"Humph, bad man!"
"Scumbag!"
In the magnificent palace, a low curse came out. A person was sitting on a chair made of vines, scolding angrily. Due to anger, his cheeks were puffed up, looking extremely cute, making people have an urge to pinch them.
As the voice faded, a vine slowly stretched out from under his feet, climbed up his arm, and gently touched him, as if comforting him.
At this moment, there was a sound beside him. He looked back and saw a little tree spirit holding a storybook and handing it to him. At the same time, it pointed at the storybook on his lap and made a throwing gesture.
It was telling him to change to a new storybook.
Shu Yao slowly smiled, his eyes slightly curved, and his eyes full of glistening light.
"I'm okay, A Mu. I just think humans are too bad! Clearly Du Shiniang loved him so much, but he sold her for money. Humph! He's just, just a scoundrel!" As he spoke, Shu Yao puffed up his cheeks again out of anger. He was naturally gentle and rarely got angry. Now that he was angry, after holding it in for a long time, he could only scold the man as a scoundrel.
The vine had only a hundred years of cultivation and was not able to speak. It could only keep touching him with its tendrils.
Several tree spirits around had transformed into human forms, but they spoke and moved very slowly. Presumably, they hadn't adapted to their new forms yet.
Shu Yao sighed and frowned. His gaze fell on the storybook in his hand, the one the tree spirit had just given him.
"That day, I went up the mountain to gather herbs. Suddenly, it started to rain heavily. In the crowd, there was a pair of eyes looking at me..."
As he read, Shu Yao suddenly threw the storybook in his hand. The tree spirit looked at him in confusion, its green eyes full of bewilderment.
"A Mu, what do the clouds and the wind in the human world look like? What do the great rivers and tides look like when they come and go?"
A Mu didn't say a word. In fact, he didn't know either.
He stared at Shu Yao and suddenly spoke slowly.
"Do you want to go out?"
Shu Yao looked at him, his eyes a bit hesitant.
He did want to go out.
After a long while, he nodded.
The vines on his body immediately wrapped tightly around him, as if afraid that he would leave.
Shu Yao quickly lowered his head, stroked the vines, and comforted them in a low voice.
"If you want to go, then go. We'll wait for you here," A Mu said again, still speaking very slowly.
Shu Yao looked up in disbelief, staring at him in surprise.
A Mu forced a stiff smile on his face. "I and Ya Ya will wait for you to come back."
Hearing her name, Ya Ya, who had been in a daze at the door, slowly walked over and stopped in front of Shu Yao.
"We'll wait for you."
As she spoke, Ya Ya lowered her head, pulled out the vine clinging to Shu Yao, and ignored its struggle as she hid it behind her.
Shu Yao, "..."
Having made the decision to leave, Shu Yao immediately took action. He took out the Five - Element Stones he had hidden and jumped into the spatial formation set up by his predecessors.
When he opened his eyes again, Shu Yao found that the scene in front of him had changed. Different from the perpetual spring in his palace, the flowers, plants, and trees in front of him showed signs of withering and were no longer as lush as before. But in Shu Yao's eyes, it was all very novel.
He stared at the surroundings without blinking. He thought everything was new.
After walking for a while, Shu Yao suddenly stopped. He scanned the area around him. It seemed there was a sound.
Following the sound, Shu Yao slowly approached. What he saw was a crying baby.
Was this... a human?
Shu Yao walked over and looked at the baby curiously. After looking for a while, he suddenly carefully stretched out his hand and slowly approached the baby on the ground.
Seeing him, the baby stopped crying. Its big round eyes stared straight at him.
Shu Yao gently touched the baby's face. It was smooth and tender. He couldn't help but touch it one more time, a smile spreading across his face.
The baby's eyes followed his movements, looking so curious that it melted people's hearts.
Shu Yao couldn't help but pinch the baby's face. Maybe he used a bit too much strength, because the baby immediately started crying.
Shu Yao was so anxious that he broke out in a sweat. He quickly picked up the baby. When he touched the baby's delicate body, his movements became stiff. The baby was so soft!
Shu Yao fumbled to comfort the baby, while thinking about how to soothe a child. Recalling what he had seen before, Shu Yao released his own aura.
Gradually, there were soft rustling sounds around. Several vines slowly crawled out of the grass. One of them came in front of Shu Yao, then slowly stood up, took the baby from Shu Yao's hands, and held it high.
Shu Yao directed the vine to lift the baby up high, then catch it, lift it up again, and catch it again. They were having a great time.
The little baby also giggled.
Looking at the constantly laughing baby, a thought suddenly flashed through Shu Yao's mind. How about adopting him?
Speaking of this, Shu Yao learned it from a storybook. It was called "raising and nurturing".
As soon as this thought flashed through his mind, it seemed to take root and couldn't be shaken off.
So Shu Yao decided to put his idea into practice. He immediately used a secret method to hide his demonic aura, and carried the baby to the nearest town, planning to raise the child well.
A young man, especially a strange one, carrying a baby, attracted a lot of attention, but no one came up to ask.
Shu Yao carried the baby and walked for a long time. Looking at the strange place and the crowd, he couldn't help but feel a bit panicked.
Not far away, a woman kept casting glances at him. When she saw Shu Yao fumbling to comfort the baby, she finally couldn't hold back.
"Alright, let me do it."
Shu Yao was stunned. Before he could say a word, the woman took the baby from him, placed it in her arms, and comforted it skillfully. At the same time, she asked,
"The baby is crying so much. Is it hungry?"
Shu Yao was stunned. Was it hungry?
Seeing his suddenly enlightened expression, the woman was also a bit surprised.
"You don't know?"
Shu Yao didn't say a word, but his face gradually turned pink. He stammered,
"I, I don't know either."
Now, it was obvious.
The woman sighed. It was really pitiful. A young lad taking care of a baby in swaddling clothes. There must have been a sudden change in his family. Otherwise, how could it be...
Thinking of this, she couldn't help but feel pity for Shu Yao.
"Alright, there's an empty room in my house. You can stay at my place with your younger brother first..."
"He's not my younger brother."
The woman was stunned. "What?"
Then she saw Shu Yao say seriously, "This is my son."
The woman, "..."
The woman laughed twice and didn't say anything else. She looked down at the baby in her arms, then took Shu Yao to her home.
Shu Yao thought for a while and readily agreed, thinking that he could take this opportunity to learn the rules of the human world.
Shu Yao followed the woman closely. There was curiosity on his delicate face. He kept looking at the surrounding scenery. Was this the human world?
"Is there something wrong?" The woman's voice came from beside him. Shu Yao was pulled back to reality. He quickly looked up at the woman, then lowered his head shyly. He wanted to say something, but his mouth moved and no sound came out.
"If there's nothing wrong, why are you standing still?"
Shu Yao felt even more embarrassed because of her words. His face gradually turned red and his eyes darted around.
"I..."
Shu Yao stammered and could only say the word "I" after a long time.
Seeing this, the woman didn't say anything else. She just told Shu Yao to follow her closely.
This time, Shu Yao didn't dare to look around anymore. He quietly followed behind the woman.
After walking for a while, they arrived at the woman's home. She carried the baby and walked straight into a room, carefully putting the baby down.
When she turned around, she saw Shu Yao standing right behind her, looking at her with big innocent and obedient eyes.
The woman's face slowly darkened. "How did you get in?"