351: Pacification Commissioner for the Northern Battlefield!

A few days later.

All of Liu Xuan's children who had reached the age of sixteen went to Yinsha City to participate in the Family assessment, competing for seventy-two second-rank peak-grade xuanhuang undying pills.

With over a hundred and sixty children and seventy-two pills, more than a third of them could obtain one, which wasn't very difficult for geniuses.

However, their father, Liu Xuan, had established a Cultivation Ranking and a Talent Ranking. Since future Family treatment would be linked to these two rankings, they couldn't afford to be slack.

A higher rank on the list meant more resources and faster cultivation progress. Conversely, falling behind once meant falling behind at every step, requiring much more effort to catch up later.

Bone Fiend City.

Liu Residence.

Over a hundred children competed in batches. One event included magical combat and martial arts sparring. Since they all practiced martial arts and some also practiced Qi Refining methods, the fights were visceral and exceptionally exciting.

"Why do all your children have Spiritual Roots, and such high talent at that?"

An Yunmiao was just watching for fun at first, but as she watched, she noticed something was off.

"Senior Sister doesn't know?" Liu Xuan explained with a smile. "I have a special spiritual body, so the probability and grade of my offspring having Spiritual Roots are relatively high."

An Yunmiao nodded thoughtfully. Only a spiritual body could explain Liu Xuan's situation. The higher a Cultivator's cultivation, the harder it was to conceive offspring. From what she knew, mere lust wouldn't produce the results Liu Xuan had.

'A spiritual body related to reproduction and procreation is quite rare!'

"Liu Xuan, your Alchemy talent is supreme. If your Dao Heart is firm, your future will be limitless!"

An Yunmiao really couldn't bear to see such a Genius fall in the future, so she spoke up to advise him:

"The Immortal Dao values the self. Family and children should be your support, not a burden. A Family shouldn't be managed the way you're doing it!"

"I understand Senior Sister's meaning!" Liu Xuan said, still smiling. "There are billions of Cultivators in the world, but how many actually achieve the Dao and ascend?"

"I have no great ambitions. Rather than pursuing a Great Dao that is visible but untouchable, I'd rather follow my heart and enjoy myself!"

"You..."

"You are simply beyond help!!"

An Yunmiao was fuming. She glared at Liu Xuan, stood up, and left with a flick of her sleeves!

Pills refined from third-rank Middle Stage monster cores were all given to his children to consume. An Yunmiao had given him kind advice, but Liu Xuan wouldn't listen; it was only natural for her to be angry.

The angrier An Yunmiao got, the happier Liu Xuan became. If she didn't care, why would she say so much, let alone get angry?

'My charm is just too great!'

Ever since obtaining the Love Gu and true dragon essence blood, Liu Xuan could clearly feel that he had an immense attraction to the opposite sex. Just taking a stroll outside was enough to haunt the dreams of countless female Cultivators!

'The Love Gu is a good thing! Even its passive effect is so strong; I reckon even An Yunmiao has been more or less affected, which is why she's acting so out of character.'

"Stop looking!" Beside him, Xiao Ran, dressed in a white gown and clutching a spiritual sword, spoke with a tone of coquettish resentment. "She's already gone!"

Liu Xuan withdrew his gaze, reached out to pull her to his side, and laughed. "What? Even my Great Sword Immortal Xiao can be jealous?"

Xiao Ran was a typical career and cultivation fanatic. With so many women around Liu Xuan, this was the first time he had seen her jealous, and it was over a woman who hadn't even joined the household yet.

Xiao Ran broke free from Liu Xuan's hand and continued to hold her spiritual sword haughtily. "You used to call me Senior Sister, but now that the new has replaced the old, you call me Great Sword Immortal Xiao!"

"Heartbreaker!" Xiao Ran turned her back, then flew off into the air, vanishing in the blink of an eye.

Liu Xuan froze for a second. He only then remembered that back in the Red Pine Sect, Xiao Ran was his Senior Sister. Now that they had joined the South Courtyard of the Beast Taming Sect, he was calling someone else Senior Sister right in front of her every day... 'She can even get jealous over this?' Liu Xuan shook his head and laughed!

...A few days later.

An order from the South Courtyard Head, True Lord Haoran, reached Bone Fiend City, appointing Liu Xuan as the Pacification Commissioner for the recovery of the Peach Blossom Sect's northern battlefield rear, as well as the City Lord of Bone Fiend City.

As the Pacification Commissioner for the northern battlefield rear of the Peach Blossom Sect, he was responsible for restoring order, managing industries, and developing resources... including dozens of cities with third-rank Spiritual Veins like Bone Fiend City.

Although he didn't have the right to directly interfere in the administrative operations of each city, he had the authority to mobilize resources, as well as the power of supervision and regulation. His power was not small.

The appointment as Pacification Commissioner wasn't the most important part. What mattered was that True Lord Haoran had publicly recognized Liu Xuan's status as a Personal Disciple. From now on, anyone would have to think twice before making a move against the Liu Family!

"Pacification Commissioner is just a title. Revered Master likely learned of my status as a Third-Rank Alchemist from Senior Sister. This move is to allow me to obtain more resources for Alchemy and to further my progress in the Dao of Alchemy."

Progressing in the Dao of Alchemy was impossible. The System's Legacy could currently only support Liu Xuan's promotion to a third-rank Low Grade Alchemist. While it wasn't impossible to continue advancing through research, it was extremely difficult.

To advance quickly, he would still have to rely on the child-bearing system's continued rewards.

Besides his status as the Pacification Commissioner and True Lord Haoran's Personal Disciple, Liu Xuan's status as a Third-Rank Alchemist also spread. Everyone knew that a distinguished Third-Rank Alchemy Grandmaster was now presiding over Bone Fiend City!

The territory of Bone Fiend City included the entire former Bone Fiend Sect, making it no smaller than the Red Pine Sect. As the Beast Taming Sect's army of Cultivators continued to arrive, the number of Cultivators grew to hundreds of thousands, nearly a million.

With the position of Pacification Commissioner, combined with his status as True Lord Haoran's Personal Disciple and a Third-Rank Alchemy Grandmaster, Liu Xuan had the right to form a Guard Army and intervene in the management of spiritual fields and mineral resources across various regions. He had immense room for maneuver.

"The Merchant Alliance lacked an official status within the Beast Taming Sect, so its development had been restricted, with most of the profits being divided up by people from the Beast Taming Sect. In the future, there will be no such problem, and we can finally show our full potential!"

In the Peach Blossom Sect territory, the Beast Taming Sect was extremely wary of external forces. People from the three nearby Nascent Soul sects who came over could only barely get by and couldn't make much of a profit.

The Liu Clan Merchant Alliance fared a bit better because it operated under An Yunxi's name, but other forces were even worse off. Even Shen Yunshu could only honestly operate in Feiyu City, not daring to venture too deep into the Peach Blossom Sect's territory.

Things were different now. Liu Xuan was now True Lord Haoran's Personal Disciple, making him a core member of the Beast Taming Sect's South Courtyard with a legitimate background. Naturally, the Liu Clan Merchant Alliance became a legitimate faction of the Beast Taming Sect.

With the backing of Academy Head True Lord Haoran, from now on, they would be the ones exploiting and bullying others; there was no possibility of them being bullied.

"The fastest way to progress and advance is to live off a woman or latch onto a powerful backer. The world truly does not deceive me!"

Auntie, I don't want to work hard anymore!

Godfather, I want to take care of you in your old age!

...Liu Xuan severely condemned such opportunistic behavior!

But if the opportunity presented itself, how many people could resist the temptation?

Abandoning dignity, using any means necessary, betraying trust, forgetting righteousness for the sake of profit... how many people would do such things to succeed?

Liu Xuan didn't need to go that far at all. Relying on his own talent and potential, he had secured a powerful backer while standing tall!

Strictly speaking, this wasn't called latching onto a backer or clinging to a rich woman; it was called leveraging strength for development and win-win cooperation!