sinovels Chapter 961: Alive
Chapter 961: Alive
Another month has passed.
Shuang'er is about to give birth.
Shuang'er's delivery was much smoother than Luo Sheng's. Ling Shuang's constitution made her pregnancy symptoms very mild, and the delivery was exceptionally smooth, taking less than half an hour from the onset of labor to the birth of the child.
The child is a son.
Shuang'er named him Lin Han, saying she hoped he would be as resilient as frost and as pure as ice.
Lin Qiye looked at his son in the swaddling clothes, then at Shuang'er, who lay pale on the bed beside him, and secretly breathed a sigh of relief. His third pregnancy, and both mother and child were safe. The system's feedback flooded into his body, carrying the vibrant life force of the newborn.
Lin Qiye closed his eyes and sensed it for a while.
That power surged through his meridians, breaking through the shackles within his body.
He could feel that he was getting closer and closer to breaking through that invisible barrier.
……
A few days later.
Suddenly, a muffled groan came from inside the house.
The sound was short and sharp, as if she had been jolted by something, followed by her suppressed breathing.
Lin Qiye stepped out of the room and saw Manji squatting in the courtyard, one hand supporting her on the ground and the other hand pressing against her stomach. Veins bulged on her forehead, clearly indicating that she was enduring excruciating pain.
"Something's not right." Shuang'er squatted down next to Manji, placing one hand on her wrist, her brows furrowed. "The fluctuations in the source energy within her body are too intense. The fetus is consuming the source energy within her body at a speed that exceeds her recovery ability."
Barbarian Princess gritted her teeth and said in a muffled voice, "I'm fine, I can hold on."
Lin Qiye walked over, squatted down in front of the Barbarian Princess, and reached out to transfer a wisp of black and red Blood Demon Power into her body. As soon as the Blood Demon Power entered the Barbarian Princess's meridians, it quickly enveloped the rampaging Origin Qi, stabilizing it, and then separated a portion to nourish the Barbarian Princess's excessively damaged meridians.
The Barbarian Princess's breathing gradually calmed down. She raised her head and looked at Lin Qiye: "Thank you."
"Don't speak, focus on stabilizing your breathing." Lin Qiye's words were concise, and the output of the Blood Demon Power increased even more.
Barbarian Princess gritted her teeth, closed her eyes to regulate her breathing, and gradually tamed the remaining rampaging source energy in her body.
Her ancient beast bloodline roared within her, like a ferocious beast unwilling to be suppressed, wanting to break free of all restraints. But the suppressive power of the Blood Demon was stronger, and the rampaging source energy gradually became docile under the cleansing power of the Blood Demon.
It took almost half an hour for the Barbarian Princess's breathing to finally stabilize.
She let out a long breath and opened her eyes to look at Lin Qiye: "I've stabilized."
Lin Qiye nodded, withdrew his hand, and stood up: "Don't move around too much during this time, just focus on resting and taking care of your pregnancy."
The Barbarian Princess nodded without arguing.
Seeing her obedient appearance, Lin Qiye felt a little more at ease.
Her forced composure just now reminded him of the time when Luo Sheng gave birth to her first child.
They both had the same pale faces, the same rampaging of their inner energy, and the same stubborn refusal to utter a sound.
Luo Sheng almost died on the delivery bed.
If he hadn't bought back the top-grade Yuanqing Pill from the Bone Ruins in time, it would have been questionable whether the child could have been saved.
While the situation of the Barbarian Princess has stabilized for the time being, no one can guarantee that nothing unexpected will happen later.
Her ancient beast bloodline was far too domineering, and the fetus was frantically absorbing source energy in the womb at a rate far exceeding that of an ordinary fetus. Even if she suppressed it now with the power of the Blood Demon, the possibility of the source energy going berserk during childbirth was still very high.
Lin Qiye stood in the courtyard, silent for a long time.
He can't take that risk.
Shuang'er came out of the house and saw him standing in the courtyard in a daze, so she paused slightly.
"Still worried about the Barbarian Princess?"
Lin Qiye did not deny it.
Shuang'er walked to his side and handed him the medicine: "She's alright now. I checked her again just now, and the fetal breathing has stabilized."
Lin Qiye took the medicine but didn't drink it. He just held it in his hand, looking at the slightly rippling dark red liquid in the bowl.
"The same situation happened when Luo Sheng gave birth to her first child."
Shuang'er was stunned for a moment.
Lin Qiye continued, "At that time, the child had an excess of source energy in his body, which suppressed his source bones, and he almost didn't survive. It was only after I went to the Bone Ruins to buy the Source Cleansing Pill that I was able to pull him back from the brink of death."
He paused, raised his head, and looked at the gray sky above the distant wall, which appeared to be fragmented.
"Manji's situation is different from Luo Sheng's. She has the bloodline of an ancient behemoth, and her speed of absorbing source energy is much faster than that of an ordinary fetus. Even if she is stable now, there is still a possibility that something might go wrong when she gives birth."
Shuang'er was silent for a moment, then asked, "Do you want to go to the Bone Ruins again?"
Lin Qiye nodded.
"It's better to be prepared. This time, I'll buy some high-grade pregnancy-stabilizing medicines and Qi-stabilizing pills. Just in case something unexpected happens, we won't be caught off guard."
Shuang'er looked at him, a complex expression flashing in her clear eyes.
"The Bone Ruins are dangerous; you were seriously injured last time you went there."
"I know."
"Are you still going?"
Lin Qiye turned his head and looked at her.
"I can't watch anything happen to them."
Shuang'er opened her mouth, wanting to say something, but found that she couldn't utter any words of rebuttal.
She hadn't been here long, nor had she spent much time with Lin Qiye. But she could sense that although this man was usually quiet, direct, and even somewhat domineering, he genuinely cared for his own people.
She was silent for a moment, then finally nodded: "Then be careful."
Lin Qiye hummed in agreement and turned to walk into the house.
Just as he reached the door, Luo Sheng came out carrying the child. Seeing his hurried appearance, she was slightly taken aback: "Are you going out?"
"Let's go to the Bone Ruins."
Luo Sheng frowned immediately: "Go to the Bone Ruins now? Didn't you say Lei Sha's people are still watching you?"
"Don't worry." Lin Qiye took out a gray-black cloak from the cabinet.
Luo Sheng fell silent.
She watched as Lin Qiye put on his cloak, pulled the hood down, and covered most of his face.
Luo Sheng sighed softly, took out a small bone talisman from her bosom, and handed it to him.
"This is an invisibility talisman I crafted in the Asgard universe. Although its effectiveness is greatly reduced in the original universe, it can at least help you conceal some of your presence."
Lin Qiye took the bone talisman and touched the warm bone surface with his fingertips. He could feel a very faint fluctuation of Origin Qi flowing inside the talisman, like a thin layer of mist that blurred the surrounding atmosphere.
He carefully put away the bone talisman and whispered, "I'll be back as soon as possible."
"Hmm." Luo Sheng didn't say anything more, but stepped back to make way for him.
As Lin Qiye reached the door, a very soft call suddenly came from behind him.
"Lin Qiye".
He turned around.
Luo Sheng stood by the door frame, holding the child in her arms. The light was against her back, so her expression was not visible.
"Come back alive."