Have a Child

It's time to go back to Wushen Mountain.

After Li Qi arrived, he had another conversation with Shen Shuibi, Li Qi readily helped her improve the automatic pill production mechanism.

It's quite difficult, but since Shen Shuibi has already spoken up, we have to give it a try no matter how difficult it is, right?

Fortunately, reading a lot is useful. After thinking about it for a few days, he actually figured it out and spent some time developing an automatic pill production machine.

Hmm... However, compared to the readily available ones in the Tang Kingdom, there is still a big gap, but it can still be used.

The Tang Kingdom also mass-produced elixirs, but... elixirs made by hand by the Daoist sect are still the best. The quality difference between mass-produced elixirs is quite large. The same elixir may have a difference in efficacy of three or four times or more. As for elixir poisoning, it goes without saying. The mass-produced elixirs produced in the Tang Kingdom have strict requirements on the dosage, in order to control elixir poisoning and prevent people from dying from ingesting them.

But it doesn't matter, as long as the grade is high enough, it's more than enough to be a prize.

During this time, Shen Shuibi carefully transplanted the orchid outside without causing any damage, and then carefully held it.

She didn't even put it in the Mustard Seed Bag. The cloud disk space in the Mustard Seed Bag was outside the realm, too cold, and she didn't want that.

So, carrying a pot of orchids, the two left Mount Luofu hand in hand.

Outside, the Old Ma stretched its body to its limit, reaching a length of a hundred feet, carrying a pile of treasures that were unsuitable for being put into Mustard Seed Bag —all of which it had plundered.

Li Qi glanced at the ruins below, where infighting was still raging, and shook his head.

Believing in ancient sites and hoping to make one's Dao Path smoother by digging up graves and ancient relics...

That's unreliable.

Putting everything else aside, as times progress, contemporary things are undoubtedly the strongest; what's buried in the ground are only garbage and outdated garbage.

Without further thought, Li Qi urged the Old Ma on, and the group left the place, heading towards Liesu.

Once you arrive at Liesu, you can be teleported directly to Wushen Mountain.

On the way back from Mount Luofu, Li Qi noticed that Shen Shuibi seemed to be in a much better mood. However, she was still holding onto the orchid tightly and wouldn't let go. He guessed that she would only let go after returning to Wushen Mountain and personally handing it over to Granny Mei.

"Did Granny Lan leave any messages or last words?" Li Qi asked.

"Well... he didn't leave any last words, but he did leave behind some very valuable things," Shen Shuibi said with a smile.

"Really? That certainly looks very valuable." Li Qi didn't ask any further questions, he just smiled.

"It's very valuable. I suddenly realized the importance of passing on the legacy," Shen Shuibi said to Li Qi, pressing her face against his back as she spoke.

"It is indeed very important. What do you mean by suddenly realizing it? Inheritance is for confirming a possibility. Even those great powers, who can be sure that they can break through the Cognitive Obstruction and reach the end of the Great Dao? Aren't they all still cut off their Dao Path and go to others to try and make mistakes?" Li Qi laughed.

Yes, all the great beings are using themselves to 'test and learn'.

The great shaman Mi Xin had mentioned this concept to Li Qi, so Li Qi himself was aware of it.

Among the powerful beings who are high above, at least 30% have actually severed their Dao Path. Their path has come to an end. They may seem very powerful, reaching the first, second, or third rank, but... what use is their cultivation after their Dao Path has been severed?

Enjoyment? Do you think powerful beings would care about a little bit of enjoyment? Enjoyment is meaningless to them. Even if enjoyment could mask pain, their lives are infinite.

The word "infinite" carries a lot of weight.

Enjoy yourself to the fullest, have fun in every way imaginable, travel through the heavens, do all sorts of good and bad things, and do whatever you want. So what? After hundreds of thousands of eras, how will you still be able to enjoy yourself?

Having tasted all the delicacies, seen all the beauties, and grown tired of games, sports, beautiful scenery, even studies and training, and even drugs, what else is there to do?

This cultivation level is like a coffin. Once the Dao Path enlightenment is severed, it means being imprisoned in this coffin and spending countless hours in agony in the future.

At times like these, there are only a handful of options left to hope for—

He could either become possessed by a demon, commit suicide to be reborn and start anew, or cultivate a successor.

The powerful beings themselves went astray or encountered unexpected events, which led to the severing of their Dao Path.

They used their lives to prove that what they did was wrong, and future generations can naturally avoid their path.

So, what if we train a successor and let him take other, perhaps correct, paths, and he succeeds?

Then there will be no regrets in this life.

This is Li Qi's understanding of why these Dao Lineage constantly recruit new disciples and protect them with great care. However... Shen Shuibi probably didn't bother to think about these things before.

It's normal to have this idea now that I've been provoked.

So Li Qi didn't think much of it; he simply went through these things in his mind, stored them in his memory, and then forgot about them.

But at this moment, Shen Shuibi suddenly said to him—

"Yes, it's such an important thing... So, Li Qi, let's have a child?"

Li Qi jolted and almost fell off Old Ma's back.

"Why are you suddenly bringing this up?" Li Qi's voice trembled slightly, but he managed to suppress it.

He felt somewhat similar to how he felt when facing the sorcerer god.

Uh... how should I put it?

It just feels like...

Shake.

"I think we'll be going to fight after you two, right?" Shen Shuibi said to Li Qi.

Li Qi was stunned for a moment, then thought about it.

He nodded, and his mind calmed down.

Yes, two people will definitely be involved in the war.

The Polaris Golden Core Method was leaked out because of Li Qi. Although this aligned with the ideas of the radical faction within Wushen Mountain, it also meant that Li Qi could no longer remain uninvolved.

The outflow of the Polaris Golden Core Method means that there is only one way left for everyone to obtain the opportunity to attain the Great Dao Opportunity: to seize the body of the Sun Moon True Lead Cauldron.

However, the Sun Moon True Lead Cauldron is now in the hands of Wushen Mountain, which is one of the 'advantages' that Li Qi had previously predicted.

However, this advantage cannot be maintained. Wushen Mountain cannot secretly awaken the Sun Moon True Lead Cauldron. The awakening of a second-rank being will inevitably be accompanied by a huge commotion, and no one can hide it.

If no one were paying attention, a second-rank official might be able to hide silently, but now everyone is watching each other closely, with even first-rank officials personally monitoring them, and many second-rank officials listening intently to all the heavens, afraid of missing even the slightest bit of information. Under these circumstances, nothing in the myriad realms can escape detection.

However, before awakening, Wushen Mountain can make ample preparations to face the first wave of impact, awakening the Sun Moon True Lead Cauldron in a safe, suitable, and well-defended place. This is the advantage of Wushen Mountain mentioned earlier.

The word 'defense' implies that many people will form a defensive line to resist the enemy who comes to try to steal the Sun Moon True Lead Cauldron.

Among these people, Li Qi and Zhu Fengdan were not spared, after all, he had already reached the sixth rank and was part of the radical faction.

With Li Qi joining the battle, Shen Shuibi naturally couldn't just stand by and watch.

In Li Qi's estimation, Zhu Fengdan might even have to join the battle, let alone him, the instigator.

As for how long this shock will last... well, that's up to fate.

When the Sun Moon True Lead Cauldron is awakened, several second-rank cultivators from Wushen Mountain will be waiting nearby, ready to take over as soon as the opportunity for the Great Dao Opportunity is handed over, anticipating the birth of a new first-rank cultivator.

In the process, some people may be unlucky and perish during the advancement process, but other suitable second- Great Dao Opportunity individuals will immediately take over, until success is achieved or all suitable second-rank individuals die out.

If all the dead are killed, then the mountain will be handed over to another, all losses will be wiped out, and Wushen Mountain will suffer a major blow.

This is the scenario that conservatives least want to see, which is why they choose to be conservative and delay, waiting for the right time.

However, what angered the conservatives was that Li Qi had single-handedly spurred the radicals to exert their power, ultimately leading to a swift and decisive war.

However, regarding this matter... Li Qi still doesn't know whether he was the one who pushed for the outflow... or whether the radicals set a trap for him to go outflow?

Anyway, we can't escape the connection.

However, things have already come to this point, and the conservatives have no choice but to accept it. The Wushen Mountain community has reached a consensus, and the matter has been settled.

This also means that Li Qi's participation in the war is inevitable; it's just a matter of when Wushen Mountain decides to start the war, and it won't be delayed for too long.

Li Qi realized that Shen Shuibi made this request precisely because she understood this point.

He couldn't make a decision right away, so he just held Shen Shuibi's hand and fell into deep thought.

Will he die if he joins the war?

Without a doubt, they would die. In a war of this magnitude, even the sorcerer god couldn't protect them, because the saints must have already chosen their opponents.

Soldiers against soldiers, generals against generals, kings against kings—everyone has an opponent. This is a contest of overall strength. Even if you have one more ninth-rank opponent, that ninth-rank opponent can become the key to victory in the hands of those unparalleled sages.

"Okay, let's have a baby." Li Qi nodded and agreed.

Shen Shuibi seemed to have anticipated this answer, so she didn't show any surprise. Instead, she sat back down, closed her eyes, and began to focus her cultivation.

Li Qi knew what she was doing, so he couldn't help but blush.

To be honest, he's a little unsure what to do right now.

A child.

This is indeed something to consider now, but even though Li Qi is Celestial Person is well-versed in all things and has a vast knowledge of everything, he has never personally been involved in such matters.

He knows a lot of theoretical knowledge.

For example, for spiritual practitioners, having children is never a combination of genetic material or genes.

Oh... maybe for a true dragon, after all, the genes of a true dragon are just too terrifying, and there is one advantage to gene combination, that is, there is no limit to the number.

During this trip to the East China Sea, Li Qi has figured out that the number of true dragons is actually much greater than what is shown. It's just that they seem to want to make it appear that 'true dragons are very rare,' which is why things are the way they are now.

In fact, true dragons are no less capable of reproduction than humans; if they wanted to, they could reproduce just as well as Human Race.

Human Race occupy the central region of the Nine Lands of the World. In the Tang Kingdom, the number of non-human races is pitifully small, and almost all resources are occupied by trillions of Human Race.

In contrast, the East Sea is home to only a few true dragons, with the majority being various special life forms that fight each other in this unruly arena to satisfy the needs of 'Heavenly Evolution'. The true dragons themselves do not participate; they simply watch quietly.

Leaving aside the exception of the True Dragon, the children of powerful figures from other Dao Lineage are not limited to things like 'genes'. Genes and even the physical body can be changed at any time for them, so it doesn't matter at all.

What truly determines the reproductive ability of high-level cultivators, such as Li Qi and Shen Shuibi who are at the fifth or sixth rank, is their own Dao.

Just like the two children born to Lady Luofu and the Sun and Sun Moon True Lead Cauldron, Shen Shuibi and Yang Ning.

Although they were Lady Luofu's personal maids, similar to the two attendants holding Law Treasure treasures behind the immortals in common paintings of immortals, that was merely a means for Lady Luofu to keep them by her side.

The two of them are typical children of powerful beings, possessing a unique Daoist aura that is unparalleled in all the heavens. It is the Daoist aura that was directly taken from Lady Luofu and the Sun and Sun Moon True Lead Cauldron.

These two strands of Daoist energy were mixed together and transformed into the intertwined sun and moon. With the nurturing of both, the essence of the sun and the essence of the moon were finally hatched, which then manifested in the form of the Jade Rabbit and the Golden Crow.

Although Li Qi and Shen Shuibi were not considered great powers, they were still mid-level cultivators and naturally needed to follow this process to conceive offspring through their own path.

This method can promote eugenics, as seen in cases like Shen Shuibi and Yang Ning.

Or, like a powerful being of the past, one could cut a gash in one's arm and let the blood flow out, from which countless offspring would instantly spring forth.

Without a doubt, Li Qi and Shen Shuibi would definitely choose to have the best children.

However... there are still options.

"How will we give birth to this child? Will it be manifested by the Great Dao, or... will we truly conceive one, or will we simply use the Dao's essence to catalyze its development?" Li Qi asked.

The difference between these two... is probably that, in addition to inheriting the essence of both, children can also inherit their bloodline.

Of course, bloodline is not important to cultivators, so many people choose the former, so they can avoid the pain of pregnancy and childbirth.

Even powerful beings cannot avoid this. After all, when a child is inside the body, it is essentially one with the powerful being, an organ of the body. This is a normal bodily reaction, similar to 'Dao injury'.

No one wants to suffer a Dao injury out of thin air, as it might give the enemy an opportunity to take advantage of the situation. Shen Shuibi was also a direct manifestation of the Great Dao, not born from Lady Luofu.

However, Shen Shuibi said, "Well, let's have one. I think that... will make us closer."

"Okay..." Li Qi could only nod at this point.

To be honest, he was still shaking.

The two continued their conversation, exchanging a few words here and there, while Old Ma remained silent, speeding up and carrying them towards Liesu.

However, some thoughts began to emerge in their minds.