Qin Guiya subtly stepped in front of Liu Qingchan: "Fellow Daoist is well-informed. I've only just begun to glimpse the Dao of Pills, it's nothing worth mentioning."
"Heh heh, you're too modest."
Elder Lu took out a bamboo slip from his sleeve. "I have an Incomplete Manual of an ancient Pill Formula here, perhaps it will inspire Fellow Daoist."
Qin Guiya didn't take it immediately: "Fellow Daoist's generous gift, I feel unworthy to accept it."
"No need to decline."
Elder Lu placed the bamboo slip on the table and said meaningfully, "Just consider it... a small token of goodwill from an old acquaintance's descendant."
These words made Qin Guiya's heart tremble.
Descendant of an old acquaintance?
Was he referring to Liu Qingchan, or... himself?
As Elder Lu stood up to leave, he suddenly patted Qin Guiya lightly on the shoulder:
"Qingchan is pregnant and needs to take more 'Azure Spirit Marrow.' It will be good for her and the child."
Qin Guiya's pupils constricted slightly.
Azure Spirit Marrow?
Isn't that the Liu Family's secret Spirit Medicine?
What did Elder Lu mean by this?
After seeing Elder Lu off, Qin Guiya immediately examined the bamboo slip.
Upon unrolling it, he found it was an Incomplete Manual titled "Nine Revolutions Condensing Pill Art," which recorded a special Pill Condensing technique that could improve the quality of Medicinal Pills.
It seemed ordinary, but Qin Guiya always felt that Elder Lu's actions had a deeper meaning.
This person had an extraordinary relationship with the Liu Family and was also a Guest Elder of Qin Muqing's lineage; he would not easily trust the hidden meanings in the other party's words.
"Husband..."
Liu Qingchan anxiously leaned closer, "Elder Lu, he..."
"Do you know him?" Qin Guiya asked softly.
Liu Qingchan bit her lip: "I saw him a few times at the Liu Family when I was a child... He and my mother..."
Before she could finish, she suddenly pressed her lower abdomen, and her face turned pale.
"What's wrong?" Qin Guiya quickly supported her.
Liu Qingchan shook her head: "It's nothing, the child just... kicked."
As she spoke, a gentle smile appeared on her face, "He's very strong."
Qin Guiya placed his hand on her lower abdomen and indeed felt a slight tremor.
At this moment, all calculations and doubts were cast aside, leaving only pure joy in his heart.
However, he looked puzzled. It had only been two months, right?
Why was the child already moving?
Wasn't it supposed to be ten months of pregnancy?
The result was as he had guessed; this child truly didn't seem to be a ten-month pregnancy.
On the other side, after Elder Lu left, he immediately and quietly went to the edge of Peach Forest Island and crushed a jade talisman.
At the same time, in an Immortal Cave within the Liu Family, a middle-aged Cultivator's jade talisman at his waist shattered.
"She's pregnant. Since Liu Qingchan doesn't have a Spirit Body, there's a high probability that this person's child should possess some kind of Spirit Body Physique... After all, that person came from that foreign race..." This person muttered... "Only five months..."
In the Immortal Cave on Peach Forest Island, Qin Guiya stared at Liu Qingchan's bulging abdomen, his brows tightly furrowed.
The curve was already as pronounced as a normal ten-month pregnancy, and clear signs of fetal movement could be seen from time to time, as if the little one inside was eager to come out.
Liu Qingchan leaned on the soft couch, her face rosy but with a hint of fatigue.
She gently stroked her abdomen, her eyes full of tenderness and confusion:
"I also find it strange... but the midwife said the child is very healthy, it's just... growing too fast."
Qin Guiya placed his palm on her belly, and immediately felt a powerful kick.
This strength, how could it be from an unborn fetus?
It was practically like a small Spirit Beast!
"Could it be related to your parents' Bloodline?"
Qin Guiya asked softly.
Ever since Liu Qingchan became pregnant, her spiritual plant talent had become even more astonishing. Now, she could even sense the state of Spirit Medicine, an ability that was far from ordinary.
Liu Qingchan shook her head: "I know nothing about my mother..."
She suddenly grabbed Qin Guiya's hand, "Husband, listen—"
A strange hum emanated from her abdomen.
Qin Guiya's Divine Sense probed, and he was shocked to find a circle of light green Spiritual Qi surrounding the fetus, and that Spiritual Qi was resonating with the wood-attribute spiritual power within Liu Qingchan!
"This..." Qin Guiya's Adam's apple bobbed.
How could an ordinary fetus have spiritual power fluctuations?
Let alone such a regular resonance.
Just as he was about to investigate further, Liu Qingchan suddenly cried out in pain, her forehead instantly covered in cold sweat.
"Husband... I... I seem to be going into labor..."
Qin Guiya's heart was greatly shaken.
Giving birth at five months?
This completely defied common sense in cultivation!
He scooped up Liu Qingchan and rushed to the already prepared delivery room, simultaneously crushing a communication talisman—this was an emergency signal for the midwife.
The next three hours were the longest time in Qin Guiya's life.
He stood outside the delivery room, listening to Liu Qingchan's cries of pain from inside, yet he was powerless.
The Ancient Tree in his Sea of Consciousness began to sway violently at some point, its branches and leaves rustling.
When the first cry of an infant pierced the night sky, Qin Guiya's legs went weak, and he almost knelt to the ground.
The midwife walked out, holding a swaddled baby, her face full of disbelief:
"Congratulations, Immortal Master, it's a Young Master... It's just..."
Qin Guiya didn't bother to ask, rushing into the inner room in three steps.
Liu Qingchan lay weakly on the bed, her face pale, but her eyes sparkled.
In her arms, she held an unusually robust baby boy.
The child's skin was fair with a faint greenish tint, and he was opening a pair of bright eyes, looking around. Where was the typical innocence of a newborn?
"Husband..."
Liu Qingchan's voice was weak but full of joy, "Look at our child..."
Qin Guiya carefully took the infant. The moment he touched him, a roar erupted in his Sea of Consciousness!
The Ancient Tree Space vibrated violently, the gray mist at its edges receded, revealing a full acre of new land.
Even more astonishingly, a three-foot-high stone tablet appeared in the center of the space, shimmering with golden characters:
【First Generation】
Qin Guiya (Four Spiritual Roots) Golden Core Early Stage
Liu Qingchan (Five Spiritual Roots) Foundation Establishment Early Stage
【Second Generation】
Qin ?? (Azure Wood Spirit Body) Innate Realm
"Azure Wood Spirit Body?!"
Qin Guiya almost cried out in alarm.
A Spirit Body was a cultivation Physique even rarer than a Heavenly Spiritual Root, and the Innate Realm meant that this child had stepped into the threshold of cultivation from birth, which was the stage before Qi Condensation!
The infant seemed to sense his father's shock and suddenly grinned, his small hand grasping a strand of Qin Guiya's hair.
A pure wood-attribute spiritual power flowed along the hair, making Qin Guiya's whole body tremble.
The purity of this spiritual power even surpassed that of him, a Golden Core cultivator!
"The 'Yue' generation..."
Qin Guiya murmured, recalling the Qin Family's generation ranking, "Let's call him Qin Yue Xian."
Among those who cultivate, who doesn't yearn for Immortal Ascension?
This name carried his greatest hopes for his son.
Liu Qingchan softly repeated the name, tears welling up in her eyes: "Yue Xian... what a beautiful name..."
The midwife beside them hesitated, then finally spoke:
"Immortal Master Qin, I have delivered babies for sixty years, and I have never seen an infant born at five months, let alone... one so extraordinary."
She looked at little Yue Xian with awe, "I'm afraid he has an incredible origin..."
Qin Guiya slipped her a bag of Spirit Stones: "Regarding today's events, I ask that you keep it a secret, Granny."
After the midwife left, Qin Guiya immediately checked Liu Qingchan's body.
Unexpectedly, although her Origin Qi was greatly depleted, her Foundation was unharmed. Instead, a strange vitality flowed through her Meridians, rapidly repairing the damage.
"I'm fine... During childbirth just now, I felt a strange energy within me unlock, as if it was unsealed."
Liu Qingchan said softly, her gaze never leaving the child, "Yue Xian, he... is very special."