Becoming An Immortal Begins With Marrying A Wife

Chapter 54: The Widow Neighbor

In the evening, Chen An personally cooked in the kitchen.

Song Huaying and Gu Xinyue helped out.

Wen Zhiyun played with Chen Yuejian in the yard, having a great time.

After about an hour and a half.

The meal was ready.

Eight dishes and one soup.

There were also several appetizers.

In the living room.

Song Huaying looked at the abundant dinner on the table and couldn't help but ask curiously,

"Husband, what special day is it today? Why did you personally cook so many delicious dishes?"

"There's something to celebrate."

"What is it?"

Song Huaying asked like a curious baby.

Chen An looked at Wen Zhiyun beside him and smiled, saying,

"Yun'er, you tell them."

With these words, Song Huaying and Gu Xinyue both looked at Wen Zhiyun.

The only exception was Chen Yuejian, who was sitting in Song Huaying's lap, trying hard to reach for the big chicken leg in front of her.

Unfortunately, her hands were too short and she couldn't reach it, causing her little eyebrows to furrow in frustration.

"Wenjie, what's the good news?"

Seeing that Wen Zhiyun didn't speak up, Song Huaying asked impatiently.

Wen Zhiyun reached up and brushed her hair, smiling somewhat shyly, and said,

"Well... I'm pregnant."

"Pregnant?"

Song Huaying was stunned for a moment, then her eyes widened with joy, "Wenjie, is this true?"

Wen Zhiyun took a sip of chicken soup, blushing slightly, and nodded, "Yes, it's true."

Hearing this, Song Huaying was completely overjoyed.

She looked at Chen Yuejian in her arms, grabbed her little hands and shook them, teasingly asking,

"Xiaoyuejian, your Wen mother is pregnant now, do you want a little brother or a little sister?"

"Chicken! Chicken leg! I want a chicken leg!"

Chen Yuejian anxiously looked at her mother, asking her to help her get the chicken leg.

Everyone at the dining table burst into laughter upon hearing this.

"Come, come, Wen mother will help you get the chicken leg to eat."

Wen Zhiyun picked up the big chicken leg and smiled as she put it in Chen Yuejian's bowl, saying, "When Wen mother's baby is born, as the older sister, Xiaoyuejian, you have to take good care of your little brother or sister."

"Okay, take care of... little brother or sister."

Chen Yuejian's speech was still not very fluent. After speaking, she reached out and picked up the big chicken leg, biting into it.

Unfortunately, her mouth was too small and she didn't have many teeth, so it was difficult for her to eat the big chicken leg, leaving oil all over her face.

Wen Zhiyun smiled and touched her head, full of love in her eyes.

At this moment.

The dining table is filled with joy.

Everyone has a smile on their face.

Except Gu Xinyue, who looks a bit forced, with a fake smile on her face.

Under the table, she touches her flat belly and feels worried.

Even Wen Zhiyun, who has been married for a year, is pregnant now.

But her belly has remained quiet.

She feels depressed about this.

Chen An keenly notices her abnormality.

But he doesn't say much.

He continues to eat and chat happily.

After the meal.

The family of five takes a walk in the yard.

Feeling that digestion is almost done, they start to busy themselves with their own tasks.

Wen Zhiyun goes back to her room to practice.

Song Huaying takes her daughter back to the room to put her to sleep.

Gu Xinyue goes to the alchemy room to sort out medicinal materials and prepare for her husband's alchemy work tomorrow.

"Yue'er, stop sorting for now, come to the bathroom and take a bath with me."

Chen An walks into the alchemy room and says to Gu Xinyue, who is seriously sorting out medicinal materials.

Gu Xinyue obediently says, "Okay," and follows him to the bathroom.

Chen An has already boiled the water in advance.

Now in the bathroom, he quickly takes off his and Gu Xinyue's clothes and sits directly into the wooden tub filled with floral fragrance.

"Yue'er, are you not happy tonight?"

While rubbing Gu Xinyue's back, Chen An asks gently.

In the past, it was always Gu Xinyue who rubbed his back.

But today is a special situation, he wants to comfort this cold-hearted concubine.

Gu Xinyue shakes her head and says, "Husband, Yue'er is not unhappy."

"Liar."

Chen An hugs Gu Xinyue into his arms and whispers in her ear, "My five senses are as good as a Foundation Building cultivator. Just now, while we were having dinner, I noticed that you touched your belly."

Since he has said this much, it would be futile for Gu Xinyue to continue hiding it.

She purses her lips and says with a disappointed tone:

"Husband, Wenjie is one year behind me, but she is already pregnant. And my belly has remained quiet all this time. It seems like I can't get pregnant..."

"Don't worry, it will happen."

Chen An kisses Gu Xinyue and comforts her.

He suspects that Gu Xinyue may be infertile, but he doesn't say it out loud.

Perhaps there will be a way to treat it in the future, there's no need to tell her now and add to her worries.

Gu Xinyue's disappointment doesn't diminish, and her voice sounds a bit melancholic:

"Husband, if I really can't have children, will you still want me?"

"Why not?"

"Because I cannot bear children for my husband..."

"What I love is Yue'er herself, whether she can bear children or not, I will always love her."

"But... but I want children."

As Gu Xinyue spoke, she couldn't help but cry. Large teardrops rolled down her cheeks, splashing onto the water's surface, creating delicate ripples.

When Song Huaying gave birth to a daughter, she was happy and hopeful.

Happy for Song Huaying.

Hopeful for her own future children.

But now, even Wen Zhiyun is pregnant, and her own belly remains still.

She wanted to be happy for Wen Zhiyun, but she couldn't find it in her heart. She felt very uncomfortable.

Looking at Gu Xinyue, who was crying in his arms, Chen An didn't know how to comfort her. All he could do was try his best to help her conceive.

[You try your best to help your wife Gu Xinyue conceive, increasing your spiritual strength by 3 and your emotional connection by 1.] x9

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In the blink of an eye.

Almost half a month had passed.

On this day.

Chen An sat in the alchemy room, practicing cultivation. He skillfully operated the Qi Refining technique, absorbing the spiritual energy contained in the air and refining it into spiritual power with great precision.

After about an hour.

With a heavy exhale.

Chen An slowly opened his eyes, a faint smile appearing on his face.

He had made a breakthrough.

In half a month, with his own efforts, he had gone from the seventh level of Qi Refining to the eighth level.

Only one step away from becoming a ninth level Qi Refining expert.

"If I've reached the eighth level of Qi Refining, can the ninth level be far behind?"

"My cultivation speed now is at least ten times faster than before."

"Plus, when Yun'er gives birth to our child in the future, I can receive various system rewards to improve my cultivation, once the child learns to walk and talk."

"By then, not to mention the ninth level of Qi Refining, it would probably be easy to break through to the Foundation Building realm."

"Set a new goal, Foundation Building within two years."

Chen An gazed at the sunny sky outside the window, feeling indescribably content.

Soon, he collected his thoughts and began to work on alchemy.

The whole morning was spent entwined with his lovely wife, diligently improving his alchemy experience.

In the afternoon, he spent over an hour in cultivation, breaking through to the eighth level of Qi Refining.

To the point where he still hadn't refined a single furnace of pills.

He had to start working hard.

Otherwise, he wouldn't be able to deliver the goods to the Bamboo Leaf Gang tomorrow.

During the alchemy process, Chen An was pleasantly surprised to find that he was now twice as efficient in pill refining.

In the same amount of time, both the quality and quantity had increased by nearly thirty percent.

He knows.

This is because after upgrading his Fire Spirit Root, the benefits of his improved control over the Dan Fire have become apparent.

As a result, the burden of daily alchemy work will be greatly reduced.

...

The next day, in the early morning.

Chen An woke up in his young wife's room.

He wiped the drool from the corners of their mouths.

He covered them with a blanket.

Then he quickly left the room.

He went out to deliver medicine to the logistics department of the Bamboo Leaf Gang.

Along the way, Chen An saw many widows seeking shelter.

In the past half month, many residents in Green Willow Lane couldn't hold on anymore.

Their savings were depleted, and they had no money to pay rent.

So, some chose to escape at night, only to be caught by the Bamboo Leaf Gang and executed on the spot.

Some chose to become mercenaries, but ended up dying miserably under the big machetes of the Black Iron Mountain Villa as soon as they entered the battlefield.

As a result, there are now many low-cultivation widows left in Green Willow Lane.

These widows used to be the lower-level female cultivators supported by male cultivators in the late Qi Refining stage in Green Willow Lane.

They only needed to please these male cultivators every day, bear their children, and they would receive protection and certain cultivation resources.

However, with the successive deaths of these male cultivators in the late Qi Refining stage, Green Willow Lane is now filled with widows.

Many single male cultivators who couldn't find a wife before are now taking the opportunity to shelter widows and find themselves a wife.

Some attractive widows have even attracted cultivators from the Bamboo Leaf Gang to shelter them.

A few widows with good looks specifically target auxiliary professions in the cultivation world, such as alchemists, refiners, talisman makers, and formation masters.

They often create opportunities to entice them with their unique charm as married women and persuade them to shelter them.

As an alchemist, Chen An is often tempted by three or four widows every time he goes out.

Fortunately, he has a strong will and doesn't fall for their tricks.

Soon, Chen An arrived at the logistics department of the Bamboo Leaf Gang.

He didn't stay there to chat.

After handing over the medicine, he left.

On the way home, Chen An encountered a young and beautiful widow who lived not far from his house.

This widow was holding a three-year-old boy. When she saw Chen An coming back with a medicine box on his back, she immediately walked up to him and stopped, asking with a hint of shyness, "Master Chen, um... may I ask if you have any thoughts of taking another wife?"

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