What about the mating process? Deleted?

When the supper delivery person rang the doorbell, Ren Suo was finally about to complete the first mission.

To be fair, the combat in this game wasn't really difficult—not only was Ren Wo Xing's Sword Control Technique almost like a sniper rifle in open areas, but even Ren Chang Sheng's Flame Art was basically like throwing fragmentation grenades, clearing large areas with one blast.

Ren Fei Fan was even more invincible in close combat, sweeping through large groups, piercing lines with his spear, and could practically stir up a storm of blood and flesh when charging into enemy formations.

Overall, the three brothers each had their strengths and weaknesses: Eldest Brother Ren Wo Xing's Sword Control Technique had a large attack range but could only target single enemies; Second Brother Ren Chang Sheng's Flame Art had a medium attack range and could target groups; Third Brother Ren Fei Fan had a small attack range, could target groups, had a high attack frequency, and was almost invincible in close combat.

Therefore, Ren Suo knew how to train them. Ren Wo Xing naturally focused on attack and movement for ranged output; Second Brother Ren Chang Sheng often stayed at home, so he was taught healing and management; Ren Fei Fan, because he was easily surrounded by enemies, had to train in both attack and defense.

Strangely, the attack spells they learned were fixed from the beginning and wouldn't change. For example, even after Ren Suo had Ren Wo Xing cultivate three times, his attack column still showed "Sword Control Technique."

The game time was already the winter of 191. In the Ren family, besides the three Ren family brothers, there were also 28 'Villagers'. These villagers, besides Zhuo Yu and her servant Xiao Cui, were also ordinary people rescued by the three Ren family brothers during their expeditions.

These villagers were very important, even more important than Aura Crystals, gold, and silver. The most obvious change was that when the three Ren family brothers cultivated, the bonus changed from +1 to +1.1, +1.2, with slight differences for each person. The extra bonus basically increased with the number of villagers.

Ren Fei Fan was the most impressive. Ever since Xiao Cui arrived, his cultivation speed started directly from +2. Now, in terms of combat power, Ren Fei Fan was the strongest in the Ren family.

When Ren Suo checked the "Villagers" data, he would receive a prompt: "An increase in the number of villagers will increase the amount of land that can be cultivated and may produce special professions such as Physician, Tailor, Blacksmith, Hunter, Miner, etc. At the same time, most cultivators do not like loneliness; they need the cheers of mortals to prove that their cultivation is absolutely correct."

Simply put, cultivators more or less liked to show off in front of mortals, and the more mortals there were, the greater their motivation for cultivation. And Ren Fei Fan was the most obvious example—he probably wanted to show off in front of Xiao Cui.

At the same time, Ren Suo discovered that among the six attributes of cultivators, the "Management" attribute was the most special because it was linked to the number of villagers. The more villagers there were, the higher the Management attribute, which would increase the gold, silver, and food obtained each quarter, and might even yield special rewards—

For example, in the summer of 191, a villager found an Aura Crystal in the mountains and decided to give it to the Ren family. After the event concluded, the system specifically prompted: "Ren Chang Sheng's Management attribute met the conditions, triggering the Aura Crystal Offering event."

Moreover, the wild Aura Crystal was huge. Ordinary Ghost Soldiers could usually only drop 1 unit of Aura Crystal, Ghost Generals usually had 5-10 units, but this retrieved Aura Crystal was worth a full 100 units!

One must know that the Ren family brothers fought tooth and nail against Fiends at Hulao Pass, and they only got this much in one quarter! Yet now they could get it just by picking it up!

If the number of villagers increased in the future and professions like Miners and Hunters appeared, the probability and frequency of obtaining Aura Crystals should also greatly increase, which was a sure profit.

And besides Aura Crystals, individual villagers also had some special skills. For example, Zhuo Yu had the 'Kindness' trait, which could reduce the chance of villagers leaving.

In the past three quarters, Ren Suo had the three brothers cultivate for one quarter, and then divided them into two groups to campaign at Hulao Pass. One time, Ren Wo Xing and Ren Fei Fan teamed up and encountered a powerful Great Ghost General with a defense of 3 points. Ren Wo Xing and Ren Fei Fan couldn't take him down in one round, and then the Great Ghost General touched Ren Fei Fan with 3 points of attack power.

Ren Suo thought there would finally be casualties, but Ren Fei Fan was only severely injured and unable to fight. After returning home, Ren Chang Sheng quickly healed Ren Fei Fan.

However, on Ren Fei Fan's character card, it showed that his maximum lifespan had decreased to 22 years, and in his character image, his hair seemed to have turned a little white.

Player Ren Suo could view the information of all villagers and Ren family members. Most villagers had a maximum lifespan of over 50 years, while the three Ren family brothers were all 23 years old. Now Ren Fei Fan had decreased to 22 years, which seemed to be due to losing a battle.

Ren Chang Sheng also said, "Patriarch, according to the inherited knowledge, we who possess the Champion Bloodline are born with a technique called Strong Heart Technique. When we suffer a fatal blow, we can temporarily preserve our lives with the Strong Heart Technique and even recover enough to move after a period of time. However, when the Strong Heart Technique is automatically activated, it will directly reduce our lifespan."

Combat was dangerous, but for the sake of procreation, the Ren family had to obtain Aura Crystals by killing Fiends. If they could obtain Aura Crystals through developing villagers and multiple channels, they could greatly reduce the frequency of combat for the Ren family cultivators.

Therefore, Ren Suo knew the management strategy of this game: there must be one with high management and one with strong combat power. Only when the family had these two characters could they start over again.

When they returned from the expedition in autumn, the total number of Aura Crystals exceeded 300. Ren Chang Sheng said, "These Aura Crystals have met the needs of the Tai Bai Plain Earth Spirit! Patriarch, please do it for the family's procreation!"

Ren Wo Xing said, "These Aura Crystals were obtained by us brothers with all our might... are we just giving them away?"

Ren Chang Sheng smiled, "Big Brother, these Aura Crystals are treasures that assist cultivators in their practice, but we are of the Champion Bloodline and are born with the ability to control Aura. As we grow older, our cultivation continues to rise. The only thing limiting our cultivation is time."

"We don't need things like Aura Crystals to assist our practice at all. Isn't it wonderful to exchange what we don't need for what we do need?"

On the left side of the game interface, above "Expedition," a new option appeared: "Offer Aura."

Selecting "Offer Aura" brought up a list, but there was only one item on the list: "Tai Bai Plain Earth Spirit, 300 Aura Crystals, Trait: Earth."

"Why does this feel like buying spring..." Ren Suo muttered, selecting the Tai Bai Plain Earth Spirit, and then had to choose which Ren family member would engage in spiritual intercourse with the Tai Bai Plain Earth Spirit.

Selecting 'Ren Fei Fan', Ren Fei Fan's avatar surprisingly spoke: "Hey hey hey big brother, I don't want to so early..."

Selecting 'Ren Chang Sheng', Ren Chang Sheng said: "Patriarch, we are now the first generation of cultivators in the Ren family. As the direct bloodline and the eldest of the second generation, I should be of the Patriarch's lineage."

Alright, Ren Suo chose 'Ren Wo Xing' to engage in spiritual intercourse with the Tai Bai Plain Earth Spirit.

Tai Bai Plain Earth Spirit: "...As you wish. I hope that when this local spirit awakens, I can still see my bloodline with yours."

"Here it comes, here it comes!" Ren Suo widened his eyes, watching the scene of the cultivator and the Elf engaging in spiritual intercourse with anticipation—

Suddenly, the screen burst with dazzling light!

"Holy crap, it blinded my dog eyes!" Ren Suo was so dazzled he closed his eyes, and then the next scene surprisingly returned to the family hall.

Ren Chang Sheng: "The Patriarch engaging in spiritual intercourse with the Earth Spirit to conceive a child will take one season. I will now preside over family matters."

"Can't I watch?" Ren Suo was a little regretful. He quickly finished handling the matters of the winter of 191 and arrived at the spring of 192.

"Wah, wah..." The cry of a child echoed in the family hall, and Ren Wo Xing, holding the child, appeared on the screen.

Ren Fei Fan: "Wow, this child looks so much like you, big brother! Why do you look so pale, big brother? Are you sick?"

Ren Chang Sheng: "Welcome back. Our Ren family finally has a next generation. Big brother, have you named the child?"

Ren Wo Xing: "This child is a baby girl born from my spiritual intercourse with the Tai Bai Plain Earth Spirit... I have already thought of her name. As for me... cough cough, after we engage in spiritual intercourse with Elves, our essence will also be depleted. It seems I can only recuperate for the next quarter."

Ren Suo sighed. There was no input box popping up now, so it seemed Ren Suo couldn't name the child—Ren Suo had planned to name Ren Wo Xing's child 'Ren Wo Ke'...

"This child was born in winter, so she will be called—" Ren Wo Xing said passionately: "Ren Xiao Bai!"

Ren Suo, who was eating spicy hot pot for a late-night snack, almost spat out the gluten in his mouth.

What the heck does winter have to do with Xiao Bai!

This game AI's naming talent is comparable to his own!

At this time, the information in the quest bar on the right side of the interface also updated, and a new icon appeared: Family Tree.

In the family tree, the first column was naturally the three brothers. Below Ren Wo Xing's avatar and name, a line extended to a baby avatar in the second column. The baby's name was 'Ren Xiao Bai'.

"Exterminate Fiends, obtain Aura Crystals, continue the Ren family bloodline, until 266 AD, at least one direct descendant of the Ren family must exist."