Immortality: Raising an Ant Queen to Cultivate by increasing stat points

After taking a bath and changing into clean clothes, he felt an unprecedented level of relaxation. These past few days, not having slept a single sound sleep, that sense of impending danger, like a sword hanging over one’s head, constantly weighed on his mind.

He owed his wives and concubines for the past few days, and he intended to make it up to them.

He entered Wang Wanyan’s room, and what happened there goes without saying.

The next day, he didn’t get out of bed until the sun was three poles high.

He was also human, worn out and tense from consecutive days of toil, last night he lay in the tender land of dreams and was able to completely relax. He slept extremely soundly.

“Husband, you’re up!”

Wang Wanyan saw him dressed and coming out of the room, and she immediately walked over with a smile.

“Wash your face and come eat breakfast quickly!”

She brought over the water for washing and the medicinal paste for oral hygiene.

In this world, there was no toothpaste, and people mostly used salt to clean their teeth.

People in cities, those with slightly better economic conditions, would use specialized dental pastes. Moreover, this world already had tools similar to toothbrushes.

One type was made from willow branches, and another was made from horse’s mane hair; both types were quite convenient to use.

Poor folks in the countryside often didn’t brush their teeth, opting to swish water in their mouths after meals instead.

People who were a bit more health-conscious used their fingertips or a cloth strip for tooth-brushing.

The mainstream method was still to use a brush made from willow branches, dipped into a bit of salt for brushing teeth.

Qin Niu, now affluent, ensured that both Wang Wanyan and Tang Caixian, who came from not so poor families, used specialized dental pastes for their daily tooth-brushing.

These came in both expensive and cheap varieties.

A simpler version cost twenty-five Wen Money a box, enough to last two or three months.

Quite affordable.

The paste not only cleaned teeth but also kept the breath fresh and prevented cavities. Thus, it was much more effective than using salt for dental hygiene.

As long as a household was somewhat wealthy, they generally used dental paste.

“I can do it myself, you just sit and rest more,” Qin Niu took the dental paste, looking at his wife, her face flushed, his eyes filled with tenderness.

Last night, she had shown him the utmost gentleness, and this morning she had gotten up early with Xiao Qing to prepare breakfast for the family. This made Qin Niu feel very distressed for her.

You should know that before she married over, she hardly had to lift a finger to do any work.

After washing up, Qin Niu sat at the dining table to have breakfast.

“Wan Yan, today I’ll take you into the city, and we’ll pick a couple of servant girls to bring back. From now on, household chores will all be handed over to the servants,” he said.

“Why spend that money? Recently, I’ve been keeping an eye on land prices. Many landlord and wealthy farmers, as well as merchants, have started to offload their lands, and the price has fallen from twelve Silver Money per mu of good land to ten Silver Money per mu. That’s a full drop of Two Silver Money. Wouldn’t it be better to save some money to buy more fields and lands?” she replied.

She was a true miser at heart.

Always thinking about making money grow and enriching the family.

Good land used to cost thirteen Silver Money per mu, but due to the insect disaster and wars, it went down by one Silver Money.

This time, it dropped straight to ten Silver Money per mu, which was indeed a significant decrease.

“Then let me ask you, what is the purpose of making money?” he asked.

“Of course, it’s to live a prosperous life!” she answered.

“Exactly! Making money is to provide a better life for the family, so we don’t have to bow down for a mere three liters of rice. It allows us to buy precious cultivation resources, helping us quickly enhance our cultivation level. Listen to me, learn to spend money, instead of just earning without spending,” he explained.

Qin Niu’s thinking was far more progressive.

Initially, in order to become an Insect Master, he even sold off his family property, bore infamy, and ate bland meals. Not for anything else, but for the hope that one day, he could achieve immortality, and would no longer have to struggle for subsistence.

Just thinking about hoarding money is the mindset of a miser.

“But my father always taught me from a young age to be thrifty, to learn to make money work for us, and not to be extravagant,” she still somewhat defiantly retorted.

“That’s because your father only aspires to be a businessman, whereas I want to make you an Immortal Master, or even a higher existence,” Qin Niu said seriously, looking at her.

Becoming an Immortal Master was a height countless people couldn’t reach in their entire lifetime.

But to Qin Niu, it seemed like a very normal, trivial matter.

Those with ambitions do not see mountains and seas as distant.

Those who aim high will ascend to the top and look down upon all the other mountains as small.

Qin Niu always harbored grand ambitions; to him, becoming an Immortal Master was just an initial stage in the pursuit of immortality.

So in his opinion, becoming an Immortal Master was a natural and minor goal.

If one couldn’t even reach this target, how could one aspire to immortality?

“Alright, I’ll follow my husband. I’ll do as you say,” she ultimately conceded, persuaded by Qin Niu.

In fact, Qin Niu’s achievements had already far surpassed her father’s.

This indirectly proved that Qin Niu’s thoughts were more advanced than her father’s.

“Where is Cai Xian? Why haven’t I seen her?” Qin Niu had not gone to Tang Caixian’s room the previous night.

The wedding night was a special case.

He had to be fair and not neglect any of the new brides.

Now, he could take turns spending nights in his wives’ and concubines’ rooms.

“She’s cultivating! Didn’t you give us a scroll of the ‘Dragon Elephant Art’? These past few days, she’s been diligently practicing this Cultivation Technique. It seems to suit her quite well; she has already grasped a hint of the cultivation method,” Wang Wanyan said with a hint of envy.

Cultivation talent is very important.

With good talent, one can achieve twice the result with half the effort.

“Not bad at all! I was always worried she didn’t have much talent for cultivation, afraid she might not keep up with our progress. How do you feel about practicing the ‘Dragon Elephant Art’?”