Chapter 57: Ah Yan is Born
"This Spirit Bone is much stronger than the one from the rabbit's sacrifice in the original work. It's practically a life-saving divine Spirit Ability. Not only can it elementalize, but it also comes with a skill similar to the Shadow Clone Jutsu from the Naruto World. The clones can accumulate experience and memories. It's a pity they can't be used to cultivate spirit power, otherwise, if four clones and the main body cultivated simultaneously, that would be a huge gain."
Qin Xuan's main body thought about the uses of the clone skill while flipping through the material in his hand. It seemed like it would be great to be like Naruto from Naruto. He could use clones to refine skills and gain five times the memory and experience.
Cultivating for one year this way would be equivalent to five years. Cultivating for two years would be equivalent to 10 years.
Qin Xuan had not been exposed to swordsmanship for long. Before regaining his memories, he had only followed the Cardinals with sword Spirits to learn combat methods and trained Spirit Abilities with Thousand Jun Drop Demon.
He didn't even have the concept of swordsmanship. The only person on the Continent who had achieved success in swordsmanship was Sword Douluo, but he was a protective Douluo of the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile School, so it was impossible for him to teach a Spirit Hall disciple.
Now Qin Xuan had acquired the top-tier swordsmanship from the Qin Dynasty World and the Sword Control Technique that came with Peerless. Even though he no longer needed Sword Douluo, and his achievements in swordsmanship were destined to surpass him, he didn't want his sword to be confined to existing sword moves. He hoped that one day, he could forge his own path.
For the next period, Qin Xuan lived a life of two points and one line. It was truly 'ignoring the outside world, focusing solely on studying the sages.'
During the day, he used his clones to immerse himself in the ocean of knowledge. At night, he returned to the Elder Palace to cultivate spirit power, bringing learning materials to Jing Ni and occasionally teaching her foreign languages (the Douluo Continent language). As for practicing swordsmanship, he had never slacked off since the day he regained his memories. He practiced for one hour in the morning and one hour in the evening.
Days passed like this, simple yet not monotonous.
Until three months later, a loud cry of a baby broke the tranquility of life.
"Congratulations, Second Majesty, congratulations, Second Majesty, your wife has given birth, mother and daughter are safe." The bedroom door opened, and a maid walked out holding a basin of bloody hot water, saying respectfully.
"Hmm. This is your reward." Qin Xuan reached into his waist spirit tool, pulled out a bag of gold coins, and threw it to her, sighing inexplicably in his heart.
He wasn't really becoming a father; he was just being a step-father. It would be a miracle if he could be happy about it.
Although Qin Xuan would still be good to Jing Ni and her daughter, he wouldn't truly treat Ah Yan, who had no blood relation, as his biological daughter. Instead, he would… bah!
On the contrary, he would remember this humiliation. If Qian Xunji hadn't been secretly pressuring him, how could he have announced that he had a child?
Then he thought of Ah Yan when she grew up, and that this humiliating period would soon end, and Qin Xuan's mood quickly changed. He would just treat it as raising a female Guan Zhong for himself.
"Thank you, Second Majesty, thank you, Second Majesty." The maid took the gold coins, appearing especially excited.
She was just a low-level Spirit Master in her teens, with a Mop Spirit. Her talent was not outstanding. She was at the bottom of the Spirit Hall, and the only reason she could serve in the Elder Palace was because of her decent appearance and the special nature of her Spirit.
This bag of 100 gold coins was enough to cover her wages for more than half a year.
Qin Xuan waved his hand, signaling the maid to leave, then walked into the room.
At this moment, inside the room, a middle-aged female healing Spirit Master, holding a healing staff, had just finished healing Jing Ni. The newborn Ah Yan was crying loudly in Jing Ni's arms, and Jing Ni kept gently stroking her, tenderly caring for her.
Seeing Qin Xuan enter, the middle-aged female healing Spirit Master quickly knelt on one knee, "Second Majesty."
This was, after all, a world where strength was respected. This Second Majesty was no ordinary person. Not only was he the Supreme Pontiff's second brother and the direct disciple of the Sixth and Seventh Consecrated Elders, but since returning from a year of training, his status in the Spirit Hall had risen sharply, already showing a tendency to overshadow the Holy Maiden.
Even Platinum Cardinals of the Spirit Douluo level would greet him with a smile. Let alone her, a 40-something-year-old healing Spirit King.
Qin Xuan didn't want to get entangled with her, so he casually said a few words, dismissed the female healing Spirit Master, and then looked at Jing Ni, "How do you feel?"
"My husband, I…" Jing Ni, who was comforting Ah Yan, saw Qin Xuan enter and wanted to say something, but hesitated and stopped, ultimately choosing not to speak.
"I know what you want to say, but this has nothing to do with you or the child. You can only blame me for being too weak right now. And I promised I would protect you two, mother and daughter." Qin Xuan thought Jing Ni was feeling guilty and didn't want to dwell on the topic, so he said half-jokingly, "If you feel you owe me something, then work hard to give me a big, chubby boy in the future."
"Mm." Hearing this, a warm current instantly flowed through Jing Ni's heart, but at the same time, she couldn't help but show a bitter smile.
Never mind, things will become clear later.
[Jing Ni's favorability +10. Congratulations to the host for reaching maximum favorability with Jing Ni. Achieved the 'Undying Love' achievement, rewarded 1,000,000 emotion points.]
Qin Xuan stumbled, almost falling to the ground. Was this a consolation prize for himself?
"What's wrong?" Noticing Qin Xuan's abnormality, Jing Ni asked, somewhat confused.
"Uh, nothing." Qin Xuan picked up Ah Yan, hiding his embarrassment.
Ah Yan, who had been crying in Jing Ni's arms, immediately stopped crying as soon as Qin Xuan held her. Her small eyes, which couldn't fully open yet, actually squinted into a slit, and she laughed happily.
"They say that newborn babies instinctively do some extraordinary things to seek protection," Qin Xuan said with a smile. "It seems this child likes me very much. Have you thought of a name for her?"
Jing Ni smiled gently, thought for a moment, and said, "Yan, the Yan of 'oath'."
Qin Xuan smiled, "Then let's call her Ah Yan. The Yan of oath, Ah Yan, Qin Yan. I think when she grows up, she will be as beautiful as you."
If he had a slight grudge before, now, it seemed not to be a big deal anymore. Although there was a suspicion of him being a 'take-over guy' (taking over someone else's family), it also depended on the situation. Jing Ni and her daughter wouldn't hinder him in the future.
Compared to that, having a smart, cute, and exceptionally talented goddaughter like Ah Yan, and a powerful wife like Jing Ni, was nothing.
Moreover.
Have you not seen Cao Mengde? Prime Minister Cao married so many wives and concubines, many of whom had children, but no one said he was a 'take-over guy'. The reason was his immense power.