You're just a single demon beast? I have a whole army of beast tamers!

Compared to the Nine Yuan Spirit Control Scripture, this method is more domineering and more dangerous.

If the beast turns against you, at best your cultivation will drop, at worst your soul will be shattered.

But for Qin Shou, this technique was tailor-made for him.

He possesses six orifices, and all five of his natal beasts have reached the ninth rank of perfection. He also has ninth-rank combat power such as the Spring and Autumn Cicada, the Golden-Winged Roc, and the Void Mirage Dragon.

If one can master the "Myriad Beasts Immortal Lord's Manual", one's combat power will no longer be limited to being the strongest among those of the same level after one enters the True Immortal realm.

By then, even if the Shui family has True Immortal Elders and Profound Immortal Ancestors, they may not be able to suppress him completely.

"The Shen family..." Qin Shou murmured, then put the jade slip away and closed his eyes to study it.

For the next month or so, aside from refining pills, he spent his days deducing the first level of the "Myriad Beasts Immortal Monarch's Manual".

Although this fragment only goes up to the Golden Immortal realm, its content is profound and every word is precious.

He repeatedly activated the colored sphere before he could barely make out the key points in the general outline.

Fortunately, when he ascended from the Spirit Realm, he did not release all five of his natal beasts. He only stored their essence and soul imprints in his spatial storage. Otherwise, once this technique was activated, strange phenomena would surely have occurred in the Immortal City.

Just as he was in seclusion to meditate, Shuiyao ran into trouble first.

On this day, Qin Shou had just finished his training when he heard Shui Yingyue's soft voice of persuasion coming from the courtyard.

With a sweep of his divine sense, he saw Shui Yao standing at the courtyard gate, locked in a stalemate with Shui Rou.

"I just wanted to go out for a walk, what's it to you!"

Shuiyao's pretty face flushed red, and her voice was full of anger.

"My husband instructed me not to go out unnecessarily these days," Shui Rou said calmly.

"I didn't sell it to him! The Shui family's house is so big, can't I even leave the house?"

Shuiyao's eyes widened.

"When our husbands are not here, we will guard this courtyard for them."

"If you want to leave, wait until your husband comes out." Shui Rou refused.

Qin Shou frowned, got up and walked out.

He strolled into the courtyard and said calmly, "What's all the commotion about?"

Upon seeing him, Shuiyao's imposing manner diminished by three points, but she still stubbornly insisted:

"I'm going to the clan's competition arena. I've been feeling really cooped up these past few days, so I need to get out and stretch my muscles."

"The arena?" Qin Shou looked her up and down. "You're my Daoist partner now. If you go to the arena alone and get injured, who will be responsible?"

"I'm at the late stage of the Tribulation Transcending Realm, who can do anything to me!"

Shuiyao was not convinced.

"The late stage of the Tribulation Transcending Realm is nothing special in the Immortal Realm."

Qin Shou said in a calm tone, "Now that you've entered this door, you must abide by the rules here."

If you want to go out, someone has to come with you.

Shui Rou, you will go with her tomorrow.

Shui Rou nodded: "Yes."

Seeing that she wasn't completely confined, Shuiyao's expression softened. She lowered her head, said "I understand," and turned to go back into her room.

Qin Shou watched her retreating figure and shook his head helplessly.

Shuiyao has a quick temper, but she is quite talented; she was just spoiled by her family since childhood.

If we don't hone our skills, they will be difficult to become a help in the future.

He went back into the house, intending to study the "Immortal Lord of Ten Thousand Beasts" a few more times, when suddenly his brows furrowed.

Just a moment ago, he seemed to have a sense of being watched from the depths of his mind.

If it weren't for his minor mastery of the Heavenly Secrets Law and his recent comprehension of a new cultivation technique, he would almost have been overlooked.

"As expected, someone was watching us in the dark."

Qin Shou remained expressionless, but he already understood that although the Shui family had given him many benefits, they had never truly trusted him.

The sense of being watched was extremely faint, indicating that the person was at least at the level of a True Immortal.

If he were to reveal any signs of practicing the "Immortal Lord of Ten Thousand Beasts" at this time, the consequences would be unimaginable.

"Within a hundred years, we must find an opportunity to leave the Shui family, find a place of no man to cultivate, or have the resources to contend with the Shui family."

He sat in the darkness, a sharp glint in his eyes.

The moonlight outside the window was as clear as water, and a few medicinal herbs in the courtyard swayed gently in the night breeze. Everything seemed peaceful, but in the shadows, countless eyes were fixed on this small courtyard.

......

The next fifty years were far more eventful for Qin Shou than he had anticipated.

To reassure him to stay, the Shui family gave him everything they could.

Back at Dantang, his reputation grew day by day.

Shui Qingli would send over a batch of spiritual materials and elixirs every few days, and the two old alchemists would often come to her door with their pill formulas, openly asking for advice and secretly probing her.

Qin Shou handled the situation flawlessly, teaching what needed to be taught and remaining silent about what shouldn't be said.

But what truly caught him off guard was not alchemy, but offspring.

When Shui Qingli delivered the Immortal Nourishing Pill to the other courtyard for the first time, Qin Shou was having tea with three Daoist partners in the outer room.

She placed a small jade bottle on the table and said with a smile:

"This was specially prepared by the clan for Qin."

This pill is called the Immortal Cultivation Pill. After a woman takes it, her internal spiritual meridians will be readjusted within a few months, making her extremely easy to conceive. The children born will most likely have high-grade spiritual roots.

She spoke lightly, but Qin Shou felt somewhat uncomfortable listening to her.

Shui Yingyue and Shui Rou both lowered their heads, their ear tips slightly red.

Shuiyao, unable to hide her feelings, scoffed, "We have to send this from home? Can't we have our own babies?"

"Yao'er." Shui Qingli glanced at her sideways, "This is the clan's token of appreciation."

Qin Shou did not refuse.

He had lived in the lower realm for hundreds of years and was no stranger to the matter of Daoist partners and offspring, but he had never been asked to do so openly as a task.

He nodded and said, "Thank you for the clan's arrangements. However, matters of procreation should be left to nature and cannot be rushed."

Shui Qingli didn't say much, only saying, "The clan isn't urging us, they're just making preparations early. Ten immortal seedlings may sound like a lot, but with Qin Gongfeng's abilities, it shouldn't be difficult."

Once she left, the room became quiet.

Shui Yingyue picked up her teacup and took a sip as if to cover up her actions.

Shui Rou lowered her eyes and remained silent.

Shuiyao glared at Qin Shou, but when he didn't say anything, she blushed instead.

"Did you all hear that?" Qin Shou put down his teacup and glanced at the three of them.

"I heard you," Shui Yingyue replied softly.

"Then we'll see." Qin Shou coughed lightly. "Whoever takes the Immortal Nourishing Pill first, you can discuss it yourselves. I don't force anyone."

The three women exchanged glances, none of them speaking first. After a long while, Shui Rou finally whispered, "I will obey my husband."

Shui Yingyue also said, "I am too."

Shuiyao turned her head away: "Why are you all looking at me? I didn't say I didn't want to."

Qin Shou looked somewhat uneasy under the gaze of the three men.

He stood up and said, "I'm going to the Pill Hall. We'll talk about these things later."

That evening, when he returned to the attic, Shui Yingyue had already taken the Immortal Nourishing Pill and was sitting cross-legged in the inner room refining its medicinal power.

Shui Rou was warming a pot of tea for him in the outer room. When she saw him return, she said in a low voice, "Ying Yue said she misses you, sir."

Qin Shou nodded and sat down next to Shui Rou.

After a moment of silence, he finally spoke: "Is there anything on your mind? If you want to say it, then say it."

Shui Rou shook her head: "My life was given to me by my husband."

"It is a blessing to bear children for one's husband."

Qin Shou didn't ask any more questions.

Although he knew that Shui Rou was gentle and unassuming, her straightforwardness still warmed his heart.

He reached out and gently patted the back of her hand:

"Go ahead, I'll stay with Yingyue tonight."

Shui Rou responded and got up to leave.

Three months later, Shui Yingyue became pregnant.