Chapter 256 - Birth

Chapter 256 - Birth

Lu Zhuangyuan explained to his eldest son, “The Young Daoist is someone who does big things. He won’t be driving us too hard. In fact, he might even be so busy that he won’t focus on us. That’s why we must discern someone’s behavior and temperament before we do anything. Plus, this could be a good chance for us. Didn’t you hear when Xiucai told us that the Daoist taught one of the boys with vitiligo a supernatural power? We should all be physically stronger than the boy and yet, he was the one who was given the power. That’s why we need to think things through thoroughly. Go ahead and think about this when you are alone later and see if you still think I’m being irrational.”

Hearing this, Lu Juren looked at his father in surprise. So in the end it was about the supernatural powers!

“Talk less and work more. No need to think about the useless things,” said Lu Zhuangyuan as he pulled his son back to the ox-cart.

The Lu family soon started practicing their singing and performance once again. Since they would be restarting their performances soon, they were rehearsing the basics so that they could perform well.

After everyone finished their lunch, they resumed their journey toward the Liang Kingdom.

Though they didn’t know the exact location of the Liang Kingdom, they knew that they were close when the grassy plains around them became sparser and were replaced by shrubs.

The sun gradually set on the western horizon, and a sudden scream broke the peaceful atmosphere. Everyone turned around and saw that it was Luo Juanhua screaming while sitting on top of the ox-cart.

At this moment, she was hugging her abdomen in a panic while looking at her wet skirt. Her water had broken!

“Quickly bring her into the horse carriage! Juanhua is giving birth!” Lu Zhuangyuan’s shout caused everyone to spring into action. Their ox-cart stopped too.

Then, the women went and helped with the birth while the men stayed farther away.

“Why are you going there? It’s not like you can help with anything,” Li Huowang asked Bai Lingmiao when he saw the latter was rushing toward the horse carriage. Ñøv€l-B1n was the first platform to present this chapter.

Bai Lingmiao blushed. “I wanted to see what it’s like to give birth. It might be useful for me next time...”

Seeing her go away, Li Huowang leaped up and landed on top of another horse carriage. He lay down at the top and stared at the beautiful red clouds depicting the sunset.

Li Huowang closed his eyes and took a deep breath while hearing the people scurrying around at the back. Without the hallucinations, he finally felt peace. He no longer needed to get caught up between reality and the hallucination again.

“Daoist, it seems that your hallucinations are no more.”

Li Huowang turned around and saw Monk’s illusion standing in the air. Beside him were Peng Longteng and Jin Shanzhao’s illusions.

When they approached it, everyone saw that Lu Juren was already standing at the entrance of the horse carriage. He was smiling happily. “Hehe~ I have a son now~ I have a son~”

On the other hand, Li Huowang was confused as he saw the baby crying in Bai Lingmiao’s arms.

Is the baby sick? Why is it so ugly? It’s like a monkey without fur.

Chun Xiaoman saw Li Huowang’s complicated look and instinctively knew what he was thinking and explained it to him, “Senior Li, that’s how babies are like when they are just born.”

“Oh? Is that so?”

After a careful explanation from Xiaoman, Li Huowang learned for the first time that he had been having a misconception about babies. He had always thought that all babies looked similar to a three-month-old baby. However, today he learned that it was normal for a baby to look ugly when it was just born.

Li Huowang went and congratulated Lu Zhuangyuan when he came out from the horse carriage.

“Hehehe~ Thank you, thank you.” Lu Zhuangyuan’s wrinkled face was as happy as a blooming flower.

Then, Lu Zhuangyuan addressed everyone and accepted their congratulations. “Everyone, I’m sorry that we don’t have any eggs[1] right now. Once we reach a town, we will give everyone some red eggs!”

Everyone was happy and celebrating the birth of the baby.

While everyone was reveling in celebration, Li Huowang suddenly felt his heart tighten. He instinctively raised his head and looked into the distance.

A small black dot had appeared on the red grass caused by the sunset. The black dot was slowly approaching them from the distant mountain!

Something’s wrong!

Li Huowang growled at what he saw, “Herd the lambs! We are leaving now!”

Li Huowang’s shout immediately broke the happy atmosphere. Even though they were confused, they knew that something was wrong when they saw how serious he looked.

Amidst Bun’s barking, the white lambs, ox-carts, and the horse carriages soon started moving again.

Time slowly passed and the sky became dark. Li Huowang used the last remaining sunlight and saw that the black dot was closing in on them!

1. He wants to make red eggs as a sign of celebration ?