Chou hour.

Narrow rainy alley.

It's late at night and everyone is asleep.

"Come on, come on, brothers, let's do it!"

“Haha, the three of us originally just wanted to be robber ghost cultivators, and didn’t want to be taught by our seniors, but now we have also made a career in the vegetable market!”

"Yes, now not only in Yunling Town, but even the cultivators from the neighboring towns and villages have come to us to buy spiritual flesh. I didn't expect that taking the right path could be so profitable, hahahaha!"

In a cramped rental house, three men were drinking and singing, full of high spirits.

They originally came from the Xuedan Sect in the Western Demonic Land, but were framed and hunted by their fellow sect members, so they were forced to come to the righteous Eastern Cultivation Land, where they hid their identities and made a living by looting.

However, they didn't expect to be subdued by a mysterious red-haired female senior. According to the senior's orders, the three of them have been capturing spirit beasts in Yunling these days to provide spirit meat for the senior.

In order to improve the efficiency of capturing spiritual beasts, the three were forced to change their jobs.

Zhao Yi became a puppeteer, responsible for making trapping puppets.

Qian Er became a spiritual plant master, responsible for cultivating spiritual herbs that attract spiritual beasts.

Sun San has become a second-level spirit beast master, and now he can tame three wild spirit mastiffs at the same time.

The three of them could catch more than ten spirit mastiffs in one night, but the senior only caught one every two or three days, and the three of them didn't have the money to keep more than that.

So after some discussion, they decided to rent a stall in the vegetable market in Qingluo Lane and sell only Mastiff meat.

Unexpectedly, they became famous and their business became better and better. Now the three of them can earn dozens of spirit stones every day by selling meat, and their living standards have risen sharply.

In two days they planned to rent a large house with three bedrooms and two living rooms in Qingluo Lane and live a well-off life from then on.

"We three are where we are today thanks to the guidance of our predecessors. We were able to turn back and walk on the road to success!"

"Yes, respect to the seniors!"

"Cheers to the seniors!"

The three of them clinked their glasses again and laughed.

In an instant, the three people's faces changed, and they screamed while covering their chests, but joy appeared on their faces.

"Ahh! It's Senpai!"

"Ah! Senior, you finally summoned us!"

"Wow, woo, woo, senpai, I thought you had forgotten about us!"

The three of them screamed in joy and hurried out, and soon arrived at Liuyan Lane.

Sure enough, the long-lost red-haired figure was standing in the alley, the moonlight shining down, illuminating her tall and voluptuous curves in a breathtaking way.

But there was no desire in Zhao Yi and the other two's eyes, only reverence and admiration, and they all knelt down:

"senior!"

Xia Qinglian looked down at the three people and said calmly:

"Starting tomorrow, I want the meat of a second-grade spiritual beast."

The three of them were startled. Zhao Yiwei said in embarrassment, "Senior, there is only one second-grade spiritual beast in Yunling Mountain called the Kun-headed leopard, and it is extremely difficult to catch. Can you give me some more time?"

Sun San kowtowed and said loudly: "Senior, I swear to obey your orders, and I will offer you the second-grade spirit beast meat tomorrow!"

Zhao Yi looked at him in surprise.

The next moment, the red figure disappeared.

"Fuck! Sun San, you are a jerk. Are you willing to do anything to please your senior?"

"Is it so easy to catch a Kun-headed leopard?"

Zhao Yi was furious and yelled at Sun San.

Sun San stared blankly at the place where the red-haired female cultivator had just stood, and murmured:

"Senior's temperament is becoming more and more elegant. For you, I am willing to do anything!"

Zhao Yi was stunned, and could not help but nod: "Yes, Senior has a kind of charming temperament. Even if Senior looks at me, I will be extremely happy in my heart."

Qian Er had already turned around and walked away. Zhao Yi asked, "Qian Er, what are you doing?"

"You two are just good at talking, unlike me, who always silently contributes to the seniors. I'm going to Yunling Mountain now!"

"Fuck! This bastard is trying to steal the credit! Stop right there!"

"Wait for me, how can I be left out when doing things for you, Senior?"

…

The next day.

Mao hour.

Qin Gengyun came back from Yunling Mountain with wounds all over his body and a tired face. Qiu Zhihe had already gotten up and said to him:

"I'm going out to buy groceries."

Qin Gengyun was surprised: "Zhihe, you're going to buy vegetables before dawn?"

Qiu Zhihe said, "There's a shop in the market in Qingluo Lane that sells top-quality spirit meat. It's said that if you go there early, you can buy Kun-head leopard meat."

"A Kun-headed leopard? That's a second-grade spiritual beast. How could someone be willing to kill it and sell its meat?"

Qin Gengyun was even more surprised. Qiu Zhihe said calmly:

"You sleep for a while, I'll apply medicine to you when I come back."

Qin Gengyun agreed and warned: "It's not even dawn yet, Zhihe, be careful."

Qiu Zhihe nodded and walked out.

At this moment, the morning light was just breaking, and candles were lit in many houses in the narrow rain alley, and white mist was everywhere.

Qiu Zhihe walked calmly in the alley. A door opened and Chen Fang came out with a basket of vegetables. Seeing Qiu Zhihe, she walked up to him happily:

"Friend Qiu, I haven't seen you for a few days. Why are you going to buy groceries so early?"

Qiu Zhihe nodded.

Chen Fang held her arm affectionately and said, "It's just right for us to be together."

Qiu Zhihe didn't say anything, and Chen Fang was used to her being like this. The two women walked towards the vegetable market together.

Zhaiyu Lane is a low-rent housing area and there is no vegetable market nearby. The casual cultivators living here usually go to the nearby Qingluo Lane to buy vegetables.

Chen Fang was talking all the way, Qiu Zhihe nodded in cooperation, and occasionally a smile appeared on her face.

She has a cold personality and doesn't like to socialize with others. Chen Fang and her husband have been very helpful to Qin Gengyun, so Qiu Zhihe gets close to her despite her nature.

"By the way, Fellow Daoist Qiu, I have something to tell you."

Chen Fang showed a happy smile on her face, stroked her belly, and whispered:

"I have flesh and blood that can achieve enlightenment!"

Qiu Zhihe was startled, looked down at Chen Fang's belly, and finally reacted:

"You...are pregnant?"

Chen Fang nodded, unable to stop smiling:

"I have been married to Cheng Dao for many years, but we have never had any children. Now I am finally pregnant. You don't know, when I told him, he was so happy that he almost broke the roof!"

Qiu Zhihe was silent for a moment, then asked in confusion: "Why would you be happy if you have a child?"

Chen Fang smiled: "Loving couples naturally want to have children. I will raise the child with him, and we will live happily together as a family. Even if we can only live in a narrow rain alley for the rest of our lives, it is better than the bloody storms and intrigues in the big sects!"

Qiu Zhihe's eyes flickered as he stared at Chen Fang. Suddenly, he asked, "Fellow Daoist Chen, which sect are you from?"

Chen Fang held her arm and said, "I am just a casual cultivator. How can I belong to any sect? By the way, when do you and Fellow Daoist Qin plan to have a child?"

Qiu Zhihe pointed to the vegetable market ahead and said calmly, "We're here."

Half an hour later.

Qiu Zhihe walked out of the vegetable market, but did not go home directly. Instead, she came to Liuyan Lane and stopped in a secluded corner. She lifted a blue brick on the wall, took out a large piece of flesh tightly wrapped in oil paper, and put it into the vegetable basket.

Only then did they return to the narrow rain alley.

When she entered the house, Qin Gengyun and Liusu were still sleeping. She walked into the kitchen carrying a basket of vegetables.

When I opened the oil paper, a rich fragrance immediately filled the air.

What was wrapped inside was the meat of the second-grade spiritual beast, the Kun-headed leopard.

Qiu Zhihe began to cut the meat silently.

Suddenly stopped the action.

"I raised the child with him, and we lived happily together as a family. Even if we could only live in a narrow rain alley for the rest of our lives, it would be better than the bloody storms and intrigues in a large sect."

Chen Fang's words emerged in his mind uncontrollably. Qiu Zhihe clenched his fists, and veins bulged on the back of his hands.

With a cold snort, he picked up the kitchen knife and continued to cut the meat.