Extraordinary Soldier King in the City
Chapter 428: Little Pillow (Ninth Update)

Chapter 428: Chapter 428: Little Pillow (Ninth Update)

In ancient times and even now, every cursed infant was truly pitiable. While they were born with immense power, the price they paid for that strength was something ordinary people simply couldn’t bear.

"What should I do now? The witch is dead, my parents are dead, where am I supposed to go? I have no home to return to!"

The cursed infant looked at the elder Daoist with a face full of confusion and asked.

"Do you want to know?" The elder Daoist asked with a slight smile.

"Yes!" The cursed infant quickly nodded.

"Follow him!"

The elder Daoist pointed at Chen Feng and said.

"Him?"

The cursed infant glanced at Chen Feng and was slightly taken aback.

"Yes, don’t be deceived by his current Yellow Rank status. This boy has boundless prospects. As long as you follow him, I guarantee that you will be able to cultivate to great achievements in the future!"

The elder Daoist nodded and spoke with a smile.

"I... can still continue to cultivate?"

The cursed infant’s face was full of astonishment.

It was well-aware of its own physical condition. Born prematurely, it had nearly destroyed its own foundation, and perhaps this life could only remain at the Xuan Rank Early Stage. To attempt to rise higher would be as difficult as scaling the heavens.

So the elder Daoist’s words surprised the cursed infant.

"Of course you can! That golden light just now not only cleansed the demonic nature from your body, allowing you to live like a normal person, but it also healed all your wounds, including your foundation. From now on, you can continue to cultivate, and perhaps stepping into the Heaven Rank or an even higher realm isn’t impossible!"

The elder Daoist said with a smile.

"This... this is too incredible!"

The cursed infant looked at its own body with a face filled with shock and eyes brimming with delight.

"Child, aren’t you going to quickly thank your benefactor? If it weren’t for him using golden light to baptize you, you really wouldn’t have a future!"

The elder Daoist said with a laugh.

"Oh, right!"

The cursed infant nodded, then hurriedly turned towards Chen Feng and said, "Benefactor, please accept a bow from the cursed infant!"

As it spoke, the cursed infant knelt down and kowtowed three times to Chen Feng.

"Stand up, quick!"

Chen Feng hurriedly moved to help the cursed infant up.

"Benefactor, I wish to follow you from now on, if that would be acceptable?"

The cursed infant asked with its big eyes blinking, full of anticipation.

"This..."

Upon hearing this, Chen Feng turned to look at the elder Daoist.

The elder Daoist smiled and stroked his white beard, remaining silent.

But the meaning in his eyes was clear—it was as if he was telling Chen Feng that he had already paved the way for him, and the rest was up to him to decide.

Seeing this, Chen Feng naturally had no more hesitation.

His original intention was to subdue the cursed infant for his own use.

Moreover, the cursed infant now was no longer the same fearsome cursed infant it had been. After the baptism of the golden light, it had become quite endearing and still possessed strength.

To reject such a capable assistant would be foolish, wouldn’t it?

So Chen Feng directly nodded and said with a smile, "Of course, you can, but don’t call yourself a cursed infant anymore; it sounds a bit creepy!"

"What should I call myself then?"

The cursed infant blinked its large eyes, asking with a puzzled face.

"Just call yourself your name from when you were a kid!"

Chen Feng said.

"My name from when I was little, hmm... Little Pillow? I only remember being called Little Pillow!"

The Grudge Baby pondered for a moment and said,

"Little Pillow? That’s pretty good, much better than Grudge Baby. Then, from now on, we’ll call you Little Pillow!" Chen Feng said with a smile.

"En, thank you, benefactor, for the name!"

Little Pillow said very happily.

"Ha ha, everyone’s happy. Chen Feng, I see that you and Little Pillow are fated. Why not take advantage of your good mood and take Little Pillow as your little brother, what do you say?"

The old Taoist said with a smile, and after finishing, he even winked at Chen Feng.

"Er?"

Chen Feng was immediately at a loss for words.

Little brother? He’s much older than me.

Don’t be fooled by Little Pillow’s appearance of being three years old; his actual age is already over forty.

He could be my elder; having him as my little brother, how could I accept that?

However, upon hearing this, Little Pillow was very excited and clapped his hands, saying, "Yay, yay, Pillow has no family, so from now on, the benefactor is Pillow’s family!"

"This... okay then!"

Chen Feng was initially hesitant, but seeing Little Pillow’s happy expression and thinking about Pillow’s tragic backstory, he couldn’t help but soften and nodded in agreement.

"Ha ha, Pillow, quickly kowtow to your brother!"

Seeing this, the old Taoist grinned and said to Little Pillow.

Little Pillow "plop" knelt down before Chen Feng, gave a loud kowtow, and then looked up at Chen Feng, calling out very happily, "Big brother Chen Feng!"

"Ah!"

Chen Feng responded, quickly helping Little Pillow up from the ground.

"Okay, you’ve kowtowed, and you’ve called him brother. Chen Feng, you can’t go back on your word now. If you do, you’ll have to kowtow three more times to return the favor!"

The old Taoist said with a mischievous smile.

Upon hearing this, Chen Feng glared fiercely at the old Taoist, thinking: How come the more I look at this old Taoist, the more he seems like a scammer?

But taking in Little Pillow, Chen Feng didn’t feel reluctant at all inside. Having a brother who was so strong and adorable wasn’t a bad thing.

So Chen Feng didn’t bother to quibble with the old Taoist.

While he was accepting Little Pillow, the battle with the Tianqi Holy Pearl had also come to an end.

Although the Ghostly Blood Skull was somewhat tricky, it ultimately couldn’t escape Tianqi Holy Pearl’s domineering absorption ability and was completely devoured in the end.

And as the Tianqi Holy Pearl absorbed and digested the Ghostly Blood Skull, Chen Feng clearly felt a change in his X-ray vision superpower.

Chen Feng quickly activated his X-ray vision and found that not only had the thickness of the objects he could see through increased once again, but his range of vision had also doubled.

Originally, Chen Feng could only see clearly for five kilometers, but now he could see everything within at least ten kilometers!

The far-sight ability had doubled!

This made Chen Feng very happy.

The only regret was that he hadn’t unlocked any new abilities. He guessed that the yin energy and resentment here weren’t enough to upgrade the Tianqi Holy Pearl.

Without an upgrade to the Tianqi Holy Pearl, new abilities naturally couldn’t be unlocked.

However, Chen Feng wasn’t worried about this.

This was a process that required gradual accumulation. In time, he would gather more True Qi for the Tianqi Holy Pearl to absorb, and it would eventually upgrade!

Although he hadn’t unlocked any new abilities, the trip had been hugely successful for Chen Feng.

Not only had he gained Little Pillow, a powerful Xuan Rank Early Stage assistant, but his X-ray vision had also significantly enhanced.

Clearly, on this trip, Chen Feng had become the biggest beneficiary.

After retracting the Tianqi Holy Pearl back into his body, Chen Feng turned to look at Ma Qi.

This look also made Chen Feng slightly startled.

Because he didn’t know when, Ma Qi had fainted from fear.

But this was also within reason; the scene just now with ghosts and monsters was enough to overwhelm a grown man, let alone a woman.

Although Ma Qi was malicious at heart, after all, she was still a weak woman.