The Secret of the Baby Girl

Xu Bai felt that if he were to make an expression right now, it would definitely be like this.

Looking at the baby girl in his arms, although the baby girl's face was covered by black mist, with a swirling black mist obscuring part of her features, Xu Bai could still see that the black mist could not hide the baby girl's appearance at all.

The baby girl's little hands gripped the Demon Heart tightly, refusing to let go. Her eyes were closed, her brows were furrowed, and she occasionally let out a soft moan, clearly in great pain.

But none of these are the most important things. The most important thing is the baby girl's appearance.

The baby girl looked a lot like someone, someone he had seen before.

—A Liu Qingfeng!

The features of the white-clad madman Liu Qingfeng, when combined with those of the baby girl, were strangely similar.

What does this mean? Could it be... that this is Liu Qingfeng's seed? Holy crap!

It completely shattered my worldview!

Xu Bai recalled that he had encountered Liu Qingfeng in the Ghost Market before. Wasn't this guy devoid of a soul? How could he be in this situation? He couldn't help but fall into deep thought.

If it's really as he thinks, and this is Liu Qingfeng's child, then this guy is quite the player.

Of course, he said and did nothing at the moment, because he was unsure what Chief Sun in front of him, was thinking.

"Sir, you've been examining me for so long, can you cure me?" Chief Sun asked.

She saw that Xu Bai was holding the baby girl without making any noise and seemed to be thinking about something, so she mistakenly thought that Xu Bai was thinking about how to save her.

Xu Bai took a deep breath to calm himself down before beginning his explanation.

"I once saw something about this symptom in an old book, but I can't be completely sure if it's this symptom, so I have some questions I'd like to ask."

"How did this baby girl come to be? Can the city lord tell me?"

"It's not that I'm curious, but I want to find out through this whether it matches those symptoms."

Since the goal is to deceive, it's necessary to pretend. If you're going to pretend, you have to do it convincingly, and you can also extract some information along the way.

For example, what is the origin of this baby girl?

That was just his guess; the truth will depend on the answer from Chief Sun in front of him.

Chief Sun frowned slightly, swayed her hips as she walked in front of Xu Bai, and stared intently at Xu Bai.

"Sure?"

Xu Bai nodded. "I'm very sure."

His gaze met Chief Sun's directly, without flinching.

Chief Sun stared at Xu Bai for a long time before finally looking away and sighing.

She raised her right hand, and a dark shadow appeared, enveloping the surroundings.

Then, she asked Xu Bai to sit down before slowly recounting what had happened.

"Actually... this is indeed my child, but something went wrong..."

In this sealed space, Chief Sun recounted his entire ordeal.

After hearing this, Xu Bai was stunned.

He guessed right!

Not only were they right, but the whole story was so bizarre that it seemed unbelievable.

First of all, Chief Sun was a demon from a very ancient era, and at that time, she was already pregnant.

But she died not long after becoming pregnant, and with the fetus in her womb, she turned into a demon and came to the Demon-Strange Entity Market.

She has always appeared to be pregnant, but because she has died and become a demon, it is impossible for her to give birth, so she remains unchanged.

However, this situation did not last long.

One day, a person without a soul suddenly appeared in her city, and then she got into a fight with this person.

Before her death, Chief Sun was a third-rank extraordinary being, but once she entered the Demon-Strange Entity Market, she would be permanently stuck at that level, so she never fought her.

But for some reason, the madman didn't kill her; instead, he kidnapped her and spent an indescribable night with her.

After that night, she discovered that there was movement in her arms.

The gestation period is different from ten months of pregnancy; it is extremely long, and the baby was only recently born.

But after the baby girl was born, Chief Sun discovered that she was gradually weakening.

By chance, she saw that the Demon Heart could slow down the weakening process, so she kept letting the baby girl hold it.

But this was not a long-term solution. Chief Sun kept searching for a solution, but he never found one.

That's roughly how it went. After hearing it, Xu Bai felt terrible.

If he saw Liu Qingfeng now, he would definitely give him a thumbs up and shout "Awesome!"

This soulless guy acts on instinct. Could it be that he acted on instinct during that indescribable night as well?

If that's the case, then that's incredibly powerful.

Humans and demons are no big deal.

But the idea of humans and demons being involved is truly absurd.

It's not that absurd is a big deal, but the fact that she actually gave birth to a child is just ridiculous. It's like the absurd mother opened the door to absurdity. It's outrageous to the extreme.

"So, did Liu Qingfeng cheat on someone else, or did he unexpectedly become a father himself?"

At this moment, Xu Bai's thoughts wandered again, and he thought of this question.

She was already pregnant before Chief Sun died.

That wasn't Liu Qingfeng's child, but after it died and entered this place, it was basically impossible for it to give birth.

However, Liu Qingfeng's subsequent bizarre actions resulted in the child being born, so whose child is it really?

Xu Bai thought about it for a long time and felt that the relationships involved were complicated and difficult to unravel.

Now is not the time to sort these things out; he should just treat them as amusement. His main priority now is to get his hands on the Demon Heart.

"Sir, I have said everything I need to say. Do the symptoms match? Can it be treated?" Chief Sun asked.

As he asked that question, a barely perceptible glint of murderous intent flashed in his eyes.

Only she knew that this was a secret she couldn't let anyone discover.

There was one more thing she didn't say: the daughter she gave birth to was somewhat special.

Now that she has revealed the secret, if the other party cannot cure her, then she will have no choice but to kill her to silence her.

If the other party can be cured, then kill them to silence them after they are cured.

In short, this person in front of us must die, and the news absolutely must not get out.

Of course, she didn't show it at the time; she hid it very well.

After saying what he had just said, Chief Sun even began to make promises to Xu Bai, promises that were considered extremely important in this city.

Xu Bai feigned a look of overwhelming gratitude. "Don't worry, City Lord, there's hope!"

Chief Sun's face lit up with joy, and he hurriedly urged Xu Bai to quickly reveal the method.

Xu Bai looked at the baby girl in his arms and said in a serious tone, "I heard everything the city lord told me. I just analyzed and deliberated carefully and found that the symptoms match. Although the symptoms are the same, the treatment is extremely difficult."

Chief Sun hurriedly asked, "What's so difficult about it? Please tell us, sir, and we'll think of another way."

Xu Bai glanced at Chief Sun, pretending to be nonchalant on the surface, but his mind was racing.

How can we trick this Demon Heart away? The initial plan was to find any excuse to take the baby girl away, saying that she needed to be taken for treatment, but the current situation is not so safe.

Although Chief Sun's murderous intent was well concealed, Xu Bai still noticed it.

He figured that once such a big secret was revealed, the other party would have already decided to kill him, regardless of whether the plan succeeded or not. Even if he took the baby girl away, how would he get out?

If the female city lord is forcibly killed, it might be connected to other cities. If other cities sense her death before she dies, then there will be endless pursuit.

We have to find a way to trick them out of that waist tag as well.

Thinking of this, Xu Bai's eyes darted around slightly, and he quickly came up with a plan.

"Chief Sun, I need to go to other cities to find the necessary medicinal herbs. Could you please give me your waist token? With your token, it will be much easier to travel back and forth."

Wanting to escape Chief Sun's sight while still taking the token, Xu Bai came up with this excuse.

I thought this was a brilliant plan. But to my surprise, Chief Sun shook his head.

"The token is of great importance. I only need to write you a letter, and you can take this letter with you."

"As for you taking my child with you, that's no problem. I can send someone to accompany you, also for your safety."

Xu Bai: "..."

This method doesn't seem to work. The other party isn't stupid; the token is indeed very important.

If that's the case, then we'll have to use another method.

He lowered his head again, looking at the baby girl in his arms, his brows furrowing.

Upon seeing this, Chief Sun couldn't help but wonder, "What is it now?"

She always felt that the monster in front of her was somewhat strange, but she couldn't quite put her finger on what was so strange about it.

Xu Bai said, "This is not good. Chief Sun, look at the child's face. Although he is protected by the Demon Heart and there is no change, if we delay too long, something will still happen."

Upon hearing Xu Bai's words, Chief Sun subconsciously looked over, only to find that the baby girl's complexion was no different from usual.

"I understand this illness, so I can tell," Xu Bai added. "If we go now, the round trip will take too long, and by then the disease may have become incurable."

Since we can't take the token with us, we won't leave.

Chief Sun asked, "Then what should we do?"

"No rush, we can still hold things steady for now," Xu Bai explained. "I'll go back and think of other ways; maybe there are more?"

Chief Sun hesitated.

What she didn't expect was that after asking about her situation, this guy wanted to go back and figure out a solution instead of solving it immediately.

However, the other party did not give her a clear answer, saying that it was not possible to treat the condition. In other words, the current ambiguous situation made it difficult for her to take immediate action.

Xu Bai cupped his hands in farewell and took his leave.

He said that just now to stall for time, mainly because he wanted to think of a solution slowly after he got back.

After leaving the City Lord's Mansion, Xu Bai returned to the dwelling of the demon. Along the way, he could sense that someone was following him.

As it turned out, he was right. Regardless of whether the matter succeeded or failed, Chief Sun would silence him, so he wouldn't let him escape easily.

Xu Bai acted as if nothing had happened, returned to his room, closed the door, sat down in a chair, and pondered deeply.

That token was extremely important, and even when Xu Bai said he would save her daughter, she didn't consider taking it out.

This shows that it is extremely difficult to succeed.

The problem now is that we need to take the Demon Heart and the token, but we also need to avoid alerting the demons in other cities. The most important thing is to escape successfully.

So he was faced with a major problem.

If he weren't worried about alerting the monsters in other cities, Xu Bai could have simply robbed it.

The main concern was whether it would attract beings at the Saint level, which would be problematic.

I thought and thought, but I had no clue what to do.

Xu Bai felt a surge of unease.

He seems to be stuck, and he's stuck here.

Sometimes, when a person is seriously thinking about a problem, the longer they think, the easier it is for them to lose focus.

At this moment, Xu Bai's attention was diverted as he thought of something else.

"This Liu Qingfeng actually did something so amazing."

Thinking of that baby girl, Xu Bai felt that Liu Qingfeng was too powerful.

He had read all sorts of bizarre things in novels before, but the story of Liu Qingfeng, which was actually happening right in front of him, was the most shocking.

"That's right! Liu Qingfeng!"

Xu Bai suddenly stood up, his eyes lighting up.

Isn't this an opportunity? Back then, when Chief Sun and Liu Qingfeng had that indescribable affair, it didn't seem to alarm the other city lords, otherwise Liu Qingfeng wouldn't still be alive and well.

In this light, Liu Qingfeng might be the key! "I've got it!"

Xu Bai quickly made up his mind.

Since that's the case, let's break through from this key point.

When Chief Sun talked to him about Liu Qingfeng earlier, he didn't show much resentment, which he could tell.

"How about we summon Liu Qingfeng and give it a try?"

Xu Bai stroked his chin, thinking that this method was feasible.

If they are summoned and the two of them fight, then I might be able to take advantage of the chaos and find the token.

If they don't fight, but fight another kind of fight, I can also find an opportunity in that.

Very good!

I'll just give it a try anyway.

Thinking of this, Xu Bai's divine sense swept across the area and found the demon watching him from the corner.

The next moment, all these monsters were under Xu Bai's control.

Xu Bai circulated his True Yuan Power and began to slowly chant the incantation for the Sea Sect Deity Summoning Method.

A portion of his True Yuan Power was quickly drained away, and Liu Qingfeng emerged from a dark place not far away, his face blank.

After emerging, Liu Qingfeng remained in the same state as before, silently absorbing Xu Bai's soul, but he himself was an enormous loophole and could not store it at all.

"Hey-hey."

Xu Bai chuckled.

Since reaching the first level of the extraordinary realm, the pressure from Liu Qingfeng has not been as great as before.

He felt that if he unleashed a Overturning Heaven move, the outcome would be uncertain.

At this moment, Liu Qingfeng has no divine soul; he can only imitate his own actions and silently follow him to absorb divine soul.

But that doesn't mean I don't have a method.

"Brother, whether this goes well or not depends on you. If it does, I'll wipe the Liu Qingfeng clean of your past attacks on me." Xu Bai walked up to Liu Qingfeng and patted him on the shoulder.

Liu Qingfeng followed suit and patted Xu Bai on the shoulder.

Xu Bai, unfazed, lifted his foot, opened the door, and walked out.

Liu Qingfeng followed behind Xu Bai, absorbing Xu Bai's soul as they walked.

Once out of the secluded alley, Xu Bai quickened his pace, switching from walking to running.

"Help! A monster has been killed!"

He was running while shouting nervously.

Liu Qingfeng imitated his mannerisms, but didn't shout out, as if he were chasing after him.

Xu Bai was very fast, and soon he arrived at the City Lord's Mansion.

The demons guarding outside the City Lord's Mansion, seeing this situation, were about to go up and stop it.

But before they could even make a move, they felt an immense pressure coming from them.

This pressure comes from the City Lord's Mansion.

"What's going on! The city lord seems... to be angry?"

The demons guarding the door looked at each other, each seeing astonishment in the other's eyes.

Immediately afterwards, they had no reaction and were stunned by the powerful pressure.

At that moment, Xu Bai rushed in and ran towards the city lord's position, shouting for help.

Ahead, the city lord's room opened rapidly.

Chief Sun's eyes flashed with murderous intent as he looked past Xu Bai Xu Bai at the people behind him.

Xu Bai shouted, "Chief Sun, help! This guy suddenly blocked my way and tried to kill me!"

Chief Sun glanced at Xu Bai Xu Bai, then struck at him with a backhand.

Xu Bai: "..."

This was truly beyond his expectations.

In his mind, shouldn't he have attacked Liu Qingfeng first? Why should he attack the one who could save people? However, Xu Bai's mind raced, preparing to take the blow head-on.

Since it's acting, it has to be realistic. He has Undying Demon Soul Buddha Body, so he can recover even from the most serious injuries.

Let's play dead for now and see how things go.

"Boom!"

Instead of the expected pain, a roaring sound rang out as Liu Qingfeng stopped Chief Sun.

Xu Bai: "Damn it!"

I almost forgot, ever since the Sea Sect Deity Summoning Method was established, this guy has sometimes helped me out.

What should I do now? I need help urgently, I'm waiting online.

It's like he was given a script, but he's not acting according to it at all.

His initial plan was to bring Liu Qingfeng over to observe the situation.

But to his surprise, Chief Sun turned around and prepared to kill him.

Xu Bai felt he had handled the unexpected situation well and was ready to play dead for a while.

But now, Liu Qingfeng has stopped Chief Sun again.

What should I do? Should I just collapse and play dead, or what should I do? Just as Xu Bai was pondering this, Chief Sun's eyes widened.

"Now that you're in, you can save my daughter. He already knows my secret and must die!"

"I know you don't have a soul, but look at what that is, and your instincts will tell you what to do."

As soon as Chief Sun finished speaking, the door to the room behind him opened, revealing the baby girl inside.

When the baby girl appeared, Liu Qingfeng's expression remained blank, but he actually let go of her hand and walked towards her.

Damn it! Xu Bai had a headache. He felt things had changed again. Should he pretend to be dead now? Wait a minute!

Wrong!

Chief Sun just said that Liu Qingfeng can save this baby girl.

Moreover, judging from this situation, although Chief Sun is a demon and has an innate aversion to the living, he does not dislike Liu Qingfeng.

Could it be that Liu Qingfeng lacks a divine soul?

"I'm not pretending anymore!"

After Xu Bai figured it out, he suddenly said four words.

Now, everything has been resolved.

Chief Sun wants to save his daughter, and the solution should lie with Liu Qingfeng, but he hasn't been able to find Liu Qingfeng before.

Now that Liu Qingfeng has appeared, he wants to kill me because I know too many secrets.

"Then let's stop pretending and be frank!" Looking at the hand that was about to touch his body, Xu Bai's face gradually turned cold, and he slowly uttered a sentence.

"Take it back if you don't want to die."

When he uttered these words, Xu Bai subtly revealed a hint of his presence.

Chaos and reason merged into madness.

Chief Sun's face stiffened as the hand stopped abruptly in front of Xu Bai, and a bead of cold sweat appeared on her forehead.

For some reason, she felt a terrifying pressure just now, as if she would be reduced to ashes if she made a move.

Yes, that was just her gut feeling.

But it was this intuition that brought her to where she is today, and she knows she should trust her intuition.

Sensing the frenzied Heavenly Change, Chief Sun's expression suddenly turned extremely cold.

"People!"

"You are a human being, someone who can move freely in the Ghost Market."

"How dare you show your face in the Ghost Market? Aren't you afraid I'll contact the city lords of other cities and have you executed?"

In an instant, the disgust on Chief Sun's face was impossible to hide; it was an innate malice towards the living.

She never imagined that a living person would appear in the city she managed, and a living person with a sound mind and body at that.

What does this mean? It means that this person is of great research value.

Upon hearing this, Xu Bai shrugged. "Want to save your daughter?"

The disgust on Chief Sun's face paused slightly. "What do you mean by that?"

"It doesn't mean anything. I know him. Have you ever heard of inviting a god?" Xu Bai pointed at Liu Qingfeng and said, "I invited him here."

His answer was brief, but he believed that Chief Sun understood the implications.

As expected, after he said those words, Chief Sun, though still looking disgusted, made no further moves.

Xu Bai was surprised that things were so simple. He breathed a sigh of relief, turned his head to look at Liu Qingfeng, and then his face stiffened.

Not only him, but even Chief Sun was as stiff as a stone.

While the two of them were talking, Liu Qingfeng had already entered the room and picked up the baby girl lying on the bed.

His face remained blank and wooden, but his hands were clasped tightly, as if he didn't want to let go.

"Instinct, even without a complete soul, there is still this kind of instinct similar to blood ties," said Chief Sun.

"Are you sure?" Xu Bai asked doubtfully.

"I'm sure," Chief Sun said with certainty.

Now that we've confirmed that, everything else is much easier.

"Come on, let's talk business." Xu Bai smiled. "You should have a way to cure him. Tell me what it is?"

Chief Sun remained silent.

"You're not speaking? Haven't you made up your mind yet? You don't have any more time to think about it. If I leave now, taking Liu Qingfeng with me, your daughter might not be able to be saved," Xu Bai continued.

At this point, Chief Sun finally spoke.

"You dare to run? Without a token, where do you think you'll go?"

"Once I notify the city lords in the surrounding areas, you will have nowhere to escape."

"I know you are very strong, but I can definitely notify the authorities before you kill me."

Xu Bai: "..."

He hadn't expected that Chief Sun would try to turn the tables on him, but that idea was far too simplistic.

Who can checkmate whom depends on who holds the chips, and right now, Xu Bai holds the chips.

"Go ahead and shout, shout until you're hoarse and bring people here. I'll ask Liu Qingfeng to leave, but whether your daughter can be saved then is another matter. Besides, I know your secret."

"Chief Sun, you don't want your daughter's secret to be discovered by others, do you?"

As he spoke, Xu Bai revealed a smile that only a villain would have.

Now the chips are in his hands, and only he can call the shots.

Chief Sun, breathing heavily, gave Xu Bai a deep look. "If you take my daughter out of the Demon-Strange Entity Market, you can save her."

Xu Bai raised an eyebrow. "Why?"

I thought I would hear a long explanation of how to treat the baby, but it turned out to be so simple: all I had to do was take the baby girl out of the Demon-Strange Entity Market.

Of course, he wanted to find out the reason.

"You know my daughter's background, but do you know what she really is?" Chief Sun asked.

Xu Bai stroked his chin. "It couldn't possibly be a person, could it?"

He had just said it casually, but when he saw Chief Sun's expression, he realized that what he had said casually seemed to be true.

Is it a person?

Xu Bai asked, "But why does she have a spirit?"

"To be precise, it's a demon's body with a human soul," Chief Sun explained.

"Because she has the body of a demon, she can be in the Demon-Strange Entity Market, but the soul of a person resides inside her."

"So, despite being eroded day and night, I managed to stabilize it with my Demon Heart, but it could only slow it down."

"Only by sending her back to the human world can she find relief, but I cannot do that because she is too young."

"No demon can go to the human world and survive, so I absolutely cannot let her go alone."

Xu Bai pondered for a moment and said, "Is it really that simple?"

Chief Sun nodded, indicating that it was that simple.

Xu Bai circled around Chief Sun several times before suddenly saying, "Release your divine soul."

Chief Sun was taken aback, then frowned.

"You have no choice. I want to determine whether what you're saying is true or false." Xu Bai said calmly, "If you want to save her, this is the only way."

He was only at the first level of the Extraordinary Realm. Although he could fight beyond his level, the method of controlling his soul came from his mental cultivation technique.

His cultivation technique was only at the first level of the extraordinary realm, and he couldn't control Chief Sun was at the third level of the extraordinary realm, at all.

Chief Sun frowned even more deeply, and after a long while, he relaxed his brows. "No, if I do that, you can control me and kill me directly, and I won't even have time to notify the other city lords."

"I know you don't believe me, but think about it carefully, if I..."

"Give me the token." Xu Bai interrupted Chief Sun without waiting for him to finish speaking, "Stop dawdling, I won't say anything else."

Since he won't release his divine soul, there's no question of belief or disbelief. Just give him the token, and he can take the Demon Heart and the baby girl out.

Chief Sun stood there, thought for a moment, and then silently took off the token.

The token arced through the air and landed in Xu Bai's hand.

"You need to guarantee my daughter's safety," Chief Sun said.

Xu Bai nodded and agreed.

"The circular pattern is in the woods north of the city; you can go there directly," Chief Sun continued.

Judging from this, it seems that Chief Sun really doesn't intend to pursue this matter any further, as long as Xu Bai can take her daughter out and ensure her safety.

But Xu Bai had a feeling that things weren't that simple.

He had a vague guess in his mind, and at the same time, he turned his gaze to Liu Qingfeng.

At this moment, Liu Qingfeng was still holding the baby girl, without making a sound.

Xu Bai held the token in his hand. "Let's go."

Without hesitation, Chief Sun led the way for Xu Bai.

A dark shadow spread from her, enveloping the surroundings.

The demons on the street couldn't see through the shadows; they all knew this was Chief Sun's unique ability, and they didn't show anything.

The group left the city and eventually arrived at a desolate wilderness.

Looking at the familiar circular pattern in front of him, Xu Bai suddenly asked a question.

"What kind of demon are you? A sheep?"

He noticed the two horns on Chief Sun's forehead and asked.

Chief Sun answered instinctively, "It's a sheep."

"Oh." Xu Bai nodded and walked to the center of the circular pattern.

On the other side, Liu Qingfeng followed behind Xu Bai and also walked to the center of the circular pattern.

As the token was activated, their figures vanished from the Demon-Strange Entity Market.

After they disappeared, the place was completely empty, and nothing unusual happened.

Chief Sun let out a long breath, as if he had completely relaxed, a hint of relief flashing in his eyes.

"Finally... she's gone..."

Xu Bai felt a sudden sway before his eyes, and soon he and Liu Qingfeng appeared in the underground space.

Not far away, Chief Mu was guarding the area. When he saw Xu Bai come out, he was slightly taken aback.

"So fast?"

"It went quite smoothly," Xu Bai said.

The trip went surprisingly smoothly, without any danger, except for a few unexpected incidents just as we entered.

Beside him, Liu Qingfeng, driven by instinct, subconsciously prepared to run away.

But this time, he failed.

Chief Mu has been guarding this place the whole time. This Entering Sainthood Ninth Grade has been on guard at all times.

The flow of fortune is constant, Liu Qingfeng cannot be moved at all.

Xu Bai took the baby girl from Liu Qingfeng's hands, and as he watched the black aura on the baby girl's face disappear, he couldn't help but smile.

"I sensed something was wrong earlier, but I didn't say anything in order to get out smoothly."

"I've been thinking about this, and the most suspicious thing is that even if Liu Qingfeng acted on instinct, he couldn't possibly have done something like that."

"Otherwise, he would ruin countless girls in the world, and then there would only be one outcome."

"It was Chief Sun who seduced him, arousing his instincts, and his purpose was for you."

"What exactly are you? Or rather, Chief Sun's purpose was to get you out, and now you've come out."

When Xu Bai finished speaking, he felt the baby girl tremble slightly and open her eyes.

The baby girl's eyes held a pleading look.

Damn it, how come Entering Sainthood Ninth Grade expert guarding this place!

I originally planned to write ten chapters about the Demon-Strange Entity Market, but then I thought it would be better to get into the main storyline sooner, so I won't continue writing about the Demon-Strange Entity Market.