Chapter 179: Chapter 177: The Colorful Little Guy_1
"I feel that Ah Ran has just made another breakthrough."
As Mu Huanqing spoke, she withdrew her palm from his chest and took off the straw hat on top of her head. Her white hair cascaded down, complementing her stunningly beautiful face, exuding an indescribable allure.
"I only broke through less than three minutes ago. Have you been standing outside this whole time?" Fang Ren said.
"Yeah, after Xiao Xi went back to his room to sleep, I wanted to come into your room, but you just closed your eyes and started to cultivate. And I could sense that your Realm was very unstable, showing signs of a breakthrough at any moment, so I didn't disturb you," Mu Huanqing explained.
"You could've come in anyway; the little guy recognizes you," Fang Ren said as he pulled Qianye over to his side, pinching its little face with a smile.
As soon as Mu Huanqing saw the adorable Qianye, she couldn't help but pat its head with her palm and laughingly said, "Does it always protect you like this during your breakthroughs?"
"Hee ha hee ha!"
Qianye nuzzled her hand with its face, showing off a silly grin.
It seemed that ever since Mu Huanqing became pregnant, Qianye began to grow fond of her. She remembered that the first time they met, Qianye only liked to climb all over Fang Ren.
"Yes, otherwise the walls around us might have been blown away during the breakthrough," Fang Ren said.
"Speaking of which, right after I sensed your breakthrough, I felt an up-and-down fluctuation. It seemed like you were about to break through again," Mu Huanqing observed as she looked at him.
Fang Ren laughed, "This little guy says I'm now at the Half-step Leisure Cloud Realm, so that's probably why there's a sense of fluctuation."
"Half-step Leisure Cloud Realm?"
Mu Huanqing was astonished again, "You've just broken through and you're breaking through again, and to achieve two consecutive breakthroughs at this Realm?"
"Can't help it. Perhaps it's just heaven's pity for lovers in this world, wanting me to be with you," Fang Ren said.
"It's clearly your own exceptional talent, yet you won't admit it," Mu Huanqing retorted with a glance.
While they were talking, Qianye had already crawled onto Mu Huanqing's abdomen, gleefully 'hee-ha-ing' non-stop towards it.
"What's going on with it?" Mu Huanqing watched, dumbfounded, as Qianye crawled on her belly.
After listening to the little guy for a while, Fang Ren spoke with a smile, "It's talking to our child."
"Really?"
Mu Huanqing laughed, holding Qianye tenderly in her palms. Its cuteness had completely won her over.
"Hee ha hee ha?"
Held by Mu Huanqing, Qianye kept gazing at her belly, still uttering incomprehensible words.
"It really is talking to the child."
Mu Huanqing looked at such a spirited little creature and her fondness only grew.
Hum—
Just then, a faint and colorful light emerged from Mu Huanqing's belly, unraveling gently like a ribbon.
Both were stunned by the sight; the aura was neither Mu Huanqing's nor Fang Ren's, but originated from a third life.
Yet it was just a fetus of over a month old, and according to the human fetal form, at this stage, the fetus might still just be a clump of blood. Although it already bore life, it had not truly shaped up, so how could it emit energy?
As the two of them stood in amazement, the weak colorful light converged into a bean-sized orb of light in Mu Huanqing's palm.
"This is..."
"Hee ha hee ha!"
Qianye hurriedly sat down beside the colorful bean, wearing a naïve smile as it observed the tiny orb.
Whoosh—
Suddenly, the five-colored light on the bean dispersed, and something smaller than a bean was lying in Mu Huanqing's palm.
Upon closer inspection, they discovered that the little creature was remarkably similar to Qianye. It had a body comprising six spherical parts: one for the head, four representing limbs, and the last one being the torso.
However, unlike Little Qianye, this little fellow was not gray but multicolored, and its size was extremely, extremely small.
Fang Ren and Mu Huanqing just stared blankly, without any movement for the moment.
"Wowya...
The multicolored little one made a very faint and adorable sound, as tiny as a mosquito's buzz.
"Heiha heiha!"
Little Qianye gently picked up the multicolored little one with its two round spherical arms, and a gray aura burst from the gray halo atop its head into the multicolored little one's body.
"Wowya!"
All of a sudden, the multicolored little one seemed to be filled with vitality, its very, very small face sporting a smile sillier than Little Qianye's.
Hum—
Subsequently, a silver halo began to gather above the head of the multicolored little one, just like the gray halo above Little Qianye's head, not connected to the scalp but hovering in midair.
"Nine Heavens Immortal Qi!"
As soon as Mu Huanqing saw the halo above the little one's head, she was completely stunned; this multicolored little one actually bore the scent of her Spiritual Root.
"Spirit Form? What... What's going on?"
Fang Ren was even more bewildered. The fetus wasn't even properly formed yet, so how did it suddenly possess a Spirit Form?
"Heiha heiha!"
Little Qianye held the multicolored little one with its two round spherical arms and carried it closer to Fang Ren's face, its mouth continuously making happy chirping noises.
"This…"
Fang Ren looked puzzled and cautiously extended his hand to catch the bean-sized multicolored little one, afraid that it might fall and get hurt.
The moment he touched the multicolored little one, he felt a very strong sense of closeness in his heart, as if it were a part that had separated from his own body, a feeling almost identical to the one he had for Little Qianye.
"Wowya..."
This multicolored little one, like Little Qianye, enjoyed shouting, its face wearing a silly smile as it continuously rubbed Fang Ren's palm with its head, looking incredibly endearing.
"What's going on here..." Fang Ren became more and more bewildered.
"Heiha heiha heiha!"
At that moment, Little Qianye extended two branches from the top of its head, and on one branch, it carved a line of characters.
Both Fang Ren and Mu Huanqing were stunned after looking at the characters.
The meaning conveyed in Little Qianye's characters was exactly the same as what they had just guessed: this multicolored little bean was, unbelievably, the Spirit Form within Fang Ren and Mu Huanqing's child!
"But the child has not even taken human form yet..." Mu Huanqing said, dumbfounded.
"Heiha heiha!"
Little Qianye carved another line of characters on a piece of paper, suggesting that a powerful Spirit Form would be born at the moment of life's inception, emerging with its master to ensure their safety.
The two looked at the characters carved by Little Qianye, then at the multicolored little one in Fang Ren's palm, their hearts filled with complete awe.
If what Little Qianye said was true, then this multicolored little one was far stronger than the Spirit Forms of both Mu Huanqing and Fang Ren.
After all, when Fang Ren and Mu Huanqing were born, they did not have Spirit Forms, and it was only after growing slowly that their Spirit Forms gradually emerged and awakened.
However, at this time, the awe in Fang Ren's heart was definitely much greater than that in Mu Huanqing's.
After all, he knew well the wonders of Little Qianye. If this multicolored little one was even stronger than Little Qianye, then what abilities might it possess?
Trees laden with fruit? Ready for the master to pluck at will?
That would be a bit too miraculous, wouldn't it?
Such things shouldn't be possible... right?