Do You Want a Daddy Like This?

Blue Cloud Kingdom, Imperial Palace.

Following the instructions in the Great Evolution Pill Scroll, Lin Xuan collected all the ingredients needed to make the pills from Wen Yuansong.

Then he placed the ingredients into the Golden Crow Cauldron.

"The Golden Crow Cauldron contains an innate flame left by an ancient Golden Crow. It's one of the finest divine fires for alchemy."

"But this divine fire alone won't be enough to refine the Mysterious Life Mother-and-Child Pills."

"Cultivation and alchemy techniques both have extremely strict requirements."

At Wen Yuansong's request, Lin Xuan casually explained a few things.

Wen Yuansong nodded repeatedly as he listened. The Emperor Consort had truly hit the nail on the head with every word.

If he watched the rest of the process closely, he was sure to benefit immensely.

Lin Xuan then released a stream of true qi and used it to envelop the entire Golden Crow Cauldron.

Whoosh!

A brilliant golden-red flame flared to life. The innate Golden Crow divine fire had been ignited in an instant.

Lin Xuan's Emperor Realm true qi was like a massive increase in pressure inside the Golden Crow Cauldron, forcing the divine fire to burn at its limit.

Sizzle, sizzle~

A clear sound soon came from inside the cauldron, and the rich, fragrant aroma of pills instantly filled the entire room.

"They're done already? The Emperor Consort is incredible!"

Wen Yuansong marveled inwardly.

The scent of the pills meant they were nearly finished.

And Lin Xuan had refined them in practically the blink of an eye.

If word of this got out, everyone in the alchemy world would be left wide-eyed!

As Wen Yuansong marveled, Lin Xuan turned his right hand over, withdrew his true qi, and lifted the lid of the Golden Crow Cauldron.

The fragrance instantly grew overpowering, and two black pills flew into Lin Xuan's hand.

A red and a golden glimmer shone from the center of each pill.

Around each one, a mysterious purple glow shimmered.

"Are these the finished Mysterious Life Mother-and-Child Pills?" Wen Yuansong exclaimed. "They're indeed wreathed in immortal aura. They're no ordinary pills!"

Only now did he realize just how extraordinary the finished pills were.

Lin Xuan then handed the pills to Wen Yuansong, and the two of them went into the Crown Prince's chambers.

Seeing the pills in Wen Yuansong's hand, Tang Yu was so moved he nearly burst into tears.

"What have I done to deserve the Emperor Consort's help?"

The Mysterious Life Mother-and-Child Pills were so miraculous that Tang Yu knew his son was truly saved!

After Tang Chengjian swallowed the pills, the black hole in his face disappeared in just three breaths.

A flash of purple light passed over his body, and his complexion quickly returned to a healthy color, just like any ordinary person's.

"This..." Tang Chengjian opened his eyes in delight. "I'm not dreaming, am I?"

"Of course not!"

Tang Yu was so excited that tears streamed down his face. After confirming that Tang Chengjian's injuries had completely vanished, he turned and dropped to his knees.

"Thank you for saving my son, Emperor Consort! I'm willing to work like an ox or a horse to repay you!"

Once Tang Chengjian confirmed he could stand, he hurriedly bowed deeply to Lin Xuan as well.

Lin Xuan had dragged him back from the gates of death. To Tang Chengjian, that was a miracle, the power of an immortal.

At that moment, Lin Xuan seemed as majestic as a supreme ruler in his eyes.

Nearby, Xuanzhu and the others, along with Tang Ying, beamed like flowers at the sight of Tang Chengjian's recovery.

Xuanzhu proudly lifted her chin. "Ying'er, my daddy's amazing, isn't he?"

Tang Ying nodded enthusiastically. "Mm-hmm!"

Xuanxi followed up, "Does my daddy seem like an immortal?"

Tang Ying: "Yes!"

Xuanhan giggled. "My daddy's the most capable, right?"

Tang Ying: "Right!"

Xuanyou asked smugly, "Do you want a daddy like this?"

Tang Ying: "I do!"

"Hmph! But I'm not giving my daddy to you!" Xuanyou said with a mischievous grin.

Tang Ying: "..."

Tang Ying then looked over at Lin Xuan, her nose twitching as though she'd be terribly upset if Lin Xuan couldn't be her daddy.

Lin Xuan chuckled and stepped forward to rub her little head. "Ying'er, you have a daddy of your own, too."

"Oh, right!" Tang Ying finally came to her senses and hurriedly threw herself into Tang Chengjian's arms.

Tang Chengjian and Tang Yu could only laugh helplessly at the sight.

Seeing that it was getting late, Lin Xuan prepared to take his daughters back to Northern Profound Heaven.

But the little girls clearly couldn't bear to part with their new friend, Tang Ying.

Tang Ying was reluctant to say goodbye, too. She asked Lin Xuan, "Uncle, can the older sisters stay one more night?"

Seeing the sadness in the little girls' eyes, Lin Xuan nodded. "Sure."

The moment he said that, the girls all cheered happily.

Lin Xuan couldn't help reflecting that a father truly had to understand his daughters' feelings every moment of every day.

When Wen Yuansong saw that Lin Xuan would be staying another night, he thought that an extraordinary treasure like the Primal Magnetic Sword Embryo was worthy only of the Emperor Consort's four princesses.

So he stepped forward and said:

"Emperor Consort, the Primal Magnetic Sword Embryo at Spirit Sword Mountain is about to emerge tomorrow. This is a once-in-ten-thousand-years event, and a hundred sword sects from the Eastern Wasteland will gather there."

"I've noticed that all four princesses have shown flashes of sword intent. They're all gifted in the Sword Dao. If they could use the Primal Magnetic Sword Embryo, I believe it would greatly benefit their cultivation!"

Lin Xuan nodded slightly.

According to the Mysterious Absolute Heavenly Book, in ancient times, the leader of the Artifact Sect on the Azure Dragon Continent had forged a sword embryo from more than nine thousand rare treasures of heaven and earth.

He named it the "Primal Magnetic Sword Embryo." Without using any artifact-refining techniques to inscribe restrictions upon it, he buried it deep beneath Spirit Sword Mountain in the Eastern Wasteland.

It was nurtured entirely by the spiritual energy of heaven and earth, with heaven and earth serving as its furnace.

They said the sword embryo wouldn't take shape or emerge before its appointed time.

As things stood, it seemed that tomorrow would be the day it emerged.

That explained why Jiang Feihe and the others from the Heavenly Sword Sect had finally lost patience today and committed such a mad, vicious act.

Since the children were staying another night, Lin Xuan thought he might as well take them to see the innate sword embryo.

"Daddy, does that mean we can go to Spirit Sword Mountain?"

Xuanzhu tugged at Lin Xuan's hand.

Lin Xuan nodded indulgently. "Then tomorrow I'll take you to explore Spirit Sword Mountain, and afterward we'll head back to Northern Profound Heaven."

"Yay!"

The little girls instantly jumped and cheered with joy.

But when night grew late, they weren't nearly so excited anymore.

Inside the palace chambers of the Blue Cloud Kingdom.

Lin Xuan lay in bed with the four little girls. When midnight came, he realized none of them had fallen asleep.

Xuanzhu rolled onto her side and secretly ran her fingers through her hair.

Xuanxi pointed a finger upward and traced circles in the air.

Xuanhan gently tapped the index fingers of her left and right hands together.

Xuanyou kept inching across the bed until she was almost at Lin Xuan's shins.

Lin Xuan smiled helplessly and asked, "Xuanzhu, what are you doing?"

Xuanzhu turned to him and smiled. "Daddy, I'm counting how many hairs I have."

Lin Xuan asked again, "And you, Xuanxi?"

Xuanxi lowered her hand. "Daddy, I'm wondering when I'll get to ride a star through the sky."

"Xuanhan, what are you doing?" Lin Xuan continued.

Xuanhan smiled. "Daddy, I can't sleep, so I'm doing arithmetic."

Lin Xuan was about to speak again when he felt something press down on his legs.

He looked up to see Xuanyou sitting on his legs.

Xuanyou swayed from side to side, chanting nonstop, "I'm a roly-poly toy. No matter how much I wobble, I'll never fall over."

"These little girls are all acting so strangely!" Lin Xuan shook his head with a helpless smile.

Amused and bewildered by his daughters' antics, he immediately consulted the information in the Perfect Dad Tutorial and figured out why they wouldn't go to sleep.

As it turned out, the little girls were all used to sleeping in their own beds. In an unfamiliar place, they couldn't fall asleep.