147: A promising future

Spirit Jade is too Advanced; it's so Advanced that Liu Xuan can't sell it for now and can only keep it for his own use.

As a Qi Refining Cultivator, trading Spirit Jade with others would be like a child taking gold to the street to buy candy.

Fortunately, Spirit Stones and Spirit Jade not only have monetary value but are also consumables that can be used directly.

The Spiritual Qi in Spirit Stones is impure and generally requires a Spirit Gathering Array to draw it out for Cultivation.

Spirit Jade, however, is different; its Spiritual Qi is exceptionally pure, allowing one to Cultivate by simply holding it in hand, and it can even be used to quickly replenish expended magical power.

However, Spirit Jade has a wide range of uses, mostly as an array core or the energy core for large Magical Artifacts, so directly absorbing its Spiritual Qi for Cultivation is considered luxurious and wasteful.

Putting away the Spirit Jade, Liu Xuan entered the room.

"Wah wah wah!!!"

The little one's cries were loud, each sound as if she was using all her strength.

"As expected of my child, even her crying is so vigorous!"

After giving a few gold coins as a reward to the Liu Family's dedicated midwife, Liu Xuan instructed the servants to leave and carried the child to the bedside.

Yang Xiaoyun's charming face still had a fine layer of sweat, and a few strands of dark hair clung to her slightly flushed cheeks; she smiled, looking at Liu Xuan holding the child beside her, a scene full of maternal radiance, yet with an added touch of extreme allure.

Liu Xuan had casually made up the term "innate charming Physique," but now that Yang Xiaoyun had given birth to a child with a sixth-rank Spiritual Root, Liu Xuan wondered if such a special Physique truly existed.

Just like Ye Manqing before, regardless of whether a special Physique truly existed, Yang Xiaoyun giving birth to a child with a sixth-rank Spiritual Root meant her future treatment could improve.

Sitting by the bed with the child, Liu Xuan took out a four-piece set from his Storage Pouch: moonlight spiritual marrow, body-nourishing Medicinal Pills, Cultivation Medicinal Pills, and Spirit Stones.

This was the standard for every child born, both a reward for the child's mother and a basic investment for the child before her first birthday.

"Keep these safe, and remember to use them secretly, without making a fuss, lest others feel unbalanced," Liu Xuan admonished.

He would give the same admonition every time he gave these items to each Dao Companion.

In fact, he wasn't mainly worried about the Dao Companions feeling unbalanced; it was primarily to hide the fact that he spent so many Spirit Stones on his descendants and Dao Companions.

If one child cost several hundred Spirit Stones, what about dozens or hundreds of children? How many Spirit Stones would Liu Xuan need to spend?

With many people and loose tongues, complete concealment was impossible, but by handling it vaguely, everyone would only know that he spent a large amount of Spirit Stones to raise his children, but it would be difficult for them to know the exact amount.

"Wah~"

"Husband... isn't this too much?"

Twelve bottles of moonlight spiritual marrow, ten bottles of first-tier mid-grade qi gathering pills, twenty Mid-Grade Spirit Stones, and even the body-nourishing Medicinal Pills were first-tier mid-grade.

Before giving birth, Yang Xiaoyun had secretly inquired and learned that the rewards Liu Xuan gave to Concubines who gave birth usually totaled around one hundred Spirit Stones.

What Liu Xuan was giving now far exceeded her expectations; the moonlight spiritual marrow was worth one hundred eighty, the Mid-Grade qi gathering pills three hundred, plus twenty Mid-Grade Spirit Stones and the body-nourishing Medicinal Pills—this was several hundred, even a thousand Spirit Stones!

A thousand Spirit Stones—she came from a humble background, and her Cultivation was only at the Qi Refining First Layer; she had only seen so many Spirit Stones in her dreams.

"You don't want them? Then forget it!"

Liu Xuan made a move to put them away.

"I want them!"

"I want them!"

Yang Xiaoyun quickly reached out and gathered all the items, then looked at Liu Xuan and said with a charming smile, "Thank you, Husband!"

Her smile was captivating, and even with Liu Xuan's current composure, he was slightly dazed.

"Husband, I heard that the rewards you gave them were only around a few dozen or a hundred Spirit Stones, so why are you giving me so much?"

After hesitating for a while, Yang Xiaoyun finally couldn't suppress the doubt in her heart and looked up to ask Liu Xuan.

Liu Xuan reached out to brush away the strands of hair clinging to her face and said gently, "You are different; how can they compare to you?"

Yang Xiaoyun's eyes gleamed as she gazed steadily at Liu Xuan, a surge of happiness and joy welling up from the bottom of her heart.

Liu Xuan felt a little guilty under her gaze... "In a few days, when your body has recovered a bit, you can move to the Water Pavilion. If you have any problems, you can come to me. If I'm busy, you can find She Xiaorong or Lin Yiyi."

"Really?!"

Yang Xiaoyun was delighted again. The Water Pavilion was the Black Crystal Bees' hive, and those living nearby were Liu Xuan's favored ones, such as She Xiaorong, Lin Yiyi, Lin Anqi, Lin Xue'er, Yan Qingyao, and Qin Yun. It could be said that the closer one lived to that area, the higher their status and position.

"Thank you, Husband!"

Liu Xuan's favoritism moved Yang Xiaoyun deeply, and her beautiful big eyes became misty, almost bringing tears.

"Alright! Take good care of your body; the child is still waiting for you to look after her!"

Liu Xuan looked at his wailing daughter and, after a moment of thought, said, "Since you cry so much, I'll call you Liu Linglu!"

The System rewarded five Spirit Jade. Originally, Liu Xuan wanted to name her 'Lingyu,' but then he suddenly remembered that Luo Ruoyan's daughter was also named Lingyu, so he had to think of a new one... Six months later.

Nothing happened at Red Pine Sect, nothing at Yongning, nothing at White Crane Lake, as if peace had suddenly descended upon the world.

A jade phoenix tree, seven or eight meters tall, grew beside the Fledgling Eagle Courtyard Water Pavilion, its rank having already reached the first-tier high-grade level.

Some pale red fruits hung on the tree, and a clear fragrance spread throughout the entire courtyard.

In the nearby Cultivation room.

Liu Xuan sat cross-legged on a futon, verdant green magical power and Spiritual Qi swirling around him, imbuing the entire Cultivation room with a sense of vibrant life.

A moment later, Liu Xuan finished his Cultivation, all his aura completely withdrawn.

Eighth Layer of Qi Refining!

His Dantian was filled with Azurewood magical power, and the magical power in the center was so dense it was almost solidifying.

Once the Dantian's magical power completely solidified, it would signify Qi Refining Perfection, allowing him to forge his dao foundation and qualify to attempt a Breakthrough to the Foundation Establishment Realm.

Liu Xuan was already not far from this Realm; from the Eighth Layer of Qi Refining to the Ninth Level of Qi Refining was just one step away.

Qi Refining Perfection isn't really a separate Realm; it's essentially the same as the Ninth Level of Qi Refining Perfection.

Because many people get stuck here for a long time, unable to Breakthrough to Foundation Establishment, everyone differentiates between Qi Refining Perfection and the Ninth Level of Qi Refining.

Liu Xuan was different; as long as his Body Refining Realm broke through, he would have almost no Bottleneck in Breaking Through to Foundation Establishment, with a high probability of Breaking Through within two or three years.

Qi Refining Cultivation was secondary; feeling the mercury-like blood throughout his body and the immense Qi and blood, his Body Refining Realm was already close to Breaking Through to the Ninth Level of Body Refining.

The Medicinal Pills Liu Xuan was currently taking were not first-tier mid-grade blood transformation demon pills, but first-tier high-grade blood transformation demon pills.

Occasionally, he also bought some second-rank Yao Beast meat from the Nether Fire Sect, and with the energy from the third-rank pine spirit fruit settling in his Bloodline, his Cultivation speed increased rather than decreased.

He would be able to Breakthrough to the Ninth Level of Qi Refining this year, and next year, he might be able to Breakthrough to Physical Body Foundation Establishment.

Foundation Establishment Stage!

Breaking Through to a Foundation Establishment Cultivator, Liu Xuan would no longer be an ant; only then could he truly be considered to have stepped into the threshold of Cultivation.

Stepping out of the Cultivation room and standing on the Water Pavilion, gazing at the calm lake, Liu Xuan felt his heart open up, and his future looked promising.