Becoming An Immortal Begins With Marrying A Wife

Chapter 24: On-Site Investigation

"Yinger, Yuer, it's not too late yet. Let's go to the market together and buy some daily necessities," Chen An said to his wives after wandering around the house.

The luggage they brought from the cheap district was destroyed on the way, so he needed to buy new ones.

Song Huaying, who was seven months pregnant, couldn't help but worry, "Husband, is it safe to go out at this late hour?"

"The security here in the core district is much better than in the cheap district, Yinger, you don't have to worry too much."

"In that case, let's set off quickly!"

Song Huaying's attitude made a complete 180-degree turn, eager to go out and explore the market. When they lived in the cheap district, she couldn't go out because it was unsafe, and she was getting bored at home.

Gu Xinyue, who was standing beside them, was also looking forward to it. She had often heard people say that the market in the core district was bustling and had always wanted to see it for herself.

Soon, the three of them set off for the market.

When they arrived at the market, both women were amazed by the prosperity before their eyes. Everything they saw seemed novel and exciting. Chen An would not hesitate to buy anything they liked and was reasonably priced.

Their relationship as a couple improved significantly along the way.

When they passed by a shop called "Treasure House," Chen An took his wives inside.

Inside, there were elixirs, cultivation techniques, and weapons. The shop lived up to its name, as it had a wide variety of goods for sale. Chen An was particularly interested in cultivation techniques.

He approached the shopkeeper and deliberately lowered his voice, asking, "Boss, do you have any cultivation techniques that can be practiced with a partner?"

Upon hearing this, his wives blushed and lowered their heads, feeling embarrassed.

The shopkeeper was already used to such scenes and, to respect the customer's privacy, also lowered his voice and said, "Fellow Daoist, you've come to the right place. I don't have much, but I do have many cultivation techniques like that."

After speaking, he led Chen An into a small compartment inside the shop.

"If Fellow Daoist hasn't practiced this kind of cultivation technique before, this book called 'Flying Together Like Mandarin Ducks' would be more suitable. It's easy to grasp, reasonably priced, and once mastered, you'll be able to cultivate with multiple partners effortlessly."

"How much does it cost?"

"Small profits but quick turnover, only 10 medium-grade spirit stones."

"I'll think about it."

After that, Chen An left with his wives.

He would buy the book 'Flying Together Like Mandarin Ducks,' but not now. He would wait until he became a second-tier alchemist and his income increased significantly. After all, he didn't have enough money to buy it now, as 10 medium-grade spirit stones were equivalent to 1000 low-grade spirit stones.

After browsing for a while and buying all the daily necessities they needed, the three of them quickly set off on their way back home.

When they were about to reach their doorstep, Chen An saw his beautiful neighbor coming out of her house.

When they met face to face, Chen An took the initiative to greet her, "Fellow Daoist, we are neighbors now. Please take care of us."

"Hmph."

The beautiful neighbor sneered directly and gave him a disdainful look.

Unfortunately, she was too charming, and the disdainful look had no effect. Instead, it added a touch of charm.

Wen Zhiyun didn't like Chen An, so she turned to his wives and introduced herself with a smile, "Sisters, I'm your neighbor living next door. My name is Wen Zhiyun. If you don't mind, you can call me Sister Wen in the future."

His wives couldn't understand the situation and didn't respond immediately. Instead, they looked at their husband.

After receiving a nod of approval from their husband, they introduced themselves to Wen Zhiyun, "Sister Wen, my surname is Song, and my name is Huaying."

"Sister Wen, my surname is Gu, and my name is Xinyue."

"The names of the two sisters are so beautiful. Sister has something to do now, so I'll leave first. You can come and find me when you have time."

After saying that, Wen Zhiyun left with a graceful stride, leaving behind a figure that made people's imagination run wild.

Chen An was puzzled.

This Fellow Daoist Wen never gave me a good face, but she was very enthusiastic towards my two wives just now. Could it be that she has a problem with her sexual orientation?

Unable to figure it out and not wanting to think about it, Chen An soon embraced his wives and entered the house to arrange the things they had just bought.

After spending over an hour arranging everything, he took a bath as usual and then went to bed with his wives.

He embraced one on the left and one on the right.

With a house and wives, the future looked promising.

After Song Huaying fell asleep, Chen An took Gu Xinyue out of bed and went to another room, asking her to help him improve his spiritual consciousness.

[You communicated with your wife Gu Xinyue all night, making efforts to expand your family. Spiritual consciousness +1.]

[Spiritual consciousness +1]

[Spiritual consciousness +1]

[...]

[You performed the secret technique Goldfinger, proficiency +1.]

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The next day, Chen An woke up early and left the house.

He originally wanted to start alchemy, but found that there were no materials at home. He forgot to buy them while strolling through the market last night.

"Creak--"

Pushing open the gate of his house, he set off to the market to buy alchemy materials.

Just as he walked out of the yard, he saw his neighbor, Wen Zhiyun, sitting in front of her own door on a chair. Her dark circles looked heavy, and she was dozing off.

Chen An didn't understand what she was doing, but he didn't bother to ask.

After all, he was an alchemist with a house and a wife. Why should he go out of his way to please others and make himself uncomfortable?

Without thinking too much, he walked past Wen Zhiyun without deliberately lightening his footsteps.

As he walked, Wen Zhiyun, who was dozing off, suddenly woke up.

When she saw Chen An in front of her, her face immediately filled with dissatisfaction.

"You, stop right there!"

"What's wrong?"

Chen An stopped and looked at Wen Zhiyun with a puzzled expression.

Wen Zhiyun, full of resentment, said, "How can you still ask what's wrong? You've been making noise all night, not letting people sleep!"

"?"

Chen An didn't react for a moment.

Wen Zhiyun continued with resentment, "Throughout history, which powerful cultivator in the Gold Core or Nascent Soul stage hasn't been a diligent cultivator? A cultivator like you, who is indulged in worldly pleasures every day, probably won't even achieve Foundation Building in five hundred years! Tonight, I don't want to hear those mundane sounds anymore. I advise you to think about your own actions!"

After speaking, Wen Zhiyun glared at Chen An fiercely, then picked up her chair and went back to her own house, slamming the door shut.

Chen An was speechless. He finally understood what Wen Zhiyun was complaining about. So it turned out that he disturbed her when he had an intense conversation with Gu Xinyue last night?

No? They were separated by a whole house, with so many walls in between, and it still bothered her?

It wasn't that she was too sensitive, it was her own problem, right?

As expected, just like Steward Zhang had said before, this female neighbor was difficult to get along with.

Most likely, she was going through menopause and going crazy every day.

Thinking about it, Chen An decided to continue his intense conversation with Gu Xinyue all night tonight, so that Wen Zhiyun wouldn't have a peaceful sleep.

Let her hear it but not have it, and make her crave it.

Let's see if she dares to roll her eyes at him again next time.

Arriving at the market, Chen An spent 10 low-grade spirit stones to buy all the materials for making the Break-Up Pill.

After returning home, he basically stayed in the alchemy room all day, refining pills.

In the afternoon, there was a knock on the door outside.

His wives didn't dare to open the door, so they called Chen An out of the alchemy room.

Chen An went out to take a look and found that it was nearby cultivators who came to visit, wanting to get to know their new neighbor.

A total of eight cultivators came.

Five of them were in the late stage of Qi Refining.

Three of them were in the middle stage of Qi Refining.

Those three cultivators in the middle stage of Qi Refining, just like Chen An, had relatively low cultivation levels, but they were able to survive in the core area with their excellent skills.

One was a talisman master, one was a weapon refiner, and one was an alchemist.

The alchemist was a female cultivator, and her alchemy realm was at the advanced first stage. Unfortunately, her appearance was quite ordinary, which made Chen An not interested in her.

But the other party also had no interest in Chen An, thinking that his cultivation level was too low and his alchemy realm was not high enough to match her.

After dealing with the last neighbor who came to visit, Chen An closed the gate of the yard and went back to the alchemy room, intending to continue diligently refining pills.

There was no choice, the rent in the core area was too expensive, so he had to work hard to make money through alchemy.

Maybe after becoming a second-stage alchemist in the future, he wouldn't have to work so hard.

Spending an hour every day on alchemy would probably earn enough spirit stones to cover the rent.

But becoming a second-stage alchemist was probably wishful thinking.

For now, he could only hope that his wife would give birth to their child soon, and then let his wife help him become an advanced first-stage alchemist.

In the following days, Chen An either refined pills or communicated with Gu Xinyue.

Sometimes, Song Huaying also wanted to come and communicate, but he refused.

It wasn't until Song Huaying said that all paths lead to immortality that he reluctantly agreed to communicate with her.

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

On this day, Chen An went out to the market to sell the Break-Up Pills he had refined over the past few days.

But as soon as he walked out of the yard, he was stopped by several Bamboo Leaf Gang cultivators who were coming towards him.

These Bamboo Leaf Gang cultivators had high cultivation levels.

All of them were in the late stage of Qi Refining.

The leader among them was even at the eighth level of Qi Refining.

"Master Chen, Steward Zhang, Zhang Heshan, who was in charge of the cheap area where you used to live, has been missing for a full fourteen days. According to our investigation, it seems that this matter is closely related to you."

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