Chapter 177: 171. Arrival at the Alchemy Hall (2/2)

171. Arrival at the Alchemy Hall (2/2)

On the calm, windless grassland.

Chen An's family was busy processing the corpse of the python demon before them.

They cut it into pieces.

To make it easier to store in their Storage Rings and Storage Bags.

Chen Yike was so greedy that she grabbed some raw snake meat and wanted to stuff it into her mouth.

Wen Zhiyun saw this and gave her a few "slaps," causing her to shrink to the side, feeling aggrieved and looking very pitiful.

Gu Xinyue was quite doting on the children; seeing Chen Yike's aggrieved expression, she took the initiative to take out cooking utensils from her Storage Bag, set up a pot and fire on the spot, and began to prepare a full snake feast for her.

Boiling, stir-frying, pan-frying, and deep-frying—she was Proficient in all sorts of methods and quickly prepared over ten dishes.

Chen Yike drooled wildly but dared not eat, fearing a scolding from her mother; she was completely intimidated.

Seeing this, Chen An smiled, patted her silly head, and said, "Eat if you want to. Daddy allows you to eat. If your mother dares to scold you, Daddy will help you give her a good lesson tonight."

Hearing this, Wen Zhiyun felt a tiny bit angry, but she didn't say anything.

Looking at her silly daughter's intimidated appearance, she also realized she had been too strict and was now consciously trying to change herself.

Seeing that her father supported her and her mother—the tigress—said nothing, Chen Yike finally dared to walk over to Gu Xinyue's side, sit down, and happily eat the snake meat.

"Everyone, come over and eat together; I made plenty."

Gu Xinyue took out bowls and chopsticks and said to the family members who were busy processing the python demon's corpse.

Upon hearing this, the family members put down their work, went over, and sat down to enjoy Gu Xinyue's superb culinary skills.

After they had their fill.

The group continued to process the python demon's corpse.

Because the space in their Storage Rings and Storage Bags was limited, Chen An only took the snake bones and a portion of the meat, then quickly boarded the Flying Boat with his wives and daughter to head to the Heaven and Earth Sect.

About half an hour passed.

The Flying Boat arrived at its destination.

The outskirts of the Heaven and Earth Sect.

Chen An had originally intended to fly directly to the Alchemy Hall, but he was stopped by Tian Deacon after being spotted.

Tian Deacon told him to join the team and wait for everyone to arrive before taking the sect's Flying Boat together, otherwise, it would not be in accordance with the rules.

There was no help for it; since the man had said so, Chen An could only put away his own small Flying Boat and take his wives and daughter to find some shade under a tree to wait for everyone to gather.

They would wait for everyone to arrive before setting off together on the Flying Boat.

During the wait.

Tian Deacon kept standing next to Chen An, trying to strike up a conversation, his intention to build a good relationship with him very obvious.

"Deacon Chen, your two daughters are so beautiful; they must have inherited your magnificent appearance."

Tian Deacon lied through his teeth.

Chen An's two daughters looked more like their respective mothers.

It was possible that Song Huaying and Wen Zhiyun had both disguised themselves as ugly, which was why Tian Deacon spoke such nonsense.

Otherwise, saying they inherited their mother's beauty might have been mistaken for mockery.

Regarding Tian Deacon's flattery and fawning, Chen An only responded politely and half-heartedly, not wanting to develop a deep friendship with the other party.

He had come to the Heaven and Earth Sect only to provide a safe living environment for his wives and daughter, not to make friends.

In fact, he planned to be a homebody from now on, lying low and cultivating within the Heaven and Earth Sect, ignoring the world outside.

As time passed.

Gradually, the group of Alchemists who had passed the Alchemy Hall test arrived at the outskirts of the Heaven and Earth Sect one after another, bringing their families along.

Chen An scanned the area curiously and discovered that these Alchemists all had many wives and concubines.

The ones with many had fifty or sixty, and even the ones with few had twenty or thirty; it was quite exaggerated.

Among them, the only two female Alchemists were also surrounded by male concubines—one was surrounded by over forty, and the other by over thirty; they all looked extremely licentious.

Chen An was initially shocked by the scene before him.

But after thinking about it carefully, he quickly understood.

The Alchemists present were all at least Second-tier in their Alchemy Dao cultivation.

If they were in a place like the Bamboo Leaf Forest, they would be overlords of a region.

They could establish a family clan that would last for a thousand years.

Or even found a sect.

And for such beings, it was very normal to like having a harem.

After all, even Qi Refining Late Stage cultivators in the Core Area of the Bamboo Leaf Forest could have one, so these Second-tier and Third-tier Alchemists could do so even more.

Not to mention, when Alchemists have harems, they can let their harem members serve as alchemy assistants; unlike ordinary cultivators whose harems are just being drained of their vitality, this was mutually beneficial.

Therefore, such an astonishing scene appeared before his eyes, with every Alchemist having a pile of male and female concubines, looking extremely spectacular.

On the other hand, Chen An's wives and concubines were all very shocked by the scene they saw.

Shen Qingyi was fine, because she came from the large Xuanhuang Sect, and the Xuanhuang Sect also had an Alchemy Hall where the Alchemists basically all had harems; she was long accustomed to this.

As for the remaining four, they were shocked to the point of feeling a bit numb.

They had never imagined that a cultivator could possess so many wives, concubines, or husbands; it was truly world-shattering to their values.

With so many wives, concubines, or husbands, could one person really take care of them all?

Song Huaying and the others felt puzzled by this.

Wen Zhiyun, who had originally had some opinions about Chen An taking in a new concubine every now and then, felt differently.

After comparing him to these Alchemists on the scene, she realized that her husband was actually quite restrained.

He is clearly a Third-Rank Alchemist and a Golden Core great cultivator, yet it has been several years and he has only taken five wives.

This is simply the number one best husband in the cultivation world, the very embodiment of the word "devotion."

"Deacon Chen, your two daughters look truly like True Immortals; if only I could give birth to such ethereal daughters as well."

That female Alchemist, who possessed over forty male concubines, walked over and spoke to Chen An with a beaming smile.

Chen An replied politely: "Fellow Daoist, you are as beautiful as a celestial being; I am sure the children you give birth to would also be just as ethereal."

"Deacon Chen, my name is Bai Ruge." The female Alchemist intentionally puffed out her proud, semi-circular curves and said with a smile: "Calling me Fellow Daoist is a bit too distant; you can call me Ruge directly from now on."

"It is better to stick with Fellow Daoist Bai."

Chen An smiled and declined with a sense of propriety.

He knew very well in his heart that this Bai Ruge had likely taken a fancy to him and wanted something to happen.

If it were an ordinary cultivator, they would probably have welcomed her with a smile by now, and by tonight, they would be like dry wood catching fire.

Unfortunately, Chen An only catches fire with his wives and concubines; he does not wish to have too much intimate contact with strange women, lest he invite unnecessary trouble.

Seeing their husband reject the advances of a seductive woman, Song Huaying, Wen Zhiyun, and the others all felt a warmth in their hearts and were very moved.

The affection between husband and wives rose quite a bit.

Before long.

All the Alchemists had arrived.

Under the direction of Tian Deacon, everyone boarded the Flying Boat in an orderly fashion and flew toward the Alchemy Hall.

Since everyone was now of the same sect, this time the Flying Boat did not, as it had when they came to the Heaven and Earth Sect for the examination last month, deliberately twist and turn in the high altitude for a long time before flying to the Alchemy Hall.

Instead, once it took off, it soared past thousands of clouds directly to the entrance of the Alchemy Hall.

The efficiency was extremely high.

Not even a single breath of time was wasted.

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