Transcendent Dawn

Chapter 605: Chapter 0605: Demons and Ghosts (Please Subscribe)

“Today, it is our village’s ‘Crowning Ceremony’. After today, you will all be adults of the village, bearing responsibility, joining the Village Protection Squad, and fight against the demons!”

The ancient village chief, leaning on his Black Pigeon Staff, stood on the high platform, saying solemnly: “You can’t be afraid! Behind you are the village, your parents, brothers, and sisters are all here!”

“Understood, village chief!”

The many youths cried out in unison, many holding their breath until their faces turned red.

“Demons? The ‘mysteries’ of this world?”

The ‘Fluency in Languages and Literature’ ability endowed by the divine allowed Su Lu to understand their species instantly.

Today’s him only has a macro-understanding of this world. As for the true details? Since the Dream Spirit World doesn’t exist anymore, he has nowhere to collect intelligence.

“Next, the person whose name I call out shall come forward to be crowned! Zhang Dali!”

With a trembling voice, the old village chief called out a name.

A young man in a brown linen shirt, with thick fruits and vegetables, stepped forward, kneeling on both knees.

“Drink!”

The old village chief lit a yellow talisman, put it in a vat of water, and scooped a bowl to Zhang Dali.

“Gulp!”

The youth raised his neck, his Adam’s apple rolling as he drank the Talisman Water.

“Good boy…” Seeing this, the old village chief’s expressions softened a bit, forcing a smile: “After drinking our Talisman Water, ordinary demons won’t dare to harm you. Wear your crown!”

Beside him, a middle-aged man, holding a tray, on which lay wooden crowns and bamboo hairpins.

An old saying goes: “The crown is the beginning of the ceremony! The crown is also known as the fundamental costume!”

Therefore, the coming-of-age ceremony can also be called the ‘Fundamental Costume Ceremony’.

As the beginning of the ceremony, the material of the crown has always been emphasized by the ancients, who believe that gold and jade are the best, followed by silver, then copper, and bamboo and wood being the lowest.

Large aristocrats use gold and jade for crowns, small aristocrats use silver and copper, ordinary people have no choice but to wear grass on their heads.

The old village chief solemnly tied up the young man’s hair and put on the wooden crown and bamboo hairpin.

“The ceremony is complete!”

With the deep voice of the middle-aged man beside, Zhang Dali stood up and joined a group of robust people, his face pale.

People around him patted his shoulder one after another to show intimate encouragement.

“Next, Wang San!”

The middle-aged man continued to shout.

Another skinny young man stepped forward to kneel, drink the Talisman Water and be crowned.

“Next, Sun Ergou!”

“Next, Li Shitou!”

…

The ceremony continues.

Su Lu then silently starts to make his choice.

‘In fact… this world no longer has the ‘protagonist’, the final resistance failed, completely fell into Abyss… gave up struggling long ago.’

‘These young people are of similar qualifications, just randomly pick one.’

Su Lu rushed forward.

A drop of rain landed on Li Shitou’s neck.

He patted his neck, looked up curiously, but saw no rain.

“Silence!”

The old village chief coughed dissatisfiedly, causing the young man to quickly kneel down. He actually choked because he drank too quickly, causing the boys behind to laugh.

Li Shitou came to his senses and stood among the Village Protection Squad, ignoring the ridicule around him.

Because a voice that only he could hear echoed in his mind:

“Time drifts on… and yet who knows what year this evening is?”

“Who? Who is that?” Li Shitou looked around suspiciously: “Who’s speaking?”

Smack!

The voice had barely fallen when he was slapped on the forehead by the captain of the Village Protection Squad, ‘Wang Hu’: “All of you, watch the ceremony attentively!”

“Perhaps this kid is possessed?”

“In the village and just having drunk the Talisman Water, no demon dares to harm him!”

…

Whispers from the surroundings came and quickly fell silent again.

But in Li Shitou’s mind, that voice continued: “There’s no need to look, I’m right in your head… And if you want to talk, just speak in your heart, you don’t need to say it out loud.”

“You… what are you? A demon? A devil?”

Li Shitou stutteringly asked in his heart.

“Me? Now you are not qualified to know…All you need to know is that I don’t mean you any harm, on the contrary, I can bring you great benefits.”Nôv(el)B\\jnn

Su Lu said: “Like now… Even if I don’t know anything, I can still see that you are in great danger, and may die as soon as you leave the village.”

“Oh…”

Upon mentioning this, Li Shitou’s face fell completely, with a crying tone in his heart: “I don’t want to die… I don’t want to kill demons!”

“So… Young man, shall we make a deal?”

Su Lu tempted in a devil-like tone: “I help you to survive and become strong, and you promise me a favor in the future. After all, there isn’t a worse choice than this, right?”

“You can help me to survive?”

Li Shitou’s voice became excited instantly.

“I can only help you indirectly… because now I don’t have any strength and I can only give you… advice! Reasonable advice!”

In fact, Su Lu’s incarnation certainly won’t have lost all its strength.

But to better hide his existence in this world, he chooses to seal himself off.

At this moment, he is completely relying on his gift of the gab to fool people.

Of course, even if all he is left with is a mouth, with the insights of the gods, just a few words can create a very powerful person!

If Li Shitou were a transmigrator, he might have rolled his eyes: “What kind of Golden Finger is this? No system, no enhancement, no exchange, no task… only a verbose old man, bad review, return!!!”

Yet Li Shitou found everything very magical: “You…Who exactly are you?”

“Why are you so certain that I’m a person?” Su Lu laughed: “Tell me now… did we reach a deal?”

“I…agree!” Li Shitou nodded firmly in his heart: “Because I want to survive… I want to marry Cuihua!”

“Uh… excellent, having such faith is very good.”

Su Lu didn’t care who the woman was: “Now tell me, what kind of difficulties will you face? Oh, from now on you can just call me grandpa!”

“Grandpa…”

Li Shitou began: “This year I’ve become an adult and have been included in the Village Protection Squad, I have to start patrol immediately. Outside the village, without the protection of ‘Magic Artifact’, if I encounter a powerful ‘demon’ I’m a goner!”

Through his explanation, Su Lu generally understood.

The human villages of this world, except for the protection of power within the village, are always very dangerous outside.

These dangers are divided into four levels: demons, devils, specters, monsters!

‘Demon’ doesn’t refer to the demon race, but to ‘acting demonically’, similar to some supernatural mischief, just like teasing people.

However, for ordinary people with mere mortal bodies, even encountering a small demon can be fatal!

As for ‘Devils’, they are the true ‘Demonized Creatures’, some have enormous strength, some are immune to blades and spears, and it’s a disaster for small villages to encounter one.

The last two, ‘Spectres’ and ‘Monsters’, Li Shitou basically hadn’t heard much. He just knew that once encountered, it was a critical situation even for those big cities.