We came out of the cave and quickly adapted to the gorgeous sunshine. Although A Nian tried his best to hide it, he still couldn't help but take a few more glances at everything around him. Although he didn't ask, I gave him a very understanding answer.
He introduced some of the names of plants that I knew, and also introduced him to the colorful colors. I really can’t imagine how monotonous and boring his life was during these many years in the Demon Realm. In other words, those who have never left the Demon Realm
I'm afraid the demon clan is really having a hard time.
We used some spiritual energy to speed up our pace, and soon we began to see a few rural B&Bs. Further on, there was a teahouse, presumably dedicated to receiving people passing by on their way here.
I took A Nian to sit down in the teahouse. Along the way, he repeatedly stared at the houses made of wood or stone and listened carefully to the conversations of mortals. Even though the expression on his face did not fluctuate, I could feel the countless emotions in his heart.
a question.
I imagined some silver coins and asked the store for a pot of tea and a few steamed buns. Ah Nian sat next to me and carefully looked at the mortals eating, drinking, talking and laughing around them one by one, but he didn't dare to move.
After the store served the food, I took a steaming bun, handed it to A-Nian, and whispered:
"Well, this is what mortals eat."
Ah Nian took it very hesitantly, his hand shook, and he almost dropped the bun on the table. I saw that his whole body tensed up, fearing that he could not adapt to the heat of the bun.
"Mortal food is cooked with fire. It is the best delicacy among the six realms. Try it."
Seeing me looking at him insistently, he reluctantly put it to his mouth and took a small mouthful.
"How about it?"
He chewed carefully, and the expression on his face changed slightly, from a little uneasy, to hesitation, to doubt, to adaptation, and finally he showed a half-hearted smile, but then he quickly regained his composure.
"It's not bad."
Looking at his appearance, I couldn't help laughing.
"Hurry up and take a big bite. The stuffing inside will be delicious."
I was looking forward to his reaction. Sure enough, when he took the next bite of the meat filling in the bun, he was surprised at first, and then chewed it more carefully. While chewing, he asked: "What is this made of? The devil has never
There is no such thing."
"This is meat. It is made by killing a pig and cooking its meat over fire."
"How can beasts without spiritual power be so delicious?"
I was almost speechless again.
"Did your ancestor Chi You only eat living creatures with spiritual power?"
"Yes, this is the tradition of our Chiyou clan, including the Jiuli clan who once enveloped their ancestors, they also eat this way."
I was completely speechless. The guilt I had for misunderstanding the demons disappeared in an instant. I thought to myself, I don’t know how many spiritual creatures the Chiyou clan has eaten. No wonder the six realms regard them as monsters. This
I just remembered that the Jiuli tribe was also called the beast tribe in the past, presumably because of these strange habits.
But then, he once again asked a question that left me speechless.
"How can these mortals talk so much about discussing whether to fight or not? How could they gather together without warning?"
I opened my mouth, but then closed it. I thought that no matter what I explained, he seemed to be unable to understand. Should I tell him that except for the demon realm, people in other realms communicate like this? After thinking about it, I
Asked rhetorically:
"How do the demons in your demonic land, Jingmi, get along with each other?"
"Jingmi Land? Although I have never been there, I heard from the emperor's father that the demons there are cultivating on their own and live in peace. They are able to stay away from the war, and naturally they will not easily conflict with other demons.
Even if it is for the purpose of reproducing offspring, they do it for a very short period of time, and then they will not disturb each other."
They act in a short time without disturbing each other... I am really a little confused about it.
"The Land of Jingmi is under the jurisdiction of the Juxing Demon, and the demons inside will not easily cause disputes."
I gritted my teeth and thought to myself, is the Jingmi Land a prison in the Demon Realm? Those demons who are unwilling to participate in the war are imprisoned and must take on the task of breeding offspring. This set of rules in the Demon Realm
, which is really embarrassing. They even said they wanted to avoid causing disputes. What does this mean?
"Who is the torture demon you mentioned? It seems to have great power in the demon realm."
"The Judgment Demon was transformed by the Jiuli people who were brought into the Demon Realm by their ancestors. Due to being corroded by the evil spirit of the Demon Realm, they gradually lost their emotions and desires, but their life span continued to extend. Therefore, the ancestors granted them powerful magic power and allowed them to serve as demons.
The clan’s official duties and rules do not require human kindness. They are only loyal to their ancestors, and there are some rules that even the emperor’s father cannot shake.”
There was no loophole in his rhetoric, but I had a vague feeling that the Juxing Demon must be an extremely terrifying organization. Fortunately, I had never seen it in the Demon Realm.
After a while, all the buns were eaten. Of course, most of them were eaten by him. But he still had that calm look on his face.
I poured a cup of tea and handed it to him.
This time, he was not as wary as before and took a sip directly. You know, even the drinking water in the Demon Realm is the color of blood.
He drank it all in one gulp and frowned slightly.
"This smell... seems a little strange."
"It's bitter, but if you wait a moment, you'll find it's a little sweet."
"Bitter? Sweet?" He was confused again.
At this point, I knew I had to explain a new type of vocabulary to him. Where did the five flavors come from in the Demon Realm?
I asked for some more buns to take with me. Seeing his looming look of longing, I gave him another one. He nodded politely to me and put the bun into his mouth after a few bites.
Because we were not far from the town, we did not use our spiritual power anymore and hurried on at the pace of mortals. When we finally saw a simple wooden archway, the sun was already setting.
At dusk at any time, the noise coming from the wooden archway was still very obvious, and there were many more pedestrians coming and going in front of us. Although A Nian pretended to be calm, I realized that he must be very nervous at this time. In time, he commanded
He was leading an army of demons, but being among so many mortals at once was unprecedented.
"This is roughly a cottage for mortals. We have to go in and find a place to stay. Are you okay?" I asked tentatively. He quickly shook his head and walked into the archway before me.
He smiled and followed in.
"Do you know the route to Heshan?" Ah Nian didn't know where the courage came from. He walked up to an old woman abruptly and asked directly.
The old woman's ears probably didn't work anymore, so when she saw the eight-foot-tall young man in front of her looking at her coldly, she was a little more frightened and was stunned for a moment.
I quickly stepped forward and helped the old woman.
"Old man, I'm sorry, my nephew is a foreigner and doesn't know how to speak. We come from Suining Town and want to ask you for directions." I smiled kindly and leaned into the old woman's ear and said in a dialect close to Suining Town.
"An? Ask for directions!" The old woman spoke a local dialect with some difficulty. Fortunately, it was almost the same as the one in Suining Town. "I don't know! I have never left the village! You should ask the village chief.
Well!"
"Okay, thank you, old man. Where is the village chief's residence?"
"The biggest house is in front." The old woman pointed in one direction, and I followed her finger, and sure enough I saw a room that was obviously larger than the other houses.
I thanked the old woman and was about to walk to the house when the old woman spoke again: "Wait a minute! The village chief's wife seems to be giving birth to a baby. I'm afraid I don't have time to greet you now."
"Okay, old man, thank you." After saying that, I still led Anian, who was at a loss what to do, towards the direction of the village chief's house.
"What does giving birth to a baby mean?" A Nian imitated the dialect that the old woman just spoke.
"Just giving birth. This place is probably just a village, and few people in the village can speak Mandarin."
"Mandarin?"
"The same words we say are common to the six realms. Mortals are governed by gods, so they naturally have to learn to speak the same words as gods. But here, they are all rules set by rulers under the will of gods, because mortals will themselves
The rulers are called officials, so they are called official words."
A-Nian nodded in understanding and followed me, thinking silently. After a while, we were already at the door of the village chief's house.
Ah Nian's face suddenly changed, and he looked wary, as if he had put a lot of effort into controlling himself not to activate his spiritual power.
A woman's very painful screams came from inside the house, one after another, her voice was hoarse.
"Don't be nervous, this is a mortal woman giving birth."
"childbirth?"
"Your mother must have given birth to you this way, because she is half a mortal."
"Is childbirth so painful?"
"That's natural. If you want to reproduce, you must experience great pain. This is the same for gods, beasts and mortals. If there is a slight mistake, you may even lose your life. However, maybe the demons will not
It's so painful, after all, the devil is just a bead."
"I don't know about that." He lowered his guard and seemed ready to push the door open and enter.
I quickly stopped him and raised my hand to knock on the door.
"What does this mean? A test?"
"This is a mortal etiquette. When entering someone else's house, you must first knock on the door and let them know, and get permission from the other person before you can enter."
He thought for a moment and said, "Isn't this just like when the Demon Realm comes to visit and releases a trace of demonic energy from outside the door into the house?"
"Roughly the same."
As he said that, the door opened, and a young man with an anxious face looked at us with a puzzled expression, and then asked:
"Are you two...?"
Perhaps the man recognized that we were not from the village, so he asked questions in inaccurate Mandarin.
"We are coming from Suining Town and are going to Heshan. I would like to ask the village chief for directions."
"Heshan? That seems far away, right? Come in first. My wife is giving birth, so you may have to wait."
I nodded to express my gratitude and followed him into the house.
Ah Nian glanced around before walking into the house with me.
As soon as he entered the house, he heard the woman's shout from the backyard, which was more than twice as loud as before.
The man didn't say anything else to us, and he didn't care about pouring the tea. He went directly into another room through the side door, presumably to guard the delivery room.
I led Ah Nian to sit down on the wooden chair on the left side of the room. He was still looking at the simple furnishings in the room from time to time. I whispered to him the names of the furnishings in the room, and he followed my fingers and looked over, listening silently.
.
After a long time, the woman kept shouting, but she seemed to be getting weaker and weaker. A Nian suddenly interrupted my introduction and said: "The smell of blood."
I also calmed down, and sure enough I smelled the smell of blood, coming from the backyard.
Immediately afterwards, I heard the sound of messy footsteps, as well as the crying and shouting of other people. I thought to myself, is there something wrong with the delivery? I have also heard that mortals are more likely to have dystocia than other races.
It's a dead body and two lives, which is very dangerous. Could it be that the woman in the backyard has a difficult childbirth?
I touched my lower abdomen and felt a tremor in my heart. I called Anian and walked around to the backyard through the side door where the man had entered just now.
Everyone in the hospital was in a panic. A middle-aged woman stood at the door of the delivery room, her sleeves rolled up, her hands stained with blood, her face full of fear and anxiety. She kept shaking her head and said: "I can't, I can't, I can't stop the bleeding."
Got it!"
Upon hearing this, the others were even more at a loss. The young man who opened the door for us just now was hurriedly walking back and forth outside the delivery room, either going in or not going in. He was so anxious that he had no choice but to make up his mind. On the other side stood two
The old people, presumably the village chief and his wife, also had sad faces and kept sighing.
No one noticed our intrusion, everyone's attention was on the wooden door of the delivery room with a slight crack exposed. The shouting gradually disappeared, and only very weak breathing remained.
Is giving birth really that scary?
For a moment, I didn’t care much, so I passed through the crowd and entered the delivery room. I only heard the middle-aged woman, probably the midwife, shouting outside the door: "What are you doing?! You can’t go in! You can’t go in!" But
I immediately closed the door to avoid being disturbed by them.
When he turned around, he saw the bloody scene.
The mother was lying weakly on the bed, sweating profusely, and had fainted. There was a quilt on her bent legs, and the mattress under the quilt was already stained with blood. The mother's life was hanging by a thread.
I quickly channeled some spiritual power into her to protect her pulse. Fortunately, I didn't care about the soreness and directly opened the quilt and saw what was between her legs. It turned out that the fetus was exposed feet first, and now I can see it.
One foot was exposed, and the other foot must have been curled up and stuck inside. Blood was pouring out, turning the little foot red.
I have also seen the scene of animal childbirth. I once again gave my spiritual power to her and performed a surgery to stop her bleeding. I used my spiritual power to test and found that the fetus in her belly was also very weak. In desperation,
I frowned, put my hand directly in, carefully touched the other foot of the fetus, and carefully straightened it. The mother might be in pain, and her whole body trembled. I didn't care much, and I took the opportunity to lift the fetus.
He was slowly dragged out.
At this moment, the midwife and the young man broke in and were extremely surprised to see me holding a baby boy covered in blood with bloody hands. But at that moment, the midwife reacted and rushed to me and took the baby.
, first squeezed his mouth and nose with his hands to squeeze out the serous fluid inside, then turned the baby upside down and slapped the soles of his feet! There was only a "wow" sound, and the baby actually cried.
My heart tightened and my hands began to tremble.
The midwife cut the umbilical cord and took the baby to a hot water basin to clean. After a while, the midwife wrapped the baby in a small quilt and carried it to the young man. Then, the village chief and his wife also left
When I came in, I discovered that A Nian had been standing beside the young man for some time. At this moment, he could no longer hide the horror on his face, and could only stare blankly at the baby in the man's arms.
"It's a baby!" the midwife said excitedly.
But immediately, she handed the baby to the young man and turned to check on the mother on the bed. She probed her nose with her hand, looked at the bleeding, breathed a sigh of relief, and then said excitedly
: "It's true that we are blessed by gods! Mother and child are safe!"
I was relieved, but I couldn't help but stare silently at the still unconscious woman, filled with emotion.