In the next few days.

Chen An basically goes out early and comes back late every day, and he spends every day intensively making pills in the alchemy room of the Treasure Shop.

Hard work is hard work.

But fortunately, I can complete the tasks every day.

Hard work with joy.

During this period, Chen An saw that Boss Zhu came to see Shen Qingyi almost every other day. On the surface, he came to be a bootlicker, but in fact, his words and actions were hinting at Shen Qingyi to help him deal with Black Iron Villa.

However, Shen Qingyi was still unwilling and refused decisively.

Almost ten days passed.

Every day is a rejection.

After that, Gang Leader Zhu never came again.

It seems like he has given up.

Through observation and listening during this period of time.

Chen An learned that Shen Qingyi was a powerful person in the middle stage of foundation building and was extremely powerful.

But it is not known how many layers there are in the middle stage.

Chen An only knew one thing, that Shen Qingyi was currently invincible in the bamboo forest.

At the same time, he also learned about the strength of both the Bamboo Leaf Gang and the Black Iron Villa.

On the Bamboo Leaf Gang's side, the gang leader Zhu Tiancheng is a powerful man with a cultivation base as high as the third level of foundation building, and he has seven elders under his command who are at the first level of foundation building.

Over at the Black Iron Villa, the gang leader Hong Zetian was a powerful being with a cultivation base as high as the fourth level of foundation building. He had ten powerful elders of the foundation building level under his command, two of whom had reached the second level of foundation building.

When the strength of the two sides was compared, the Bamboo Leaf Gang was completely defeated by the Black Iron Villa.

Therefore, it is no wonder that the Bamboo Leaf Gang was suppressed by the Black Iron Villa.

The gap in strength is really too great.

In a blink of an eye.

Several more days passed.

This day was the thirteenth day since the test began.

Afternoon 5 p.m.

Chen An completed today’s alchemy task and walked out of the alchemy room in the Treasure Shop.

He came to Shopkeeper Liu, handed him the Shadow Stone and the medicine bottle, and said, "Shopkeeper Liu, these are the 150 Qi Condensation Pills I made today. Please keep them for me."

Shopkeeper Liu counted the number and confirmed that it was correct. He couldn't help but smile and said, "Master Chen, including the 150 Qi Condensation Pills today, the total amount you have refined is 1,950. You only need to refine 50 more tomorrow, and the test will be passed. Congratulations!"

"This is just the qualification for recommendation. Whether I can join or not will depend on the end. Shopkeeper Liu, don't be too happy for me too soon."

Chen An is very steady. He will never help himself until the last moment, for fear of failure.

At this time, Pan Hui came over from a corner of the Treasure Shop and said to Chen An with a smile, "Master Chen, I made some Lingdou syrup for Qingyi and one for you as well. Come with me and have a taste."

"Thank you for your kindness, Mr. Pan, but I have something urgent to do and need to go home, so I will leave first."

Chen Anwan rejected Pan Hui's kindness and left after saying this.

Now that he knew that Shen Qingyi was the fiancée of the Bamboo Leaf Gang leader, for the sake of his own and his family's safety, he had to stay away from Shen Qingyi.

There are so many beautiful flowers in this world. There is no need to pick a flower with a poisonous snake underneath.

No matter how beautiful the flower is, it's not worth it.

"Qingyi, why do I feel like Master Chen has been deliberately distancing himself from us recently?"

Returning to the place where they drank sugar water, Pan Hui said somewhat depressedly.

Shen Qingyi took a sip of the sugar water and explained calmly, "Master Chen was concerned that I was Boss Zhu's fiancée, so he deliberately distanced himself from me. I didn't want to offend Boss Zhu. Pan Hui, you should stop bothering Master Chen in the future."

"Master Chen Dan is too cowardly!"

Pan Hui frowned slightly and said in a somewhat dissatisfied tone.

Because her husband was taken to the battlefield by the Bamboo Leaf Gang and his life or death is still unknown, she has always been very dissatisfied with Gang Leader Zhu. She thinks every day about bringing Shen Qingyi and Chen An together to ruin the engagement between Shen Qingyi and Gang Leader Zhu and achieve her revenge.

However, what she didn't expect was that Chen An actually played the turtle and began to distance himself from her and Shen Qingyi.

This made her feel very dissatisfied.

After a while, I drank the sugar water.

Pan Hui followed Shen Qingyi into the room and told her bad things about Boss Zhu.

It is said that during the war between the two gangs, Gang Leader Zhu made all kinds of excessive rules and did not treat the residents of the Bamboo Forest as human beings at all, resulting in the tragic deaths of many residents.

She said that her husband was taken to the battlefield by the Bamboo Leaf Gang and his life or death is still unknown.

It is said that Shen Qingyi would be better off marrying Chen An than marrying Gang Leader Zhu.

It is said that Chen An is handsome, a second-level alchemist, and respectful to his wives and concubines. He is famous for his affection in the core area.

After hearing this, Shen Qingyi said, "Pan Hui, you should just talk to me about this in private, but don't say it outside. Otherwise, it will not only harm Master Chen, but also yourself."

"Don't worry, I'm not stupid. I know what to say and what not to say."

Pan Hui lifted the hair on her ears and asked with a smile, "By the way, Qingyi, what do you think of Master Chen Dan?"

"He is handsome, gentle, kind, and talented, but I don't have any idea about him. It's better to say that I don't have any idea about men. I just want to achieve the Golden Elixir."

Shen Qingyi said calmly.

Pan Hui listened with envy and said, "Let alone achieving the Golden Core, I would be willing to live alone until the end of my life if I can achieve the late stage of Qi Refining. Unfortunately, I am just a low-level cultivator and can only rely on men. Otherwise, even survival will be a problem."

"Pan Hui, don't underestimate yourself."

"Qingyi, you don't understand the difficulties faced by low-level monks like us..."

“…”

While Pan Hui and Shen Qingyi were chatting.

In the guest room next door.

A slightly charming woman was making love with her man while she was eavesdropping on their conversation using the "Walls Have Ears Technique".

These are the members of the Bamboo Leaf Gang who have been specially trained with huge resources to serve as insiders. As long as the distance is close enough, their master-level "Wall-to-Wall Ear Technique" can easily break through any soundproofing methods used by the foundation-building masters.

This couple was previously planted by Boss Zhu in the treasure shop as insiders, and now they can be used to monitor Shen Qingyi.

After a moment.

The woman didn't even bother to put on her clothes. She immediately took out paper and pen and began to write a secret letter.

Then he stretched out his hand to call a spirit pigeon, which delivered the secret letter to Gang Leader Zhu.

…

On the other side, Green Willow Lane.

When Chen An walked into the house, he saw a scene that had become extremely familiar to him these days. His daughter Chen Yuejian, with a bitter look on her face, was being forced by Wen Zhiyun to learn how to draw Qi into the body.

“Daddy——”

When Chen Yue saw Chen An coming back, she immediately shouted at him with a look of wanting to cry.

The last word "dad" was drawn out very long and sounded very aggrieved.

"Xiao Yue, be good and listen to your mother Wen."

Chen An walked forward and touched his daughter's head, asking her to continue learning how to draw qi into the body.

Because the sooner his daughter learns to draw energy into her body, the sooner he can receive the system's rewards.

In a blink of an eye.

More than half an hour passed.

Gu Xinyue prepared dinner and invited everyone to eat in the hall.

Chen An came to the table.

Song Huaying is on the table.

Wen Zhiyun and Chen Yuejian haven't come to the table yet.

"Mother Wen, I want to eat."

Smelling the aroma of food wafting from the hall, Chen Yue's stomach growled with hunger and the expression on her little face looked pitiful and helpless.

However, Wen Zhiyun, who usually loved her very much, looked at her without any emotion and said indifferently, "You can now sense the spiritual energy and mobilize the spiritual energy in the air. You are only one step away from learning how to draw the energy into your body. Grit your teeth and hold on. You can eat when you learn it today."

“Hmm—”

Chen Yuejian felt so wronged that she wanted to cry, but under the tyranny of Wen Zhiyun, she could only endure hunger and persevere.

After half an incense stick of time.

The three people in the hall were all full.

Chen Yuejian was still in the yard learning how to draw qi into the body.

Wen Zhiyun was in charge of supervision.

"Mother~"

"Daddy~"

Seeing her father and mother coming out of the house, Chen Yuejian immediately felt so aggrieved that she wanted to cry.

Wen Zhiyun glared at her and said, "It's no use yelling at anyone. In this family, even your father has to listen to me. Keep going!"

After hearing this, the corners of Chen An's mouth twitched slightly. He thought that this spoiled concubine was becoming more and more arrogant by relying on her pregnancy. She would have to be severely punished after the child was born.

"Husband, why don't you let Xiaoyuejian come in to eat first?"

Song Huaying, who had always been strict with her daughter, now felt pity for her daughter. She couldn't bear to see her starve, and wanted to save her from Wen Zhiyun's clutches.

But she didn't dare tell Wen Zhiyun and only dared to tell Chen An.

Chen An actually felt that what Wen Zhiyun did was not appropriate.

If Wen Zhiyun is this strict with her own daughter, then there is no problem.

But the problem is that Chen Yuejian is Song Huaying's daughter.

Just as Chen An was thinking about how to open his mouth so as to protect the face of both his young wife and his arrogant concubine, the air around him suddenly changed noticeably.

He looked in the direction of the air flow and saw the small figure of his daughter Chen Yuejian with a frown on her face.

The air is rushing into my daughter's body?

My daughter has learned how to draw Qi into her body!!! Chen An just reacted and before he could even say anything excitedly, a prompt message suddenly popped up in front of him.

[Your daughter Chen Yuejian has mastered the method of drawing Qi into the body and has taken the first step on the path to immortality. I will reward you with a top-grade foundation-building pill.]

…

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

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