Transmigrated into the World of "Demon Lord Wu Zun"

Chapter 3 - The Child Suffering from Abuse

Chapter 3 - The Child Suffering from Abuse

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After the order was given, all the burly youngsters pounced, they pushed the child onto the ground and began beating him.

The child thought it'd be impossible to dodge, so he squatted, without making a sound, he braced his head and curled his body, enduring the merciless hits that were landing on his body like the raging rain during a tempest, his little body was also kicked back and forth, poor child.

Gu Bai's first reaction was to dash out and stop them, but just when he'd taken his first step, he withdrew his leg.

What he was seeing, was obviously the typical act of big children bullying small children, the only thing was, the targeted child was a bit too small, roughly around the age of three or four.

He pinched his thin arm, there's still some strength within it, it'd be easy for him to drive away the bigger children. But the quality of the clothing the child appearing to be the leader was wearing, was very fine, he might be the child of a big family within the town, if he showed up then he would attract a certain level of attention, which wouldn't be beneficial to the purpose of this journey. Also... it was impossible for him to stay in this town for long, if he saved the child this time, after he left the town, the child would only face a greater revenge. When that time arrived, who will come and save him?

He thought about it again, then still made the decision not to interfere, and a sense of guilt caught up with him. Judging by what was going on, it was only harassment, no one would get killed, but if the bullying didn't stop after a while, then he'd no longer consider the consequences. At worst, he'll just hide on the mountain, not leaving the hideout after he drove away the bullies.

Luckily, things didn't end up making the situation difficult for Gu Bai, the big child with silk clothing seemed not to have much interest in always bullying people, after he realized the little child was becoming unresponsive, he waved his hand to make the youngsters stop, after all, he was still afraid of actually beating the kid to death.

Soon, the gang laughed out loud and left the scene. It was only after Gu Bai saw the gang had walked afar, he finally came out from behind the tree, slowly. Then he jogged in small steps, quickly, he arrived at the small child's side.

The child still braced his head and was curled up like a ball, not making a sound, this made Gu Bai freak out, he hurriedly flipped him over, he moved his hand to check the child, who gave the appearance of breathing, but also of not breathing. Gu Bai's expression suddenly changed.

Oh no! Could it be that this child had been beaten up so badly, to the point of dying? None of the youngsters had obtained nei jing [1] by training yet, so things like this shouldn't have happened! But...but what if there really was an exception...?

Gu Bai no longer hesitated, he hurriedly reached inside the child's clothes and touched the child's heart, it was only when he felt the child's chest move up and down feebly and extremely lightly that he felt a little relieved. Then, while his hand was still on the child's body, he checked the child's bones, none of them were fractured, and so, he finally put his heart at rest.

It looked as if the child was just a bit suffocated because he was badly beaten up, there wasn't any vital damage. But with a child that was as little as this one, Gu Bai couldn't leave him there alone, he was so feeble, if the wind blew across him and the rain poured down on him, could he still stay alive then? He became determined and lifted the child from the ground and into his arms.