Dai Mubai's Child

Under Zhu Zhuyun's black-eyed gaze, Xu Yu cast more than a dozen healing buffs on himself before finally stopping.

"You're back. How did it go?" Xu Yu asked.

Unable to find anywhere to sit, Zhu Zhuyun could only remain standing. She stared impassively at Xu Yu, whose aura had grown several times stronger, before slowly saying, "Something came up along the way. The older of the Twins got pregnant, and that's why we returned to Spirit City so late. How are you going to deal with the child in her belly?"

As she brought up the matter, Zhu Zhuyun scrutinized Xu Yu. Whether a man was dependable or not depended on how he handled something like this.

"What's with that look? The child isn't mine. If I had a child, it'd be in your belly."

What kind of people were these? I never said the child was yours. Zhu Zhuyun was speechless. He really was guilty of something.

As for Xu Yu looking at her stomach with faint anticipation, Zhu Zhuyun felt deeply awkward. We haven't even done anything, and you already want me to bear your child?

But the child in the older Twin's belly still had to be dealt with!

"Then let her give birth to it! Just send the younger sister over!"

Though Xu Yu was utterly deranged and capable of anything, he truly couldn't bring himself to do something like violating a mother's will and forcibly aborting the child in her womb.

Noticing Zhu Zhuyun staring at him strangely, Xu Yu rubbed his nose and asked guiltily, "What are you looking at me for? Is there something so interesting to see?"

"Nothing," Zhu Zhuyun answered calmly.

However, her tone had grown a little closer, without the distance she had shown at first.

"Actually, I lied to you. The older sister isn't pregnant at all."

"Fuck." Xu Yu nearly wanted to punch Zhu Zhuyun in the face. Had her head been squeezed between something last night? What kind of pointless joke was that?

"She already gave birth to the child the day before yesterday!"

"I..." Xu Yu felt like he was losing control of himself.

Forget it. A good man didn't fight with women. Xu Yu forced out the barest hint of a smile and gritted his teeth. "Take me to see her."

After bringing the Twins back, they swiftly settled the matters concerning the Star Luo Empire. This round of negotiations was basically almost complete.

The thrilling moment was about to arrive. Xu Yu would venture across Douluo Continent—cough, cough... Mainly, he would go to the Heaven Dou Empire to find the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well and level up. Then he would seek out a suitable territory to develop in. That territory would preferably be near the Star Dou Great Forest, so he could rapidly increase his strength.

In truth, Xu Yu had an excellent choice: the Balak Kingdom.

The Balak Kingdom lay at the border between the Heaven Dou Empire and the Star Luo Empire. It was a vassal kingdom of the Heaven Dou Empire and relatively close to the Star Dou Great Forest, meeting his requirements.

Most importantly, the Balak Kingdom was nominally under the Heaven Dou Empire's control, while Heaven Dou's crown prince, Xue Qinghe, held considerable authority. Xu Yu's actions there would be much more convenient. There was another reason as well: it was the place where the protagonist rose to prominence. Xu Yu was relatively familiar with it and wouldn't need to learn the geography, customs, and other details all over again.

Besides that, considering that Oscar and Ma Hongjun were native residents of the Balak Kingdom in the original story, Xu Yu had some other plans in mind.

If possible, he still hoped Oscar and Ma Hongjun would serve him. Of course, as long as Dai Mubai and Tang San were alive, Oscar and Ma Hongjun would be unable to command forces independently. There was nothing to be done about that; the Shrek Seven Devils had a rather close relationship.

Arriving outside an inn in Spirit City, Zhu Zhuyun took out a key and opened the door.

"My lord, you're back." The younger Twin stood respectfully by the entrance, waiting for Zhu Zhuyun and Xu Yu to enter.

She and her sister had been purchased by this mysterious Lord Soul Master. Their family had sent them away for one thousand Gold Soul Coins. As weaklings, they had no way to resist.

When she saw Zhu Zhuyun return with a man, the younger sister's expression remained blank. She knew what would happen next. She had already become numb to this world where the strong were revered.

What puzzled her, however, was that the man merely glanced at her, her sister, and her sister's child before leaving. He wasn't going to touch them?

Their home had already fallen apart and was no longer fit to live in, so Xu Yu also rented a room at the inn. He had some questions for Zhu Zhuyun.

"Why is there a child? Didn't you say you were lying to me?"

"Yes, I lied to you. The older sister didn't give birth two days ago. She gave birth three years ago."

Xu Yu took a deep breath and swept his gaze around the room, searching for something.

Zhu Zhuyun asked curiously, "What are you looking for?"

"I'm looking for a brick. I might as well smash you to death with it."

"..."

"This time, I really wasn't lying. Oh, right, I forgot to mention it. It's Dai Mubai's child."

Aaargh! Xu Yu was going crazy. This woman was deliberately messing with him.

Wasn't it just asking you to help me with something? Was there any need to do this?

Damn it. Xu Yu felt utterly stifled. He glanced at Zhu Zhuyun's curvaceous figure and felt a slight stir. Much of his anger dissipated, though it all flowed downward instead.

Under Xu Yu's blatant stare, Zhu Zhuyun felt a chill run down her spine. Goosebumps rose all over her skin.

"If you dare touch me, I'll hate you for the rest of my life!" Though physically weaker than Zhu Zhuyun, Xu Yu had discovered Zhu Zhuyun's weakness after what had happened last time.

Her neck. As long as Xu Yu touched it for long enough, her whole body would go limp and weak.

At that point, Zhu Zhuyun could only let him do as he pleased.

Xu Yu could only sneer at Zhu Zhuyun's threat.

He would sleep with her first and deal with the rest later.

Ever since he had tasted flesh, that sensation had clung to his bones like maggots. No matter how hard he tried, he couldn't forget it.

Enough talking. He would reminisce about that feeling first.

"Reminisce my ass! Let go of me." It seemed Zhu Zhuyun had been deeply influenced by Xu Yu's vulgar manner of speaking.

However, Xu Yu used a little trick and quickly got Zhu Zhuyun to close her eyes and let him have his way.

After they were done, the refreshed Xu Yu got out of bed, picked up his clothes, and put them on. The gloom that had built up over the past few days was gone.

Zhu Zhuyun lay on the bed, feeling somewhat sore from all the tossing around. Seeing this, Xu Yu said, "You should rest for a while. I'll go see your younger sister, brother-in-law, and mother first."

"I'm going too." Zhu Zhuyun rolled out of bed and dressed in front of Xu Yu.

Seeing Xu Yu's dumbfounded expression, she said disdainfully, "If you want to do it tonight, I can keep you company again. I'm just afraid you won't dare."

Cough, cough... Those were some words. Xu Yu really didn't dare.

What if she drained him dry?

Xu Yu had formed a symbiotic bond with the Chaos Ancient Tree, and his physique had grown better and better. To that end, Xu Yu had given his constitution an incredibly badass name: the Chaos Life Ancient Body.

He had named it that because he discovered that he could gradually convert all kinds of energy into the energy of life essence on his own. Of course, he was nowhere near as efficient as the Chaos Ancient Tree—after all, he was still a human, not a tree.

He could leave the business of recycling trash energy to the Chaos Ancient Tree.

He was developing in another direction, shifting toward ultra-fast energy conversion. He hoped to convert his enemies' attacks into his own vitality, so that the longer he fought, the better he would feel and the more vigorous his life force would become.

However, reaching that level was far too difficult. It was still a long way off.

But the benefits had already begun to show. Xu Yu now had so much vitality in his body that it was leaking out, simply because his body's capacity could no longer keep up.

During the previous two hours, most of the leaking vitality had been transferred to Zhu Zhuyun.

Zhu Zhuyun wanted the small amount that remained too, but cough, cough, forget it. Not being able to take it was one thing; besides, keeping himself constantly enveloped in vitality was also highly beneficial to his physical condition.