402: Chapter 403 Nangong Yaoyao!

"What kind of Physique is this..."

Nangong Zili held her daughter, unable to resist leaning down to sniff that sweet, refreshing fragrance, her eyes filled with curiosity and pleasant surprise.

She thought about it for a long time but could not identify what kind of Physique this was.

The baby girl in her arms seemed to sense her mother's gaze, suddenly opening her little mouth to giggle, waving her tiny hands even more happily.

Looking at her daughter's innocent and naive smiling face, Nangong Zili suddenly remembered that "dog man" who made her grit her teeth in hatred.

That scoundrel named Ye Changge.

Recalling the days she was humiliated by him in the cave, a flash of anger appeared in her long, narrow phoenix eyes!

After waking up, she had wanted to strike him down with a single palm, but that dog man had taken advantage of her weakness to coax and deceive her... Thinking of this, Nangong Zili felt her cheeks burning and anger surged in her chest.

The strange phenomena surrounding her daughter's birth now must surely have an inseparable connection to the child's father.

She was a Core Formation Cultivator, after all, and the Spider Gu Envoy of the Five Gu Sect; her Golden Core contained profound principles.

Logically speaking, given her Physique and cultivation level, the child she gave birth to shouldn't have caused such astonishing phenomena.

Yet, when this baby girl was born, a sweet fragrance descended from the heavens and a hundred birds came to pay homage. Even she felt her mind at peace upon smelling that sweet, unusual fragrance; it was definitely not something an ordinary Physique could possess.

"I wonder what kind of Dao Physique that dog man has..."

Nangong Zili murmured to herself, her phoenix eyes narrowing slightly.

She had subconsciously begun to view him as possessing some peerless Dao Physique. Otherwise, how could a mere Foundation Establishment Cultivator have tainted her Core Formation Stage Golden Core with a trace of Dao charm?

One must know that the Dao Foundation of a Core Formation Cultivator is incomparably stable; ordinary Dual Cultivation could never shake it in the slightest.

Yet, after those few days, she clearly noticed an extra layer of crystalline luster on the surface of her Golden Core, and even circulating her Qi felt several times smoother than before.

Such a phenomenon could never be achieved by an ordinary Physique.

"...Hmph, this is my, Nangong Zili's, child! What does it have to do with that dog man!"

She suddenly shook her head vigorously, casting those thoughts from her mind, and hugged her daughter tighter.

Iya, iya!

The baby made iya, iya sounds and flailed her two little hands, looking incredibly cute.

Seeing this, Nangong Zili's usually indifferent heart felt as if it were melting at this moment!

She extended a fair, slender finger, letting the baby grasp it.

That little hand was only the size of her fingertip, yet it gripped tightly. Warmth traveled from her palm, and it felt as if even the residual Gu poison in her body had quieted down a bit.

At this moment, both mother and daughter smiled.

Nangong Zili looked down at her daughter's carved, jade-like little face and said softly, "From now on, you shall be called Yaoyao, Nangong Yaoyao."

"You are Mother's own Yaoyao."

"In the future, Mother will protect you as you grow up, teach you cultivation, teach you to craft Gu... and it will have nothing to do with that dog man."

As she spoke, her tone gradually became firm.

The baby seemed to understand her mother's words, let out another iya, and gripped her hand even tighter.

Nangong Zili smiled, gently tucked her daughter into her arms, and looked up at the darkening sky outside the cave, a complex light flashing in her eyes.

Meanwhile.

Inside Changge Hall on Longmai Mountain.

Ye Changge had just woken up from a period of seclusion and was about to get up to check the growth of the spirit plants in the backyard, when suddenly—

An incomparably intense palpitation surged from the depths of his Dantian!

That palpitation came extremely violently, like a giant boulder thrown into a calm lake, instantly stirring up turbulent waves within his body!

His Spiritual Root trembled violently, as if resonating with some existence in the netherworld.

Immediately after, his Physical Body also underwent a strange transformation. Every inch of skin, every bone, and every meridian was slightly heating up, as if soaked in warm water or brushed by a spring breeze.

A strange fragrance emanated from his body; it was a sweet and elegant scent, as if a hundred flowers were blooming at once in spring, or like the scent of soil and grass mingling in the mountain forest after the rain.

The fragrance was not strong, but it lingered, and even he felt his mind refreshed upon smelling it.

Ye Changge's pupils constricted, and he was shocked.

He quickly composed himself and dove into internal introspection—

He saw that, at some unknown point, a layer of crystalline luster had appeared within his Meridians.

Inside his Dantian, the originally somewhat hazy Foundation Establishment Dao Foundation was now increasingly solid, with faint golden patterns flowing on its surface, as if plated with a layer of holy radiance.

What shocked him even more was—

"My Spiritual Root... has it improved?"

The quality of his Spiritual Root had clearly skyrocketed by a large margin! The concentration of Qi contained within the Spiritual Root was several times purer than before!

"System! Open panel!"

At Ye Changge's command, something resembling a blue game interface appeared before his eyes.

[Name: Ye Changge]

[Identity: Old Ancestor of Longmai Mountain]

[Spiritual Root: Second-Grade Spiritual Root]

[Physique: Yimu Physique, Geng Metal Body, Immaculate Heavenly Fragrance Saint Physique (Top-tier Physique)]

[Cultivation: Foundation Establishment Second Layer]

[Treasures: ...]

After seeing this, Ye Changge's eyes went wide with disbelief!

He had actually become a Second-Grade Spiritual Root?!

And a Second-Grade Spiritual Root at that!

One must know that in the Cultivation World, Spiritual Roots range from first to ninth grade, with the first grade being the highest and the ninth grade being the lowest.

And a Second-Grade Spiritual Root was truly the Aptitude of a Genius in the Cultivation World!

Many Sect Elders and True Disciples were only at the third or fourth-grade level.

Any Cultivator with a Second-Grade Spiritual Root was a hot commodity fought over by all major forces.

Yet he, from a waste with no Spiritual Root, had relied on the System to walk step by step to where he was today, and in just a few short years, had leaped up to a Second-Grade Spiritual Root!

Moreover, besides the improvement in his Spiritual Root, he had actually gained an additional top-tier Physique—the Immaculate Heavenly Fragrance Saint Physique!

Ye Changge took a deep breath, struggling to calm the excitement in his heart.

He carefully recalled that he hadn't taken any concubines recently, nor had he achieved a Breakthrough in his Realm through Dual Cultivation with any wife or concubine.

The only possibility for producing offspring... was that one time in the cave outside Qingxuan Immortal City.

Could it be... that it was Nangong Zili's?

Ye Changge's gaze narrowed slightly as he looked at the System panel again.