The birth of his fourth child had brought Xian He wheat seeds.
Without hesitation, Xian He cleared one of the four empty plots in the New Courtyard and planted the wheat seeds.
The Inner World had a mild climate, with springlike weather all year round. The wheat should mature quickly.
Unexpectedly, the next day, the wheat hadn't even sprouted.
Based on a series of rewards granted around the same time, Xian He guessed that wheat was probably a first-grade spiritual plant.
Spiritual plants of any grade generally grew rather slowly.
The reason the Crystal Pomegranate Tree had matured as soon as it was planted was that the plot had never been used before.
The plot where he'd planted the wheat had seen who knew how many harvests of wild vegetables, and the soil could no longer support the wheat's rapid growth.
Although wild vegetables with no grade grew quickly, food cooked with them could only fill one's stomach and offered no special benefits.
Still, Xian He needed three plots for growing wild vegetables, so he could harvest their seeds to feed the chickens.
The two Chicken Coops were already packed, each at its limit of two hundred birds. They couldn't hold any more Cloud Ying Chickens.
Four hundred chickens ate a tremendous amount each day. Wild vegetable seeds alone weren't nearly enough to feed them, but fortunately, the wood powder produced each day was plentiful.
Half a month later.
While Xian He was waiting for the wheat to mature, his fifth child was born.
[ Ding! Congratulations, host! Madam Xiao Xue has safely given birth to an offspring with Good Bone Root! ]
[ Congratulations, host! You have gained one hundred years of life. Your remaining lifespan is now one hundred and eighty years. ]
[ Congratulations, host! Your strength has increased by one hundred, and your true qi has increased by one hundred. You have reached the level of a White Obsidian One-star martial artist. ]
[ Congratulations, host! Your bone root has risen to Good. Your cultivation speed has increased tenfold! ]
[ Congratulations, host! You have received a High Grade Three pill—the Superior Enlightenment Pill! ]
[ Congratulations, host! You have received eight mu of Spirit Fields! ]
"One hundred years of life? White Obsidian One-star? Good Bone Root?" Happiness had come so suddenly that Xian He could hardly take it in.
Xiao Xue really was his lucky star!
With another hundred years to live, he could have at least fifty more children and receive at least fifty more system rewards.
His strength had risen to six hundred and ninety, making him a peak White Obsidian One-star martial artist. He was only ten points of strength away from breaking through to White Obsidian Two Star. The gap between him and that bastard Li Zhen had narrowed further, and the day he could get his revenge had drawn closer.
On top of that, his increased strength meant he had a better chance of winning the Qingguang Tournament.
And with greater strength, he could carry heavier things into the Mountain River Society Diagram each time.
Raising his bone root to Good would not only increase his cultivation speed; it would also let him copy one additional building and unlock control over the Mountain River Society Diagram.
"System, now that my bone root has improved, what new authority has the Mountain River Society Diagram given me?"
[ Congratulations, host! You have gained Surveillance Authority! ]
[ The host can monitor every person in the Inner World from all angles, in 360 degrees. For now, you can monitor only one person at a time. As your bone root improves, the number of people you can monitor simultaneously will increase. ]
"Surveillance? Interesting!" Xian He stroked his chin. "What's that little rascal, Xian Dabao, up to now?"
At a thought, a rectangular window appeared and hovered half a meter in front of him.
Xian Dabao was smearing soot from a cooking pot on his sleeping younger brother's face!
What a little troublemaker!
"People's characters show by three, and their nature by seven. He's only five and already this bad. What'll he be like when he grows up? Who the hell did he have to learn from? Why'd he have to pick up bullying people from that idiot Li Zhen?" Xian He rolled up his sleeves, deciding he'd soon beat the brat's backside into eight pieces.
After closing the surveillance window, Xian He went inside to visit Xiao Xue.
People really did have different constitutions. Xiao Xue had given birth for the first time, yet she hadn't fainted from exhaustion. She was still full of energy.
"Xian He, I want pomegranates. Go pick some for me!" Xiao Xue pouted her adorable rosy lips and ordered him playfully.
"All right. Just wait here, and I'll get some for you!" Xian He stood up and kissed Xiao Xue gently on the forehead.
While returning to the Old Courtyard to pick pomegranates, Xian He caught Xian Dabao and gave him a round of hard slaps.
"Stop hitting him! Stop! He's just a child!" Somehow, someone had sent word and brought Grandma Chen over.
Xian He glanced sideways at her and said coldly, "I'm disciplining my own son. There's no need for you to interfere, old lady. Go find somewhere cool to rest! Sister Pomegranate, why don't you take Grandma Chen away to rest?"
"Yes!"
Sister Pomegranate dragged the chattering Grandma Chen away.
"Stop! Don't hit him!" Just after Grandma Chen had left, the mastermind, Yun Ling, appeared.
Xian Dabao seemed to have found a lifeline. Stretching out his chubby little hands, he shouted, "Mom! Save me! Dad's going to beat me to death!"
"He smeared soot on Erbabao's face. Don't you think he deserves a beating?" Xian He looked sternly at Yun Ling and asked coldly, "Last time, he almost kicked Erbabao's little guy into uselessness, and I let him off once. Now he dares to pull another prank. If I don't beat him, what am I supposed to do—keep him around?"
Yun Ling was at a loss for words.
After thinking it over for a moment, Yun Ling came over and joined in the beating.
"Stop! Stop! I won't do it again! I really won't!" Xian Dabao begged for mercy over and over, his little backside nearly beaten into eight pieces. After this painful lesson, he'd never dare bully his younger brother again.
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