Shocked Shi Bantian: My Children Were Actually the Seven Gourd Babies!

"Father... Father..."

The voices continued. Shi Bantian abruptly turned around... and only after taking a careful look did he realize that it seemed to be the gourds speaking.

"You... you can actually talk."

Shi Bantian was dumbfounded. Gourds could talk? Had they become spirits or something?

"Father... Father..."

The gourds kept calling out, and Shi Bantian's expression was a sight to behold.

"Father? Are they calling me?"

Shi Bantian scratched his head, feeling rather strange.

Hearing those repeated cries of "Father" filled Shi Bantian with complicated emotions. In his previous life, he had been single since birth and had no idea what women were like, let alone having children.

Now that he had transmigrated, he had met a top-tier beauty like Qian Renxue. He had fantasized about having children and such, but... he had never expected a scene like this.

He had directly had seven children, and he had even "given birth" to them himself. Though these children were gourds, they were still his own flesh and blood. How could he not be excited when they kept calling him Father?

"Father... Father!"

"Father... Father..."

Shi Bantian wore the loving smile of a doting father.

"Yes~"

It was only after listening to them call him Father for over half an hour that Shi Bantian gradually calmed down from his excitement amid the chattering of the gourds. His heart could not help but turn cold. If only he had not been so weak.

Xiao Xue would not have been taken away by Spirit Hall. Then he could have watched their "children" grow up together with Xiao Xue. He silently swore an oath.

Now that his martial soul had undergone its second awakening, he would certainly have a chance to grow stronger. In the future, he would surely have a chance to be with Xiao Xue again. But for now, what mattered most was taking good care of these little fellows.

"Father... Father, we're thirsty."

Just then, the seven gourds suddenly cried out urgently.

"Thirsty?"

Shi Bantian scratched his head anxiously, but he quickly thought of a solution: watering them. After all, they were plants, weren't they?

"Father will water you right away, so you can grow up healthy," Shi Bantian said as he watered the Gourd Vine.

Before long, all the gourds let out satisfied cries.

"Wow... That feels so good! So refreshing!"

"Thank you, Father!"

"Father is the best!"

But soon, the seven gourds started calling out again.

"Father... Father, we're hungry!"

"So hungry!"

Shi Bantian scratched his head again. After thinking carefully for a while, he walked into the side room. A moment later, he came out carrying a shoulder pole and two dark black buckets.

"Time to eat..."

As Shi Bantian spoke, he prepared to pour the contents beneath the Gourd Vine, but the gourds immediately panicked and swayed wildly.

"Father... It stinks, it stinks!"

"No, no!"

Of course it stank. After all, this was the essence of Shi Bantian's body. It was perfectly normal for it to stink.

"Don't be afraid... It only smells a little, but it's very nutritious. It'll help you grow faster."

As Shi Bantian spoke, he poured it down directly. The gourds continued screaming in terror, but they gradually got used to it. Clearly, the fertilizer was working.

For the next half day, Shi Bantian racked his brains trying to make the gourds more comfortable. At last... he managed to satisfy them.

"Father... Father!"

"Father!"

They cried out happily. Shi Bantian wiped away his sweat, his face full of gratification. Though he was a little tired, he felt it was all worth it, and a deep sense of fulfillment welled up inside him.

It was just like watching his own children thrive and grow!

Looking at the thick Gourd Vine and the seven little gourds hanging from it, Shi Bantian could not help thinking of his Xiao Xue again. He often muttered to himself:

"Xiao Xue, I wonder if you're doing well in Spirit Hall. If you were here, you could watch our children grow up from childhood."

"I'll definitely take good care of our children. My Soul Power is steadily increasing too. Once I become strong enough, I'll bring you back from Spirit Hall."

"You little fellows need to grow up well too. Once Mother returns, our family can be reunited."

Shi Bantian sat beside the Gourd Vine and muttered unconsciously.

It was noon, and the sun was rather scorching... Shi Bantian felt somewhat hot and restless. At that moment, a large leaf above his head trembled as it slowly moved over, shielding him from the sunlight. Naturally, the gourds had done it.

"Mother, Xue'er?"

Though the gourds did not understand, they quietly remembered the name.

Shi Bantian continued muttering as he looked at the gourds and thought of their mother, stroking them with tenderness in his eyes.

"Your mother is very, very beautiful. She's gentle and intelligent, incredibly talented, and respectful toward others. She's a very, very good person."

"As for Father, I don't have great talent, money, or influence. But your mother has never looked down on me. I believe she'll be very happy when she sees you all..."

Shi Bantian patted his chest as he spoke.

He went on and on. The loneliness in Shi Bantian's eyes appeared for only an instant before vanishing, but the seven little gourds on the Gourd Vine saw it clearly.

So, the little gourds began discussing it quietly.

"Father... Father looks unhappy."

"Wuwuwu, don't be sad, Father. Don't be sad."

"And also, what is the Mother Father talked about?"

"Is Mother something like Father?"

"Father calls Mother Xiao Xue. Xiao Xue is our mother."

"And Father said our mother is very, very beautiful."

"Was beautiful Mother bullied?"

"Father said people from Spirit Hall took beautiful Mother away."

"We have to defeat Spirit Hall and rescue beautiful Mother. Then Father will be happy."

"Hehe, rescue Mother... rescue Mother... rescue beautiful Mother."

The gourds spoke in unison. Shi Bantian had no idea that the casual complaints he had voiced had all been remembered by the gourds.

Over the following days, he continued caring diligently for the gourds. Under his attentive care, they were all growing quite well.

One red gourd in particular was noticeably larger than the others. Next came the orange one, then yellow... green, cyan, blue, and purple.

To rank them, Shi Bantian simply designated them from largest to smallest as Eldest, Second, all the way to Seventh.

The only thing troubling Shi Bantian was the Seventh, the Purple Gourd. It seemed somewhat malnourished and was much smaller than the other gourds.

"Seventh, what's going on with you... Why are you so small?"

Shi Bantian stroked the Seventh Purple Gourd and asked. Over the past few days, he had discovered that he could communicate simply with these gourds.

However, the gourds were not very intelligent. They were roughly like children a few years old.

"Fa... Father... I'm fine. I just like sleeping?"

The Purple Gourd let out a crisp voice, melting Shi Bantian's heart. She was the only girl among the seven gourds.

Shi Bantian's one and only precious daughter!

"Even if you like sleeping, you still need to eat more... Otherwise, you won't grow up."

Shi Bantian had a headache. How could she like sleeping so much that she would not even eat? He felt that he needed to find a way to give the Seventh more nutrition.