Chapter 20: Attacked Halfway

Translator: Atlas Studios Editor: Atlas Studios

They left the core area and returned to the cheaper area.

Chen An was not in a hurry to go home. Instead, he went to the market and bought a horse and a carriage.

The moving journey was more than 20 miles long. His wife, who was seven months pregnant, could not walk such a long distance. She had to travel in a carriage.

When Chen An drove the carriage home, his wife and concubine were sitting in front of the house and chatting like yesterday.

As soon as they saw their husband return, they immediately stood up to welcome him.

“Husband, why did you suddenly buy a carriage?” Song Huaying asked curiously.

Chen An flicked her forehead and teased with a smile, “Stupid Ying’er, if I don’t buy a carriage, are you going to walk and move tomorrow with a big belly?”

“Husband, I’m not stupid at all. I’m just a little clumsy.”

Song Huaying pouted her rosy lips and said coquettishly.

Chen An smiled and patted her head. “Yes, yes, yes. My Ying’er is not stupid. She’s just clumsy.”

“That’s right. I’m proficient in music, chess, calligraphy, and painting. How can I be stupid?”

Song Huaying enjoyed her husband touching her head. She felt warm and comfortable, as if she was being pampered.

[You gently caressed your wife, Song Huaying, making her feel sweet. The relationship between husband and wife +1.]

“Darling, drink some water.”

Gu Xinyue went back into the house and poured a glass of water. Her voice was as cold as ever, but there was a hint of tenderness in it.

Chen An smiled as he took the cup and drank it in one gulp. It was the water from the well that had just been fetched. It felt cool and refreshing to drink.

“Yue’er is so sensible.”

After Chen An finished drinking, he handed the cup back and gently reached out to touch Gu Xinyue’s head.

Gu Xinyue looked like she was enjoying herself.

[You touched your wife, Gu Xinyue, gently, making her feel especially enjoyable. The relationship between husband and wife +1.]

…

After a simple dinner, under Chen An’s instructions, the three of them began to tidy up the house and pack up the things they were going to move tomorrow.

The main forces were Chen An and Gu Xinyue.

The pregnant Song Huaying was only responsible for tidying up small items or occasionally pouring tea for the two of them.

Two hours later, the entire house had been tidied up.

“It’s getting late. Go take a shower and rest early. We still have to wake up early tomorrow.”, Chen An dusted off his hands and said.

Hearing her husband’s words, her wife and concubine sensibly went to the kitchen to boil water.

After the water was boiled, Chen An took a water ladle and cotton cloth and carefully bathed Song Huaying in the form of a shower.

After all, his wife was already more than seven months pregnant. It was not suitable for her to bathe in a wooden bucket.

[You gently helped your wife, Song Huaying, clean up her body. You made her feel full of love. Couple bond +1.]

After washing his wife’s body, Chen An sent her to her room to sleep and rest.

Then, she returned to the bathroom and sat in the wooden bucket filled with warm water with Gu Xinyue. They soaked in the bath that they had been waiting for.

After the time for an incense stick to burn.

[You have an in-depth communication with your wife, Gu Xinyue. The strength of your divine sense has increased by 1.]

“Yue’er, the carriage I bought today is very luxurious and comfortable inside. Do you want to go in and take a look?”

Chen An stroked Gu Xinyue’s hair and asked.

Gu Xinyue nodded. “Yes.”

As long as it was something her husband wanted to do, she would never say no.

Not long after, the two of them came out of the bathroom dressed and walked into the carriage parked in the courtyard.

The naive Gu Xinyue thought that she was really out to watch the carriage, but after entering, she realized that she had been completely deceived by her husband.

[Spiritual Sense Strength+1]

[…]

[Spiritual Sense Strength+1]

Time passed very quickly. As he closed and opened his eyes, a rooster raised by an unknown family outside started to go crazy before dawn. It crowed at the top of its lungs.

Chen An was woken up.

He glanced at the sky outside the carriage. The sun had only just risen when he nodded. There was still some time before dawn.

Since he had nothing to do, he woke Gu Xinyue up and wanted to increase the strength of his spiritual sense, the strength of his ‘Goldfinger’, and the relationship between husband and wife.

[Spiritual Sense Strength+1]

[…]

[Goldfinger Proficiency +1]

[…]

[Relationship +1]

[…]

When the sky gradually brightened, it started to drizzle outside.

The couple got out of the carriage and began to move the luggage that they had packed last night to the carriage.

Not long after, Song Huaying woke up.

Gu Xinyue went to the kitchen with her to make breakfast.

Chen An went to the bathroom and found a cotton cloth to dry the water that was flowing everywhere in the carriage. Then, he sat on it and opened the data panel.

[Name: Chen An]

[Cultivation: Qi Refining Level 4]

[Alchemy Technique: Intermediate Level 1 (457/500)]

[Consciousness: Intermediate Level 1 (110/500)]

[Goldfinger: Proficient (133/500)]

[Spouses: Song Huaying, Gu Xinyue]

[Progeny: Pregnant (July)]

…

[Name: Song Huaying]

[Attribute: The gratitude of a drop of water will be repaid with a spring]

[Relationship: 2 stars (389/500)]

[Alchemy Experience Provided: 437]

[Proficiency of Goldfinger provided: 77]

…

[Name: Gu Xinyue]

[Attributes: Icy and pure, loyal and unwavering]

[Emotion: 1 star (58/100)]

[Consciousness Strength: 110]

[Proficiency of Goldfinger provided: 45]

…

After the three of them finished breakfast, they each checked to see if they had forgotten to pack anything.

After checking, he did not find anything he had forgotten to bring.

Hence, they found a random place to sit down and chatted happily.

Soon, it was noon.

The three of them rested for a while after lunch. Seeing that it was about time, they boarded the carriage and set off for Steward Zhang’s office.

After successfully meeting up with Steward Zhang, the four of them drove the carriage towards the core area.

Chen An and Steward Zhang sat in front of the carriage and rode their horses.

His wife and concubine were sleeping in the car. The entire journey was very calm and peaceful.

When the carriage passed by a forest, an accident happened.

Swoosh… Swoosh… Swoosh!

With the sound of leaves rustling, several masked men holding machetes suddenly appeared in the originally quiet forest.

Chen An recognized the iconic machete at a glance. It was someone from the Black Iron Manor!

As a member of the Bamboo Leaf Gang, Steward Zhang also recognized the machete of the Black Iron Manor.

The moment the other party appeared, he immediately drew the sword at his waist and jumped down from the carriage.

“Tell me, how did you people from the Black Iron Manor sneak in?”

Steward Zhang’s voice resounded like thunder. His seventh level Qi Refining cultivation erupted without reservation, wanting to intimidate the other party.

However, the other party’s expression did not change at all. He even wanted to laugh.

The male Cultivator in the lead walked forward and said with a smile, “So what if you’re at the seventh level of Qi Refinement? Do you think I’m not?”

As soon as he finished speaking, his aura suddenly erupted. His cultivation was actually slightly stronger than Steward Zhang.

Steward Zhang’s eyes widened in disbelief. He did not expect that the other party was also a seventh level Qi Refining Cultivator, and he was even slightly stronger than him!

What the hell was going on?

Why would a Cultivator at the seventh level of Qi Refining lead a team to attack me?

‘Did I offend someone important?’

Steward Zhang was thinking hard, but he couldn’t figure it out in a short period of time. He could only look at the other party with a much gentler attitude and ask, “Fellow Cultivator, may I ask if there’s a misunderstanding?”

The other party ignored him and said to his companions behind him, “Leave this seventh level Qi Refining sword man to me. The few of you, quickly capture that Alchemist and bring him back to the Black Iron Villa to be dealt with by that disappointing trash.”

“Yes!”

The masked men responded and immediately walked towards Chen An with their machetes in hand. They didn’t say a word.

It was not until this moment that Steward Zhang realized that these people from Black Iron Manor were here for Chen An and that he was only affected by them. He immediately thought of retreating.

He wanted to befriend Chen An, but he didn’t want to lose his life.

On the other side, as he looked at the group of men in black who were forcing their way over, Chen An instantly recalled the scumbag whom he had taught a lesson in the market yesterday.

From the words of the masked man who was at the seventh level of Qi Refining, he roughly understood that this is all in retaliation. He had underestimated his father’s status in the Black Iron Villa.

“Husband, what happened?”

Song Huaying had already fallen asleep in the carriage. When she was woken up by the commotion outside and discovered that the carriage had stopped, she couldn’t help but open the curtain in a daze. She stuck her body out and asked with a puzzled expression.

When a masked man saw Song Huaying with a big belly, his eyes immediately lit up. His eyes revealed an extremely perverted gaze.

“Then be careful not to miscarry the pregnant woman. I want to bring her back to the Black Iron Villa and enjoy her…”

“…Pfft!”

Before the masked man could finish speaking, a bright red bloody hole suddenly appeared between his eyebrows.