Four months later.
Jiang Family residence.
The courtyard was silent, with only an occasional muffled groan drifting from the eastern wing.
Suddenly, a baby's "Waa—" shattered the stillness.
Before long, the door creaked open. The midwife poked out half her sweat-dampened face, her eyes and brows crinkling with delight as she loudly announced to those outside, "It's born! A big, healthy boy! Mother and child are safe!"
Jiang Fu'an and Su Wanqing, who had been waiting outside all this time, both breathed a sigh of relief.
Without bothering to say more, Su Wanqing lifted the curtain and went inside.
Every cry from within had reminded her of when she had given birth years ago. Before she knew it, a thin sheen of sweat had formed across her back.
Jiang Fu'an, meanwhile, took out a purse he had prepared in advance from his storage ring and handed it to the midwife. "You've worked hard. Share in the good fortune."
The midwife weighed it in her hand, and the smile on her face deepened. After thanking him repeatedly, she withdrew.
Yet Jiang Fu'an was in no hurry to enter.
With a thought, a translucent screen visible only to him appeared before his eyes.
Five names were neatly listed on it: "Jiang Xianghe," "Jiang Xiangyue," "Jiang Xiangchun," "Jiang Xiangqian," and "Unnamed."
He raised his hand and lightly tapped "Unnamed" with his index finger.
The words on the screen refreshed accordingly:
[Name: Unnamed] [Gender: Male] [Lifespan: 78] [Fate: None] [Spiritual Root: Five-Attribute Spiritual Root] [Special Physique: None]
"Spiritual root—"
Jiang Fu'an froze.
He remembered that the Selective Breeding effect of the "Bedroom" had never been bound to his room with Miao Ruolan.
By rights, the odds of this child possessing a spiritual