Becoming An Immortal Begins With Marrying A Wife

Chapter 12: No Way Out

The next day, early morning.

The female cultivator living across the hall came early to repay the money she owed from yesterday, settling the debt of one low-grade spirit stone. She even gave an extra piece and bought a bottle of heat-relief pill to take back.

Looking at the exhausted appearance of the female cultivator, Chen An estimated that she must have tried to find a way to get money last night and worked through the night without sleep.

As for where she got the money and how she got it, Chen An didn't care. He only knew that as long as he could earn money, it was fine.

"Husband, it's still early now. Shall we go back to our room and sleep a little longer?" Song Huaying held Chen An's arm, her watery eyes shimmering, and she coquettishly shook him.

When the female cultivator came to repay the money just now, Song Huaying carefully observed her on the side. She found that the other party was not inferior to her in terms of appearance or figure.

This greatly increased her sense of crisis, worrying that if the other party became her husband's concubine in the future, her current position in the family would be at risk.

In order to avoid this situation, she thought that before the other party was brought into the family, she had to do her best to please her husband and further enhance her position in his heart.

So, in the following days...

Because of Song Huaying's deliberate actions, the couple's life gradually returned to what it was before pregnancy, indulging in intimate moments every day.

However, the frequency of these encounters was reduced by more than half compared to before, and they were more careful and gentle during the process, paying more attention to emotional communication with each other.

During this period, the female cultivator living across the hall would come over to buy heat-relief pills every once in a while.

The intervals between each visit became shorter and shorter, as if her seriously ill father's condition was deteriorating and his need for heat-relief pills was increasing.

At first, Chen An thought that there might be side effects of the heat-relief pills that even he didn't know about, such as dependence or addiction.

But after researching the matter, he found out that the reason for this situation was entirely due to the fire poison patient's own condition.

It was simply that the fire poison had reached an advanced stage, and the body's condition was rapidly declining, with the illness worsening day by day.

In simple terms, it was similar to advanced-stage cancer in his previous life.

The body deteriorated day by day until death.

And the female cultivator's current behavior was equivalent to bankrupting herself to provide chemotherapy for her seriously ill father, hoping that he could live a little longer.

Chen An had thought about persuading the female cultivator.

To tell her that what she was doing would only ruin her own life and let her father suffer from illness and pain.

It would be better to let her father end his suffering early so that she wouldn't have to work so hard.

But then he thought that the father and daughter had relied on each other for so long, and their bond was deep. It was not his place as an outsider to analyze the pros and cons and make decisions for them.

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The days passed like this, day by day.

[Goldfinger: Entry Level (66/100)]

[Pill Technique: Intermediate Level 1 (338/500)]

[Wife: Song Huaying]

[Attribute: Gratitude as Deep as the Ocean, Will Repay with a Gushing Spring]

[Emotion: 2 stars (299/500)]

[Provided alchemy experience: 320]

[Provided Goldfinger proficiency: 60]

Glancing at the numbers, there wasn't much growth.

Chen An put away the data in front of him and couldn't help but think of the young female cultivator living across the hall, a Qi Refining first level cultivator named Gu Xinyue.

He still remembered when she cried and said that as long as he could save her father, she would be willing to become his concubine.

Now, his young wife was already five months pregnant.

In another two months, he would have to focus on taking care of the pregnancy and couldn't enjoy conjugal bliss.

By then, whether it was his alchemy cultivation or his Goldfinger cultivation, the speed of improvement would have to decrease significantly.

Based on this trend, it seemed a bit unrealistic to save enough money to move to the core area before the child was born.

After all, since their marriage until now, they had only saved less than 300 low-grade spirit stones.

The only solution at the moment was to quickly raise his alchemy cultivation to the first level advanced stage.

This way, his income from alchemy would increase significantly, more than enough to pay for the rent in the core area.

For this, Chen An had to find a partner who could assist him in his cultivation as soon as possible.

And the candidate he had his eye on was the young female cultivator living across the hall, Gu Xinyue.

First, she had an outstanding appearance and a tall figure, which matched his aesthetic.

Second, she was young and inexperienced, making it convenient for him to train her in the future.

Third, she kept her promises. Once she bought pills on credit, she would pay back on the agreed date. She had a strong character, shouldering the responsibility of the entire family on her own as a woman, and was full of filial piety, never abandoning her father who was seriously ill and unable to take care of himself.

It would be a pity if he didn't find a way to deceive her into entering his home.

"Sigh, let's take it step by step."

Chen An lowered his head and looked at his young wife's slightly swollen belly, feeling extremely worried.

The pressure of starting a family was really great, and it was exhausting.

He really missed his carefree single life.

...

In the blink of an eye, several days had passed.

Recently, the situation in the cheap district had become increasingly chaotic.

Due to the issue of rising rent, there were now many Rogue Cultivators.

There were often reports of people being robbed, even stripped of their clothes.

The more ruthless ones would even kill after robbing, their methods extremely cruel.

The atmosphere in the entire cheap district was very oppressive.

Unless they had some guarantee of strength, many people would stay at home and not go out.

For those whose finances were not doing well, they either became Rogue Cultivators directly or moved away from Bamboo Leaf Forest to find another way out.

And Chen An belonged to the type of person who always stayed at home and didn't go out.

Most of the time, he was busy with alchemy to make money, and a small portion of the time was spent enjoying conjugal bliss with his young wife.

On this day, Chen An had just finished a business deal and was thinking of going back to his room to spend time with his young wife when there was an unsuitable knocking sound at the door.

"Bang bang bang!"

"Master Chen Dan, I'm here to buy Ice Crystal Pills!"

Such a familiar voice, without even looking, I know it's Gu Xinyue from the next door.

She's here to buy cooling pills for her father.

And these cooling pills have now been renamed Ice Crystal Pills.

After all, a pill that can be sold for one low-grade spirit stone, calling it a cooling pill is too low-grade, it doesn't match the price.

But calling it Ice Crystal Pills is different.

It sounds very high-end, and it's only one low-grade spirit stone, it feels very affordable.

"Fellow Daoist Gu, how many do you want this time?" Chen An looked at Gu Xinyue outside the window and asked with a smile.

Gu Xinyue took out three low-grade spirit stones and accurately threw them to Chen An, saying lightly, "Give me three bottles of Ice Crystal Pills."

She's becoming more and more generous with her actions.

Chen An sighed in his heart and couldn't help but joke, "Fellow Daoist Gu, where have you been making money recently? Could it be that you've secretly started robbing people?"

Gu Xinyue smiled faintly, didn't say anything, picked up the three bottles of Ice Crystal Pills and walked back to her own home.

Watching her graceful figure leave, Chen An felt a little regretful.

If he had known that when Gu Xinyue came crying and said she was willing to be his concubine, he should have taken her down.

Now it's difficult to do so.

After all, she no longer lacks money, she can afford pills and rent, why should she compromise herself to be someone's concubine?

But thinking about it, there's actually nothing to regret.

All in all, just by selling Ice Crystal Pills to Gu Xinyue during this period, he has earned more than 30 low-grade spirit stones.

If he had chosen to take her as a concubine that day, he definitely wouldn't have made this money.

Moreover, he would have had to pay spirit stones to her father for medical treatment.

But on second thought, how did Gu Xinyue, who only has the cultivation of Qi Refining Stage 1, manage to get so many spirit stones?

Could it be that she has found a wealthy patron?

Chen An was puzzled.

...

Unknowingly, quite some time has passed.

During this period, the situation in the Cheap Zone of Bamboo Leaf Forest has become increasingly chaotic.

Many Rogue Cultivators have gone from initially robbing people on the road to daringly breaking into houses even during the day.

The entire Cheap Zone is filled with fear.

And Chen An, as an alchemist, has long become a sought-after target for Rogue Cultivators.

Many Rogue Cultivators have set their sights on him and attempted to rob him in his own home.

But the results were somewhat tragic.

They all failed to rob him and were instead killed by Chen An's Goldfinger, their possessions confiscated.

Afterwards, their bodies were casually dragged to a corner of a courtyard and buried, dying without a sound.

But not everyone has the ability to protect themselves like Chen An.

Most residents, when faced with home invasion robberies, either choose to submit and lose their wealth to avoid disaster, or choose to resist and meet a tragic end.

At this time, a large number of cultivators moved out of Bamboo Leaf Forest and sought other paths.

Due to the large number of people leaving and the fact that they had been gone for a long time, the higher-ups of Bamboo Leaf Forest became anxious.

If all the tenants are gone, who will collect the rent?

Therefore, the higher-ups of Bamboo Leaf Forest started to lose money and remedy the situation. They arranged a mid-stage Qi Refining cultivator to manage each of the cheap areas of Bamboo Leaf Forest, and equipped a small team composed of several mid-stage Qi Refining cultivators to patrol, jointly governing the chaos in the cheap areas.

The efforts were significant and the results were remarkable.

In less than half a month, all the cheap areas returned to their previous tranquility.

Everyone dared to go out of their homes to do business, and the situation began to thrive.

However, compared to half a year ago, it was still far from satisfactory.

Because Bamboo Leaf Forest had previously experienced rampant price increases, coupled with serious security issues, its reputation had collapsed.

Now, in order to return to the previous prosperity, it would take at least several months or even a year to slowly recover.

...

In the blink of an eye, half a month had passed.

On this day, Bamboo Leaf Forest received good news.

The rent in the cheap areas had decreased!

It had returned to the original one low-grade spirit stone per month!

Under pressure from the outside world, the Mysterious Yellow Sect, which had caused blood demons to run rampant due to mining spirit stone veins, finally sent people to clean up the mess.

Several Gold Core stage experts were dispatched, and in less than two days, they wiped out all the blood demons.

Some were happy while others were sad.

Most people had been devastated by the blood demons, but there were also a few who had made a fortune because of them.

For example, Chen An, who was an alchemist, had earned more than 400 low-grade spirit stones in nearly a year, and his life had become much more prosperous than before.

To be able to earn so much money in a year was something he would never have dared to imagine before.

Although the blood demons were gone now and alchemy was no longer as lucrative, Chen An didn't feel uncomfortable at all.

He had known for a long time that this special period wouldn't last long and that someone would eventually step in to resolve it.

To be able to last for almost a whole year had already exceeded his expectations.

"Yinger, let's go. Let's go outside and enjoy ourselves."

Chen An had just gotten up from his young wife and immediately lowered his head, smiling at her with a knowing look.

Song Huaying's face turned red in an instant. She knew that her husband wanted to go out and have some wild fun with her. Although she felt a bit embarrassed, she didn't refuse. Instead, she pursed her lips and agreed, "Yinger will listen to her husband."

Soon, the couple went out.

They hadn't walked a few steps when they ran into Gu Xinyue, who had a worried expression on her face.

Gu Xinyue had originally planned to go to Chen An's house to talk to him about something difficult to bring up.

Coincidentally, they met, so she made up her mind and walked up to him with her eyes closed, shamelessly pleading, "Master Chen, please accept me as your concubine!"

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