I established the Eternal Immortal Clan by taming beasts.

"Alright, it's late, you should all go back and rest."

Lin Che held Xuan Qi in his arms and looked at Liu Qingxue and Su Wanwan with gentle eyes.

"Especially Qingxue, your due date is not far off, so you need to pay more attention to the balance between work and rest during your daily cultivation, and avoid overexerting your mental energy."

The stars are starting to appear outside the window; it's getting late indeed.

Upon hearing this, Su Wanwan and Liu Qingxue glanced at the sleeping baby in the swaddling clothes a few more times with lingering reluctance.

Then they bowed to Lin Che and Wang Lingsu to take their leave, and quietly left the room together, each returning to their own residence to rest.

Now that both of them are pregnant, the responsibility of caring for Wang Lingsu, who is weak after childbirth, naturally falls on Lin Che's shoulders.

The main reason for doing things personally was the rules set by Lin Che.

The core area of ​​the island in the center of Shattered Star Lake is strictly off-limits to all outsiders.

This was not only to protect the family's most fundamental core secrets, but also to set the tone for shaping the family's ethos after careful consideration by Lin Che.

In the future, this rule will surely be written into the clan rules.

His intention was to teach his people to take care of their daily lives from a young age.

Clothing, food, housing, transportation, and even ordinary chores should all be handled by the clan members themselves.

In this way, one can temper one's character and avoid developing the arrogant, lazy, and physically inactive habits of a "young master" or "young lady".

This can eliminate potential external risks caused by the introduction of servants and laborers from the root.

After all, what is most difficult to prevent is often "human beings" themselves.

Whether it's his daily life as the head of the family or the future lives of every member of the clan, self-reliance will be a basic requirement.

However, new problems have also emerged.

The clansmen need time to cultivate, and each has their own tasks and responsibilities to complete.

So, who will take care of young children like Xuanqi in his arms who are not yet able to take care of themselves?

This is indeed a real problem that needs to be properly addressed.

Lin Che's thinking was clear: if humans couldn't be used, then he would borrow the power of spirit beasts.

If we could find or breed a breed that is gentle, intelligent, attentive, and good at caring for children, and guide and train it through a contract, that might be the best solution.

However, this matter still needs to be considered carefully and planned in detail.

……

Half an hour later, based on his knowledge, Lin Che gently woke up the half-asleep Wang Lingsu and helped her feed Xuan Qi in her arms for the first time.

The baby instinctively sucked, making soft, satisfied sounds.

After feeding her child, Wang Lingsu, who was already exhausted, could no longer hold on and almost instantly fell into a deep sleep, her breathing becoming even and long.

Lin Che then carried Xuan Qi, who had fallen asleep again, and quietly walked into the adjacent side room.

He carefully placed the child on a small bed covered with soft mattresses, then sat down beside him, calmed his mind, and prepared to do something crucial—to investigate the child's spiritual aptitude.

Normally, before the age of five, a child's spiritual roots are still developing and not yet fully formed.

Usually, it takes until around the age of five, when the spiritual root form is stable, for conventional spiritual testing methods to accurately detect its attributes and grade.

However, the system that Lin Che possessed was an exception.

He had secretly tried it before, and even with a newborn baby, the system's extraordinary power could still glimpse the initial form of the spiritual root.

At this moment, Lin Che felt a mix of nervousness and anticipation, like when opening a blind box.

He gently placed his palm on Xuanqi's small chest, where he felt a warm, soft texture and could feel the faint yet vibrant heartbeat.

"System, investigate."

He meditated in his heart.

The next moment, a pale golden, semi-transparent light screen silently appeared in his field of vision, clearly displaying several lines of information:

[Character: Lin Xuanqi]

Gender: Male

Lifespan: 1/122

Cultivation Level: None

[Spiritual Roots: Mid-grade Water Spiritual Root, Low-grade Wood Spiritual Root]

[Physical constitution: None]

When his gaze fell upon the specific description following the words "spiritual root," Lin Che's heart, which had been slightly pounding, finally settled down.

Xuanqi possesses spiritual roots!

Although the quality isn't top-tier, this is still the best news.

Spiritual roots are bestowed by the creation of heaven and earth. Although they are related to the bloodline inheritance from parents, they are not absolute.

Even ordinary couples without any spiritual roots may give birth to offspring with spiritual roots, and vice versa.

Spiritual roots are a gift from heaven and earth.

Once a spiritual root begins to develop, its foundation and potential are almost predetermined. To improve it or reverse one's aptitude is no less difficult than defying fate.

The evil arts and demonic practices of this world can commit cruel acts such as plundering the spiritual roots of others and grafting them onto one's own body, but they pose great hidden dangers, causing one to be burdened with karmic debts and deep-seated inner demons. When undergoing tribulation, the power of the heavenly tribulation will be multiplied.

As for rare and precious objects that can improve one's spiritual root aptitude, they are extremely rare and unparalleled opportunities.

But this is not a problem at all for Lin Che, because he is a man with a system!

Lin Che silently recited in his heart and issued a clear command to the system: "For my son Lin Xuanqi, improve his water elemental root aptitude."

The moment the command was given, a pure and gentle, invisible pale golden energy flow came from the void and gently enveloped Xuan Qi, who was fast asleep on the bed.

This energy seemed to possess life and consciousness, rapidly seeping into his skin and converging towards the nascent spiritual root deep within his dantian, which was still slowly developing and radiating a pale blue halo.

The blue halo representing the source of the water elemental root, as if infused with the purest vitality and creative power, began to undergo mysterious changes.

The light became more solid and pure, and its color transformed from light blue to a deeper and brighter azure. The internal structure also seemed to be being sorted, optimized, and sublimated by an invisible hand.

The whole process was quiet and quick, taking only a few breaths.

As the golden light faded like the tide, Lin Che looked at the system panel again, and the information in the Spiritual Root section had been updated:

[Spiritual Roots: Superior Water Spiritual Root, Inferior Wood Spiritual Root]

The word "middle grade," which represented the quality of water-elemental root, has been replaced by "superior grade"!

Although his wood spirit root is still of low grade, his aptitude for cultivating the water spirit root has been significantly improved. This has laid a much more solid foundation for Xuanqi's future path than before.

Lin Che let out a long sigh of relief, a smile of satisfaction and contentment appearing on his face.

He bent down and gently picked up his son, who was still sleeping soundly and had not yet realized that he had undergone a "congenital baptism," and carefully placed him back beside Wang Lingsu so that the mother and son could lean on each other.

After doing all this, he sat cross-legged on a futon not far from the bed.

Instead of immediately entering a deep meditative state, he separated a wisp of pure divine consciousness and gently enveloped his sleeping wife and children on the bed, constantly sensing their aura and condition.

He then slowly circulated his cultivation technique, entering a shallow state of breath regulation.

……

Time flies, and a month has passed in the blink of an eye.

Lin Che then secretly summoned Liu Fang to the Broken Star Lake clan territory and arranged for her to "deliver" Wang Lingsu as a specially hired midwife for the Lin family.

This move was by no means superfluous, but rather a carefully considered informational smokescreen by Lin Che.

A cultivator's birth date and time can be used as a key medium in certain bizarre divination techniques, remote curses, and even formations involving destiny and fate.

Lin Che's actions were precisely to obscure and protect Lin Xuanqi's true birth time from the outset, minimizing the risk of him being robbed in the future due to such underhanded methods.

This is the first invisible line of defense he built for his child as a father.

Of course, summoning Liu Fang was also to obtain the latest information on the Shadow Hall.

According to Liu Fang's report, the Lin family has shown no reaction to the "Azure Eagle of Lingcao Valley" matter for so long.

In addition, she successfully gained initial trust by acting as a midwife and obtained permission to regularly enter and leave the Lin family home.

After evaluation, the Shadow Hall's upper echelons concluded that the original plan to "use the Azure-Eyed Eagles to kill people" had failed and was indeed difficult to implement, so they simply abandoned it.

Their current strategy has shifted to long-term penetration and steady progress.

The plan is to gradually send more disguised personnel into the Lin family under the guise of guest advisors and employees in the future, slowly weaving an intelligence network from within, and eventually gaining control of the Lin family's intelligence.

When Liu Fang was giving her report, her tone implied that she was carefully observing Lin Che's reaction.

Lin Che smiled slightly upon hearing this.

Apart from Liu Fang, whom he tightly controlled through a contract and used as the only channel for transmitting information in reverse.

He would never allow anyone of unknown origin, or anyone who had not been personally and systematically verified by him through multiple means, to set foot on the family territory.

"You did a good job." Lin Che nodded slightly to Liu Fang and casually bestowed some resources upon her.

"Continue to play your role well and report on time. I will also invite you to the clan from time to time to treat some clan members or guest elders. Remember what you should say and what you shouldn't say."

"Yes, Master." Liu Fang respectfully accepted the order, her eyes no longer showing much struggle, only obedience after accepting reality.

After seeing Liu Fang off, Lin Che returned to the island. He first went to check on Xuan Qi, who was sleeping peacefully on the bed, and Wang Lingsu, who was meditating quietly beside him, before continuing his cultivation.

He planned to wait until Liu Qingxue gave birth safely before heading to the Spirit Herb Valley to capture the group of Azure-Eyed Eagles that had degenerated into first-tier bloodlines.