(First update)
Sky-Blasting Gang, Yang Ming's residence.
Yang Ming paced anxiously outside the door, muttering:
"Why hasn't the baby been born yet?"
More than a month had passed in the blink of an eye since he had brought Hu Liena back. At last, she had gone into labor and was now inside the room, attended by a midwife.
The current level of technology on the Douluo Continent was still extremely primitive, and the midwives' methods were no exception: a basin of hot water and a pair of scissors. The setup was so crude that Yang Ming hardly knew where to begin complaining. He had urgently summoned a group of female Support Spirit Masters to take turns watching over Hu Liena around the clock, providing protection from every angle without a single blind spot, doing everything possible to ease the pain of childbirth.
Hu Liena's cries of pain drifted out of the room from time to time, making Yang Ming feel terrible.
The pain wracked Hu Liena's body, but it pierced Yang Ming's heart.
"Brother, don't worry." Xiao Wu took Yang Ming's hand in her soft little hands and comforted him. "Heaven watches over good people like her. She'll definitely be all right."
"I hope so."
For once, Yang Ming sighed helplessly.
This was his first time facing anything like this. He was at a loss, not even knowing how to help Hu Liena.
Fortunately, as a Spirit Master, Hu Liena had a strong constitution. With the care she had received at the Sky-Blasting Gang over the past month and the pregnancy-stabilizing pills Yang Ming had specially refined for her, the delivery went smoothly.
With a newborn's wailing cries, the baby announced his arrival in this world.
"The baby's here! The baby's here!" Xiao Wu was just as excited, stumbling over