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Lin Lan's death was just a small ripple in Zhou Luo's long life.

The day after returning to the Lin Family, Zhou Luo left the Family Head's mansion and went to the various nearby courtyards to see his wives, concubines, sons, and daughters.

The first courtyard belonged to his first wife, Lin Qinghan.

Knowing that her former maid had passed away, her expression was a bit dim, and she wasn't in a good mood.

Lin Qinghan had a Seven-Rank Spiritual Root. After decades of Cultivation, she was still at Qi Training Sixth Level. Her originally delicate and youthful face had gained a bit of charm, but no wrinkles had appeared.

Over the years, Lin Qinghan had given birth to a full six children for him, including their eldest son, Zhou Changan.

Because she had given birth to too many children, her Foundation was damaged, and the difficulty of conceiving was greatly reduced. If she forced conception, it would likely affect her health.

Therefore, Zhou Luo did not let her have more children, but instead allowed her to recuperate.

Now these children have all grown up, and some have even married and had children of their own.

Zhou Luo couldn't even fully attend to his own wives, concubines, and children, let alone the next generation of grandchildren.

These matters could only be left to his descendants in the future.

After all, the Zhou Family was growing larger. All he could do was protect the Zhou Family and, when a Genius appeared in the Zhou Family, help with their training.

Leaving the first courtyard, he arrived at the second courtyard.

This was Lin Jinxuan's residence. She had a Six-Rank Spiritual Root, and because it was a mid-grade Ling Gen (Spiritual Root), her Immortal Cultivation speed was faster than Lin Qinghan's. She was currently at Early Qi Training Seventh Level.

She had also given birth to many children for Zhou Luo and was now recuperating as well.

Among these children, Zhou Changlun would be heading to an Immortal Sect soon, considered the most promising one.

The third courtyard belonged to Bai Zhiyan. This direct daughter of the Immortal Family's Bai Family had remained in Zhou Garden ever since she was rescued by him due to a fortunate coincidence.

The once sensitive and tearful young girl had now become dignified and virtuous, exuding the unique charm of a young married woman.

She had a Six-Rank Spiritual Root, and her current Cultivation level was the same as Lin Jinxuan's.

Her first child was named Zhou Changhuan. He also received a trace of Zhou Luo's Innate Qi back then and had a Six-Rank Spiritual Root.

He was now over thirty years old, but his talent in Immortal Cultivation wasn't very high. Instead, he liked the art of spiritual plants.

He was currently in charge of the Zhou Family's spiritual field industry.

It was likely that after many years, he would become a member of the Zhou Family's upper management.

After Bai Zhiyan, it was Lin Feiying and her two sisters.

Among them, the eldest sister Lin Feiying was an excellent cook and was once the "head chef" of Zhou Garden. The second sister Lin Zier was pure, lovely, and understanding, while the third sister Lin Yiyi had a lively, bold, and open personality.

The Cultivation levels of these three sisters couldn't compare to the previous women, so fine wrinkles had already appeared on their faces.

As some of the earliest women to follow Zhou Luo, they were filled with sighs after hearing about Lin Lan's death, and even anticipated their own future outcomes.

However, they didn't expect that Zhou Luo would personally come to comfort them.

This action made them extremely grateful, and the sadness in their hearts dissipated considerably.

After these six women, it was Li Ying, the direct daughter sent by the Li Family.

After this, although these women had spent time with Zhou Luo, their feelings for each other were not deep.

This was also related to Zhou Luo's increasingly indifferent emotions.

Except for Yao Wu, who practiced Dual Cultivation with him.

For these women, he also visited them one by one, taking the Opportunity to see his descendants.

He earnestly instructed these descendants, not asking for them to become great talents or be very powerful in the future, but only asking them to act honestly and not bring trouble to the Zhou Family.

After visiting the last concubine, half a month had already passed.

Even Zhou Luo had to sigh that he indeed had many wives and concubines. He roughly calculated that there were a full eighteen of them.

It was fortunate that he knew the method of locking yang and consolidating essence, otherwise, he really couldn't have handled it.

Even so, he could still feel that his body was far from what it used to be.

One must know that he had just been promoted to the Foundation Establishment Realm. Logically, his vital energy and blood should be abundant.

It seems his Physical Body was still not strong enough.

Although he had Cultivated the Giant Bear Body Refining Art, this was after all a Body Refining Cultivation Methods for the Qi Refining Realm. Upon reaching the Foundation Establishment Realm, there were actually no strict requirements for choosing between Body Refining and Qi Training; some Foundation Establishment cultivators even Cultivated both.

Zhou Luo already had the Giant Bear Body Refining Art as his Foundation and had originally planned to continue forging his Physical Body to achieve both Body Refining and Qi Training Dual Cultivation.

But he hadn't been able to find a suitable Foundation Establishment Cultivation Methods.

It seems he could only hope the System would draw one next time.

Three months later.

Zhou Changle finally returned home from the Immortal Sect.

As soon as he returned, he headed straight for the side hall of the main building.

When he saw his Father teaching his younger siblings, he quickly stepped forward, bowed respectfully, and said, "Father, I have returned."

Seeing his son, Zhou Luo nodded in satisfaction, then asked doubtfully, "Where is Zhou Shiling?"

Hearing this, Zhou Changle explained, "Younger sister is in seclusion, so I didn't call her."

"Is she about to undergo Foundation Establishment?" Zhou Luo asked with concern.

Zhou Changle's expression, however, flashed with a hint of awkwardness, and for a moment, he didn't know how to reply.

Seeing this, Zhou Luo immediately realized that this pair of children seemed to have encountered some problems at the Immortal Sect.

However, he didn't ask in front of Zhou Changlun. Instead, he called him to his study.

After sitting down, he looked at Zhou Changle standing before him and said calmly, "Did you siblings encounter some problems at the Azure Origin Sect?"

Zhou Luo had always paid close attention to these few potentially talented children and understood their temperaments very well.

Therefore, he immediately noticed that something was off about Zhou Changle.

Facing his Father's inquiry, Zhou Changle didn't want him to worry about them, so after thinking, he said, "Father, it's just some minor matters. Younger sister can handle it."

Hearing this, Zhou Luo's gaze darkened, and his voice carried a hint of coldness: "Chang Le, I always thought you were very intelligent. But don't you know the meaning of the word 'Family members'?"

One thing he had always taught his children was that no matter what happened, they must never hide anything from their Family members.

Because the more you hide, the less your Family members can help you. That will ultimately harm you and also affect the Zhou Family.

Zhou Luo would rather the other person admit to killing and setting fires and becoming a Rogue Cultivator in front of him than have them use well-intentioned lies to gloss over problems and avoid facing them.

If you are Family members, you should face things together. When one prospers, all prosper; when one suffers, all suffer.

Only by cultivating such a concept can the Zhou Family prosper forever.

Hearing his Father's icy words, Zhou Changle's body trembled. His Father's many teachings flashed through his mind.

He immediately realized his mistake.

He quickly apologized, "I'm sorry, Father. I acted on my own initiative. Please punish me, Father."

"There's no need for punishment. You must remember from now on that you shouldn't hide things from your Family members. When you encounter problems, the whole Zhou Family should face them together," Zhou Luo said earnestly.

Zhou Changle nodded heavily. Looking at his Father, whose appearance had remained unchanged from beginning to end, he recounted everything that had happened to his younger sister at the Immortal Sect in detail...