In a moment of impulse, I forcibly kissed my brother's best friend.

"That's it—" the little girl held up one finger.

Xie Dudu looked at her with a puzzled expression.

"Come on, come on!" The little girl stretched her finger forward a little more.

Xie Dudu stretched out her blue-glowing finger in confusion, and their fingertips touched.

An astonishing scene unfolded. The little girl's body slowly turned blue, starting from her fingertips, spreading to her wrists, and finally her entire body glowed with a faint blue light.

"Brother, it looks like we can go fatten up now!" The little girl's voice was filled with surprise.

Cui Yutang and the little boy looked at the little girl emitting blue light with great panic.

Even the Xuanwen Ancient Miasma Beast King, which had been lying down, stood up, pawing at the ground with its four claws and letting out a low growl.

"Chao Chao, what's wrong?" The little boy's voice was choked with tears.

Cui Yutang hugged them even tighter, his arm muscles taut.

The little girl took the little boy's hand, and he quickly turned blue. The little boy felt his body becoming increasingly unreal, and he looked anxiously at Cui Yutang.

"Father, remember to have me and my sister born soon, don't just focus on—"

Before he could finish speaking, the blue light shattered into countless tiny specks, and the two children vanished from Cui Yutang's sight in an instant.

The night sky returned to tranquility.

Cui Yutang was still holding them in his arms. He stared blankly at his empty arms and began to feel dazed again.

The Mysterious Ancient Miasma Beast King anxiously nuzzled his chest with its head.

Where did you hide those two adorable human cubs?

As Xie Yige and his group approached, they witnessed this terrifying scene—a massive, powerful tiger's head stretched towards Cui Yutang's chest, as if it wanted to swallow him whole.

Xie Yige was on the verge of a breakdown. She immediately raised her pistol, and the other four people also picked up their weapons.

"Yige, no!" Cui Yutang finally came to his senses and quickly stopped her.

The Mysterious Pattern Ancient Miasma Beast King turned to look at Xie Yige, its crimson beast eyes filled with even more confusion.

Human babies are amazing; they grow so fast!

Cui Yutang quickly got up, ran over and hugged the still-shaken Xie Yige tightly, his arms holding her soft body close to his.

"Yige, don't be afraid, I'm alright."

"Waaaaah, Cui Yutang, you scared me to death!" Xie Yige's tears finally broke free and landed on his shoulder.

When Cui Yutang heard her voice, he finally began to feel a sense of reality.

Xie Yige, who had been anxious all the way, finally relaxed and clung limply to him, her tears smearing on his shoulder.

"Put the three of them down." Cui Yutang held Xie Yige in one arm while directing Cui Shijiu and the others to do their work.

His voice had returned to its usual calm and steady tone.

"These vines are impossible to cut." Cui Shijiu's hands went numb after several attempts, and his palms were burning from the impact.

Jingqiu and Zhixia also found that they couldn't cut it down; not even a white mark was left on the vines.

"You all come down first."

Cui Yutang thought for a moment, then looked at the enormous creature. There was no way the two little children could get it down.

The Ancient Miasma Beast King snorted a puff of white smoke from its nostrils. Useless humans!

With a swipe of its large claw, the wind from its claw was as sharp as a blade cutting through a hill, and the three human-shaped dumplings instantly fell to the ground, their vines all severed, the cuts as neat as tofu sliced ​​with a knife.

Cui Shijiu touched the sides of the necks of the men; thankfully, they were all still alive.

Sang Miao put a pill in each of their mouths, and they soon woke up, sitting up blankly, not knowing what had happened.

"My lord, who are those people hanging up there? Are they assassins?"

Cui Yutang's expression softened, and he nodded slightly before looking at Cui Shijiu.

"Check if any of these assassins are still alive."

The group checked each person one by one, and surprisingly, there were still two who had slipped through the net. They had their jaws clenched and their cheeks bulging, as if they were about to bite through the poison sacs between their teeth at any moment.

With lightning speed, Cui Shijiu pinched their jaws with two fingers and dislocated them.

Xie Yige was carried on Cui Yutang's back the whole way. Her legs swayed back and forth, and she was in a very happy mood. The fear and worry she had just felt had turned into a sense of security.

The ancient miasma beast king actually stayed by their side the whole time, and the others were terrified. The whole forest was quiet, as if they were intimidated by the aura of this ferocious beast.

"Husband, what does it mean? Why is it following us?"

"This big insect must have gained intelligence; it means no harm, so don't be afraid."

After returning to the central command tent, it didn't leave. Instead, it lay down at the tent entrance and fell fast asleep, oblivious to everyone else.

The enormous body blocked the entrance to the tent, and the soldiers walked around it, not daring to breathe.

Before long, news of the commander-in-chief's conquest of the terrifying giant insect spread throughout the entire army.

"My wife, you go to sleep first. I'll go find Luo Meng and Wei Shuo and be right back."

"Then you'd better hurry up." She said softly and coquettishly, her fingers hooking onto his sleeve and refusing to let go.

"Mmm." He couldn't help but capture her tongue in his mouth and kiss it for a while before reluctantly leaving.

Luo Meng and Wei Shuo shared a military tent and had just fallen asleep. Both had fought off assassins during the day and were wounded; they were snoring loudly as soon as they lay down. Hearing the tent flap rustle, they both sprang up simultaneously, their hands already on their weapons.

"General."

"I mainly came here to tell you that the miasma emitted by the Illusionary Blood Vine can cause hallucinations. The two children you saw were an illusion. You must not tell anyone about this again."

"Yes, Commander." The two bowed in unison to accept the order, exchanged a glance, and both saw a sense of relief in each other's eyes.

When Cui Yutang returned to the tent, Xie Yige was already fast asleep. Her soft little face was pressed against the corner of the pillow as she slept, her pink lips slightly pouting, as if she were being affectionate with someone in her dreams.

He looked at her and remembered the little girl in the misty forest and the "Dudu" she spoke of.

Could it be that the one his Yi Ge looked at when he last gazed into the void was this?

His eyes darkened, and he walked to the table, sat down, turned over a teacup, tapped his long fingers on the table a few times, and suddenly spoke.

"Dudu, come out."

Xie Dudu, who had already entered Xie Yige's sea of ​​consciousness, was so startled that she jumped out.

Good heavens, this is a ghost! It flew tremblingly to Cui Yutang, the blue light shrinking into a ball.

"I know you can hear me. Store this cup in your spatial storage."

Xie Dudu was on the verge of tears. Although she didn't know what he was going to do, she still obediently put the cup into her spatial storage.

The cup on the table disappeared silently.

A smile flickered across Cui Yutang's lips, but it was fleeting; he had indeed been tricked into revealing his true intentions.