But there was still a lot of discussion at the scene.

If you catch an undercover agent in Black Iron Villa, you can waive one month's rent. If you catch someone in the late stage of Qi Refining, you can even waive two months' rent.

This reward is so generous that it is exaggerated.

You know, this is the core area, and the monthly rent is as high as one medium-grade spirit stone.

The Bamboo Leaf Gang has spent a huge amount of money this time.

Many monks were eager to try and began to think about how to catch the undercover agent in Black Iron Villa.

Some of the more perceptive monks have begun to observe everyone around them, trying to recall whether these people have had any suspicious behavior in the past.

What's worse, some people have bad intentions and target people who usually behave badly.

He thought that no matter whether these people were undercover agents of Black Iron Villa or not, he had to turn them into undercover agents, then get rid of them and capture the Bamboo Leaf Gang to claim the reward.

Compared to these excited monks.

At this time, Chen An felt more worried and uneasy.

The Bamboo Leaf Gang suddenly spent a huge amount of money to clean out the undercover agents, which made him smell that a war between the two gangs was about to begin.

The current behavior of the Bamboo Leaf Gang gives people a feeling that one must first stabilize the country before fighting against foreign enemies.

In addition to Chen An, many cultivators in Green Willow Lane also realized this.

A handsome male cultivator at the seventh level of Qi Refining walked up to Wen Zhiyun and stopped, smiling and saying:

"Friend Wen, I feel that the Bamboo Forest may be in chaos in the coming period of time. It is not safe for a beauty like you to live alone. How about I move to your house to protect you?"

"Oh, you are worthy?" Wen Zhiyun sneered with contempt, "You are just a weakling at the seventh level of Qi Refining. I can kill you with just one finger. How dare you say you want to protect me?"

The male cultivator thought that Wen Zhiyun was obsessed with looks and wanted to get close to her by relying on his outstanding looks. However, he did not expect to be rejected so harshly by Wen Zhiyun in public. He immediately felt humiliated and left in shame.

Wen Zhiyun didn't even look at the male cultivator, but turned to look at Song Huaying and Gu Xinyue, and said with a smile: "Sister Ying'er, sister Yue'er, there may be chaos in the coming days. Why don't you two sisters move in with me? I am much better than your husbands and can protect you better."

The noise made by Chen An and Gu Xinyue every night was so loud that Wen Zhiyun, who lived next door, often had trouble falling asleep.

Therefore, she is now trying to abduct all of Chen An's wives and concubines to solve this problem at the source.

Unfortunately, Song Huaying and Gu Xinyue's loyalty to Chen An far exceeded her imagination.

The two women didn't even think about it and politely declined:

"Ying'er feels that my husband will definitely be able to protect me from harm, so I won't bother you, Sister Wen. Thank you for your kindness."

"Yuer thinks so too."

Chen An felt very comfortable listening to this, thinking that his love for these two precious wives and concubines was not in vain.

Seeing that the two girls didn't have this idea, Wen Zhiyun didn't force them and left soon.

After Wen Zhiyun left.

Chen An asked his two wives and concubines to stay at home, while he went out to the market to buy self-defense items.

The bamboo forest might get really messy next.

As the head of the family, he must prepare for a rainy day at this time.

Prepare various self-defense items in advance.

…

Core area, market town.

Chen An walked into Baibaolou and went straight to the shopkeeper and asked, "Shopkeeper, do you have anything for self-defense?"

"Something for self-defense?" The shopkeeper thought for a moment and said, "That should be a talisman."

Talisman is a kind of magic talisman paper made by talisman makers.

Various spells are engraved on the talisman paper.

As long as the user injects spiritual power into the talisman paper, he can release the spell engraved on it.

"I wonder what kind of talismans are for sale here?"

"There are fireball amulets, protective amulets, light body amulets and other types of amulets. Anyway, I sell everything you can think of. Even if I don't have it, I can still get it for you on the same day."

"Then, shopkeeper, give me a few of these talismans, this one, this one, and this one."

After a brief understanding, Chen An bought some of each type of talisman.

Among them, amulets are the most purchased items.

Because the two wives and concubines in the family have no ability to protect themselves, they have to rely on external protection.

In addition to the talisman paper, Chen An also bought a formation similar to an alarm.

Before use, the aura of different people can be recorded into the formation.

Later, when it is used, once an unrecorded strange aura enters the formation, the formation will flash various dazzling lights to remind the owner of the house that a stranger is invading.

So I bought it.

In total, Chen An spent nearly one medium-grade spirit stone.

Walk out of the Treasure House.

I didn't stay in the market for long.

Chen An quickly returned to Green Willow Lane.

After handing the amulets he had bought to his wives and concubines, he turned around and walked into the alchemy room and began to refine various poisons, which would be used to set up various poison traps around the interior of the yard later.

He didn't know whether these poison traps that had always worked in the cheap area would still work in the core area where there were many middle-stage Qi Refining cultivators and late-stage Qi Refining cultivators everywhere.

But no matter what, it’s better to have an arrangement than not to have one.

At least it can make you feel more secure.

After spending more than two hours setting up the poison trap, Chen An turned around and went back into the alchemy room.

But instead of going in to make the elixir, they had to dig a tunnel in the alchemy room.

He thought that when disaster struck, he and his wives and concubines might be trapped in the house and unable to escape.

If there is an underground passage leading to the outside of the house, there will be much more space for operation and the safety of the house will be greatly improved.

Concoct poisons and set traps.

Digging tunnels...

When Chen An finished doing all of this, the sky outside had already become completely dark.

…

In a blink of an eye, several days passed.

During these days, the situation in the Bamboo Forest has become much more chaotic, just as Chen An had imagined.

An undercover agent from Black Iron Villa was discovered. He struggled frantically before his death, staging a series of life-and-death struggles.

Wherever they went, houses collapsed and corpses were everywhere.

The monks with high cultivation level made a lot of money.

Many monks with low cultivation levels suffered unexpected disasters and died in unclear circumstances.

Chen An was aware of his own cultivation level.

Ever since the day when the elder of the Bamboo Leaf Gang came over and said they wanted to clean out the undercover agent, he has been staying at home with his two wives and concubines and has not gone out.

I was worried that my cultivation level was low and if I went out and wandered around, I might easily die on the road.

During this period, Wen Zhiyun, who used to come to visit almost every day, has not come to visit our home anymore, and no one knows what she is busy with.

Several more days passed.

On this day, Chen An was teaching his two wives and concubines some basic knowledge about alchemy in the alchemy room, hoping to train them to become his alchemy assistants in the future.

As I was teaching, I suddenly felt my body getting a little hot.

It seems like the level of cultivation is about to break through.

Chen An immediately asked his two wives and concubines to leave and locked himself in the alchemy room to meditate and break through.

Two days later.

Chen An successfully broke through and became a cultivator at the fifth level of Qi Refining.

【Name: Chen An】

[Cultivation: Fifth level of Qi Refining]

[Alchemy: First-level intermediate (458/500)]

[Spiritual Sense: First-level Intermediate (258/500)]

[Gold Finger: Proficient (196/500)]

[Spouse: Song Huaying, Gu Xinyue]

[Offspring: gestating (September)]

Chen An looked at the panel in front of him and couldn't help but reveal a relieved smile on his face.

Compared to a year ago, I am a completely different person now.

The strength is much stronger than last year.

At this rate, I feel like I'll be able to successfully build my foundation within twenty years.

Ideally, this goal could be achieved within ten years.

Even within five years, it is not impossible.

And all of this depends on whether he can become a Taoist partner with Wen Zhiyun.

Chen An's intuition told him that the reward for his and Wen Zhiyun's sexual pleasure must be related to improving his cultivation.

"Speaking of which, when Ying'er was pregnant, the system rewarded her with a recipe for the Love Breaking Pill."

“I don’t know if there will be a reward when the baby is born next month.”

Chen An was looking forward to this.

…

At the same time.

Inside a house in the core area.

Several monks who had reached the late stage of Qi Refining were sitting there drinking with sad faces.

"Recently, the people from the Bamboo Leaf Gang have been investigating us more and more strictly. We can't get out, and it's only a matter of time before we are exposed."

"Alas, the leader of the Bamboo Leaf Gang is too cruel. In order to catch us undercover agents, he is willing to offer a huge reward."

"Damn it, we're going to die anyway, so we might as well fight them to the death. If we die, the Bamboo Leaf Gang won't have an easy life either!"

"Junior Brother Wu is right."

"Brother Huang, what do you think?"

"What else can we do? We'll just have to take more people with us at the cost of our lives."

"Brother Huang, do you have any plans?"

"No need for a plan, we just need to pick auxiliary professions to kill, such as alchemists, talisman makers, weapon refiners, etc. These auxiliary professions are of great use to the Bamboo Leaf Gang, but their own strength is weak, so killing them will be twice the result with half the effort."

"Senior Brother Huang is brilliant!"

"Brother Huang, I heard that there is a female cultivator named Wen in Green Willow Lane. She is extremely beautiful and has a graceful figure. She is also a virgin. Since she is going to die anyway, she might as well live a happy life before she dies."

"Junior Brother Li, what you said makes sense."

"That's it. Let's go and kill the female cultivator named Wen in Green Willow Lane first, and then we can assassinate those auxiliary professions."

After they made this decision, they immediately began to prepare a plan, intending to taste Wen Zhiyun, the high-spirited flower who had kept her chastity for many years, tonight.

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

(End of this chapter)