Becoming An Immortal Begins With Marrying A Wife

Chapter 15: Restless Days

After browsing through his own panel and reading the information about Gu Xinyue, Chen An sat on the edge of the bed, his face filled with mixed emotions.

The joy came from the fact that it was difficult to improve his spiritual consciousness attribute, and the process of improvement was also painful. However, he could easily improve it by enjoying the intimacy with Gu Xinyue.

The worry came from the fact that he couldn't gain alchemy experience from Gu Xinyue. This meant that it would be difficult for him to break through to a high-level alchemist of the first rank before the child was born.

"Sigh, life is always difficult to have it all."

Chen An sighed in his heart.

Without thinking too much, he shifted his gaze back to the beautiful concubine beside him.

At this moment, Gu Xinyue was facing away from him, covering herself with a blanket, feeling embarrassed to show herself. Her body under the covers was warm, and she would tremble slightly when accidentally touched, seemingly nervous.

When starting anything, it is normal to feel nervous at first. It will get better with practice.

Considering the physical fitness of a cultivator, even if they were to do it multiple times, there shouldn't be any problems.

With this in mind, Chen An once again asked Gu Xinyue to turn around and have a long conversation with her throughout the night.

[Spiritual Consciousness Strength +1]

[Spiritual Consciousness Strength +1]

[Spiritual Consciousness Strength +1]

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It wasn't until midnight that Chen An stopped training his spiritual consciousness strength. He lay on his side, holding Gu Xinyue in his arms, gently stroking her soft white hair, and telling her the sweet words he had said to Song Huaying before.

However, it seemed that the effect was not very good, as there was no prompt for +1 affection.

Chen An thought to himself that either Gu Xinyue's temperament was really cold, or he had neglected to show her enough care, causing her to feel resentful.

...

Time passed quickly.

As soon as he opened his eyes, he could hear the sound of chickens crowing.

Chen An woke up and glanced outside the window. It was still dawn, and the sun had just risen.

"I really made Yinger suffer last night. I should go and check on her."

After covering Gu Xinyue with a thin blanket, Chen An quickly got dressed, left the room, and went to the firewood room to see if his young wife had slept well.

As soon as he left, Gu Xinyue, who had been sleeping on the bed, opened her eyes and touched her body that had been loved last night, feeling a mix of emotions.

After the passionate night, she hadn't slept at all.

It wasn't that she didn't want to sleep, but she couldn't fall asleep.

She had always slept alone since she was young, and suddenly there was someone beside her, making it difficult to adjust.

"Do I still have to bear children for my husband in the future?"

Thinking of Song Huaying's big belly, Gu Xinyue couldn't help but feel a little scared.

But at the same time, she had a hint of longing.

She yearned to have a family again, to have loved ones who loved her and whom she loved.

...

On the other side, in the backyard.

Chen An gently pushed open the door of the firewood room and found that Song Huaying was not inside.

He was a little puzzled and immediately used his spiritual consciousness to sense his surroundings. After searching the house for a while, he saw Song Huaying's petite figure in the kitchen.

At this moment, Song Huaying, with a big belly, was humming a tune while cooking breakfast, looking very virtuous.

"Yinger, how did you sleep last night?"

Chen An approached Song Huaying from behind, embraced her, and gently caressed her protruding belly, affectionately pressing his face against her small face as he asked.

While stirring the porridge in the pot, Song Huaying smiled sweetly and said, "I slept well, just felt a little lonely. Husband, you have to compensate me later."

"No need to wait, I will compensate you now."

"Wait, let's go... to the firewood room."

After a stick of incense time.

[Alchemy Experience +2]

Seeing the prompt of +2 alchemy experience, Chen An suddenly thought of something.

Gu Xinyue's strength was in spiritual consciousness, and by enjoying intimacy with her, he could improve his spiritual consciousness strength.

On the other hand, by enjoying intimacy with Song Huaying, he could gain alchemy experience. Did this mean that she had some talent in alchemy?

Chen An felt that this was very likely, but unfortunately, it was almost impossible to verify.

Because Song Huaying was not a cultivator, she couldn't circulate spiritual energy in her body, and therefore couldn't practice alchemy.

However, in the future, he could let her assist him in alchemy. That felt like a possibility.

Hmm, but it might be necessary to further enhance her physical strength.

Otherwise, the alchemy room would be too hot, and her delicate body would definitely not be able to withstand it.

After the child was born, he could let her learn martial arts to strengthen her body and also gain some longevity benefits.

"Husband, let me prepare some side dishes for the porridge. You go and wake up Sister Gu."

While Song Huaying tidied up her slightly messy clothes, she spoke in a gentle voice.

Chen An nodded and said, "Okay, thank you for your hard work, Ying'er."

After speaking, he took the pot of porridge and brought it to the hall, then went to wake up Gu Xinyue.

After about half an incense stick's worth of time, the three of them sat together in the hall, eating breakfast.

Gu Xinyue was very quiet, silently bowing her head and drinking the porridge without any intention of chatting.

In comparison, the elderly couple sitting beside her kept chatting nonstop.

They talked from the south to the north, from the east to the west.

Gu Xinyue looked a bit envious and wanted to join in several times, but in the end, she was defeated by her reserve.

Before long, the three of them finished eating.

Chen An had a higher cultivation level, so he mostly accompanied his wives to eat and didn't eat much himself.

He just casually drank a bowl of plain porridge and felt satisfied, then got up and left to go to the alchemy room to refine pills.

After he left, Song Huaying immediately moved her chair to sit next to Gu Xinyue, her face full of curiosity as she asked, "Sister Gu, how did you feel last night?"

"It was fine."

"..."

Song Huaying suddenly fell silent.

Indeed, she was a cultivator, could her body be as fragile as her own, a mortal?

Ah, now that there was a fairy accompanying her, she didn't know if her husband would still be infatuated with her in the future.

Song Huaying became anxious.

...

Time passed quickly, and before they knew it, it was already afternoon.

Chen An spent half a day refining pills in the alchemy room, then set up a stall in the market for the rest of the day, earning a net profit of one-fourth of a low-grade spirit stone.

If calculated for a month, it would be a little over seven low-grade spirit stones.

But compared to a month ago, when his business was good, he could earn enough for seven low-grade spirit stones in just one day.

There is no harm without comparison.

But there was nothing he could do about it. After the chaos caused by the blood demon was quelled, the prices of items such as pills, talismans, and weapons had returned to normal levels and were no longer as lucrative as before.

To be honest, Chen An really missed the days when he could use a snake skin bag to hold money.

Although it was chaotic back then, he really made money.

He stopped thinking about it.

Chen An quickly packed up his stall, but instead of hurrying home, he walked straight to the market.

He wanted to go there to buy gifts for his two wives.

It was still the same stall that specialized in selling accessories.

Chen An looked around and finally selected two hairpins carved with lotus patterns.

They weren't expensive and could be bought with silver, but the craftsmanship was exquisite and very pleasing to women.

While it was still not dark, Chen An hurried back home.

Just a few days ago, the Qi Refining stage steward in charge of the cheap area left, and most of the Qi Refining stage cultivators in the patrol team also left.

Gradually, the public security in the cheap area became worse.

Although there weren't many cases of murder and robbery, there were many incidents of petty theft.

If this trend continued, it would only be a matter of time before there were cases of murder and robbery.

The reason behind this was that the relationship between the Bamboo Leaf Gang, which was responsible for managing the Bamboo Leaf Forest, and the rival gang, Black Iron Mountain Villa, had become tense. They could erupt into war at any time in order to seize mining resources.

As a result, many members of the Bamboo Leaf Gang were being called to the front lines to prepare for war, leaving no time to take care of the public security in the cheap area.

"I didn't expect that just after the chaos caused by the blood demon was resolved, we would be faced with a gang war. I wonder if the price of pills will skyrocket again."

Chen An analyzed as he walked home.

But upon careful consideration, he felt that the price of pills probably wouldn't rise.

Because the Bamboo Leaf Gang, as a large gang, definitely had a lot of pills in reserve.

Even if they didn't have enough reserves, they would need to purchase them from the alchemists in the Bamboo Leaf Forest. The price would definitely be the same as usual, or even lower.

After all, the Bamboo Leaf Gang was the owner of the Bamboo Leaf Forest. If the alchemists living there dared to raise prices, they might not even be alive the next day.

The cultivation world was not a peaceful era. If someone had the strength to crush you, they could kill you without hesitation.

When things were going well, they could negotiate with you for a purchase, and at most, they might lower the price a bit.

But when things became urgent, they would directly snatch from you. After snatching, they might even use you as cannon fodder. If you resisted, they would kill you on the spot as a warning to others.

"Ah, I hope these two gangs don't start a war."

"Otherwise, the lives of low-level cultivators like me will probably be far from peaceful."

Chen An thought worriedly.

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