Listening to Jiuji's pleading, Chen An remained unmoved as usual.

Let her go? It's impossible to let her go.

I can never let it go in this lifetime.

Unless his cultivation was high enough to easily suppress Jiuji's parents who had reached the state of transformation into gods, it would be impossible for him to let the fox go back to the mountain, thus increasing the risk of being retaliated by Jiuji.

"Sir, I kneel down for you."

"I really don't want to be imprisoned in this dark cave anymore. I will collapse. I can't stand it."

"Sir, you can tell me anything you want, as long as you let me go."

Jiuji's voice became increasingly humble, and her graceful body almost crawled at Chen An's feet.

She had been spoiled since childhood and had never been so humble.

But in order to regain her freedom, she has completely lost her dignity and can do anything.

Anyway, there were only her and Chen An in the cave, and no one else would know.

Facing Jiuji's humble plea, Chen An mercilessly shook his head and refused: "If you are not of my race, you must have ulterior motives. Moreover, we have a grudge. How can I let you go?"

"My Lord, I swear to the heavens that if I ever take revenge on you, I will be struck by lightning and I will never be able to be reborn!"

Jiuji swore a fierce oath, with a look of having given it her all.

Unfortunately, Chen An didn't believe it and didn't respond to Jiu Ji.

Seeing Jiuji's disheveled appearance with dust on her face and messy hair, he silently took out a cleaning talisman and used it on her to clean her body.

Afterwards, he took out a few luminous pearls and inlaid them on the wall of the cave, making the cave brighter.

Jiuji hadn't seen the light for a long time, and the cave suddenly became so bright that she couldn't help but feel a little dazzled. She instinctively raised her slender hands to block her eyes.

But soon, she adapted to the light emitted by the night pearl and slowly opened her beautiful eyes.

Chen An turned around and looked at her and said, "No matter how much you beg me, it's useless. I can't let you go and put myself at risk. You'd better give up on this idea."

Jiuji was in despair, her face looked as pale as death.

"Are you hungry?"

Chen An looked at Jiuji and asked softly.

Instead of caring about her health, they were worried that she would starve to death, thus triggering the tail-breaking escape effect.

“Not hungry.”

Jiuji shook her head.

She said so, but the weakness of her voice and the paleness of her face betrayed her current physical condition.

Chen An had guessed what she was thinking, which was that she just wanted to starve herself to death and escape.

However, it is not so easy to starve to death in the middle stage of Jindan.

Just by absorbing the spiritual energy in the air, it can survive for several years without drinking any water.

However, this may not apply to Jiuji now.

Because at this moment, she had a pair of seastones handcuffed on her beautiful ankles.

And seastone will absorb the spiritual energy in the bodies of living beings.

This resulted in the spiritual energy she breathed into her body being instantly absorbed by the seastone as soon as it was refined into spiritual power.

in this case.

Even if she was a mid-stage Jindan cultivator, if she continued without food or water, she would probably only last two or three months at most, and then she would starve to death.

Chen An knew this very well.

Therefore, he didn't care whether Jiuji was hungry or not. He just lifted her up from the ground and made her stand against the wall of the cave facing him.

Then, he said to her: "Suck it, I will let you suck my essence, but you can only suck a little."

"I'm not hungry."

Jiuji shook her head and refused to smoke.

Chen An was too lazy to talk nonsense with her. He directly mobilized the energy in his body and condensed it into a thread, which slowly floated out from the sky gate.

In an instant, a sweet and fragrant smell that Jiuji couldn't stop filled the entire cave.

Smells so good!

It smells really good!

Jiuji couldn't help swallowing her saliva, and her fragrant mouth kept secreting saliva. Her captivating eyes became blurred, and her delicate and coquettish face was filled with the desire to suck.

But in the end, her urge to escape overcame her desire to smoke. She refused to do so and kept her rosy, attractive cherry lips tightly closed.

However, her current situation is that she is imprisoned in a cave by Chen An.

To put it bluntly, they are no different from Chen An's slaves.

Therefore, her personal wishes are not important.

Even if she resisted Chen An too much, she might suffer physical pain.

And then, Chen An did exactly that.

Seeing that Jiuji refused to suck, he roughly pinched her mouth open, forced the strand of essence floating on his finger into her mouth, and forced her to swallow it.

“Hmm!”

Jiuji struggled for a while, but was finally forced to swallow it. She was so aggrieved that her eyes suddenly turned red and instantly became moist, looking pitiful.

How could a great cultivator of the middle stage of the Golden Core Stage be so easily wronged to the point of crying?

Chen An wasn't sure whether Jiuji was pretending or it was real.

But the default is always installed.

After feeding Jiuji a little bit of essence so that she wouldn't starve to death and wouldn't hurt her body too much, Chen An quickly left the cave.

He walked out of the cave, took out his flying sword and flew towards the market.

More than a quarter of an hour later.

Market town.

Lu's Trading Company.

As soon as Chen An walked in, the shopkeeper Lu came up to him with enthusiasm, as if he had seen the God of Wealth.

"Master Chen, come here, please come this way. I'll have someone make you a pot of good tea."

"No need, Shopkeeper Lu. I'm in a hurry."

"Master Chen, are you still going to buy the recipe for the third-level elixir this time?"

"Well, I'll sell you some pills by the way."

As Chen An spoke, he had an idea and took out the third-level elixir he had refined over the past few days from his storage ring and placed it on the counter in front of him.

Shopkeeper Lu didn't waste any time and started inspecting the goods right away.

After a moment.

Shopkeeper Lu smiled and said to Chen An, "Master Chen, the quality of the pills today is better than last time, but the quantity is half less, so how about a hundred high-grade spirit stones to make it an even number?"

"Yes, sure."

Chen An nodded. This price was in line with his psychological expectations.

Then he said, "Shopkeeper Lu, please exchange these one hundred high-quality spirit stones for the third-level elixir recipe for me."

When Shopkeeper Lu heard this, his expression suddenly became more enthusiastic and he said, "Okay, Master Chen, wait a moment, I'll change it for you right away."

Shopkeeper Lu came back with a few third-level elixir recipes and handed them to Chen An respectfully.

Chen An took it and took a look at it. Feeling there was nothing wrong with it, he put it into the storage ring.

Ever since he took Jiu Ji's storage ring for himself, he now prefers to use the storage ring rather than the storage bag.

"Shopkeeper Lu, why are there so many books on the counter?"

Chen An looked at the books on the counter nearby. At first he thought they were magic spells, but after a closer look he found they were story books. He couldn't help but ask curiously.

Shopkeeper Lu explained with a smile: "These are story books written by some scholars in the secular world. I saw that many monks like to read them, so I specially sent people to the secular world to purchase a batch of them and use them as gifts for customers who come to the business to spend money."

"I see."

Chen An nodded and walked over curiously to take a look.

"The Monk with Lamp Grass", "Silver Vase Plum", "Silver Lotus", "Temple Fox", "Demon Fox Goes to Hell", "The Cultivation of Fox Fairies", "Records of Fairy Qiongming"...

"Interesting, almost half of them are related to fox demons. It seems that these scholars in the mortal world like to fantasize about fox demons."

Chen An smiled and said.

Shopkeeper Lu laughed and said, "After all, fox demons are all extremely beautiful, pure and lustful, and are the objects of every man's fantasy."

Chen An: "Aren't these scholars afraid of being drained alive by the fox demon?"

Shopkeeper Lu: "Master Chen Dan, dying under the peony flowers is a romantic act even as a ghost."

Chen An agreed with this statement.

He continued to flip through the storybooks, but didn't see what he wanted, so he asked, "Manager Lu, do you have any serious books here? I plan to take a few back home for my wife and daughter to entertain themselves."

Shopkeeper Lu shook his head and said with a smile, "Then Master Chen may be disappointed. Not many people like to read serious books, and they are basically not sold in the store."

"However, turn left and walk about two or three miles, and you will see a bookstore. There are books suitable for your wife and daughter at home."

After that, Shopkeeper Lu smiled and said, "Master Chen, although the books in the counter are not serious, to be honest, they are very tempting. Most of the fairies in them are described as very wanton, and many male cultivators can't stop reading them."

"Especially those books about fox spirits. Not only male cultivators love to read them, but even female cultivators love to read them. The love, hatred, and vengeance in them are written very well. After reading them, many female cultivators couldn't help but find a Taoist partner for themselves, longing to have the love described in the books."

"Master Chen, if you want, you can take a few copies back to enjoy."

It's free anyway, why not take it?

Chen An was now somewhat interested in fox demons, so he took two of each of the story books about fox demons and put them into his storage ring.

The reason why he took two copies each was because in addition to reading them himself, he also wanted to bring them to Jiuji who was imprisoned in the cave.

Firstly, he felt that if he kept Jiuji imprisoned in the cave without giving her something to entertain herself, it would easily drive her crazy.

Secondly, he wanted to use these books to make Jiuji yearn for love, and see if he could slowly conquer her and make her his woman. In this way, he could reduce an enemy while gaining a concubine, which was perfect.

"All the books he got were about fox spirits. It seems that Master Chen Dan is also a fan of fox spirits."

Shopkeeper Lu said jokingly with a smile.

Although Chen An is not serious at home, he is a serious person outside.

When Shopkeeper Lu teased him like this, he immediately showed disdain on his face and said, "Humans and demons have different paths, but these scholars from the human race actually fantasize about having sex with the demons every day. I have to criticize them."

After hearing this, Shopkeeper Lu smiled but said nothing.

But soon, he looked at Chen An with a smile and said:

"By the way, Master Chen is truly an honored guest of our Lu's Company."

"Every time he comes, he not only sells us a large amount of high-quality pills, but also spends lavishly here, making our Lu's Company earn twice as much."

"Your generosity makes me want to marry my daughter to you."

"It's a pity that my daughter is already married, otherwise she would have definitely washed herself and sent herself to your house tonight."

When he said this last sentence, Shopkeeper Lu's tone couldn't help but become a little regretful.

At this time, a charming female voice sounded outside the door: "Manager Lu, what you said is wrong. You can still have a lover even if you are married. Besides, many men nowadays like married women. Maybe Master Chen Dan likes it too."

Chen An looked in the direction of the voice and saw a half-naked young woman with a very attractive figure, but her appearance was a little lacking.

This is a young woman who sells spirit cakes opposite Lu’s Business.

She has a husband who is often out hunting, and a daughter in her early teens.

Chen An had bought a few boxes of spirit cakes from this young woman and had a few conversations with her.

At that time, the young woman often flirted with Chen An, implying that both she and her daughter were possible.

Chen An ignored it at the time and kept his distance.

And now, I don't want to pay any attention to it.

"Go away, you slutty woman, don't come here and brag about yourself."

As soon as Shopkeeper Lu saw the young woman, he immediately became impatient as if he had seen a ghost.

The young woman walked in as usual, and as she walked in she said in a scolding voice: "Manager Lu, you didn't say that to me when we were in bed, why do you not recognize me when you put on your clothes during the day?"

"What nonsense are you talking about!"

Shopkeeper Lu raised his eyebrows and gave the young woman a subtle look, hinting to her that there were outsiders here and asking her to be aware of the occasion.

The young woman glanced at Chen An next to her and realized that she had said the wrong thing.

Chen An ignored the adulterous couple and left the store as if he didn't hear their conversation.

He didn't rush home after he went out.

Instead, he followed the route that Manager Lu had just given him, turned left and walked towards the serious bookstore over there, thinking of buying some serious books there for his wife and daughter to read and entertain themselves.

After Chen An left.

Shopkeeper Lu took out a bag of spirit stones and placed it in front of the young woman, and solemnly warned her: "Don't come to my place during the day when you have nothing to do. If your husband finds out, we will both be in trouble!"

"Oh, what a coward."

The young woman laughed at Shopkeeper Lu and then picked up the bag of spirit stones that he had placed on the table.

After putting the bag of spirit stones into the storage bag, the young woman suddenly became a little worried and said, "Manager Lu, my husband sent me a message last night, saying that he will follow your Lu family to hunt the python monster in half a month. I heard him say that the python monster has shed its skin and turned into a dragon, becoming a ninth-level golden elixir monster. Will my husband be in danger if he follows them?"

Although this young woman had an affair, she was still concerned about her husband and worried about his safety.

Shopkeeper Lu said, "Don't worry. The head of our Lu family has used his connections to invite a steward from the Tiandi Sect to come out. That steward's cultivation is at the ninth level of the Golden Core. It's no problem for him to deal with a mere python demon."

The young woman heaved a sigh of relief after hearing this and said, "Then I feel relieved."

After saying that, she took advantage of the fact that there were no customers in the store and, with a charming smile, she crawled under the counter in front of Shopkeeper Lu.

Shopkeeper Lu was frightened by her bold and unchaste act and subconsciously wanted to stop her, but when he saw that there was no one around, he finally chose to take the risk and enjoy himself.

The other side.

Chen An carefully selected a bunch of reading materials for his wife and daughters in the bookstore.

When he felt he had bought enough, he flew towards the cave on his sword.

He wanted to send those irregular books about fox spirits that he had just obtained for free from Lu’s Trading Company to Jiuji, who was a fox spirit.

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