"Is there something on my shoulder? You scared me like this!"
"Hehe~" Just as the words were spoken, a soft yet cool child's laughter suddenly drifted over.
The sound was clearly very close, as if it were right behind his head.
Qiu Sheng felt a shiver run through his body, and goosebumps instantly covered the back of his neck.
Qiu Sheng stood frozen in place, even his breathing became soft. The image of Wen Cai, who had been terrified out of his wits, was still flashing before his eyes, and the image of a little ghost with a blue face, white eyes, and black fingernails automatically appeared in his mind, curled up on his neck.
Qiu Sheng gritted his teeth and slowly turned his head back. Gradually, a blurry figure appeared in his vision.
The little guy was wearing a red cloth bib, with two little buns on his head, and his round eyes were tilting his head to look at him.
"Ugh! I thought it was going to be really scary, Wen Cai, you're such a coward! You really scared me to death!"
The chill in my heart instantly dissipated, and looking at the adorable figure on my shoulder, I couldn't help but praise how cute he was.
Perhaps feeling liked, the little guy happily patted Qiu Sheng on the back of the neck, showing no intention of scaring him.
"It seems so, hehe." Wen Cai also realized that he had just scared himself. After finding that the little guy was not in danger, he went over and teased him.
"Big brother~ Big brother~" ×n
With the advance team scouting ahead, the other infant spirits, seeing this, all rushed out and circled around the two of them.
These infant spirits were nearly suffocating inside the clay sculpture. Uncle Nine was too imposing. Although Lin Yu had tried his best to suppress his aura, he was getting stronger every moment, and there would always be a time when he would leak it out. These infant spirits were innocent and kind, and good at sensing people's hearts.
Therefore, they could easily sense the aura that Lin Yu occasionally leaked, and with him around, these infant spirits dared not come out at all.
Now that they finally have someone to play with, they all rushed out in a swarm.
"Stop making noise, stop making noise! Shh! Master will hear us!" Qiu Sheng saw more and more infant spirits appearing, and the whole room was becoming noisy. If they kept making a fuss, Master would definitely hear them.
When their master arrived, the two of them went to cultivate again.
"What? What if I heard that?!"
As if on cue, Uncle Nine's voice came from outside the door.
I don't even have time to drink tea; I have to keep an eye on those two scoundrels every day.
"No... it's nothing, Master~" Wen Cai Qiu Sheng quickly stood at attention.
The surrounding infant spirits were so frightened that they shrank back into the clay sculptures.
"Master, why did you bring back so many little devils?"
"Oh! I get it, Master, you're raising a ghost!" Qiu Sheng answered himself, revealing his guess.
"You bastard!"
Enraged, Uncle Nine slapped him on the back of the head.
"These are babies who were aborted by their mothers before they were even born."
"Their parents were too cruel!" Wen Cai couldn't bear to look at the clay sculptures after hearing this.
"Then why didn't you let them reincarnate, Master? Why did you invite them back instead?" Qiu Sheng grasped the key point. Since they were aborted before they were born, they could be reincarnated.
"Because they're unlucky enough," Uncle Nine explained vaguely.
"What do you mean by 'bad luck'?" Wen Cai asked, puzzled.
Upon hearing this, Qiu Sheng's eyes darted around, and he immediately understood. "Idiot! You must be so unlucky that you get aborted every time you're reincarnated!"
"Yes, that's why I set up this orphanage so they can have a place to belong."
"Then Master, why use clay sculptures instead of those bottles and jars to hold them?" Qiu Sheng couldn't understand why everyone next door used jars, but here they used clay sculptures.
"Because these babies' souls are weak, they might not be able to withstand the strain of using earthenware jars."
"In ancient times, Nüwa used clay to create humans. Clay represents life, so this could shape their physical bodies and stabilize their souls." Uncle Nine could only explain in detail when he saw that the two of them really didn't understand anything.
"Bring some eggs and put one in front of each of them," Uncle Nine instructed the two men to go to the kitchen to get the eggs after he finished explaining.
"Ah! A very expensive master!"
Wen Cai glanced at the forty-nine clay sculptures on the offering table, which meant forty-nine eggs, and looked pained.
Uncle Nine remained silent, simply watching Wen Cai quietly.
"Oh~" Wen Cai couldn't take it anymore and obediently left.
For a moment, only Qiu Sheng and Uncle Nine remained in the room, the two looking at each other in silence.
"I'll go help Wen Cai; he can't carry it all by himself," Qiu Sheng said, and ran off on his own.
After the two left, Uncle Nine strolled to the altar and straightened several crooked clay sculptures.
"You two behave yourselves and don't hang out with those two, or you'll be led astray."
"The eggs are here!"
A basket of eggs appeared, with Wen Cai Qiu Sheng each holding one side as they ran towards them.
Just as Wen Cai tripped over it and instinctively dropped the basket he was holding.
Qiu Sheng was still holding tightly to the other side of the egg basket, which caused uneven force and the eggs in the basket were flung out.
Seeing this, Uncle Nine quickly grabbed his robe to catch the eggs. Uncle Nine moved and flashed around the room, leaving only Uncle Nine.
"Wow! Master, you're getting more and more amazing!" Qiu Sheng couldn't help but exclaim.
"You're so hasty! Go and divide the eggs!" Uncle Nine carefully put the eggs back into the basket.
"Master, what are these eggs for? Why do we need so many?" Wen Cai asked.
"Eggs represent new life, and infant spirits happen to need new life, so they are naturally attractive to them. Eggs can soothe them."
After distributing the eggs, Wen Cai Qiu Sheng respectfully bowed.
Sure enough, the infant spirits shook the clay sculpture with satisfaction.
"Don't disturb them. It's late, go to bed after your evening classes."
After finishing everything, Uncle Nine noticed it was getting late and instructed the two to practice the Seven Star Steps.
Lin Yu, on the other hand, also finished his cultivation.
I spent another 200 points on cultivation today.
[Omniscient and Omnipotent: Our family Chat Group has finally been upgraded after many days.]
After finishing a day of training, I logged into the group and saw that the Chat Group had been upgraded.
[Huang Rong: Tell me quickly, what's new in the update? Are there any new features?]
[Ning Caichen: You've leveled up again? Time flies!]
The once quiet group chat suddenly became active again.
As time went by, the people in the group more or less entered the storyline, and even those who had already entered the storyline had a way to become stronger because of the Chat Group, so they spoke much less.
Only new things can get them excited.
[Omniscient and Omnipotent: There's just one new feature, and you'll definitely be happy to know about it.]
[Huang Rong: Huh? Stop keeping me in suspense and tell me!]
[Lin Yu: Curious]
[Omniscient and Omnipotent: This means that if group members buy items you sell to the mall, you'll also get a share of the profits. Isn't that great!]
[Lin Yu:... Maybe a little]
[Huang Rong: I'm unhappy!]
[Xiao Yan: If group members buy the items I sold before, will I get points back?]
Sure enough, as soon as this feature was released, everyone's first thought was whether or not the items that were previously sold in Chat Group would be restocked.