With the family's support and everyone in agreement, they felt as if they were completing a family mission, contributing to the family, so there wasn't much psychological pressure.
For the Heaven Spirit Root, for the family's future.
A little pressure was still bearable.
Seeing Qin Changqing so handsome, their mood brightened even more.
This kind of pressure, it seemed, wouldn't be a problem to endure a few more times.
Moreover, as long as they could give birth to descendants with Heaven Spirit Roots, their status in the family would naturally rise!
They didn't mind, and Qin Changqing cared even less.
After all, they provided ample spirit stones, and it would be foolish not to take advantage of it.
Half a month later, the two women from the Huang Family left contentedly, reminding Qin Changqing to take care of his health as they would return.
Qin Changqing was speechless, just about to check on the children when he suddenly paused, hearing the system prompt in his mind.
[Congratulations to the host for successfully consuming 100,000 lifespans, the system is starting to upgrade!]
"Upgraded?"
Qin Changqing was stunned, then pleasantly surprised to find that the system could upgrade.
He wondered if the upgrade would help him enhance his strength.
Qin Changqing had a small wave of anticipation.
[...]
A day passed!
[System upgrade successful, five new functions added]
[1. Open system space, can store items, consuming lifespan can increase storage space...]
[2. Open physique enhancement, can consume lifespan to enhance offspring's physique...]
[3. Open cultivation feedback, can receive cultivation feedback from offspring...]
[4. Open hidden function, can consume lifespan to help the host hide body, cultivation, aura...]
[5. Open interpersonal relationships, shows the host's related people's favorability and their dynamics at critical times...]
Qin Changqing was overjoyed, his whole body trembling slightly with excitement.
After enduring humiliation for over a decade, today he finally saw the reward, realizing the system hadn't abandoned him! He had misunderstood it before!
If the system could materialize, Qin Changqing would definitely hug and kiss it, even willing to consume billions to enhance it.
Calming down slowly, he began to carefully examine the system's upgraded functions.
The storage space needed no explanation; Qin Changqing tested it, finding it similar to the space functions of storage bags and rings.
Physique enhancement... the specifics would have to wait until the next time he was intimate.
What excited Qin Changqing the most was the cultivation feedback function, which could return the cultivation of his children to himself!
However, this feedback had limitations.
The offspring with high-grade spirit roots returned one-tenth of their cultivation, supreme-grade returned one percent, earth spirit root returned one-thousandth... and so on, corresponding to the fraction of lifespan he consumed.
Qin Changqing saw the system's notification.
[Receive one-tenth of Qin Qiming's cultivation feedback, accept?]
[Receive one-tenth of Qin Qirou's cultivation feedback, accept?]
[Receive one percent of Qin Qipeng's cultivation feedback, accept?]
[...]
"Accept!"
"Give me one-click accept!"
With a trembling heart and hands, Qin Changqing chose to accept.
Instantly, he felt dozens to hundreds of imperceptible rainbow lights shooting from all directions, directly pouring into his body.
Qin Changqing's cultivation, stagnant for nearly a decade, surged wildly, his aura skyrocketing, racing forward.
"Qi Refining Level Two!"
"Qi Refining Level Three!"
...
"Qi Refining Level Six!"
"Qi Refining Level Seven!"
His cultivation rose all the way to the peak of Qi Refining Level Eight before finally stopping.
This sensation of rapidly increasing power left Qin Changqing wanting more: "Why did it stop so soon?"
He felt a bit unsatisfied.
But calming down quickly, he understood that his children were still young, the eldest, Qin Qiming, was only sixteen, and although he had high-grade spirit root aptitude, he had only cultivated for ten years, reaching only Qi Refining Level Seven.
Most of his children had high aptitude, but many had only cultivated for a few years, and some hadn't even started yet.
It's still early, but the future looks promising if he can be patient.
"Qi Refining Level Eight!"
Qin Changqing licked his lips, unable to hide his smile, thinking he would never reach Foundation Establishment in his lifetime, but the system gave him a huge surprise.
"It seems I need to work hard to have more children in the future!"
Qin Changqing, due to his own aptitude, had always been indifferent, but now with the system upgrade, his cultivation could be gained from his offspring, giving him immense motivation.
"This sudden leap from Qi Refining Level One to Level Eight will surely arouse suspicion. I'm already a target, I can't let others notice anything unusual!"
Qin Changqing cautiously looked around, fortunately, this was his private courtyard, with a formation personally set by Golden Elixir Adept Huang Yuanjing, no one dared to enter without permission.
Qin Changqing immediately activated the hidden function, his entire aura instantly retracted, appearing to others as still being at Qi Refining Level One. This concealment ability was provided by the system, not even Golden Elixir Adepts or Elemental Infant Divine Transformation cultivators could see through it.
This concealment ability was a consumable function, continuously consuming his lifespan while active, but the consumption was minimal, almost negligible with his current lifespan.
"It can even hide my form? Isn't this invisibility!" Qin Changqing's eyes lit up, discovering his body had become transparent, sunlight passing through without casting a shadow on the ground.
Not only that, Qin Changqing was shocked to find that this invisibility function allowed him to pass through walls and formations, like a ghost, no wall, even the steel-crafted meditation room door, could block his path.
Qin Changqing was immediately intrigued, leisurely strolling around the Qin Family, even standing in front of the secluded Qin Family Foundation Establishment ancestor, who remained completely unaware.
"This ability is simply defying the heavens!"
Qin Changqing was ecstatic, with this ability, if he were to carry out an assassination, the opponent would be defenseless!
If he encountered an unbeatable opponent, entering invisibility would likely leave the opponent dumbfounded.
Where did he go?
Thinking of this, Qin Changqing couldn't help but chuckle.
Returning to his room, Qin Changqing deactivated the invisibility function. This ability was so heaven-defying that it consumed much more lifespan than the ordinary hidden cultivation function, and he couldn't sustain it for long.
"There's still one last function, I wonder what it is?" Qin Changqing checked the last system function.
[Qin Weiwei: Favorability 99]
[Qin Fenglan: Favorability 90]
[Qin Rongrong: Favorability 86]
...
[Qin Qiming: Favorability 92]
[Qin Qirou: Favorability 97]
...
[Huang Qianqian: Favorability 60]
[Lin Yuxia: Favorability 70]
...
[Qin Wenbo: Favorability 90]
[Jia Qiang: Favorability 50]
[Note: Favorability can be positive or negative, the higher the value, the more favorable the person is towards the host, trustworthy. If the value is negative, it turns into hatred, and the host should be cautious of the person.]
So that's how it is!
Qin Changqing's eyes lit up, realizing he could now detect who harbored ill intentions towards him in advance.
This was another divine skill!
Qin Changqing carefully reviewed everyone, all of whom he had some interaction with, and all had positive values.
No enemies!
"Seems like my interpersonal skills aren't bad!" Qin Changqing chuckled.