My words have become law; I truly have no desire to display my divine power before others.

Miao Gui chimed in from the side, "And me! You've dirtied all my clothes!"

The chubby baby looked at them pitifully: "I didn't mean to... I just... I just thought it was fun..."

"Fun?!" Lü Yang's voice rose three octaves. "You call this fun?!"

The chubby baby shrank his neck again.

Ye Qingfeng raised his hand to stop them.

When Lü Yang saw that the immortal master had spoken, he stopped being angry.

At this moment, he also became curious: "By the way, what kind of spirit are you? A ginseng spirit? A lingzhi spirit?"

The chubby baby sobbed, "No... I'm not ginseng... I'm a radish..."

"Radishes?" Lü Yang's eyes widened. "Radishes can become spirits?"

Miao Gui was also surprised: "I've been driving corpses for three years, traveling through countless places in the Hundred Thousand Mountains, and I've never heard of a radish becoming a spirit."

Shen Zhaoyue leaned against the door, not saying a word, but her eyes showed a hint of surprise.

Ye Qingfeng smiled and said, "The world is vast and full of wonders. Ordinary radishes are dug up and eaten after only a few months of growth, so it's truly rare for one to live long enough to become a spirit."

But some radishes are fortunate enough to escape the hoe, the spatula, and the mouths of mountain spirits and monsters, surviving year after year, and slowly developing a kind of sentience.

He looked down at the chubby baby: "Don't you think so?"

The chubby baby nodded repeatedly, tears streaming down his face: "Yes, yes, yes! I'm the one destined for you!"

I lived for a very, very long time, hiding in the soil, afraid to come out, and finally became a spirit…”

Lu Yang leaned closer and asked curiously, "So how exactly did you become a spirit? There has to be a reason why a radish becomes a spirit, right?"

The chubby baby hesitated for a moment, then whispered, "I told you, you won't eat me?"

Lü Yang glared at him: "You speak first!"

The chubby boy shrank back and stole a glance at Ye Qingfeng. Ye Qingfeng nodded slightly, and only then did he muster his courage to tell the whole story.

"It's...it's that temple..."

"What temple?" Lü Yang pressed.

"It's that temple in the middle of the village, the one where the Ginseng God is worshipped." The chubby baby's voice grew softer and softer.

"The temple was very popular, with people burning incense, kowtowing, and offering fruit every day. But... but the Ginseng God is long gone, and there's nothing left in the temple."

Those incense sticks, no one collected them, they just scattered away. I felt... I felt it was a real shame, so... I secretly took a little incense.

He became increasingly uneasy as he spoke: "At first it was just a little bit, then... then it got more... and then it turned into this..."

As he spoke, he pouted, looking aggrieved.

"I didn't mean to... those incense sticks were unwanted, it was such a waste to waste them... who knew that while I was inhaling them..."

Lu Yang stared in disbelief: "You...you stole the incense offerings that people were using to worship the Ginseng God?"

The chubby child panicked: "I didn't steal it! I... I was keeping it! All those incense sticks are being thrown away, what a waste! I... I was just keeping them for the Ginseng Master!"

Lü Yang was both amused and exasperated: "You actually have a point."

The chubby baby fell silent, shrinking pitifully into Ye Qingfeng's palm.

Lu Yang was both angry and amused. He reached out to poke the boy's head, but the chubby boy quickly dodged and almost fell out of Ye Qingfeng's palm.

Just then, hurried footsteps came from outside the door.

A Luo ran in wearing an overcoat, her hair disheveled, and her face still sleepy, clearly having just been woken up.

As soon as she entered the room, she saw the chubby baby in Ye Qingfeng's palm, and her expression changed instantly.

"Immortal Master!" She rushed over and stood in front of Ye Qingfeng. "Immortal Master, he...he's my friend! He meant no harm! Please...please don't kill him!"

When the chubby baby saw A-Luo, tears welled up in her eyes again: "A-Luo..."

A Luo was heartbroken and reached out to take him, but she didn't dare. She could only stand by and watch, her eyes red with worry.

"Master, he really meant no harm, he was just a bit mischievous. He's never hurt anyone, he just likes to play pranks... He's not a bad person..."

Ye Qingfeng looked at her without saying a word.

A Luo thought he didn't believe her, and became even more anxious: "It's true! He's been helping me all along, taking me to find ginseng, and even helping me drive away bad guys."

He's just... just childish, he likes to play. He didn't do it on purpose...

As she spoke, tears streamed down her face.

When the chubby baby saw A-Luo crying, he started crying too: "A-Luo... I was wrong... I shouldn't have scared them..."

The two cried together, each more aggrieved than the other.

Lu Yang, watching from the side, suddenly felt a little embarrassed.

He remembered how he had been shouting and yelling, and how the young girl had cried.

He scratched his head and said awkwardly, "Well... Immortal Master, it's not actually that serious..."

Miao Gui also whispered, "He was just a little mischievous, but he didn't hurt anyone..."

Ye Qingfeng glanced at them, and the two immediately shut their mouths.

Ye Qingfeng looked down at the chubby baby in his palm, then at A Luo's anxious face.

He smiled helplessly: "I'm not the kind of person who's bloodthirsty. I don't kill every demon I see."

Aro was stunned.

Lü Yang was also stunned.

He felt that something was off about that statement.

The chubby baby sobbed, looked up at Ye Qingfeng through teary eyes.

Ye Qingfeng reached out and handed the chubby baby to A Luo.

A Luo quickly took it with both hands, hugged it tightly, and protected it closely.

The chubby baby was still trembling in A Luo's arms, but had stopped crying.

He secretly glanced back at Ye Qingfeng and whispered, "You really won't eat me?"

Ye Qingfeng smiled: "I won't eat."

The chubby baby looked at Lü Yang again.

Lu Yang snorted but didn't say anything.

The chubby child shrank back and whispered, "Then...then I'll take you to find ginseng? I know the locations of lots and lots of old ginseng, some are hundreds of years old..."

Lü Yang's eyes lit up: "Really?"

The chubby baby nodded: "Really! As long as you don't eat me..."

Lu Yang chuckled twice: "That depends on how big you can find."

The chubby baby quickly exclaimed, "Bigger! Definitely bigger! Much, much bigger than me!"

Before Lü Yang could say anything more, Ye Qingfeng raised his hand to stop him.

Ye Qingfeng looked at the chubby baby and said calmly, "It's getting late, everyone go and rest."

A'Luo nodded quickly, picked up the chubby baby, and was about to walk out.

The chubby baby nestled in her arms, suddenly turned to look at Ye Qingfeng, and whispered, "Thank you."

Ye Qingfeng nodded slightly.

Aro took the chubby baby out.

Lu Yang stood at the door, looking at his clothes, and sighed, "Oh well, I have to change my clothes again."

Miao Gui also sighed: "Me too."

Aro walked to the door, about to step over the threshold—

"Wait a minute."

Ye Qingfeng's voice came from behind, neither too loud nor too soft, but very clear.

Aro stopped and turned around.

The chubby baby froze, shrinking into A Luo's arms, too afraid to move.

Ye Qingfeng sat on the edge of the bed, looking at the chubby baby.