On the stage, apart from the gradually taking - shape evil god, a man in white clothes walked up.
Behind him was an unconscious person, Shen Weixun.
It was her third senior brother!
Now Niannian had no choice but to step in. Watching the white - clothed man cut her third senior brother's wrist with a dagger and pour the sacrificial blood onto the evil god, Xiaotuanzi was extremely anxious.
The descent of the evil god would be a catastrophic disaster for everyone.
Her third senior brother would also die because of this sacrifice.
Niannian directly pushed through the crowd and rushed up.
However, the white - robed man standing on the platform didn't move at all. He seemed not afraid of her ruining this sacrifice in the slightest.
"A Nian, it's too late."
The white - robed man's voice suddenly changed. He pulled down his cap, revealing Duan Qiu's face.
"Why are you here? Aren't you afraid of being blamed by the King of Hell for leaving the Underworld without permission, O King of Ghosts?"
Niannian was greatly shocked. Last time in the forest, she thought Duan Qiu had used some means to make her dream and create those illusions.
Seeing him in the real world today, she realized that this guy had long secretly left the Underworld.
Even if he had cultivated into a King of Ghosts, a registered ghost like Duan Qiu who had long lived in the Underworld was not allowed to come to the mortal world casually. It was a big problem that he was standing in front of her now!
"This is just one of my avatars. I have many avatars that have been wandering in this mortal world all the time. A Nian... The days I've been waiting for all these years have been so bitter. I've been looking for her, but I just can't find her no matter what. The gods and Buddhas in the world can't help me. No one can reshape her soul. I can't even find the slightest trace of her existence in this world. You've forgotten her... It seems that only I remember her in this world."
There were tears in Duan Qiu's eyes, and his expression was indescribably sad and desolate.
Ghosts don't shed tears unless they're extremely sad.
Who on earth was she?
Niannian had heard about another person from Duan Qiu countless times, but she never heard her name and didn't know who this person was. However, she had an in - born feeling that this person must be closely related to her.
"Who is she? Who are you looking for?"
Xiaotuanzi really couldn't figure out why Duan Qiu was so persistent, so she just asked directly.
Duan Qiu stood there stunned, his heart in turmoil. Finally, he let out a bitter laugh. "So after all our conversations, we've been talking at cross - purposes. It turns out you've never remembered her. Is she really that unimportant to you?"
Saying that, Duan Qiu took out a white porcelain bottle, exactly the same as the one he gave Niannian last time.
He opened the bottle, and colorful lights shone out. The colorful powder got into Niannian's nostrils, and that familiar dizzy feeling came over her again. Niannian knew that it was this thing that made her faint last time.
"Take a good look. Everyone in this world can forget her, but you can't. Yu Nian, you must never forget Yun Xiangnan!"
Duan Qiu's words seemed to touch a sensitive nerve in Niannian. Suddenly, it was as if a thread in her brain snapped.
The memories of her previous two lives came flooding back, and all the memories of those two lives emerged.
In her first life, she was a little koi carp. Her third senior brother was the ever - living tree that opened her spiritual wisdom. From the first time she saw Lu Zhan, she fell in love with him.
Yun Xiangnan was a koi carp spirit like her, and she accompanied Niannian every day, helping her jump over the Dragon Gate.
Finally, when the Dragon Gate collapsed, Yun Xiangnan originally had the chance to turn into a dragon. She was more talented than Niannian, but she gave her the last chance to jump over the Dragon Gate.
After that, Niannian begged the Underworld to save Lu Zhan, and she also begged them to revive Yun Xiangnan who died in the collapse of the Dragon Gate.
The Underworld could save her, but Yun Xiangnan was just a koi carp spirit who had only recently opened her spiritual wisdom when she died. It was already against the rules for the Underworld to let her be reborn as a human, but they couldn't give her a good fate.
She had to suffer ten lifetimes of hardships, and only when she was reborn for the ninth time would her fate gradually improve.
In her second life, after saving her third senior brother, Niannian almost lost her soul. The Black and White Impermanence brothers collected her soul and put it into the cycle of reincarnation. She became the daughter of a peasant family.
But it was her first time being a real human. Her mom and dad in that life were the same ones she had now.
In that era of war, although the family was not rich, at least it was a happy one.
But one day when she came back from gathering firewood on the mountain, she found that her parents and brothers were all dead.
She saw a group of men in black robes with ferocious tattoos on their hands rummaging through the small clay - tile house. They even cut the throat of a chicken in the chicken coop to make sure it was dead.
She was extremely scared at that time. Her feet felt like they were filled with lead, and she couldn't take a single step forward. Her intuition told her that she mustn't let these black - robed men find her, so Niannian quickly ran up the mountain and found a hidden place to hide for three whole days.
From then on, she became an orphan and begged on the street.
Later, she met her third senior brother. They both became apprentices of an old man who was a professional mourner and learned some skills. Unfortunately, the old man didn't live long. He passed away soon after taking them in as apprentices, and Niannian and her third senior brother became orphans again.
Thankfully, they had learned some skills, so they wouldn't starve.
Once, on the way to mourn for someone, they saw a boy and a girl holding hands and sneaking into the crowd. They seemed to want to get a free meal.
At that time, Niannian and Shen Weixun were like seeing themselves before they became apprentices. They took pity on these two people of their own age and took them home.
These two people were Duan Qiu and Yun Xiangnan.
The four of them grew up together, and their feelings for each other became deeper and deeper. As they got older, they gradually trusted each other more and more, and they all openly revealed their life stories.
Finally, they found out that they were not originally orphans. Their parents and elders had all died at the hands of the black - robed tattooed men.
With a common enemy, the relationship between the four of them became even closer. They became an inseparable part of each other's lives.
Yun Xiangnan liked to stick to Niannian the most, and the two were good friends who talked about everything.
When a young girl was in love, all her feelings were clearly shown. Niannian knew very early on that Yun Xiangnan liked Duan Qiu.
She and her third senior brother even wanted to match the two of them up.
But at that time, Duan Qiu was hesitant and even avoided Yun Xiangnan's feelings. After Yun Xiangnan was heart - broken, she silently buried her feelings in her heart.
They all had a deep blood feud, and they had no time to worry about love. After that, no one mentioned it again, and they all focused on finding the whereabouts of the black - robed men.
Finally, the clues they found all pointed to the Holy Cult.
Similar to this life, they also traveled everywhere at that time. As long as there was a little bit of news about the Holy Cult, they would rush there eagerly.
Once, they heard that there was a village where all the villagers were members of the Holy Cult.
The village was extremely strange. It was said that when the villagers reached a certain age, they would awaken their memories of their previous lives. The story was spread very mysteriously.
In order to track down the whereabouts of the Holy Cult, they immediately rushed to the village and pretended to be refugees to get into the village...