"Humph, Lian Ji, you rejected many men in the mine just to have a child with that half-demon. Unfortunately, that man has already fathered a complete human being with another woman, and the family of three has already left the mine."

"If I remember correctly, you were about to give birth at that time, but he didn't even wait any longer and just left without hesitation, hahahaha..."

"He's quite smart. If that man really waited, he would be very disappointed, don't you think—"

Snap——

A loud slap interrupted the man's chatter. Yan Baibai stopped listening and changed direction to continue looking for Lu Wuxiu. Unfortunately, she searched for a long time but still couldn't find him.

The faint moonlight above their heads gradually disappeared, and a few roosters crowed from the top of the mine. When the half-demons who were sleeping soundly underground heard the roosters crow, their whole bodies seemed to be electrocuted. They opened their eyes and quickly stood up.

Suddenly, a warm breeze blew from above, and a string of lights suddenly appeared around the mine wall. The originally dark mine was no longer pitch black.

The crowing of cocks stopped, and a group of black shadows fell from the sky. They wore masks on their faces, held whips in their hands, had fierce eyes, and were surrounded by a faint spiritual energy. They were all cultivators, and their cultivation was above the foundation-building stage.

The monks glanced coldly at the half-demons who had stood up one after another, and then dispersed in different directions. Whenever they saw a half-demon still lying down, they would whip him mercilessly. Those half-demons who were still lying down did not even have time to scream, they just trembled a few times and then became completely silent.

The half-demons who had stood up had blank expressions, seemingly accustomed to such scenes. What surprised Yan Baibai was that, despite the fear visible in the eyes of the half-demons, they simply lowered their heads in silence or silently held back tears. They didn't hide behind their parents, as if they had no one to rely on.

Yan Baibai thought of the woman who beat Lu Wuxiu again. Even though they had only met twice, Yan Baibai could clearly feel her disgust towards Lu Wuxiu. Could it be that all the half-demons in this mine didn't like their own children?

When the first ray of sunlight came from above the mine, one of the monks took out a white porcelain bottle from his arms, threw the porcelain bottle into the air, then twisted his hands and chanted an incantation. When the sound of the incantation spread in the cave, the half-demons covered their heads one after another. Their faces were full of pain and their pupils were glowing red. Even so, they did not make any sound.

After a while, strands of black silk threads flew out from each half-demon. The black silk threads met, merged, and twisted into larger black air. Finally, they gathered into a black ball. The black ball kept twisting and was sucked away by the porcelain bottle in the air.

The white porcelain bottle turned black and began to tremble in the air. Seeing this, the monk immediately flew forward to block the porcelain bottle, and then threw the porcelain bottle into the sky. When the porcelain bottle was bathed in sunlight, it finally calmed down.

After everything was done, the half-demons and monks present breathed a sigh of relief, as if they had escaped a disaster. However, disappointment flashed across the faces of the half-demons.

After doing all this, the monk seemed to have completed his work and began to fly above the mine. The half-demon kept his head down the whole time and did not dare to look at the monks.

"Sister Fairy, how can we get out of here?"

The last person to leave was a female cultivator. Just as she was about to cast a spell and fly out, a little girl who looked about five or six years old raised her wet eyes and looked at her and asked. Her voice was childish but full of fatigue.

The female cultivator paused and glanced at the little girl who had just spoken. Her thin cheeks were covered with dust, her tone was tired, and her cautiousness was full of hope.

"Fairy, please forgive me. This child is ignorant and has delayed the fairy." A thin woman rushed out from the crowd, first slapped the girl hard, then pulled the girl to kneel down, pressed the girl's head with one hand, and knocked her head heavily on the ground.

"Either give birth to a complete human being, or...if the demonic energy in your bodies cannot fill the porcelain bottle, you can leave." The female cultivator said coldly, and then flew away quickly.

For half an incense stick of silence after the female cultivator left, the cave was completely silent. Then, from somewhere in the crowd, a low sob began to rise, gradually becoming louder and louder, until it turned into a wailing sound. Even the old half-demon, who looked to be in his 80s, began to shed silent tears.

In the sad atmosphere, Yan Baibai finally saw Lu Wuxiu in the corner.

He had a blank expression on his face and did not cry like other children. He looked intently at the mother and daughter in the crowd. Blood was oozing from their foreheads, but the mother had already held her daughter in her arms, and she was crying loudly.

I don’t know if she was crying because she was happy to be alive, or because she was sad that there was no hope of getting out of the mine.

It turns out that not all parents in the mine dislike their children.

When Yan Baibai went to check on Lu Wuxiu again, he was no longer there. When Yan Baibai found him again, the small figure had already slung over a backpack almost as tall as himself, and was walking steadily and steadily along the steep, winding tunnel that snaked underground...