Chapter 164: 158. Persuading the Wives and Concubines (1/2)

158. Persuading the Wives and Concubines (1/2)

【Fire Spirit Root aptitude +4】x38

"It's all your fault. I just finished bathing, and you've made me dirty again."

Wen Zhiyun lay flat on the bed, panting slightly. She turned her head to look at the culprit beside her, her pretty face, as alluring as a ripe peach, filled with resentment.

Regarding Chen An's habit of tossing her about anytime and anywhere without regard for her wishes, the more she thought about it, the angrier she became; the angrier she became, the more she thought about it. Thinking and fuming, she couldn't help but angrily lift her right leg and kick Chen An hard.

"Is that really necessary?" Chen An rubbed his lower back where he had been kicked and said to Wen Zhiyun, "If you kick my waist until it's broken, you'll have to live as a widow for the rest of your life."

"Then it would be better if it were broken, so we sisters wouldn't be tossed about by you until we're half-dead every day," Wen Zhiyun hummed.

Chen An couldn't be bothered to pay attention to this tsundere concubine. He took out a Cleaning Talisman, gently patted it on her body, then turned over, faced away from her, and closed his eyes to sleep.

He hadn't slept for over a month and needed to take a short nap.

Seeing that her husband was ignoring her, Wen Zhiyun became somewhat displeased.

She stretched out her beautiful Jade Foot and kicked his lower back lightly, saying with dissatisfaction, "Chen, why are you sleeping with your back to me? Is my face no longer pretty, or have your standards become too high?"

After speaking, she reached out to pull his arm, saying in a tsundere tone, "If you're going to sleep, sleep facing me, otherwise don't sleep on my bed."

This little Comrade Wen really is demanding...

Chen An muttered to himself, then obediently turned back around to sleep facing Wen Zhiyun, satisfying the request of this tsundere concubine.

Seeing her husband obediently listen, Wen Zhiyun felt very comfortable inside.

She scooted a bit closer to Chen An and said in a slightly coquettish tone:

"Lift your arm."

"What for?"

"To sleep, what else?"

Seeing that Chen An didn't react, Wen Zhiyun simply took matters into her own hands, lifted Chen An's arm, and moved her body into Chen An's embrace, letting him hold her as she slept.

Soon, both of them were asleep.

However, not long after, Chen An sat up from the bed, full of energy.

He had slept for a little over a quarter of an hour.

That was enough.

If nothing else, he could go at least another month without sleeping and still maintain full energy every day.

A Golden Core grand cultivator is just that heaven-defying.

He put on his clothes and left the room.

Chen An did not go to the Alchemy Room to learn how to refine Third-tier Pills, nor did he go to other rooms to dally with his other three wives and concubines.

Instead, he walked back into his own room.

He went to the bed.

He leaned against the window.

He sat cross-legged in a Proficient manner and began to cultivate.

Just a moment ago, he had suddenly felt the Spirit Power in his body surging; this was a sign that his cultivation was nearing a breakthrough.

He was about to break through to the Golden Core Second Layer.

And with this breakthrough, he spent nearly half a month in the room.

During this time, his wives and daughters were very sensible and did not disturb him.

When the time came to the thirteenth day.

At this moment, Chen An, sitting cross-legged on the bed, slowly opened his eyes and exhaled a deep breath of stale air.

After thirteen days, he had finally succeeded in his breakthrough.

Relying purely on his own efforts, he had broken through from the Golden Core First Layer to the Golden Core Second Layer.

Although he had used a few Gathering Qi Pills to assist during the breakthrough process, these Gathering Qi Pills were all refined by himself, so they were all part of his own efforts.

That evening, his wives and concubines worked together in the kitchen to prepare a sumptuous dinner to celebrate his breakthrough to the Golden Core Second Layer.

After the meal.

Chen An chatted with his wives and daughters for over an hour.

Feeling that they had digested their food,

he took them to find a spot to build a study.

Chen An was responsible for digging out the study, and once it was dug, he let his wives and daughters decorate it.

It took only a little over an hour.

The study was successfully built.

It had a bed, a table, chairs, and bookshelves.

It had all the furniture one could need.

Then, Chen An took out all the books stored in his Storage Ring and arranged them on the bookshelves according to a rough classification.

His two young daughters had never been exposed to books before, and at this moment, they were full of curiosity about the books on the shelves.

Especially his eldest daughter, Chen Yuejian.

After she turned one, his little wife Song Huaying had been teaching her to read every day.

Now, her literacy level allowed her to read any book without any obstacles.

Of course, this was limited to literacy.

As for whether she could understand the content of the books, that was a different matter.

Out of a sense of novelty, in the days that followed, the wives and daughters would come to the study to read after completing their daily cultivation tasks.

Chen Yike was illiterate and couldn't understand them, so she just came over to join in the fun.

At the very beginning, she would act like a curious baby, constantly asking her father, mother, and sisters what the books were talking about.

But within a few days, she didn't even have the interest to ask anymore.

She would either roll around on the bed or sleep spread-eagled.

Seeing that his wives and daughters liked the study so much, Chen An was happy in his heart.

In the blink of an eye.

Time arrived at the early morning of the next day.

The sky was not yet bright.

Chen An had not slept for the entire night.

After lingering with Shen Qingyi last night, he had returned to his own room and sat quietly on the bed to cultivate.

The matter of improving one's cultivation could not rely solely on harvesting system rewards from his two daughters; that was relying on them too much.

If there was time, he still had to cultivate more himself.

Regardless of whether the efficiency was high or not, at least it could give him a few more insights into cultivation.

All in all, it would not be a loss.

"Husband, are you awake?"

Song Huaying's soft voice sounded from outside the door.

With a thought, Chen An opened the door and looked at his little young wife in her pajamas outside, asking with some confusion: "What is it, Ying? Why are you up looking for me before dawn?"

"It's nothing, I just missed you, Husband."

Song Huaying walked into the room, closed the door behind her, and went to sit on Chen An's bed.

Seeing her like this, Chen An guessed that she must be feeling a bit greedy and wanted breakfast, so he teased her with a smile: "What, have you been lonely after not sleeping with me for three nights?"

"Husband, you're so annoying, you know I'm thin-skinned and yet you say that on purpose."

Song Huaying said with feigned annoyance, openly admitting that she was indeed lonely.

It was fine when she was still a mortal, but ever since she awakened her Flower God Bloodline and her cultivation reached the Qi Refining Third Layer, her need for deep emotional exchange between husband and wife had increased significantly.

And now, her husband had four wives and concubines in total, and having to wait three days between each turn was completely unsatisfying for her.

Although she could drink water to quench her thirst during the day, she couldn't help but feel thirsty at night too.

Chen An doted on his little young wife very much; seeing that she had needs now, he stopped his cultivation without saying anything else, intending to satisfy her properly.

"Husband, wait."

Song Huaying stopped Chen An from taking off her pajamas.

Chen An was puzzled: "What's wrong?"

Song Huaying gave him a seductive look and said: "Husband, it's still early, and there's no one in the study. Why don't we go there and exchange some reading experience?"

Seeing his little young wife say this without a hint of a blush, Chen An realized in hindsight that the green and ignorant little young wife from back then was gone, replaced by an experienced veteran.

And this veteran before him could not only drive on any road, but was also keen on opening up new paths, wanting to walk through every corner of the world.

"Husband, hurry up and hold me to the study, otherwise Xiao Yuejian will come to the study to read once she wakes up."

Song Huaying stretched out her legs to hook around Chen An's waist, urging him.

Chen An didn't say anything else; he kissed her pretty, unadorned face, then picked her up and walked toward the study outside.

As the sun rose, the sky gradually brightened.

Soon, the wives and daughters in the tunnel woke up one after another.

The couple, who were busy in the study, heard the commotion, finished up in a few moments, and walked out after getting dressed.

Song Huaying went back to her own room to cultivate, while Chen An walked into the Alchemy Room to learn how to refine Third-tier Pills.

He refined for the entire morning.

He learned to refine two new types of Third-tier Pills in total.

"The speed of learning to refine Third-tier Pills is getting faster and faster."

"Sure enough, in the alchemy business, the hardest part is the beginning; as long as you can make a successful start, the rest is basically just a matter of mastering it."

Thinking this, Chen An extinguished the Pill Fire.

It was about time.

It was time to randomly favor one of his wives or concubines.

The nights were for the fixed rotation of companionship.

But the daytime was different; he could be relatively spontaneous.

"Hm?"

Just as he left the Alchemy Room and was about to head toward Gu Xinyue's room, Chen An suddenly noticed that the Spirit Qi in the surrounding air was being pulled by an unknown force, surging toward the direction of the main hall.

This scene looked familiar.

Could it be that Chen Yike was about to successfully guide Qi into her body?

Thinking of this, Chen An couldn't help but feel a bit excited and immediately changed direction to head toward the main hall.

When he arrived at the main hall, he found Shen Qingyi, Wen Zhiyun, and his eldest daughter Chen Yuejian were all there.

At this moment, the three of them were watching Chen Yike under the cave entrance from afar, afraid that getting too close would affect her; they didn't dare make a sound, silently cheering her on in their hearts.

Seeing Chen An arrive, Wen Zhiyun instinctively took one of his hands and held it, her entire face full of nervousness.

People, when they get nervous, their hands want to hold onto something.

Chen An felt that Wen Zhiyun's hand was sweating from nervousness, but he didn't pay too much attention to it, his gaze falling on the face of his silly second daughter under the cave entrance ahead.

His second daughter, Chen Yike, was currently closing her eyes tightly and doing a horse stance, the features on her chubby little round face scrunched up into a ball, giving her the expression of someone constipated.

"Ya ya ya ya ya—"

Suddenly, like the protagonist in the anime Dragon Ball transforming into a Super Saiyan, Chen Yike clenched her fists and shouted with her mouth open, her momentum rising abruptly.

Afterward, the flow of Spirit Qi in the air suddenly accelerated, rushing madly into her tiny body.

At the same time, a notification message popped up before Chen An's eyes.

【Your daughter Chen Yike has successfully learned to draw Qi into the body; rewarded with thirty years of cultivation.】

【Name: Chen An】

【Cultivation: Golden Core Third Layer】

Another breakthrough!

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

"Little Yike, you are so amazing, you really are Mother's good child!"

Seeing her silly daughter had learned to draw Qi into the body, Wen Zhiyun immediately let go of Chen An's hand, happily ran toward her daughter under the cave entrance, pulled her into her arms, and planted a series of kisses right on her little round face.

Chen Yike was covered in saliva from the kisses and felt a tiny bit uncomfortable.

But she dared not voice any protest, fearing she would displease her tigress mother.

"Husband, did you break through?"

Sensing that her husband's spiritual pressure had suddenly surged by a notch, Shen Qingyi looked at him with some surprise and asked.

Chen An replied calmly: "Yes, seeing little Yike learn to draw Qi into the body, I don't know why, but I suddenly had an epiphany and broke through to the Golden Core Third Layer."

Upon hearing this, Shen Qingyi was completely shocked beyond measure, her face filled with disbelief at reality.

Chen An's breakthrough speed was too exaggerated, so exaggerated that it made her wonder if she was dreaming—a dream she had been having since the first moment she saw Chen An at Zhenbao Hang.

It was just that this dream had been a bit long, and she still hadn't been able to wake up even now.

On the other side.

Wen Zhiyun heard the conversation between Shen Qingyi and Chen An.

However, she felt no ripples in her heart regarding this, her attention entirely focused on her silly daughter.

Unlike Shen Qingyi, having been married to Chen An for nearly three years, she had long since become accustomed to Chen An's breakthrough speed.

To put it exaggeratedly, even if Chen An were to suddenly break through to the Nascent Soul realm right there on the spot, she wouldn't find it very strange.

"Little Yike, after learning to draw Qi into the body, do you have any special feelings?"

Wen Zhiyun wiped the saliva off her silly daughter's face and asked in a tone full of concern.

The two little willow eyebrows on Chen Yike's round face were tightly knitted, and she said with a pained expression: "Mother, I want to poop."

"Pfft!"

Chen An was inexplicably amused by his second daughter Chen Yike's words and couldn't help but laugh out loud.

Hearing the sound, Wen Zhiyun turned back and rolled her eyes at him, saying in a huff: "What are you laughing at? What is there to laugh about?"

"Yes, it's not funny, not funny."

Chen An couldn't be bothered to anger his tsundere concubine and chose to indulge her a little.

In the evening.

Gu Xinyue specially prepared a sumptuous dinner.

It was to celebrate little Yike finally learning to draw Qi into the body, as well as Chen An breaking through to the Golden Core Third Layer.

A double blessing.

While eating, Chen An told his wives and concubines about the current situation of that fox demon.

As he spoke, feeling the timing was about right, he dropped a bombshell: "There is one thing I want to tell you all; I am currently planning to take that fox demon as a concubine."

As soon as these words were spoken, all four wives and concubines were stunned at the same time.

Afterward, they all came to their senses one after another and looked at their husband in surprise, for a moment thinking they had misheard.

"Husband, what did you just say?"

Shen Qingyi felt it was unbelievable and asked Chen An in a puzzled voice to confirm if she had misheard.

Chen An said calmly: "I just said, I plan to take that fox demon as a concubine."

Upon hearing this again, Wen Zhiyun couldn't help but become emotionally agitated: "Chen, are you crazy?"

"That is a fox demon!"

"And, it's a fox demon that has attacked you several times!"

"Are we sisters not beautiful enough, or is our figure not alluring enough, that you would set your sights on that fox demon?"

"Have you been bewitched by that fox demon and lost your mind?"

The volume of Wen Zhiyun's voice grew louder and louder, and from beginning to end, it was a tone of interrogation.

Seeing this, the two young daughters were so scared they didn't even dare to breathe.

"Sister Wen, don't be agitated, perhaps Husband has some hidden reason."

Gu Xinyue spoke up to soothe her.

Wen Zhiyun was furious and said: "What hidden reason could this lecherous thing have? I think he just saw that the fox demon is pretty and his lustful addiction flared up again!"

After finishing, she added: "Chen, that fox demon is so dangerous; if you dare to bring her home, I will immediately take my daughter and leave this home!"

"Sister Wen, calm down first." Song Huaying comforted Wen Zhiyun, then looked at Chen An and asked: "Husband, why would you suddenly want to take that fox demon as a concubine?"

Song Huaying had always been the one most supportive of Chen An taking more concubines, but hearing Chen An say he wanted to take that fox demon as a concubine, she also felt quite unsettled.

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