amaotonovel Chapter 196 Dream of a Past Life (2)
Chapter 196 Dream of a Past Life (2)
Good heavens! Which kind-hearted deity happened to pass by and granted her wish!
This was Yun Zhao's first thought upon waking up.
But then she thought, why not fulfill her wish completely?
She was now in a grassy field, much like before, with the baby sleeping beside her.
The difference was that a commotion could be faintly heard from ahead, as if there were many people.
The baby woke up and reached out for Yun Zhao to hold him.
Yun Zhao picked her up and couldn't help but kiss her little face: "Little baby, you are my lucky star. How come we got out as soon as you arrived?"
"Don't worry, I'll take good care of you!"
After taking a couple of steps while holding the baby, Yun Zhao stopped and looked at her hesitantly, saying, "I can't keep calling you baby, can I? Let me give you a name."
She thought for a moment, then her eyes lit up: "My name is Yun Zhao, why don't you take my surname and be called... Yun Xiaohua!"
The child found on the grass is named Little Flower, which makes perfect sense.
Freshly baked Yun Xiaohua: "..."
Whether it was her imagination or not, she seemed to see the speechlessness in Yun Xiaohua's eyes. Yun Zhao touched the tip of her nose.
"Your nickname is Xiaohua. I'll give you a formal name when I have time."
Holding Yun Xiaohua, Yun Zhao walked forward, passing through a few trees, and saw a bustling little village.
The village seemed to be holding some kind of celebration; people were coming and going, making it quite lively.
Yun Zhao looked himself over and, seeing that he was no different from the others, walked over.
There was someone greeting guests at the village entrance; it was an old woman. When she saw Yun Zhao, she was taken aback for a moment.
"Where are you from? Do you have an invitation? I've never seen you before."
It turns out that an invitation card is required to enter the village.
Yun Zhao brazenly said, "Grandma, I came from the other side of the mountain and got lost. May I come in and ask for a bowl of water?"
They're not from any of the major powers.
The old woman understood; no wonder she hadn't seen her before. She had thought her memory had deteriorated.
"Guests are always welcome," the old woman gestured for them to come in.
Yun Zhao thanked him and carried Yun Xiaohua inside.
She observed that male guests were led inside by men, while female guests were led inside by women.
As for Yun Zhao, she was holding a child when a slightly older woman approached her.
“Come with me, young lady. You look a little tired. Why don’t you come with me to rest first? The ritual to invite the gods won’t begin until tonight.”
As a guest, Yun Zhao followed her inside. On the way, she subtly suggested that she wanted some food.
The woman smiled and agreed. After leading Yun Zhao to a small house, she quickly brought her food and goat milk.
"All the children in the village drink this. I wonder if the girl's child will be able to get used to it."
"I can drink it, thank you."
Yun Zhao smiled shyly, "This is my sister."
The woman quickly changed her tune, "Young lady, where are you and your sister from? Please don't mind, we're just worried that someone might disrupt the evening's ritual to invite the gods, so we need to thoroughly investigate the identities of all the guests."
Yun Zhao expressed his understanding, "I come from the Eastern Land... Village. The village is in a very, very far place. One day, the village was attacked by monsters, and only my sister and I escaped."
"I carried my sister and kept running. I don't know how long or how far I ran before I got here."
The woman exclaimed in surprise, "So there are still people of our kind in the distance, young lady. Your village might have been established by a newly arrived group of people who just didn't have time to come here and reunite with us..."
She expressed her regret.
Yun Zhao also showed a sad expression. Just as he was about to ask what the ritual for inviting the gods was, someone outside called for a woman.
The woman told Yun Zhao to pull the rope by the bed if he needed anything, and then she left.
Yun Zhao didn't know how long he had been hungry, but the aroma of the food made his stomach rumble.
She stuffed a mouthful of rice into her mouth and fed Yun Xiaohua goat milk while she ate.
The child wasn't picky at all; he drank it with relish.
That's true; in this situation, having anything to eat is already a blessing.
After a while, the two of them, one big and one small, simultaneously let out a burp.
Yun Zhao didn't know how much Yun Xiaohua could drink to feel full, and he was afraid she would overeat, so he stopped feeding her after she burped.
She wasn't sleepy, so she sat on the edge of the bed and played with Yun Xiaohua.
The child cried for a short while at first, but was smiling the rest of the time. Now that Yun Zhao was teasing her, she laughed even more happily.
After an afternoon passed, someone knocked on the door: "Guest, the ritual to invite the gods is about to begin."
Everyone had to participate in the ritual to invite the gods, including the baby Yun Zhao and Yun Xiaohua.
On the way, Yun Zhao subtly inquired about the woman's ritual for invoking the gods.
From the woman, Yun Zhao learned that since the beginning of life in the Demon Realm, there has been a prophecy that one day in the future, their god, the Demon God, would descend upon the world.
The time and place of the demon god's descent are unknown, so they perform a ritual to invite the god every ten years.
If a demon god descends, he will be invited to the scene.
Yun Zhao was surprised. She was actually in the Demon Realm. Wasn't the passage between the human and demon realms impossible to find? How did she get here?
Fortunately, she had no spiritual power; in other people's eyes, she was just a little girl who didn't know how to cultivate.
As for whether the demon god, once summoned, will see through her disguise as a demon...?
Don't worry, it hasn't appeared so many times, it definitely won't this time either.
As the crowd moved toward the center of the village, several bonfires were lit, and in the very center was a throne.
Yun Zhao didn't know what material the throne was made of, but he could tell that it was shiny and looked very expensive.
Everyone was standing. The woman led Yun Zhao to a corner and waited there quietly.
Yun Zhao quietly looked around, but no one noticed her. The village chief was talking to a few people.
Soon, they finished their conversation, and the group returned to their seats, while the village chief stood in the center of the campfire, below the throne.
"Everyone," the village chief cleared his throat, "today is the 156th time in our demon realm to invoke the gods. Let us pray sincerely for the arrival of the Demon God."
After she finished speaking, everyone present knelt down. Yun Zhao was a beat slower, but he also knelt down.
Is it really appropriate for a human like her to kneel before a demon god?
Yun Zhao's mind was wandering when the village chief stood in front and began the ritual to invite the gods.
She muttered something to herself that Yun Zhao couldn't understand. Then the others started chanting along, and she opened her mouth to follow suit, but no sound came out.
After chanting for a long time, the demon god that everyone had been waiting for still did not appear on the throne, but they had no regrets.
After all, the demon god hadn't appeared so many times, so they didn't have much hope this time either, and were just going through the motions of asking the god.
"Girl, come on, we'll dance around the campfire and eat barbecue later, why don't you come too?"
"No need to send the child home. Our demon cubs are tough and won't be scared."
As she spoke, the woman casually tossed the little doll that was clinging to her leg into the hands of a man who was a good ten meters away from her.
Yun Zhao: "..."
Even if you're tough, you can't play like that!
She responded and was about to follow when suddenly her body wouldn't obey her commands.