It was still dark and the surrounding areas were silent.
Bai Mengjin raised his head to get his bearings, and quickly determined the location where he came in: Not far away was a tall city tower, and Ling Bufei and Baili Xu should be in the capital.
There are some hidden rules in the spiritual conference. For example, the higher the cultivation level, the more monsters will be in the teleportation place. Ling Bufei didn't care for the moment, she and Baili Xu were both golden elixirs, so there must be a lot of monsters around them. And monsters like to live in people, so there must be more in the city than in the wild.
So, let’s go to the city first.
There was the sound of vehicles kicking in the darkness. Following the sound, I saw a donkey cart slowly driving over.
The driver of the donkey cart is a young man. Judging from his appearance, he must be from a nearby farmer. There was a woman sitting in the car with a baby in her arms.
The lantern next to the car flickered, and the man saw a dark figure. He was startled and stopped hurriedly: "Who is it?"
The woman hurriedly protected the baby and scolded: "Why are you so startled? Be careful to scare the child!"
The man said: "I saw someone and was afraid of hitting him."
"There's someone there, are you dazzled?"
The man looked intently and saw that there was indeed no one there. He was confused. Could it be that he had seen it wrong?
At this time, a voice sounded: "This big brother..."
The voice was faint and frightened, and he almost threw the lantern away. Fortunately, the owner of the voice came out in time: "Brother, I'm here."
A girl walked out of the shadow of the tree. She looked very young and very beautiful. Although it was dark, she could tell that the clothes she was wearing were of good quality.
If a beautiful girl suddenly appears in the darkened suburbs of Wuqi, everyone will be wary. What's more, monsters often appear in Yelan Kingdom, and the residents are used to it.
"Which family are you a girl from? You're not at home so early in the morning, why are you hiding here?"
"My family is in the city. I was crowded out when I went out to play last night. I didn't know how I ended up outside the city. I was afraid of meeting bad people, so I kept hiding and didn't dare to come out. I just saw my eldest brother and my sister-in-law. I thought you guys are not bad people, so I Come out and ask you for a favor.”
The man and the woman looked at each other and looked at the girl carefully. She looks soft and frail, like a young lady from the city, but who can say for sure?
"Brother and sister-in-law, please take me back to the city. I, I can pay..." As she said this, the girl took off the golden hairpin from her head and handed it over.
This hairpin is shining with gold, and it is a good thing at first glance. The man swallowed his saliva, glanced at the mother-in-law, saw her nodding, and responded: "Okay, it's not easy for a little girl like you, so let's do a good deed."
"Thank you, brother and sister-in-law." She was overjoyed and thanked her repeatedly.
The woman moved her position: "Come up here, we are also going to the city and we will give you a lift."
"Thank you, sister-in-law, you are so kind." The girl came up carefully, for fear of getting something dirty.
This performance made both of them sigh in relief. Monsters are not afraid of whether they are dirty or not, only people care about this.
There was an extra person in the car, and the donkey cart continued to move forward.
The woman was very enthusiastic and asked: "Girl, you didn't hide here all night, did you? Are you hungry?"
Bai Mengjin stretched out his hand to touch his belly and smiled sheepishly: "Fortunately, when we get to the city, we will have something to eat."
She is indeed a young lady from a good family. She won't eat outside food when she is hungry, the woman thought.
Bai Mengjin started to ask: "Sister-in-law, are you going to the city? It's not yet dawn, are you in such a hurry?"
The woman sighed: "We don't want to rush it, but the child seems to be sick and we're afraid of delaying it."
"That's right!" She nodded, "No wonder he didn't cry."
The woman responded vaguely.
Bai Mengjin asked again: "Do you live nearby? Has anything strange happened recently? I heard..."
"Hush! Hush!" the woman hurriedly stopped, "Girl, you can't say those words, or you may attract unclean things."
She blinked: "Really?"
"Didn't your family tell you?" The woman looked around carefully and lowered her voice, "As soon as we talk about it, everyone will be afraid. The more afraid they are, the more the thing likes to come."
"Sister-in-law..." Bai Mengjin shrank and leaned towards her.
The woman protected the child and continued: "Girl, you are lucky. After staying outside for so long, you didn't touch those things. Weren't you scared last night?"
"I'm afraid!" Bai Mengjin said, "I hid there and didn't dare to say a word. I waited for a long time and finally saw you."
"Then you are quite lucky..."
The capital was in sight, and the donkey cart slowed down.
Bai Mengjin asked strangely: "Why is there no one at the city gate? Isn't it about to open now?"
"I don't know, maybe we came too early." The woman answered vaguely.
Bai Mengjin looked at the child in her arms again: "Sister-in-law, what's wrong with your child? I have relatives who run a medical clinic. Maybe they can help you."
"It's nothing, just a minor illness."
"Are you so anxious for a minor illness? You're walking in the dark in the middle of the night."
The woman paused and said with a smile: "Of course parents are anxious when it comes to their children. You will understand when you get married, girl."
"Oh." Bai Mengjin was quiet for a while and then said, "Actually, I also know some medical skills, why don't you show me? Maybe I can save you some money."
"No, we'll be entering the city soon." The woman refused.
The more she refused, the more Bai Mengjin wanted to see it: "Let me see it without spending any money."
"Need not."
"I'll just take a look..."
She kept insisting, and the woman suddenly smiled: "Girl, do you really want to see it?"
Without waiting for Bai Mengjin to respond, she brought the swaddling clothes in her arms closer and said, "Then let me show you."
When the quilt was lifted, there was no baby inside, just a dark mass whose appearance was unclear.
"Ah!" Bai Mengjin exclaimed.
Black energy escaped from the woman's face, and the man driving the carriage also turned around. The black energy lingered, and strange things slowly grew on his head.
"Wow!" The infant child suddenly cried.
The woman said softly: "Girl, listen, our child is hungry. Since you like him so much, come and fill his belly!"
The black energy suddenly rushed out of the swaddling clothes, wrapped around Bai Mengjin's head, and quickly spread to the whole body.
The woman and the man laughed, watching as the black energy completely enveloped her, and soon became a huge wriggling black cocoon.
Smiling and laughing, they suddenly felt something was wrong.
The black cocoon stopped moving, and its surface hardened rapidly, forming a hard shell. The black air inside quickly faded away, but I don't know where it went. Suddenly, the hard shell outside cracked, and the pieces fell down one after another, revealing Bai Mengjin's clean and shining face, with a jade-like luster.
She licked the corner of her mouth and her voice was full of satisfaction: "I haven't eaten so full for a long time. It is indeed the purest newborn devil!"
The woman and the man froze for a moment, then suddenly turned into two masses of black energy and flew away.
But it was too late, Bai Mengjin stretched out his hand and grabbed the two balls of demonic energy back.
She smiled and said, "Grandma is here. Isn't it rude for you to run away without saying hello?"
I've been coughing terribly these past two days, and my friends are all in Eryang, shivering...
