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

By then, I'll be at least at the Integration Stage, with the power of faith and Bai Xiaoya's luck. I refuse to believe that with that kind of strength, I won't be able to have a child.

Seeing Bai Qingyu's eyes growing brighter and brighter, Zhen Tian was puzzled. If she knew what Bai Qingyu was thinking at this moment, she would definitely blush.

Bai Qingyu had discussed this issue with her more than once, but they never went into depth. Moreover, Bai Qingyu had long held a stereotype that having children required a male-female pairing, and she almost never considered the possibility of magic.

Xiao Yao's words were like a wake-up call.

Bai Qingyu snapped out of her daze and patted Xiao Yao's head. "Don't overthink it. Just be cute."

She doesn't know if it will work, but she'll try it if she has the chance in the future.

She didn't think it was a disgusting thing. She and Zhen Tian hadn't officially confirmed their relationship yet, but they were just one step away from it.

Can't bird demons fall in love with each other?!

It's fine if we're all female birds.

Besides, she's a Guhuoniao (a mythical bird), and what Guhuoniao doesn't like children?

She likes other people's children, and she also likes her own child.

With that thought in mind, Bai Qingyu put aside her thoughts. These were things for later; she needed to deal with the immediate problem first.

She wanted to make contact with Arakawa.

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Volume Two: Journey Through the Demon Scroll: Chapter Nine - Princess Goldfish

Jiangnan is indeed picturesque. Even Bai Qingyu couldn't help but sigh. Perhaps he should have come here sooner. At least it's more interesting to travel around here than the outside world. Life here is visibly more developed. The people on the streets are dressed much more luxuriously and don't seem to be surprised by outside cultivators.

This clearly shows that cultivators frequently come from Jiangnan, and everyone is used to it.

After walking for more than ten minutes, we entered this large city by the river. Instead of renting a house right away, we took the kids for a stroll around the city.

"Auntie, look at this."

Yuzhanjin ran to a stall, and no one knows what she picked up. Suddenly, she turned around, and Bai Qingyu saw that she was wearing a fox mask.

Pushing the mask up her head, Miketsu ran back. "Auntie, let's buy this. Everyone on the street is wearing a mask."

Bai Qingyu took off the mask from Yuzhanjin's head and looked around. Sure enough, everyone on the street was wearing a mask that was both funny and cute, either on their face or pinned to their forehead.

With the stall owner's explanation, Bai Qingyu finally understood that it was the annual seven-day Water God Festival. Legend has it that a thousand years ago, a great demon was born in the river, which would come ashore every day to eat children, causing great suffering to the people on land.

Just then, the water god appeared, guiding everyone to defeat the ferocious monster. Every year, the water god would also bless the local people with a bountiful harvest, abundance, happiness, and good health.

Wearing masks was supposed to be a way for the water god to scare away the great demon and prevent it from grabbing and eating children. Not only did people have to wear masks, but a grand gathering would also be held a few days later, where men and women would go out on dates and fireworks would be set off at the appointed time.

Dating is meant to give young people opportunities to meet. The more young people meet and get together, the more people there will be, and more children will be born to fill the gaps left by the children eaten by the monsters. As for setting off fireworks, that's purely to scare the monsters and to create an atmosphere.

It is said that various small activities will be held to promote relationships between men and women. Anyone who can confess their feelings in public and succeed will receive a gift and everyone's blessings.

Bai Qingyu bought a mask for everyone. Zhen Tian's mask was a white fox with red stripes, similar to the one on Xiao Yao Yu Zhuan Jin's face. She herself bought a mask that looked very mysterious, with no holes for the mouth and only for the eyes. It was black with red stripes.

It looks like the mask that the mastermind behind the scenes would wear.

With the mask on, Bai Qingyu planned to scare Bai Xiaoya, who was wearing a pig mask, in Zhen Tian's arms.

Bai Qingyu put on the mask and jumped onto Bai Xiaoya's mask. Sure enough, Bai Xiaoya immediately screamed in fright, looking extremely scared. Bai Qingyu smiled and pushed the mask back on, intending to pat her head to comfort her. But Xiaoya calmly returned to her composure in a second, calmly eating a piece of pastry in her hand, as if she hadn't been scared at all.

Even that little look in her eyes is slightly adorable and innocent.

Bai Qingyu was puzzled, so he took off the mask again, and Xiaoya screamed again.

When you push her back up, the little girl goes back to normal. It's like a switch; when you put her down, she lets out a loud cry, but when you put her back up, she eats as usual without any problems.

Bai Qingyu looked at Xiaoya, then at Zhentian, her eyes clearly conveying something.

Is this child mentally challenged?

Miketsu rode on Tanuki's back, put a fox mask on Tanuki's head (who was already a spirit fox), and then was thrown off by Tanuki.

Just as Miketsu jumped down with puffed-out cheeks to retrieve the mask and teach the little raccoon a lesson, her eyes suddenly caught sight of something. She saw a short-haired, blue-haired girl wearing a dark red comical mask walking angrily down the street.

The little girl was probably only ten years old, or she might just look younger than her age.

Especially that round face, it's clear he's a child.

This blue-haired little girl not only has a round face, but even her big, dark gold eyes are round. She's cuter than Xiao Yao. I just don't know why, but I always feel that this girl isn't very smart. She's a bit silly, but also very cute.

And coincidentally, her cuteness itself contains the element of "dullness," so when combined, it gives the impression that she must be easy to bully.

What attracted her attention was not only that the little girl was cute, but also that the little girl had light blue hair. Normal people either have black or white hair, and there are no blue hairs. The only person she had ever seen with blue hair was Zhen Tian.

And Sister Zhentian is a monster, so her feathers are blue-purple, and naturally her hair is also blue-purple.

She jogged up to Bai Qingyu and reached out to tug at Bai Qingyu's sleeve.

Bai Qingyu looked down in confusion and saw Yuzhan Jin pointing in a direction, "Auntie, there's a little monster over there."

"monster?"

The three prefectures of Jiangnan and Tongzhou are relatively close, but this is still a relatively traditional world. The relationship between humans and demons is not very good. Otherwise, the Lord of the Desolate River would not have created the Desolate River to separate humans and demons.

Turning his gaze over, Bai Qingyu indeed saw a small, blue-haired figure wearing a uniquely styled dress. The moment he saw the little girl, Yao Ce trembled slightly, and a name appeared in Bai Qingyu's mind.

'Ponyo Princess'

Bai Qingyu had a deep impression of the name "Goldfish Princess" from the Demon Book, because the little girl depicted in it was so cute, and she had long wanted to rub her round little face.

"I'll go check it out, you guys play first."

Bai Qingyu left a message and walked towards the direction of the Goldfish Princess. Even before he got close, he could hear the Goldfish Princess muttering something.

"Hoo hoo, why doesn't anyone take me with them when they go out? Those bad guys, especially that smiling old goldfish man. He promised to take me out to play, but he ran off by himself. He must think I'm not as cute as the carp spirit sister."

"Although the carp spirit sister is very cute, I am also very cute, so why forget me? Is it because I am not as cute as the carp spirit sister? No way, I am the cutest in the world."

Princess Goldfish kept muttering to herself, as if she was complaining that the other monsters had gone out to play without taking her along.

This child is not only cute in appearance, but also in personality. The way she walks with her short little legs and puffs out in a huff makes Bai Qingyu find her quite amusing.

It turns out that when you're cute enough, even your anger can be incredibly adorable.

Princess Goldfish was walking when she suddenly heard a gentle voice, like a spring breeze, coming from in front of her.

"Little girl, are you lost? Where are your family members?"

Upon hearing this, Princess Goldfish stopped and subconsciously looked up. Suddenly, she saw a black mask appear in front of her, which startled her so much that she almost jumped up and threw a drop of water magic at it.

Bai Qingyu removed her mask, revealing the gentle smile that had once made Xiao Yao call her "Mom." "Where are your parents?"

Her smile was clearly practiced. The fact that she easily defeated Peach Blossom Fairy and Miketsu when she was young shows just how powerful her smile is. It gives people a warm and gentle feeling, and they unconsciously let down their guard against her.

Princess Goldfish's personality was well-known throughout Arakawa. When she saw Bai Qingyu's gentle smile, a warm feeling seemed to flow through her heart. Princess Goldfish was a little stunned. Her small mouth was slightly open, and her round, dark golden eyes blinked. She only said one sentence.

"Sister, you're so beautiful."

A smile can indeed enhance one's appearance and temperament. Bai Qingyu doesn't usually smile much, but when she does smile, she is truly beautiful, just like how everyone was impressed when Zhentian captured her smile that day.

Brushing a strand of long hair behind her ear, Bai Qingyu's smile deepened. "Thank you for the compliment, little sister. You're very cute too."

"Really!" Princess Goldfish's face flushed slightly, and her eyes brightened considerably. "Is she cuter than the Koi Spirit?"

"A carp spirit?"

"Ah, no, no." Seeing Bai Qingyu's confusion, Jin Yu Ji finally came to her senses and quickly shook her head, her smile slightly embarrassed. "Sister, you must have misheard."

"Um, my name is Bai Qingyu. You can call me Sister Bai. Little sister, what's your name?"

"I...I'm called..."

Princess Goldfish was a little worried. She had only run away to vent her anger and have some fun. The big, silly guy had always warned her to be careful of humans, no matter how strong or weak they were, and she had to stay away from them, or she would be in danger.

But this woman in front of me doesn't seem like a bad person at all. How could a bad person have such a gentle smile? Those who like to kidnap children should be old witches.

As Princess Goldfish thought of this, what she didn't know was that the person in front of her was best at kidnapping children, especially cute little girls like her.

Seeing her hesitation, Bai Qingyu knew the problem and secretly sent her a message.

"Don't worry, I'm actually a monster too, but I came from outside. I just saw you walking alone on the street and was worried that you might be targeted by some strange people."

“Bad guys love cute girls like you.”

Upon hearing the telepathic message, Princess Goldfish breathed a sigh of relief. "Sister, my name is Princess Goldfish, and I'm a yokai living in the Arakawa River."

"So your name is Goldfish Princess. Would you like to come play with me now? You can go back when it gets dark. It must be boring to play by yourself. I have two other kids over there who are about your age. Maybe you can make friends and play together."

Under Bai Qingyu's charming smile, Princess Goldfish readily agreed.

Bai Qingyu felt that if she praised her a few more times, comforted her a few more times, and gave her a hug, perhaps she would just like Xiao Yao did back then, throwing herself into her arms and sweetly calling out "Mother!"

Bai Qingyu half-squatted in front of the Goldfish Princess. After the Goldfish Princess nodded, she stood up and stretched out a hand to the little girl, "Let's go, little Goldfish Princess."

Princess Goldfish looked up at Bai Qingyu again, feeling shy, but still placed her small hand in Bai Qingyu's hand.

If the yokai from Arakawa who are familiar with the Goldfish Princess were to come and see her like this, they would be very surprised. In their eyes, the Goldfish Princess is not like this at all. How come she is so obedient and well-behaved in front of Bai Qingyu?

Just like Princess Goldfish said, she is a monster who will conquer the world.

Bai Qingyu defeated the Goldfish Princess in just a few moves. Everyone witnessed it all. It wasn't that they didn't want to play, but Bai Qingyu was too fast. He brought the little blue-haired demon back so quickly. Even Xiao Yao was wondering if demons these days were so easy to fool.

If she weren't familiar with Bai Qingyu, she would have thought her mother was secretly having another child outside.

In reality, she was even easier to fool than Princess Goldfish.

“Look, Princess Goldfish, these are my companions. To be precise, those two children who are about your age are my daughters, and the one in the white dress is also my daughter.”

Bai Qingyu pointed at Xiao Yao and Yu Zhuan Jin, and then pointed at the little snake.

Everyone's attention was focused on the Goldfish Princess. For some reason, looking at the Goldfish Princess's adorable and innocent appearance, it suddenly seemed reasonable that Bai Qingyu had brought her back in just a few moves.

At this moment, Princess Goldfish's mind was somewhat blank. Bai Qingyu's palms were really warm, as if her whole body was bathed in a warm current. She vaguely knew what this feeling was called. This was probably the sense of security that the old man Goldfish had mentioned, like being at home.

Why is this happening?

We only met once.

Being with Sister Bai really gives me a comfortable and reassuring feeling.

She turned her head and looked up at Bai Qingyu, but when Bai Qingyu looked at her, she quickly looked away.

Xiao Yao, who was usually the most shy, was the first to step forward.