Chapter 4 - 4 Chapter 3: A Daughter in Old Age_1 (1/2)

4 Chapter 3: A Daughter in Old Age_1

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“Husband, what were you all talking about outside?”

After noticing the serious look on Xu Mu’s face after entering the room, Ye Yingying couldn’t help but ask.

“It’s nothing! He wanted my help with Alchemy, and I turned him down!”

Xu Mu relaxed his brows, laughing as he reassured her.

“The baby might arrive soon, stop overthinking and get an early rest!”

“Oh!”

Ye Yingying nodded, refraining from asking any further.

Her age was painfully apparent and, having seen so little of the world, she rarely questioned what Xu Mu told her.

To Xu Mu, she was as innocent as a child.

Every conversation he had with her made him feel culpably responsible.

The truth was, Xu Mu initially wanted to find a mature woman to share mutual support, however, the standards of the Cultivation Realm differed vastly from his previous life. Here, the older a woman, the more valuable she was, and with his own limitations, he could only settle for someone like Ye Yingying, a girl who was helpless and inexperienced.

…

“Hmm!”

Not long after laying down, her face tensed up in pain, reflecting the distress she felt.

“What’s wrong?”

Xu Mu quickly sat up, concern brimming in his eyes.

“I feel like, it’s time, the baby is coming!”

“What?”

Having lived two lives, even Xu Mu was caught off guard by the sense of panic that set in.

Forcing down his excitement, he quickly pulled out the talismans and pills he had prepared earlier.

As for a midwife, as much as he would have liked one, there wasn’t any available in White River City.

Fortunately, Ye Yingying was already a cultivator herself; though only at the Qi Cultivation phase, her life force was naturally much more robust than an average person’s.

After the frantic efforts of both, a loud cry of a newborn echoed through the room.

Holding the wrinkled and flushed baby, Xu Mu finally released a deep breath, a weight lifted off his shoulders.

“It seems I’ve become a father at an old age. No, more precisely, a father to a daughter.”

At the age of 60, he was old enough to qualify as a late bloomer, a news that would have made the front page in his past life.

However, in the Cultivation Realm where life spans often exceed one hundred years, this ‘achievement’ wasn’t really that sensational here.

Great cultivators in the Foundation Establishment Stage or the Golden Core Stage, usually had children only after they had lived several hundred years.

“Let me see her!”

After receiving treatment from talisman and taking a pill to replenish her life force, Ye Yingying was feeling much better. She reached out for Xu Mu’s arms, a blissful smile beaming on her face as she took the baby.

Her lovely face, almond-shaped eyes, cherry-red lips, and long, silky hair, in this moment, through Xu Mu’s eyes, Ye Yingying was the epitome of beauty.

“What should we name her?” Ye Yingying asked, looking up at Xu Mu who was in a daze.

“Let’s call her Xu Ling!”

Xu Mu came back to his senses and revealed the name he had thought of beforehand.

“Xu Ling? Hmm! Sounds good! Her nickname will be Ling Ling from now on!”

Ye Yingying gently played with the baby in her arms.

The moment the two of them confirmed the name, an unfamiliar electronic voice suddenly echoed in Xu Mu’s mind.

[Congratulations to the host for having the first offspring!]

[Family achievement system has met its requirements for activation!]

[The host has fathered the first offspring, reward 10000 points of Luck Value]

[Achievement unlocked: Joy of having a daughter!]

[Joy of having a daughter: Receive 10 points of Luck Value daily!]

[Luck Value: Can be used to enhance skill proficiency, cannot directly enhance cultivation!]

[Character attribute panel opened!]

[Name: Xu Mu]

[Lifespan: 62/104]

[Realm: Qi Cultivation Third Stage; 328/400]

[Martial Method: Proficiency in Spirit Flame Jue; 311/400]

[Skills:]

Alchemy:

Proficiency in Fasting Pill; 241/400, Beginner at Qi Gathering Pill; 20/100

Skills:

Proficiency in Fire-controlling Skill; 323/400, Familiar with Fireball Skill; 129/200, Familiar with Wind Blade Skill; 108/200, Familiar with Light Body Skill; 114/200

Divine Skills: None

[Luck Value: 10010]

“Is this… a cheat? A system?”

After a brief surprising moment, Xu Mu’s heart surged with boundless joy.