“It’s fine,” Lu Chenxing said with a slight smile and a shake of his head. “Just leave her to me.”
Although the child in his arms felt light, Lu Chenxing truly felt the weight of a life.
Before picking up this child, he subconsciously found many excuses to save her. He told himself, “I can’t just stand by and do nothing,” “I must help the weak,” “I am a transmigrator born under the red flag and raised in the spring breeze,” and “She can’t find her parents either.”
But after finding many excuses, when he picked up the little girl, he realized that he wasn't saving her for these reasons, but simply because he wanted to.
Everything he did was because he wanted to do it, so he did it. Whether it was saving a drowning child in his previous life or selling cards to Zhan Wushuang and the military at cost, it all stemmed from his true intentions.
Even though he paid the price of his life to save people in his previous life, he never regretted it, at most he only regretted not being able to survive.
With this thought, Lu Chenxing felt his mind become even clearer. In the mental world within his mind, the immortal stone emitted a radiant glow, making his mental world appear more transparent and significantly increasing the influence of Spiritual Sense on his mental world and magic.
Feeling the change in himself, Lu Chenxing smiled slightly, reaching out to brush aside the messy, dusty hair on the little girl's head, revealing a dirty little face. Her complexion was pale, and her lips were also pale.
On her small face, her brows were slightly furrowed, and in the center of her forehead was a faint golden pattern, appearing and disappearing as if it were a birthmark. At the same time, Lu Chenxing also saw the foreign race features Lei Tai had mentioned.
On both sides of her forehead, there were two small bumps. Although they hadn't fully grown out yet, it was clear that they were a pair of horns that had yet to emerge.
Seeing that Lu Chenxing seemed serious, Lei Tai couldn't help but look at the other four people he was more familiar with. Zhan Wushuang shrugged, “If he wants to raise her, let him. Anyway, Loshen City is relatively far, and there are quite a few cultists. The Huan Yao Divine Envoy hasn’t been caught yet.”
Seeing Zhan Wushuang say this, Lei Tai then looked at Song Lijie, who also smiled gracefully, “Boss Lu is currently only a seconded official in the military and has a cooperative relationship with the military. I have no right to interfere with his decisions.”
“Besides, I don’t think Boss Lu is interested in developing a career in the military.”
As he spoke, Song Lijie looked at Lu Chenxing, who merely smiled slightly.
Seeing this, Lei Tai sighed, “Alright, since that’s the case, I won’t persuade you any further. It’s just a pity, I still wanted to be colleagues with Boss Lu!”
At this moment, Dan Qiuchan had already leaned in, curiously peeking at the dirty little girl in Lu Chenxing’s arms, “She’s so tiny! And so dirty. If Lei Tai hadn’t said she was a little girl, I wouldn’t have even known.”
Seeing that Lei Tai had nodded, Lu Chenxing immediately took action and cast a Probing Technique on the little girl.
The results of the Probing Technique quickly came back: “Hunger (Normal),” “Weakness (Debuff),” “Faint (Debuff),” “XX Physique (?)”
Lu Chenxing was not surprised by the first three conditions; what surprised him was the last one, which seemed to be unidentifiable, and it even had a question mark after it, something that had never happened before.
The basic logic of the Probing Technique had been upgraded from a Tier 1 form, which could only detect the target's status, to a Tier 2 form, which could perform a comprehensive assessment of the target.
Although the comprehensiveness was stronger, for the most part, it still only allowed for the detection of the target's current status. For some unidentifiable targets, such as Zhan Wushuang and others, probing them would yield no results because the power gap was too large.
But this was the first time he had seen information returned in a garbled format.
However, he didn't have time to delve into it now; he could only make a mental note of it and then suppress it, before beginning to treat the little girl.
Although these states had been identified and could be dispelled with a Dispelling Technique, Lu Chenxing did not do so. If he were to dispel them rashly, it might cause further harm to the weak child.
So he extended one hand and chanted, “Spiritual spring purifies the meridians, Azure Emperor molds the bones, bright light forges the soul—Three Powers Revolve, Withered Wood Revives!”
The incantation was, of course, made up, but the effect was similar: using water, wood, and light elements to work together, serving to replenish, heal, and coordinate, combined with the power of the Hope rule of the light element, to achieve an excellent healing effect.
This type of spell might be a unique skill in someone else's hands, but in Lu Chenxing's hands, it was just a common spell, easily summoned and dismissed. It was only because they were on the street and several big shots were watching that he didn't add the life element, which would have made the effect even better.
As the three-colored light shone, the spell began to take effect. The little girl's lips gradually regained their color, her tightly furrowed brows relaxed, and her previously weak breathing slowly returned to normal.
“Tsk, tsk, tsk, Boss Lu, your three-element fusion healing spell is truly extraordinary!” Long Qifeng, who had been mostly silent, exclaimed again at this moment.
Seeing this, Lei Tai sighed again, expressing regret that they had missed out on such a talent and that Lu Chenxing should have joined the military.
Lu Chenxing, however, smiled and shook his head, “President Long, don’t flatter me so much. This is just a small spell.”
“Oh, you’re being too modest! Let alone Tier 2, even at Tier 5 or 6, being able to easily fuse three different elements into a spell is very rare! And for healing spells, it’s even rarer!” President Long said, stroking his beard with a sigh.
“Alright, alright, stop complimenting each other here and let’s hurry to the secret realm!” Dan Qiuchan quickly said, then extended her hand to Lu Chenxing, “Come, give me this little one, I’ll hold her for you!”
“She’s a bit dirty,” Lu Chenxing reminded her.
“It’s fine, it’s fine. We were much dirtier than her on the battlefield!”
Lu Chenxing saw the excitement and curiosity in Dan Qiuchan’s eyes and knew that she probably had never held a child before. The little girl’s fragile appearance at the moment likely stirred her maternal instincts.
“Okay, then I’ll trouble Qiuchan Jie,” Lu Chenxing said with a grateful smile, his words bringing them a little closer. He was about to enter the secret realm and couldn’t bring the child with him.
He carefully handed over the already sleeping little girl, while cautioning, “Qiuchan Jie, be careful. You’re strong, so don’t be too rough.”
“Oh, oh.” Dan Qiuchan carefully took the little girl, feeling the light, airy sensation, and unconsciously sighed, “Ah, she’s so light.”
She was a body cultivator to begin with, and her strength was great. The child's weight, which felt light to Lu Chenxing, was like a piece of paper to her.
Having never held a child before, she seemed a bit flustered, but with Lu Chenxing's brief guidance, she quickly understood how to hold a child.
“Boss Lu, you know quite a lot!” Long Qifeng, who had originally intended to help guide her, was momentarily surprised. He had grandchildren, so he knew how to hold a baby, but Lu Chenxing knew too?
Lu Chenxing smiled without answering. He couldn't possibly tell Long Qifeng that he had unconsciously learned this while scrolling on his phone in his previous life.