Seeking Immortals
Wu Xiong had originally planned to take the Hundred-Infant Demon's corpse to the authorities to claim the reward. The authorities would also encircle and suppress these evil Demonic Dao fiends, or issue bounties to members of the martial world.
But now that he had heard Gu Jianchi say the Hundred-Infant Demon had been killed by the Sword Manor Master—Gu Jianchi's master—the Hundred-Infant Demon ought naturally to be dealt with by the people of Sword Manor. And since they had saved his son as well, he came to the Hundred-Infant Demon's body. He practiced palm techniques and carried no weapon, so he could not cut off the Hundred-Infant Demon's head. Instead, he directly reached out and grabbed the clothing at the Hundred-Infant Demon's waist, lifting him in his hand, and said to Gu Jianchi, "Young Hero Gu, I'll lead the way for you!"
As he spoke, he carried the Hundred-Infant Demon's corpse and ran in the direction of Huangfeng Town.
Gu Jianchi glanced at the infant Wu Tao in his left arm, then immediately gathered his strength, used lightness skill, and followed Wu Xiong with ease.
They had just rushed out of the mountain forest when a graceful figure came hurrying toward them in panic, using movement technique. It was Lin Xueru.
"Brother Xiong!"
"Xiaoru!"
When Lin Xueru and Wu Xiong saw each other, they hurriedly called out.
The two met up. Lin Xueru saw the Hundred-Infant Demon's corpse in Wu Xiong's hand, then looked at the swaddled bundle in Gu Jianchi's arms. Seeing Wu Tao inside the swaddling cloth staring with his big, dark, bright eyes, her heart that had been hanging in suspense finally settled. Unable to help herself, she reached out to stroke Wu Tao's cheek. "Tao'er, Mother nearly lost you." As she spoke, tears began