Chapter 18: 17. Being Targeted

17. Being Targeted

【You cast the Dharma Spell Golden Finger on your wife Gu Xinyue, Golden Finger proficiency +1.】

【Golden Finger: Proficient (100/500)】

【Name: Gu Xinyue】

【Attributes: Pure and Chaste, Loyal and Devoted】

【Affection: 1 Star (39/100)】

【Divine Sense strength provided: 77】

【Golden Finger proficiency provided: 33】

"Finally broke through!"

Watching the realm of his Golden Finger change from Entry to Proficient, Chen An couldn't help but feel a surge of excitement in his heart.

However, he quickly calmed his mood, looked down at Gu Xinyue, who was blushing with a pretty face, slightly turning her head to the side, and tightly covering her little mouth with her hand, and couldn't help but reach out to stroke her snow-white hair and smile:

"Yue, there's no need to cover your little mouth to keep from making noise. Ying sleeps very soundly every day; the little commotion you make won't wake her."

"……"

Gu Xinyue was so embarrassed that her face turned red, so she simply raised her other hand to cover her face as well, the only exposed parts of her pretty face flushed and burning.

Who could withstand such a shy, naked beauty?

Wouldn't one have to turn into a beast and dote on her properly?

But Chen An held back.

Because compared to continuing to linger with the cold and charming Gu Xinyue, he wanted to go outside right now to test the power of his Golden Finger after the breakthrough.

Soon, Chen An left the room and came to the backyard.

He cast the Golden Finger with anticipation and discovered that the Gold Light radiating from his finger had become much more dazzling than before.

Next, he aimed his finger at a stone ten meters away and, as if by instinct, fired the Gold Light attached to his fingertip.

The next second, only a "Boom!" sound was heard!

The Gold Light shot accurately onto the stone, instantly piercing through and shattering it, even leaving a shallow pit in the yellow mud beneath the stone.

So strong!

The destructive power caused by this Gold Light was more than several times stronger than the pistols from his past life!

Looking at the shallow pit on the ground that was a full palm-width in size, Chen An was incredibly excited.

It was already this strong at the second level, so what about the third, fourth, or even fifth level?

At that time, would the power of the Golden Finger become comparable to the laser cannons in the science fiction novels of his past life, capable of precisely killing enemies from a thousand miles away, or even destroying the heavens and the earth?

Just thinking about it was exciting.

"Boom!"

"Boom!"

"Boom!"

In the next hour or so, Chen An didn't even have time to eat the breakfast his wives and concubines had brought to his lips, constantly casting the Golden Finger and shooting everywhere.

On the courtyard wall, on the tree trunks, on the ground... he shot everywhere, and at a glance, it was full of holes.

The two wives and concubines accompanying him on the side were filled with shock.

What was going on? The Golden Finger that their husband usually used to please them was actually such a powerful Dharma Spell? Just what kind of person was their husband?

……

After eating lunch.

Chen An told his wives and concubines about his plan to move into the Core Area to live.

The wives and concubines were all surprised, but more than that, they were confused and worried.

The Core Area?

It was said that the rent there alone was 100 Low-grade Spirit Stones a month; was this a place that cultivators at their level could afford to live?

The wives and concubines couldn't understand it at all.

It wasn't until Chen An took out all the 400-plus Low-grade Spirit Stones he had saved, placed them in front of them, and told them that he would be able to break through to a First-tier Advanced Alchemist within four months, that they suddenly realized.

To celebrate this happy event, Song Huaying pulled her husband into the room with eyes full of love, wanting to reward him properly.

Seeing this, Gu Xinyue hesitated for a moment, but in the end, she followed them inside to celebrate with a blushing face.

【Alchemy Experience +2】

【Divine Sense +1】

【Alchemy Experience +2】

【Divine Sense +1】

【Divine Sense +1】

【Divine Sense +1】

【……】

After coming out of the room, Chen An immediately dove into the Alchemy Room and began working overtime to refine pills.

After all, they were moving to the Core Area soon, so he had to earn as many Spirit Stones as possible before then.

The more, the better.

It took him more than two hours to refine a pile of pills.

Chen An took a medicine box, packed all the pills, carried it on his back, and after saying a word to his wives and concubines, he set off for the Market to set up a stall.

Arriving at the familiar stall lane and the familiar stall, just as Chen An put down the medicine box and prepared to set up, several stall owners next to him began to tease him.

"I say, Alchemist Chen, you've earned so much lately, why do you still have to be out here in the wind and sun like us? Wouldn't it be great to just rent a shop and open a pharmacy? Why are you being so stubborn?"

"That's right, Alchemist Chen."

"Tsk tsk, if I were Alchemist Chen, I would definitely open a pharmacy in the center of the Market, hire a few assistants to help manage it, and find a few Dao companions to stay home with every day, living it up night after night."

"..."

Facing the teasing from several peers, Chen An smiled and waved his hand, saying: "It's all hard-earned money, I really don't make much. A while back, I could barely even pay the rent; otherwise, I wouldn't have come out to set up a stall, I would have been holed up at home enjoying myself long ago."

The several stall owners smiled without a word after hearing this, thinking to themselves that only a fool would believe you.

Wealth should not be flaunted, everyone understands that.

In the time that followed, Chen An chatted idly with the few peers beside him while laying out the pills from his medicine chest one by one for sale.

They were all, without exception, Severing Emotion Pills.

Because this pill has low production costs and high market demand, it is extremely cost-effective to refine.

"Fellow Daoist, give me 10 Severing Emotion Pills."

"Fellow Daoist, I'm buying 20 at once, can you give me a cheaper price?"

"This fellow Daoist, this young woman has fair skin and a beautiful face, a delicate and exquisite figure, and currently has no Dao companion. I spend every day alone in an empty room; I wonder if this Severing Emotion Pill can help this young woman resolve the emptiness and loneliness of every night?"

"..."

Chen An had only just set up his stall when passing customers immediately began to arrive in a steady stream to make purchases.

In just a short hour or so, all the Severing Emotion Pills were sold out.

He earned about one-third of a Spirit Stone.

During this time, several bewitchingly dressed female cultivators came up to flirt, hinting in their words that they wanted to become Dao companions.

However, Chen An paid them no mind.

It wasn't that he was indifferent to women, but that he knew which women could be approached and which could not.

After all, the phrase "a beautiful woman is a disaster" was not just something imagined out of thin air.

It is a well-known fact that Alchemists have been making a fortune recently.

Many female cultivators want to find an Alchemist to become their Dao companion.

But in reality, nine out of ten of these female cultivators who take the initiative to offer themselves up have malicious intentions.

Very few truly want to find a Dao companion to live a proper life.

Most are just looking to swindle Spirit Stones.

Once they have drained the savings of their gullible Alchemist Dao companion, they will leave without hesitation and turn to find other suckers to bleed dry.

However, the few peers beside him were not as clear-headed as Chen An.

They thought Chen An was a blockhead who didn't understand the hints from those female cultivators, and kept saying, "Fellow Daoist Chen, you are so muddled."

At the same time, they felt a surge of envy, jealousy, and hatred, lamenting that Alchemists have really been living the good life lately.

Making big money in all sorts of ways.

Being thrown themselves at by female cultivators in all sorts of ways.

It really is true that men fear choosing the wrong profession, and women fear marrying the wrong man.

If I had chosen the path of alchemy back then, would I be in this sorry state now?

At the thought of this, many stall owners felt extremely depressed.

Chen An did not want to be infected by their gloom, so he quickly packed up his stall and left, heading home early to exercise with his wives and concubines.

Just at this moment, a burst of noise came from not far ahead.

"Is there no end to this? Why are the people from Black Iron Villa here to cause trouble again?"

"Who told us to be poor? We can only live in the Cheap Area located at the boundary between the Bamboo Leaf Forest and Black Iron Villa. It was fine when both sides kept to themselves, but now that they are fighting over mineral vein resources, how could the people on the other side not come to cause trouble?"

"This business is impossible to do!"

"Damn it, where are the people from the Bamboo Leaf Gang? I paid them stall rent, why are these bastards only taking money and not doing anything?"

"Stop complaining, everyone. While those people from Black Iron Villa haven't walked over yet, hurry up and pack your stalls and leave!"

"..."

Chen An looked in the direction of the noise.

The scene that met his eyes was a group of cultivators with large machetes on their backs, swaggering toward the Market.

There were nine of them in total, and as they walked, they released their auras, not concealing their cultivation levels in the slightest.

Leading them was a stubble-faced male cultivator whose cultivation was at the Qi Refining Fourth Layer, but his aura was pushing toward the Qi Refining Fifth Layer, and his strength was very formidable.

The eight people following behind him were all, without exception, Qi Refining Third Layer cultivators.

Such a team had enough strength to sweep through everyone in this Market.

After all, the Market in the Cheap Area is only frequented by Qi Refining early-stage cultivators at the bottom of the hierarchy.

Any Qi Refining mid-stage cultivator would move to the ordinary area near the Core Area to live, and those at the Qi Refining late stage would go directly to live in the Core Area and become guest elders of the Bamboo Leaf Gang.

Seeing the aggressive approach of these cultivators from Black Iron Villa, Chen An knew that they would likely start smashing stalls and causing trouble, so without a second thought, he immediately shouldered his medicine chest and left.

However, just as he turned around, a voice of surprise from a Black Iron Villa cultivator came from behind him:

"Look quickly, Senior Brother Zhang, there's an Alchemist over there. We're going to strike it rich this time!"

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