Becoming An Immortal Begins With Marrying A Wife

Chapter 35: No Survivors

[You spent a day communicating with your wife, Gu Xinyue, and made efforts to expand your family. Spiritual Awareness +2.] x45

[Name: Gu Xinyue]

[Attributes: Pure as Jade, Loyal and Unwavering]

[Emotions: 2 stars (132/500)]

[Provided Spiritual Awareness Intensity: 388]

[Provided Goldfinger Proficiency: 154]

"Yue'er, I haven't been good to you during this period. I've neglected you," Chen An said.

"Yue... Yue'er has never blamed her husband," Gu Xinyue weakly replied, lying on the bed, exhausted and struggling to catch her breath.

But she liked this feeling, being able to feel her husband's love for her, feeling very satisfied.

After comforting his concubine, Bing Zha Zi, Chen An got dressed and went to the alchemy room to work.

He set up the pill furnace but didn't rush to start refining.

Before refining the pills, he opened the panel and glanced at the data.

[Name: Chen An]

[Cultivation: Qi Refining Fifth Layer]

[Alchemy: Intermediate First Tier (459/500)]

[Spiritual Awareness: Intermediate First Tier (388/500)]

[Goldfinger: Proficiency (239/500)]

[Spouse: Song Huaying, Gu Xinyue]

[Descendant: Chen Yuejian]

He only needed 41 more points of experience in alchemy to break through.

Chen An felt excited.

He was so excited that he decided not to refine the pills for now.

He gathered a pile of medicinal materials and caught a spiritual chicken in the backyard.

Then he went into the kitchen and started stewing soup for his delicate wife.

Only when his wife's body recovered could he break through to become an advanced alchemist of the First Tier.

In the blink of an eye, several days passed.

On this day, Chen An took the refined pills to the market to sell.

As he walked along, he noticed that even the core area was no longer safe.

Visible chaos was everywhere.

Due to the Bamboo Leaf Gang's undercover operation, they were ostensibly capturing people based on evidence, but in reality, they followed the principle of rather killing the wrong person than letting them go.

This caused everyone to be fearful.

Especially at the border with the Black Iron Mountain Villa.

Friction between the two factions became more frequent, with conflicts erupting almost every day.

Just a few days ago, two late-stage Qi Refining cultivators from both sides had a fierce fight, resulting in chaos and casualties on both sides.

If it weren't for the intervention of important figures to negotiate peace, a war would have broken out between the two factions that day.

Although the war didn't break out, both factions were continuously sending personnel to the border.

The situation became tense.

A major battle could break out at any moment.

For example, the Bamboo Leaf Gang had transferred most of its members responsible for maintaining public order in the core area to the border.

As a result, there was no one to maintain order in the core area.

Each day became more chaotic than the last.

It was almost as chaotic as the cheap area before the Blood Demon ravaged it.

Chen An quickly arrived at the market.

He found an empty spot and set up his stall.

Just like before, he only sold the Heartbreak Pill.

In fact, the Bone-Softening Powder would sell better because of its wider range of uses.

But Chen An didn't dare to sell this poisonous powder, fearing that it would be used against him if it circulated.

Of course, the most important reason was that it was a banned drug and he couldn't sell it.

If he engaged in private transactions, there was a risk of being cheated, so he simply didn't sell it.

"Fellow Daoist, how much is this Heartbreak Pill?" someone asked.

"One and a half low-grade spirit stones per bottle, no individual sales," Chen An replied.

"So expensive?" the male cultivator who asked about the price shook his head and walked away.

Chen An didn't mind, as he wasn't worried about selling them.

It would just take a bit more time.

This was Chen An's first time setting up a stall here, and many vendors found him unfamiliar and struck up conversations with him.

Among them, a weapons vendor from the neighboring stall approached him with a smile and asked, "Fellow Daoist, you look unfamiliar. Did you just arrive in the core area?"

"Not really, I've been here for about three months. I've just been setting up my stall at the other end of the market. I came here late today and my spot was taken, so I set up here," Chen An replied.

"Fellow Daoist's cultivation level doesn't seem high, but you can settle down in the core area. It seems your alchemy skills are not bad," the weapons vendor said.

"Just average, barely making a living," Chen An modestly replied.

"Fellow Daoist, to be honest, the core area has been restless lately. Would you like to buy a weapon for self-defense? As fellow practitioners, I can give you a discount and consider it making a friend," the weapons vendor suggested.

"No, I already have weapons at home," Chen An glanced at the poorly made weapons on the vendor's stall and found an excuse to politely decline.

At this moment, a talisman vendor across the way joined the conversation.

"Fellow Daoist, I have a niece who is in her twenties, with both good looks and cultivation at the Qi Refining Second Layer. She currently lives in the cheap area and wants to find a husband from the core area and move here. Would Fellow Daoist be interested in meeting her?" the talisman vendor asked.

"No, I already have a wife and a concubine. My energy is limited," Chen An smiled and politely declined.

In fact, he had plenty of energy and could take on seven or eight more wives without any problem.

But he only married orphans to avoid future troubles with relatives.

In this way, Chen An chatted with the surrounding vendors while running his stall.

After more than five hours, Chen An sold all the Heartbreak Pills.

He sold a month's worth of pills and earned 11 low-grade spirit stones.

Not much, but better than nothing.

After all, even a mosquito's leg is meat.

After selling the elixirs.

Chen An didn't dare to stay any longer and directly packed up his stall and left.

With his powerful spiritual awareness, he sensed that he was being targeted by several malicious cultivators.

He estimated that it was because his cultivation level was not high, making him an easy target for others to prey on.

"It seems that strength is the ultimate rule."

"If you only have money but no strength, then you can only become someone else's meal."

"Well, I need to leave this market full of wolves as soon as possible."

Chen An carried his medicine box on his back, thinking to himself as he walked away quickly.

As he walked, he walked faster and his brows gradually furrowed.

He noticed that the several cultivators who had been staring at him in the market were actually following him!

There were a total of five people!

One at the sixth level of Qi Refining, and four at the fifth level of Qi Refining!

Following the principle of "I don't offend others unless they offend me, but if they do, I will crush their bones and scatter their ashes," Chen An made a bold decision and naturally walked towards a secluded forest ahead.

The five cultivators who were tailing him couldn't help but show a pleased expression and quickly followed.

However, when they followed him into the forest, they found that Chen An's figure was nowhere to be seen.

"Where did he go?"

The leader, a bald cultivator at the sixth level of Qi Refining, looked puzzled.

At this moment, Chen An walked out from behind a tree in front, smiling faintly.

"Fellow Daoists, are you here to buy elixirs from me?"

"We don't have money to buy elixirs, but we are a bit short on money recently and wanted to borrow some spirit stones from Fellow Daoist to solve our urgent needs."

The bald cultivator smiled amiably.

But it was a smile of a tiger in sheep's clothing. While speaking, he secretly slipped a short knife from his sleeve, intending to rob and kill to cover up their tracks.

After all, committing a crime in the core area would be punished.

Chen An took out all 11 low-grade spirit stones from his body and casually threw them about a meter away in front of him.

"Fellow Daoist, come and take them yourself. These are all the spirit stones I have."

"Fellow Daoist is generous!"

The bald cultivator stepped forward with a short knife hidden against his arm.

When the two were less than two meters apart.

Hmm?

For some reason, the bald cultivator suddenly felt sleepy.

Before he could react to what was happening.

In the next second, a figure swiftly passed in front of him.

"Poof!"

A dull sound rang out.

The bald man felt a hot stream flowing from his forehead.

Then, his limbs instantly lost strength.

He fell to the ground motionless.

He was dead.

Chen An had used his Goldfinger at close range to blow off the bald man's head.

Blood splattered everywhere.

"Only at the sixth level of Qi Refining?"

"Just like that."

"Smack!"

Chen An stomped on the head under his feet, looking harmless as he looked at the remaining four people.

The four people's faces turned pale, and they quickly knelt down and begged for mercy.

"Dao... Fellow Daoist, it's a misunderstanding!"

"Yes, a misunderstanding. We just wanted to borrow money. We'll be able to repay double in a few days!"

"Fellow Daoist, I am a female cultivator, and I am still a virgin. Please spare my life. I can serve you every day at home..."

"Poof!"

Chen An, without listening to anything, raised his hand and used his Goldfinger to blow off the head of the female cultivator.

Just a fifth level of Qi Refining, he didn't need to get close to increase the killing power of his Goldfinger.

"Fellow Daoist, please don't kill me. I know about a treasure map..."

"Poof!"

Chen An didn't listen to anything and raised his hand again, using his Goldfinger to blow off the heads of the remaining two.

Whether it was a big grudge or a small grudge, as long as there was a grudge, he would kill.

This was his current survival principle.

Soon, he squatted down and searched the bodies.

The harvest was good, with a total of 34 low-grade spirit stones.

After putting the spirit stones into his pocket.

Chen An dug a hole in the ground and buried the five bodies.

Covering them with a thick layer of soil.

Then, he planted a random sapling he pulled out.

Perfect work.

After coming out of the forest, Chen An walked quickly in the direction of his home.

The core area was becoming more and more chaotic.

Taking advantage of the fact that it was not yet dark, he hurried home to take out half of his savings and go to the market to buy supplies.

If there was nothing urgent, he would stay at home and not go out.

Speaking of which, it seems that my strength is already quite strong.

With the Sleep Aid Technique, Goldfinger, and the enhancement of the soft bone powder, I can easily kill a cultivator with a cultivation level as high as the sixth level of Qi Refining.

The future looks promising.

Thinking of this, Chen An couldn't help but feel excited.

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