Chapter 171: 165. A Fox Demon at Home (2/2)

165. A Fox Demon at Home (2/2)

Qianhua Forest, above the tunnel entrance.

Chen An performed Sword Flight, carrying the timid Jiuji behind him, and slowly descended toward one of the tunnel entrances below.

As they were about to enter the tunnel, he cautioned Jiuji: "Remember, my four wives and concubines will likely be hostile toward you. You must endure it, understand?"

"Master, I understand."

Jiuji nodded with extreme submissiveness.

As long as she wasn't imprisoned in a cave, she was willing to do anything now.

Chen An: "Also, there is no need to call me Master; just call me Alchemist Chen."

Jiuji: "I understand, Alchemist Chen."

Chen An nodded in satisfaction.

His true purpose in bringing Jiuji home was not to establish a master-servant relationship, but to establish a husband-wife relationship.

Because without a husband-wife relationship, there would be no talk of a husband-wife affection level, and it would even be hard to say whether any future children could be identified as father and daughter by the system's judgment.

Another point was that a simple master-servant relationship was not stable.

Right now, this fox spirit had only just escaped from the cave, and in order to avoid being imprisoned in a cave again, she was willing to be manipulated and follow orders without question.

But as time passed, once her fear of being imprisoned in the cave initially faded, she would likely display the saying "a leopard cannot change its spots" to the fullest.

A moment later.

The two landed at the tunnel entrance.

In the hall.

Chen Yike was practicing punches against the air.

Suddenly, she keenly sensed the airflow movement created by her father's sword landing.

The next moment, she immediately retracted her fists and sprinted toward a tunnel entrance ahead, shouting at the top of her lungs as she ran:

"Daddy, did you buy Spirit Cake!!!"

"I want to eat lots and lots of Spirit Cake!"

"I want..."

When she rounded the corner and ran to the bottom of the tunnel entrance ahead, Chen Yike's shouting stopped abruptly, and her footsteps halted as well.

Because she saw a stranger.

A strange woman with a pair of beast ears on her head and nine fluffy tails behind her.

After a moment of realization, Chen Yike remembered an illustration of a Demon Beast she had seen in the study, and realized that the strange woman with the unusual appearance before her might be a Demon Beast.

Thus, without a second word, she let out an Evil Dragon Roar at the top of her lungs:

"Mom, there's a Demon Beast!!!"

"I'm going to be eaten!!!"

"Mom! Mom! Save me!!!"

"What's wrong, what's wrong???"

Wen Zhiyun had originally been in her room in deep cultivation, but upon hearing her silly daughter's shouting, she immediately ran over following the sound.

At the same time, the three other wives and concubines in other rooms also rushed over, their faces full of tension.

Chen Yuejian did not know what had happened, but seeing her mothers suddenly running in the same direction, she subconsciously followed along.

When they arrived at Chen Yike's side and saw Jiuji standing behind their husband, they were all stunned, thinking they had seen wrong.

A fox demon!

It was that fox demon who had attacked their husband several times!

The wives and concubines had all seen Jiuji's appearance on a Recording Stone and recognized her immediately.

"Chen, what are you doing!"

"Why did you suddenly bring this fox spirit home!"

"What exactly do you want to do!"

Wen Zhiyun was furious; after hiding her silly daughter behind her, she loudly questioned Chen An.

Chen An explained patiently and calmly: "It is like this, she has now submitted to me, so I brought her home."

"Although she is a Golden Core master, everyone need not worry; her entire body is currently restrained by various Restrictive Magical Artifacts, she cannot even beat little Yike, and she cannot harm anyone."

"Everyone, believe me, I care about the safety of this home more than anyone."

"Safety aside, why didn't you notify us beforehand that you were bringing this fox spirit home?!"

Wen Zhiyun still questioned him loudly with great dissatisfaction.

Facing her questioning, Chen An had no power to refute and admitted his mistake directly: "Zhiyun, this is my fault, I was inconsiderate."

Seeing that her husband had admitted his mistake, Song Huaying quickly stepped out to mediate: "Sister Wen, don't be angry yet. Husband has always had a sense of propriety in his actions; we just need to trust him."

Wen Zhiyun fell silent, but it was clear she was still very angry, her chest heaving incessantly.

At this time, Shen Qingyi asked: "Husband, what is her status in our home now? Is she already your wife or concubine?"

This question was very important.

All four wives and concubines cared about it deeply.

Chen An replied: "Not a wife or concubine, just a servant. In the future, if you have any needs, you can order her to do them."

"For example, she is a Golden Core master, you can ask her for advice on cultivation matters."

"Or for another example, she is a second-generation demon who has lived in the Mountain and Sea Demon Realm for many years; if you want to know what kind of place the Demon World is, you can also ask her."

"And another example, tasks like cooking, cleaning, and looking after our daughter, you can also have her do them."

"As for the safety issue, I can say it again very firmly: her body is currently so weak that she cannot even beat little Yike."

"And the mental techniques she excels at cannot be deployed now due to the lack of Spirit Qi within her body."

Chen An said a lot, doing his best to put his wives and concubines at ease.

However, his wives and concubines still could not set their minds at ease.

Because they were not Chen An; they lacked sufficient understanding of Jiuji, and even less understanding of just how powerful those Restrictive Magical Artifacts on Jiuji's body were.

Chen An realized this point.

Thus, with a thought, he took a Sea Tower Stone bracelet out from his Storage Ring, let it hover above his palm, and then reached out to place it in front of his wives and concubines, saying:

"This thing is called Sea Tower Stone. As long as it touches a living being, it will drain the Spirit Power within that being's body, and the handcuffs, shackles, and even the collar she wears are all made of Sea Tower Stone."

This "she" referred to Jiuji.

Looking at the Sea Tower Stone their husband held out, the four wives and concubines all knew what this meant.

This was to let everyone test the effect of the Sea Tower Stone.

"Husband, let me try."

Gu Xinyue rarely volunteered to step forward first, reaching out to pick up the Sea Tower Stone bracelet hovering above Chen An's palm.

Then, the next moment, she felt the Spirit Power within her body draining away rapidly, all of it sucked away by the Sea Tower Stone bracelet in her hand.

Whether it was her Divine Sense perception or her five senses, everything instantly dropped to a state approaching that of a mortal.

"This..."

Gu Xinyue was extremely shocked; it was her first time witnessing such a terrifying stone.

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