Soon, Chen An left the alchemy room and walked towards Shen Qingyi's room.

Since that night, he has never seen Shen Qingyi again.

Shen Qingyi didn't know what was wrong with her mind. She had been locking herself in her room and never came out.

I brought her food, but she refused to eat.

I gave her water, but she didn't drink it.

Like a fairy who is not of this world.

"Friend Shen, can I come in?"

Chen An stood outside Shen Qingyi's door and asked in a soft voice.

After a while, Shen Qingyi responded: "Yeah."

Huh? Chen An was stunned.

She actually agreed? He thought Shen Qingyi would most likely refuse, but he didn't expect that she could get in just by asking.

Don't think about it anymore.

Chen An pushed open the door, walked in, and saw Shen Qingyi sitting cross-legged on the bed practicing.

At this time, Shen Qingyi was only wearing a thin, plain, loose brocade dress, which highlighted her graceful figure very well, making her extremely beautiful.

"Master Chen, long time no see."

Shen Qingyi slowly opened her eyes, looked at Chen An with a faint smile and said softly.

Chen An didn't pretend to be a gentleman with her. He walked directly to her side and sat down. He naturally put his arm around her shoulders and said softly, "Yes, I haven't seen you for more than a month."

Shen Qingyi looked at Chen An's other restless big hand and instinctively retracted her fair and beautiful feet. But when she thought that she was already his, she stretched out her slender and beautiful feet and let him hold them in his hands and play with them, her cheeks flushed.

Chen An saw her shy look and felt very confused.

Isn't this quite feminine? Isn't this quite touching? Why is the emotional level not up to par? Is there a difference between physical shyness and psychological shyness? Chen An was puzzled and could only speculate.

At this time, Shen Qingyi spoke up, her voice tinged with shame: "Master Chen, the reason why I avoided you these past few days is not because you did it too often that night and made me hate you, but because I didn't know how to face you. I felt embarrassed when I faced you."

After hearing what she said, Chen An seemed to understand.

Shen Qingyi hasn't figured it out yet and can't fully adapt to this relationship.

If nothing unexpected happens, as long as she can get used to this relationship and give her body and soul to it, she should be able to meet the system's standards for cultivating feelings in the future.

Thinking of this, Chen An hugged Shen Qingyi tighter, and kissed her naturally, saying with deep affection: "Fellow Daoist Shen, it's okay, you're just a little reserved, you'll be able to face it calmly after a while, love that grows over time is always more real than love at first sight."

"Um."

Shen Qingyi responded softly, then shyly closed her beautiful eyes, allowing Chen An to do whatever he wanted to her.

…

Time flies.

If you're not careful.

More than half a month passed.

During these days, Chen An would come to Shen Qingyi to be affectionate almost every night.

Shen Qingyi did not refuse and accepted him silently.

It was just dawn that day.

Chen An did not sleep. After covering Shen Qingyi, who was slowly falling asleep beside him, with a quilt, he suddenly thought and checked several reminder messages.

[Swordsmanship +1, Gold Spiritual Root Aptitude +1] x55 [Swordsmanship: Proficient (233/500)]

[Gold Spiritual Root: Middle Grade (233/500)]

“It’s really slow to improve.”

Chen An smiled silently, thinking that if it were his three wives and concubines, they would have broken through to the mastery level in swordsmanship and their golden spiritual roots would have broken through to the upper level by now.

It seems that the level of affection is still important.

The experience gained from an emotional level of 0 or 1 star is incomparable to that of 3 or 4 stars.

"Fellow Daoists from Baicao Lane!"

"The thousand-eating insects outside have been eliminated by our Red Fire Gang!"

"Everyone can come out now!"

Suddenly, there was a loud shouting from outside.

The sound was extremely penetrating, like the loud broadcast in the square in the previous life, reaching the ears of everyone in Baicao Lane.

This is a great cultivator using spiritual power to transmit sound.

Judging from the range of the sound transmission, he is at least a Jindan master.

"The Thousand-Eater Bug was destroyed?"

Shen Qingyi sat up from the bed, her face full of joy.

After being stuck at Chen An's house for so long, I can finally go out and get some fresh air.

Compared with Shen Qingyi, Chen An on the side seemed to have mixed feelings.

I am happy because the disaster is over and life can return to normal.

Worried because he was worried that Shen Qingyi would move away.

Chen An tried to calm down as much as possible, looked at Shen Qingyi and asked, "Fellow Daoist Shen, the Thousand-Eating Insect Disaster is over. What are your plans next?"

"Find a job to make a living. If you want to settle down in the redwood forest, income is essential."

Shen Qingyi answered without even thinking.

This answer sounds like he's planning to move away.

Chen An felt a little disappointed, and couldn't help but push her down on the bed. He looked into her eyes and asked, "Fellow Daoist Shen, you can live in my house from now on. This way you can settle down right away."

"Master Chen Dan, I don't have any intention of being your wife or concubine for the time being..."

When Shen Qingyi said this, she turned her head away unconsciously, not daring to meet Chen An's gaze.

Chen An did not say anything, but gently straightened her head, bent down and kissed her affectionately, and then said: "Friend Shen, you can live here even if you are not a wife or concubine. Ying'er likes you, and Xiaoyuejian likes you too. You can just stay here for the sake of the two of them, okay?"

There was silence for a moment.

In the end, under Chen An's aggressive gaze, Shen Qingyi had to "compromise" and said "hmm" softly.

Chen An smiled, and pulled his hand on Shen Qingyi's slender waist slightly upwards, then skillfully untied and pulled out the belt around her waist.

"good."

Chen An tied it back for her as he spoke, fully respecting her thoughts and wishes.

Shen Qingyi hesitated for a moment and said, "Master Chen Dan, how much is the monthly rent for living here? I will pay it to you on time at the end of each month."

"Just like before, the rent will be waived. You can continue to teach me spells in the future. I still have many basic spells I want to learn."

"Well, then let's do as Master Chen said."

Shen Qingyi had no objection. She knew that she had taken advantage of him, and thought that she would let Chen An take advantage of her in other places in the future, so that no one would suffer.

then.

She said to Chen An, "Master Chen Dan, I want to change my clothes and go outside to see what's going on. Can you go out for a while so I can change my clothes?"

The body has been eaten and wiped clean, and there is still a need to avoid suspicion when taking off clothes? Chen An couldn't understand Shen Qingyi's train of thought, and tentatively said: "How about... I help you change?"

Shen Qingyi was silent for a moment.

Want to refuse.

But I found that I couldn't find a reason to refuse.

Helplessly, she had to compromise and nodded in agreement: "Well, then I'll trouble Master Chen."

Seeing that she agreed, Chen An did not hesitate and immediately took out a cloth belt and a set of black tights from her closet.

Then, under her guidance, she was carefully wrapped with cloth belts and put on a slim-fitting black outfit.

Soon, the two left the room.

As soon as he arrived at the hall, Chen An saw his wife and daughter standing at the door, looking at the situation in the alley outside.

"Husband, listening to the noise outside, the thousand-eating insect disaster seems to be over."

Wen Zhiyun turned around and looked at Chen An and said.

Chen An nodded and said, "I will go out with Fellow Daoist Shen to check the situation. You all stay home and wait for us to come back."

Wen Zhiyun: "Okay, I understand. My husband and Fellow Daoist Shen, please be careful."

Song Huaying was a little worried, and said in a slightly concerned voice: "Husband, please come back early."

Gu Xinyue was also worried and said, "My husband must come back..."

"Don't worry, your husband will be back soon."

Chen An comforted his three wives and concubines for a while, and soon walked out of the courtyard gate with Shen Qingyi.

Outside the door.

In the alley.

As soon as Chen An walked out, he was shocked by the scene before him.

The air was filled with the smell of burning.

The ground was littered with the remains of millipedes.

Everything I saw seemed like a forest ravaged by fire.

At first glance, there were the remains of millipede corpses emitting wisps of burnt smoke everywhere.

Chen An remembered the shouting from before. It seemed that a gang called the Red Fire Gang took action to deal with these thousand-eating insects.

Judging from the name of the Red Fire Gang, most likely all members of this gang are cultivators with fire spiritual roots, and then some strong men will take action to burn all these thousand-eating insects.

Being able to burn insects on such a large scale, this powerful member of the Red Fire Gang must have reached the Golden Core stage or above.

“Crack!”

Chen An was looking at the remains of the millipede on the ground and thinking, when suddenly a crisp sound came from the front.

He looked in the direction of the sound and saw that some residents were picking up the burnt millipedes on the ground and putting them into their mouths, gobbling them up voraciously, as if they hadn't eaten in ten years.

This is being stuck at home and starving.

Continue to eat to supplement your nutrition.

No matter whether it is a millepora or a centepora, as long as it can be absorbed by food, it will be stuffed into the mouth, giving people a strange feeling that everyone is a millepora.

"Master Chen, it seems that this thousand-eating insect disaster is really over."

A faint smile appeared on Shen Qingyi's face.

Chen An smiled faintly and said, "Yes, after so many days, I can finally have some peace and quiet for a while."

The same scene.

It also happened in front of every household in Baicao Lane.

Many residents came out of their houses and looked at the outside world which had returned to its former tranquility, all of them with a smile on their faces as if they had survived a disaster.

In this world of cultivating immortals where everyone is in danger.

As low-level independent cultivators, they were able to avoid any disaster, which was something they should be thankful for afterwards.

At this moment, a deep male voice suddenly came from the center of Baicao Lane.

"Dear fellow Taoists from Baicao Lane!"

"I am the leader of the Red Fire Gang, Zhou Tianyi. I am a cultivator who has reached the Great Perfection of the Early Golden Core Stage. I'm sure you have all heard of my name!"

"The thousand-eating insects in Baicao Lane were killed by me and the Red Fire Gang just now!"

"I saved your lives!"

"From today on, the Red Fire Gang will be stationed in the Samadhi Building in the center of Baicao Lane. The entire Baicao Lane will be protected by the Red Fire Gang!"

"Correspondingly, all the fellow Taoists living in Baicao Lane!"

"Every household must pay two medium-grade spirit stones to the Red Fire Gang as shelter fees every month!"

When the last sentence was uttered, the residents of Baicao Lane, who were originally shouting in response to the leader of the Red Fire Gang, suddenly fell silent.

Chen An, who was standing in front of his house, had an idea when he heard that he had to hand in two medium-grade spirit stones every month.

It’s over, I’m afraid it’s another Bamboo Leaf Gang.

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

(End of this chapter)