"Lanshu, you've worked hard."
Lu Changsheng held the child, entered the room, looked at Lu Lanshu lying on the bed, sat beside her, and gently held her hand.
Although the two of them were married for mutual benefit and lacked an emotional foundation.
As the saying goes, familiarity breeds affection. After spending so much time together, and now that their child had been born, they naturally developed some feelings for each other.
"Husband."
A smile appeared on Lu Lanshu's pale face as she weakly called out.
"Don't move. Rest well."
Lu Changsheng said softly.
Holding the child and looking at his wife, a sense of happiness welled up in his heart at that moment.
He felt that continuing like this would be quite good.
But then he thought of the Chen Family's assassination attempt while traveling to Green Bamboo Mountain.
The cruel Law of the jungle in this world.
Lu Changsheng knew that happiness also needed to be guarded by strength.
Not to mention, without strength, if he left the Lu Family in the future, the child might not even be his.
Furthermore.
Having the fortune of Transmigration into such a world, seeking the Immortal Dao, and possessing the System, he was unwilling to choose a mediocre and ordinary life.
Seeing Lu Lanshu's weak state and need for rest, Lu Changsheng didn't talk much, telling her to rest well and handing the child to the woman nearby.
It wasn't that the child had to be handed over to the Lu Family immediately, but rather that he didn't know how to care for an infant, so he let the woman look after him.
As for the child's Spiritual Root, it would only manifest around the age of five or six, making it impossible to test now.
After leaving the delivery room, Lu Changsheng returned to his own room and silently recited a phrase.
"System, I want to draw."
Immediately, a pale red virtual lottery wheel appeared before his eyes.
It was divided into seven sections: Cultivation Technique, Skill, Pet Beast, Medicinal Pill, Magic Treasure, Treasure, and Other.
"It really is comprehensive."
Lu Changsheng looked at the available prizes, his face showing delight.
The only drawback was that this lottery wheel resembled the gacha wheels from the pay-to-win games of the Penguin Family in his previous life.
This made him feel unreliable and slightly panicked.
Could this really yield good items?
Moreover, while drawing prizes relied on spending money in his previous life, did drawing prizes in this life rely on... spending essence?
This made him feel a bit strange... Forget it, he decided to treat this draw as the System's congratulatory gift.
Lu Changsheng stopped his wild thoughts and silently said.
"Start the draw."
Immediately, a golden light began spinning on the pale red wheel.
After five seconds, the wheel slowed down, and under Lu Changsheng's expectant gaze, the golden light stopped on the Skill section.
[Ding! Congratulations to the host for obtaining Second-Tier Talisman Making Skill!]
[The reward has been issued to the System space. The host can view it at any time.]
A light cluster shaped like a Talisman emerged from the large wheel, accompanied by the System's voice.
Lu Changsheng's mind stirred, and in the System space, he saw a light cluster shaped like a Talisman with information displayed on it.
[Second-Tier Talisman Making Skill: Upon use, grants direct comprehension of the Second-Tier Max Level Talisman Making Skill and the corresponding Talisman Compendium.]
"Directly gaining the Second-Tier Max Level Talisman Making Skill!?"
"System, I apologize. I admit I was narrow-minded and held some prejudice at first."
When Lu Changsheng saw the information, his expression was filled with pleasant surprise.
He hadn't expected to get such a good item on his first draw.
Having been in the Lu Family for so long, he hadn't just focused on having children and Cultivating.
He had also enriched himself and learned many things about the cultivation world.
He knew how precious and valuable this Second-Tier Talisman Making Skill was.
Just like in the secular world, cultivators also had many professions and skills.
For example, Alchemy, Artifact Refining, Talisman Making, Formation, Beast Taming, Planting, Medicinal Cuisine, Spirit Appraisal, Mineral Prospecting... and so on.
There was a saying in his previous life: 'if you have a skill, you won't starve anywhere.'
This applied equally to cultivators.
Furthermore, not only would they not starve, but they would also be highly sought after, welcomed everywhere they went.
This was because the barrier to entry for a cultivator's skill was higher; it wasn't something you could learn and master just by wanting to.
It heavily relied on Aptitude and wealth.
Among all skills, Formation, Alchemy, Artifact Refining, and Talisman Making were particularly popular.
A skill like the Second-Tier Talisman Making Skill corresponded to Talismans used by those in the Foundation Establishment Stage, which is above Qi Refining.
Relying on this skill, he could completely join certain Family powers and become a distinguished guest, a Guest Elder!
Without further thought, Lu Changsheng's mind moved slightly, and he used the Second-Tier Talisman Making Skill within the System space.
In an instant, a surge of knowledge and information spontaneously flooded his mind.
"Elementary Talisman Interpretation"
"Basic Talisman Compendium"
"First-Tier Talisman Compendium"
"Second-Tier Talisman Compendium"
"Incredible Talisman Making"
"How Talismans Are Made"
"Talisman Making: From Beginner to Grave"
... A long time later, Lu Changsheng's mind contained a vast amount of knowledge and information about Talismans.
Furthermore, he had a feeling as if he had been drawing and making Talismans for decades.
He quickly walked to the desk, picked up a brush, and with fluent, vigorous strokes like a Dragon dancing, he drew an profound and complex Talisman shape on a piece of paper.
"This feeling is simply too wonderful!"
"It's just like calligraphy; it feels as if I have practiced it myself for decades or even centuries, without the slightest unfamiliarity or awkwardness."
"As expected of the System, its products are always high-quality!"
Lu Changsheng looked at the rune on the white paper, his face showing surprise and joy.
He wasn't just scribbling randomly; this was the rune for a First-Tier Low Grade Fireball Talisman.
It only failed to form a Talisman because he hadn't used a Talisman brush, Talisman paper, Spirit Ink, or spiritual energy.
He couldn't fully explain the process of drawing it.
It was like eating and drinking—something he had done countless times, having already formed muscle memory.
"With the Second-Tier Talisman Making Skill, even if I leave the Lu Family, I can establish myself!"
"I won't have to worry about not being able to marry a wife or support my wife and child anymore!"
Lu Changsheng took a deep breath, his emotions excited and stirred.
But after a while, he frowned.
"However, I cannot reveal this Second-Tier Talisman Making Skill right now. Otherwise, I won't be able to explain it, and it might attract trouble."
As the saying goes, 'An innocent man is guilty only because he possesses a treasure.'
As a son-in-Law who was eliminated by an immortal sect and only just started Cultivating, suddenly being able to make Talismans would definitely arouse suspicion and bring trouble.
Furthermore, he was currently the Lu Family's son-in-Law, living under someone else's roof.
Once he revealed his Talisman Making Skill, who knew what attitude the Lu Family would take.
It was possible he would fall from being a 'breeder' to becoming a tool for Talisman making.
"I can't rush. I must take it slowly. First, I'll buy a set of Talisman making tools and Materials, practice making Talismans, and then gradually reveal my Talisman making talent within the Lu Family. Finally, I'll naturally reveal my First-Tier and Second-Tier Talisman Master skills."
"This way, I won't attract suspicion, and perhaps I might even be valued by the Lu Family for my Talisman making talent, leading to an improvement in my status."
Lu Changsheng took a deep breath, pondered for a moment, and made up his mind.
Now that he had seen the System's effect and possessed the Second-Tier Talisman Making Skill, he felt a greater sense of confidence regarding this world and his future.
He knew that as long as he remained cautious in all matters, had more children, and avoided trouble, even if he didn't achieve Immortal Ascension or become an ancestor, his future achievements wouldn't be too bad...
Early the next morning, Lu Changsheng went out, took out the Magical Artifact Flying Sword that Lu Yuanding had rewarded him with, and walked toward the Hundred Treasures Pavilion in Green Bamboo Manor.
The Hundred Treasures Pavilion was essentially a department store.
It sold almost everything, including Magical Artifacts, Medicinal Pills, Talismans, Spirit Rice, Spirit Vegetables, Yao Beast meat, and daily necessities.
The Spirit Stones Lu Changsheng received every month were used to buy Yao Beast meat and Spirit Vegetables at the Hundred Treasures Pavilion.
Although Medicinal Pills were effective, they were too expensive.
For a poor person like him, consuming Spirit Vegetables and Yao Beast meat offered better value for money.
Today, he came to the Hundred Treasures Pavilion planning to buy a set of tools and Materials for Talisman making.
As for bringing the Flying Sword, it was because he was broke and intended to sell the Flying Sword for cash.
"Shopkeeper, do you sell Talisman brushes, Talisman paper, and Spirit Ink for Talisman making here?"
Arriving at the Hundred Treasures Pavilion, Lu Changsheng asked the shopkeeper who was lying on a recliner.
"What do you need these things for?"
The shopkeeper was a gray-haired old man, and also a cultivator.
"I want to learn Talisman making, so I plan to buy some Materials and practice."
Lu Changsheng said.
"Learning Talisman making?"
The old man couldn't help but laugh, as if he had heard a joke.
He looked at Lu Changsheng and said, "Do you know how difficult it is to learn Talisman making?"
There weren't many cultivators in Green Bamboo Manor, only about a hundred people, and he basically knew them all.
Because Lu Changsheng was a son-in-Law who was frantically having children—five in one year—he had gained some notoriety in Green Bamboo Manor, leaving a deeper impression on the shopkeeper.
"I don't know, but my Aptitude is poor. Continuing to Cultivate like this is basically a dead end, so I might as well try learning a skill."
Lu Changsheng shook his head, forcing a wry smile.
He had prepared these excuses last night.
"Haha, it's a good thing you have this idea, but I advise you not to waste your money."
"It's normal for a beginner trying to learn Talisman making to fail hundreds of times at first. If your Aptitude is poor, failing several hundred times wouldn't be strange!"
"And this is just for the same type of Talisman. If you draw a different kind of Talisman, although it will be slightly better than when you started, the failure rate will still be astonishingly high."
"For a beginner to become a ranked Talisman Master, it requires thousands of practice attempts. Just imagine the cost involved."
The shopkeeper saw that Lu Changsheng was quite diligent in the Lu Family, getting five women pregnant in one year, so he kindly offered this warning.