He Disappeared for a Whole Day Just to Pick Immortal Herbs for Xue'er?

The trip had indeed been grueling, but Lin Luo had done it all for this moment.

His purpose for the trip had been to say those three words to Qian Renxue's face and deliver the two precious gifts intact.

"Where did you go?!"

Qian Renxue cried anxiously.

She had been frantic with worry all day, yet had held back her tears for fear that the grandfathers would grow anxious and worried too.

But the moment she saw Lin Luo appear, Qian Renxue truly couldn't hold back her tears. She hurried toward him, crying as she went.

"Xue'er, calm down. He doesn't understand anything yet..."

Light Feather Douluo tried to stop her but couldn't. Qian Renxue went straight up to Lin Luo and, for the first time, roughly scooped the baby into her arms.

"Mama... for you..."

Lin Luo spoke in his baby voice, struggling to hold the two Immortal Herbs up in front of Qian Renxue, but how could she be in the mood to look at them now?

She tossed the two Immortal Herbs onto the ground as if they were weeds and, in her anger, smacked Lin Luo on the bottom.

Smack!

His bottom stung with a fiery pain.

It was the first time Qian Renxue had ever hit him in anger.

Constrained by his infant body and affected by its emotions, Lin Luo actually couldn't help bursting into loud sobs.

Qian Renxue was crying too.

Mother and son seemed to be competing to see who could cry louder. Of course, Lin Luo had the upper hand.

"Do you know how worried I was?"

She questioned Lin Luo through her tears.

"Do you know how I got through today?"

"Do you think it's really easy for Mama to take care of you all by herself?!"

"Why won't you listen?! Why couldn't you stay home and behave?!"

After scolding him, Qian Renxue looked at the baby wailing his heart out. More words rose to her lips, but in the end, she couldn't bring herself to scold him any further.

"Where on earth did you go? You're filthy."

She raised a hand to wipe the dirt and mud off Lin Luo's face, but her movements were anything but gentle.

The adorable baby was now crying a river of tears, his mouth stretched into an "O" that looked big enough to fit an egg.

As if being exhausted, hungry, and sleepy weren't enough, he'd been hit when he came back. How could he bear such unfair treatment?

And worst of all, she didn't even look at the gifts I gave her!

I worked so hard to get those gifts!

Lin Luo suddenly felt deeply hurt.

The offerings watched quietly, unable to step forward.

They understood that Qian Renxue had been worried sick and was venting her emotions now.

But just then.

"This is no ordinary grass. Where did he pick it?"

A deep voice tinged with surprise suddenly rang out.

Qian Daoliu had come over at some point. He picked up the narcissus jade muscle bone from the ground and held it before his eyes for a careful look.

After asking the question, he gave his great-grandson a somewhat startled glance.

Clearly, he was very surprised.

At that moment, Bibi Dong, who had long since noticed the Immortal Herbs on the ground, also came over.

She picked up the aromatic silk beauty and sniffed it carefully. At once, she felt refreshed, as if a stream of fresh energy had flowed into her body.

"This really is no ordinary grass."

Bibi Dong spoke with a surprised expression.

Holding Lin Luo, who was still wailing, Qian Renxue looked back in confusion.

Her attention had been entirely on Lin Luo just now. Only after her grandfather and mother spoke did she notice how unusual the two plants looked and felt.

Five minutes later.

"Oh my heavens! Oh my heavens! Oh my heavens! Oh my heavens! Oh my heavens-"

Chrysanthemum Douluo held the narcissus jade muscle bone in one hand and the aromatic silk beauty in the other. His eyes were wide like a madman's, and his expression was one of almost frenzied excitement.

Since no one present recognized the plants, Bibi Dong had summoned Chrysanthemum Douluo, an expert.

The moment he saw the two plants, Chrysanthemum Douluo had gone wild with excitement on the spot.

Everyone else was dumbstruck by his reaction, including Qian Renxue, who was holding the baby.

"This is narcissus jade muscle bone! An Immortal Herb! An Immortal Herb! It's an excellent treasure for strengthening the foundation and nourishing the essence! If a Soul Master below the Soul Saint level took it, gaining seven or eight levels of Soul Power would be no problem. Even I could advance to Super Douluo!"

Seeing the crazed look on Chrysanthemum Douluo's face, as if he were about to swallow the narcissus jade muscle bone whole, Qian Daoliu warily snatched it away.

He asked, "What about the pale yellow one? What is that?"

Chrysanthemum Douluo was still bursting with excitement.

"Aromatic silk beauty! After taking it, the body becomes like a natural magnet, able to absorb the essence of the sun and moon. Soul Power grows enormously, and cultivation yields twice the result for half the effort. If I could eat it, becoming a Super Douluo would be a certainty!"

As soon as he finished speaking, he drooled and opened his mouth for a taste, only for Qian Daoliu to frown and snatch it away as well.

"I asked you to identify them, not taste them."

At that, Chrysanthemum Douluo immediately drooped in disappointment, though his eyes remained fixed on the Immortal Herbs as if his soul had left him.

Golden Crocodile finally pieced everything together and exclaimed in sudden realization, "So Luo'er disappeared for this whole day just to pick these two Immortal Herbs for Xue'er?"

Light Feather Douluo had long been unable to hold himself back. He nodded emphatically and spoke, his heart aching.

"Of course! Are you all deaf?! Didn't you hear Luo'er sitting on the ground just now, saying, 'For Mama! For Mama!'?"

"Xue'er, didn't you hear him? You even threw Luo'er's heartfelt gifts onto the ground!"

The usually good-tempered Light Feather Douluo now looked at Qian Renxue with some reproach.

"I..."

For a moment, Qian Renxue was at a loss for words.

She immediately looked down at Lin Luo in her arms, only to find that the exhausted baby had fallen asleep at some point.

Curled up in his mother's arms, his little body was tucked in, and his adorable little mouth puffed in and out with each breath.

Qian Renxue even saw several scratches on Lin Luo's tender knees, marks that looked as though they had been left by sharp thorns.

"Luo'er..."

In an instant, her heart ached terribly, and she was filled with regret. She hurriedly crouched down, placed Lin Luo on her lap, and carefully checked the rest of the baby's body for injuries.

When she finished, Qian Renxue raised her head, tears streaming down her face like rain on pear blossoms. She seemed even more upset than she had been when Lin Luo disappeared.

"I didn't realize... I didn't realize he'd disappeared for a whole day because of this. If I'd known, I never would have hit him so hard just now..."

"How could I bear to? How could I bear to hit him? He's always been a good boy..."

Qian Renxue remembered that this was the first time Lin Luo had cried so miserably in front of her.

At that moment, he must have felt so wronged, so upset, and so angry with his mother, hadn't he?

At the thought, Qian Renxue's heart hurt as though a knife were cutting into it.

Recalling Chrysanthemum Douluo's explanation of the Immortal Herbs' effects, Bibi Dong suddenly thought of something.

"I understand now. That day, he must have heard you say you were having trouble breaking through your Soul Power Level, so he went to pick these two Immortal Herbs... Luo'er is so young, yet he really is so understanding."

"He was clearly playing with me at the time, but he was also listening carefully to our conversation. He really took it to heart."

Bibi Dong murmured in great astonishment. At that moment, even she, his grandmother, felt proud.

"But where did this child learn about Immortal Herbs?"

Bibi Dong couldn't help asking.

"Who cares where he learned about them? With a heart like his, he's a little angel sent from heaven."

Guang Ling's eyes reddened, and he raised a hand to wipe away his tears. "Look at this child. He's covered in mud, filthy and disheveled, and his arms and legs have been scratched by thorns. Heaven knows how far he crawled! How much he suffered today!"

"It hurts me just to think about it. Xue'er, how could you hit him without finding out what happened first? How could you bring yourself to do it?"