"Ah, today's young people!"
The Branch Master actually had his own selfish motives. Ilyx's performance was indeed exceptionally brilliant. He could easily be considered the youngest newcomer to pass the trials at their Knight Branch Temple in all these years!
If he could manage to keep this young man here through that little girl, it would also strengthen their own side's forces. That was killing two birds with one stone.
Yet at this moment, Ilyx and Li Xin were being far wilder than their elders imagined.
The moment they stepped into the lounge of Hell Rose, things got rather breezy. Shoes and socks had already been tossed aside by the door. Their faces flushed crimson as their eyes locked. What followed next was simply indescribable.
After all, they were both teenagers in their teens. In this world, they were surely old enough to get married. Anyway, it was pretty much the classic scenario of dry tinder meeting a blazing fire.
That peach-pink hair of Li Xin's truly gave off a feeling of absolute perfection. Ilyx vaguely remembered seeing the Black Widow in The Avengers on television, sporting a head of beautiful red hair. Of course, the Hell Rose before him was even redder! The sheer visual impact of that direct gaze was something you could only truly appreciate by experiencing it firsthand.
Tsk, tsk, tsk!
Who knows how much time had passed? Perhaps two hours, maybe three.
Suddenly, high above this small room, a revolving structure appeared. It stood about five meters tall, and in appearance, it looked like the Eternal Tower assembled from some sort of energy form.
After rotating for roughly ten seconds or so, two auras—one black, one white—separated from the Eternal Tower, resembling a current of Yin energy and a current of Yang energy. They condensed into the pattern of the Taiji Eight Trigrams!
"Whoosh!"
Then, the pattern was seen splitting into two, transforming into a pair of forces that rapidly drilled into the bodies of the man and woman inside the room.
[Ding! Congratulations to the host on being blessed with a child. Due to your special constitution as a Necromancer, your child's birth may take much longer than that of an ordinary child.]
Oh well.
So the entry of that Taiji energy was just a precursor to the system prompt. Still, he could distinctly feel a warm, cozy force appearing within his body.
It was Spiritual Power! A massive surge of Spiritual Power!
Before Ilyx could continue asking questions, the system paused briefly and resumed its report.
[Ding! Based on your performance just now, the system will reward you with 5,000 points of Spiritual Power. At the same time, your partner will also receive a 10% bonus.]
Very well, this system reward was rather nice!
Those 5,000 points of Spiritual Power could directly launch him into the ranks of a Tier 6 Knight. Of course, he would still need to go and get officially certified. At the same time, Li Xin, who was originally a Tier 3 Knight, would now gain an additional 500 points, making her fully eligible to take the examination for a Tier 4 Knight.
Yet at this moment, Ilyx still harbored a slight doubt.
"System, you said that because of my constitution as a Necromancer, the child will be born much later than an ordinary, normal child. Just how much later?"
This was the point Ilyx found most baffling. Although he now possessed the appearance of a normal human, the essence of his body seemed to still retain the characteristics of the Necromancy Saint Mage, imbued as it was with deathly aura. Consequently, his child's birth would be far more arduous than that of an ordinary child.
[Ding! Under normal circumstances, an ordinary person's pregnancy lasts for ten months. Your child may require three to four years before coming into the world.]
Fine then.
This was even more troublesome than Nezha being born!
"What about other aspects? Will my child grow slower than ordinary children?"
[Ding! Please rest assured on that score. The moment your child is born, they will be just like any normal child, and they will even inherit your talents.]
Oh well.
Though somewhat unexpectedly difficult, this was still good news after all. In his past life, Ilyx had left no descendants behind. Thus, in order to pass on his powers, he had thought of finding Long Haochen and Cai'er as his inheritors. In the end, when he went to Douluo Continent, he even bestowed his soul imprint upon Huo Yuhao.
It felt like the very definition of selfless dedication! In the end, he had been left with nothing.
Yet now, he could at least guarantee that three to four years from now, he would have a healthy child. Moreover, if he were to take on more girlfriends or partners during this period, wouldn't that mean he could acquire even more descendants?
"Alright, I know what I need to do next!"
Having figured out the connections here, a gradual smile surfaced on Ilyx's face. As a Necromancer, simply being able to have descendants was already a miraculous thing. There was no need to ask for anything more!
Just then, Li Xin, who had drifted into a light slumber, slowly began to wake up. She cast a deeply aggrieved look at her boyfriend.
"You little rascal, won't you even let a person sleep in peace? Just now... just now, did you sneak something inside again..."
At this, the older girl grew shy herself and, blushing furiously, hurried off to the side to put on her clothes. But before she had taken more than a few steps, she was scooped up from behind in a tight embrace by Ilyx.
"Darling, I promise I'll take responsibility. Feel your own Spiritual Power—didn't it increase?"
"Huh? I really did feel some strange, warm current enter my body just now. Do you have some special method to boost my Spiritual Power?"
As a Tier 3 Knight, Li Xin was well aware of her own strength and its improvements. She simply hadn't expected such an increase to happen right after doing that sort of thing. It truly caught her completely unawares! Could it be that her little boyfriend possessed some hidden peculiarity?
"You... you little trickster, what are you keeping from me?"
"Hehe, I forgot to tell my lady, this is a family-tradition constitution of mine. Only the family members closest to me can experience it!"
"Is it really that magical? Then I'm going to go test it out—I feel like I can make a breakthrough to become a Tier 4 Knight!"
After another half an hour of sweet, clingy banter, Li Xin reappeared in the testing room.
By this time, the Branch Master was nowhere to be seen. The guard in charge of testing was quite familiar with this young woman and looked somewhat startled when he saw her approaching.
"Is our testing machine malfunctioning?"
"No, it's just that this young lady has leveled up!"
With that, the Hell Rose slowly drew her treasured sword and swung it forcefully toward the pillar before her!
"Clang!"
"920, Tier 4 Great Knight! You..."
This was simply an unbelievable phenomenon. Although Li Xin's previous strength had already reached 420, making her the peak of a Tier 3 Knight, she never expected that in just these past few short days, the young girl's Spiritual Power would have actually surged by a full 500 points.
Seeing this number, even the Hell Rose Li Xin herself stared in blank astonishment.
"This... that brat..."
She probably had no idea that this influx of 500 points of Spiritual Power wasn't something that would happen every single time. Rather, it was the reward for her body bearing the very first child of the Necromancy Saint Mage, Ilyx, in this world!
Of course, if they conceived a second child three or four years down the line, she could continue leveling up...