Chapter 59: 58. Master-level Golden Finger

58. Master-level Golden Finger

Early the next morning, the sky was still somewhat dim.

Chen An sat by the bedside, his thoughts shifting to pull up the progress bars for Alchemy and his Golden Finger to check the data.

【Alchemy: First-tier Advanced (2259/2500)】

【Golden Finger: Mastery (2413/2500)】

Alchemy Dao still needed 241 experience points to break through; at the fastest, it would take 7 days.

The Golden Finger still needed 87 experience points; it could break through today.

Hmm, let's break through the Golden Finger first.

Thinking this, Chen An reached out to nudge his three wives and concubines, who were exhausted and asleep beside him, urging:

"Wake up, all of you, stop sleeping, it's dawn."

Hearing this.

Song Huaying pursed her thin lips and woke up, rolling over with sleep-drunken eyes, pressing against Chen An's legs to act spoiled: "Husband, Ying is so sleepy right now, let me sleep a little longer, okay?"

Wen Zhiyun rolled her eyes at Chen An, looking dissatisfied: "You have the nerve to call us to get up so early? You should look at how late you, this bastard, kept us up last night. Anyway, I don't care, I'm still sleeping!"

Gu Xinyue was more obedient, silently sitting up from the bed to get dressed, saying to Chen An while dressing: "Husband, I'll go make breakfast for you right now."

"Yue, don't make it for him!"

Seeing Gu Xinyue about to leave, Wen Zhiyun reached out and grabbed her, saying: "This bastard only knows how to work us to the bone every day. Since we were so exhausted last night, today he should be the one making breakfast for us!"

"But..."

Gu Xinyue felt a bit troubled.

She was an honest person, not like Song Huaying who knew how to act spoiled, nor like Wen Zhiyun who knew how to grumble; she just wanted to be a puppet without a mind of her own, doing whatever her husband told her to do.

Chen An looked at his three beautiful wives and concubines on the bed with their different personalities and smiled: "No problem, today's breakfast will be made by me, but... before that, I might need to collect some interest from you all."

Song Huaying's delicate body trembled slightly upon hearing this.

Gu Xinyue silently lay back down on the bed, resting her head on her husband's legs, waiting quietly.

"Heh, this lady is a Qi Refining Eighth Layer cultivator; do you think I'd be afraid of you, a mere Qi Refining Seventh Layer cultivator, three against one?"

Wen Zhiyun grumbled, instantly releasing her spiritual pressure—which reached the Qi Refining Eighth Layer—without reservation, looking smug: "Little bastard, go ahead and bring it on, let's see if I don't bring you to heel!"

"Who said I am only a Qi Refining Seventh Layer cultivator?"

"Hmm?"

Wen Zhiyun was slightly surprised.

Chen An's gaze sharpened, and a surge of spiritual pressure reaching the Qi Refining Eighth Layer Great Perfection poured out, pinning Wen Zhiyun to the bed, unable to move. He looked even more smug than she had just been: "You might not believe it if I told you, but actually, I already broke through to the Qi Refining Eighth Layer."

"This... how is that possible!"

Wen Zhiyun widened her beautiful eyes, her face full of disbelief.

How much time had passed since her husband last broke through to the Qi Refining Seventh Layer?

Had it been three months?

How did he suddenly reach the Qi Refining Eighth Layer Great Perfection?

Wen Zhiyun's face was filled with existential doubt.

The reason she could grumble at Chen An was because her own cultivation was higher than his.

And now, Chen An had caught up to her in one go, instantly stripping her of all confidence, and she fell silent for a moment.

Song Huaying, on the other hand, sat up from the bed, her face full of joy:

"Husband, you are truly amazing!"

"Just saying I'm amazing isn't enough; shouldn't you reward me?"

Chen An said this and pulled Song Huaying into his arms, scaring her into another slight tremble of her delicate body.

Song Huaying looked pitiful:

"Husband, Ying is so tired right now, can we wait until tonight to celebrate?"

"That's fine, Xiao Yuejian in the next room is about to wake up anyway, Ying, you go check on her."

"Husband, you are the best!"

Song Huaying kissed Chen An on the face with a heart full of joy.

Afterward, she immediately put on her clothes, got out of bed, and walked out of the room with an awkward gait to go to the next room to look after her daughter.

As a mortal woman, she was truly afraid of this tireless old ox, Chen An.

Watching his little wife flee as if escaping, Chen An felt somewhat melancholy.

His little wife was a mortal, while he was a cultivator; in the end, there was a difference between the immortal and the mortal.

He hoped time would pass more slowly, so as not to let his little wife age so quickly.

His little wife was almost 20 years old now.

At the very latest, he had to find a Youth Preserving Pill for her before she turned 40 to freeze her appearance.

This was the limit of what Chen An could bear.

In the remaining time after that, he would find a way to extend his little wife's lifespan.

The longer, the better.

Ideally, she could live as long as heaven and earth.

"Husband?"

Seeing Chen An staring blankly at the door, Gu Xinyue couldn't help but lift her pretty face and ask in confusion.

Chen An came back to his senses upon hearing her, pulling the icy concubine and the tsundere concubine beside him into his arms, his voice gentle:

"Yun, Yue, it's time to pay the interest."

"Mmm~"

Gu Xinyue said in a voice as thin as a mosquito's.

Wen Zhiyun rolled her eyes at Chen An and said with an annoyed look, "Look at your behavior."

Chen An couldn't be bothered to bicker with her and chose to use action to stop her mouth.

In the blink of an eye.

Most of the morning had passed.

【Golden Finger proficiency +3+2+2+2+3+2+2+2+3+2+2+2+2+2+3+2+2...】

【Golden Finger: Master (2501/12500)】

Is Master above Mastery?

Chen An looked at the prompt information before him and muttered to himself.

He then looked at his exhausted wives and concubines to the side and asked with concern:

"Zhiyun, Yue, you two lie on the bed and rest well. Once I have finished making breakfast in a moment, I will bring it in for you to eat."

"Mmm, sorry to trouble you, husband."

Gu Xinyue said in a somewhat weak voice.

Wen Zhiyun glared at Chen An and, panting slightly, said with an unconvinced look:

"Don't get too smug. Starting today, I am going to cultivate diligently, and I will definitely achieve Foundation Establishment before you!"

"I just love how stubborn you are."

"Bastard!"

"Heh, can't hit me!"

"Chen An, you really are a bastard. You only know how to humiliate me and trample on my dignity!"

"It is clearly your own self-esteem that is too strong."

"It is just you who is bad!"

As Wen Zhiyun said this, her eyes turned slightly red, looking like a poor little girlfriend who had been angered to tears.

Seeing her like this, Chen An could only yield to her once and said:

"Alright, alright, alright, it is all this husband's fault. Come, give me a kiss."

【You yielded to your wife Wen Zhiyun, maintaining the last bit of her self-esteem; marital affection +10.】

"Husband, Yue wants a kiss too~"

"Alright, alright, alright, kiss, kiss, kiss."

【You satisfied your wife Gu Xinyue's request, letting her feel deep affection; marital affection +10.】

After soothing the two wives and concubines in the room.

Chen An quickly left the room and came to the front courtyard outside, unable to wait to test his Golden Finger that had broken through to the Master level.

At the Entry realm, a faint layer of Gold Light would emerge on the finger, making the finger as hard as iron and as sharp as a blade.

At the Proficient realm, one could perform Golden Light Projection, taking the head of an enemy general from a hundred meters away.

At the Mastery realm, both power and range were significantly increased.

Now that it had broken through to the Master realm, he did not know if this Golden Finger could produce a qualitative change.

Just like when it broke through from the Entry realm to the Proficient realm, directly gaining the effect of Golden Light Projection.

Thinking this, Chen An cast his Golden Finger with a face full of anticipation.

Then, he let out an exclamation in an instant.

"Holy crap, so cool!"

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