SWNOVELXO Chapter 1261: Congratulations, You Got What You Wanted
Seeing the look in his wife's eyes, Lu Zhengze sighed deeply in his heart, then clasped Liao Xiaoshuang's hand and said affectionately, "Darling, I have said before, in this life, Lu Zhengze only loves you. It's absolutely impossible for me to take a concubine."
"Moreover, the fact that we can't conceive is not your fault. Now, in White Feather City, fewer than a hundred children are born each year."
In the last ten millennia, no one knows why, but suddenly people in the Tianyan Immortal Domain found it increasingly hard to bear offspring. With the passage of time, the number of children born each year has become fewer and fewer.
Although there is still a vast population in the Tianyan Immortal Domain, the number of people dying each year due to reaching the end of their lifespan is also continually rising, and deep crisis feelings have arisen in various Immortal Dynasties.
Conflict and war were constant among the various Immortal Dynasties in the Tianyan Immortal Domain in the past. However, since they discovered a significant decline in their population numbers, conflicts between the Immortal Dynasties have lessened, and many have now united to search for the cause of the population decline.
In fact, the Immortal Dynasties discovered long ago that the biggest reason for the population decline is their increasing difficulty in bearing offspring.
It's very normal for immortals to struggle to conceive. For immortals, it has always been possible to take hundreds or even thousands of years to conceive an offspring.
But the Tianyan Immortal Domain is not solely composed of immortals; there are also mortals among them, and these mortals are the main force of reproduction. Yet the number of these mortals is rapidly decreasing.
Now, many cities where mortals gather in the Tianyan Immortal Domain have vanished, and many low-level immortals among the major forces were promoted from being mortals. Without these mortals, the number of immortals among those Immortal Dynasties has naturally also sharply decreased.
White Feather City is located at the edge of the Tianyan Immortal Domain and is one of the cities closest to the Chaotic Sea. In recent years, the population in White Feather City has significantly declined, with the number of mortals dropping, the number of immortals has also decreased correspondingly.
Many immortals, lacking the service of mortals, have also left this city. Now, the entire White Feather City is steeped in deathly stillness, and it may not be long before White Feather City becomes like those cities where mortals gathered and becomes just dust of history.
The City Lord of White Feather City, Lu Zhengze, is not afraid of the disappearance of White Feather City. What he fears most is the advent of the end, and he can no longer wait for that person's return.
He and his wife are both only at the Heavenly Immortal Realm. How many years they've waited in White Feather City for that person's return is unknown, yet they have never seen him return from the Chaotic Sea. However, Lu Zhengze has always believed that their king will not die in the Chaotic Sea.
Lu Zhengze wanted to have a few children so that when their king returned, someone would still be there to welcome him. He planned to tell his children their story, hoping they would continue to wait in White Feather City.
But he and his wife have tried for so many years and still have not had a single offspring. Of course, they know it's already very difficult for immortals at the Heavenly Immortal Realm to have children. Coupled with the current issues in the Tianyan Immortal Domain, which make procreation increasingly difficult, having a child is naturally not going to be an easy task.
Upon hearing Lu Zhengze's words, Liao Xiaoshuang wrapped her arms around Lu Zhengze's neck and said, "Darling, our end is almost upon us. If we still can't have children, there will be no one to guard White Feather City. If one day our king returns from the Chaotic Sea, what will happen if no one is there to welcome him?"
Back then, when they followed their king to White Feather City, there were hundreds of thousands. In the end, when entering the Chaotic Sea, all those hundreds of thousands stayed behind.
The Chaotic Sea was too perilous. The realms of those hundreds of thousands were not particularly high. If they followed and entered the Chaotic Sea, their bodies would probably be eroded to nothing by the Chaotic Power as soon as they entered it.
Their king said that once a way out was found in the Chaotic Sea, he would return to take them away. But once he left, countless years passed without his return, even though the lifespan of a Heavenly Immortal was nearing its end.
During this waiting period, many believed that their king had perished in the Chaotic Sea and would never return, so they chose to leave. Meanwhile, many of those of lower realms reached the end of their lives and did not live to see their king's return.
Of those hundreds of thousands, fewer than two hundred still remain in White Feather City.
Among those two hundred, most are descendants of those hundreds of thousands. Only two of them were part of the original group that followed their king to White Feather City.
If not for the two of them successfully breaking through from the Earth Immortal Realm to the Heavenly Immortal Realm, they probably wouldn't have been able to hold on until now.
Upon hearing Liao Xiaoshuang's words, Lu Zhengze sighed deeply. He was worried about this too. However, taking concubines does not necessarily mean having children. Given the situation in the Tianyan Immortal Domain now, even if he took a hundred concubines, it's uncertain if any of them would conceive.
Lu Zhengze said, "Let's forget it, darling. Let's not talk about this anymore."
With that, Lu Zhengze pushed Liao Xiaoshuang down on the soft chaise, ready to try again.
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Meanwhile,
In Yun Xianxian's child world, Lu Chen was mobilizing immortal power, wildly teasing Yun Qingshu.
Yun Qingshu gritted her teeth, glaring at Lu Chen, yet she did not surrender nor asked Lu Chen to let her go. She didn't believe that it was impossible to get caught in such a way.
At this moment, Yun Xianxian's child world was shaking. After all, Yun Qingshu was her main body, and any abnormality in her body could also affect Yun Xianxian's child world.
Moreover, with Lu Chen as the Heavenly Emperor and Yun Qingshu as the Great Emperor, using their powers in a heated battle in the child world, of course, Yun Xianxian's small child world would be affected.
At this moment, Yun Xianxian wanted to kick this shameless couple out. She didn't care what they were doing, but using powers so recklessly made the natives in her child world think their Mother Goddess was angry.
Seeing the increasing turbulence in the child world, Yun Xianxian couldn't tolerate it any longer. She directly entered Yun Qingshu's bedchamber and wanted to send them to the Daxia Dynasty to continue their business.
Just as Yun Xianxian entered Yun Qingshu's bedchamber, she suddenly heard a scream from Yun Qingshu, and Yun Xianxian looked at the two before her with a strange expression.
At the same time, Lu Chen finally heard a familiar voice.
"Congratulations to the host for helping wife and concubine Yun Qingshu to conceive an offspring, awarding the Heavenly Rank Immortal Technique: Divine Light Thousand Lamp Scripture."
Hearing the system prompt, Lu Chen was slightly surprised. He hadn't expected the system to reward him with a Heavenly Rank Immortal Technique right away.
It's worth noting that when he became an Immortal King, he still hadn't received a Heavenly Rank Immortal Technique. The cultivation resources of the Tianxia Immortal Dynasty were extremely scarce. The only Heavenly Rank Immortal Technique was in his father's hands, and his father had guarded against him, never passing it down to him.
Until he left the Tianyan Immortal Domain and entered the Chaotic Sea, he was still using Earth Rank Immortal Techniques.
Lu Chen didn't immediately claim the reward. He gazed down at the nearly lifeless Yun Qingshu beneath him, smiling as he said, "Qingshu, congratulations, your wish has been fulfilled."