A public notice was posted seeking a wife, and a female saint from the Immortal Sect was found.

Five days passed in the blink of an eye, and the festive atmosphere of the New Year grew stronger. Liu Shen purchased a large amount of New Year's goods, and the Chen family ancestral home was cleaned and decorated in a brand new style.

Lanterns were hung on the eaves, pavilions, and towers, and the plaque at the main gate was replaced with gold lettering on it, making it particularly eye-catching.

Chen Yi would occasionally pay attention to Liu Shen's arrangements, and he found that some customs in this world were quite similar to those in his memory.

However, he only paid attention to it occasionally; Chen Yi still spent most of his time on arduous cultivation.

In five days, his cultivation level improved slightly, and as for the Triple Mountain-Splitting Saber Technique, he had already reached perfection.

Name: Chen Yi

Lifespan: 22/86

[Realm Level: Qi Refining Stage 4 (143/400)]

[Martial Arts Skill: Triple Mountain-Splitting Saber Technique (Perfect 22/200)]

[Spell/Art: None]

[System Function: Authentication (Can authenticate the authenticity of anything in the world, once per day)]

Over the past five days, Chen Yi has occasionally taken pills to cultivate, and this pace is already quite fast. If he took pills to cultivate every day, he would naturally be even faster, but the Chen family's resources are limited.

Previously, when his cultivation level was low, he didn't feel it so strongly. But now, the harder he cultivates, the more he understands that the family's annual income is actually not enough to support the cultivation of all the family's cultivators, including himself.

It is never easy for a family to grow and prosper. They have to move forward step by step with great difficulty. They may encounter a crisis and immediately lose most of their strength or even be unable to survive.

As the head of the family, Chen Yi naturally couldn't ignore these things. Although he had entrusted everything to Li Changqing, Chen Yi still kept a close eye on the family's situation, at least keeping abreast of what was going on.

He spent most of his time cultivating, and when he had a little free time, Chen Yi asked Liu Shen for a set of tools and began to make a ring.

As a cultivator at the fourth level of Qi Refining, making a ring is naturally not difficult. These days, Chen Yi has been thinking about it and plans to make it using amethyst iron.

Amethyst iron is a rare and precious material used in weapon crafting. In Qingyang Market, the price of amethyst iron needed to craft a three-foot-long sword is comparable to that of a low-level cultivation technique.

The Chen family's storeroom contained a piece of amethyst iron the size of an egg, saving Chen Yi the trouble of buying it again.

Amethyst iron is extremely hard and has excellent spiritual energy conductivity. Of course, the most crucial feature is that it has fine purple lines on it, making it not only effective but also of excellent quality when crafted into weapons.

Therefore, it would be perfectly suitable for making rings.

Everything is relative. For Chen Yi, amethyst iron was already a rare material, but for Li Changqing, it was nothing special.

Given Li Changqing's past strength, she would have likely already seen the world's top-tier refining materials or rare treasures, so the amethyst iron wouldn't catch her eye.

Chen Yi understood all this, but these were the best materials he could provide.

"Bang bang bang..."

As evening fell, Chen Yi finished his cultivation and was sitting in a storage room with a stove beside him, its blazing flames rising continuously.

He, meanwhile, was holding a hammer and repeatedly hammering a small piece of amethyst iron on the felt.

He planned to first make a model of the ring, and then carve a phoenix pattern on it, and that would be it.

It may be simple, but it is of great significance.

"What are you doing?"

Upon entering the room, Li Changqing saw Chen Yi's posture and couldn't help but ask.

Chen Yi chuckled twice and said, "I didn't do anything, just made some small things."

Li Changqing nodded, not paying any attention; she had something to discuss with Chen Yi.

"Then take your time before doing it. I have something to tell you."

Chen Yi put down the hammer and said, "Is there something wrong in the family that requires my intervention?"

Li Changqing immediately waved his hand and said, "No, I've been taking inventory of the family's treasury these past two days, and now I'll tell you about the remaining supplies."

"The Spirit Condensing Pills we received in exchange for the medicinal herbs we transported to the Purple Pill Sect last time, plus what the family had left over, now amount to seventy-eight bottles."

"There are five bottles of Rejuvenation Pills. These are healing pills. The Chen family doesn't have many cultivators, so five bottles of Rejuvenation Pills should be enough."

"There are three bottles of Blood Nourishing Pills. These pills restore blood and qi. We can keep them for Master Fang to use after he returns. Although the effect is ordinary, three bottles of Blood Nourishing Pills should be able to extend one's lifespan by half a year."

"However, the more you take the Blood Nourishing Pill, the less effective it becomes. Relying on this pill to prolong life is limited to six months at most."

"In addition, there are five bottles each of antidote pills and fasting pills. These pills are not usually needed, but it is good to have a few bottles in case of emergency."

"Besides pills, the warehouse is mostly filled with miscellaneous refining materials, which are of ordinary quality and can be ignored for now."

"There are also three drops of spirit beast blood of decent quality that Qingyang Market sent back some time ago. This blood can improve physical constitution, but there are only three drops, so it's probably only enough to improve it slightly and the effect isn't significant. However, for someone in the Qi Refining stage, being able to improve their physical constitution slightly is actually quite good."

Li Changqing stopped there. The Chen family's treasure trove contained only so many items, which could not be called abundant, but for a small family, these items were the most precious things.

Chen Yi was somewhat surprised and asked, "Blood Nourishing Pill..."

Before Chen Yi could finish speaking, Li Changqing explained, "I instructed the head guard who was transporting the medicinal herbs to exchange for the Blood Nourishing Pill from the Purple Pill Sect. Master Fang's health has declined, and he may not last more than a few years. With the strength of the Chen family, the Blood Nourishing Pill is the only thing we have the ability to exchange for and that can prolong Master Fang's life."

With her keen eyesight, how could she not see Zhou Fang's situation? Exchanging a few bottles of Spirit Gathering Pills for three bottles of Blood Nourishing Pills was worthwhile.

Chen Yi's mood became complicated. He knew about Fang Ye's situation and had his own plans to try to find a spiritual treasure that could prolong Fang Ye's life.

Before he even started doing it, Li Changqing had already done it.

Thinking of this, Chen Yi said gratefully, "Changqing, I thank you on behalf of Master Fang."

Li Changqing raised an eyebrow and said, "These were obtained in exchange for family medicinal herbs, so there's no need for you to thank me."

Then, she suddenly produced seven small medicine bottles in her hand and handed them to Chen Yi.

"This is it again..." Chen Yi took the medicine bottle, not understanding what Li Changqing meant by this.

Li Changqing explained, "The bottles are all Spirit Condensation Pills. I've calculated that there are currently seventy-eight bottles left in the storeroom. Keeping fifty bottles is enough to last for six months. I still need ten bottles during these six months, which means that the pills are currently sufficient."

At this point, Li Changqing specifically added, "I noticed that you seem hesitant to use Spirit Condensation Pills for cultivation, so I took stock of the stored pills. You can use the seven bottles you have without worry. You have great talent, so there's no need to slow down your cultivation speed just to save pills."

Chen Yi fell silent instantly. Li Changqing not only considered Fang Ye's situation, but also noticed that he dared not take pills all the time while cultivating.

It's impossible not to feel something. At the same time, Chen Yi also felt that having a thrifty and hardworking woman in the family made life different.