Rebirth Counterattack with Space
Chapter 172 - 164: Secret Chamber

Chapter 172: Chapter 164: Secret Chamber

"Wife, why are you in the kitchen again?" I said I would handle these things. Why don’t you ever listen? Even if not for yourself, you should think about the baby in your belly. What if you get too tired?"

As soon as he came back and smelled the aroma of food, Lu Aiguo ran into the kitchen and sure enough, Xia Yuan was cooking again. He immediately rushed over to support her and started nagging.

Since Xia Yuan’s pregnancy became more apparent and her belly began to show, such scenes became increasingly common; Lu Aiguo couldn’t help but fuss whenever he saw Xia Yuan doing chores.

"I can’t just sit still all the time, I’m fine, the baby is very well-behaved," Xia Yuan said with a helpless smile. After becoming pregnant, she had slowly become immune to Lu Aiguo’s anxiety. He had his nagging, and she – she did whatever she needed to do as soon as he turned away.

However, to avoid his constant nagging, she still tried to be careful not to get caught in the act. Like today, if it hadn’t been for Lu Aiguo and Shitou coming home early for a while, who would have been able to tell whether the food on the table was freshly made or taken from Lu Yun’s big warehouse?

Although Lu Yun’s big warehouse was never short of ready-made food, given the opportunity, she still preferred to cook fresh meals.

She didn’t think that being pregnant meant she couldn’t do anything. Perhaps it was because she had been consistently taking the Elixir prepared by Lu Yun, beneficial to both pregnant women and the fetus, that she had an easy pregnancy with very minimal symptoms.

Even though Lu Aiguo repeatedly implored Xia Yuan to do less and focus on bookkeeping only, she still took the time to occasionally cook and sew a few items for the baby herself.

Although the unborn child’s clothing and blankets were all handled by the baby’s grandmother. And even if there was a shortage, Lu Yun’s space was well-prepared, with many items selected and washed. Xia Yuan still wanted to make a few things herself.

She was not as bad at sewing as Lu Aiguo suggested. Her experience from her first marriage had taught her quite a lot. In fact, many of her own clothes, as well as Lu Yun’s, and later on those of Lu Aiguo and Shitou, were made by her or altered by her hands.

"Sigh, why don’t you ever listen? You should go rest in the living room, and I’ll take care of the rest," he said.

Lu Aiguo was also troubled by his wife’s "stubbornness," and could only take over and finish the remaining chores.

Xia Yuan saw that the dishes she needed to stir-fry were done, and there was just a pot of soup left – the seasoning was also in place, just waiting for it to boil before serving. She nodded, and before leaving, she didn’t forget to instruct, "Everything is ready, you just need to serve it once it boils. Don’t add salt or anything again."

"I know," replied Lu Aiguo, his response tinged with frustration.

Because Xia Yuan was pregnant, although cooking, doing household chores, and such were not much of a hindrance, Lu Aiguo still couldn’t bear to see her work too hard, so he eagerly took on all household duties.

With the aid of spiritual power, Lu Aiguo was fast and efficient in everything apart from cooking. However, for some reason, cooking remained his Achilles’ heel. Even though he now had greater spiritual power than the average person and no longer confused salt with sugar.

But using the same kitchenware, ingredients, and even following the same process in the same order – strictly adding seasoning according to the experience of both Shitou and Xia Yuan, the food he made somehow just didn’t taste as good.

Having tried Lu Aiguo’s cooking twice, despite his eagerness to continue proving himself, no one was willing to give him another chance for the sake of their own taste buds.

Therefore, as soon as he got home and had some free time, Shitou tried his best to cook more food and store it in Lu Yun’s space. He didn’t make the kind of meals everyone usually ate – there was already enough of that in Lu Yun’s space to last for years.

Shitou primarily prepared special pregnancy recipes and postnatal meals for Xia Yuan.

"Heh..."

Xia Yuan looked at Lu Aiguo’s expression and couldn’t help but burst into laughter. She quickly turned and went to the living room to avoid further stimulating him.

In the living room, Shitou and Lu Yun were sitting on the couch, somewhat bored, cleaning with their spiritual power. Dividing the area between them, they could even clean the upstairs rooms seamlessly. This method of exercising spiritual power not only allowed them to gain more precise control over it but also got the housework done – truly killing two birds with one stone.

Because they used this method frequently, Aiguo announced excitably just the other day that his spiritual power had reached second grade. For cultivators with lesser talent, advancing spiritual power wasn’t easy. Take Xia Yuan, for instance, her spiritual power was still hovering around first grade.

And probably because Xia Yuan was pregnant and he had thus been training more rigorously recently, Aiguo was quite proud, attributing all the credit to the child in Xia Yuan’s womb.

Facing Aiguo’s pride over his advancement in spiritual power, Shitou and Lu Yun found it amusing but didn’t wish to burst his bubble.

Of course, Aiguo was savvy enough not to ask the two about their levels of spiritual power for no reason, avoiding self-inflicted discouragement.

So he was unaware that Lu Yun’s spiritual power had already reached sixth grade and Shitou’s had reached fifth grade, only a stone’s throw behind Lu Yun, but considering Shitou’s speed, catching up was just a matter of time.

The disparity caused by innate talent would become increasingly evident as one progressed further in their training.

Seeing the two busy "working", Xia Yuan didn’t disturb them and sat down with a book to read.

"Dinner’s ready." Less than ten minutes had passed before Aiguo began calling everyone to eat.

Xia Yuan closed her book and stood up.

Lu Yun and Shitou also began to withdraw their spiritual power.

Suddenly, Shitou’s expression stiffened, and he looked a bit strange.

"What’s wrong?" Lu Yun, who had already stood up and was facing Shitou, immediately noticed the change in his expression.

"There’s a secret chamber below."

Shitou pointed towards a certain locked room, "The entrance is in that room."

A secret chamber? Treasures?

"Let’s go down and take a look." Lu Yun suddenly became excited, her spiritual power reaching out directly, and indeed, she could see a secret chamber about ten meters below ground, roughly thirty square meters in size. She could even see that the chamber was filled with many boxes. She grabbed Shitou, wanting to go on the "adventure" immediately.

"There’s no rush; it’s not going anywhere. Let’s eat first, and then we’ll go down together." Shitou glanced at Xia Yuan, who was also filled with curiosity upon hearing this.

"Right, let’s eat first." Xia Yuan’s first-grade spiritual power wasn’t sufficient to reach down there. Even though she was also curious, she couldn’t see anything.

"What secret chamber?" Despite Shitou and Lu Yun speaking quietly, Aiguo still overheard the commotion here and now approached.