The cheat system is useless, but I have the strongest living dad.

The mirror spirit treasure shone it on more than a dozen wine jars, but there was nothing unusual. Even the largest wine jar was full of wine.

The Mirror Spirit Treasure is still searching...

All the large jars have been sifted; they're all filled with alcohol.

The Mirror Spiritual Treasure flew above a small wine jar, and its mirror light shone on the jar, revealing the scene inside. Inside the jar stood a pale-faced child, staring at them with a chilling smile.

Shen Yao was startled and almost cried out. She suppressed the urge to scream and unconsciously gripped Feng Yu's arm tightly.

Feng Yu wielded his sword and slashed at the wine jar. The jar tipped over and rolled away quickly.

The Frost Sword swiftly caught up with the wine jar, slashing through the air and pinning the jar to the courtyard.

He manipulated the mirror to shine a light on the child inside the wine jar, who was gripping the Frost Sword with both hands, gritting his teeth and trying to pull it out.

Feng Yu channeled a burst of ice spiritual energy into the Frost Sword, freezing the wine jar and the child into ice blocks.

Hu Yawu: "Can we kill him?"

Shen Yao: "I wonder if killing it will result in it coming back to life like the one inside."

Feng Yu: "I'll go ask Dad."

Shen Yao pulled him along, saying, "I'll go with you."

The wine jar monster in the Six Directions Array was still howling loudly. Huo Die covered his ears and looked at it with disgust.

Seeing his daughter and son-in-law enter, Huo Die lowered his hand and asked them, "Did you find it?"

Feng Yu: "We found a small wine jar, and inside was a child who looked about the same size as it."

The wine jar monster turned its head, its face now displaying a crying expression as it faced Feng Yu, pleading, "Waaaaah, please let me go, please let me go..."

Huo Die: "How is that child now?"

Feng Yu: "It's frozen solid."

Huo Die: "Bring it in so I can take a look."

Feng Yu stood at the door, controlling the Frost Sword to carry the wine jar to Huo Die's front. The wine jar monster in the Six Directions Array turned its crying face to Huo Die: "Waaaaah, please let me go, please, please let me go, waaaaah..."

The mirror's light shone on the wine jar, revealing the child inside, frozen into an ice cube.

Huo Die pondered for a moment: "Smash all the wine jars outside and take this child to the Song'ao Beast House first."

Feng Yu went out.

Shen Yao felt a chill run down her spine; this child was more terrifying than an ugly, strange beast.

Shen Yao: "Father, are we just going to leave it freezing like this in the animal house?"

Huo Die: "Take it to the beast house and lock it in the Six Directions Realm Array. Every day, use the Divine-level Mind Cleansing Technique on it to help it transcend for forty-nine days."

Shen Yao was very unwilling: "What? I have to use the Mind-Cleansing Technique on it every day?"

Huo Die: "Yes, after forty-nine days, its soul will be released, its body will die, and your spiritual roots will return."

Fine, for the sake of her spiritual root, she has to overcome her psychological fear.

Shen Yao pointed at the Six Directions Array: "What should we do with this giant wine jar monster?"

Huo Die: "Once the wine array is broken, it will be gone. The child in the jar is its true form. The child only transformed into it by using the wine array."

As they were talking, the large wine jar suddenly shattered, and the wine jar monster inside the Six Directions Array turned into blood.

A strong smell of blood wafted over, and Huo Die picked up the Frost Sword carrying a small wine jar and led Shen Yao out the door.

The wine jars in the courtyard had all been smashed by Feng Yu and Hu Yawu. There was no wine left in the jars, only blood on the ground.

The cultivators returned to the Song'ao Beast House. Feng Yu recalled the Frost Sword, and Huo Die cast the Six Directions Boundary Array, sealing the ice wine jar within the array.

As the ice melted, the child poked its head out of the wine jar, its pale face and dark eyes barely visible. It glanced at the child before quickly retreating back into the jar.

Hu Yawu: "Old Man Huo, what exactly is this baby?"

Huo Die: "It is the Ten Spirits Formation, and also the core of the Ten Spirits Formation."

Huo Die sighed and said angrily, "The cultivator who built the array was really vicious. He locked a one-year-old baby in a wine jar from a young age, fed it with the blood of the cultivator every day, raised it for a thousand years, and then trapped it somewhere, using it as the array eye to form the Ten Spirits Array."

"That cultivator must be skilled in blood sacrifice techniques, having harmed countless lives. He uses the Ten Spirits Array to absorb the essence from cultivators' spiritual roots to aid his own cultivation."

“A cultivator who can create this kind of formation must at least have an eight-eight spiritual root.”

The cultivators fell silent for a moment. It was truly despicable to abuse living beings for one's own selfish desires and strength.

Feng Yu: "Father, the Ten Spirits Array can still operate. Are the evil cultivators still alive?"

Huo Die calculated for a moment: "With his breath barely perceptible, his spiritual power exhausted, and his movements inconvenient, he must also be trapped in this secret realm."

Shen Yao: "Is he in this mountain?"

Huo Die: "No, it's far away."

Shen Yao: "If we encounter him, we must kill him!"

Huo Die: "They must be killed."

……

After using the divine-level calming technique on the child, Shen Yao returned to the room, sat astride his lap, buried her head in his shoulder, and sullenly refused to speak.

Feng Yu stroked her head and asked softly, "Were you frightened?"

Shen Yao said with a nasal tone, "Yeah, I was scared."

The scariest thing is a child who is weird or strange, especially one that looks so sinister and terrifying.

Feng Yu gently stroked her head and back, trying to soothe his beloved wife's fear with tenderness: "Don't be afraid, Dad and I are here."

Shen Yao: "I always feel a chill down my spine."

Feng Yu used her fire elemental power to warm her back: "Are you feeling better?"

Shen Yao: "Mm."

Feng Yu continued to warm her back, and Shen Yao felt a warm and comfortable sensation on her back. It was also warm and comfortable to lie in Feng Yu's arms.

The image of the child with the wine jar and his eerie smile keeps popping into my head.

Shen Yao: "Yunhe, do you know about zombies?"

Feng Yu: "What is that?"

Shen Yao looked up at him: "It's a kind of walking corpse infected by a virus. The virus is a kind of toxin. After a cultivator is infected, his body will rot, but he will not die. He will bite any living thing he sees."

Feng Yu: "I've never heard of such a virus in the world."

Shen Yao: "That's not important. Big zombies aren't scary. If you're strong enough, you can kill them in groups."

Shen Yao's tone became more serious, and her speech slowed down: "But once a little brat appears in the zombie horde, basically no one except the protagonist can escape."

Feng Yu asked curiously, "Is it that powerful? How did the protagonist manage to escape?"

Shen Yao said seriously, "If the protagonist can't escape, then the story is over!"

Feng Yu suddenly realized: "You mean... a storybook? The main character (jue)?"

Shen Yao: "Ah, right, the main character." I forgot about their strict pronunciation.

Feng Yu chuckled, pressed her head back onto her shoulder, gently stroked her hair, and said affectionately, "What kind of little zombie in the story book scared you like this?"

Shen Yao sighed deeply: "Sigh...you don't understand."

If you believe it exists, then it truly exists.

Feng Yu leaned close to her ear and whispered, "I don't understand. Tell me more, and I'll understand."

Shen Yao: "Mm."

Let's talk about it later; I don't want to say anything more right now.

Feng Yu suddenly picked her up and pulled her even closer to his chest.

Shen Yao: "What are you doing?"

Feng Yu: "To dispel your fear."

Shen Yao: "I just used the Mind-Cleansing Technique..."

A barrage of kisses rained down on him: "Mmm... whatever."