Although Ling Luo planned to have children after helping Ye Xingxue refine the guqin, she went into seclusion for several years after refining the guqin. In addition, the higher a cultivator's cultivation level, the more difficult it is to have children. Although Ye Xingxue's body is special, after becoming a cultivator, she hardly needs to cultivate and her cultivation level can slowly increase over time.

Perhaps because of this unique physical condition, it is much easier for them to have children than for other cultivators of the same cultivation level.

But it was more than a hundred years later when Ling Luo actually became pregnant.

After ten months of pregnancy, the child was born safely.

It's a boy.

Like Ling Luo, he possesses a chaotic spiritual root.

Excellent qualifications.

His name was given by Ye Feng; it is Ye Ze Shen.

The child often eats and sleeps, and when drinking milk, he makes two incoherent little sounds. He is very well-behaved and makes no fuss. He is very easy to take care of.

Ling Luo has experienced life and death, but whether it's becoming a mother or holding a baby, it's a first for her.

The children who grew up absorbing the spiritual energy within her were already fair-skinned and beautiful from birth.

She held the soft baby in her arms, gazing at him for a long time without getting tired of him. Instead, she grabbed Ye Xingxue's hand and exclaimed in surprise, "He's so soft and tiny, so cute!"

Ye Xingxue gently brushed a strand of hair from her forehead and smiled, "Mmm."

Despite saying that, his gaze remained fixed on her.

In his opinion, she was more adorable.

Thinking of this, Ye Xingxue touched her little face and placed a gentle kiss on her ear.

But Ling Luo didn't notice that her attention was still on the child.

Ye Xingxue: "..."

He smiled helplessly, picked up the child, and, under Ling Luo's puzzled gaze, held the back of her head with his other hand and kissed her.

More than ten years later.

At 5:30 p.m., the main star of the Lingliu Empire was crowded with people at the entrance of the Imperial Capital High School.

Many students who poured out of the school gate noticed Ye Xingxue at first glance.

Ye Zeshen's classmate excitedly nudged his arm with his elbow: "Your Highness, it's His Highness the Crown Prince! He's here to pick you up again!"

Ye Zeshen hummed in agreement.

He saw it too.

His classmate glanced at Ye Xingxue a few more times and couldn't help but say, "You and His Highness the Crown Prince are really starting to look more and more alike!"

And they are all very beautiful!

The father and son look very similar, except that Ye Zeshen still has a touch of youthful innocence on his face, while Ye Xingxue is tall, handsome, and mature.

After saying goodbye to his classmates, Ye Zeshen walked towards Ye Xingxue and said, "Dad."

"Mm." Ye Xingxue responded, nodded to the person who greeted him, and then boarded the aircraft with Ye Zeshen.

"The midterm exam results are out."

After sitting down, Ye Zeshen took out a stack of test papers neatly arranged in a folder and handed them to Ye Xingxue.

Ye Xingxue took it and handed him the pastries she had brought back from out of town.

Ye Zeshen took it, opened it, took a bite, and then asked, "When did Dad come back?"

Ye Xingxue leaned back in the back seat, flipping through his exam paper as she said, "We'll be back in the capital at three o'clock this afternoon." Then she added, "Your grandfather is free today too, so we'll have dinner together at the palace later."

"good."

Ye Zeshen has always been well-behaved since childhood, and Ling Luo and Ye Xingxue have never had to worry about his studies or cultivation.

Asking about his midterm and final exam results is simply a way to show appropriate concern and maintain a relationship.

After all, if you ignore your child just because they are good and well-behaved, the child will feel neglected or uncared for.

Back at the palace, after disembarking from the aircraft, Ye Xingxue paused slightly and turned her head to look towards the entrance.

Upon seeing his expression, Ye Zeshen looked up and saw Ling Luo in the living room.

Before he could speak, Ye Xingxue had already walked quickly towards Ling Luo, taken her hand, touched her face, and asked gently, "When did you come out of seclusion?"

Ling Luo: "Just now."

If a cultivator becomes pregnant and the fetus has spiritual roots, the fetus will absorb the cultivator's spiritual energy during its development.

The higher the fetus's natural talent, the more arduous the cultivator's pregnancy will be.

Although the amount of spiritual energy absorbed by the fetus is not large in the early stages of pregnancy, the amount of spiritual energy absorbed increases as the fetus grows larger.

If a cultivator's cultivation level is too low and the fetus's talent is too high, the cultivator's spiritual power will be insufficient, which will lead to a decline in the cultivator's cultivation level. In severe cases, the loss of spiritual power may even damage the foundation of cultivation.

When Ling Luo first realized she was pregnant, she noticed the loss of spiritual energy in her body and knew that the child in her womb should have good aptitude.

However, because of her high cultivation level, the loss of spiritual energy in her body was not serious at any stage of her pregnancy. Moreover, because she was worried that Ye Xingxue would not be able to handle it, Ye Xingxue would also send her spiritual energy during her pregnancy to comfort their child in her womb.

Overall, Lingluo's pregnancy was relatively easy.

Even so, she still lost some of her spiritual energy during her pregnancy.

In this situation, after the child was born, she should have spent time cultivating diligently and consolidating her cultivation level as soon as possible. Otherwise, this deficiency might have a negative impact on her future advancement to the Void Realm.

However, a child's growth period is short, and they change almost every day.

She worried that by the time she came out of seclusion, her children would have grown up.

Being unable to participate in her child's growth will likely be an irreparable regret for both her and the child.

Therefore, although she frequently went into seclusion during those ten-plus years, she typically secluded herself for more than a year, followed by a six-month break.

This time, she had been in seclusion for almost a year and a half, and feeling that it was about time, she came out of seclusion.

After exiting the border, seeing that neither he nor the child were there, and checking the time, wondering if it would be in time to pick up the child from school, Ye Xingxue and the others returned.

Ling Luo, with Ye Xingxue holding her hand, turned her head from his embrace to look at Ye Zeshen behind him and said, "Shen Shen, Mom was just about to pick you up."

"Mm." Ye Zeshen nodded, indicating that he understood.

He was also a cultivator, but like Ye Xingxue, he had a special physique and could cultivate without frequent seclusion.

He also knew why she needed to go into seclusion so frequently.

None of the three of them are particularly enthusiastic, and they don't often express their love verbally.

Just like in the car earlier, he and Ye Xingxue didn't talk much, but Ye Xingxue would bring him gifts every time she went on a business trip. These gifts ranged from rare and priceless refining materials or alchemy materials to his favorite pastries and drinks that weren't available in the country or in the city.

Besides that, from childhood to adulthood, whenever they had free time, they would pick him up from school together or take turns.

Although they don't usually communicate much, he can feel their care and love for him.

Seeing Ling Luo being led by Ye Xingxue's hand, Ye Zeshen said, "Mom, you two talk, I'm going to find Grandpa."

Ye Zeshen said this and then left.

After the child had walked away, Ling Luo turned her gaze away and said to Ye Xingxue, "Shen Shen has grown taller again."

"Um."

They've grown up too.

She knew to leave space for the two of them, instead of looking up at him and kissing her innocently like when she was a child.

Thinking of this, Ye Xingxue realized that the child had gone far away before she reached out and hugged her, then slowly lowered her head.