The bang from hitting the post was so loud that it made all the ladies burst into laughter. Originally, the Beautiful Demon Fox Chu Qing, Miao Xiaoxia, and Bai Jiao were beauties that would make one's heart cry out in awe at first glance, and now their laughter made them appear as heavenly immortals.

Even those with slightly lesser looks like Kang Luoying, Ali, Lv Shuyao, and Xiu Ju had that captivating charm that could captivate anyone with a single smile. So just in a moment, the embarrassed Pillar awkwardly grinned then continued walking towards the sofa, but inexplicably started mismatching his steps, lifting his left hand and stepping with his left foot, lifting his right hand and stepping with his right foot.

This not only amplified the laughter among the ladies but also made Pillar's girlfriend visibly upset.

She couldn't help but glare at Pillar, softly grumbling, "What's wrong with you, never seen a beauty before!"

Pillar's face turned red as he looked at the beauties, then glanced at his girlfriend's big round face, messy hair, and figure that seemed ready to burst her oversized jeans. He subconsciously stepped away from his girlfriend by two steps, then sat silently on the sofa, pretending not to know her.

The ladies held back their laughter.

After all, to cultivators, whispering was useless, they could hear everything perfectly clear.

Not only that, seeing Pillar disregard his girlfriend upon seeing the beauties and sit aside, his girlfriend wasn't foolish, she got displeased immediately but held back since there were many people around.

And who was Aunt Xiu Lian?

Cleverer than a monkey, she immediately realized something was amiss and secretly pinched Pillar hard with her hand, then glared at him.

Pillar winced in pain but dared not make a sound.

Just then, Shen Qiang and his mother returned from the cellar with fruit and peanuts and candy.

As he looked up, in the bright light, he immediately spotted Pillar's girlfriend, and his eyes lit up.

Know this, since Shen Qiang steamed open his governor and conception vessels, his height grew rapidly, increasing by over twenty centimeters in a year. More importantly, the growth in height brought noticeable changes to his facial features.

The most evident change was that his eyes had become much larger, his skin fairer, and originally somewhat imperfect lips turned perfect, while his previously acne-prone and unkempt face became clean and flawless.

If not for the fact that his facial shape and appearance still bore about eighty percent resemblance to before, not to mention Pillar's girlfriend who was seeing Shen Qiang for the first time, even Shen Qiang's own parents would not recognize him on the street.

Especially now, Shen Qiang was a standard, valorous, fair-skinned, handsome young man with sword-shaped eyebrows and bright eyes.

Unlike Qing Xie's somewhat feminine prettiness, which would make him appear even more delicate than girls if he wore a wig.

Different also from Zuo Lianghao's delicate prettiness.

Now, if one must describe Shen Qiang accurately, it would be vigorous and full of sunshine.

Not only that.

Returning home, Shen Qiang did not deliberately dress up, but his sunny appearance, tall figure, and the perfect body cultivated by his practice matched with the simple yet extraordinary white shirt instantly made Pillar's girlfriend's eyes sparkle, subconsciously straightening her clothes and sitting as straight as possible.

Seeing Shen Qiang, the Village Chief was also stunned: "Wow, Shen Qiang, haven't seen you in a year, you've grown taller and become more handsome. Luckily, you're at home, otherwise, in the Provincial City, I'd be afraid to recognize you if we met face to face."

Shen Qiang's father laughed happily: "Our Shen Family kids grow late. I was already married at twenty-six or twenty-seven and still grew two centimeters that year."

Everyone nodded.

"Yes, some grow early, some late, it's normal."

The Village Women's Director looked at Shen Qiang with surprise, saying, "Shen Qiang, honestly, your current appearance and demeanor, they are much more handsome than Deputy Chief Zhang's son. Without even speaking, you outshine him by three streets."

The Security Brigade Captain nodded upon hearing: "Indeed, you have to look at a man with new eyes after not seeing him for three days. Honestly, sitting at home like this, if you walked to our village entrance, I wouldn't dare recognize you. This change is just too big."

The Village Accountant's gaze was sharp as he looked at Shen Qiang, nodding: "Yes, at this age, you've finally grown up, you were still a kid."

Shen Qiang couldn't comment on that.

He could only smile at Pillar's nervous girlfriend and hand her a large, washed, red apple from the fruit basket, saying, "Don't be nervous, Pillar and I grew up together, don't be shy here."

Pillar's girlfriend looked at Shen Qiang's especially clean arm, white shirt cuffs, and his exquisite wristwatch with surprise and a bit of shyness, then took the apple handily, looking at Shen Qiang, she said with slight bashfulness, "Brother Shen Qiang, my name is Liu Xiaomei."

"It's a very nice name." Shen Qiang smiled and nodded politely, then looked at the somewhat awkward Pillar, laughing, he said, "Pillar, it's been a year since we last met, you don't treat me warmly, don't even call me Brother Qiang, are you waiting for me to greet you?"

Upon hearing this, Pillar quickly laughed, "Brother Qiang, your change is too great, I didn't dare speak at first."

Shen Qiang chuckled, "You seem like you haven't changed much, haven't been badmouthing me behind my back, right?"

Pillar hurriedly shook his head, "Impossible, we played bare-bottomed since young, how could I badmouth you, you're overthinking, it's absolutely impossible."

Upon hearing this, the Village Chief, Security Brigade Captain, Village Women's Director, and Village Accountant all showed a knowing smirk.

Seeing Pillar's sheepish behavior calling Brother and smiling, Aunt Xiu Lian got annoyed, rolling her eyes, she said, "Well, Shen Qiang, our Pillar hasn't changed little either, this year working outside, he earned over three hundred thousand!"

As she said this, Aunt Xiu Lian was calculating inside, earning over three hundred thousand in a year, averaging over thirty thousand a month, surely enough to startle Shen Qiang. But after saying it, not only Shen Qiang showed no reaction, neither did the beauties who came with him, or even Shen Qiang's parents.

Not only calm and undisturbed, it didn't seem to matter to them. If there was any response, it was the slight upward curve of their lips and smiling eyes, as if saying, "Just that much?"

This drove Aunt Xiu Lian, expecting to impress the beauties and village officials with Pillar's income, to a bit of madness.

But it honestly wasn't shocking.

People like Bai Jiao and Xu Nan, who handled finances in the millions and billions, were not mentioned. In the Cultivation World, casually getting a magical treasure could be millions or tens of millions. In the eyes of the Cultivation World ladies, earning three hundred thousand a year was really not something to be amazed or envious of because such an income, without eating or drinking for twenty years, would barely buy a Qiankun Bag.

Even unrelated to the Cultivation World, Ju Yang was a lecturer at the Medical University, his parents were professors, Su Xiaonuan's family owned Bikang Hospital, Xin Xiaoting's family had a neurology hospital, Miao Xiaoxia's family wasn't well off, but their hotpot restaurant in University City had a cautious annual income far exceeding that.

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