Chapter 1877: Chapter 1877

"Moreover, madam, your lifespan is not particularly high in relative terms. If you breakthrough to the Golden Core Late Stage now, you still have over a hundred years to prepare for Nascent Soul Formation, and there is indeed a chance of success!"

"As for your concern about leaving a legacy for the Su Family, you needn’t worry about that. If a genius does emerge in the Su Family in the future, as long as I am still around, I will surely lend a helping hand for your sake and in memory of our late ancestors!"

At this point, he spoke with great pride: "It’s just a mere Four Spirits Barrier-breaking Pill. If I wish to obtain such an elixir, it won’t take too much effort. Madam, don’t underestimate my current capabilities!"

He wasn’t showing off, but stating a fact.

The Four Spirits Barrier-breaking Pill may be extremely precious to Golden Core Stage cultivators, but for Nascent Soul Stage cultivators, obtaining one is not particularly difficult if they’re willing to pay a certain price.

This is especially true for ordinary Nascent Soul Stage cultivators, let alone Zhou Chun.

After hearing his words, Su Yuzhen was deeply touched, and her eyes immediately welled up with tears.

In fact, their union was not so blissful in the beginning, one could even say it lacked any emotional foundation.

However, over the years, as they grew more familiar with each other, feelings gradually developed between them.

Just like those who got together due to parental arrangement, even without any feelings at the start and with frequent quarrels, over time and with offspring, they eventually learn to accept and adapt to each other and grow old together!

Zhou Chun may not have shown much care for Su Yuzhen, his partner, in the past. Still, even after achieving success, he never forgot about her or thought of replacing her, which shows his sense of responsibility.

Su Yuzhen was well aware of this and was thus even more grateful to him, making her more easily moved by his occasional expressions of care.

For instance, at this moment, overwhelmed by emotion, she couldn’t help but choke up and say, "Husband, you are too good to me, but unfortunately, I am useless and have not been able to bear children for you to this day!"

As a female cultivator born into a cultivation family and having become someone’s partner, even though she is already a Golden Core Stage cultivator, she still has the desire to leave behind descendants with her partner.

However, given the previous complexities and Zhou Chun’s singular focus on cultivation, she never truly voiced this desire, even though it lingered in her heart.

Now, carried away by emotion, she spoke out this long-buried thought without overthinking.

However, her words rendered Zhou Chun speechless.

In reality, over these hundreds of years, they’ve cultivated together countless times.

Under normal circumstances, even though the chance for pregnancy is lower for cultivators than for ordinary mortals, they should have had offspring long ago.

The primary reason for the absence of offspring is that Zhou Chun himself did not want to have children prematurely.

It’s quite easy for a cultivator to avoid having offspring if they don’t wish to, something even Foundation Establishment cultivators can easily achieve.

Zhou Chun’s reluctance to leave behind descendants is rooted in more complex reasons.

Earlier, when his cultivation was low, he worried that if his descendants lacked Spirit Root Aptitude or had low aptitude, it might lead to many tragedies.

He couldn’t be bothered by others, but he felt it would be distressing to watch his own descendants die before him one by one.

Later, with the frequent turmoil in Jingguo Country and the repeated threats of disaster facing the Zhou Family, he dared not leave behind descendants under such circumstances. ɴᴇᴡ ɴᴏᴠᴇʟ ᴄʜᴀᴘᴛᴇʀs ᴀʀᴇ ᴘᴜʙʟɪsʜᴇᴅ ᴏɴ novelFirｅ.net

As for now, with his Nascent Soul Stage cultivation, as long as the children’s mother is also a cultivator, the likelihood of the child having Spirit Root Aptitude is over ninety percent, so there’s no worry on that front.

But the same logic applies; even if the child possesses Spirit Root Aptitude, Zhou Chun cannot guarantee their successful transformation for Nascent Soul Formation.

That would mean, given his extended lifespan, he’d likely still have to watch his descendants advance before him in the future!

Thus, after a long silence, Zhou Chun apologized to his partner: "This matter indeed calls for an apology from me to you. For all these years, I have neglected your feelings in this regard, depriving you of the chance to be a mother!"

"However, now that I have formed my Nascent Soul and you are a Golden Core Stage cultivator, conceiving might not be easy. Perhaps there’s no need to push for it too much."

Ultimately, he’s still not inclined to leave behind descendants at the moment!

In his view, having descendants now would only be creating a vulnerability for himself.

When others take advantage of that vulnerability, no matter how strong his powers are, how could it matter?

When a blade is held at his children’s throats, as a parent, can he still stand firm then?

Thus, whether labeled selfish or shirking responsibility, he feels it’s unnecessary for him to have descendants under his current circumstances.

In the broader cultivation world, it’s not common for cultivators to leave descendants after forming a Nascent Soul.

Generally, if that happens, it’s often because they don’t have much lifespan left and can’t progress their cultivation path further, so they choose to extend their bloodline in this way.

Or they’ve already left offspring before forming the Nascent Soul, eliminating the concerns that plague Zhou Chun.