16: Chapter 16 Continue Having Children

Chen Fan arrived at the Alchemy Hall, feeling a slight hesitation. Although Deacon Qin Yunhe had promised him back then that he could go to the Back Courtyard, times had changed.

The Back Courtyard was much stricter, and the Medicinal Pills refined there were primarily for Late-stage Qi Refining Cultivators.

If he, a mere Qi Refining Level 4, could refine high-quality Medicinal Pills, wouldn't that arouse suspicion? It was better to just spend his days slacking off in the Front Courtyard.

Not only was it easy, but he could also refine Medicinal Pills in private. If he found a suitable opportunity in the future to sell them through other channels, he could make quite a few Spirit Stones.

Thinking of this, he couldn't help but smile.

Then, his thoughts slowly drifted to refining the Medicinal Pills for Qin Chuan.

Refining the recovery pill was not difficult; the hard part was tampering with it without the other party noticing.

"Which Spiritual Plant should I add exactly?"

After some contemplation, Chen Fan had a plan.

Thus, he requested some miscellaneous Spiritual Plants from the Herb Room and immediately set to work refining.

Just like before, he lit the fire, warmed the furnace, threw in the ingredients, tempered and fused them, and opened the furnace...

Before long, the Medicinal Pills were successfully refined.

This batch yielded a total of three four-pattern recovery pills. Upon careful inspection, no anomalies could be detected at all.

After the successful trial, he refined over a dozen more of these Medicinal Pills in one go.

Three days later, Qin Chuan came to the Son-in-laws Courtyard.

"Brother Chen, how is the matter with the Medicinal Pills?"

"Your matter is of the utmost importance, Cousin. I have already refined them." Chen Fan took out three pill bottles from his Storage Pouch.

Qin Chuan's eyes lit up at the sight. Upon seeing that they were four-pattern Medicinal Pills, he was overjoyed. One had to know that such Medicinal Pills were worth quite a few Spirit Stones on the market.

However, he still felt a bit suspicious. He examined them closely, sniffed them, and only then slowly swallowed one.

As the Medicinal Pill entered his body, it quickly took effect, performing exactly the same as those on the market.

"Not bad. Thank you." Qin Chuan nodded slightly, though his smiling face carried a hint of reluctance.

"Cousin, these Medicinal Pills should last you for a long time. If you have any needs regarding Medicinal Pills in the future, just let me know," Chen Fan said extremely generously.

After exchanging some pleasantries, Chen Fan's expression instantly turned cold once Qin Chuan left.

Time flew by, and in the blink of an eye, the day of Qin Mei's labor arrived.

On this day, several midwives bustled in and out of the courtyard, their expressions extremely tense.

Chen Fan's expression was solemn as he paced back and forth, his heart burning with anxiety as he listened to the cries coming from inside the room.

After a long wait, night finally fell, and a loud cry of "Wah!" finally echoed from the room.

"The baby is born." Chen Fan's eyes lit up, and he slowly let out a sigh of relief.

"Congratulations, Alchemist Chen! Both mother and child are safe. It's a big, healthy baby boy, and he's quite handsome too," the midwife praised repeatedly with a flattering smile.

"Thank you for your hard work."

Chen Fan pulled out five Spirit Stones from his Storage Pouch and handed them over.

"Thank you, Alchemist Chen!" The midwife was overjoyed to find that the Spirit Stones given were significantly more than usual.

After dismissing the midwife, Chen Fan finally walked slowly into the room.

Lying on the bed, Qin Mei looked somewhat exhausted. However, compared to a Mortal, she only needed to take a single Medicinal Pill to quickly regain her energy and be able to get out of bed and walk around.

"Husband, please give the child a name!"

Qin Mei looked at the sleeping child, a blissful smile appearing on her face.

This was the first child she had with Chen Fan, which meant she had officially established a firm foothold in this courtyard.

"Let's call him Chen Che... No, Qin Che."

Chen Fan corrected himself helplessly; after all, the child he fathered had to take the Qin Family's surname.

Qin Mei saw through Chen Fan's distress at a glance and comforted him, "Husband, we will have our own Family in the future. Once your strength increases greatly, everything will fall into place naturally."

"Yes, we should have a few more in the future." Having been comforted, Chen Fan smiled.

"You're terrible," Qin Mei said, her face flushing slightly, though her heart was filled with anticipation.

In her previous husband's Family, they always reproached her for not giving birth and only having a daughter, but now she had quickly given birth to a big, healthy baby boy.

Just as the two were talking, a mechanical voice rang out in his mind.

[Ding! Detected that the host has successfully fathered an offspring with dual water-fire Spiritual Roots. Rewarded with one Medium Grade Magical Artifact: soul-extinguishing awl; rewarded with Tier 1 Medicinal Pill refining experience (29% experience points); rewarded with one copy of the "Azure Underworld Sword Art."]

Chen Fan looked closely and was overjoyed.

First, he had not expected the newborn child to actually possess dual Spiritual Roots Aptitude, which was much better than either of them.

Second, he had always wanted to purchase a decent Magical Artifact, and the Medium Grade Magical Artifact, the soul-extinguishing awl, came at the perfect time.

At about one foot in size and extremely sharp, it could attack both a Cultivator's Physical Body and their Sea of Consciousness. Within the Family, only Late-stage Qi Refining Cultivators could afford it.

However, the greatest surprise was the massive increase in his Alchemy experience points; with this, his success rate in refining Medicinal Pills would be significantly boosted.

As for the rewarded "Azure Underworld Sword Art," it was a high-grade Cultivation Technique that contained not only sword moves and forms but also an extremely rare sword formation.

"Not bad." Chen Fan nodded secretly. As long as he practiced diligently in the future, dealing with Middle Stage Qi Refining Cultivators like Qin Chuan should not be difficult.

Early the next morning, the Grand Elder personally came with his men. Needless to say, it was to test the child's Spiritual Root.

When the color on the spirit-testing platform pointed to the characters for water and fire, Great Elder Qin Yuanshan was overjoyed and couldn't help but view Chen Fan in a new light.

Nodding repeatedly, he said, "Congratulations, worthy son-in-law, on fathering an offspring with dual Spiritual Roots and making a contribution to the Qin Family."

"The Grand Elder speaks too highly of me. This is only what this Junior ought to do," Chen Fan replied with his usual respectful attitude.

He originally wanted to bring up the matter of taking another wife, but he swallowed his words. After all, the other party had repeatedly warned him not to indulge in female charms and that he needed to advance to Middle Stage Qi Refining as soon as possible.

For fathering a child with a good Spiritual Root, the Family's rewards were extremely generous, including not only a hundred catties of Spirit Rice but also fifty Spirit Stones.

This matter caused quite a stir among the Matrilocal son-in-laws, becoming a hot topic of discussion.

In another residence, Qin Shuangshuang caressed her heavily pregnant belly and murmured, "The child in my belly will definitely have a good Spiritual Root too."

"Certainly. Even someone with a pseudo-Spiritual Root could father a child with dual Spiritual Roots. Our Spiritual Roots are much better than his, so our child's will definitely be excellent."

Sun Xuan, who was keeping her company by her side, spoke with absolute confidence.

"Is that so?" Qin Shuangshuang frowned slightly, unable to help but recall Chen Fan's unique and elegant temperament.

Not long after Chen Fan received the Family's rewards, Qin Chuan knocked on his door once again.

"Cousin, it seems you really do not take me seriously at all."

In the living room, Chen Fan's tone was cold, and his eyes were filled with displeasure.

"Brother Chen, I only had a temporary emergency and wanted to borrow them for a few days before returning them. Since you are unwilling, then forget it." Having been rejected, Qin Chuan's face turned extremely unsightly.

He wanted to lash out, but wary of the other's status as an Alchemist, he ultimately refrained from taking action.

"Finally, with a cold snort, he slammed the door and left."

"Husband, how about the two of us join forces? I have already found out his whereabouts."

Qin Mei slowly walked out from the back hall, a trace of Killing Intent surfacing on her face.