86: The father of twenty children!

The next day.

Da Shuang Xiao Shuang were about to give birth, and Liu Xuan waited quietly in the courtyard, with Yan Qingyao by his side.

"Liu Xuan, just how many women do you have? How many children?"

Yan Qingyao pondered for a long time, but in the end, she couldn't help but ask.

"Hmm..."

Liu Xuan did a mental calculation: seven at the Talisman Masters Small Building, five with Lin Anqi, twenty-five maidservants in Yongning's household, plus Xia He and She Xiaorong, making it twenty-seven.

"Forty-one in total. With you, that makes forty-two!"

"As for the children..."

Liu Xuan looked towards Da Shuang Xiao Shuang's room, "When they are born, they will be Little Seventeen and Little Eighteen. There are also about ten pregnant women in Yongning's household."

Liu Xuan did not lie. Yan Qingyao would know these things sooner or later if she stayed with him. There was no point in deceiving her now.

Yan Qingyao was completely stunned!

More than forty women, nearly thirty children!

She had never heard of such an outrageous Cultivator.

Giving birth consumes the body's primal yang, which is the Origin of life. The more it is consumed, the slower one's cultivation speed and the higher the difficulty of Breakthrough.

Moreover, it is inherently more difficult for Cultivators to conceive children than for ordinary people, and it becomes increasingly difficult as their cultivation increases.

How did Liu Xuan manage to have nearly thirty children in just over two years?!

Many people couldn't achieve that even with daily efforts!

"You... why are you having so many children? Aren't you afraid it will affect your cultivation path?"

Yan Qingyao asked, puzzled.

Liu Xuan clearly had a bright future. Although his Spiritual Root was a bit lacking, he had Talisman talent to compensate. There was no need for him to do something so self-defeating.

"I haven't felt any impact on my cultivation. Perhaps my Physique is special. I feel that marital affairs actually help my cultivation."

Liu Xuan continuously took Dao Companions and had children, yet his cultivation advanced rapidly, which was bound to attract people's curiosity.

For this, Liu Xuan, having read extensively, found a barely plausible excuse.

A special Physique!

The Immortal Realm was full of strange and wondrous things. Even high-level Cultivators couldn't figure out the reasons behind various unbelievable Physiques.

Above High Grade Spiritual Roots, there were also various magical 'Spiritual Bodies' that were naturally endowed with extraordinary talents in certain aspects.

Liu Xuan having children without affecting his cultivation would not be considered a Heaven-Defying Physique by high-level Cultivators, and thus would not cause too much commotion.

'No wonder!'

Yan Qingyao quickly accepted Liu Xuan's explanation. Then she thought of herself and looked at Liu Xuan, asking:

"So, you helped me because you also want me to have children for you?"

Liu Xuan was silent for a moment, then nodded, "That's right! You know, I really like children!"

"Don't worry, I won't treat you unfairly. Besides helping you detoxify, I can also provide for your cultivation. Having one child will at most delay your cultivation for a few months, but I can ensure your cultivation path is smooth for life."

Yan Qingyao fell silent!

She was now somewhat suspicious whether Liu Xuan truly had feelings for her or if he was treating her like all his other women—as a tool for having children.

If Liu Xuan's help was merely a transaction, how should she choose?

After a moment of silence, she slowly shook her head. Liu Xuan had so many women and so many children; why would he spend thousands of Spirit Stones to help her, just for one more child?

Liu Xuan must have special feelings for her; it must be so!

..."Wah wah wah!"

"Wah wah wah!"

The cries of infants rang out. Da Shuang Xiao Shuang had given birth.

Liu Xuan's mind immediately heard the System's prompt:

Ding! Congratulations, Host, your seventeenth child has been born. You have received 1 High-Grade Spirit Stone.

Ding! Congratulations, Host, your eighteenth child has been born. You have received a Medium Grade Magical Artifact: Azure Bamboo Sword.

"Sigh!"

Again, two children without Spiritual Roots!

Among the current eighteen children, only three had Spiritual Roots. Of these, only Old Fourth Fourth Young Master Liu Daocheng's mother, Lin Anqi, had no Spiritual Root. Old Sixth Liu Dao Ming and Old Ninth Liu Ninth Son had Ninth-Grade Spiritual Roots and Eighth-Grade Spiritual Roots respectively, and their mothers, Chang Dan and Li Man, were Cultivators with Spiritual Roots.

'It seems I need to pay more attention during next year's Dao Academy assessment. Those female students who fail are particularly pitiful; I still need to help them more!'

"Congratulations, Talisman Master Liu, it's two Young Masters!"

Liu Xuan entered the room, and the midwife skillfully stepped forward to deliver the good news.

Da Shuang Xiao Shuang had given birth to a pair of twin daughters last time, and this time they had another pair of twin sons. They truly had deep sisterly affection!

Da Shuang's son was born a little earlier. Liu Xuan named him Liu Daojie. Little Eighteen was named Liu Daoyin.

With more and more children, Liu Xuan's naming became increasingly casual. He planned to change the generational character once the number of children exceeded one hundred, to avoid duplicate names... If Liu Xuan's cultivation reached a profound Realm and his lifespan extended for tens of thousands of years, his descendants would surely number in the tens of thousands.

The mortal System of generational characters wouldn't work for him; there simply weren't enough characters for him to use. So, he planned to change the generational character for every hundred children.

This way, naming would be convenient, and it would also distinguish seniority.

A hundred years later, the eldest son would be a hundred, while the youngest might have just been born. Distinguishing by generational character was also very reasonable... As for grandchildren, Liu Xuan wasn't concerned. The System described synchronizing the cultivation of children, not descendants. Whether grandchildren could be synchronized was unknown and not something to consider now.

With Da Shuang Xiao Shuang's children born, there were no more pregnant women in the Talisman Masters Small Building.

Liu Xuan did not plan to let Lin Xue'er, Da Shuang, or Xiao Shuang continue having children in the short term, but instead urged them to focus on cultivating martial arts.

Chang Dan, Huang Qian, Wu Qingyue, and Li Man had only recently given birth. Liu Xuan also planned to let them rest for a period, improving their cultivation while taking care of their children.

The next day.

News came from Red Pine City that the maidservants Xiao Hong and Xiao Ye were also about to give birth.

Their pregnancies were around the same time as Da Shuang Xiao Shuang's, so giving birth a few days earlier was normal.

After comforting Da Shuang Xiao Shuang, who had just given birth, Liu Xuan and Yan Qingyao returned to the Talisman Shop in Red Pine City.

Midnight.

Ding! Congratulations, Host, your nineteenth child has been born. You have received 100 Low-Grade Spirit Stones.

Ding! Congratulations, Host, your twentieth child has been born. You have received a bottle of Medium Grade qi gathering pill.

The maidservants Xiao Hong and Xiao Ye were not old, and they had no martial cultivation. After giving birth, their condition was very poor, their faces pale and covered in sweat.

Liu Xuan felt a pang of heartache and instructed the midwife to give them good Medicinal Pills and the best tonics to nourish their bodies.

"You two rest well. Once your bodies recover a bit, I will personally teach you profound martial arts."

Liu Xuan reached out to tidy the strands of hair clinging to their faces, comforting them.

"Thank you, Young Master!"

"Thank you, Young Master!"

Xiao Hong and Xiao Ye looked at Liu Xuan happily. They could feel that Liu Xuan cared about them, and that was enough!

The two children were a boy and a girl. Little Nineteen was a boy, born to Xiao Hong, and Liu Xuan named him Liu Daohong.

Little Twenty was a girl, born to Xiao Ye, and Liu Xuan named her Liu Lingzi.

Holding the two children, Liu Xuan sighed with emotion. In just over two years since coming to this world, he was already the father of twenty children!