My gorgeous wife Chapter 2178 - 2146: The An Family Settles Down

Yantian City, one of the cities closest to the Heartless Sea.

Originally, in this Yantian City, and even in several surrounding cities, the Heaven Sea Alliance was without question the ruler.

Although the ruler on the surface was still the official authorities, in reality, in these surrounding cities, from top to bottom almost everyone was a member of the Heaven Sea Alliance, thereby establishing the Heaven Sea Alliance’s indisputable rule.

However, all of this changed overnight.

First, something happened in Yantian City, and a group of high-level figures from the Heaven Sea Alliance mysteriously disappeared.

After that, the Heaven Sea Alliance’s old ancestor emerged from seclusion and headed to the Heartless Sea.

However, rumor had it that after the Heaven Sea Alliance’s old ancestor entered the Heartless Sea, he never returned. Instead, what came was a Heavenly Venerable Level expert so powerful it was terrifying.

Overnight, a series of high-level figures loyal to the Heaven Sea Alliance all disappeared.

As for where they disappeared to, only a small number of people had a clue in their hearts.

The shadowy rulers of Yantian City and even the surrounding few cities all vanished overnight. Taking their place was a strong cultivator with a mysterious identity.

Even the former members of the Heaven Sea Alliance were all taken under this mysterious expert’s command.

When Li Chen returned to Yantian City with a few people, he subconsciously took out the Communication Jade Pendant. Speaking of which, he hadn’t used this thing for a long time.

Back when he left Yantian City, he had left Jing Invincible with the contact method for the Communication Jade Pendant. Only after returning to Yantian City did he think of asking where Jing Invincible had gone.

As soon as he took out the Communication Jade Pendant, rays of light began to flicker on its surface again and again.

Clearly, his Communication Jade Pendant had not been used for a long time, and too many messages had accumulated on it. Many people had tried to contact him, but some time ago Li Chen simply had no way to be reached. When his cultivation recovered, he then forgot about the Communication Jade Pendant altogether.

"Brother Li, I’m in Yantian City right now." This was Jing Invincible’s message.

Li Chen was a bit surprised at first, but he quickly reacted.

The Heaven Sea Alliance’s strength was not weak. With Jing Invincible’s cultivation, if he tried to escape, he would likely be discovered and hunted down very quickly. Rather than that, it was better to pull a trick right under their noses: the most dangerous place is the safest place. By staying in Yantian City, the people of the Heaven Sea Alliance probably wouldn’t think of it instead.

"Let’s go see Jing Invincible first. This place is actually pretty good. Perhaps this can be the place where the Palace of the Nether King takes root." Li Chen looked around and muttered softly to himself.

As for the Heaven Sea Alliance?

To be honest, Li Chen simply did not take them seriously at all.

Even if they didn’t come looking for him, Li Chen would never allow a place he planned to use as his foundation to be one where some other force could meddle around.

This had already been decided from the moment the Heaven Sea Alliance chose to stand firmly against him.

In fact, when Li Chen had first arrived in Yantian City and chose to meet the Heaven Sea Alliance’s higher-ups, that had also been a kind of test.

If the Heaven Sea Alliance had not been so overbearing, Li Chen wouldn’t have gone too far—at most he would have just taken away the people Jing Invincible wanted, and then left with them.

But clearly, the Heaven Sea Alliance had made a very wrong choice.

Just as Li Chen was thinking about how to find Jing Invincible, he saw a group of people walking over from the other end of the street.

This group was suffused with a stern aura, yet the two people at the front had smiles on their faces. In particular, an old man in luxurious robes kept flattering the person beside him.

The man had originally been putting on a show of aloofness, but when he saw Li Chen, his face immediately lit up with joy.

"Red Dust Taoist Brother, you’ve finally arrived." Konggu Venerable said with squinted eyes and a smile.

Li Chen gave this fellow a slightly surprised look. If he wasn’t mistaken, that old man who had been talking to him just now should be the Lord of Yantian City. Could they actually be old acquaintances?

"Dao Brother, I asked around a bit about what happened when you were in Yantian City, so I conveniently helped you resolve that so-called Heaven Sea Alliance. The forces under the Heaven Sea Alliance have already been completely taken under my command. What I hadn’t expected was that this Lord of Yantian City had originally been a member of the Heaven Sea Alliance as well. Of course, he was forced into it before. Now, he’s already abandoned the darkness for the light." Konggu Venerable said with a hearty laugh.

Hearing this, Li Chen gave this fellow a rather surprised look.

Indeed, Li Chen could see what Konggu Venerable was thinking; he also wanted to test him a bit.

He just hadn’t expected this guy to do even better than he’d imagined. Li Chen hadn’t even mentioned these things, yet he had already taken care of them in advance.

"That’s fine as well, saves a lot of time. From now on, the Palace of the Nether King can take root here." Li Chen nodded inwardly.

He had to admit, this move of Konggu Venerable’s was indeed extremely well played, to the point that even Li Chen couldn’t help but look at him in a new light.

"Is there somewhere we can settle?" Li Chen asked. "It needs to be big, at least enough to hold a thousand people. I’m going to bring some people over."

"There is!"

Before Konggu Venerable could speak, the Lord of Yantian City following behind immediately cut in, "Just a thousand people, right? My lord, don’t worry, I’ll prepare it for you right away."

The Lord of Yantian City was clearly no fool.

This Konggu Venerable was a Super Expert who had wiped out all the upper echelon of the Heaven Sea Alliance overnight, yet he was being so respectful toward this ridiculously young-looking man, even addressing him as "Dao Brother." Obviously, this was an even more terrifying big shot!

The Lord of Yantian City handled matters very efficiently. In no time at all, he personally led Li Chen and the others to a residence.

The residence covered an enormous area. Even though cities in the Heaven Realm were always absurdly huge, a residence with such an astonishing footprint was still quite rare.

Li Chen estimated that this place was probably more than ten times larger than the Nether Army Base of the Palace of the Nether King in the Lower Realm. Put in the Lower Realm, a "residence" like this would already be comparable to the area of an entire Prefecture-level City.

"My lord, are you satisfied?" Zhu Cheng, the Lord of Yantian City, asked Li Chen with a modest smile on his face.

"Not bad." Li Chen nodded. "How many Spirit Crystals for this residence?"

"That won’t be necessary." Zhu Cheng smiled. "Since you are a friend of Lord Konggu Venerable, then that makes you my friend as well. Consider this residence a small token of my appreciation."

Li Chen gave Zhu Cheng a slightly surprised glance, but he didn’t refuse. He just nodded.

"All right then."

Li Chen knew very well that if he insisted on not accepting it, the other party would probably end up feeling offended instead.

Since the Palace of the Nether King was going to establish a foothold here, there would likely be plenty of opportunities to work together in the future. There was no need to make things awkward over something this trivial.

Zhu Cheng left with his men, smiling.

Konggu Venerable didn’t disturb them either and left Li Chen to stay here.

That very night, thousands of people appeared in this residence out of nowhere!

...

"So this is going to be our new home from now on?" Catherine looked around at the somewhat retro buildings with curiosity.

She had gotten used to the technologically advanced society of the Lower Realm. Suddenly entering such a vintage-style world, she also found it rather novel.

"I want to go shopping!" Alice shouted loudly. Because she had started cultivating as well, all these years had passed, yet aside from looking more mature and charming, she didn’t really show many traces of time.

What’s more, compared to other people, Alice not only used cultivation methods to slow her aging, she also had plenty of technological means to keep herself looking young.

"Too bad, technology is nice and all, but using this natural aging-slowing method of cultivators still feels better." Alice muttered.

On the other side, the Ye Tu family of three was picking out rooms for themselves in the residence. However, because the estate was simply too large, with houses everywhere, they’d been choosing for ages and still hadn’t decided.

"You dragged our whole family over, saying we were going to some more perfect, more free, beautiful world, and this is the crappy place you meant?" Yu Yueying said darkly. "Back then we at least had a car and a house, the home was fully renovated with all the appliances. And now, this dump is where you brought us?"

"How can you call this a dump?" Ye Tu laughed awkwardly. "Look how big this place is. We can pick whatever we want. You can choose any size house you like. Isn’t that nice?"

"Sure, we’ve got a house now. But what about a car? And do you have any idea how badly Xinxin’s dropping out will affect her future?" Yu Yueying showed no mercy at all, yelling until Ye Tu completely lost any temper he might have had.

"All right, all right, Mom, just let Dad off the hook." Even the teenage girl at the side couldn’t stand watching anymore. She hurried forward to intervene.

"Actually, I’m really interested in a brand-new place like this." The girl also looked around at this moment, her eyes full of curiosity.

Her name was Ye Xin, the daughter of Ye Tu and Yu Yueying. Because of what Ye Tu had said, she had ultimately brought the whole family along to enter the Heaven Realm with the Palace of the Nether King.

Besides their family of three, there were also some elderly relatives. But thanks to Catherine’s arrangements, everyone’s schedules had been swiftly sorted out. Only people with comparatively special identities like them were still wandering around freely.

"Xinxin is still the considerate one." Ye Tu hugged his daughter, giving her a knowing look. "Our world may be prosperous, but it really isn’t suitable for cultivation. And by comparison, once we start cultivating, an ordinary person’s lifespan will be way too short for us. Honey, you have to understand me. I don’t want my own daughter to just muddle through a few decades of an ordinary life. And also, now that Xinxin has started cultivating, what about when she gets married in the future? Should she marry a regular person, then watch her beloved slowly grow old and die while she can only stand by and watch?"

Ye Tu sighed. "I do have my own selfish motives, but as a man and as a father, I have to do this."

Hearing Ye Tu’s words, Yu Yueying’s anger seemed to subside quite a bit, but she still couldn’t help rolling her eyes. "Even if what you say is right, can we really start over so easily here? There’s no electricity and no internet. Sure, we’ve got a house, but what about transportation? How are we supposed to get around? I heard them say this place is a lot bigger than our world. A single city is about the size of one of our provinces. Getting anywhere is going to be a nightmare."

"Mom." Ye Xin spoke up on behalf of her dad.

"Hahaha." At this moment, laughter drifted over from not far away. Li Chen walked over slowly, looking at this somewhat noisy yet warm family, an indescribable expression on his face.