Chapter 43: 42. Something to Discuss

42. Something to Discuss

A few days later.

The sky was just beginning to brighten.

The air outside was filled with freshness.

It had rained a little last night.

It was a bit chilly.

Chen An slowly opened his eyes and woke up, discovering that his daughter Chen Yuejian was lying on his chest, sleeping soundly with a sweet expression, a fair amount of drool flowing from the corner of her mouth.

Turning his head slightly to look to the side, his young wife Song Huaying was sleeping just as soundly as their daughter, a bit of drool also flowing from the corner of her mouth.

Truly, they were mother and daughter.

Both mother and daughter loved to drool while sleeping.

Chen An felt helpless.

After wiping the drool from both mother and daughter.

He then put on his clothes, got out of bed, and went to the Alchemy Room to take out the medicinal pills he had finished refining yesterday.

They needed to be delivered to the Logistics Department of the Bamboo Leaf Gang.

Bamboo Leaf Gang Logistics Department.

Chen An walked in with his medicine chest on his back.

At this hour, the low-level cultivators inside were already working.

Every one of them looked like they hadn't slept enough.

Their dark circles were very heavy.

Their spirits were listless.

Chen An felt a bit of sympathy in his heart, not knowing how many people would be worked to death today.

It really was a man-eat-man society.

Cultivators did not treat mortals as human beings.

Powerful cultivators did not treat low-level cultivators as human beings either.

There was no exploitation, only more exploitation.

Walking quickly past these low-level cultivators, Chen An arrived at the inspection area.

A Bamboo Leaf Gang cultivator took the medicine chest he handed over and opened it to inspect the goods carefully.

After a moment, the inspection was finished.

This Bamboo Leaf Gang cultivator smiled and said:

"Alchemist Chen, not bad, your alchemy attainments have improved quite a bit; you have the potential to become a Second-tier Alchemist in the future."

"Deacon Hong is too kind."

Chen An replied with a polite smile.

Once this Deacon Hong had taken all the medicinal pills out of the medicine chest, he picked up the chest and turned to leave.

But before he could take two steps, he was called back by Deacon Hong.

"By the way, Alchemist Chen, I almost forgot to tell you: starting tomorrow, the supply of these medicinal pills must increase by twenty percent."

Increasing by another twenty percent?

Then the value of this medicinal pill supply would already exceed 200 Low-grade Spirit Stones.

Chen An frowned slightly.

Although he was dissatisfied, he remained calm on the surface and said:

"Alright, I understand."

After saying this, he picked up the medicine chest and left.

Endure for now.

When his cultivation level rises in the future, he will take it back from this Bamboo Leaf Gang with interest!

Leaving the Bamboo Leaf Gang's Logistics Department.

Chen An first went home, filled the empty medicine chest, and then went out again.

However, he was not going to the Bamboo Leaf Gang's Logistics Department.

Instead, he was heading to the Market to sell medicinal pills.

Nowadays, he worked very hard every day.

While refining pills for the Bamboo Leaf Gang's Logistics Department, he also worked overtime every night after dinner to continue refining pills and earning money.

Arriving inside the Market.

Chen An did not set up a stall, but went straight to a firm in the Market.

This firm did not belong to the Bamboo Leaf Gang, but to a merchant organization called the Treasure Pavilion.

This merchant organization was spread throughout the entire Xuanhuang City.

Whether it was the Bamboo Leaf Gang, the Black Iron Villa, or any other gang, they all had such a firm opened inside—the Zhenbao Hang.

The Zhenbao Hang was protected by the Xuanhuang Sect.

Therefore, even if the Black Iron Villa and the Bamboo Leaf Gang were fighting to the death, the Zhenbao Hang would not be affected in the slightest.

After all, the Xuanhuang Sect was a great sect with a Nascent Soul old monster presiding over it.

No one dared to offend them.

Walking into Zhenbao Hang, Chen An walked proficiently to the counter and took out all the medicinal pills in his medicine chest to sell.

The purchase price was not high.

It was about one-tenth less than the price of selling them at a street stall during normal times.

Although the loss was a bit much, it could relatively save the time spent on setting up a stall.

At the current stage, Chen An no longer had the time to set up a stall.

He could only choose to sell to Zhenbao Hang.

"Alchemist Chen, the quality of your medicinal pills is getting better and better. Judging by this rate of improvement, I feel that in another ten years, you have the hope of becoming a Second-tier Alchemist."

Just like Deacon Hong from the Logistics Department of the Bamboo Leaf Gang before, Manager Liu of Zhenbao Hang also couldn't help but offer a compliment.

Chen An also replied in the same way: "Manager Liu, you flatter me."

After speaking, he suddenly thought of the special nature of Zhenbao Hang and wanted to find a backer for himself.

Thus, he asked Manager Liu: "Manager Liu, I would like to ask, what must one do to join the Zhenbao Pavilion and become a member of it?"

"That depends on which member you want to become."

"Are there any positions related to alchemy?"

"That, there certainly is, but one must at least be a Second-tier Alchemist to be qualified to join, and then there are requirements for cultivation and various other aspects."

Manager Liu stroked his beard and smiled as he said this.

The requirements were quite high...

Chen An calculated for a moment in his heart, then smiled and thanked him: "Many thanks to Manager Liu for clearing up my confusion."

In the short while that followed, the two had nothing to do and began to chat idly.

Manager Liu was purely killing time.

Chen An, however, wanted to understand some things.

For example, regarding the battle between the Bamboo Leaf Gang and the Black Iron Villa, he asked Manager Liu for his take.

The final answer he received was that the Bamboo Leaf Gang was at a slight disadvantage.

Manager Liu said that both the Black Iron Villa and the Bamboo Leaf Gang had Golden Core ancestors as their backers.

According to rumors, the Golden Core ancestor behind the Black Iron Villa was currently a bit stronger.

This was also the reason why the Black Iron Villa dared to directly launch a night raid on the Bamboo Leaf Gang back then.

After gaining a simple understanding like this.

Seeing that the time was about right, Chen An said his farewells to Manager Liu.

Before leaving.

He spent all the Spirit Stones he had earned from selling the medicinal pills.

He bought various Talismans from Zhenbao Hang.

The situation in the Bamboo Leaf Forest was truly too pessimistic right now; he needed these Talismans for self-preservation.

After returning home.

The sky was already dark.

Because she had to take care of the child, Song Huaying had long since gone to bed with her daughter Chen Yuejian.

Wen Zhiyun was bitterly cultivating in her room.

In the spacious hall.

Only Gu Xinyue was there by herself.

She was waiting for her husband to return home.

"Husband!"

Seeing Chen An return, Gu Xinyue immediately went up to meet him, her pretty face brimming with a smile; she looked less cold than before.

Chen An felt a great sense of satisfaction in raising her.

"Yue, let's go, follow your husband to the Alchemy Room to learn alchemy knowledge."

"Mm."

The two had only a simple exchange of words before quickly walking into the Alchemy Room to the side.

About three sticks of incense later.

【Divine Sense strength +2】

【Divine Sense strength +2】

【Divine Sense strength +2】

After tempering his Divine Sense strength a little.

Chen An began to teach Gu Xinyue real alchemy knowledge.

He started teaching from the most basic things.

For example, the classification of medicinal herbs, the recycling of medicinal dregs, how to maintain an alchemy furnace, and so on.

The reason he taught these was that he wanted to cultivate her into his own alchemy assistant.

As for helping with alchemy, that was out of the question.

Alchemy requires talent; it is not something everyone can learn.

After finishing the alchemy lesson and taking a mandarin duck bath together, Gu Xinyue quickly returned to her room to sleep.

Chen An was not yet sleepy, so he returned to the Alchemy Room to refine pills and earn money.

Just as he was about to close the door of the Alchemy Room, a graceful and beautiful figure appeared before him.

It was Wen Zhiyun.

At this moment, she was not wearing a loose Daoist robe, but a set of plain white, form-fitting brocade clothes, which perfectly outlined the exquisite curves of her delicate body.

"Chen An, I have something to tell you."

"What is it?"

"Let's go inside to talk."

Wen Zhiyun pursed her thin lips, and as she spoke, she walked into the Alchemy Room and closed the door behind her.

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