After Xu Deling came Xu Derui and Xu Deheng, who were close to her in age.
Xu Derui was Xu Mingyuan's second child and eldest son, while Xu Deheng was Xu Mingxuan's eldest son.
Both had begun practicing martial arts at a little over six.
Their martial talents were much alike, but Xu Deheng possessed all five elements and the aptitude of a false spiritual root, so he had already been chosen as one of those who would enter the Immortal Way through martial cultivation.
Xu Derui and Xu Deheng were now both middle-to-late-stage Third-Rate Martial Artists.
Eight-year-old Xu Dejun, Xu Mingwei's fourth child, had also become a Third-Rate Martial Artist.
The remaining three were the girls, Xu Deyun, Xu Derong, and Xu Dejin.
Xu Deyun and Xu Derong were only a few months apart and both currently five, while Xu Dejin, Xu Mingwei's fifth child, was just four.
After them, Xu Mingwei, Xu Mingyuan, and Xu Mingxuan had had no more children.
Xu Mingshu and Xu Mingxian remained unmarried.
Bai Jing seemed to have given up urging them to marry. Although she wanted to see all five of her children establish families and careers, the Xu Household was no longer a humble little family.
Xu Chuan did not want to force them, preferring to let them follow their hearts.
As his wife, she naturally had nothing more to say.
Besides, the Xu Household now had flourishing branches and abundant descendants. She gradually accepted this and stopped clinging to her old-fashioned notions.
Her childhood had been difficult. As the eldest sister, she had begun running about tending to her family's needs at an early age.
Yet since marrying Xu Chuan, she had never suffered hardship, much less been wronged.
They loved each other deeply and treated each other with the