Hide in the world of gods and demons

Chapter 146 Returning to Green River Workshop

afterwards!

"Uncle..." Zhang Shuniang was covered in sweat and lay weakly in Chen Li's arms, saying shyly and timidly, "Shuniang really can't go on."

Upon hearing this, Chen Li blushed and withdrew his hand, saying, "Still calling me 'uncle'!"

Alas, I am ultimately just an ordinary person.

Hey!

"Hu... husband."

……

The next morning, with Zhang Shuniang's awkward yet shy service, Chen Li put on his robes and resumed his dignified and respectable demeanor.

The two walked out the door. Zhou Hong looked at Zhang Shuniang, who walked behind Chen Li with her head down and a swaying gait quite different from her usual self, her eyes sparkling with a delicate beauty. A slight pang of sadness welled up in her heart. She smiled at Chen Li:
“I had my period yesterday, so I asked Shuniang to come and serve you. Fortunately, Shuniang was happy to do so. You must treat her well from now on.”

Zhang Shuniang was overwhelmed with shame upon hearing this.

"Oh, I'm sorry to have put you through this." Chen Li held Zhou Hong's hand.

If a wife is found like this, what else can a husband ask for?

“Silly…” Zhou Hong’s eyes were misty as she leaned against Chen Li’s chest. “I’m not wronged at all. My man is a Foundation Establishment cultivator, and he will become a Golden Core Ancestor in the future. It’s him who’s wronged to stay with me alone.”

Chen Li didn't want her to keep dwelling on the difference in cultivation level: "Foundation Establishment isn't that much more noble."

Is it not noble? Actually, it is noble.

For Qi Refining cultivators, the two are like a deep chasm, representing a comprehensive improvement in lifespan, strength, status, and identity. It is a difference in the essence of life, which many Qi Refining cultivators will pursue even if they spend their entire lives trying to achieve.

The two snuggled together and whispered sweet nothings, their relationship becoming intimate again.

……

In the days that followed, Chen Li was immersed in the gentle embrace of his beautiful wives and concubines, enjoying the bliss of having multiple wives.

time flies.

More than three months have passed in the blink of an eye, and summer has given way to autumn.

Not long after Chen Li maxed out the Golden Light Protection Technique, the sect's mission finally arrived. It was still about clearing land, but this time the location was no longer around Luanluo City, but in the nearly abandoned Green River Village.

Since the Zhenhuan Sect moved here, a large number of people have migrated here one after another. The original sparsely populated situation in this area has been quickly reversed. In the past few years, the entire Zhenhuan Sect has been either reclaiming wasteland and expanding the land or building new cities for mortals.

The area surrounding Luanluo City, including the other four wards, has expanded many times over, almost to the point of being interconnected. Under these circumstances, it is timely to re-establish Green River Ward.

After all, compared to opening a new market town, Green River Town, which already has a certain foundation, is undoubtedly more suitable.

……

early morning.

Zhou Hong kept nagging Chen Li to be careful in everything, as if it were a scene of life and death.

Zhang Shuniang, who was standing to the side, also had red eyes and tears streaming down her face.

"With so many Foundation Establishment cultivators going together, nothing will happen!" Chen Li reassured them with a smile. "You can all stay home and relax. You should be back before the heavy snow."

After the three parted reluctantly, Chen Li headed down the mountain.

In the wilderness outside the shantytown at the foot of the mountain, a large, dark mass of people had gathered.

For this operation, the Zhenhuan Sect even deployed a flying boat.

This colossal vessel, over a hundred feet long and thirty feet wide, hovered low in the air like a mountain, casting a large shadow on the ground and even blocking out the sunlight overhead. "I remember you saying you came from Green River Village. What's the situation there?" Guo Xingquan, also conscripted, asked with a furrowed brow.

"That was six years ago, how would I know now!" Chen Li shook his head and said, "But before I left, monsters roamed the area, there shouldn't be many people left now!"

"I hope everything goes smoothly this time," Guo Xingquan sighed. "I was originally planning to go into seclusion to try and break through to the second level of Foundation Establishment, but now I have to postpone it."

"These people will probably stay in Green River Village from now on, right?" Chen Li looked at the group of rogue cultivators who were serving their labor. Each of them looked miserable and confused, like a group of refugees being driven away.

"Hehe, they're all just wild cultivators who were captured!" Guo Xingquan smirked and chuckled. "From now on, all those wild cultivators will probably be sent there."

The so-called "wild cultivators" are independent cultivators who "do not submit to the king's rule." They do not pay rent or perform corvée labor. Many wild cultivators even spontaneously gather together to form settlements and trading markets, becoming independent kingdoms.

During the Longevity Sect's era, they turned a blind eye to this.

But now that it's the era of the True Sect, they won't tolerate it.

Chen Li suddenly thought of the Yu family, wondering if they were among them.

He glanced around the crowd, but unfortunately there were too many people, so densely packed that he couldn't find any trace of the Yu family.

As time went by, Foundation Establishment cultivators arrived one by one.

After it got light, everyone began to board the ship.

Those who can fly by maneuvering usually climb through ropes lowered from the airship and enter the cabin one by one.

This was Chen Li's first time riding in such a behemoth, and he was greatly disappointed upon seeing it.

The flying ship appears majestic and imposing from the outside, but inside it is quite simple and dilapidated, with its huge cabins divided into several levels connected by stairs.

Each floor is less than two meters high, the space is low and filled with a sour smell. Taller people have to bend over slightly. As for seats, perhaps in order to increase cargo capacity, no seats have been added at all.

It resembled a slave ship.

Even Foundation Establishment cultivators could only sit cross-legged and huddle together like other rogue cultivators.

More than twenty Foundation Establishment cultivators came this time, half of whom came from Foundation Establishment families. Over the past two years, Chen Li has been able to recognize most of them.

People like Feng Qi, Bai Yuqing, and Hu Buwei, whom they had dealt with before, all came.

Taking this opportunity, everyone greeted each other and strengthened their bonds.

Unlike Qi Refining cultivators, Foundation Establishment cultivators are not as worldly and have loose relationships with each other. Even if they are in the same sect, their cave dwellings are far apart. Moreover, they are usually either out or in seclusion, and it is common for them to meet only once every six months or even once every year or two.

"Actually, the top floor of the flying boat was originally divided into guest rooms, but they were all demolished a few years ago to relocate mortals, and they haven't been added since." Guo Xingquan, seeing Chen Li's curious expression towards the flying boat, couldn't help but laugh.

“I see. That’s why I was wondering why there were signs of dismantling on the floor,” Chen Li said.

“Why doesn’t our True Sect buy more flying boats? Otherwise, we could run passenger ships like other sects do, which would also generate income,” a Foundation Establishment cultivator from the sect interjected.

"A single flying boat costs several thousand high-grade spirit stones. Where would the sect get so much money? Even these few boats were accumulated over several hundred years and can only be used in critical moments."

Compared to the incredibly wealthy and powerful sect, the Zhen Huan Sect was truly quite poor, Chen Li thought to himself.

With a topic in mind, the Foundation Establishment cultivators began chatting casually.

As they spoke, the airship began to slowly start, silently and quietly.

However, the speed was indeed a bit slow. The distance from Luanluo City to Luhefang was only about 500 li, but the flying boat took off in the morning and did not arrive at Luhefang until evening.

As Chen Li descended from mid-air, looking at the Green River Workshop in the distance, which resembled a ruin hidden by trees, he couldn't help but fall silent.

……

P.S.: I drank some alcohol yesterday and got completely drunk.