Reborn Divine Doctor: The Abandoned Girl's Legend

Chapter 971: Chapter 31: Demon Ancestor’s Ancestral Power

Outside Yan City No.9, a man stood like a spear.

Beside him, several Yan Yi Envoys surrounded him, ready for action, yet the man’s eyes showed not a trace of fear.

It seemed he had been waiting for a long time, until a figure appeared in front of him, then the man took a small step forward.

”Why have you come?”

Lan Cai’er looked displeased, staring warily at Dao Ge, the man who had entangled her in love and hatred for years.

Dao Ge’s expression was complex as he gazed at Lan Cai’er’s face, the face once bright and attractive now lacked its former roundness; her figure, too, was not as plump as most pregnant women, her nine-month pregnant belly appeared particularly conspicuous.

She wasn’t doing well. She had lost a lot of weight, Yan Jiu... How can you be so irresponsible and leave her alone?

Dao Ge clenched his hand.

He deeply regretted not having come earlier when he first heard of her wedding, and should have taken her back regardless.

Dao Ge’s biggest regret in life was not recognizing his own heart.

Years ago, he thought he didn’t love Lan Cai’er.

But by the time he understood his true feelings, it was already too late.

When he heard she was marrying Yan Jiu, Dao Ge drank heavily for a night; if his good brother Bo Qing hadn’t dragged him off the table, perhaps he would have drunk himself to death.

He left the Demon Cave, abandoned everything, living a life of misery in Xia Capital.

But at that moment, when he heard news of Yan Jiu’s departure, he didn’t hesitate at all, and went to plead with Lan Yingwu and Lady Lan for several months before they relented and sent carriage and horses to fetch Lan Cai’er.

”Cai’er, I’ve come to take you back to Xia Capital.”

Dao Ge said softly.

”I won’t go back, I promised Ling Yue... and Yan Jiu to guard Yan City.”

Lan Cai’er flatly refused.

As a girl with budding feelings, she had loved Dao Ge, resented him, and hated him, thinking she would dream of him coming to fetch her.

But the reality was, she never dreamed of it.

However, after marrying Yan Jiu and his departure, she dreamt of his return every night.

He was like the first time they met, with a rogue-like smile, reaching out a hand to her.

Lan Cai’er now understood, she did not love Dao Ge, she loved Yan Jiu.

Only deep love makes one dream about seeing that person, even if he has left her and the child behind, she doesn’t resent him.

”Why do you persist in this stubbornness? He’s clearly abandoned you and the child.”

Dao Ge tightened his fist and stepped forward, only to be stopped by Yan Che and Aguduo.

”Should I call you Demon Cave Young Master or the Great General of Daxia? General Dao, as long as there’s breath in my body, no one can defy the City Lord’s Wife’s wish and forcibly take her away.”

Yan Che declared with righteous fervor.

”Cai’er, your mother is ill.”

Dao Ge no longer forced her, he simply gave Lan Cai’er a firm look.

”My mother... you’re not lying, are you?”

Lan Cai’er listened, her expression changed slightly.

After marrying Yan Jiu, this matter was a thorn in Lan Yingwu’s side. Last time, when Ye Lingyue had an incident, her parents came with serious expressions to see Ye Lingyue and persuade Lan Cai’er to accompany them back to Xia Capital.

They urged her to forget Yan Jiu, start afresh, and promised the child could bear the Lan surname, raising the child together.

But Lan Cai’er refused to agree; she insisted on returning to Yan City No.9 to keep an eye on everything for Yan Jiu.

Because of this, Lan Yingwu declared he would sever the father-daughter relationship, telling her never to return to Xia Capital.

Lady Lan, unable to persuade, was brought back to Xia Capital by Lan Yingwu, where she fretted endlessly, worrying about her daughter’s health far away, until last month, she couldn’t withstand it and fell severely ill, bedridden since.

”Mother, your daughter has been unfilial.”

Upon hearing this, Lan Cai’er’s face was already wet with tears.

Yan Che and Aguduo exchanged glances.

”Sister Cai’er, perhaps you should return to Xia Capital first; Yan City has me and Yan Che.”

Aguduo knew Lan Cai’er was very filial, and she was deeply upset over clashing with the Lan couple.

Now that Ye Lingyue has resurfaced, a burden in Lan Cai’er’s heart is now lifted.

Yan City No.9 lacks people experienced in caring for women in labor; even a good midwife is unavailable, so sending Lan Cai’er back to Daxia while there’s still close to a month until her due date is undoubtedly preferable.

”Indeed, Eldest Miss Lan, I think if the master were here, she would support your return to Xia Capital.”

The persuasion from everyone and worrying about her mother left Lan Cai’er hesitating for a long time, until the next day, she finally agreed to accompany Dao Bi back to Xia Capital.

Volunteering to accompany her, Aguduo offered to go with Lan Cai’er to Xia Capital for her childbirth.

The group boarded a carriage, heading towards Xia Capital.

Meanwhile, somewhere in the Demon World.

Blood mist spattered out, like fog and rain with a sweet taste.

The corpse of a Sky Demon, dismembered, fell like a crumbling mountain, creating a large pit on the ground.

A small sphere of light flew out from the Sky Demon’s severed head, landing in Yan Jiu’s hand.

”The ninety-ninth one.”

On Yan Jiu’s enviably handsome face, it was hard to tell what was bloodstains and what was sweat.

His usually well-groomed clothes became strips of rag after months of fierce battles.

His body was covered with scars, with scarcely any unhurt areas, everywhere the wounds left by demon beasts in moments of hope.

Over the past months, Yan Jiu searched all over for demon beasts that had seized the Demon Ancestor Blood and soul.

The Demon World is vast, and he searched tirelessly day and night, encountering numerous dangers along the way.

Especially those demon beasts possessing the Demon Ancestor soul; some even reached the cultivation level of Sky Demons.

Having been away from the Demon World for years, Yan Jiu lost a portion of his demonic power, making it barely possible to fend off the demon-energy-filled Sky Demons, facing near fatal injuries multiple times.

With astonishing perseverance, he eventually survived.

Including the Sky Demon he hunted today, he finally held one-third of the Demon Ancestor’s Blood and soul.

”Still missing two-thirds. Where on earth...”

Yan Jiu clenched the sphere in his hand, looking at it, filled with intense demonic power, his heart filled with complex emotions.

On one hand, he wanted to find all the Demon Ancestor’s soul and Blood, yet on the other, his heart worried for the pregnant Lan Cai’er.

Yan Jiu took out a booklet from his pocket, something he wrote when Lan Cai’er became pregnant.

It documented every detail from her pregnancy’s start to now.

Calculating the days, Cai’er would give birth in more than half a month.

Yan Jiu’s heart ached heavily.

He missed her... missed her in a mad frenzy, longing to return and glimpse her and the child.

Just one glimpse, even if the next second he were to die, he would not regret it.

Yan Jiu composed himself, putting away the Demon Ancestor’s Blood and soul, his silhouette disappeared in a flash into the demon-energy-filled wilderness.