Chapter 9: 8. The Little Darling Wife is Pregnant

8. The Little Darling Wife is Pregnant

After disposing of the corpse, Chen An returned to the room at the first opportunity to check on his wife's condition.

Hmm, just as expected, his little darling wife was lying on the bed, sleeping soundly.

After all, she had exerted herself too much during the day and her body was overly fatigued, so when night came, she would inevitably sleep very deeply and would not be easily woken up.

Leaving the room, Chen An went to the bathroom to take a hot bath to wash away the smell of blood from his body.

He leaned against the side of the tub, looking at his golden fingers, and even now, he still felt it was quite unbelievable.

The lethality of this Golden Finger was too high.

As long as he could get close, it was basically a case of whoever he poked would die.

The prerequisite was that the gap in cultivation realms was not too large.

"If the Entry level alone has such power, I wonder how exaggerated the strength of this Golden Finger will be after breaking through to the Proficient realm."

Chen An was very much looking forward to this, thinking about starting to diligently improve the proficiency of his Golden Finger from tomorrow.

He would strive to break through to the Proficient realm as soon as possible to see how powerful it was.

……

The next day.

Chen An woke up from the bed and found his little darling wife, who shared the bed with him, hugging him like an octopus, her little face looking sweet and sound in her sleep.

The sun was already hitting her bottom, yet she was still lying in bed sleeping, not knowing to get up and work.

Such a lazy little darling wife needed to be properly educated.

After the time it takes for a stick of incense to burn.

【You have engaged in deep communication with your wife Song Huaying and made efforts to spread your branches and leaves; Alchemy Experience +1.】

After getting off the bed, Chen An washed up briefly, found something random to eat to pad his stomach, and soon went to the courtyard to practice his Golden Finger.

He poked everywhere, poking whatever he saw.

In the blink of an eye, more than ten days passed.

During this time, Chen An poked thousands of holes in the ground, poked tree trunks into beehives, and poked stones into powder.

But when he opened the progress bar to look, he was immediately extremely disappointed.

【Golden Finger: Entry (3/100)】

He had practiced for 13 full days, 24 hours a day at high intensity, and in the end, he had only increased his proficiency by 2 points.

At this rate, when would he ever break through to the Proficient realm?

Chen An was incredibly worried.

Only at this moment did he finally understand why the power of this Dharma Spell, Golden Finger, was clearly so strong, yet it only sold for the cheap price of 100 Low-grade Spirit Stones.

It was so difficult to practice that it would be a miracle if it were worth anything.

"Forget it, I won't practice it anymore. If I have the energy to practice this ghost of a Golden Finger, I might as well practice more alchemy to earn money, so I can buy more pills that can improve my own cultivation realm; that would be more worthwhile."

Chen An shook his head and said.

Afterwards, he went back to the room to find his little darling wife to relieve the frustration in his heart.

【Alchemy Experience +1】

【Alchemy Experience +1】

【Alchemy Experience +1】

【……】

I don't know how much time passed, but Chen An turned over and lay flat on the bed in a 'wood' shape, his face full of satisfaction.

With no worries about food or drink, he had a house and a wife.

Compared to his previous life, his life in this world was so happy that it could not be expressed in words.

The only fly in the ointment was that this world was full of crises and was particularly unfriendly to low-level cultivators, making it hard to guarantee one's safety.

Hmm, let's set a small goal: break through his Alchemy Dao realm to First-tier Advanced as soon as possible.

In this way, his income from alchemy would increase by a large margin, and he should have the ability to move to the Core Area to live.

Thinking is not as good as acting.

Chen An immediately put on his clothes and got out of bed, intending to go to the Alchemy Room for high-intensity alchemy.

When tired of practicing on the bed, he would go to the Alchemy Room to practice; when tired of practicing in the Alchemy Room, he would go to the bed to practice.

Using both methods simultaneously, he kept cycling continuously.

In this way, his Alchemy Dao realm could improve faster.

"Husband, it's still early, can we lie down for a while longer?"

Seeing her husband about to get up and leave, Song Huaying immediately clung to his arm and acted like a spoiled child in a sweet, soft voice.

Chen An felt his legs go weak hearing this and felt that everything should have a limit, intending to refuse his little darling wife's excessive request.

But suddenly, a flash of inspiration struck him, and he remembered the Dharma Spell he had just learned not long ago, "Golden Finger".

"Ying, your husband recently learned a very powerful Dharma Spell that can easily pierce trees and shatter stones."

"Husband, what kind of Dharma Spell is it?"

"I will demonstrate it for you right now."

"Drip-drop..."

【You demonstrated the ultimate Dharma Spell Golden Finger to your wife Song Huaying, letting her have her eyes opened and feel unprecedented pleasure; Affection +1, Golden Finger proficiency +1.】

What was going on?

Chen An looked at the prompt message that had suddenly flashed before his eyes and couldn't help but be stunned for a moment.

But soon, he became unable to hide his excitement.

So this is the correct way to increase the proficiency of the Golden Finger!

It turns out I had been poking the wrong things all this time!

Truly, one searches high and low for something, only to find it without any effort at all!

"Husband, I felt as if I just saw an immortal; I want to see it again..." Song Huaying said, her little face flushed, both excited and expectant.

Chen An looked at his little wife, then looked at his own two fingers, and immediately mobilized all his Spirit Power, causing his fingers to flash with brilliant Gold Light once again, transforming into the immortal in his little wife's eyes.

【Golden Finger proficiency +1】

【Golden Finger proficiency +1】

【Golden Finger proficiency +1】

【...】

Time flew by.

Several days later, Chen An sat on the slightly damp bamboo bed, looking at the notification information that popped up before him.

【Golden Finger: Entry (39/100)】

【Alchemy: First-tier Intermediate (256/500)】

【Wife: Song Huaying】

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

【Affection: 1 star (95/100)】

【Alchemy Experience provided: 247】

【Golden Finger proficiency provided: 36】

"In just a few days, the Golden Finger's proficiency has increased by 36 points. As expected, my previous practice methods were all wrong; I wasn't poking the right things."

Chen An looked at the Golden Finger proficiency in the notification, looked at his own fingers glowing with Gold Light, and then looked at his little wife on the bed who wore a satisfied expression; he felt a sudden sense of being unable to laugh or cry.

People, sometimes they just lack a bit of luck.

Soon, his gaze turned to the other notification information.

The progress bar for his Alchemy Dao realm was more than halfway full; he would be able to break through in a month or two at most.

His affection level was also not far from 2 stars; just 5 more experience points and it would level up.

The future is promising indeed.

At this moment, a knock on the door came from outside.

"Bang, bang, bang!"

"Alchemist Chen, business is here!"

"Big business!"

Hearing the sound, Chen An quickly put on his clothes, got off the bed, and came to the window to discuss business with the guest outside.

It was indeed big business.

The other party wanted to refine a lot of pills.

By estimation, it would take at least a full day to refine.

The processing fee alone would be as high as 20 Low-grade Spirit Stones.

"By the way, Alchemist Chen, have you heard? Recently, 6 fellow Daoists in our area have gone missing, one of whom was a Qi Refining Fourth Layer cultivator. Now, they are all nowhere to be seen, dead or alive, making everyone panic."

The guest outside the window said suddenly.

Chen An said calmly, "Perhaps they went out to hunt blood demons."

The guest waved his hand and said, "That's impossible. Although we are in the Cheap Area of the Bamboo Leaf Forest, we have to register when entering or leaving."

"According to the Manager responsible for registration, those 6 fellow Daoists have been staying in the Bamboo Leaf Forest and never left."

"Alchemist Chen, I suspect someone in our area has evil intentions. Maybe because they couldn't pay the rent, they set their sights on their own people and started robbing and killing to silence them."

As the guest spoke, even he started to feel a bit afraid.

Chen An just smiled and said nothing.

After finalizing the remaining transaction details with this guest, he turned and walked into the Alchemy Room to start high-intensity alchemy to earn money.

The next day, early morning.

Chen An stood by the window, keeping his distance, and exchanged money for goods with yesterday's guest, earning 20 Low-grade Spirit Stones.

Without realizing it, his savings had grown again.

There were a full 38 Low-grade Spirit Stones.

On average, he could earn about 6 Low-grade Spirit Stones a day.

Once again, the future is promising.

Chen An put away the 20 Low-grade Spirit Stones and turned to walk into the room to be intimate with his little wife.

【You gave your wife Song Huaying a full-body massage, affection +1.】

【You let your wife Song Huaying see an immortal, Golden Finger proficiency +1.】

【You and your wife Song Huaying had deep exchanges, making efforts to spread your branches and leaves, Alchemy Experience +1.】

【You... Golden Finger proficiency +1.】

【You... Golden Finger proficiency +1.】

【...】

【You praised your wife Song Huaying's cooking for having greatly improved, and ate three big bowls of white rice, affection +1.】

【You... Golden Finger proficiency +1.】

【You... Alchemy Experience +1.】

【……】

Once the affection began to grow, it inadvertently continued to increase for several days in a row.

That night, Chen An held his little wife in his arms as they lay in bed, his thoughts stirring as he opened his various progress bar data.

【Golden Finger: Entry (55/100)】

【Alchemy: First-tier Intermediate (286/500)】

【Wife: Song Huaying】

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

【Affection: 2 Stars (101/500)】

【Alchemy Experience provided: 276】

【Golden Finger proficiency provided: 52】

"Heaven never lets down those who work hard; after so many days of effort, I have finally raised the affection level to 2 stars."

Looking at the level behind the affection column, Chen An felt filled with a sense of accomplishment.

In order to verify whether the affection level was linked to the amount of Alchemy Experience gained after each act of intimacy, he lowered his head to look at the little wife snuggled in his arms and said in a gentle voice:

"Ying, let's go take a bath together in a moment."

"Mm, I will go boil the water now."

As Song Huaying said this, she first gave Chen An a light peck on the cheek, then immediately and virtuously got out of bed to head to the kitchen to boil water.

Not long after, the water was ready.

Chen An moved the wooden tub with the adjusted water temperature into the room, intending to bathe in the tub together with his little wife.

After they both got into the tub, Chen An had his little wife sit in front of him so he could scrub her back, letting her also enjoy the wonderful feeling of being served by her lover.

After all, they were husband and wife; there should be give and take, and it shouldn't be just one side doing the serving.

As he scrubbed, Chen An had his little wife join him in the wooden tub to work on a proof.

Two incense sticks of time later.

【You have engaged in deep communication with your wife Song Huaying, making an effort to spread your branches and scatter your leaves; Alchemy Experience +2.】

It was just as he had guessed; with the affection level raised to 2 stars, the Alchemy Experience gained after each act of intimacy could also increase accordingly.

Chen An was still immersed in the joy of successfully proving his guess when a notification message suddenly popped up before his eyes.

【You have successfully made your wife Song Huaying pregnant, taking the first step in spreading your branches and scattering your leaves; rewarded with one Severing Emotion Pill Prescription.】

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PS: Sorry, I forgot to set the scheduled release. I thought the chapter had already been released automatically, but I didn't expect it hadn't been.