Chapter 832: Side Story 4: 69

This kind of killing aura should not appear on a newborn just one day old.

Moreover, Xiao Lao San still has Liu Junyan's Dragon Qi protecting his body.

Perhaps precisely because he has Dragon Qi protecting him, that trace of killing aura appeared for an especially short time and quickly disappeared.

But it was still caught by Xiao Jiu.

Xiao Jiu told everyone to go to sleep first, while she thought about what to do.

Xiao Jiu held the increasingly cold Xiao Lao San, and suddenly remembered when she was just brought back to Dang Pu by Yu Apo as a child.

Back then, Yu Apo would take Xiao Jiu out to look after things, and each time she would bring back some yin items to offer on the main hall's offering table.

At first, Xiao Jiu thought those yin items were offerings for the black coffin, but later she realized they were offerings for the dirty things in Dang Pu.

Whereas the offerings Liu Junyan needs are, on the contrary, extremely yang things.

Furthermore, after the mysterious cat came to Dang Pu, Xiao Jiu bought it cat food, canned food, etc., but it didn't eat them; instead, it wanted to receive incense offerings.

Xiao Lao San's situation might be similar.

Following this line of thought, when Xingchen earlier gave them a car to leave Suedi and placed his Buddhist beads around Xiao Lao San's neck, could that have been the same intention?

Either way, let's treat a dead horse as a living one.

Xiao Jiu took off the Buddhist bead bracelet that Xingchen had given her, which she had always worn on her wrist, looped it into two loops, and placed it on Xiao Lao San's wrist.

Sure enough, not long after, Xiao Lao San's body began to warm up.

Xiao Jiu went to feel the Little Guy's breath, and the warm breath finally let Xiao Jiu relax.

After tossing and turning most of the night, Xiao Jiu was also tired, and she held Xiao Lao San, preparing to sleep another round.

The light was turned off, Xiao Jiu had just fallen asleep when a crackling sound came from beside her ear, like a mouse gnawing on a table leg.

Where would a mouse come from in Yin Dang Hang?

Xiao Jiu jolted awake from her sleep and flung open the light.

When her gaze fell on Xiao Lao San, her whole body stiffened.

Xiao Lao San… he… he actually grew teeth!

What's more terrifying is that his tiny two hands are clutching the Buddhist beads and bringing them to his mouth.

The crackling sound Xiao Jiu heard just now is the sound of Xiao Lao San gnawing on the Buddhist beads.

That Buddhist bead bracelet has already been half-eaten by Xiao Lao San.

Upon feeling Xiao Jiu's gaze, Xiao Lao San instantly shrank into the blanket like a startled bird, trembling uncontrollably.

This child… strange things emanate from everywhere on him.

Especially his gall, it's truly small to the point of being hair-raising.

Although surprised, over these years Xiao Jiu has seen all kinds of strange things!

She hurriedly comforted Xiao Lao San, gently stroking his little head with her palm, saying: 'If you like to eat, just eat; don't go hungry.'

Xiao Lao San cautiously lifted his head to look at Xiao Jiu, his big eyes rolling, as if asking: 'Mom, is it really okay?'

'Go ahead and eat.' Xiao Jiu said, 'This Buddhist bead bracelet was given to me by your older brother; it has been blessed by Buddhist Dharma, carrying mana and incense energy. Baby tells Mom, do you like eating the material of the beads, such as wood or plants, or do you like the mana and incense they carry?'

Xiao Lao San thought for a moment, then spat out the wood chips in his mouth.

Only then did Xiao Jiu discover wood chips scattered all over the blanket.

It seems Xiao Lao San is chewing and absorbing the mana and incense energy carried on the Buddhist bead bracelet.

The Xiao Lao San that Liu Junyan gave her is not an ordinary child, but rather like a… spirit beast?

Such a child would be hard to raise in anyone else's home, but Xiao Lao San is fortunate; as Xiao Jiu's child, he won't go hungry.

Xiao Jiu rubbed Xiao Lao San's head again, affectionately saying: 'Eat first, Mom will go find you something tastier; today we definitely need to eat our fill.'

Xiao Lao San finally wasn't so afraid, holding the Buddhist beads and hiding in the blanket, slowly gnawing with a crackling sound.

He only grew four front teeth, upper and lower, so gnawing is actually somewhat difficult.

Xiao Jiu opened the hidden compartment in the room and picked through its contents.

Things that are too hard, Xiao Lao San might not be able to chew now; how about the excellent thousand-year ginseng? Some high-level mana talismans? Could those rare medicine pills left behind by Ti Luan also work?

Xiao Jiu gathered a large pile, placed it all on the bed, lifted Xiao Lao San out of the blanket, and let him choose for himself.

Xiao Lao San timidly looked at Xiao Jiu.

After receiving Xiao Jiu's affirmation, he finally let loose and began to work hard with his head down.

That pile of things, which Xiao Jiu had treasured for a long time, after one round, Xiao Lao San had consumed a third of them.

Xiao Jiu felt a bit of heartache.

But seeing Xiao Lao San let down his guard, eat his fill, and sleep soundly, Xiao Jiu was still very happy.

Especially when she had put away the remaining good things, tidied the bedding once more, and returned to bed, she noticed that the bluish-purple on Xiao Lao San's body had clearly faded and become much lighter; the pent-up foul air in her heart was finally expelled.

Fortunately, there is a way to raise him.

This meal, Xiao Lao San probably ate until full, sleeping for three days and three nights without waking.

Xiao Jiu, however, was not panicked.

She had already accepted the possibility that Xiao Lao San might be a spirit beast.

Consuming so many good things also requires time to digest, absorb, and transform.

Xiao Jiu optimistically thought that perhaps when Xiao Lao San wakes up again, he will, like his older siblings, quickly grow a notch, his cultivation greatly increasing and so on.

Li Qingying and the others also thought it must be so.

But on the fourth day, Xiao Jiu discovered that on Xiao Lao San's skin, which had finally become normal, bluish spots appeared again.

At first it was just a little on the back of the hand, but it quickly spread over the whole body, blue spots overlaid with purple spots, looking especially hideous.

At the same time, Xiao Lao San seemed to be haunted by a nightmare, pursing his little mouth, shrinking his body, like a bullied victim.

As time passed, the situation got worse and worse.

Xiao Jiu quickly ground the thousand-year-old wild ginseng and forcibly fed it to Xiao Lao San, who soon opened their eyes.

Immediately after came another round of crack-crack gorging.

Everyone watched Xiao Lao San's eating manner, feeling quite complicated.

On one hand, happy that he can eat and drink; on the other hand... it really hurts!

Everyone says children are gold-swallowing beasts, but Xiao Lao San is simply more terrifying than a gold-swallowing beast.

Fortunately, Yin Dang Hang has a great business and many friends, each one wealthy and powerful.

After learning of Xiao Lao San's situation, good things flowed into Yin Dang Hang like water.

Actually, just by raising and providing for him like this, after consuming a large amount of good things, Xiao Lao San could grow healthily, and after absorbing these good things, he could see an increase in his Xiūwéi, which was also acceptable.

Unfortunately, that wasn't the case.

Xiao Lao San's appetite grew larger each time, but as soon as it was exhausted, his condition would immediately revert to its original state.

He was like a bottomless pit that could never be filled...