Mu Guibai's words had truly sunk into Song Changsheng's heart.
Over the course of his life, he had raised countless juniors: Song Qingxing, Song Qingxi, Xu Miaoyin, and... Qingyun.
To him, they were no different from his own children, yet he always felt that something was missing.
Perhaps what was missing was that feeling of blood ties.
Both he and Zhuang Yuechan dearly wanted a child, but they had faced far too many challenges over the years, and after their marriage, the time they spent together had been extremely limited.
Moreover, by the time they married, they had already reached the Purple Palace realm. Cultivators at that level already found it rather difficult to have children.
Now that both husband and wife were Golden Core Cultivators, there was even less need to mention it. The difficulty of conceiving was several times greater than for Purple Palace Cultivators, though there was still a chance. There were many such examples.
As their cultivation rose, that difficulty would only multiply.
Just as Mu Guibai had said, many True Lords and Supremes had immersed themselves in cultivation in their younger years and chosen not to leave behind descendants, only to seek them bitterly in vain during the latter half of their lives.
Childbearing was a power of Heavenly Dao creation. Even if they could overawe an entire region, they remained helpless before such matters.
"It really is time to find an opportunity and make an effort." Song Changsheng muttered, then headed toward the External Affairs Hall, pondering how to make the Gusu Cultivation World and the Great Yu Cultivation World more vigilant.
After much deliberation, he realized that he still had to ask the Wanlong Merchant Association to step in.
It could not be helped. The Wanlong Merchant Association's influence ran deep and spread