Baby Serendipity: The Whole World Fell In Love With Me
Chapter 111 - 110: Eating One’s Own Child?

Chapter 111: Chapter 110: Eating One’s Own Child?

Guessing where she was, Mianmian controlled the Flying Sword and attacked the Medicine Cauldron.

Her sword, bestowed upon her from the heavens at birth, was her Life-destined Sword. Her mother had tested it and found its blade to be made of ancient, mysterious iron, extremely hard. It would typically leave others’ magic treasures damaged rather than sustaining damage itself.

Yet such a formidable Flying Sword, when used to attack the Medicine Cauldron at this moment, could not inflict any damage on it whatsoever.

Mianmian was stunned.

If even the sword could not damage the Medicine Cauldron, were they really going to turn into pills?

"Awoo, awoo, awoo." Bai Bai, seeing that Mianmian could not damage the Medicine Cauldron, raised his paw to attack it as well, only to hurt his paw and draw blood.

Bai Bai, in pain, drew back his paw and licked it vigorously, whimpering softly, "What a lousy cauldron, could it really be a Divine Artifact?"

Upon hearing Bai Bai’s words, Mianmian frowned.

The big bad snake had claimed to possess a Divine Artifact, and now it seemed to be true; this Medicine Cauldron might really be a Divine Artifact.

This inevitably reminded Mianmian of one of the Ten Great Artifacts of Ancient Times her mother had mentioned.

"An artifact that can be used to concoct medicine... Could it be the Divine Farmer’s Cauldron that mom spoke of?"

The Divine Farmer’s Cauldron was the treasure of the Human Emperor, Emperor Yan, from the tribal times of mortals. Emperor Yan used it to taste a hundred herbs and concoct medicine. Among those herbs were spirit monsters with sentience, but once trapped in the Divine Farmer’s Cauldron, not even their souls could escape.

Bai Bai: "Awoooo, awoooo."

He wagged his tail and nodded, agreeing that Mianmian was correct. He had also heard Aunt Jiang tell the stories of the Ten Great Artifacts, and the Divine Farmer’s Cauldron was indeed the only one that could be used for concocting medicine.

Besides, if even Mianmian’s sword couldn’t damage it, what could it be if not a Divine Artifact?

However, if they were indeed trapped within the Divine Farmer’s Cauldron, then they were probably going to be refined into pills for real, since that was exactly what the cauldron was for.

Upon this realization, Bai Bai’s cries grew sadder.

He didn’t want to die; he hadn’t yet successfully transformed into a human to play with Mianmian! If they were truly going to die, that dream would remain unfulfilled. But there was another recent dream— three kisses promised by Mianmian.

Those were three kisses!

Bai Bai cried louder and nestled up to Mianmian, seeking to claim his reward.

Seeing Bai Bai cry so sadly, Mianmian felt sorrowful too. If only she had come alone in search of the Snake Demon, then they wouldn’t all be refined together.

She sheathed her Flying Sword and looked at her seventh grandchild, then at Chu Ye, and then at Chu Qi, finally turning to Liao An.

Initially, Mianmian wanted to apologize, admitting it was her fault for not defeating the Snake Demon, but when her Heavenly Eye met Liao An’s, she froze.

She had previously divined Liao An’s future, predicting that it would be good, and she hadn’t been simply making things up.

It is hardly an easy feat for mortals and demons to have children; even if they miraculously have offspring, the children tend to be sickly and weak because the mortal part cannot withstand the power inherent in the demon, leading to an early death.

Many blood relatives, siblings of Liao An, had already died.

Yet, Liao An’s own lifeline was quite long; even now, inside the Divine Farmer’s Cauldron, Mianmian could still see Liao An’s vibrant, green lifeline.

When she looked at the Chu father and son and her seventh grandchild, all three of their fates were obscured, and she couldn’t discern anything.

Mianmian’s mind, which was on the brink of entering a state of sadness, was suddenly filled with curiosity.

That was rather strange, wasn’t it? Could it be that the big bad snake outside had a change of heart and would release Liao An? Otherwise, how could Liao An’s lifeline remain so long if he was trapped here with them?

Mom had said her talents were given by Grandfather Heaven and that what He granted couldn’t possibly be mistaken, right?

Mianmian pondered and couldn’t help but ask the Snake Demon outside, "Hey, Snake Demon, is Liao An your child? Are you going to refine him into a pill as well?"

Liao Yue was in the middle of watching the charmingly beautiful girls serving him wine and dancing when he suddenly heard Mianmian speaking and responded with a laugh, "Eating one’s own child is much tastier and more nourishing. Besides, I despise betrayal the most. Him following you here to find me is a death sentence already! Hahaha."

From the sound of it, Liao Yue was in a pretty good mood.

After hearing the response, Mianmian fell silent.

Liao An, on the other hand, smirked ironically and said coldly, "I thought you were really capable of killing him when I saw you turning beans into soldiers. Yes, just like he said, many of my brothers and sisters have been cooked and eaten by him."

"He even invited me to partake, but I rejected."

Upon hearing this, Su Chenfei got goosebumps all over, "How could such a thing happen? Eating one’s own children?"

"It’s not unusual among animals," Chu Ye stated coldly, "An animal’s maternal love only exists during the offspring’s infancy for the purpose of reproduction. Once the children grow up and leave the nest, fighting to the death over resources when they meet again is common practice."

"But it still feels so strange," Mianmian said, looking at Liao An’s face, "Am I seeing things wrong? I saw that Liao An wouldn’t die, his life line is so long, but we’re already trapped inside the Divine Farmer’s Cauldron, with no possibility of escape."

"Is the Divine Farmer’s Cauldron really that powerful?" Su Chenfei asked.

Mianmian was about to answer when suddenly Liao Yue’s voice came from outside again, "Hahahaha, the Divine Farmer’s Cauldron is indeed that powerful. It is one of the Ten Great Artifacts of Ancient Times, and by a fateful coincidence, it came into my possession."

"A hundred years ago, some fool who didn’t know the immensity of heaven and earth tried to take me under his wing, but was scared off by my Divine Farmer’s Cauldron. That guy was quite strong, spouting nonsense about how he would become the future master of Heavenly Dao. If he had been refined by the Divine Farmer’s Cauldron, my strength would have escalated further."

Triumphant pride filled Liao Yue’s tone as he took a sip of wine and continued, "You must have used invisibility charms on yourselves, the Jiang Family’s items that can hide your scent and figure. But you have no idea that the entire Underground Palace is essentially the Divine Farmer’s Cauldron and the moment you walked in, you were detected by my senses."

After hearing Liao Yue’s explanation, Su Chenfei still had little sense of reality.

He only knew about ghosts and the mysterious magic of the Dark Sect after meeting Little Auntie. It hadn’t been long since their acquaintance, and already divine artifacts were involved; now, they were trapped inside one, about to be refined into pills and meet a grim end.

Frankly, this was much more thrilling than acting in the Entertainment Circle for a lifetime then retiring.

"I never imagined I’d die by turning into a pill and being eaten by a damn Snake Demon," Su Chenfei muttered as he leaned towards Chu Qi, "Brother Chu, what do you think?"

Chu Qi: ...

The handsome man, who had been silent for a while, glanced at Su Chenfei and suddenly asked Chu Ye a question he had been pondering since earlier, "If we die here, do you think mom would remarry and have another child?"

Chu Ye: ...

"No," Chu Ye replied softly to his dad. "Mom would just be very sad, very upset."

Chu Ye had always been aware that his dad loved his mom, and his mom loved his dad, and that both parents loved him too. If they died, it would be impossible for his mom to start another family.

Chu Qi said, "Alright, then we can’t die. We can’t die for mom’s sake, either!"

Chu Ye, thinking that his dad had some hidden strategies after hearing this, eagerly looked to him.

But what he heard next was his dad saying, "Little Auntie, would you mind checking your bag again to see if there are any other treasures you haven’t taken out?"

"There’s nothing left. Mom said the best treasure is this Sword, but even this Sword can’t destroy the Divine Farmer’s Cauldron," Mianmian’s voice lost its earlier crispness and was filled with sadness, "We might really end up as pills."

Upon hearing Mianmian’s admission of no more treasures, Su Chenfei suddenly remembered being hooked by the Soul-hooking Rope the night before and asked, "Little Auntie, isn’t there another treasure?"

While speaking, Su Chenfei gestured with a throwing motion, hinting to Mianmian with his eyes.

Mianmian then remembered the Soul-hooking Rope given by Uncle Judge and took it out of the small bag, saying despondently, "This is no use either, the Divine Farmer’s Cauldron can refine our souls along with us."

In the midst of speaking, perhaps out of habit from tossing the Soul-hooking Rope the night before, Mianmian casually threw it out.

When the Soul-hooking Rope touched the edge of the Divine Farmer’s Cauldron and was pulled back by Mianmian, it surprisingly had a palm-sized, white and tender baby clinging to it.

The baby was asleep with its eyes closed, looking incredibly cute with its chubby appearance.

Mianmian froze for a moment, tilting her head curiously at the baby.

The Soul-hooking Rope, meant to grab souls. A Medicine Cauldron like the Divine Farmer’s Cauldron, possessing a soul?