Chapter 96: 94. Counting the Spoils (3/3)

94. Counting the Spoils (3/3)

Before long, Chen An returned to the depths of the forest with his wife and daughter.

The dozen or so remaining Deacons, seeing Chen An return unscathed, were so frightened that their souls nearly flew out of their bodies.

A few who reacted quickly turned their heads and bolted at the first opportunity, unleashing every movement technique they knew.

Unfortunately, no matter how fast their legs were, they could not compare to the speed of light.

"Puff... puff... puff!"

Only a series of dull thuds rang out.

The dozen or so Bamboo Leaf Gang Deacons, whose cultivation had reached the Qi Refining Ninth Layer, were instantly headshot by the incoming Gold Light and met their ends on the spot.

"Al-Alchemist Chen..."

Shen Qingyi felt her eyelids were very heavy; she struggled to open her eyes to look at Chen An in front of her, wanting to ask something, but she was suffering because it was currently the period when the Soft Immortal Powder was at its peak effect, and she was so weak she could not even open her lips.

Chen An heard Shen Qingyi's voice, told Wen Zhiyun and Gu Xinyue to go loot the corpses, and then walked over to Shen Qingyi's side to check on her condition.

After an examination, he quickly discovered that Shen Qingyi had been poisoned by Soft Immortal Powder.

Unfortunately, knowing it was useless.

With his current level in the Alchemy Dao, he was simply unable to detoxify Shen Qingyi.

Not to mention that he had consumed almost all the medicinal powders in his Storage Bag just now to create the Dust Bomb for self-preservation.

Wait!

Chen An's eyes suddenly lit up.

He remembered the Storage Bag he had just looted from the Gang Leader Zhu, and felt there should be an antidote for the Soft Immortal Powder inside.

Thinking this, he moved his mind and scanned through Gang Leader Zhu's Storage Bag.

Then, he was instantly shocked by the various inventory items inside.

There were Dharma Spells, Cultivation Methods, Dharma Artifacts, High-grade Spirit Stones, and all sorts of valuable goods he had never dared to imagine before.

This time, he had truly struck it rich!

Chen An was excited.

But he calmed down quickly.

He did not rush to count the items in the Storage Bag, but focused on searching for the antidote to the Soft Immortal Powder.

Not long after.

He found the Clear Poison Pill inside the Storage Bag.

The Clear Poison Pill, a Second-tier high-grade medicinal pill, could neutralize all Poison Pills below the Third-tier.

And the Soft Immortal Powder happened to be among them.

Chen An took out a Clear Poison Pill, and without worrying about the taboo of men and women having physical contact, he reached out to pry open Shen Qingyi's rosy lips and stuffed the Clear Poison Pill into her mouth.

When his fingertips touched Shen Qingyi's lips, Chen An felt they were warm and soft, and he felt quite comfortable, giving rise to an urge to kiss her.

Fortunately, he still had his reason, and he instantly dismissed this thought.

The Clear Poison Pill took effect very quickly.

Only a few breaths after Shen Qingyi swallowed it, the negative status of her body subsided by more than half.

She sat up from the ground and immediately looked at Chen An to ask:

"Alchemist Chen, where are Gang Leader Zhu and those Elders under him now?"

"They are all dead."

Chen An said indifferently.

Dead?

Shen Qingyi thought she had misheard, and her face showed some astonishment.

Chen An continued: "They were all killed by me. If you walk straight along this direction, you will see their corpses along the way."

"As for the corpse of your fiancé, you will see it when you walk to that place where smoke is rising."

Chen An pointed in a direction in the distance where thick smoke was billowing.

Shen Qingyi felt it was hard to believe.

She did not doubt what Chen An had said.

Because the fact that Chen An could return to save her now and stay here without rushing to leave already explained a lot.

That scumbag fiancé, along with the Elders and Deacons under his command, were likely truly dead at Chen An's hands.

But, how could this be?

Wasn't Chen An an Alchemist?

How could his strength be so powerful?

Possessing such powerful strength, why would he live in the Bamboo Leaf Forest?

This made no sense at all!

Shen Qingyi could not figure it out, so she had to ask Chen An again: "Alchemist Chen, what kind of person are you exactly?"

"Fellow Daoist Shen, I am just me, still that Alchemist Chen in your eyes. It is just that my cultivation luckily broke through to the Foundation Establishment First Layer some time ago, and my strength has improved, that is all."

"Only Foundation Establishment First Layer, how could you..."

"Fellow Daoist Shen, let's not talk about this for now, I am going over there to loot the corpses."

Chen An did not want to reveal too much, so he casually found an excuse to interrupt the conversation.

Shen Qingyi opened her mouth, wanting to continue asking something, but Chen An had already walked away.

Looking at Chen An squatting on the ground looting corpses ahead, she realized she had just committed a major taboo.

In the end, they were only acquaintances who had met by chance; how could she ask someone about so much of their privacy?

The world of immortal cultivation is full of deceit and treachery; no one is willing to reveal their trump cards.

Even loving Dao companions are not necessarily willing to reveal them.

Very quickly.

Chen An and his two concubines finished looting the corpses.

The harvest was not considered large, consisting basically of Spirit Stones.

After all, they were only Deacons of the Bamboo Leaf Gang, and cultivators still in the Qi Refining stage; expecting them to be as wealthy as their Gang Leader or Elders was completely impossible.

"Alchemist Chen, that man surnamed Zhu's father is a Golden Core Elder of the Xuanhuang Sect. Now that you have killed him, you will inevitably be hunted down by that Golden Core Elder in the future. What are your plans?"

Out of concern for her benefactor, Shen Qingyi asked.

Chen An smiled bitterly and said, "For now, I plan to leave the Bamboo Leaf Forest first, and take things one step at a time."

Shen Qingyi said, "Alchemist Chen, the Xuanhuang Sect and the Heaven and Earth Sect in the Mountain Sea Domain are at odds like fire and water. You can go take a look at the Heaven and Earth Sect; as long as you can settle down there, the people from the Xuanhuang Sect will never be able to trouble you again."

As she spoke, she took out paper and a brush from her Storage Bag and drew a simple map for Chen An on the spot, marking the route to the Heaven and Earth Sect in the Mountain Sea Domain on it.

Chen An took the map, glanced at it, smiled at Shen Qingyi, and said, "Fellow Daoist Shen, thank you."

"Alchemist Chen, it is I who should thank you. If it weren't for you, I fear I would have been tortured to the point of wishing for death by that man surnamed Zhu."

After Shen Qingyi finished speaking, she took all her Spirit Stones out of her Storage Bag, totaling 20 High-grade Spirit Stones, handed them all to Chen An, and said, "Alchemist Chen, please accept these Spirit Stones. If there is anything you need help with in the future, please do not hesitate to come find me."

Her cultivation usually consumed a great deal, so she basically could not save any resources.

Aside from her Wuji, Dharma Artifacts, Talismans, and other essential personal items, these 20 High-grade Spirit Stones were the most valuable things on her person.

Chen An did not stand on ceremony with Shen Qingyi and took all the Spirit Stones she handed over into his Storage Bag.

He then said to her, "Fellow Daoist Shen, I am going to leave with my wives and concubines. We shall meet again."

Shen Qingyi: "Mm, we shall meet again."

After a simple farewell.

Chen An left with his wives and concubines.

Following the map Shen Qingyi had just drawn, he walked straight toward the direction of the Mountain Sea Domain.

Shen Qingyi watched as Chen An's family of five gradually moved into the distance.

Not until Chen An's figure was completely out of sight did she walk in the direction Chen An had previously pointed out.

She wanted to see the corpses of her scumbag fiancé and the Elders of the Bamboo Leaf Gang along the way.

After seeing the corpses, she would set off to return to the Xuanhuang Sect to secretly investigate whether what her scumbag fiancé had said was true or false.

On the other side.

Chen An was studying the map while quickly moving forward with his wives and concubines.

It was a pity he did not know Shen Qingyi's current relationship with the Xuanhuang Sect, otherwise, he definitely would have persuaded Shen Qingyi to head to the Mountain Sea Domain with him just now.

After all, Shen Qingyi was, at the very least, a Foundation Establishment Mid-Stage expert; even if he couldn't trick her into becoming a concubine, being able to travel together to the Mountain Sea Domain would make the journey much safer.

After a moment of studying the map.

Chen An picked out Gang Leader Zhu's Storage Bag separately, then transferred everything from the other Storage Bags into Gang Leader Zhu's, keeping them together for easier counting of the spoils.

After spending a little time counting, Chen An could not help but be shocked by his harvest this time.

PS: Sorry, this chapter is updated late. My condition today is very poor; I've had diarrhea all day and am nearly exhausted. Apologies, apologies. I will find an opportunity to add more chapters later to make up for it.