This is a cheat, a cheat code! Chen An was almost crying with excitement. He had waited for more than 30 years, and finally got the system he had been dreaming of.

After calming down a little, he quickly browsed the information on the panel, and finally his eyes fell on the spouse and offspring column at the bottom.

Combined with the prompt message that popped up at the beginning, [Alchemy Experience +1], he vaguely guessed the function of his system.

So he touched his wife's pretty face, looked at her lovingly and said, "Good Ying'er, let's continue."

"ah?"

Song Huaying thought she had heard it wrong. She thought that she had just become a married woman and her body could not stand the torture. Why didn't her husband show some mercy? [……]

After an unknown amount of time, Song Huaying's peach blossom eyes turned red. She pursed her lips, looked at Chen An with resentment, and said, "My dear, I am tired."

Chen An knew he was in the wrong, so he quickly comforted her, "It's my fault. I didn't consider Ying'er's feelings and made you suffer."

"Ying'er, have a good rest. I'll make you a bowl of chicken soup to nourish your body."

After saying that, he quickly got dressed and got out of bed, grabbed an old hen from the chicken coop in the backyard, and personally cooked chicken soup for his little wife.

Out of guilt, he added a lot of precious medicinal herbs into the pot that he usually didn't want to eat.

After that, he found a place to sit down and brought up the panel on a whim.

【Name: Chen An】

[Cultivation: Qi Refining Level 3]

[Alchemy: First-level elementary level (25/100)]

[Spouse: Song Huaying]

[Offspring: None]

"It is true."

Chen An looked at the data behind the alchemy column and confirmed his guess.

Moreover, in less than a day, his alchemy experience points increased by 6 points.

Judging from this rate of improvement, it will probably take less than a month for me to break through and become a first-level intermediate alchemist.

By then, the success rate of alchemy will be greatly improved, thereby reducing the cost of alchemy and earning more spirit stones.

"Things are going to get better."

Chen An felt slightly excited and full of hope for the future.

At this moment, there was a sudden and rough knock on the door outside the house.

“Snap! Snap! Snap!”

Then, a rough male voice was heard again.

"Is there anyone here?"

"Open the door!"

"Come out and pay the rent!"

The familiar knocking on the door, the familiar loud voice.

Chen An knew without even looking that it must be the manager of Bamboo Leaf Forest coming to collect rent again.

He turned down the fire for cooking the soup, took a low-grade spirit stone with him, and quickly left the kitchen to open the door.

“Here it comes, here it comes!”

“Crack—”

Chen An opened the door and the first thing he saw was a burly man.

Seeing that he took so long to open the door, Manager Zhang didn't look at him kindly at all, and said coldly, "A grown man, why are you so slow in doing things? Hurry up and pay me the rent, one low-grade spirit stone!"

“…”

Chen An said nothing and silently handed over the spirit stone in his hand.

Manager Zhang took the spirit stone and said in a much better tone, "Starting from next month, the rent will be increased to two low-grade spirit stones per month. Don't say I didn't warn you."

When Chen An heard this, his brows immediately furrowed.

He was very puzzled and couldn't help asking, "Manager Zhang, why did the rent suddenly increase so much?"

Manager Zhang explained, "Because not long ago, the Qingshi Town, which is more than ten miles away from the bamboo forest, was destroyed."

"Destroy the city?"

Chen An was shocked and horrified at the same time.

I just went to Qingshi Town this morning and picked up a wife there.

What a world where life is worthless...

Chen An calmed down and asked, "How come Qingshi Town was destroyed so suddenly?"

Manager Zhang continued to explain, "Just now, a large group of blood demons flew in from nowhere. When they passed through Qingshi Town, they ate all the people inside like locusts."

"This group of blood demons originally wanted to attack the bamboo forest as well, but fortunately they were blocked by the formation outside the forest."

"And now, the formation is severely damaged and urgently needs to be repaired, so the rent has increased."

Chen An said he could not accept Manager Zhang's explanation.

Isn't it just for this protection service that I hand over a low-grade spirit stone every month?

How come the protection service provided now causes damage to the formation and we, the consumers, have to bear the responsibility?

Although he was very dissatisfied, Chen An did not say anything.

Because he knew that in this world of immortal cultivation where the strong prey on the weak, it was useless to reason with people, and only the bigger fists could hold the final say.

Otherwise you can just accept it.

"The world is getting more and more chaotic nowadays. It's not easy to find a place to live these days. I advise you not to move out just because the rent has increased. Otherwise, it will be difficult to come back once you leave."

After leaving this warning, Manager Zhang hummed a tune and walked to the next door to collect the rent from the next household.

Looking at the other person's departing back, Chen An felt a little anxious.

The rent of two low-grade spirit stones a month was beyond his ability to afford.

Because now he can only earn more than one low-grade spirit stone a month.

The only solution to the current situation is to improve one's alchemy realm to the intermediate first level as soon as possible.

This reduces consumables costs and increases revenue.

If I want to improve my alchemy level in a short period of time, I can’t do without the help of my lovely wife.

"Alas, I don't know if Ying'er can bear it."

"I can only give her more nourishment on a regular basis and improve her physical fitness as much as possible."

Through the window, Chen An saw his pretty wife lying on the bed resting in the room, and felt worried.

At this time, a rich aroma of soup wafted over.

The chicken soup in the kitchen is ready.

Chen An went over and brought out the chicken soup, then brought it to his young wife.

"My dear, I am proficient in music, chess, calligraphy and painting. I can earn money for you. I won't live and eat for free."

Song Huaying sat up from the bed, looking at Chen An nervously with pitiful eyes, trying hard to show her value.

She heard the conversation outside the house just now, and now seeing Chen An's worried look, she couldn't help but worry that she would be thrown away as a burden, and she felt very insecure.

Chen An saw her worry, and he sat beside her, put his arm around her shoulders and comforted her, "Don't worry, Ying'er. You are my first woman, and I will definitely not abandon you."

"Husband..."

Song Huaying was quite moved after hearing this. Her peach blossom eyes became watery and she looked very pitiful.

Chen An comforted his little wife a few more words, then patiently blew cool the chicken soup spoonful by spoonful and gently fed it into her cherry mouth.

Song Huaying felt flattered. She didn't expect that Chen An, a great immortal master, would be willing to humble himself and take care of a mortal like her.

She looked at Chen An lovingly, thinking that she must serve her cheap husband wholeheartedly in the future and make him live a happy life like a god every day.

Just as she was thinking this, several prompt messages suddenly popped up in front of Chen An opposite her.

[Wife: Song Huaying]

[Attribute: A drop of water is returned with a spring of gratitude]

[Emotion: 1 star]

[Alchemy experience provided: 6]

[Note: The higher the level of the couple's relationship, the higher the benefits they can gain. ]

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

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