Chapter 9: Exterminate the Little Demon on the Spot

Pomelo skin is sour and bitter.

The taste is also slightly astringent, and it can’t be considered delicious at all.

If this were his first time trying it, Dongri would definitely not eat this kind of fruit.

But pomelos had truly saved his life.

When he felt like he was about to starve to death, it was pomelos that allowed him to have several good meals and snatched him back from the hands of the god of death.

Even though that period had passed, the sour, bitter, and slightly astringent taste of pomelo skin remained in his memory, becoming a special symbol that he could recall.

So he could completely accept this taste and even detect an unusual sweetness in it.

He also remembered that he had gnawed on bamboo shoots like this.

Fresh, large bamboo shoots with the scent of soil, heavy in his arms, peeling off the outer shell covered in dirt, and inside was the white and plump bamboo shoot meat.

Some bamboo shoots were tough to bite, hard to chew, and made his tongue feel uncomfortable, while others were particularly tender, moist, sweet, and delicious.

While he was feeling emotional about these difficult days in the past, the boy’s question exploded in his ears like a thunderclap.

“Baobao, are you not human?”

The tone sounded incredibly calm, but it pierced Dongri’s deepest secret directly.

He almost couldn’t hold the big pomelo in his arms, and the half-chewed pomelo skin nearly choked Dongri to death.

After swallowing with difficulty, he began to deny it in a flustered, helpless, and full-of-holes manner: “…I, I am human, I am a little human…”

The boy smiled: “Humans don’t eat pomelos like that.”

“…”

The little gluttonous baby didn’t know how humans ate pomelos.

He had never eaten pomelos in front of his Papa and Daddy, so he didn’t know how unconventional his way of eating pomelos was.

Of course, if he were a little smarter, he could have further reasoned according to the boy’s logic: since humans don’t eat pomelos like this, then seeing him eating in this way, humans wouldn’t accept it as calmly as the boy, without any surprise.

But the little gluttonous baby couldn’t reason that far for the time being.

At the moment when the truth was revealed, the overly flustered emotions only made him feel hot all over, starting from his chest.

An unprecedented, terrifying thought rushed out from the depths of his mind—to bite through the boy’s throat with his teeth.

Since his teeth were so sharp, he should use them to bite through his throat.

That way, he wouldn’t be able to speak and would never reveal his secret.

…

There was no shortage of restaurants around the hospital.

From breakfast to snacks, from chain fast food to specialty desserts, convenience stores and fruit stores were everywhere, every few steps.

Yin Tian was here to buy breakfast.

He wasn’t sure what the child liked to eat the most, because the child seemed to like everything, so he bought a little of everything.

In the end, he was carrying five or six takeout bags in one hand, and he realized he had bought too much when he felt the weight.

However, based on his usual observations, the child should be able to eat it.

That kid was really a big eater.

When they first picked up Dongri, they were surprised by the child’s enormous appetite. At that time, they believed it was due to his long status as a stray and likely starvation, so they found it understandable that he tended to binge eat.

However, later they found that the child could eat a considerable amount every day, and his appetite was comparable to that of an adult, or even better.

Afraid that the child would get sick from overeating, Dong Mian began to control the little guy’s daily food intake. Still, it was utterly useless because the child would try to steal food in every possible way, and he could easily find it no matter where it was hidden.

He had even gotten used to it.

Maybe he was just a child with a hearty appetite and a strong stomach by nature; after all, he had been eating like this for two months and hadn’t seen him make himself sick.

“Why did you come out? What are you doing here?”

At the entrance of the hospital, Yin Tian, who had bought breakfast, met Dong Mian, who had just returned from home.

Dong Mian’s principle was to be flexible and adaptable.

He didn’t want to use magic too much in the human world and was ready to do his best to blend into the lives of ordinary people. Still, the little guy was unwell and confused, and he felt anxious, so he teleported directly home, got dressed, and then teleported to the hospital entrance.

Yin Tian raised the food in his hand: “That kid said he was hungry, so I came out to buy him some breakfast.”

“Buying so much?”

“It’s just enough to fill the cracks for that little thing.”

“…”

Dong Mian paused, unable to refute.

The little guy was really a big eater.

Yin Tian said, “He’s like a little pig every day, either eating or on the way to eating.”

“Don’t say that about him.” Dong Mian frowned, “He’s still so young, and he was so hungry before… It’s normal for him to feel insecure about food now that he can finally eat his fill.”

Yin Tian chuckled: “You’re protecting him so tightly, I can’t even say a word?”

“…”

It was difficult to imagine that an ancient demon would be jealous of a human cub just a few years old.

Dong Mian directly avoided it, pretending not to hear.

Then he asked the most crucial question: “So you just came out like this? Leaving Riri alone in the ward?”

“Yeah.”

“…How can you leave a child alone there?”

“The hospital is very safe, right? Several nurses are watching outside.” Yin Tian didn’t think there was anything wrong. “And I told that kid not to leave the ward, where else can he run to?”

“…That’s true.”

Having never been human, let alone having raised a child, a somewhat rough little immortal, and a very rough ancient demon, represents that level of child-rearing.

“Anyway, let’s go back quickly, don’t let Riri wait anxiously.”

“Okay.”

The two walked forward side by side, but after taking only a few steps into the hospital, Yin Tian suddenly stopped, his expression instantly becoming solemn.

“There’s the aura of a little demon here.”

Before Dong Mian could ask, Yin Tian directly opened his mouth and hit the nail on the head.

“This aura gives me a terrible feeling.”

“The little demon is here?”

He didn’t expect that the little demon they had been searching for in vain would now coincidentally appear in the hospital.

“What’s wrong with his aura? Can you confirm his location?”

“He has murderous intent.”

“…”

“As long as this murderous intent doesn’t disappear, I can know where he is.”

“Then let’s go find the little demon now!”

This was the primary reason they came to the human world, and it was also the most important task, to which anything else had to take a back seat.

Yin Tian said in a deep voice: “Let’s go.”

Although according to Yin Tian’s selfish desires, he didn’t want to exterminate the little demon right then and there.

However, recalling the situation he had encountered the previous night, Yin Tian felt a little strange at the moment.

The little demon possessed a skill that could be considered a cheat: not only could he perfectly hide his own aura, but sometimes, to possess others better, he would also conceal the aura of the host.

For example, when possessing a monster, he would hide all the monster’s demonic energy, making it look no different from an ordinary human.

As the sole being capable of sensing the little demon’s location, Yin Tian could only detect it in two specific situations.

One was like last night, when the little demon was in a state of severe weakness.

Then, the power consumption when changing possession targets was excessive, and it was insufficient to support him in concealing his aura, which would lead to a period of aura leakage.

The second was what was happening now, when the little demon had murderous intent towards other creatures, his aura would uncontrollably radiate outwards.

The reason Yin Tian felt strange was that he had noticed the aura last night was different from the one he was experiencing now.

Logically speaking, there shouldn’t be any difference.

It was just one little demon. How could he emit two kinds of smells at the same time?

Unless there were two little demons.

That seemed even more impossible.

Judging by the aura, it was definitely the same little demon.

But last night, he was still in a state of severe weakness, and his aura was faint. How could he have murderous intent today, and his aura be so strong?

One kind of truth and another kind of truth were beating each other wildly, and even an ancient demon would feel puzzled and want to see it with his own eyes and sort it out.

What exactly was going on?

It couldn’t be that the little demon was seriously injured, but his skills had been upgraded and improved, right?

“Over here.”

The two strode through the hospital.

Fortunately, the hospital was crowded everywhere, and everyone was busy attending to their own affairs, so no one noticed their rapid movement.

“The aura stopped here.”

The time before and after was definitely no more than two minutes; fortunately, they were fast enough, and before the little demon’s aura disappeared, they successfully pinpointed the location of the ward he was in.

“…It’s actually in the ward, could it be that the little demon’s possessed target is hospitalized? Or is he looking for a possession target in the hospital, so that even if the other person dies, it won’t cause too much suspicion?”

Dong Mian thought this guess was very likely.

Not only was it convenient for the little demon to replace targets at any time, but it wouldn’t cause too much chaos.

It’s no wonder they couldn’t find him for so long.

“…Wait, isn’t that Riri’s ward in front?”

Having only been here once, Dong Mian hadn’t remembered the way clearly, and it took him a while to recognize that this was on the same floor as Dongri’s ward.

The little demon was actually so close to them.

He should be exterminated immediately.

This time they were fortunate to discover him in time; otherwise, the little demon would have nearly possessed Dongri.

“Exterminate him on the spot, right?” Yin Tian asked, “Then it doesn’t matter if we accidentally injure others, little immortal?”

“What does accidental injury matter? Even if we accidentally kill someone, it doesn’t matter to me.” Dong Mian said solemnly, “Exterminating the little demon is of utmost importance.”

“Don’t worry, I won’t accidentally kill you, I wouldn’t bear to.” Yin Tian hooked the corner of his mouth, “But with you saying that, I can rest assured to make a move.”

He raised one hand, preparing to directly push open the door, and spiritual power had already condensed in the palm of the other hand, bursting out with a scarlet flash that tore through the air.

As long as he continued to condense it, Yin Tian could quickly draw a nearly two-meter-long spear blade from it.

This was a soul weapon that gathered all his life’s spiritual power and lived and died with him.

Not to mention exterminating a little demon, even killing gods and Buddhas was just a matter of reaching out.

Just one strike.

As long as the long spear pierced the little demon’s skin, it could instantly make him vanish into thin air, crushing his bones and scattering his ashes.

But Yin Tian hesitated internally, and his movements lacked decisiveness.

Because, compared to exterminating the little demon, he was more curious about what had caused the little demon’s aura to change.

It was these few seconds of hesitation that prevented him from making a move immediately after pushing open the door, allowing him to see what the little cub running out looked like.

It was Dongri.

The scarlet flash in the other palm quickly disappeared, and Dong Mian, who was following behind Yin Tian, was instantly filled with disbelief.

Wasn’t this the room where the little demon was?

Why was Dongri inside? Shouldn’t he be staying in his own ward?

“Riri?!” Dong Mian was shocked. “Why are you here?”