Chapter 97: Giving Birth to a Child and Winning a Prize!

Time flew by, and more than two months have passed.

Due to the daily tasks of drawing second-tier talismans and crafting puppets, Lu Changsheng’s days have become even busier.

However, despite being busy, he has not forgotten his main priority.

In these two months, he has helped Jiang Louyue and Yu Yao successfully conceive.

For these servant girls with Spirit Roots, Lu Changsheng would pay special attention to them.

At the same time, Xiao Qing and servant girl Cang Lan, under his favor, have also become pregnant with their second child.

On this day, on the third floor of the Spirit Talisman Shop.

After completing his daily task of drawing talismans, Lu Changsheng came to the storage room to refine puppet parts using his spiritual power.

In the corner, there were also various puppet parts laid out.

Although the materials for the second-tier puppet were not yet complete, it did not affect Lu Changsheng’s plan to craft some parts in advance.

After all, this was not something that could be completed in just one or two months.

It was a long-term project.

It was estimated to take three or four months, or even longer.

Just then, suddenly.

Lu Changsheng’s entire body felt a mysterious and profound tremor.

“Ah? Is this a Spirit Root tremor!?”

“The child in Yue’er’s womb has been born.”

“This child has a Spirit Root!”

“And it’s a seventh-grade Spirit Root!”

Lu Changsheng sensed the throbbing, He was stunned for a moment, then immediately showed a look of surprise.

Having experienced so many Spirit Root enhancements, Lu Changsheng could roughly judge the quality of the child’s Spirit Root based on his feelings.

At this moment, he felt this Spirit Root tremor.

Adding to his memory of the time his wives and servant girls became pregnant.

He immediately knew that the child in Xiao Yueru’s belly had been born.

And it had a seventh-grade Spirit Root.

This made Lu Changsheng’s heart overflow with excitement and joy.

However, despite his excitement, Lu Changsheng didn’t rush back home to see the child.

After all, he couldn’t always stay at home waiting for a Spirit Root child to be born, or rush back home every time.

It was fine to do so occasionally, but if he did it too often, it would be easy for others to notice something unusual.

Lu Changsheng took a few deep breaths, calming down the joy in his heart.

He put down the components in his hand and began to meditate.

Half an hour later.

Lu Changsheng opened his eyes and could feel that the speed of his cultivation had significantly improved compared to before.

It had increased by about 10%.

“I feel that if I can get two or three more children with seventh-grade Spirit Roots, my Spirit Root will be able to advance to sixth grade!”

Lu Changsheng’s eyes shone brightly, filled with anticipation.

He felt that as long as he continued to live a peaceful life, a medium-grade Spirit Root was within reach.

Afterwards, Lu Changsheng continued to tinker with the screws in his hand.

But he couldn’t help but think about the child at home, and even felt restless while working on the screws.

When he saw that the sky outside was getting dark, Lu Changsheng got up and headed back home to see the child.

As soon as he returned home, one of his wives told him that Xiao Yueru had given birth.

It was a daughter.

Lu Changsheng was overjoyed when he heard the news and hurried to the backyard to take a look.

As he looked at his daughter, who possessed a seven-grade Spirit Root, Lu Changsheng’s joy only grew.

This scene also made Xiao Yueru’s face fill with happy smiles.

It made the other women envy her.

They thought to themselves that their husband truly loved children.

They must give birth to a few more children for their husband.

At the same time.

In a certain cave dwelling.

A slender young man held a black jar and his face was filled with joy.

Inside the jar was a Gu Insect that was entirely blood-red, looking like it was on the verge of death.

“This is the Love-locking Gu!”

“Anyone bitten by the Love-locking Gu will develop feelings of love and affection towards its host!”

“Grandma said before she passed away that our ancestor was originally a fallen cultivator, but he obtained this Love-locking Gu by chance, which made many immortal ladies fall in love with him, and he eventually became a True Immortal!”

The young man’s face was filled with joy as he spoke.

Next, the young man placed the jar down, made a hand seal towards the blood-red Gu Insect, and dripped a drop of essence blood from his fingertips.

As soon as the fresh blood appeared, the blood-red Gu Insect, which had looked like it was on the verge of death, suddenly came back to life, licking the blood.

This made its entire body glow with a vibrant, crystal-like blood color, like a blood jade.

“Come on, little guy.”

The slender young man saw that the blood-red Gu Insect had finished licking his essence blood, took out a small knife, and made a cut on his palm.

Then, the blood-red Gu Insect directly burrowed into the young man’s palm, and into his flesh and blood.

“The Love-locking Gu Insect can only lock onto three people at most, and their cultivation level cannot be too high above mine.”

“Ancestor was too greedy, which caused the Love-locking Gu Insect to lose its effect, leading to many wives becoming angry and killing him, ultimately resulting in his downfall.”

“So I must be careful and cautious when using it, and choose a good target.”

The slender young man looked at the Love-locking Gu Insect on his palm and muttered to himself.

In his mind, he thought of a handsome and tall young man.

Two months had passed in the blink of an eye.

During this time, Lu Changsheng’s life remained unchanged, without any surprises.

He thought about the two wives who had come with him from Qingzhu Mountain, who were about to return soon.

It had been more than half a year since the baby was born, so Lu Changsheng paid more attention to it and allowed the two girls to become pregnant successfully.

Shao Yuyao had also become pregnant with her second child under his care.

Lu Changsheng’s total number of children had reached 58!

On the third floor of the Spirit Talisman Shop.

Lu Changsheng was installing a humanoid puppet.

This puppet was almost two meters tall.

Its entire body was pitch black, with a metallic luster.

It held a knife in one hand and a shield in the other, with five black spears on its back.

“If I have many magical weapons in the future, I can also install them directly on this puppet.”

“Although it can’t fully unleash the effects of the magical weapons, the effects won’t be bad either.”

Lu Changsheng looked at the puppet he had installed, evaluating it.

Puppets like this didn’t have the same limitations as talismans.

Once you understood the principles behind them, you could make flexible adjustments in certain areas.

Next, Lu Changsheng removed the golden protective mirror on the puppet’s chest.

Inside, it was hollow, containing the puppet’s spiritual core.

If the core was damaged, the puppet would be useless and would need major repairs.

Lu Changsheng took out a spirit-pattern engraving knife, infused it with spiritual energy, and slowly engraved the spirit patterns on the puppet’s chest.

He needed to activate all the spirit patterns and arrays on the puppet’s body, linking them together.

This was the final step, and also the most crucial one.

If he failed, he would have to re-check the spirit patterns on other parts of the puppet, re-engrave, and reassemble.

Lu Changsheng was extremely focused during this process.

Every time the knife fell, it was precise and meticulous.

Time passed slowly.

Finally, Lu Changsheng completed the final stroke.

Then, he poured a bottle of specially prepared spirit liquid into the puppet, and embedded ten spirit stones into it.

In that instant, a faint spiritual glow appeared on the puppet’s surface.

The spirit patterns on its body seemed to come alive, emitting a faint, mysterious, and ancient aura.

“Ah, it’s finally done!”

Lu Changsheng looked at the metal puppet in front of him with a tired smile on his face.

It had taken him over four months to create this second-grade puppet, and now that it was complete, he felt a sense of accomplishment.

Immediately, Lu Changsheng used his puppet control technique to command the puppet.

Suddenly, the puppet’s surface emitted a faint, dark jade-like glow, and a humming noise came from within.

It was like a war machine coming to life, exuding a terrifying spiritual pressure.

Lu Changsheng’s heart stirred.

“Whoosh!”

The puppet swung its black gold long knife, slashing forward with a force that seemed to tear the air apart.

“It looks okay, but this place is too small to test its true power.”

“If I use too much force, I might end up destroying the house.”

Lu Changsheng shook his head, clicking his tongue.

The puppet in front of him was the second-grade, low-level humanoid combat puppet he had been working on.

It was a close-range combat puppet that could also attack from a distance with its five spears on its back.

Each strike was equivalent to a peak Qi Refining cultivator’s attack.

If a Qi Refining cultivator faced this puppet and couldn’t run fast enough, they would be dead meat.

As for facing a Foundation Establishment cultivator…

Unless it was an old, weakened Foundation Establishment cultivator who had just exhausted their techniques in battle…

It was impossible to defeat a Foundation Establishment cultivator with just a puppet.

After all, anyone who could become a Foundation Establishment cultivator was no ordinary person, and each one had incredible techniques.

“However, to make this puppet burst out with full power and sustain a long battle, I’ll need to embed medium-grade spirit stones, or even high-grade spirit stones.”

“Ten low-grade spirit stones won’t be enough to support its sustained burst.”

Lu Changsheng evaluated the puppet in front of him while stroking his chin.

Although this puppet had a spirit gathering array, which could store spiritual energy…

The stored energy was limited and couldn’t sustain a long battle.

To operate for a long time and fight for a long time, it had to rely on spirit stones to maintain itself.

“For now, I’ll just leave it like this. When I get spirit stones, I’ll exchange them for ten medium-grade spirit stones.”

Lu Changsheng thought to himself, not feeling too bothered.

He couldn’t possibly be stingy about ten medium-grade spirit stones for a second-grade puppet.

Although embedding ten medium-grade spirit stones was a bit excessive…

It would be equivalent to using a thousand low-grade spirit stones.

But he wouldn’t use this second-grade puppet often, and it wouldn’t consume spirit stones…

Only in critical situations when he needed to fight for his life would he use it, so he couldn’t be stingy about the cost.

Nine days later…

The Second Elder was about to return to the Lu Family and sent someone to notify Lu Changsheng.

Lu Changsheng learned that the flying boat could seat three people, so he took his two wives and Jiang Louyue with him.

He asked Jiang Louyue to go back and teach the children martial arts.

When the Second Elder saw Lu Changsheng with another wife…

And each of them was pregnant, holding a baby, he couldn’t help but shake his head and sigh.

He wanted to advise Lu Changsheng, but didn’t know what to say…

He just told Lu Changsheng to be careful and pay attention to his body.

In his heart, he thought that this matter should be discussed with the Fourth Elder…

Otherwise, if Lu Changsheng continued like this, he was worried that he would exhaust himself…

A day and a half later, the flying boat returned to Qingzhu Mountain smoothly.

Lu Changsheng returned home and told his wives about Jiang Louyue teaching the children martial arts.

His wives understood and agreed, knowing that the children didn’t have Spirit Roots and would eventually go out into the secular world, so learning martial arts would be beneficial.

At the very least, it would help them strengthen their bodies and minds.

As they looked at Jiang Louyue, who was also pregnant, the wives couldn’t help but think that their husband was really something, not even sparing the children’s teachers.

Lu Changsheng stayed at Qingzhu Mountain for three days.

During that time, he showed his progress in talisman crafting to the Fourth Elder.

He began learning how to craft high-grade talismans.

This was in line with his original plan.

Next time he returned, he would be able to smoothly display his skills as a high-grade talisman master.

At the same time, he also went to visit Li Feiyu.

He chatted with Li Feiyu and asked him to teach his children martial arts.

According to his plan, the first batch of children would be sent out into the secular world in two to three years.

Now, by having Li Feiyu teach them martial arts, he could also teach them some worldly experience and common sense, which would be beneficial for the children.

Li Feiyu naturally agreed to Lu Changsheng’s request.

But, as Lu Changsheng had guessed, Li Feiyu said that he had already agreed to teach the children martial arts and wouldn’t accept any payment.

In the end, after Lu Changsheng’s persistent persuasion, Li Feiyu agreed to accept five spirit stones per month as payment.

Three days passed, and Lu Changsheng left with the Second Elder.

As he was leaving, Lu Changsheng had originally thought about starting his Nine Netherworld Hound raising plan.

But he discovered that the Nine Netherworld Hound had already become a part of the family.

The children at home all loved the Nine Netherworld Hound.

If he were to take the Nine Netherworld Hound away, the children would probably cry for days.

After thinking about it, Lu Changsheng decided to continue raising the Nine Netherworld Hound at home.

After all, being able to help with childcare is a significant contribution.

It’s a bit of a pity to have the demonic beasts of the Heavenly Bloodline accompany the children.

On this trip back to Jiulong Market, Lu Changsheng brought Lu Ziqi and Lu Qing’er, the two sisters, along with him.

He took the two girls out to play and relax.

When the two girls arrived at Jiulong Market and saw the group of beauties in Lu Changsheng’s courtyard, they were quite shocked.

Although they didn’t mind Lu Changsheng taking wives and concubines.

In fact, they thought it was a normal behavior.

But when others took wives and concubines, they would only occasionally favor them.

Many wives and concubines might only receive favor a few times a year.

However, Lu Changsheng was different, showering them with equal attention.

Each of them would occasionally receive his favor which resulted in pregnancy.

If not for Lu Changsheng’s strong physique at night, they would have truly worried about their husband’s health.

A month later.

Inside the Spirit Talisman Shop.

Lu Changsheng was sitting in meditation and cultivating.

Under the automatic cultivation of the Immortal Posture Technique and the improvement of the Peach Blossom Gu, his appearance was becoming increasingly handsome.

The whole person sat quietly with his eyes closed, exuding a refined and dignified aura, as if bathing in the gentle breeze of spring, calm and serene.

After a long time.

“At this rate, I think it’ll take six or seven years to reach the peak of the Qi Refining seventh stage.”

“It’s really too slow, and I don’t know when I’ll be able to obtain a cultivation manual to replace this Returning to the Origin technique.”

Lu Changsheng opened his eyes, looked inward at his Dantian, and sighed at the pool of spiritual energy.

He persisted in sitting in meditation for two hours every day.

And he also used the Yellow Dragon Pill and Qi Refining powder to assist him.

But the progress was still not ideal.

Besides the cultivation time, Lu Changsheng thought that the biggest problem was his own Returning to the Origin technique.

This Primary Level technique was too neutral and too stable, making cultivation too slow.

Just then, suddenly, Lu Changsheng’s entire body trembled with a mysterious and familiar sensation.

It was the familiar Spirit Root tremor.

It was the birth of a child with spiritual roots, which brought him a bonus.

At the same time, a system prompt sounded.

【Congratulations, Host, on giving birth to seven children with Spirit Roots, earning a chance to draw a prize!】

“Is it Yun’er or Zhenzhen’s child?”

This tremor and the system prompt made Lu Changsheng’s eyes immediately light up with excitement.

Based on the timing, he immediately guessed that it was Qu Zhenzhen or Lu Miaoyun’s child being born.

“If this is Miaoyun’s child, then I, as a husband, have really neglected my duty.”

Lu Changsheng thought about how he wasn’t by Lu Miaoyun’s side when she gave birth previously.

If this child was also born to Lu Miaoyun, and he wasn’t by her side again, that would be quite derelict.

“Ah!”

Lu Changsheng shook his head, took a deep breath, and calmed himself down.

He felt that this child’s Spirit Root shouldn’t be very good.

The bonus it gave him was minimal.

It was highly likely to be a ninth-grade Spirit Root.

But this was normal.

Parents’ Spirit Roots would influence their children’s Spirit Roots.

However, it only relatively increased the upper limit of the child’s Spirit Root.

It didn’t mean that if the parents’ Spirit Roots were good, the child’s Spirit Root would definitely be better.

There were many children whose Spirit Roots were not as good as their parents’, or even didn’t have a Spirit Root.

“System, I want to draw a prize!”

Immediately, a pale red system drawing panel appeared.

“Hope I get a cultivation manual.”

Seeing the drawing panel in front of him, Lu Changsheng thought to himself.

He then began to draw without hesitation.

A golden light appeared on the wheel, spinning rapidly.

After a few seconds, the Roulette Wheel began to slow down, finally stopping at ‘Pills’.