Chapter Six Hundred Thirty-Two: Jumping into the Yellow River Wouldn’t Clear It Up
The next day in the Sang family courtyard.
“According to your thoughts.”
Nian Nian and Yan Rouwan sat across from Young Master Sang, both deep in thought after hearing his words: “The real reason for Little Ying You’s illness is that some kind of power is absorbing her life force through her connection with that Eighth Primordial Deity?”
“That’s a bit fantastical, isn’t it? The Causal Lotus is in our hands; even if she is a Primordial Deity, how can she do this without the rules of causality?”
“How would I know?” Young Master Sang shrugged, “I even lean towards the idea that she doesn’t know anything about it herself.”
“Then that’s strange.”
Yan Rouwan’s beautiful brows furrowed: “Only the three of us can wield the rules of causality.”
“But no matter what, we wouldn’t harm Little Ying You.”
The three exchanged glances, sinking into silence once again.
“…Hey, speaking of which.”
Nian Nian suddenly seemed to remember something and muttered to herself: “Actually, there’s one more person who can use the rules of causality…”
“…No. But that makes it even less likely.” Before she finished speaking, she shook her head to reject her own thought.
Seeing that they couldn’t come up with anything for now, Young Master Sang let out a slight sigh and said softly: “Forget it. It’s hard to come up with a result just by thinking.”
“Let’s talk about it if we have any ideas later. There’s a very important matter coming up in a couple of days that we should prepare for.”
Yan Rouwan and Nian Nian both knew what he was referring to.
The First Primordial Deity Conference—at least that’s what Young Master Sang called it.
Marking the one-year anniversary in the Abyss Realm, Young Master Sang needed to give these Primordial Deities an explanation and really take action against them.
“I’ll need you to stay by Little Ying You’s side these next few days.” Young Master Sang looked at Nian Nian and said softly: “Notify me immediately if anything happens.”
“Got it.”
The thought of having to help Young Master Sang take care of a child, especially the ultimate little demon like Little Ying You, made Nian Nian’s pretty face immediately droop.
Seeing her frowning face, Yan Rouwan suddenly teased casually:
“You’re so annoyed right now; do you really not plan on asking Young Master Sang for a child in the future?”
“…I-I don’t want that!”
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In the afternoon, Young Master Sang and Yan Rouwan went to the Demon Cult.
At home, Little Ying and Aunt Yu were preparing dinner in the kitchen, leaving Nian Nian alone in the courtyard watching Little Ying You run around.
Little Ying You seemed to have endless energy, vivaciously darting from one side of the garden to the other, showing no signs of just recovering from a serious illness.
Watching her, Nian Nian couldn’t help but sigh lightly: “Being young is great.”
Before long, Little Ying You ran over to Nian Nian, plopped down in her lap, and said in a cute baby voice:
“Aunt Nian, don’t be sad, let’s play~”
Nian Nian chuckled and asked: “How do you know Aunt is sad?”
Little Ying You blinked her big eyes and tilted her head slightly: “Aunt isn’t happy; it’s written on your face.”
Nian Nian was just about to pat her head and praise her for being such a smart child.
Suddenly, she realized that Little Ying You might mean that literally.
…There might actually be the words “not happy” written on her face.
That was a power she had given her.
It was a gift she gave Little Ying You when she was born. To be precise, it was a right.
The right to wield the All-Knowing and All-Powerful rules.
Although she was still young and did not have the awareness to actively use this power, some basic abilities, like the All-Knowing power Nian Nian used to help Young Master Sang earlier, were available to Little Ying You.
In Little Ying You’s eyes, her face might be saying a big “not happy” right now.
Thinking of this, Nian Nian felt increasingly uneasy.
…The other person who could use the rules of causality, which she hadn’t mentioned to Young Master Sang this morning.
It was Little Ying You.
There was no need for Xu Hongyi; Little Ying You herself actually had the right to use the rules of causality.
However, like with other rules, since she was still so small, she didn’t have the ability to tap into those powers, even the All-Knowing power was passively triggered.
As for the absorption of life force due to the causal threads… Nian Nian thought somewhat anxiously that it shouldn’t be related to Little Ying You.
Yeah.
It definitely has nothing to do with her.
Even if, hypothetically, Little Ying You did connect with Xu Hongyi through the causal threads, why would her life force be drawn away?
“It can’t be that the Primordial Deities are subconsciously devouring each other’s powers, and it ended up affecting Little Ying You,” Nian Nian chuckled at her own absurdity.
“That’d be too ridiculous. Haha.”
“Ha…”
“…No way.”
Watching Nian Nian’s face gradually pale, Little Ying You curiously bit her finger and looked at her.
Nian Nian also stared blankly at Little Ying You for a moment before hurriedly closing her eyes in panic.
She was invoking her All-Knowing power to check Little Ying You’s every move from the past few weeks.
She saw scenes where Little Ying You had been scolded by Zhang Xiaoying for being naughty.
She saw moments even earlier when Little Ying You sat in Zhang Xiaoying’s arms, staring at Xu Hongyi with fascination during the cooking competition at the Sang family.
She saw before that, when Zhang Xiaoying was pregnant, Xu Hongyi had spoken to the yet-to-be-born Little Ying You in the dream courtyard.
…When I meet you, I will gift you something.
You will definitely like it.
“I can’t believe it…” Nian Nian came back to her senses and looked blankly at Little Ying You.
Little Ying You still looked puzzled, blinking her big eyes and saying in her baby voice: “Aunt Nian?”
Nian Nian stared at Little Ying You with complex feelings.
This is it.
How am I supposed to tell Young Master Sang about this?
This really is a case of good intentions gone wrong.
“Who the hell could’ve thought that?”
Nian Nian was both amused and crying: “That Eighth Primordial Deity actually gave a part of their Primordial Soul to Little Ying You?”
The Primordial Soul is indeed eternal and indestructible.
As long as the Primordial Deity doesn’t want to touch it, not even other Primordial Deities can slice their own Primordial Souls.
But wouldn’t you know it, someone actually did.
She saw the person she loved deeply have a child with another woman.
She knew that the person she loved deeply also loved that child.
But that child was just a mortal, not a Primordial Deity.
Unless.
…In fact, everything was fine until here.
But, sadly, Nian Nian had also given Little Ying You the power of All-Knowing and All-Powerful.
With a portion of Xu Hongyi’s Primordial Soul, Little Ying You could already be considered a kind of Primordial Deity. And to top it off, someone had fed her the power of rules.
Only Primordial Deities can devour the power of rules.
Little Ying You unconsciously absorbed the power of rules, but her frail body couldn’t handle this absorption, so instead, it ended up causing her All-Knowing power to be consumed by Xu Hongyi’s Primordial Soul.
Caught in between, Little Ying You became a poor little container.
“This Xu Hongyi.”
“Really, jumping into the Yellow River wouldn’t clarify anything.” Nian Nian said with a bitter smile.
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