If I had a grandson, I would want to take care of him for Ping’an.

By that time, I won’t be bothered with the matters of the Cloud Mountain Commerce Association anymore."

Li Yuan, writing as he spoke, said: "If that day comes, I’ll make sure Yaojue brings the girl to the Cloud Mountain Path as well, no matter if she and Ping’an have married or not.

Also... why not let Xiaozhao come here and learn how to manage the commerce association from you.

Then when you retire, Xiaozhao can take over this line.

That troublesome girl is out every day acting as a Saintess, getting more and more mischievous... However, it seems she understands a bit of worldly matters now. Since that’s the case, she should be able to manage the commerce association too."

He thought for a moment and then added, "There is a small town behind your estate, I will have people from the Tang Sect come to assist you in managing it, and I will move fifty households over.

The children of these families were probably just born not long ago, so you should have Niannian find some reliable teachers for them. As for cultivation skills, I’ll send over a copy of the ’Nine Yang Martial Technique.’

Ensure that these children grow up by your side so they develop a sense of belonging."

Xue Ning asked, "Are they those Ice Barbarians?"

Li Yuan nodded, "They are all families from the Cloud Mountain Path. When these children grow up, they will all be at the sixth grade. With these sixth graders, both you and Xiaozhao can control the commerce association better—after all, most corpse walking props are ineffective against the sixth grade."

Xue Ning was a bit worried, "Wouldn’t that break the rules? After all, you said that those people need to integrate into the Ice Barbarians and can only live in the Frozen Soil, Shuiye, or Falling Wood, and the Eighth Company, those three cities."

Li Yuan said, "The rules were set by me. If they are useless to us, why would I put so much effort into uniting the Barbarian Race, fostering marriage alliances, and teaching them martial arts?

Just take good care of the kids."

Xue Ning said, "Don’t worry, taking care of people... your wife is quite capable."

Li Yuan acknowledged, at that moment, he finished the letter in his hand, shook it lightly to dry the ink, put it on the desk, and said, "Send it to Wang Hiran, Si Fengru, or Wang Linji, and have them find a way to give it to Yaojue."

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...

A little over half a month later.

In the tent of the Zhenyan Clan, a large male baby wailed as he was born.

When the midwife from afar first held him, she couldn’t help but cry out in pain, her hands trembling uncontrollably, though she didn’t dare to drop him.

Li Yuan quickly took the baby from the midwife’s hands, only to feel that he was burning to the touch, like boiling water, yet the baby was healthily crying, with no issues.

Scanning the baby’s statistics, Li Yuan was astonished.

This child, just born, had a value of "700".

This was not just a child, it was clearly a monster in human skin.

The baby seemed to like him very much; among the whole room of people, the baby only approached Li Yuan, clinging to his neck and wailing.

Li Yuan smiled, then sat at the bedside, slightly handing the baby to Zhenyan Xue, who had just finished giving birth.

"Husband, give the child a name."

"For a lifetime of glory, then he shall be called Zhenyan Huang."

"Zhenyan Huang... my child is named Zhenyan Huang..." Zhenyan Xue showed a look of joy, all her tenderness now poured onto the baby in front of her.

A moment later, Li Yuan took the child for a bath.

When done, the originally warm water in the tub was boiling.

This sight amazed everyone.

Just then, distant lively voices were heard again.

White wolves surged in from afar, carrying an aloof and profound-eyed saintly woman, her snow-white cloak flying in the wind, cheered by a gathering of Ice Barbarians.

"Wolf Mother!"

"Wolf Mother!"

Wolf Mother leapt down from the wolf, came to Li Yuan, slightly bowed to him, then raised her hand to gently grasp the baby’s hand and brought it to her nose, sniffed, and said, "Child, the pack blesses you. You are born in glory, and you will be friends with all the giant wolves on this frozen soil."

Soon, more clamorous noises came, this time from afar.

The clan leaders of the other eight major clans had arrived.

The new leader of the White Deer Clan was named Bailu Li, appointed by the Barbarian King after the previous leader, Bailu Feng, passed away.

She was a female clan leader, very strong among the Ice Barbarian sixth grade, though not a fifth grade.

This was understandable since having a fifth-grade leader requires luck; a new fifth grade doesn’t emerge immediately after the previous leader dies.

Bailu Li looked at the newborn male baby.

Although she and the other clan leaders couldn’t see the data like Li Yuan, they could sense this baby’s extraordinary strength, not to mention the fact that he was surrounded by wolves at birth, always having wolf milk available...

Suddenly, Bailu Li exclaimed, "This is the born Son of the Sun, a boon given to our Barbarian Race by heaven, let’s cheer, let’s dance!!"

Her voice was deeply infectious, and the Barbarians cheered.

The clan leaders smiled, but Tongrong Hu, upon hearing "born Son of the Sun," flashed an extremely subtle displeasure in his eyes, glanced at the distant Barbarian King’s Axe cautiously, keeping his greed in check, and then joined in the cheering.

That night, the Barbarian Race was in a festival-like state.

The tribespeople celebrated by dancing around the fire, holding hands and spinning, just to celebrate the birth of a child.

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...

Three months later...

Zhenyan Huang could already walk unsteadily.

He grasped a small axe, moving back and forth in front of the tent like a three or four-year-old child.

The ice and snow giant wolf reared by Li Yuan, named "Xiaobai," had also grown up. It was happily following its little master around.

Wherever Xiaohuang went, Xiaobai followed.

Sometimes, when Xiaohuang was about to stumble, Xiaobai would quickly move in and thoughtfully nudge and support him with its head.