Becoming An Immortal Begins With Marrying A Wife

Chapter 48: No Discussion of Killing

The drizzling rain continued, moistening the dry earth.

The originally somewhat dry weeds were quickly soaked by the drops of rain, causing the branches and leaves to intertwine and slowly droop.

Creating a scene of lush greenery.

Chen An woke up leisurely from his sleep.

When he looked out the window, he found that it was already bright outside.

At this moment, inside the room, he could occasionally hear the voices of the neighbors outside.

All signs indicated that it was not early.

Chen An looked at his sleeping wife and daughter beside him, helplessly wiping the drool from the corners of their mouths.

Then, he expanded his spiritual awareness to sense the two concubines in the other rooms, who were still sleeping.

And they were sleeping deeply.

"It seems that they stayed up too late last night and are too tired to get up now."

"I need to control myself in the future."

Thinking this, Chen An quietly got dressed and planned to make breakfast in the kitchen, which he hadn't done in a long time.

It should be more balanced in nutrition.

Boil a few eggs.

Fry a few pieces of dough sticks.

Grind a few bowls of soy milk.

Finally, cook a small pot of vegetable porridge, which should be enough.

Presumably, the three wives and concubines and his daughter all love to eat.

"Everyone in Green Willow Lane!"

"Come out quickly!"

"Elder Zhao Qingshan, Elder Zhao, the Elder of the Enforcement Hall of the Bamboo Leaf Gang, has something important to announce to everyone!"

Chen An was about to push the door open when suddenly a deafening shout came from outside.

The voice was very familiar, sounding like the Bamboo Leaf Gang member who came yesterday to call everyone to the battlefield.

"Wah...wah...wah!"

Chen Yuejian, his daughter, was awakened and sat up crying loudly on the bed.

Song Huaying immediately hugged her, gently stroking her head, and comforting her, "Don't be afraid, Xiaoyuejian, mother is here."

"Yinger, I'm going out to take a look."

"Husband, be careful."

"Okay."

Chen An said, using the Sleep Aid Technique on his crying daughter, causing her to fall asleep peacefully, and then he pushed the door open and left the room.

When he arrived in the hall, he happened to meet Wen Zhiyun and Gu Xinyue coming out of their rooms. Obviously, these two were also awakened by the loud shouting just now.

"Yue'er, you go to the kitchen and make some breakfast."

"Yuner, come with me to see what's happening."

Chen An said to Wen Zhiyun and Gu Xinyue.

Gu Xinyue obediently said, "Okay," and went to the kitchen without curiosity about what was happening outside.

Wen Zhiyun didn't say anything, silently following Chen An out to see what was going on outside.

When the two arrived outside, the residents on both sides of the alley were already standing there.

And in the middle of the alley, there were several Bamboo Leaf Gang cultivators.

Except for an old man, the rest were all familiar faces from the Bamboo Leaf Gang who came yesterday.

"That old man is the Elder of the Enforcement Hall of the Bamboo Leaf Gang, a Foundation Building expert, and his strength ranks in the top five in the Bamboo Leaf Gang."

Wen Zhiyun whispered in Chen An's ear, informing him of this information.

Chen An curiously lowered his voice and asked, "How do you know?"

"He used to pursue me."

"I see."

Chen An nodded and didn't say anything more.

Seeing that almost all the residents of Green Willow Lane had come out, the Elder of the Enforcement Hall of the Bamboo Leaf Gang, Elder Zhao, soon spoke in a deep voice.

"Everyone, the war between the Bamboo Leaf Gang and the Black Iron Mountain Villa is escalating. I hope you can lend a hand to the Bamboo Leaf Gang, charge into battle with us, and defeat the Black Iron Mountain Villa."

"Of course, the Bamboo Leaf Gang will not treat you unfairly. After the battle, rewards will be given based on your performance on the battlefield."

"The worst reward is one year of rent exemption in the core area."

"Those who perform exceptionally well may even join the Bamboo Leaf Gang as managers or enforcers."

Elder Zhao didn't waste any words and directly announced the benefits of being a mercenary for the Bamboo Leaf Gang.

After that, he quietly waited for the response from the residents of Green Willow Lane.

However, several moments passed.

Instead of responding, the residents of Green Willow Lane, many of them, went back inside and closed their doors, giving no face at all.

What a joke!

No matter how generous the rewards are, you need to have your life to claim them.

Everyone knows what the situation is on the battlefield now.

In the past few days alone, the number of late-stage Qi Refining cultivators who fell is no less than double digits.

Who dares to become a mercenary in such a dangerous situation?

Seeing that no one responded to his call, Elder Zhao narrowed his eyes.

Immediately mobilizing the spiritual power within his body, he made his voice extremely penetrating:

"Starting next month, the rent in Green Willow Lane will increase to 200 low-grade spirit stones per month!"

What?!

Increase to 200 low-grade spirit stones per month?

The residents of Green Willow Lane present all thought they had misheard and showed expressions of shock.

Soon, a resident came forward and asked:

"Elder Zhao, is what you said true?"

"Absolutely true!"

Elder Zhao's voice was full of authority, leaving no room for resistance.

After confirming that the rent was indeed going to increase to 200 low-grade spirit stones per month, almost all the residents of Green Willow Lane exploded.

"Elder Zhao, this rent increase is unreasonable. It's already a special period, so it's understandable if there's no price reduction, but how can it double?"

"That's right, we can't afford such a big increase!"

"This is forcing us to go to the battlefield. We might as well move out."

"Elder Zhao, Bamboo Leaf Gang's arbitrary rent increase will damage the reputation of Bamboo Leaf Forest."

"This is really unreasonable."

The residents of Green Willow Lane protested one after another.

Everyone felt that Bamboo Leaf Gang's rent increase behavior was not in line with the rules and felt quite dissatisfied.

Elder Zhao remained unmoved and said indifferently:

"The matter is settled. When the next rent collection day comes, I will personally come to collect, not a single copper coin less."

After speaking, he turned around and left with the people who came with him.

Some residents couldn't swallow this and began to incite the people around them loudly:

"The rent has doubled all of a sudden. Isn't this forcing us to go to the battlefield, forcing us to die?"

"We can just move out!"

"I'm packing my bags now and moving out of Bamboo Leaf Forest today!"

"If anyone wants to move out today, we can form a group and take care of each other when we leave!"

As soon as these words were spoken, many residents responded and shouted together, declaring their intention to leave Bamboo Leaf Forest, which only continued to exploit the residents.

More and more residents joined in the shouting.

The momentum became even more intense.

Faced with this scene, several cultivators from Bamboo Leaf Gang couldn't help but feel nervous.

But fortunately, there was a Foundation Building expert among them.

Elder Zhao, who was among them, suddenly erupted with his Foundation Building cultivation base, and a terrifying spiritual pressure immediately swept towards the residents, instantly suppressing all the almost out-of-control protests.

Then, in a deafening voice:

"It's a special period now!"

"Anyone who dares to move out will be treated as a spy for Black Iron Mountain Villa and will be killed without mercy!"

Feeling the terrifying spiritual pressure emanating from Elder Zhao and the hint of killing intent in his words, the residents of Green Willow Lane, who had been shouting about moving out, suddenly fell silent and dared not speak out.

"Take care of yourselves!"

After arrogantly leaving these words behind, Elder Zhao left Green Willow Lane with the people accompanying him.

When passing by Chen An's door, his gaze inadvertently fell on Wen Zhiyun in front of the door.

But after just a glance, he quickly withdrew his gaze.

After Elder Zhao had gone far away, Green Willow Lane became noisy again.

Some were cursing loudly.

Some were sighing.

And some were whispering, plotting something.

"What should we do in the future?"

Wen Zhiyun furrowed her eyebrows slightly, feeling somewhat pessimistic about the sudden rent increase today.

Chen An took her delicate hand and rubbed it while saying:

"I am an alchemist. As long as I regularly provide pills to Bamboo Leaf Gang, we can be exempt from rent. We don't need to go to the battlefield and take risks for now. Let's take it step by step."

"Okay, I'll listen to you."

A faint blush appeared on Wen Zhiyun's cheeks.

At this moment, her delicate hand was being gently kneaded by Chen An, and the warm touch in her palm made her feel a bit shy.

She felt embarrassed to be in such a public place.

But she didn't want to pull her hand back. She wanted to be held by Chen An like this.

For some reason, she enjoyed the feeling of being infatuated with Chen An.

It made her feel very happy inside.

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