To be honest, you really have a sharp eye for people

To be honest, you really have a sharp eye for people

Next, Chen Zhi began studying and cultivating the Innate Chaos Great Dao Scripture.

He had only circulated it through one cycle when a deep wave of exhaustion washed over him.

"A fetus's spiritual power is still too weak." Chen Zhi could not help sighing inwardly before falling into a heavy sleep.

In the blink of an eye.

A month passed.

During that month, Chen Zhi spent most of his time asleep. Whenever he occasionally woke up, he would cultivate the Innate Chaos Great Dao Scripture.

With Max-Level Comprehension, Chen Zhi's cultivation advanced at a staggering pace, changing almost every day.

He could feel with incomparable clarity that this body's innate deficiencies were gradually being remedied.

His previously blocked innate meridians were naturally being opened one by one as he cultivated, progressing toward the Innate Chaos Dao Body.

These blocked meridians determined the speed of later cultivation—the more blockages there were, the slower one cultivated! One reason why Chen Zhixing, the miserable villain from the game, cultivated so slowly and eventually simply lay flat and gave up cultivation was that he had too many blocked meridians.

"Less than half of the blocked meridians have been opened. At most, in three months, all the blockages will be cleared, and I'll obtain the true Innate Chaos Dao Body."

Chen Zhi thought silently to himself.

Over this month, not only had he laid an extremely solid foundation, but because he cultivated the Innate Chaos Great Dao Scripture, his spiritual power had also grown considerably.

Before, out of twenty-four hours a day, he had spent nearly twenty-three asleep.

But things were different now. He could remain awake for around three hours a day, at the very least.

"Keep cultivating."

Chen Zhi thought silently.

As a miserable villain, he had to make every moment count! Just then.

"Wife, we... we haven't done that in a long time."

"Which that?"

"You know, that."

"Wouldn't that be inappropriate?"

"What's inappropriate about it? I asked the doctor. As long as more than a month has passed and the child inside is stable, it's completely fine."

"Then I'll do as my husband says."

A scattered exchange of voices suddenly reached Chen Zhi's ears.

"???"

Chen Zhi's scalp went numb in an instant.

Fuck me!

You want to force your way into a private residence without my permission? As he felt his house slowly tilt backward, a rough, large hand came groping over.

Chen Zhi hurriedly raised his tiny hands and swiftly unleashed a set of Military Boxing on the belly.

Inside a Side Room lit by flickering candlelight.

Ying Shuangshuang stared at her belly as it bulged and sank repeatedly, her eyes widening in shock.

"Wh-what's wrong with the child?"

Chen Tianliang was also stunned for a moment. Then he laughed. "Hahaha, the child must be welcoming me!"

As he spoke, Chen Tianliang stretched out his hand and lightly slapped the belly, laughing. "Kid, stop fussing for now. Once Dad's finished, I'll tell you the story of Golden Axe Silver Axe Iron Axe."

I'll tell your uncle! That slap left Chen Zhi dizzy and disoriented. He bobbed up and down in the amniotic fluid, rolling this way and that.

"You'd better not let me come out alive!!"

Gritting his teeth, Chen Zhi firmly recorded today's slap in the little ledger in his heart.

Fortunately, the father and son's early meeting did not happen in the end.

An unwilling Chen Tianliang was kicked and shoved out by Ying Shuangshuang.

Afterward, Ying Shuangshuang sang Chen Zhi a nursery rhyme. Once she saw that he had quieted down, she too began cultivating.

As for Chen Zhi, once he saw that his cheap father had left, he promptly entered cultivation.

Spring passed and autumn came.

In the blink of an eye, another two months passed.

Over those two months, Chen Zhi had built an incomparably solid foundation. More than half of the blocked meridians within his body had already been opened.

Before long, his meridians would surely be completely cleared, forming the Innate Chaos Dao Body!

Besides that, Chen Zhi's spiritual power had grown enormously. He could even project it outward and perceive things within ten meters.

Come to think of it, the reason he had progressed so quickly was also tied to Ying Shuangshuang's constant consumption of Heavenly Materials and Earthly Treasures.

Whenever he cultivated and grew, he absorbed a tremendous amount of qi and blood energy from Ying Shuangshuang's body. If Chen Tianliang had not frequently ventured into dangerous places, even going so far as to seize and plunder in order to bring Ying Shuangshuang vast quantities of Heavenly Materials and Earthly Treasures, Chen Zhi would never have grown so quickly.

He often saw Chen Tianliang return injured, his face full of exhaustion.

That still moved him a little.

Although his cheap father was seen by outsiders as a fellow utterly devoid of conscience, there was truly nothing to criticize about how he treated his wife and child.

One day.

Chen Zhi sensed a fierce argument outside, and his heart stirred. He projected his spiritual power outward.

He saw Chen Tianliang sitting boldly on a sandalwood chair within an antique hall, holding a crimson divine herb in his hand.

Standing opposite Chen Tianliang was an elegant middle-aged man dressed in a long robe and wearing a hair crown.

"Third Brother, what do you mean by stealing my Fire God Grass?" the elegant middle-aged man asked, suppressing his rage.

Chen Tianliang squinted at him sidelong. "Fourth Brother, we're family. Don't be so stingy, all right? Besides, I said I was borrowing it. I'll return it sooner or later, won't I?"

"You've borrowed from me twenty-three times. When have you ever returned anything?" the elegant middle-aged man demanded indignantly.

Chen Tianliang froze, then gave an awkward laugh. "Fourth Brother, you've got a really good memory."

The elegant middle-aged man snorted through his nose. After thinking for a moment, he sighed and earnestly advised, "Third Brother, our Chen Family is a Long-lived aristocratic family, and you and I are both True Self Realm experts. Why must you behave so disgracefully? Return the Fire God Grass to me. Don't make me think I misjudged you and conclude that you're a scoundrel."

Bang! Chen Tianliang suddenly slapped the armrest of the chair.

"?" The elegant middle-aged man jumped in fright.

Chen Tianliang nodded and said solemnly, "Fourth Brother, to be honest, you really have a sharp eye for people!"

"You—" The elegant middle-aged man was instantly choked with fury. After holding it in for a long while, he spat out three words:

"Shameless bastard!"

The next moment, the elegant middle-aged man turned and swept his sleeves as he left.

From far away, his cursing voice could still be heard.

"Chen Tianliang, if I ever lend you anything again, I'll write my name, Chen Tianchen, backward!"

Watching Chen Tianchen's departing back, Chen Tianliang muttered to himself:

"What kind of nonsense is that? Write it backward? Wouldn't it still be Chen Tianchen?"

Shaking his head, Chen Tianliang presented the Fire God Grass to Ying Shuangshuang as if offering a treasure, his face wreathed in smiles. "Here, wife. This is good stuff. It's tremendously beneficial for nourishing the body and soul. Hurry and keep it."

Ying Shuangshuang was both helpless and unable to suppress her laughter. "Tianliang, there's no need for this. Lately, you've stirred up such outrage outside that many people have opinions about you. If this continues, you'll sooner or later provoke trouble."

"Provoke trouble? Hmph. If the family hadn't been so biased, giving all the good things to that little brat Chen Zhaosheng, why would I have come to this?"

Chen Tianliang's expression turned cold.

"Tianliang, don't say such things. Zhaosheng was born with an Ancient Body and bears the visage of an Ancient Era saint. Perhaps one day he will enter the Saint Realm and lead our Chen Family back to the glory of a true Long-lived aristocratic family. It is only right that the family resources lean somewhat toward him. Do not harbor resentment."

Ying Shuangshuang hurriedly said.

"Mm, I know that well enough." Chen Tianliang nodded carelessly. "What they do is only right, and what I do—using my own methods to find some food for my wife and child—is naturally only right as well."

After a pause, Chen Tianliang changed the subject.

"By the way, I heard that an Ancient Secret Realm in the South Sea is about to open. There are many Heavenly Materials and Earthly Treasures inside, so I plan to head there and try to prepare some Foundation Establishment Divine Items for our child after he's born."

Upon hearing this.

Chen Zhi, who had been soaking in the amniotic fluid and watching the commotion, suddenly changed expression.

The South Sea Ancient Secret Realm?

That place was not some blessed land or paradise at all—it was a great fiendish land from the Ancient Era. It was opening?!