Upon seeing the strange pattern on her forehead, the old man was startled. He quickly turned around to look at his surroundings, then hurriedly raised his hand and gently covered the baby's forehead with his palm, concealing the red light.
After a short while, he finally let go and breathed a sigh of relief. The old man frowned slightly and shook his head. "It shows as soon as I exert force. This won't do. I have to think of a way."
At this moment, the baby quietly looked at the old man, seemingly waiting for his decision.
"I've got it!" The old man's eyes lit up, but quickly dimmed again as he shook his head and said, "That's not good, the child will suffer."
The old man, holding the baby, paced back and forth in the open space. After a moment, he suddenly bit his lip, as if he had made up his mind. He reached into his wide sleeve with his free hand and quickly pulled out a black pill the size of a mung bean. He held it between his fingers and said, "Only this invisibility pill that I secretly made can be used. Little September, bear with it. Take it, and the pattern will not appear until you return to normal."
After the old man finished speaking, he didn't hesitate any longer and prepared to put the small black pill into Xiao Jiuyue's mouth.
However, Little September seemed to sense something, and she turned her little head to the side, as if she was unwilling to eat the black pill.
"Eat up, Little September. Eat this, and you'll be safer." The old man sniffed and whispered words of comfort.
"Waaah!" The baby finally opened his mouth and swallowed the little black pill. His originally fair skin quickly developed red spots, and his whole body began to swell. The discomfort made the baby move his little head and cry out in pain...
"Sleep, you'll be fine after a nap." The old man reached out and placed his palm on the baby's forehead. As his palm gently brushed over the baby, the baby closed his eyes, stopped crying, and indeed fell asleep.
"Why haven't they come yet? It's almost dawn." Holding the sleeping little September, the old man turned around and jumped onto a tree branch, gazing into the distance, his expression gradually becoming anxious.
"Master, I'm here," just then, a young man appeared from behind a tree ahead. The man was dressed in gray and white clothes and held a bright flashlight in his hand. When he raised his bright eyes, he immediately saw the old man in red standing in front of him, so he quickly stepped forward and knelt down to pay his respects...
"Hurry up, Xiao, I brought it. From now on, she's your daughter. Treat her well," the old man said, handing the baby to the middle-aged man as he stood up.
"Yes, Master," Xiao Xiao said, taking the baby from the infant. She looked up at the child's face; the baby's face was swollen, the skin was dark, and in some places it seemed to be oozing a terrible, thick fluid. "This...this..."
When Xiao saw this, his arm trembled, as if he was startled. When he looked up, the old man, with his back to him, suddenly spread his arms, spun around, and his arms turned into a pair of wings, flying up to the branch to his left...
"This is only temporary. Keep her secret." The firebird turned around, looked down at Xiao, and suddenly flapped its wings. A red feather detached from its wings and floated down, stopping three feet above Xiao's head. "Follow it. It will take you there. Everything will be alright. It's getting late. Go now."
After giving these words, a red light suddenly detached from the tree branch, spun halfway in the air, and then disappeared into the vast night with a "whoosh!"
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