Under Zhou Fan and Yaya's prenatal care, half a month passed quickly.
On the eleventh day of the eleventh month of the first year of Shunzhi in Great Gan, Jiangnan, where the Kang Wang Residence was located, had already entered early winter.
Inside the Kang Wang Residence, Zhou Fan paced back and forth outside the delivery room.
This was the first time in both his past and present lives that he would have a Bloodline continuation, so it was impossible not to be nervous.
But now he had prepared all aspects of the delivery conditions to the best, so there should be no accidents.
"Master, the mistress is already a Cultivator; there will definitely be no problem giving birth to a child."
Zhou Fan stroked Mengli, who was waiting outside the door with him, knowing he was a bit overly nervous.
He stopped pacing and waited quietly for the delivery to be completed.
Two quarters of an hour later, with a loud cry of a baby, Zhou Fan quickly entered the room.
"Congratulations, Master, the delivery was very smooth; it's a daughter."
The midwife brought the little baby, whose face was still a bit wrinkled, to Zhou Fan. Zhou Fan quickly used the posture for holding a baby he had practiced earlier, gently cradling his and Jiang Qingzhi's first daughter in his arms.
"You've worked hard; go to the account room and get another ten taels of silver."
"Thank you, Master, thank you, Madam."
After the midwife thanked them and left the room, Jiang Qingzhi, whose face was a bit pale, showed a smile and looked at Zhou Fan, saying,
"Husband, let me see our child."
"Mm, Qingzhi, you've suffered."
Zhou Fan placed their child beside Jiang Qingzhi. He looked at his wife, who had just endured the pain of childbirth, with pity, and the idea of ascending to the Immortal Realm with Jiang Qingzhi became even firmer in his heart.
"It's nothing, Husband; it's a very happy thing to be able to give birth to a child for us."
Jiang Qingzhi reached out and touched the crystallization of her and Zhou Fan's love. Although her body had just endured immense pain, she felt spiritually satisfied after seeing the child born successfully.
Because this child was not only the continuation of her and Zhou Fan's lives but also the proof of her and Zhou Fan's love.
Zhou Fan lovingly cast a healing spell on Jiang Qingzhi, which would allow Jiang Qingzhi's body to recover sooner.
Thanks to this world having herbs that could produce anesthetic effects, otherwise, Jiang Qingzhi would have endured even more pain.
"Husband, please give our child a name."
Jiang Qingzhi felt Zhou Fan's magical power flowing through her body, and her heart felt warm.
"Qingzhi, I've thought of a Zhou family generation name spectrum these past few days."
"Qiankun Qi Ling Shu, Yin and Yang forge Xuanhuang."
"A hundred arts connect to the Underworld, Taichu resonates with fire and frost."
"Nine turns align with the Heavenly Dao, boundless shaking the eight directions."
"Yin and Yang have no beginning or end, all phenomena share the same light."
"Our child is the first generation, so we'll use the character 'Qian'."
"Since it's a girl, let's call her Zhou Qianxin. Qingzhi, what do you think?"
"Zhou Qianxin? 'Qianxin' (Pious) and 'Qianxin' (Concentrate). Husband, is the meaning behind this name that you hope our child can calm down and focus on whatever she does?"
As a well-educated young lady from a prominent family, Jiang Qingzhi had read many classics and quickly guessed the implied meaning of Zhou Fan's naming.
"Something like that. I mainly just thought Qianxin sounded smooth and was easy to call," Zhou Fan said with a smile, seeing that Jiang Qingzhi's complexion had already returned to rosy.
"Besides, how the child's future path will unfold is up to them. Children and grandchildren have their own fortunes. We just need to raise them to adulthood and ensure they don't go astray."
"Mm, Husband, I'll listen to you. I also really like the name Zhou Qianxin. Her nickname will be Xinxin. What do you think, Husband?"
"Like 'hearts beating as one,' Qingzhi?"
Zhou Fan helped Jiang Qingzhi tidy her disheveled hair and readily agreed, "Then her nickname will be Xinxin. As long as you like it, Qingzhi."
"Mm~ Husband, I feel my body has almost recovered now."
"Qingzhi..."
Just as the atmosphere between Zhou Fan and Jiang Qingzhi was heating up and they were about to move to another place to talk, Zhou Qianxin, who had been keeping her eyes closed, suddenly opened them and then cried even louder.
Seeing this, Jiang Qingzhi quickly sat up and hugged Zhou Qianxin, gently patting her and saying, "Xinxin, don't cry, don't cry."
But Zhou Qianxin kept crying non-stop, looking at Jiang Qingzhi.
Jiang Qingzhi, seeing that she couldn't console her at all, was at a loss for a moment and could only turn her pleading gaze to Zhou Fan beside her.
Zhou Fan also didn't know why Zhou Qianxin was so fond of crying, but he remembered that when he was holding Zhou Qianxin just now, she didn't seem to be crying as hard.
So he tentatively said, "How about I try holding her again?"
Upon hearing this, Jiang Qingzhi immediately handed Zhou Qianxin into Zhou Fan's arms.
Zhou Fan quickly took her. He gently held Zhou Qianxin in his arms, and his posture was no different from Jiang Qingzhi's.
But Zhou Qianxin's big, dark eyes, upon seeing Zhou Fan holding her, quickly lessened her crying, and she stopped crying completely in a short while.
Both of them found this very novel and took turns holding her for a while, discovering that Zhou Qianxin really did cry when in Jiang Qingzhi's arms but stopped crying when in Zhou Fan's arms.
After playing with Zhou Qianxin like this for nearly half an hour, Zhou Fan remembered the midwife's reminder that it was time to feed Zhou Qianxin her first milk.
But Zhou Qianxin would cry as soon as she was in Jiang Qingzhi's arms, making it difficult to feed her.
Zhou Fan had no choice but to hold Zhou Qianxin with one hand and then have Jiang Qingzhi sit in his arms to feed Zhou Qianxin.
Thanks to Zhou Fan's tall stature and being a Celestial Martial Cultivator whose control over his body had reached Perfection, otherwise, he wouldn't have been able to keep the large and small figures stable in his arms.
After feeding Zhou Qianxin, the little one quickly fell into a deep sleep.
Zhou Fan placed her in a swaddling cloth and handed her over to the maidservant in the Kang Wang Residence who specialized in caring for infants, then took Jiang Qingzhi to enjoy their time alone.
As for Yaya, three months ago, Zhou Fan took her to the capital and Luoyun Temple for a visit, and then she became inseparable good friends with Empress Dowager Pei Yuhan of Great Gan.
Yesterday, Yaya said she wanted to leave Zhou Fan and Jiang Qingzhi some private space, so Zhou Fan sent her to Luoyun Temple to play Gomoku with Pei Yu Han.
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The next day, Zhou Fan opened the System's message notifications.
He immediately noticed the System's reward information.
"Ding! Congratulations to the host for taking the first step in benefiting the Immortal Realm, successfully giving birth to the first offspring!"
"The host is now rewarded with a complete collection of Qi Condensation stage Pill Formulas, and all the Legacy of a Tier 1 Alchemist!"
"Ding! Congratulations to the host for having the first offspring (with a Spiritual Root)!"
"The host is now rewarded with all the Legacy of a Tier 1 Artifact Refiner! Additionally, one copy of the Pill Formula for a Tier 2 Medicinal Pill—the Building Foundation Pill!"
"System, am I really this lucky? My first offspring hit the jackpot?"
Zhou Fan truly didn't expect Zhou Qianxin to also possess a Spiritual Root. One must know that in the Cultivation World, even if both parents have Spiritual Roots, there's still a high probability that the child born will not have one.
The most crucial point was that Zhou Fan remembered that when he and Jiang Qingzhi were happy, he hadn't even exchanged for the Inferior Yin Spiritual Root yet.
It could be said that Zhou Qianxin's Spiritual Root was basically all thanks to Jiang Qingzhi.
Zhou Fan was overjoyed and had to admit that his wife's luck was truly good.