What Do Children Like to Eat?

Zhu Yao returned once again to Yulin Peak. It was the same scenery, the same room, and the same master. Zhu Yao felt like crying but had no tears. Recalling the situation just now, she couldn't help but kick him in the face again.

"Impudent!"

Yu Yan calmly pulled her leg down and placed the unstable little person on the bed. Seeing her refuse to stay still and crawl all over the bed, he had to pick her up and place her back in the center of the bed whenever she was about to crawl off. He repeated this action several times.

Looking at her tiny yet rowdy form, Yu Yan was at a loss. He had never taken care of a child, let alone a baby who couldn't even speak.

And the only person with experience taking care of children was his deceased foolish disciple. Recalling this, Yu Yan felt a wave of grief. He had waited over ten thousand years to recruit a disciple, teaching and protecting her with utmost care. Yet, the first time she went out, she was killed by a Demonic Fox.

He had known the moment his disciple was fatally injured. He had rushed over at his fastest speed. With his cultivation, as long as her soul hadn't reincarnated and was still nearby, he could have brought her back to life. But strangely, no matter what spell he cast, his disciple showed no signs of reviving. Yet, the spiritual sense imprint he had left on his direct disciple had not dissipated. This was highly illogical. If a person was dead, the imprint should have vanished. Except for soul-summoning spells, no other spells should have worked on a dead person. Unless she wasn't dead.

Today, he had only happened to pass through the mortal realm when he suddenly sensed that spiritual sense imprint. When he rushed to the scene, he saw a child. Wrapped around her bottom was a piece of white cloth. The child was crawling all over the place, chased by a group of servants.

Reincarnation usually took at least a thousand years, or even ten thousand years. Therefore, it was highly likely his disciple had seized a body to be reborn. But to seize a body, one needed to be at least at the Nascent Soul stage. His foolish disciple, no matter how heaven-defying, couldn't have reached the Nascent Soul stage in just a few days. Moreover, given her personality, she would never harm a baby girl. Therefore, he had concealed his figure and cast a spell to make the mortals forget that the baby and he had ever existed. Then, he carefully searched her Sea of Consciousness and found that her soul and body were perfectly integrated, showing no signs of possession. Thus, as for his taking her as a disciple... he had just blurted it out, and in his excitement, he had kidnapped her and brought her back.

But now that he had brought her back... what was he supposed to do?

He looked at her and saw her starting to climb onto him, pulling his arm toward her mouth to bite it. Seeing this, he instantly understood what she wanted.

"Hungry?"

Zhu Yao looked up at him. She had originally wanted to bite him to vent her anger, but he had to say that. That wasn't what she wanted! Besides, her master's arm was too hard—so hard that it hurt her gums.

"Be good and stay put. I will go find some food for you."

With that, he went out. A moment later, he walked in carrying a large bowl and a small bowl of food.

"……"

Zhu Yao's face twitched as she looked at him. *Feeding solid food to a baby, does that make any logical sense?* Instantly, her gums felt even more painful.

"You don't like it?"

Seeing her ignore the food, Yu Yan was extremely perplexed. This disciple was even harder to raise than the previous one.

Zhu Yao quietly slid off the bed, only to be picked up by her master once again. Yu Yan lifted her chubby body, looking her up and down as if trying to figure out what she wanted to eat. Finally, he let out a sigh, held her tightly, and flew on his sword toward the highest mountain. He had better find someone with extensive experience in raising disciples to ask.

Naturally, the person with extensive experience in raising disciples was still Zi Dan. Zi Dan was once again startled to see his Grand Martial Uncle in his room.

"Grand Martial Uncle, you've returned?"

Ever since Junior Martial Uncle died, Grand Martial Uncle's habit of never leaving his residence had changed. He frequently traveled outside. Why had he suddenly returned now? Moreover, in his arms, he was holding...

"Oh, Grand Martial Uncle, this child is...?"

In an instant, a certain scenario popped into Zi Dan's mind.

"Disciple!"

Yu Yan spoke indifferently, shattering the wild thoughts in Zi Dan's head.

Zi Dan was even more astonished:
"Grand Martial Uncle, you've taken another disciple?"

His previous thought was understandable. He had thought, *Yulin Peak actually has an adopted child.* However, he hadn't expected Grand Martial Uncle to find a disciple with a Lightning Spiritual Root so quickly.

Ah! Wait, this child was under a year old. Logically, she couldn't have been tested yet, so how did he know what spiritual root she had?

Yu Yan didn't explain. He stuffed Zhu Yao into Zi Dan's arms and said:
"She is hungry."

Ah! Zi Dan froze on the spot. *She's hungry, what does that have to do with me? I can't nurse her.*

"Grand Martial Uncle, I..."

Zi Dan was about to explain, but Yu Yan's cold gaze was fixed on him. That look clearly said:
"If you don't solve this, I will solve you."

Zi Dan's legs trembled, and he quietly swallowed his words back down.

He carefully examined the child in his arms. She was a fair, soft baby with extremely beautiful features, looking very intelligent. She didn't cry or fuss, only staring at him with her large, round eyes. Zi Dan instantly took a liking to her—she was so adorable, the complete opposite of Grand Martial Uncle. He really wanted to keep her for himself!

"Ahem... Grand Martial Uncle, this child is still small and probably hasn't been weaned yet. I think we should feed her some rice water."

Although he had the urge to steal her, he was wary of Grand Martial Uncle's status, so he quietly suppressed it. He held the child with one hand and pulled out two sacks from his storage pouch with the other.

"This disciple has two bags of rice. They are much softer than normal rice and very suitable..."

Yu Yan nodded and, without standing on ceremony, waved his hand to sweep the two bags of rice into his storage bag.

It was fine! Being robbed was to be expected. He had already anticipated this. He was constantly being robbed of his things by Grand Martial Uncle, so it had become a habit.

Just as he was thinking of how to make up for his loss, a red-robed woman appeared at the door:
"Senior Brother, about that group you mentioned last time..."

The newcomer was the Peak Master of Medicine Peak—Daoist Master Hong Chou. Seeing Grand Martial Uncle in the room, she was startled and quickly bowed:
"Disciple pays respects to Grand Martial Uncle."

Ngọc Ngôn nodded without replying.

Hong Chou glanced at the child in Zi Dan's arms, her eyes lighting up:
"Whose baby is this? She looks so adorable!"

Women were naturally fond of children, so before Zi Dan could react, Hong Chou had already taken Zhu Yao from his arms. She pinched and squeezed Zhu Yao's arms and legs with great delight.

Even Zhu Yao was a bit startled. In her past life, hadn't this woman absolutely detested her? Why was she acting like this today? The contrast was so great that she didn't know how to react. The domineering sister had turned into a child-lover. It was unimaginable.

"Senior Brother, could this child be Sister-in-law's..."

Although it was very difficult for cultivation companions to conceive, it wasn't impossible. She hadn't expected him to have a daughter after not seeing him for a while.

"Of course not!"
Zi Dan retorted. Sure enough, he wasn't the only one with wild thoughts.

"She's not!"
Hearing this, Hong Chou looked even more delighted, her eyes sparkling:
"If she's not, why don't you give this child to me? I will take her as my disciple."

Before Zi Dan could reply, the face beside him instantly turned ice-cold. The temperature in the room plummeted by dozens of degrees, to the point where snowflakes almost started falling.