The strange sight before me left me stunned. Could this be the courtesy for an immortal descending to the mortal world?!
I quickly followed the red light into the delivery room. There, I saw several of Lord Lu's old colleagues successively place the gifts they were holding on the little baby that the midwife was attending to.
"Xiao He, do you want to hold little Lu?"
I was just feeling strange. The doulas and doctors who were originally in the delivery room still stood there motionless like wooden dolls. Only a white - clad angel with a slightly hunched back in front of the operating table was busy cleaning the vernix caseosa and amniotic fluid off the little baby.
Hearing my footsteps, she asked without turning her head.
I frowned slightly. The voice was so familiar that it made me want to cry. "Grandma Bai... Grandma Bai?!"
The old woman in the nurse's uniform turned around. A kind smile appeared on her wrinkled face. "Xiao He, it's been a long time!"
"..."
Tears instantly blurred my eyes.
Although the old woman in front of me had a long scar on her face that pulled her face to one side, making it look a bit strange, I recognized her at a glance. She was Grandma Bai who had saved me countless times a hundred years ago!
The scenes of her teaching me magic and leading me through the famine suddenly came back to me clearly, as vivid as if it had happened yesterday.
"Why, still haven't regained your memory?"
Grandma Bai's smile remained, but there was a trace of pity in her expression. "Those villains from the Du family really did a great harm to you kids!"
"... I remember you! I saw it clearly in the Book of Reincarnation!"
I rushed two steps in front of Grandma Bai and tightly grabbed her arm like a child finally seeing a loved one. "Grandma Bai, where have you been all these years?"
"Hey, can you save the catching - up for later?"
Although Chen Daoyi had achieved the fruit of a judge in the Inspection Department, his expression was still as wretched as ever. Now, only his gift hadn't been placed into the little baby's body. Each of those great judges from the Underworld had brought a magic treasure that could protect Lord Lu Zhidao in the mortal world.
Lu Zhidao was a great god from the Underworld descending to the mortal world. Not to mention those evil creatures that had enmities with his Inspection Department, even his innate spiritual power would be coveted by all evil spirits.
So, hardly any of those righteous gods and immortals in the sky would descend to the mortal world to be reincarnated.
Just like Tang Seng in *Journey to the West*. He had to suffer 81 hardships from the moment he was born, and everyone wanted a piece of his flesh.
Lord Lu, the great judge, had gone through countless lifetimes and accumulated a great deal of merits in the Inspection Department of the Nine Netherworlds. If he decided to descend to the mortal world, he would naturally look for parents with powerful backings!
Lu Xiyu would definitely be a good mother, because her father was Lu Tianchang, a famous master of the Qingwei School. With him around, he could definitely protect his grandson from those evil demons and heretics.
However... the father Lord Lu chose might be a bit of a problem!
Thinking of the terrifying Dharma form that suddenly appeared behind Gu Fancheng, I couldn't help but shiver. Lord Lu was a righteous god. How could he be the child of a powerful evil monster?!
Although I thought so in my heart, I still took the chubby and pink little baby from Grandma Bai. I carefully held the little ball. Before he even had time to open his eyes, he wrinkled his little face and burst into a loud cry.
"Grandma Bai, he doesn't like me!"
I quickly and clumsily returned the little Lord Lu to Grandma Bai. At this time, Chen Daoyi had already pinched a magic formula with both hands and placed a crystal - clear light ball on the little baby's fontanel.
"This is the essence of early wisdom..."
Chen Daoyi's face showed a rare serious look. He pulled his wide robe sleeve with his left hand, and with his right index finger and middle finger together, he pressed the blue - fluorescent little ball into the little baby's head. "I wish my old friend to be enlightened at the age of three, to catch a glimpse of supernatural powers, and to be free from the entanglement of inner demons."
So, these great immortals were also giving good blessings when they gave gifts?
Just like the fairy godmothers in *Cinderella*?!
I glanced at the other three judges and secretly guessed what kind of blessings these guys would give.
Beauty? Love?! Wealth?!
Wrong, wrong!!
I quickly shook my head and threw those absurd ideas from fairy - tale books out of my mind...
Watching the four judge lords finish giving their blessings, the hazy red light gradually disappeared.
Only then did I come to my senses. I looked up to find the little baby's biological parents. I only saw Mr. Gu from Hong Kong beside the delivery bed, slightly bending over and hugging his wife in his arms, gently wiping the sweat from her forehead. The way he seemed oblivious to everyone else really confirmed what Lord Lu had said to me before entering the delivery room.
This father definitely put his wife first!
As for the son... he was just a by - product of love!
"Alright."
Grandma Bai had already cleaned the little baby and dressed him in baby clothes. "Congratulations on little Lu's birth. This life will surely be auspicious and everything will go smoothly!"
After saying the auspicious words, she then carried the little baby to Gu Fancheng and the others. "Xixi, great demon, congratulations to you two. The child is healthy and everything goes well. This old woman has lived up to her mission."
"Thank you, Grandma Bai."
Lu Xiyu took her son and reached out to touch his chubby little face. Strangely enough, the little baby who had been crying "wawa" suddenly stopped crying like it had a sensor switch, and grinned "jiji" with a smile.
"Gu Fancheng, this is our son!"
Lu Xiyu smiled gently, her face full of the radiance of a new mother.
Gu Fancheng finally showed a faint smile on his ice - like face. "Yes, we've been waiting for this child for so long. Let's just call him 'Gu Pan'."
Saying that, Gu Fancheng snapped his fingers. Those frozen doctors and nurses suddenly came to life and continued what they had been doing before.
"Hey, Mrs. Gu, how did you already finish giving birth?"
The female doctor had been doing a prenatal examination on Lu Xiyu. She just had a momentary daze, but the parturient woman was already holding the baby in her arms, and the baby was even dressed.
"Doctor, you forgot. You and the nurse helped me give birth just now!"
Lu Xiyu squinted her eyes and smiled cutely. "Thank you for letting my husband come in to accompany me."
"You're welcome."
The female doctor was still a bit confused. She didn't remember doing any of this at all. But when she turned her head and saw me, she was shocked and grabbed my arm to push me out. "This is a restricted area of the delivery room. Who let you in? Get out, get out quickly!!"
I quickly turned my head to look for Grandma Bai. The delivery room was just that big, and Grandma Bai had already disappeared without a trace.
"Doctor, this is my good friend. You let her in too, saying that having a friend around would help me relax."
Sure enough, Lu Xiyu was also a little fox. She confused the female doctor so much that the doctor murmured and questioned herself. How could she have let so many people in...