54: Chapter 54 The Eye of the Great Dao - Devouring Fortune Demon Eye

Xiao Ye held his son, dancing for joy, almost throwing the child out.

He was stunned for three seconds, then laughed to the sky: "Hahaha—System, you're so awesome now! As expected of the official version, it's freaking amazing!"

He handed his son to the wet nurse and, without even stopping for a drink of water, rushed impatiently into the secret chamber.

Three days later.

The stone door of the secret chamber slowly opened, and Xiao Ye walked out, looking radiant, his aura significantly more robust than when he had entered.

Foundation Establishment Stage 4.

Five years of cultivation directly allowed him to jump from Foundation Establishment Stage 3 to Foundation Establishment Stage 4.

"Hahaha, now this is more like it!" Xiao Ye stood in the courtyard with his hands on his hips, laughing like a two-hundred-pound child.

"This finally feels like I'm using a cheat! What on earth was that initial version from before?

It was like it wasn't even there; it wasn't even as fast as my son Xiao Yan's cultivation!"

He took a deep breath and looked into the distance, his mind already beginning to calculate—

One child rewards five years of cultivation, so nine children would be forty-five years. If he poured forty-five years of cultivation into himself, wouldn't he charge straight to Foundation Establishment Perfection or even Core Formation?

Xiao Ye rubbed his hands together, his eyes shining like two light bulbs.

"Give birth! We must give birth! Let's have ten or eight of them!"

Behind him, Liu Qianqian, who had just finished giving birth, lay on the bed and silently rolled her eyes upon hearing this.

This old geezer has gone crazy again.

Day after day, other than making her belly big and having babies, he didn't know how to do anything else.

Liu Qianqian lay on the bed, getting angrier the more she thought about it.

She grabbed Xiao Ye's ear and said crossly, "All you know is how to make us give birth! You don't even know how to teach me how to Cultivate; I've been stuck at Qi Refining Stage 2 for a long time!"

Xiao Ye clutched his ear, looking innocent. "Cultivation is so bitter, it's better not to do it. Let's just pop pills! We have plenty of Spirit Stones! Plenty of Medicinal Pills! We're not short of money!"

This grand and imposing speech enchanted the concubines so much that pink bubbles were almost popping out of their eyes.

They wished they could give birth to an entire reinforced regiment for him.

In the following month, the Xiao Family practically became a one-stop-shop delivery room.

Zhang Waner, Li Linglong, Gu Sanniang, An Xiaotong, Zhang Linger, Yang Mimi, Yang Yingying—the seven wives took turns, giving birth one after another.

The midwives were so busy their feet barely touched the ground, not even stopping for a drink of water, wishing they could split themselves in two.

One boy and six girls, seven children in total.

Every single one had a Spiritual Root: three Mystic Grade Low-Rank, one Mystic Grade Medium-Rank, two Mystic Grade High-Rank, and one Earth-Grade Low-Rank.

The Earth-Grade Low-Rank one was a daughter, born to Yang Mimi. Holding her daughter with teary eyes, she was so excited she almost kowtowed to Xiao Ye on the spot: "Brother Ye! I gave birth to a Genius! From now on, I'm the mother of a Genius too!"

Xiao Ye's mouth twitched—

The System kept "ding-ding-dinging" in his head like an alarm clock, making his brain ache from the noise.

Cultivation rewards poured in—seven children, a total of thirty-six years of cultivation rewarded! There were also tens of thousands of Spirit Stones, three low-tier Spiritual Artifacts, and one mid-tier Spiritual Artifact.

Xiao Ye counted on his fingers and roughly figured out the System's reward pattern: based on the Spiritual Root Rank, Mortal Grade Low-Rank is one year, Mortal Grade Medium-Rank is two years, and so on.

Three Mystic Grade Low-Rank: 3 × 4 = 12 years.

Mystic Grade Medium-Rank: 1 × 5 = 5 years.

Mystic Grade High-Rank: 2 × 6 = 12 years.

Earth-Grade Low-Rank: 1 × 7 = 7 years.

Total: Thirty-six years of cultivation.

Without a second word, he ducked into the secret chamber and absorbed thirty years of cultivation in one go, soaring directly from Foundation Establishment Stage 4 to Foundation Establishment Perfection.

His entire body surged with spiritual power as if it were about to overflow; he even walked with a gust of wind.

With the remaining six years of cultivation, he tried to charge toward the Golden Core Stage—but it didn't budge at all, like spraying a rock with a water gun.

Only then did he realize that relying on cultivation alone was not enough to form a core.

He had to prepare a dust-descending pill for himself, but he wondered if the main ingredient for refining the dust-descending pill—the 'golden beads'—was still available?

"It seems I need to return to the Sect and ask my dear 'Grandmother'—Fellow Daoist Zi Yun." Xiao Ye stroked his chin, a meaningful smile appearing at the corner of his mouth.

As for using the dust-descending pill to Breakthrough, Xiao Ye hadn't considered it; after all, the success rate only increased by fifteen percent, which was too low.

However, that wasn't the only troubling matter.

The other wives had all finished giving birth; those who needed to recover were recovering, and those who needed to prepare for the next pregnancy were preparing.

Only Bai Susu's belly was round and bulging, yet there was no sign of movement.

Xiao Ye lay on Bai Susu's belly, his face pressed against the round curve. He cleared his throat and shouted solemnly at the belly, "Listen, person inside! Your rent has expired! If you don't move out soon, I'm going to have to use measures!"

Bai Susu pushed his head away with a slap, both annoyed and amused. "What are you doing! What if you scare our baby?"

"Susu, I'm just afraid you're carrying a Nezha! It's been eleven months, and he's still not out?"

"So what if it's Nezha? He's still my son."

"Fine, fine, fine, whatever you say." Xiao Ye gave in and obediently shut his mouth.

Another month passed.

On this day, the sky was suddenly covered with dark clouds, thunder rumbled, and streaks of silver-white lightning flashed across the sky above the Xiao Family, illuminating the entire Qingshan Town.

"Hiss—what's going on?" Xiao Ye craned his neck to look at the sky, looking completely bewildered.

Suddenly, a pair of white eyes emerged from the clouds, incredibly massive, coldly looking down upon the earth.

In the blink of an eye, they vanished, so fast it seemed like an illusion.

Immediately after, a servant's scream came from Bai Susu's courtyard: "The Madam is about to give birth! Midwife! Midwife, come quickly!"

The Xiao Family instantly fell into chaos. Maidservants and old women ran back and forth, basins of hot water were carried into the room one after another, and the midwife rushed in, scrambling and shouting, "Push! Push!"

Xiao Ye stood in the courtyard, looking at the dark clouds that hadn't yet dispersed and then at the window of Bai Susu's room. Only one thought was in his mind—

Could it be a demon child?

"Wah—"

A loud cry came from the room, full of vigor, making the window paper tremble.

Ding! Congratulations to the host for birthing a child with a Mutated Spiritual Root! Reward: Eighteen years of cultivation!

Ten thousand Spirit Stones!

Heaven-Grade Cultivation Technique—Tortoise Breathing Technique!

High Grade Spiritual Artifact—golden thread jade raiment (Female) ×1!

Ding! Detected that this child possesses the Eye of the Great Dao—Devouring Luck Demon Pupil!

"Holy crap—Mutated Spiritual Root? Eye of the Great Dao?" Xiao Ye's eyes nearly bulged out, and his mouth hung open wide enough to fit a fist. "This... this is so amazing?"

He stood frozen on the spot, his head buzzing.

Huh? Is this a son I could actually father?

At this moment, Xiao Ye actually lost his confidence. He even began to doubt—is this child really mine?

Could the heavens have made a mistake?

But the System's rewards were laid out clearly right there, leaving him no choice but to believe.

"Hahahahahaha—"

Xiao Ye laughed to the sky, doubling over with laughter until tears came out, laughing so hard that the old hens in the courtyard were frightened and flew onto the wall.

"Master, stop laughing and hurry up and give our son a name!" Bai Susu shouted from inside the room.

"Yes, alright, alright—the Madam is right." Xiao Ye wiped away the tears from his laughter, paced a few steps in the courtyard with his hands behind his back, looked up at the sky, then looked down at the System panel in his hand, and slapped his thigh:

"My son has extraordinary natural talent, born with the Eye of the Great Dao—Devouring Luck Demon Pupil! He shall be named—Xiao Xie!"