Little Brat, You Finally Came Out!

"Esteemed sirs, please follow me inside."

Master Li's expression was complicated, but his attitude was respectful as he gently pushed open the wooden door before him.

"Ling Nu, I'm coming in..."

Lu Jun also saw the situation inside the room clearly.

The room was spacious, but utterly disordered. Countless torn silk fabrics had been casually thrown across the floor, along with quite a few metal vessels that had fallen there...

As the only woman among them, Fang Yilin saw the metal vessels and wooden objects as well. She could not help letting out a long sigh. Pity the hearts of parents beneath Heaven.

Clearly, Master Li had worried that his daughter might smash porcelain, then injure herself on the shards. That was why he had replaced everything with objects that were not easily damaged.

Lu Jun swept his eyes lightly across the room's layout. His gaze then went straight to the place where the demonic aura and resentment were thickest—the bed of the Li family's young lady.

The bed was covered by a thin gauze curtain, but quite a few snags marred its surface. Clearly, whenever the young lady was in agony, she had repeatedly torn at the gauze beside the bed.

Yet through the shifting light and shadows, one could still see the woman's enormously swollen belly and her emaciated body, thin as dry bones.

"Father, I'm so hungry... I want to eat something..." The woman called softly through the thin gauze.

Master Li hurried over. With a pained expression, he took his daughter's withered hand and comforted her softly. "Don't be afraid, Ling Nu. Father has invited a physician for you. You'll get better. Everything will get better..."

Old Man Yun also came to the bedside and gently lifted the gauze curtain.

Li Tuo and Fang Yilin could not help drawing in a sharp breath.

The girl before them wore only a white undergarment. Her cheeks were sunken, her skin deathly pale, and she looked nothing like a normal young woman. Instead, she resembled a skeleton with skin stretched tightly over it.

In stark contrast was her belly, twice the size of an ordinary pregnant woman's. It was exposed, with hideous black and purple veins bulging across it. Every so often, a small hand even pressed outward from within, imprinting itself against the skin.

It looked terrifying and bizarre.

As a woman herself, Fang Yilin's eyes were filled with unbearable pity. Her expression heavy, she asked, "Golden Robe Lord, is... is there still anything that can be done?"

Old Man Yun's face no longer held his usual easygoing, carefree expression. Instead, it was weighed down by solemnity.

After examining her for quite some time, Old Man Yun finally spoke.

"Let's discuss this outside."

The five of them once again went to a side room beside the bedroom.

Everyone's eyes turned toward Old Man Yun in unison.

Old Man Yun let out a long sigh. "Sigh... It'll be difficult."

"The ghost fetus has been gestating for too long. If we had discovered it in the early stages, before the life essences of the two had fully connected, I could have used True Qi to protect this girl's body and melted the ghost fetus inside her..."

"But now, the ghost fetus has essentially fused with the girl... Unless it is willing to leave on its own and sever the connection between their life essences, both sides will rise and fall together..."

"Ah..." Master Li collapsed into the chair beside him. Along with his body, his spirit and vitality seemed to collapse as well, and he nearly fell from the chair.

Fortunately, Old Man Yun caught him in time.

Old Man Yun said softly, "I only said that I have no way to deal with it. I never said the Demon Slaying Division has no way."

"The ghost fetus should take about half a month more to mature. I'll write a letter to the Demon Slaying Division in Yun Prefecture and see whether there's a way to save her."

Master Li's eyes filled with hope. He hurriedly kowtowed and expressed his thanks.

Afterward, Lu Jun and the others did not return to the inn. Under Master Li's enthusiastic hospitality, they stayed at Li Mansion.

Night fell, and all sounds were stilled.

Lu Jun opened his eyes on the bed. The silver mark between his brows flickered faintly.

Wait ten-odd days for the ghost fetus to be dealt with?

Wouldn't that mean he had to remain in confusion for another ten days?

How many demons could he kill in those ten days?

And then there was Ye Chen, who had thrown out threats while fleeing.

Soon, a night would have passed.

He had never been one to let grudges simmer overnight. If someone offended him, he settled it on the spot.

The thought of letting Ye Chen live through a single night made Lu Jun feel as though ants were crawling all over his body.

Lu Jun could not wait any longer—not even for a moment.

He raised his hand, and the clothes beside the bed drifted into his grasp under the effect of the wind.

Once dressed, he slipped out of the room with light, silent steps.

He had already cast Mirage of Flowers and Moonlight over the entire Li Mansion. Everyone was deep in sleep, their five senses weakened by him. The weakening was silent and imperceptible, making it impossible to notice.

Without the slightest hesitation, Lu Jun went to the room of the young lady of Li Mansion.

On the bed, the girl's face remained hideously contorted. Her skin clung tightly to her bones, like a dried corpse.

Even in sleep, fine beads of sweat covered her forehead. She had clearly fallen into a deep nightmare.

Lu Jun said nothing. He merely snapped his fingers.

In an instant, the power of Mirage of Flowers and Moonlight suddenly enveloped the girl.

Her brows smoothed out at astonishing speed.

"Child... child..."

A hoarse, gloomy voice sounded beside the ghost fetus's ear.

The ghost fetus, its entire body black and its veins black as well, its pupils turned white, suddenly opened its eyes.

This voice!

It was his mother!

His real mother!

Not that weak, boring Human Race mother outside.

"Mother!"

"Mother!"

Intense excitement suddenly burst from the ghost fetus's pale eyes.

Soon, a pitch-black figure also took shape before him.

The figure was tall and maintained the form of a woman, but more than a thousand long, hideous arms grew from her sides. Her face was covered by a strange black veil, making her features impossible to see clearly.

"Mother! Mother! I'm so hungry! These humans and livestock won't give me any food!"

"You found me a servant, but he won't give me blood food either!"

"Mother! I'm in so much pain!"

The ghost fetus's voice was choked with sobs.

The woman beckoned gently and pulled the ghost fetus into her arms. "Child... you've suffered..."

In the woman's embrace, the ghost fetus wept sorrowfully like an ordinary child.

"Child... Mother... can't bear it... I can't bear to see you suffer so much..."

"Child... Mother has found you another new servant. He found you a new mother's nest outside, and that mother's nest is even a precious Law Seeker..."

"I had him come take you away to live a good life..."

The ghost fetus's eyes lit up. Greed flashed within them as he clung to the woman and rubbed himself vigorously against her chest.

"Mother! You're so good to me!"

The woman also raised her hand and gently stroked the ghost fetus's smooth, bald black head. "Child, you're my child. Naturally, I must treat you well..."

The ghost fetus was already famished beyond endurance.

As expected, only mothers were good in this world!

Inside this mother's nest, he could neither eat nor sleep well. The mother outside sometimes made a racket smashing things, and even struck him through her belly. He had endured that foul woman for long enough.

"Mother, then I'll break open the belly right now and go find the new servant you found for me!"

The woman gently stroked the ghost fetus and softly consoled him. "Child... no, you can't break open the belly... This woman is still an excellent mother's nest. Once she's properly fed, she can also serve as a mother's nest for your younger brothers and sisters. You mustn't kill her."

"You're Mother's most beloved child. Mother is willing to give you the finest Law Seeker as a mother's nest, but you must be generous too and leave a mother's nest for your younger brothers and sisters, all right..."

The ghost fetus was moved and nodded repeatedly. "I understand, Mother... I'll sever my life connection with this woman and come out, making room for my younger brothers and sisters. I'm the most obedient."

The woman's voice grew gentler and more benevolent. "That's right. You're Mother's most obedient child..."

"Mother can hardly wait to meet you!"

The corners of Lu Jun's lips lifted slightly. Cruelty showed in his indifferent eyes as he muttered softly, "That's right, little one. I can hardly wait to meet you either..."

Before Lu Jun's eyes, the belly of the young lady of Li Mansion began to stir faintly. Her face once again twisted in agony.

The next second, the young lady of Li Mansion abruptly opened her mouth wide, followed by a bout of dry heaving.

Then, a small hand, pitch-black from palm to fingertip, with black nails, suddenly thrust out from the young lady's mouth.

Next came the head, body, and legs, until the ghost fetus's shriveled body had completely crawled out through the young lady's mouth.

As soon as the ghost fetus emerged, it began absorbing the surrounding True Qi. Its shriveled body rapidly filled out, though it remained hideous beyond measure.

A pitch-black demon pill, with the murky dead-white eyes of a fish and several stray hairs atop its head, floated naked before Lu Jun with an arrogant expression.

After looking Lu Jun up and down, it curled its lips arrogantly. "You're the new servant my mother found for me!"

"The little one is hungry. Take me to the new mother's nest!"

Lu Jun smiled without making a sound. The corners of his mouth rose extremely high, and his handsome face took on a somewhat deranged and sinister look.

"You little brat, I finally tricked you out!!!"

The ghost fetus froze. Before it could react, an ominous feeling suddenly filled its heart, and it immediately tried to flee back into the belly of the Li family's young lady below.

But it was still too slow.

Lu Jun's hand shot out and seized it in an instant, gripping it tightly by the neck.

"You think I'd let you go back after tricking you out?"

Before the ghost fetus could scream, Lu Jun crushed its throat bone in one squeeze.

Lu Jun's voice rose beside the ghost fetus's ear like a demon's whisper. "Little one, meeting you really wasn't easy!"

"Don't worry! I'll make sure you die a thoroughly unrestful death, full of pain..."

Terror filled the ghost fetus's face.

Lu Jun used the divine ability Soaring Wind, condensing the wind in his hand into a high-pressure wind barrier before sealing the ghost fetus inside it.

Under the pressure, the ghost fetus's body was crushed inch by inch.

The bone-shattering cracks, enough to make one's hair stand on end, rang out through the enormous room.

A moment later, Lu Jun walked out of the young lady of the Li family's room.

[Slain demon, Great Sin Ghost Fetus. Mastered its innate evolved divine ability—Essence Siphon]

[Essence Siphon: Plunders the vitality of living creatures that possess no ability to resist, then feeds it back into oneself. Can be used to recover from injuries and restore True Qi]

[Demon Essence: 3100]

Lu Jun gently raised his head and looked toward the bright moonlight. A faint curve surfaced at the corners of his lips.

"Next, it's your turn, Ye Chen..."

"Are you ready?"

"I'm coming for you."