342: Chapter 342 The Supreme Sword Embryo is Successfully Formed

The next morning.

The red candles in the side hall bedroom had burned out. Sunlight filtered through the gaps of the carved wooden windows, softly spilling onto the large rosewood canopy bed.

Xu Chen closed his eyes, enjoying a rare moment of peace.

On his chest, Lin Qingxue lay quietly like a lazy white cat.

Her waterfall-like black hair spread across Xu Chen's arms, and a faint blush from the previous night's pleasure still lingered on her skin, which was as fair as white jade.

This Sect Master of the Sword Sect, who was usually high and mighty and could strike fear with a single glance of her sword, was sleeping very soundly now.

A faint smile played on the corners of her mouth, and her hands unconsciously tightened around Xu Chen's waist, as if she were afraid the man in her arms would suddenly vanish.

Xu Chen didn't wake her, only gently smoothing her silky long hair with his hand.

In this warm and quiet atmosphere...

Inside Xu Chen's mind, a metallic notification tone that only he could hear rang out clearly, like a morning bell at dawn.

[Ding!]

[Congratulations to the host! Target character: Lin Qingxue has successfully conceived!]

[Offspring Bloodline detection in progress...]

[Detected that the offspring has perfectly fused the mother's 'Supreme Sword Heart' Origin with the host's 'Grandmist Law', resulting in a positive mutation and successfully conceiving a Peerless Grade Physique — Supreme Sword Embryo!]

As the System notification ended, a dazzling golden light suddenly exploded deep within Xu Chen's mind.

[Rewards issued:]

[1. Reward: Top-tier Sword Dao immortal metal — 'Jiuyou Starfall Iron' (can be used to forge an extreme dao imperial weapon-grade immortal sword).]

[2. host's Sword Dao Origin comprehension has been raised to the Perfection realm, and you have realized the natal Sword Intent 'Grandmist Oblivion'.]

[3. The condensation level of the Xu Family's Luck Golden Dragon has increased by fifteen percent.]

[System Note: The host's seeding accuracy is becoming more and more ridiculous! This is a Supreme Sword Embryo that comes with invincible Sword Intent! It will have Sword Qi protection from birth. When it's born, while other families' newborns are still drinking milk, your child will already be flying on swords! Keep it up; the gene pools of the myriad realms are counting on you for improvement!]

Looking at the blindingly luxurious panel in his mind, Xu Chen couldn't help but suck in a breath of cold air.

He knew Lin Qingxue's Supreme Sword Heart Origin was extremely precious, but he never expected that their union would produce an offspring that could mutate directly into a Peerless Grade Physique that only existed in ancient legends!

"Supreme Sword Embryo... as expected of my, Xu Chen's, seed."

Xu Chen opened his eyes, a wild and irrepressible smile curling at the corners of his mouth.

Just then, Lin Qingxue, who was lying on his chest, also seemed to sense an extremely faint yet incredibly pure fluctuation of Sword Intent within her body.

Her long eyelashes fluttered, and she slowly opened her cold, clear eyes.

But at this moment, there was no confusion of waking up in her eyes; instead, they were filled with an unbelievable shock.

"Husband..."

Lin Qingxue suddenly propped herself up from Xu Chen's arms, not even caring to pull up the silk quilt that had slipped down. Her hands trembled as she covered her flat lower abdomen, her cold and beautiful face filled with disbelief.

"I... I think I felt it..."

As a top Sword Cultivator, her perception of Sword Intent was sharp to the extreme.

Just a moment ago, she clearly sensed that deep within her womb, a strand of Sword Qi was quietly gestating—one that was connected to her Bloodline yet a hundred times purer than her own Supreme Sword Heart!

Seeing Lin Qingxue's excited state, Xu Chen no longer hid it.

He reached out with his strong arms and pulled her trembling body back into his embrace, his deep eyes full of the joy and pride of becoming a father.

"You didn't sense it wrong."

Xu Chen lowered his head and gave her smooth forehead a heavy kiss.

"Qingxue, you're going to be a mother. And what is gestating in your belly is the one and only 'Supreme Sword Embryo' in the myriad realms."

Hearing the words "Supreme Sword Embryo," Lin Qingxue's breath instantly hitched.

Back in the Lower Realm, she had seen records of this Physique in a tattered ancient book.

Legend says that those with a Supreme Sword Embryo are born for the sword. Without needing to Cultivate intentionally, as long as they grow naturally, they can automatically comprehend thousands of Sword Dao Laws in the world, eventually achieving the position of a Supreme Sword Emperor!

She never dared to dream that a lonely soul like her, who had fought her way up from the Lower Realm, could actually conceive such a Heaven-Defying offspring!

"Husband... is this true? Do I really... have our child?"

Lin Qingxue's eyes, which always held a cold glint of sword light, were now instantly filled with crystalline tears.

"Silly girl, why are you crying?"

Xu Chen smiled and reached out, gently wiping the tears from the corners of her eyes.

"This is a joyous occasion. By conceiving such a Heaven-Defying Bloodline for my Xu Family, you are our greatest contributor. From today on, you just need to focus on nurturing the pregnancy. If anyone dares to make you unhappy, This Young Master will cut them down directly."

Lin Qingxue buried her face deep into the crook of Xu Chen's neck.

She didn't speak, only using all her strength to hold onto this man tightly.

She was no longer that lonely Sword Cultivator from the Lower Realm.

She had someone to rely on, a place to belong, and a continuation of her life.

"Husband, thank you..." Lin Qingxue's voice was muffled, thick with a nasal tone.

"Thank me for what? For working hard enough last night?"

Looking at the woman in his arms who was moved to tears, Xu Chen couldn't help but return to his lazy and playful manner, flicking her perky nose with his finger.

"Ugh... Husband, you're being improper again!"

Teased by him, the emotional atmosphere was instantly broken. She looked up in embarrassment, her beautiful tear-stained face as red as a ripe apple, and instinctively reached out to pinch the soft flesh at Xu Chen's waist.

Xu Chen was quick, grabbing her fair little hand and pressing her back onto the bed.

"Don't move around. You're a hero now, carrying the Sword Embryo. Be careful not to hurt yourself."

Xu Chen looked at the alluring face beneath him, the smile in his eyes growing deeper.

"However, since you're so energetic, why don't we take advantage of the early hour, and I'll help you 'stabilize' the Foundation of this Supreme Sword Embryo some more?"

Seeing Xu Chen's aggressive gaze, how could Lin Qingxue not know what he was planning?

She closed her eyes tight in shame, but her arms wrapped around Xu Chen's neck showed no sign of letting go.

Inside the side hall, although the extinguished red candles weren't lit again, the romantic atmosphere that had just settled down began to spread across the bed once more, fueled by this great news.

Half an hour later.

When Xu Chen walked out of the side hall, neatly dressed and refreshed, the sun had fully risen.

He looked back at the closed door of the side hall, a satisfied curve appearing on his lips.

"Young Lord."

The Grand Elder, who had been waiting outside the courtyard gate, immediately greeted Xu Chen with a face full of smiles.

"Grand Elder, it's good you're here. Pass my order to the Medicine Hall to pick the best top-grade prenatal medicines that can nourish Sword Qi and stabilize the Divine Soul from the warehouse and send them to the side hall."

Xu Chen instructed casually as he walked toward the main road.

Hearing this, the smile on the Grand Elder's wrinkled face instantly bloomed like a chrysanthemum in full bloom.

"Young Lord, could it be that Miss Lin also..."

"Yes, she's pregnant," Xu Chen nodded. "And it's a mutated Peerless Grade Physique, the Supreme Sword Embryo."

"Supreme Sword Embryo?!"

The Grand Elder cried out in surprise, his beard trembling violently with excitement.

"Heaven bless us! The ancestors have shown their spirit! Our Xu Family is going to produce another True Dragon!" The Grand Elder was so excited he almost knelt before Xu Chen.

"Enough with the wailing, go and make the arrangements quickly." Xu Chen waved his hand in slight disgust at the Grand Elder's loss of composure.

"Yes! This old man will go right away! I'll personally go to the Medicine Hall to keep an eye on things!" The Grand Elder scurried away with a speed that was even swifter than a young man's.

Xu Chen watched the Grand Elder's departing back, stretched, and prepared to go to the Martial Arts Training Ground to loosen up his muscles and test his newly realized 'Grandmist Oblivion' Sword Intent.

Just then.

A maid in charge of internal affairs hurried over and bowed respectfully.

"Young Lord, the First Mistress has sent word. Today is the one-month celebration for the dragon-phoenix twins born to the two Young Mistresses, Long Aoxue and Feng Jiuyou. An inner banquet has been set up in the Banquet Hall, and the Young Lord is requested to grace us with your presence."

"One-month celebration?"

Xu Chen was slightly stunned.

Calculating the days, from the birth of those two little ones until now, he had either been fighting in foreign lands or busy dealing with the Shura Field of this harem; it had indeed been quite some time since he'd had a good look at them.

"I understand. I'll head over after changing my clothes."