He smiled slightly.

Then his gaze fell upon his second daughter, Chen Yike, on the other side.

Seeing that his second daughter's father-daughter affection hadn't increased like his eldest daughter's, he knew that his second daughter was likely not interested in things like listening to stories.

So he said: "Besides telling you bedtime stories, from now on I will also have your Gu Niang learn to make Spirit Cake for you to eat."

Spirit Cake!!!

Chen Yike's attention was captured by these two words.

She immediately lifted her head abruptly to look at her father.

Her eyes were shining, and her little mouth was drooling uncontrollably as she said:

"Daddy, are you really going to let Gu Niang learn to make Spirit Cake for me to eat?"

"Really, Daddy wouldn't lie to you."

"Yay, yay!"

Chen Yike was so excited she stood up and danced around.

【You promised your daughter Chen Yike that you would have your wife Gu Xinyue make Spirit Cake for her to eat, making her so excited she was beyond herself; father-daughter affection +1+3+1+4+5+2+0...】

【Your father-daughter affection level with your daughter Chen Yike has increased to 3 stars; you are rewarded with the Ancient Forbidden Technique "Essence Blood Enslavement".】

【Essence Blood Enslavement: Any living creature that swallows your Essence Blood will become your slave for all eternity, unable to harbor any rebellious thoughts against you; only effective on living creatures with a cultivation realm lower than your own.】

PS: Book recommendation, "My Life of Cultivation Through Marriage".