isman; when someone encounters such calamities or disasters, it is often due to evil energy temporarily clouding their mind and causing them to lose control over themselves. Some people interpret this...Chapter 46: The Cause

At this moment, Xiao Yu smiled and said, "I'll take a look. How could such a lovely little baby be crying"

When he first entered the room, Xiao Yu hadn't noticed the young boy, but when the young couple brought the baby back inside a moment ago, the baby immediately stopped crying. It was then that Xiao Yu paid attention to it. He sensed a faint aura of yin煞energy surrounding the baby's body, which instantly condensed into a floating ball at the door as soon as they entered.

With each step Xiao Yu took towards the baby, this ball of yin煞would tremble. When he reached out and gently tickled the baby's little cheeks, although unable to laugh out loud due to his age, the baby smiled, causing the yin煞ball to instantly disperse.

Xiao Jiangying, Xiao Yu, Lu Jianhong, and the couple holding the baby all looked astonished. Since morning when they had brought in the child, it hadn't stopped crying even once. Despite Xiao Jiangying examining him and finding no issues with his health, nothing could stop the baby's tears. Now that his son played around with the child’s face for a bit, he suddenly smiled, leaving Xiao Jiangying quite curious.

Xiao Yu and Lu Jianhong had even more reason to be amazed by how powerful this crying infant was, now smiling after being tickled by Xiao Yu. This left a hint of pride in Xiao Yu's eyes when looking at his brother.

These two young parents were as anxious as ants on a hot plate; their child started crying every night and didn't stop for a moment, leaving them exhausted with sore throats from trying to soothe him. Regardless of what they tried or how many hospitals they visited, the baby continued to cry every night.

After hearing that traditional Chinese medicine worked well in this village, they came early in the morning hoping for some relief. However, when it seemed hopeless and their child suddenly stopped crying outside the clinic only to start again shortly after entering a different place, they brought him back to the doctor's office. Two days of no smile from their son had ended with him finally smiling.

"Doctor, what illness does my son have" The young mother asked, looking at Xiao Yu with astonishment and hope as she saw her child smiling.

"Yes! Doctor!" The father of the child also sighed in relief and asked carefully.

Xiao Yu scanned over the parents of the child and said to the father, "When did the child start crying"

"It was around one o'clock in the morning the day before yesterday," the father thought for a moment and replied.

"And what time did you get home" Xiao Yu asked again.

"Around midnight. That night I went out to play cards, so I got back quite late," the father said with an apologetic expression after some thought.

"Hmm! That's it then!" Xiao Yu nodded and continued, "The child is fine now, but you shouldn't come home this late in the future. It would be best to get home before eleven o'clock; if not, just go back the next day."

Upon hearing this, the young couple was momentarily stunned. The mother asked anxiously, "What's wrong Doctor, did my son encounter something unclean"

Xiao Yu smiled but didn't speak and walked to the desk where he took a brush pen and wrote a prescription on paper which he then handed over to the mother saying, "Mom, give this child some medicine."

Hearing the question from the child's mother, Xiao Jianying was still okay, but Xiao Yu and Lu Jianhong felt a chill rise up their backs and reach their foreheads. It turned out that Lu Jianhong often came home late at night due to business engagements as well; now they both felt a wave of fear upon reflection.

Xiao Jianying handed the medicine to the child's parents, and Xiao Yu said, "The child is too young to drink the medicine. When you get home, pound it into powder and divide it into three parts. Make a sachet with the powder for your child to carry on him at all times; change one part every day. After three days, his hoarse voice will be fine!"

The couple held the medicine and left gratefully, their voices carrying from afar: "It's all your fault for coming back so late."

"Wife, it won't happen again next time..."

Xiao Yu turned around to see his mother and sister and brother-in-law staring at him with curious looks. Feeling uneasy under their gazes, he touched his face and looked himself over but couldn’t find anything amiss. He asked cautiously, "Mom, Sister, Brother-in-Law, why are you all looking at me"

The strange yet miraculous scene made Xiao Yu’s mother, Lu Jianhong, and Xiao Jianying very nervous while secretly wondering how Xiao Yu knew about such things.

"Little Brother, what's wrong with that child Did he really encounter something unclean" asked Xiao Yu’s sister anxiously. Her husband also returned home late at night, and seeing the crying child suffering so much made her quite afraid too.

Upon hearing this question from Xiao Yu’s sister, Lu Jianhong and Xiao Jianying looked even more worriedly at Xiao Yu.

In fact, to say that the child was possessed by evil spirits would be less accurate than saying he had encountered a煞氣 (煞氣 refers to a type of negative energy or malevolent spirit in some Chinese beliefs). The child's father returned home after midnight. After midnight is when the most intense煞氣 gathers in the world. Although there is煞氣 at night, it’s just a thin layer. A person with strong vital energy and blood won’t be affected by such faint煞氣; martial arts practitioners can even dissipate它 (it refers to 煞氣).

However, this child's father must have passed through an area dense with煞氣 like a graveyard that night. Additionally, the father probably lost money gambling and was in very low spirits, which is most prominently reflected in one’s vital energy. This explains why some people look haggard and unkempt when they are down; negative emotions make it easier for煞氣 to invade or linger on their bodies. Since this person was in his twenties, a time of life with the strongest vital energy, although the煞氣 entered his body, he likely only felt an intense coldness and numbness.

And when it comes to children, who are the weakest and most sensitive among humans in terms of vitality and feelings, an adult infected with煞氣would only experience a chill, but if a child is affected by it, it would be very obvious. The most common manifestation is crying at night because during the day, yang energy is the strongest, causing yin煞energy to gather in dark corners. Once nighttime arrives, this energy disperses and gathers around people who have been invaded by煞氣.

Xiao Yu observed that his sister, brother-in-law, and mother were all looking at him waiting for an answer. But he couldn't tell them the truth, so he came up with a plausible explanation: "Mom, when you took the child's pulse just now, did you feel a chill"

"Now that you mention it, yes, I thought it was due to the autumn weather," Xiao Jianying said after some thought.

"It is autumn right now. Late at night, there's heavy cold air. Since the child's father came back late and brought in too much cold air, and children have very sensitive skin, this caused the crying. Usually, if the child were to be exposed to sunlight for a whole day, everything would be fine, but last night, they ran around looking for hospitals for the child, exposing him to more cold. I am a man with strong yang energy, and when I just got up, my body was warm too, so as soon as I started playing with the baby, he stopped crying," Xiao Yu explained his reason to his mother and sister-in-law.

"Oh..." All three of them understood immediately.

Xiao Yu sighed in relief seeing that they believed him.

"Jianhong, I'm telling you from now on, don't come home late anymore. Got it" Xiao Yu's sister said sternly to her husband.

"Okay, wife! For the sake of our son, I'll make sure not to be too late," Lu Jianhong promised his wife by patting his chest after hearing what she had to say.

Last night Xiao Yu was still thinking about what gift he should bring for his nephew's first birthday. Now that his sister mentioned it, couldn't he just make a talisman to ward off evil spirits for the childce, upon seeing this person's injuries, Li Zixiong decided not to intervene.If the treatment doesn't work out, there won’t be any consequences; but if it does succeed and they walk away, their roots s...