“Madam, Ninth Ancestor and Second Brother are still waiting outside. I’ll carry this child out for them to see.”
Yan Qing nodded, knowing this was appropriate: “Alright.”
… …
Shuo Heng looked at the solemn and magnificent main hall before him, then at the two handsome young men with smiles in their eyes, and silently blinked.
The Cultivation World truly was amazing.
He had just heard his cheap father say that one of these two was his uncle, and the other was their Shuo Family Old Ancestor.
Yet, both looked like young men in their early twenties, much younger than his father.
—Cultivators’ ages were always a mystery; the saying was true.
“Come, let me see him.” Shuo Gu was fond of children, and Shuo Heng at this moment looked particularly adorable, with a pair of large, round eyes wide open. “Has he been named yet?”
As Shuo Ya placed Shuo Heng in Shuo Gu’s arms, he replied: “He has, his name is Shuo Heng.”
“Shuo Heng.” Shuo Gu murmured his name, looking at the Wind and Thunder Mark on his forehead, and smiled with joy and satisfaction. “He’s a good child.”
“Ding. Detected Lord’s encounter with the first Child of Fortune. Mission triggered. Accept immediately?”
A moment later, 004 spoke again.
“Ding. Detected Lord’s encounter with the first Child of Fortune. System Mall, first level, now open.”
Shuo Heng, who was still cooperating by making some cute expressions, heard the prompt in his mind, but his expression remained unchanged.
“Child of Fortune, who is that?”
“It is your body’s cousin, your Second Uncle Shuo Yang’s biological son, Shuo Qianye.”
Shuo Heng’s eyes imperceptibly swept over the small boy standing beside Shuo Yang, who was also looking at him with curiosity and gentleness, and secretly activated the effect of the Qi Luck Eye.
In an instant, dazzling golden light shot up into the sky, almost blinding Shuo Heng.
“…”
“Xiao Si, dim the brightness a little.”
It was too bright; he didn’t want to be dazzled constantly.
As expected of a Child of Fortune, the color and intensity of this golden light could be described as the Heavenly Dao’s favored son.
“By the way, accept the main quest.”
“Ding. Main System has issued a mission: Help Vanyang Realm successfully advance to a Major Thousand Worlds.”
“…”
“?”
Shuo Heng slowly formed a question mark.
He had read the information about this world and knew the general distribution of this world.
The Eight Great Realms were each governed by eight Major Thousand Worlds.
Vanyang Realm was a relatively vast and rich Middle Thousand Worlds among the tens of millions of realms governed by the eighth Major Thousand Worlds—Qianliu Realm—within the Eight Great Realms.
The Eight Great Realms had been passed down from ancient times, lasting countless eons.
He had never heard of any Middle Thousand Worlds being able to advance.
“Is this mission of yours legitimate?”
Shuo Heng questioned.
“Lord, this is a mission issued by the Main System.”
Hearing his Lord’s doubts, 004’s first reaction was to check its core data, finding no virus intrusion.
If so, then it must be a mission transmitted by the Main System.
“The Main System has issued over a trillion missions, with an error rate of 0.00%. Lord can rest assured. As for subsequent mission clues, please explore them yourself.”
Shuo Heng secretly raised an eyebrow, saying no more.
Things would sort themselves out when the time came; he was just a newborn child now, what was the use of thinking so much?
“Since it can detect the Child of Fortune, can it see the Child of Fortune’s panel?”
“Yes, Lord, but it’s quite simple.”
As 004 spoke, it displayed Shuo Qianye’s panel light screen before Shuo Heng.
Only he could see this; others could not.
“Name: Shuo Qianye
Gender: Male
Age: 5
Luck: Gold
Cultivation: None
Spiritual Root: Gold Heavenly Spiritual Root
Bone Structure: Innate Sword Bone”
An Innate Sword Bone Child of Fortune, not bad.
Shuo Heng’s mind whirred.
He believed that the System wouldn’t give him things just for fun.
Since it gave him the ability to see others’ Luck, would his mission be related to it?
But 004 couldn’t answer this point either.
Perhaps only the so-called Main System could tell him the answer.
However…
Isn’t that more interesting?
Unraveling the mystery little by little.
Just like how he spent a long time solving an Olympiad math problem that had stumped countless geniuses.
…
Shuo Heng was soon carried back to his room by Shuo Ya, and Shuo Gu and Shuo Yang left the main hall with Shuo Qianye.
The most solemn appearance of a newborn in the Shuo Family was at their first birthday banquet, because newborn children were relatively fragile and too many people were not allowed to gather around them.
In other words, after a year, the child would be a bit sturdier and could be brought out for people to fuss over.
Shuo Heng was very happy, because this meant he didn’t have to entertain the childish Ninth Ancestor anymore.
But…
He still had to amuse his pair of cheap parents.
Perhaps because it was their first time being parents, Shuo Ya and Yan Qing were extremely fascinated.
Not only did they do everything themselves, but they also liked to tease Shuo Heng at any time and anywhere.
Shuo Heng outwardly pretended to be an innocent child, but inwardly, his heart was still as water, calm and undisturbed.
To be fair, he was a person with a psychological age of twenty-seven or twenty-eight.
Asking him to make “Eeyah Eeyah” sounds and play with a Treasure Artifact shaped like a bell, he truly found it difficult to have any emotional fluctuations.
This bell-shaped Treasure Artifact was called the Soul Cleansing Bell, and it didn’t have much major use.
At most, it was a bit hard, wouldn’t break if dropped, and barely carried a slight effect of calming the mind.
But for an infant whose Soul was already fragile, it was sufficient.
—
This day.
Half a month after his birth, Shuo Heng’s title of “heavenly qilin child” finally completely lost its effect, becoming a collectible only for display.
“Xiao Si, panel.”
004 dutifully popped up the light screen.
“Name: Shuo Heng
Gender: Male
Age: Half a month
Points: 10000
Cultivation: None
Divine Soul Strength: Peak Mortal Realm
Bone Structure: Wind and Thunder Immortal Body (Incomplete)
Spiritual Root: Wind and Thunder Dual Immortal Spiritual Root (Incomplete)
Talent: Comprehension Ability MAX
Cultivation Technique: None
Divine Ability: None
Martial Skill: Qi Luck Eye
Title: heavenly qilin child (No effect)
Special: None
System Inventory Items: Item Discount Coupon * 2”
Honestly, Shuo Heng was quite surprised.
One step above the Sacred Spiritual Root was the Immortal Spiritual Root.
However, Shuo Heng guessed that the “Incomplete” written on this panel was because he himself had not yet received the baptism of Immortal Qi.
Without the baptism of Immortal Qi, it couldn’t be considered a true Immortal Spiritual Root.
But, compared to a mere Sacred Spiritual Root, it was still much more powerful.
Shuo Heng even felt that his still-developing Meridians could already sense the Spiritual Qi of the world, and this Spiritual Qi was particularly close to him.
As expected of the effect of the heavenly qilin child title, it was indeed extraordinary.
Now that he was half a month old, in order to escape the “infant idiocy” state as soon as possible, Shuo Heng deliberately acted a bit more precocious than ordinary children.
He could understand what people said, and even express his joy, anger, sorrow, and happiness relatively clearly with expressions and body language—not just crying with closed eyes.
And this did not arouse the suspicion of Shuo Ya and Yan Qing.
After all, it was also their first time raising a child.
Moreover, wasn’t it better for their own child to be smarter?
Not only would they not be suspicious, but they would be very happy.
Of course, this was thanks to Shuo Heng’s exquisite acting skills.
If a child was too intelligent, almost demonic, it would instead make people wary.
But being just a bit smarter and more clever than ordinary children was exceptionally endearing.
… …
Thus, Shuo Heng, in his days of being cared for (teased) and loved (played with), welcomed his first birthday banquet.