Liu Changxu gazed at the newly forged Heaven-Flipping Sea-Splitting Halberd with delight. Since it was the last magical treasure he had forged, he had used the finest materials and brought his most seasoned expertise to bear, giving it the best quality and the strongest foundation for becoming an Innate Spirit Treasure. When it would truly grow into one, however, still depended on its opportunities and fortune.
After Liu Changxu dripped three drops of essence blood onto the Heaven-Flipping Sea-Splitting Halberd and refined it, the twelve-foot-long weapon rapidly shrank until it was as fine as a hair. It passed through his slightly parted lips and entered the dantian within his body.
Leaving the Artifact Refining Room, Liu Changxu saw his wife, Su Jinxiu, holding a tender, adorable baby just over a year old.
Su Jinxiu had become pregnant with this child before Liu Changxu entered seclusion to refine his artifacts, and had given birth during a crucial stage of his work.
Busy with artifact refining, Liu Changxu had not been beside Su Jinxiu when the child was born. He had only learned through a voice transmission that he had another little son-his seventeenth.
Seeing Su Jinxiu and their child, Liu Changxu could not help feeling guilty. He hurried forward, took his little son into his arms, and said:
"Senior Sister, thank you for all your hard work! Have you named him yet?"
Perhaps it was the bond of blood! The child behaved beautifully in Liu Changxu's arms and did not cry, instead studying the man holding him with remarkably bright, lively eyes.
"Not yet! Naturally, naming him is up to you, his father!"
Delighted that their son behaved so well in her husband's arms rather than bawling, Su Jinxiu said:
"Let's call him Liu Qi!"
Holding his well-behaved son, Liu Changxu