Inside the house, the windows and doors were closed.

Chen An, Shen Qingyi, and his wives and daughters were all sitting in the hall.

The house was quiet.

The outside of the house was a mess.

The entire alley was covered with thousand-eating insects.

Wherever he went, no grass grew.

Inside the room, Chen An looked at a transparent glass bottle on the table.

There was a pitch-black bug in the bottle.

This was a millipede that he had just ventured to catch not far from the gate of the yard.

This insect has bloody fangs in its mouth, two lampshade-like eyes on its head, thick black wings on its back, and legs and feet covered with sharp spikes. It looks a bit like a locust in its previous life.

The only difference is that this millipede is extremely huge, as big as a fist.

"Fellow Daoist Shen, what kind of existence is this Thousand-Eating Insect?"

Chen An observed the millipedes in the bottle for a moment, then looked up at Shen Qingyi who was sitting opposite him and asked.

Shen Qingyi explained: "The Thousand-Eating Bug, as the name suggests, is a demon bug that eats everything, whether it is flesh and blood or spirit bodies, as long as it can be eaten, it will eat everything into its mouth."

"The most terrifying thing about this kind of monster insect is that it reproduces very quickly and has a strong ability to adapt. Once it appears, there will often be tens of thousands of them in a large area, and no grass will grow wherever it goes."

“Although the cultivation base of these monster insects is not high, most of them are in the Qi Refining Stage, and a few are in the Foundation Establishment Stage, but there are too many of them. Even cultivators in the late Foundation Establishment Stage have to stay indoors when they encounter them, otherwise they will be eaten until only a pile of white bones is left.”

Even a cultivator in the late stage of foundation building is unable to do anything?

Chen An was surprised, and then his expression became serious.

But soon, his expression relaxed, and he said with a look of relief: "Luckily, when I went to Qin's Business to refund the money just now, I bought two books on the home protection formation, which can block all creatures below the foundation building stage."

"No matter how scary the millipedes outside are, as long as we don't go outside, nothing should happen."

Song Huaying was a little worried at first, but after hearing what Chen An said, she couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief and said, "My husband is still foresighted."

"Master Chen Dan is indeed prescient."

Shen Qingyi nodded in agreement, then looked at Chen An and asked, "Master Chen, the thousand-eating insects are wreaking havoc outside right now. I may need to stay at your house for a while. Of course, I will pay the rent. Do you agree, Master Chen?"

Given the current situation outside, even those in the late foundation building stage cannot go out. Shen Qingyi, who is only in the middle foundation building stage, can only stay temporarily in Chen An's house.

Although Chen An would definitely agree, she still had to ask out of politeness.

Chen An smiled and said, "Friend Shen, we are all old acquaintances. It would be too awkward to discuss the rent. If you really feel bad, then you can teach me some spells. I don't know many basic spells."

"Then do as Master Chen Dan said."

Shen Qingyi smiled back.

She is very poor now, and Chen An’s proposal is exactly what she wants.

Seeing that Shen Qingyi was going to stay at home, Song Huaying happily stepped forward and took her arm, saying sweetly, "Sister Shen, let's go. I'll take you to choose a room and then clean it up for you."

"Sorry to bother you, Ying'er."

Shen Qingyi was not as reserved as ordinary women. She stood up and followed Song Huaying to choose a room.

that's all.

Shen Qingyi stayed at Chen An's house.

…

In a blink of an eye.

Time came to the next day.

In Song Huaying's room.

Chen An gently took away his wife's slender legs that were resting on his waist, and his eyes fell on the prompt message in front of him.

[Alchemy Experience +4] x28 [Gold Finger Proficiency +4] x16 "Ying'er is doing well. You have made great progress."

Chen Anxin looked at the prompt message in front of him, then looked at his little wife beside him, and couldn't help but smile with relief.

After covering his little wife with a blanket, he quickly got dressed, got out of bed and washed up. He planned to eat something to fill his stomach, and then go to the alchemy room to learn how to make the Xiaohuandan.

When he passed the kitchen, he saw Gu Xinyue already busy inside.

"Husband, breakfast will be ready soon. I'll bring it to you later."

Gu Xinyue sensed Chen An at the door and turned around and smiled at him.

The smile is very natural, not as cold as before.

Chen An was somewhat fascinated, and without saying a word he walked up to her and hugged her in his arms.

"Husband?"

"Come, let your husband feed you breakfast."

Don’t wait until half an incense stick has passed.

[Spiritual Sense Strength +4] x3 [Gold Finger Proficiency +4] x2 left the kitchen.

Come to the alchemy room.

Chen An took out a bunch of medicinal materials for refining Xiao Huan Dan from his storage bag and began to learn how to refine Xiao Huan Dan.

This study took me almost a whole day.

Don't eat lunch.

Don’t eat dinner.

After his wife and daughter fell asleep, Chen An stood up from the alchemy furnace. Looking at the freshly-made small elixir in his hand, his face was full of a smile of sweet success after all the hard work.

Practiced all day.

It's a lot of trouble.

I finally learned how to make this little pill! From today on, my income will at least double.

Chen An calmed down his excited mood, and on the spur of the moment he took out a spell called "Breath Containment Technique" from his system backpack.

I have learned how to refine Xiao Huan Dan.

It's time to learn the spells I bought from Qin's Trading Company.

The breath-control technique is very simple.

In less than half an hour, Chen An successfully mastered it. All he needed was hands.

Using the breath-concealing technique, not only can one hide one's own cultivation, but also hide all aura.

It is an essential spell for those who practice Taoism.

Leave the alchemy room.

Come to the bathroom.

Chen An took a comfortable shower, turned around and walked into Gu Xinyue's room to rest.

I slept with my little wife last night.

Then today it is the turn of Bingzhazi's concubine.

As for the arrogant concubine, we can only wait for two months.

In a blink of an eye,

More than two hours passed.

[Spiritual Strength +4] x25 [Gold Finger Proficiency +4] x8 Chen An glanced at the prompt message, then looked at Gu Xinyue who was already sleeping on her side, and couldn't help but smile in his heart: "Things are different now, this ice slag is becoming more and more feminine."

As he said this, he couldn't help but kiss the sleeping Gu Xinyue, then left the room with a satisfied look on his face.

It's late at night.

It was late at night and everyone was asleep.

It is a good time to practice magic.

Chen An came to the hall holding an oil lamp and used the light to create a bunch of shadows.

Then, he began to study the "Shadow Killing Technique" hard.

"Shadow Killing Technique" was also bought from Qin's Trading Company. It is an extremely strange spell.

Once you learn it, you can jump freely among the shadows of various creatures.

For example, if a person walks under the sun and a shadow appears under the sunlight, then even if the person is very far away, hundreds of meters away, the caster can instantly disappear from the spot, and then emerge from the person's shadow the next second to deliver a fatal blow.

In general, it is a spell with great sneak attack capabilities.

More than two hours passed.

It was getting light.

Chen An finally mastered the Shadow Killing Technique, and a gratified smile appeared on his face.

He thought that although his aptitude for cultivation was not very good, his comprehension was really high.

No matter what you learn, you can basically learn it quickly.

“Crack—”

There was a sound of the bedroom door opening.

Chen An thought that Gu Xinyue had gotten up early again to make breakfast, so he walked towards her room.

I advised her not to get up so early since she stayed out so late last night, and to sleep a little longer.

When I went over to take a look, I found that it was not Gu Xinyue who woke up and opened the door, but Shen Qingyi from next door.

"Fellow Daoist Shen, you got up so early."

"I didn't sleep last night. I just finished practicing and closed my eyes to rest for a while."

"Fellow Daoist Shen is really hardworking. No wonder he is already a strong man in the middle stage of foundation building at such a young age."

"On the path of cultivation, if you don't make progress, you will regress. If you don't work hard, you won't succeed."

"Too."

Chen An nodded and said, "By the way, Fellow Daoist Shen, I have something to ask of you."

"What is it?"

"I want you to accompany me to test a spell I just learned."

"Okay, but I don't know what kind of magic Master Chen wants to test?"

"Has Fellow Daoist Shen heard of Shadow Killing Technique?"

"No."

Shen Qingyi shook her head.

There are thousands of skills and magic in the world. Unless one has studied them deliberately, it is impossible for one person to have heard of them all.

Chen An smiled and said, "That's a good opportunity for Fellow Daoist Shen to see this magic."

After saying that, he brought Shen Qingyi to the hall.

Close doors and windows.

Relight the oil lamp.

The entire hall was dark again, shrouded in firelight and formed shadows.

"Master Chen, what are you doing?"

"Creating the conditions for releasing the spell."

"What are the conditions for releasing the spell?"

Shen Qingyi was a little confused and thought that this spell sounded a bit useless and the conditions for its release were too restricted.

Chen An and Shen Qingyi were several meters apart, and he said to her, "Fellow Daoist Shen, I will rush over to you and attack you later, and you must do your best to stop me."

"Okay, I understand."

Shen Qingyi nodded, and her five senses were instantly maximized.

Seeing that she was ready, Chen An immediately had an idea and released the Shadow Killing Technique.

Then, in the next second, the whole person instantly disappeared out of thin air! Shen Qingyi's beautiful eyes widened in disbelief.

Then, before she could react, Chen An had already emerged from the shadow behind her, using his hand as a knife, and placed it on her snow-white neck.

"Fellow Daoist Shen, I have finished the experiment."

As Chen An said this, he took his hand away from Shen Qingyi's neck, feeling excited.

This shadow killing technique is more powerful than imagined!

With the release of "Breath Concealment Technique", he can use the shadow to teleport silently behind Shen Qingyi and easily create an opportunity to kill her with one blow.

"Master Chen, what kind of magical power do you have?"

Shen Qingyi couldn't calm down for a long time. She was shocked by Chen An's shadow killing technique.

Chen An said calmly: "Shadow Killing Technique."

Shadow Killing Technique? Shen Qingyi confirmed that she had never heard of it, and then asked Chen An: "Master Chen Dan, can you teach me this spell?"

"sure."

Chen An smiled and said, "I still have many more spells to learn from Fellow Daoist Shen in the future. I will teach Fellow Daoist Shen first this time."

In the next half day.

Under Chen An's training, Shen Qingyi quickly learned the Shadow Killing Technique.

However, the effects of use are very different.

Chen An uses the Shadow Killing Technique, which allows him to approach silently and instantly at any time to create conditions for killing.

However, Shen Qingyi was slow and obvious in using the technique, and was killed by Chen An as soon as she emerged from the shadows.

Shen Qingyi began to doubt her life, not knowing where she had gone wrong.

Time flies.

In the following days.

No one in the room left the house again.

Because the alleys outside are still being ravaged by the thousand-eating insects that cover the sky and the earth.

Chen An turned a deaf ear to what was happening outside and focused on practicing at home.

At the same time, he also learned magic from Shen Qingyi and mastered basic spells such as "Immobilization", "Clairvoyance", "Diving", and "Sound Transmission".

Every time he learned a new spell, Chen An would repay Shen Qingyi with a massage.

Spells are free.

People also want to take advantage.

Winning is numb.

This day.

Under Shen Qingyi's patient teaching, Chen An learned a new spell - "The Art of Change".

The name of this spell sounds intimidating, like the Seventy-Two Transformations in Journey to the West.

But judging from the effect, it is actually a disguise technique used in martial arts.

I can only say that it is somewhat useful, but not very effective.

If you meet a monk of a higher level, you can recognize his true appearance at a glance.

It's the middle of the night.

After the wives and daughters fell asleep.

Chen An came to Shen Qingyi's room as usual.

Give her a massage.

In return for learning spells during the day.

Feeling Chen An's hands pressing upwards, Shen Qingyi hesitated for a moment, and finally asked: "Master Chen Dan, I have a question I have always wanted to ask you."

"Fellow Daoist Shen, please ask."

"Are you...craving my body?"

Shen Qingyi pursed her lips, her tone no longer as calm as before.

When Chen An heard her words, his hands froze.

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PS: Putting out the bowl, asking for monthly votes and recommendation votes!

(End of this chapter)