I am Guhuoniao, not an umbrella demon, please do not disturb me.

When the man met the child's eyes, he was inexplicably startled. A bolt of lightning struck across the sky behind him, followed by a deafening explosion.

The man was soaked to the bone, his black hair plastered to his face, and raindrops dripped down his chin. In the light of the lightning, his face looked terrifying.

After a bumpy journey, being hungry all day, and with his swaddling clothes soaked through, and even being thrown by his own mother, the child didn't cry. But upon seeing the man's face, the child burst into tears, his cries so loud they pierced through the rain and reached the hearts of the five cultivators.

All five felt a chill in their hearts. The Nascent Soul cultivator instinctively wanted to cover the child's mouth, and even considered stabbing him with his sword.

The rough, large hand hovered in mid-air, and the man seemed to hear a creaking sound.

The air around him surged, the man's pupils contracted, and when he suddenly looked up, he saw a pair of calm, watery eyes.

His movements were completely frozen. It wasn't that the man didn't want to move, but that his body was completely immobile. It was as if his entire body was being gripped by a giant, transparent hand, and he couldn't move an inch. He could only move his eyes and watch helplessly as Bai Qingyu half-squatted down and used the wooden umbrella in her hand to shield the little princess.

Then, with extremely gentle movements, she picked up the little princess from her swaddling clothes. The moment she touched the little princess's bedding, the swaddling clothes, which had been soaked by rain and stained with Consort Ping's blood, became dry, and the rainwater on the little princess's body evaporated completely.

"Baby, be good, baby, don't cry."

Holding the child in one arm, Bai Qingyu gently soothed him.

In the midst of this relentless downpour, Bai Qingyu's voice was so melodious and beautiful, like celestial music, and so gentle and tender.

The little princess cried for a while in Bai Qingyu's arms, then stopped and looked at Bai Qingyu with pleading eyes, as if to say that she was hungry.

The baby was only two or three months old, and Bai Qingyu's heart almost melted at the sight of him.

Just then, the man, frozen in place, swallowed hard and cautiously spoke, "God, Goddess Phoenix, I, I was just following orders, following orders."

Bai Qingyu glanced at him, then looked at Consort Ping's corpse on the ground.

A flash of platinum-gold light vanished in an instant, and the Nascent Soul cultivator transformed into countless stardust fragments, forever merging with this land. At the same time, this power enveloped Consort Ping's corpse, causing it to slowly fade. The stardust fragments ignored the rain and transformed into a spirit butterfly, gracefully landing on the child's face for one last look.

She carried the child back to the courtyard, and the vermilion gate closed quietly.

The remaining four cultivators froze on the spot at the same time. When they came to their senses, they forgot everything and flew around in the sky, disappearing into the night of Tongzhou in no time.

No one knows what happened in Tongzhou.

The people in the capital were slow to realize what was happening; the little princess had been gone for two days before all the forces finally caught on.

The imperial seal is indeed important, but it is ultimately just an inanimate object. For truly powerful forces, the little princess is more important, because they cannot be certain whether she is the chosen one.

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Bai Qingyu was unaware of the changes in the capital. At this moment, she was in Zhentian's room, placing the baby's swaddling clothes on the bed. Looking at this very energetic child, the two mother birds stared at each other with wide eyes.

Bai Qingyu scratched his head. "Do you remember what I told you last time? When we were soaking in the hot spring, I said, 'Let's have a baby.' You see, I was talking about her back then."

Go out with an umbrella, and come back carrying a baby.

Zhen Tian blinked, his big eyes filled with confusion.

Bai Qingyu said she would bring back a child, and unexpectedly she actually did, a baby girl who was at most three months old.

"So what should we do now...?"

When Zhen Tian spoke, she genuinely didn't know how to raise a human child.

If this child were the same age as Xiaoyao and Yuzhanjin, then of course it would be fine, but the problem is that this child is too small. She has zero experience in taking care of such a tiny child.

"Simple. Go and get the little blanket I bought a while ago; it's for swaddling the baby. Also, get the clothes and diapers I'm going to buy for the baby; they'll be useful later."

Bai Qingyu removed the tattered bedding from the child's body while asking Zhen Tian for help.

Knowing that the little princess was coming, she even went to the city to buy daily necessities for the child, just to avoid being caught off guard at this time.

Babies are different from toddlers; babies need to do everything themselves.

"Don't worry, just leave them to me. I'm quite experienced. When I adopted Dongqing and Changsheng, they were only this small. And I couldn't transform back then. I still managed to raise the two kids using my original form."

Bai Qingyu patted her chest, then very carefully changed the swaddling clothes off the child.

As soon as the swaddling clothes were unpacked, Shinten, who was carrying blankets and diapers, smelled something strange.

What is this smell?

"Don't worry, it's just that the baby needs a diaper change. Once you change it, everything will be fine."

Bai Qingyu carefully removed the old diaper, and sure enough, it was already a mess. If it stayed on any longer, the baby's bottom would definitely develop problems.

With one hand holding the diaper and the other covering her nose, Bai Qingyu used a single thought to purify the filth on the diaper, the swaddling clothes, and the baby's body with platinum light, making the air in the room much fresher.

Using Ya's strength to change Ya's diapers doesn't seem to be a problem.

"The old diaper has been changed, now we just need to put on a new one."

Taking the things from Zhen Tian, ​​Bai Qingyu busied herself taking off the baby's clothes and putting on a new diaper, though her movements were already a bit rusty.

There was nothing she could do about it; all the children she had adopted over the years were now grown up, and apart from Dongqing and Changsheng, there were no other babies.

Zhen Tian stood aside, watching intently.

The kids have all been brought back, so we won't have to do this kind of work as much anymore.

The child didn't cry at all. He held a jade seal in his hand, and I don't know where he got the strength, but he was able to pick up such a jade seal and treat it like a toy. He put it in his mouth and soon it was covered in drool.

After changing the clothes and diaper, and then wrapping the baby tightly back in the swaddling clothes, Bai Qingyu seemed calm on the surface, but she was actually very nervous inside.

Taking care of children is her nature, especially raising such a small baby. She feels both nervous, afraid that the child will be uncomfortable, and full of a sense of accomplishment.

"That's good enough."

"And then what?"

"And then it's breastfeeding..." Bai Qingyu answered subconsciously, looking up and meeting Zhen Tian's gaze. Noticing that her eyes looked a little off, she quickly added a sentence.

"I'm not asking you to feed me, I'm feeding you, ptooey, anyway, it's not me feeding you. It's not what you think. We're birds, birds don't get milk. I mean, I'm talking about making formula!"

Feeling a little embarrassed by her own words, Bai Qingyu blushed slightly, turned around, picked up the homemade baby bottle, and waved it in front of Zhen Tian. "This is it. Do you remember the doe that I had Shuten catch more than ten days ago? I've already made milk powder from the doe's juice. Just mix it with boiling water and the baby can drink it."

"Anyway, it's not the two of us feeding them, so this little thing will do."

Seeing Bai Qingyu's somewhat incoherent ramblings, Zhen Tian hesitated to speak.

She hasn't even said anything yet.

Sister, what's the rush?

She knew that birds don't produce milk.

Well, actually, that's what she was thinking when she heard Bai Qingyu talk about breastfeeding. After all, human babies are like that, completely different from bird demon babies. Human babies have a hard time surviving without milk.

For a fleeting moment, she imagined Bai Qingyu lifting her clothes, sitting on the edge of the bed, holding the baby and breastfeeding.

Um......

I don't know why...

Surprisingly, I was even somewhat looking forward to it.

"Hey, Zhen Tian!" Bai Qingyu called out again, and only then did Zhen Tian come back to his senses.

Go boil some water for me.

"Okay, wait for me a moment, sister."

Zhen Tian hurriedly went out of the house, cupping her face in her two little hands.

Why would she imagine such a strange thing? How could Sister Bai be breastfeeding? Surely not.

Bai Qingyu had no idea what Zhen Tian was thinking. If she knew that Zhen Tian was imagining this, she would definitely give her a flick on the forehead.

He reached out and picked up the child, taking the jade seal from her hand.

Bai Qingyu could tell what it was with just a glance, and casually tossed it aside.

The imperial seal is important in some ways, but not so important in others; it doesn't have much practical use.

"She doesn't have a name yet. Oh well, I'll discuss it with Zhen Tian later and we can come up with a name together."

The little girl in the swaddling clothes stared at each other, her eyes crinkling as if she had seen something that made her very happy. She made "waaaah, waaaah" sounds and waved her little hands in the air, looking incredibly cute.

Even under the dim light, Bai Qingyu's smile looked so kind and "kind".

In fact, the moment Bai Qingyu took Ya into his arms from the doorway, neither Ya's past life nor her future as the Great Spirit Queen mattered to him.

This little girl will be Bai Qingyu's daughter starting tonight, and that's all she cares about.

It was the deep-seated love for her offspring that had erupted in the Guhuoniao that Bai Qingyu found in no way repulsive to this feeling of love.

To paraphrase something she once said, she could raise as many children as she wanted.

A short while later, Zhen Tian brought hot water into the house, and the first thing she saw was this heartwarming scene.

A smile involuntarily appeared on her face. "Sister, the hot water is here."

"Okay, can you hold her for a bit while I make her some formula?"

Bai Qingyu prepared a lot of milk powder, and also had deer milk, goat milk, and cow milk. She had taken advantage of many of the female beasts with children in Nanshan.

Upon hearing that she wanted breast milk, many demons offered to provide it, but she refused them all.

Feeding a child with a succubus's milk is indeed a bit strange.

Bai Qingyu was preparing milk powder mixed with spiritual energy powder. Zhen Tian carefully held the baby by the bedside. This feeling was indeed very novel. She had never held such a small baby before.

"She's so cute."

"Don't let her cuteness fool you, she'll be amazing in the future. This little one is destined to be the queen of the Great Spirit."

Bai Qingyu prepared the milk powder, cooled it down with her demonic power, and tasted it herself first. The taste was very mild and the temperature was just right.

Sitting next to Zhen Tian, ​​I placed the baby bottle in front of the little girl's mouth and watched her suck on it.

The room was completely quiet, except for the sound of the baby drinking milk.

Bai Qingyu and Zhen Tian squeezed together, with the child in their arms, and they did indeed look like a family of three.

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Volume 1: Chapter 166 Kiyohime and the Spider Lily

"Your Majesty, Your Majesty, Mother!?"

Early the next morning, Peach Blossom Fairy came out of her room yawning, her hair disheveled, intending to ask Bai Qingyu to braid her hair into a pretty and cute style. But as soon as she stepped out, she saw Bai Qingyu sitting in the courtyard, holding a half-grown baby in her arms and playing with it.

Not only that, her older sister Zhentian was also standing aside, watching with a smile, making it seem like a family of three.