8: Chapter 8: The Fifth Offspring, A Chance to Win a Prize!

The next day, Ye Changge slowly shuffled out of the bridal chamber, clutching his lower back.

Faint dark circles lingered beneath his eyes.

Jiang Wanqing followed behind him.

With a gentle expression, she straightened his slightly wrinkled lapel and said softly,

"Husband, walk slowly. I'll go stew some Spirit Ginseng Chicken Soup in a moment and bring it to you to replenish your strength."

Ye Changge looked back at her, his heart warming, and couldn't help but take her hand.

"Sister Wanqing is still the best at taking care of people."

Jiang Wanqing pursed her lips in a smile and didn't speak, only giving him a gentle push.

"Hurry and go attend to your business."

Walking through the courtyard, Ye Changge rubbed his lower back while pondering.

As for suitable women of the right age within the clan, there truly were no more at the moment.

Jiang Wanqing was essentially the last of the "stock."

If he wanted to continue spreading his branches and leaves, he could no longer rely on the Family.

"I'll have to go out and find them myself..."

He muttered in a low voice.

Now, his cultivation had reached the Fourth Level of Qi Refining.

He had officially entered the Mid Qi Refining Stage, and the Spiritual Qi within his body was significantly more robust than in the Early Stage.

He now had more energy to perform low-rank Spells and activate Talismans.

Venturing out, he finally had some capital for self-preservation.

However, he couldn't leave immediately.

Liu Xiaoxing's belly was already very large, and she was due to give birth in a few days.

He had to stay, not only because she was his woman and child.

But more importantly, because this was his fifth child!

"The fifth one... I can draw again!"

Ye Changge's eyes brightened, and his fatigue vanished quite a bit.

"Please don't give me another beauty cultivation art this time; give me something practical!"

He suppressed his impatience and waited patiently.

A few days later, a loud infant's cry finally echoed from Liu Xiaoxing's room.

[Ding! Congratulations to the Host for obtaining a child with an Eighth-Grade Spiritual Root!]

[Rewards issued: 1x First-Rank High-Grade Puppet, 200x Low-Grade Spirit Stones, 2x bottles of Qi Condensation Pills.]

[Ding! Congratulations to the Host for reaching 'Child Milestone 5'! Obtained one gacha chance! Obtained Bloodline effect: Host's offspring's Spiritual Root Aptitude +5%!]

A series of System notification sounds rang out in his mind.

Especially that last "offspring's Spiritual Root Aptitude +5%" made Ye Changge feel wild joy!

"Good, good, good! An Eighth-Grade Spiritual Root! And a Bloodline effect!"

He held his youngest son, who had just been wiped clean and still carried a milky scent, overjoyed.

After comforting the happily smiling Liu Xiaoxing,

He teased his freshly born son with the Eighth-Grade Spiritual Root a few more times.

As the child with the highest Spiritual Root among his children so far, Ye Changge spoke solemnly.

"This child shall be named Ye Xiu! May he Cultivate diligently without ceasing, and may his path to the Dao be smooth!"

Once Liu Xiaoxing and the child had fallen asleep, Ye Changge practically bolted into his quiet room and locked the door behind him.

"System! Gacha!"

A large golden roulette wheel appeared in response, and the central text had indeed changed to [Children 5/10].

"Next time I need ten for a draw? That's quite reasonable; I thought it would be twenty!"

Ye Changge rubbed his hands together.

"Start!"

The wheel spun rapidly, the pointer passing over various sections.

Finally, it slowly stopped on the [Cultivation Technique] section.

"Another Cultivation Technique?" Ye Changge's heart skipped a beat.

"Don't let it be another scam!"

[Ding~ Congratulations to the Host for obtaining the Heaven Rank Cultivation Technique—'The True Explanation of the Myriad Derivations Talisman Array'!]

[A self-created technique by the legendary Loose Cultivator of the Western Desert, 'True Lord Thousand Talismans'. He once used this technique to lay down a Myriad Talisman Array,]

[Taking on three opponents alone and slaying three Nascent Soul Cultivators of the same rank within the array, earning him a resounding reputation!]

"An offensive type! So fierce!" Ye Changge was instantly excited.

"Good, good, good! I happen to be lacking offensive means! System, Legacy!"

Buzz!

A vast sea of knowledge regarding Talisman Arrays flooded into his mind.

A moment later, Ye Changge opened his eyes, a sharp light flashing within them.

"Wonderful! The core of this technique is to nurture the practitioner's 'Divine Sense' and 'Spiritual Power Control'."

"Using oneself as the foundation and Talismans as the materials, an array can be formed in an instant to trap, strangle, or detonate... everything is interconnected!"

"No wonder it can kill enemies of a higher rank!"

"It's great, but... it consumes too many Talismans!"

He immediately felt a sting in his heart.

"Setting up the simplest 'Three Talents Trapping Array' requires at least three first-rank High Grade Talismans."

"Used to kill enemies, they're gone in one blast... that's all Spirit Stones!"

"Luckily, I'm a Talisman Master myself, so the cost is lower."

"But I originally planned to sell these Talismans to save up for a wife fund..."

Ye Changge shook his head with a bitter smile.

"Never mind, this technique will be my trump card, not to be used unless absolutely necessary."

"With it, I'll have an extra hole card when I go out."

Thinking of going out, his mind became active.

In all his years, he had never left the sphere of influence of the Ye Family of Biluo Lake.

His parents always said that the outside world was full of Bandit Cultivators and Yao Beasts, making it extremely dangerous.

"It's time to go out and see."

He clenched his fist.

For the next three months, besides his daily cultivation of the Jade Purity Beauty Cultivation Art and occasionally spending time with his wife and children,

Ye Changge spent almost all of his time in the quiet room drawing Talismans.

Relying on his deep foundation as a Second-Rank Talisman Master and the spiritual power support of his Fourth Level of Qi Refining, his brush moved as if guided by gods, and his success rate was nearly one hundred percent!

The only things limiting him were the quality of the ordinary Talisman paper and spirit ink provided by the Family, and his own spiritual power recovery speed.

Three months later, two thick stacks of Talismans had piled up in front of him.

Adding them to what he had saved before, he took an inventory.

Medium Grade first-rank Talismans: one hundred and thirty-seven.

Low Grade first-rank Talismans: two hundred and five.

"That's about enough." Ye Changge nodded in satisfaction.

"Exchanging these Talismans for Spirit Stones should be enough for me to... uh, travel around a bit!"

"I'll go find Father now! And apply for an excursion to gain experience!"

He packed up the Talismans and, with his head held high, walked toward the Ye Family's assembly hall.

Meanwhile, in the assembly hall, the atmosphere was somewhat stagnant.

The Family Head, Ye Kaishan, was speaking politely to an old man with a goatee.

"Attendant Lin, you've been with our Ye Family for five years, and our cooperation has always been pleasant."

"Why do you suddenly propose to leave?"

This Attendant Lin was a first-rank High Grade Talisman Master hired by the Ye Family.

His cultivation was at the Sixth Level of Qi Refining.

Although he was only a first-rank Medium Grade Talisman Master, when he was in good form, he could occasionally draw a few first-rank High Grade Talismans.

For the Ye Family's Talisman shop in the White Bird Market, he was considered the one who kept up appearances.

Attendant Lin slowly sipped his spirit tea, his eyelids lifting slightly.

"Hehe, Family Head Ye, people move toward higher ground."

"I won't hide it from you; the prices offered by several other families are thirty percent higher than your Ye Family's."

Ye Kaishan's face darkened slightly.

The nearby families—their own Old Ancestor hadn't even passed away yet, and they were already starting to poach people?

This was simply outrageous!

"However,"

Attendant Lin put down his teacup, his tone calculated.

"If Family Head Ye can offer the same conditions, for the sake of our years of friendship, it's not impossible for me to stay."

Ye Kaishan looked troubled.

The Family's current expenses were stretched thin; the Old Ancestor was in secluded meditation, and the income from various industries was mediocre.

It was truly difficult to increase the attendant's salary any further.

Just as he was hesitating on how to speak to convince him to stay, a clear voice came from outside the door:

"Why bother asking him to stay, Father? Since Attendant Lin wants to leave, just let him go."

"Our Ye Family doesn't need to keep a half-hearted fence-sitter as an attendant!"