Chapter 78: 76. Bamboo Leaf Gang Leader (3/3)

76. Bamboo Leaf Gang Leader (3/3)

【Divine Sense Strength +3】 x66

【Golden Finger Proficient +3】 x9

【Alchemy Experience +3】 x22

【Golden Finger Proficient +3】 x8

The next day, before dawn.

Chen An sat up from the bed, looked at the notification messages popping up before his eyes, and his face was filled with a gratified smile.

Ever since he had proficiently mastered the "Mandarin Ducks Flying Together," the experience gained from various attributes every day had increased significantly.

Compared to the initial experience acquisition speed from two and a half years ago, it was more than ten times faster.

Especially his little wife, who went from being afraid the moment she heard about it to not minding how much there was, often taking the initiative to seek him out; her progress was truly immense.

"It seems that besides that 700 Spirit Stone 'Mandarin Ducks Flying Together' manual, those other three books—'Body Tempering Technique,' 'Meditation Art,' and 'Health Preservation Technique'—are still somewhat useful, as they have improved my little wife's physical constitution quite a bit. Those 50 Low-grade Spirit Stones were well spent."

As Chen An spoke, he looked at Song Huaying, who was sleeping soundly beside him. With a face full of affection, he tidied up her messy hair, revealing her flawless little face, and the more he looked at her, the more he liked her.

"Husband..."

Song Huaying woke up in a daze, turned over lazily, and rested her head on Chen An's thigh, clinging to him like a little kitten.

Seeing that she was awake, Chen An took out a bottle of Blood Activating and Stasis Removing Liquid he had prepared in advance and gently applied it to her to reduce the swelling.

"It hurts!" Song Huaying's willow-leaf eyebrows furrowed instantly, and she pursed her lips as she looked at Chen An and said, "Husband, rub more gently~"

Chen An eased his strength slightly and said with a self-reproachful look, "Ying, it is this husband's fault. I will be more careful in the future."

"Hmph, bad husband, I don't believe you!" Song Huaying pouted her cherry lips slightly and complained, "Husband, you say that every time, but there is always a next time. I think you are just tormenting me on purpose."

Chen An knew he was in the wrong and could only smile without saying a word.

A moment later, after finishing applying the medicine to his little wife's swollen areas.

Seeing that it was about time.

Chen An got dressed and got out of bed, preparing to go to Gu Xinyue's room to take a look.

"Husband, wait."

"What is it?"

"Where did you put that stone from last night? I want to see it..."

"Here, you little flirt, enjoy it well."

Chen An took an exquisite stone from his bosom, tossed it to Song Huaying, smiled, pinched her flushed little face, and left.

Just as he walked out of the room, some messy sounds came from inside.

Chen An shook his head with a smile, then walked to Gu Xinyue's room, pushed the door open, and entered. He gently applied medicine to reduce the swelling for this icy little concubine, then left an exquisite stone on the bed before departing.

Afterward, Chen An walked into Wen Zhiyun's room next door to check on his daughter, Chen Yuejian, who was sleeping soundly, and wiped the drool from the corner of her mouth.

In order to free his little wife from the time she should be working at night, his daughter Chen Yuejian now basically slept with Wen Zhiyun, who needed to nurture her pregnancy and could not engage in marital relations.

After sitting by the bed and admiring his daughter's cute sleeping posture for a while.

Chen An took out a bottle of Mouthwash that helped with reducing swelling and placed it by Wen Zhiyun's pillow so she could use it to rinse and reduce swelling when she woke up.

This was to avoid her complaining again when he returned at night, saying that he had caused her to be unable to eat her favorite fried dough sticks in the morning.

"Right, almost forgot this."

Just as he was about to walk out of the room, Chen An suddenly remembered he still had a stone in his bosom, so he took it out, walked back, and placed it next to the bottle of Mouthwash, waiting for Wen Zhiyun to admire it well after she woke up.

After all, since Song Huaying and Gu Xinyue both had one, she had to have one too, to avoid being accused of favoritism.

After finishing all this.

Chen An went into the kitchen, ate something to pad his stomach, and then went out to head toward the Zhenbao Hang to welcome the test for applying to join the Treasure Pavilion.

Set a small goal: refine 150 Qi Condensation Pills on the first day.

Market, Zhenbao Hang.

Chen An had arrived early, as usual.

The Zhenbao Hang had not yet opened its doors.

He looked boredly at the street stalls in front and saw the old cultivator and Dabao selling Spirit Fish again.

He suddenly remembered that he had forgotten to buy Spirit Fish when he went back yesterday.

So he walked over, spent 1 Low-grade Spirit Stone to buy a huge Spirit Fish, thinking of making soup with half and steaming the other half, and then asked the old cultivator to send it to his house when he closed his stall.

While waiting for the Zhenbao Hang to open for business.

Chen An moved his thoughts and opened the information panels of his three wives and concubines to check their long-unseen data.

【Name: Song Huaying】

【Attribute: Repay a drop of kindness with a gushing spring】

【Affection: 3 Stars (2455/2500)】

【Name: Gu Xinyue】

【Attribute: Pure as ice and clean as jade, loyal and unwavering】

【Affection: 3 Stars (2023/2500)】

【Name: Wen Zhiyun】

【Attribute: Peerless beauty, excellent root bone】

【Affection: 2 Stars (488/500)】

"Without realizing it, the marital affection of all three is about to level up. Not bad."

Chen An nodded with a gratified look.

At this moment, Shopkeeper Liu pushed open the main door with a creak, beginning the day's business.

Chen An exchanged a few words with him, then followed his lead into an Alchemy Room.

There were a total of 2,200 portions of materials for refining Qi Condensation Pills in the Alchemy Room.

Chen An needed to use these limited materials to refine 2,000 Qi Condensation Pills.

To achieve this goal, the success rate had to be guaranteed at over ninety percent.

Regarding this, Chen An still had some confidence.

After all, Qi Condensation Pills were only First-tier medicinal pills; with the dimensionality-reducing strike of Second-tier Alchemy, maintaining a success rate of over ninety percent was not difficult.

The difficulty lay in how to maintain this success rate while also balancing alchemy efficiency.

"Hoo~"

Chen An took a deep breath to calm his mind slightly.

Afterward, he stopped wasting time, immediately walked to the alchemy furnace, sat cross-legged, and began his great alchemy undertaking.

Neither eating nor drinking.

Neither sleeping nor resting.

From the Mao hour in the morning, he refined all the way until the Shen hour in the afternoon.

Finally, he arduously completed the first day's goal.

A total of 160 portions of materials were consumed, and 150 Qi Condensation Pills were successfully refined.

Both the efficiency and the success rate were far beyond the test standards.

"It seems my Alchemy Dao strength is even stronger than I imagined."

"Joining the Treasure Pavilion is Wen."

Looking at the refined Qi Condensation Pills before him, Chen An felt unprecedented confidence in his heart.

After simply tidying up the Alchemy Room, he took the 150 refined Qi Condensation Pills and the Recording Stone used for monitoring, left, and headed straight to Manager Liu.

"Manager Liu, today's task is complete. A total of 160 portions of materials were consumed, and 150 Qi Condensation Pills were successfully refined. You can check the Recording Stone to verify."

"Just leave it with me for now; it will be fine to have Manager Li verify it later."

As he spoke, Manager Liu smiled and said, "Alchemist Chen, judging by your results from the first day, can I congratulate you in advance?"

"Don't, you must not jinx me!"

"What does it mean to jinx you?"

Manager Liu listened, looking completely bewildered.

Chen An did not explain.

People from different eras would ultimately have a language gap.

"Alchemist Chen, congratulations on completing the task!"

Pan Hui walked over with a smile and said.

She had come to deliver Spirit Cake to Shen Qingyi and was eating with Shen Qingyi at the table in front.

She had learned from Manager Liu last night that Chen An was applying to join the Treasure Pavilion and was participating in a recommendation test. Seeing that Chen An had completed his first day's goal, she thought to come over and offer congratulations.

"Thank you."

Chen An replied politely.

Pan Hui invited him: "Alchemist Chen, I made a big box of Spirit Cake and brought it for Qingyi to eat. You should come over and try some too; it's delicious."

Chen An glanced at Shen Qingyi over there and smiled at Pan Hui: "Since Fellow Daoist Pan says so, then I won't stand on ceremony. When I come tomorrow, I will also bring some cakes made by my wives and concubines at home for you all to taste."

"Then I'll be waiting."

As Pan Hui spoke, she grabbed Chen An's sleeve and led him toward Shen Qingyi, showing no concept of the separation between men and women, not knowing if it was intentional or if she truly did not care.

Chen An sat down beside Shen Qingyi and said with a smile: "Fellow Daoist Shen, you don't mind me sitting here, do you?"

"Sit wherever you like."

Shen Qingyi said while eating, and as she spoke, she picked up a piece of Spirit Cake and handed it to Chen An, saying: "These Spirit Cakes Pan Hui made are quite delicious, Alchemist Chen, you try some."

You also have no concept of the separation between men and women?

Chen An felt a bit surprised by this action of Shen Qingyi's, but he did not reveal too much, naturally reaching out to take the Spirit Cake she handed him and putting it in his mouth to taste.

Not to mention, the taste was really good.

It was on par with the Spirit Cake he bought at the cake shop yesterday for his daughter to eat.

"Fellow Daoist Pan, this Spirit Cake you made is really good. It tastes even better than what they make at the cake shop. I feel like you could open a cake shop in the Market; I'm sure business would be booming."

Chen An praised with a slight exaggeration.

Pan Hui was very happy to hear this, her eyes squinting into slits as she smiled: "Alchemist Chen, you don't say, I really do intend to open a cake shop in the Market. When it really opens, you must come and patronize it often."

"Certainly."

Chen An replied with a smile.

As he spoke, he picked up a purple piece of Spirit Cake and handed it to Shen Qingyi, smiling: "Fellow Daoist Shen, I find this color tastes good, you try it."

Shen Qingyi reached out to take the Spirit Cake and put it directly into her mouth to eat, nodding as she said: "Mm, it does feel a bit better."

Seeing Shen Qingyi actually eat the Spirit Cake he handed over, Chen An couldn't help but raise an eyebrow.

Whoa, she really doesn't care about the distinction between men and women.

Perhaps I can find another way, first become brothers with her, then coax her into bed to become my wife.

For example...

Chen An, I treat you as a brother, and you actually want to sleep with me?

Qingyi, how can you think of me like that? I just want to have a child with you to better maintain our brotherly bond.

Hmm, this could work.

Chen An looked at Shen Qingyi beside him, his mind filled with these random thoughts.

At this moment, the sound of Shopkeeper Liu's fawning voice came from the doorway, along with a deep, thick male voice.

"Gang Leader Zhu, why didn't you tell me you were coming? I could have gone out to receive you personally."

"Come, come, come, Gang Leader Zhu, sit over here; I will go brew a pot of good tea for you."

"No need, I am just here to find someone."

"……"

Chen An looked toward the sound, and what came into view was a man dressed in white martial attire, walking slowly toward him with several Bamboo Leaf Gang cultivators.

He recognized this man in white; he was the Gang Leader of the Bamboo Leaf Gang, Zhu Tiancheng.

A powerful expert whose cultivation had reached the third level of Foundation Establishment.

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