Chapter 51: 50. The Situation Grows Increasingly Severe

50. The Situation Grows Increasingly Severe

【Divine Sense Strength +3】 x15

【Alchemy Experience +3】 x5

【Fire Spirit Root Aptitude +1】 x13

As dusk approached, Chen An sat on the bed looking at the notification messages before him, listening to the exhausted, rapid breathing coming from beside him, and could not help but feel a bit smug.

Heh, a bunch of weaklings, still dreaming of trying to bully the few with the many.

In the end, you all surrendered without me even needing to use my Golden Finger.

At this level, it really is just too weak.

At this moment, Chen An's self-confidence reached an unprecedented height.

"Mom?"

"Mom!"

"Wah... wah... wah!"

Just as Chen An was feeling smug, his daughter's loud crying suddenly came from the next room.

Without a second thought, he immediately put on his clothes, got out of bed, and hurried to the next room to soothe his daughter.

Soon, his little young wife also rushed over.

She took their daughter from her husband's arms and Proficiently stroked her head, saying, "Xiao Yuejian, don't cry. Mom is here, don't cry, don't cry."

This head-stroking move was very effective, and their daughter soon stopped crying.

"Husband, is there any dish you want to eat tonight?"

Gu Xinyue walked in from outside and asked.

Chen An asked the daughter in his little young wife's arms: "Xiao Yuejian, your Gu-niang is going to cook, is there anything you want to eat?"

"Chicken! Chicken! Chicken!"

Chen Yuejian shouted three times in a row.

Whenever they ate, she often saw her mother eating chicken with a look of pure bliss, and she had always wanted to eat it herself.

Now that she had grown quite a few teeth, she wanted to eat chicken too.

"Call her Gu-niang, call her Gu-niang and Gu-niang will make it for you."

"Gu-niang!"

Chen Yuejian shouted it out without any pressure, though her pronunciation was still a bit off.

Gu Xinyue pinched Chen Yuejian's little round face, full of affection as she said:

"Xiao Yuejian is so well-behaved, Gu-niang will go make chicken for you to eat right now."

After saying this, she turned and left the room to go to the kitchen to make dinner.

Watching Gu Xinyue's departing back, Chen An noticed that although his little concubine, who was usually like a block of ice, always appeared cold, she always wore a smile in front of Chen Yuejian, giving people a feeling like a spring breeze.

After teasing his daughter for a while and having her call out for Daddy a few times,

Chen An did not stay in the room for long.

He walked out of the house.

He went to the backyard.

He went to the chicken coop to check on the Spirit Chicken.

"Zhiyun?"

"Why are you here?"

Seeing Wen Zhiyun standing outside the fence of the chicken coop watching the Spirit Chicken, Chen An couldn't help but curiously walk up and ask.

Wen Zhiyun glanced at him upon hearing the sound, her gaze quickly falling back into the chicken coop.

"I'm watching the little chickens."

"What's so interesting about little chickens?"

"Don't you think the little chickens are cute?"

"I think the little chickens are delicious."

"I don't feel like talking to you."

Wen Zhiyun rolled her eyes at Chen An, not wanting to pay him any mind.

Chen An pressed up against her, hugging her from behind to watch the little chickens together.

After a while, Wen Zhiyun suddenly asked:

"Tell me, what's going on with your cultivation? How did you break through so quickly?"

"Guess?"

"Not guessing!"

"Then I won't tell you."

"Hmph, who cares to listen!"

Wen Zhiyun was as tsundere as ever, completely opposite to the gentle-as-water demeanor she had just shown in bed, creating a strong sense of contrast.

Chen An loved this contrast and could always derive a sense of satisfaction from conquering it.

Seeing Wen Zhiyun being so tsundere, he couldn't help but scoop her up, leap lightly, and jump over the fence into the chicken coop.

"What are you doing?"

"Nothing much, just wanted to bring you in for a closer look at the little chickens."

"Don't you dare!"

"Heh, your husband just loves this 'hard mouth, soft body' act of yours."

"You... you are shameless."

When she said this, Wen Zhiyun's voice had already softened quite a bit, and her body softened along with it.

As time passed continuously, the morning sun that had risen in the east was now beginning to sink behind the western mountains.

As the sky gradually grew dark, the temperature was also slowly dropping.

But Chen An, who had fewer and fewer clothes on, felt himself getting hotter and hotter.

As a few drops of hot sweat fell, a notification message popped up out of thin air before his eyes.

【Fire Spirit Root aptitude +1】

After coming out of the chicken coop, Wen Zhiyun changed her previous opinion of chickens.

Before, she thought chicks were very cute and pleasing to the eye.

But now, she felt that cute chicks were nice to look at but useless, far less practical than big chickens that could be eaten.

Chen An tidied up Wen Zhiyun's hair, helped her straighten her clothes, and asked:

"Zhiyun, what do you want to eat tomorrow? I'll have Yue make it for you."

"I want to eat braised chicken, white-cut chicken, stewed chicken with mushrooms, and... can you guess?"

Wen Zhiyun licked her red lips and said with a rare, playful look on her face.

Wanting to use someone's own methods against them?

Little sister, you are still a bit too young.

Chen An thought this and smiled, saying: "Do you want to guess if I can guess?"

"Guess your head!"

Seeing that her ploy didn't work, Wen Zhiyun was somewhat exasperated.

At this moment, the voice of their neighbor Han Sanfan suddenly rang out from outside the door.

"Alchemist Chen!"

"Fellow Daoist Wen!"

"Are you home?"

"..."

"Creak—"

Chen An took Wen Zhiyun to open the door and saw Han Sanfan with a sword tucked into his waist.

Seeing the two come out, Han Sanfan said: "I have important matters to discuss with you."

Chen An: "What matter?"

Han Sanfan said with a mysterious look: "It's not very convenient to talk about this here; let's go inside to talk."

"No need, just say it here."

Chen An refused to let Han Sanfan enter the house.

In this man-eating world, one must not have the intention to harm others, but one must have the intention to guard against others.

A place like a house must never be entered by outsiders.

Especially outsiders whose cultivation has reached the Qi Refining Late Stage.

Seeing that Chen An would not let him in, Han Sanfan did not force it.

He turned his head to look around, and seeing that there was no one nearby, he leaned in a bit and lowered his voice:

"I have already made an agreement with Fellow Daoist Zhang and Fellow Daoist Liu from South Lane, Fellow Daoist He from West Lane, and Fellow Daoist Tan from North Lane to move out of the Bamboo Leaf Forest at the Zi hour tonight."

"I want to ask, do you want to leave with us?"

"The opportunity is only tonight; if you miss it, it will be gone."

Chen An said without hesitation: "No, we appreciate Fellow Daoist Han's good intentions, but we currently have no plans to leave."

Han Sanfan would not give up and looked at Wen Zhiyun, whom he truly wanted to take with him, asking: "Fellow Daoist Wen, what about you?"

"I listen to my husband."

As she spoke, Wen Zhiyun raised her jade hand to hook onto Chen An's arm, indicating her relationship with Chen An now.

Seeing this scene, Han Sanfan's expression did not fluctuate at all, but he was already cursing in his heart.

Damn Chen An!

A pig rooting at a cabbage!

Fellow Daoist Wen must have been blind to take a fancy to you!

Han Sanfan still would not give up and urged: "The situation in the Bamboo Leaf Forest is getting worse by the day. I'm afraid it won't be long before the Heitian Villa forces attack and break in. If you don't leave now, there won't be a chance to leave later."

"No, Fellow Daoist Han, please return. We really don't have this plan at the moment."

Chen An refused again.

Han Sanfan gave up and said with a look of "you are beyond help":

"You two are truly too stubborn. When the Black Iron Villa attacks, you will know how shortsighted it was to refuse my good intentions today."

After saying this, Han Sanfan turned and left.

But after walking only a few steps, he quickly returned and looked at Chen An with a worried expression:

"Alchemist Chen, I told you about this relocation plan because I treat you like a brother. I hope you can keep this secret for me."

"Rest assured, Fellow Daoist Han, I didn't hear anything just now."

"Then if there's nothing else, I'll be going."

After dropping these words, Han Sanfan walked away quickly.

Watching his departing back, Wen Zhiyun thought for a moment and then said to Chen An:

"Actually, what Han Sanfan said was right. The situation in the Bamboo Leaf Forest is visibly becoming more severe by the day and is not a place for long-term residence. Do you have any plans for this?"

"Zhiyun, although the current situation in the Bamboo Leaf Forest is very unclear, it is still much safer than going outside, no matter how you look at it."

Chen An spoke, then added: "Rest assured, your husband is confident that I will break through to become a Second-tier Alchemist within half a year. By then, I will attempt to join the Treasure Pavilion and become a full-time alchemist there to obtain protection."

Second-tier Alchemist, Treasure Pavilion...

Hearing these two pieces of information, the heart that Wen Zhiyun had been holding in her throat finally settled down.

She was full of confidence in her husband.

Chen An looked down at the full, semi-circular curves of Wen Zhiyun, and at her plump, jade-like legs hidden within her wide Daoist robe; feeling a surge of heat in his heart, he reached out and pulled her into his embrace, his voice tinged with a hint of urgency:

"Let's go, Zhiyun. Tonight is the day of our wedding. We shall have dinner early, and then we can just about start preparing."

"Mm."

Wen Zhiyun nestled in Chen An's arms with the demeanor of a small woman, responding to him with a slightly flushed face, her heart prepared to endure the ravages of a level-eight gale tonight.

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