The room was filled with a warm, rich aura of life.
Tang Linyuan pushed open the bamboo door and stepped inside. The first thing he saw was Yun Ming standing stiffly in the middle of the outer room.
The head of Douluo Starry Sky Academy, renowned throughout the Star Alliance, was cradling a brocade swaddle with the utmost care. His arms, usually steady enough to tear space apart, were so tense that he held them rigidly, afraid the slightest extra pressure would hurt the little one in his arms.
Na'er stood beside Yun Ming, leaning in to gently tap the baby's rosy cheek with a fair-skinned finger. Her eyes curved into crescents.
At the sound of the door, Na'er turned. Her eyes lit up when she saw Tang Linyuan, and she eagerly waved him over.
"Brother Linyuan, come look! He was born with such fair, smooth skin—not wrinkly at all. He's adorable! Uncle Yun's already settled on a name: Yun Tian!"
At the name Yun Tian, Tang Linyuan chuckled. So the surprise had turned out to be a boy.
He approached quietly and looked down at the swaddle in Yun Ming's arms.
Newborn Little Yun Tian wasn't crying with his eyes shut like an ordinary baby. That earth-shaking cry earlier seemed to have been nothing more than an announcement of his arrival. Now his dark, round eyes were wide open, taking in the world with curiosity.
Nourished for more than a year in the womb by the Power of Primordial Beginning and his parents' exceptional bloodlines, the little fellow brimmed with astonishing vitality.
As if he had sensed something, Yun Tian suddenly stopped pawing at Na'er's finger and turned his head. His dark eyes fixed on Tang Linyuan, who had just come near.
The next moment, he opened his toothless