Lan Yun Guo, the imperial palace.
Lin Xuan gathered all the materials needed for pill refining from Wen Yuansong, following the descriptions in the Tai Yan Dan Scroll.
Then, he placed these pills into the Golden Crow Cauldron.
"Within the Golden Crow Cauldron lies an Innate Fire of the Ancient Golden Crow—a supreme divine flame for pill refining."
"However, to refine the Mysterious Fate Mother Child Pill, relying solely on this divine fire is not enough."
"One's cultivation and pill-refining technique both demand extremely strict requirements."
Under Wen Yuansong's request for guidance, Lin Xuan casually spoke a few lines.
Wen Yuansong listened and nodded repeatedly—the Imperial Husband had truly hit the crux of the matter with a single remark.
If he carefully observed the subsequent pill-refining process, he would surely benefit immensely.
Lin Xuan then channeled a stream of true qi, using it to envelop the entire Golden Crow Cauldron.
Whoosh!
A bright golden-red firelight flared up, and the Innate Golden Crow Divine Fire was ignited in an instant.
And Lin Xuan's Imperial Realm True Qi acted like a massive pressure added to the entire Golden Crow Cauldron, forcing the divine fire to burn to its limit.
Sizzle, sizzle~
Soon, a distinct sound came from within the Golden Crow Cauldron, and a rich, fragrant aroma of medicinal pills instantly filled the entire room.
"Success so quickly—the Imperial Husband is truly divine!"
Wen Yuansong marveled inwardly.
The emergence of the pill's fragrance indicated that the pill was nearly complete.
And Lin Xuan's speed in pill refining was almost instantaneous.
If this were to spread, it would surely shock the eyes of everyone in the Pill Dao!
Amid Wen Yuansong's admiration, Lin Xuan flipped his right hand, withdrew his true qi, and at the same time lifted the lid of the Golden Crow Cauldron.
Instantly, the fragrant aroma reached its peak, and two black pills flew into Lin Xuan's hand.
These two pills had a red and a golden light flickering at their cores.
On their surfaces, each was enveloped by a mysterious purple light.
"So this is the finished Mysterious Fate Mother Child Pill?" Wen Yuansong exclaimed in astonishment. "It looks truly shrouded in Immortal Aura—no ordinary object!"
Only at this moment did he realize how extraordinary the finished Mysterious Fate Mother Child Pill truly was.
Lin Xuan then handed the Mysterious Fate Mother Child Pill to Wen Yuansong and walked with him into the Crown Prince's sleeping palace.
When Tang Yu saw the pill in Wen Yunsong's hand, he nearly wept with excitement:
"What virtue or merit does my son possess, to receive such help from the Imperial Husband!"
The Mysterious Fate Mother Child Pill was so profound that Tang Yu knew his son truly had a chance to be saved this time!
After administering the pill to Tang Chengjian, within the span of just three breaths, the black hole on his face rapidly disappeared.
A flash of purple light swept over his body, and his complexion quickly returned to a healthy red, indistinguishable from an ordinary person.
"This..." Tang Chengjian opened his eyes in joy. "Am I not dreaming?"
"Of course not!"
Tang Yu, tears of excitement streaming down his aged face, confirmed that Tang Chengjian's injuries had completely vanished. He then turned and knelt on the ground:
"I thank the Imperial Husband for the life-saving grace! I am willing to serve as a beast of burden to repay you!"
After confirming he could stand, Tang Chengjian also hurriedly bowed deeply to Lin Xuan.
Lin Xuan had forcibly pulled him back from the Gate of Hell—in his eyes, this was the Merit of Creation, the power of a god.
At this moment, Lin Xuan seemed as towering and majestic as a Master in his sight.
Beside them, Xuan Zhu and the others, along with Tang Ying, bloomed like little flowers at the sight of Tang Chengjian's recovery.
Xuan Zhu lifted her chin proudly: "Ying Er, my daddy's amazing, right?"
Tang Ying nodded her little head: "Hmm!"
Xuan Xi followed up: "Does my daddy look like an immortal?"
Tang Ying: "Yes!"
Xuan Han giggled: "My daddy's the most capable, isn't he?"
Tang Ying: "Right!"
Xuan You asked smugly: "Do you want a daddy like this?"
Tang Ying: "Yes!"
"Heh heh, but I won't give my daddy to you!" Xuan You said with a mischievous grin.
Tang Ying: "..."
Tang Ying then looked towards Lin Xuan, her nose twitching as if she would be terribly wronged if Lin Xuan couldn't be her daddy.
Lin Xuan stepped forward with an amused smile and rubbed her little head. "Ying Er, you have your own daddy too."
"Oh, right!" Tang Ying snapped back to reality and quickly turned to throw herself into Tang Chengjian's embrace.
This scene left Tang Chengjian and Tang Yu with helpless, wry smiles.
Seeing that it was already late, Lin Xuan prepared to take his daughters back to North Profound Heaven.
But it looked like the little girls were very reluctant to part with their new friend Tang Ying.
Tang Ying also asked Lin Xuan with lingering reluctance, "Uncle, can the older sisters stay one more night?"
Seeing the unwillingness in the little girls' eyes, Lin Xuan nodded. "Alright."
As soon as he said that, the little girls all cheered happily.
Lin Xuan couldn't help sighing inwardly—being a father meant always having to understand his daughters' feelings.
Wen Yuansong, seeing that Lin Xuan was staying another night, thought that a extraordinary object like the Primordial Magnetic Sword Embryo could only be worthy of the Imperial Husband's four princesses.
So he stepped forward and said, "Imperial Husband, tomorrow the Primordial Magnetic Sword Embryo of Spiritual Sword Mountain will emerge. This event is a once-in-ten-thousand-years occurrence, and the Eastern Wasteland will see a hundred Sword Sects gather there."
"I have noticed that the four little princesses all show flashes of Sword Intent and are geniuses of the Sword Dao. If the Primordial Magnetic Sword Embryo could be given to them, I believe it would greatly benefit their cultivation!"
Lin Xuan slightly nodded.
According to the Profound Absolute Heavenly Tome, in ancient times, the Sect Master of the Artifact Sect on the Azure Dragon Continent forged a sword embryo from nine thousand kinds of heavenly treasures.
He named it the "Primordial Magnetic Sword Embryo" and, without using any Artifact Refining Technique to inscribe restrictions, buried it deep within Spiritual Sword Mountain in the Eastern Wasteland.
It was nurtured entirely by Heaven and Earth Spiritual Power, forged with heaven and earth as its furnace.
It was said that if the time was not right, this sword embryo could not take shape and appear.
Now it seemed that tomorrow was the day this sword embryo would emerge.
No wonder Jiang Feihe and the others of the Heaven Sword Sect had finally lost their restraint today and committed such heinous acts.
Lin Xuan figured that since he was letting the children stay another night, he might as well take them to see this Innate Sword Embryo.
"Daddy, so can we go to Spiritual Sword Mountain?"
Xuan Zhu tugged at Lin Xuan's hand.
Lin Xuan nodded dotingly. "Then tomorrow I'll take you to visit Spiritual Sword Mountain, and after that, we'll head back to North Profound Heaven."
"Yay!"
The little girls immediately danced with joy.
But when night fell, they weren't nearly so excited.
In the Sleeping Palace of Lan Yun Guo.
Lin Xuan lay in bed with the four little girls. By the time of Zi Shi, he found that none of them had fallen asleep yet.
Xuan Zhu turned on her side and secretly twirled her hair with her fingers.
Xuan Xi raised her finger and drew circles in the air.
Xuan Han lightly tapped the index fingers of both hands together.
Xuan You kept slowly inching across the bed, nearly reaching Lin Xuan's calves.
Lin Xuan smiled helplessly and asked, "Xuan Zhu, what are you doing?"
Xuan Zhu turned to Lin Xuan with a slight smile. "Daddy, I'm counting how many strands of hair I have."
Lin Xuan asked again, "Xuan Xi, what about you?"
Xuan Xi lowered her hand and said, "Daddy, I'm thinking about when I'll finally be able to fly on a star."
"Xuan Han, what are you doing?" Lin Xuan continued.
Xuan Han giggled. "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 and saw Xuan You sitting on his thighs.
Xuan You wobbled left and right, chanting nonstop, "I'm a roly-poly toy—no matter how I shake, I won't fall over."
"These little girls are all acting strangely!" Lin Xuan shook his head with a wry smile.
Seeing his daughters' amusing and odd behavior, he immediately recalled the information from the Perfect Daddy Tutorial and found the reason they weren't sleeping.
It turned out these little girls were all picky about their beds—once they changed places, they couldn't fall asleep.
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