Chapter 2

Chapter 2

Me? My name is Gu Jiangming

They say…

Demons are born to eat people.

I don’t think so.

Because I’ve met many, many good people. They would give Jiu’er a bite to eat, so Jiu’er would only suck away the last breath of those evil people.

I am a good demon.

But it seems that people don’t think so.

They only think that I sucked away their three souls and seven spirits.

Standing quietly in the inner room of a spacious building.

A woman dressed in an embroidered robe was coughing feebly.

Jiujiu stood by the window, watching the moonlight quietly spill down. The woman’s breathing grew heavier and heavier, and soon, on her back, a wisp of soul energy, symbolizing life and death, quietly flickered and floated from afar.

Flying towards Jiujiu, who was gazing at the moon.

Jiujiu gently licked her red lips and stretched out her hand to hold her delicate, jade-like chin.

Immediately, a dizzying sensation, like the world spinning, began in her mind.

【Remember, every reincarnation is your life.】

【Every end is a new beginning for your reincarnation.】

【Number of reincarnations today: 3/3.】

【Your talent: Devouring God and Swallowing Souls.】

【Begin your reincarnation! Begin your reincarnation! Begin your reincarnation!】

A chanting voice echoed in Jiujiu’s mind, making her dizzy.

She didn’t want to experience the painful life of a Guhuo Bird again and again. She didn’t want to relive those experiences of being hunted down again and again.

But to prevent that voice from stinging her again.

Jiujiu whispered in her heart—begin reincarnation.

The stinging pain receded like a tide.

【Your name is Yin Jiujiu.】

【You are a demon. Your true form is a Guhuo Bird, surviving by devouring the last wisp of a living person’s soul.】

【Your mother, like you, was a demon named Guhuo Bird, and your father was a human, born into the Yin family of Jinyang, a scholar from a wealthy family.】

【Therefore, in the early days of your birth, you lived happily.】

【However, the good times didn’t last long. In the year you turned nine, a servant died in the Yin family courtyard. He originally died of illness, but for some reason, when he was put into the coffin, black blood flowed from his seven orifices. The Yin family believed in ghosts and gods, and thought that this person was possessed by an evil spirit. They hurriedly ran to the temple to invite a monk to perform a spiritual transcendence.】

【When the monks from the temple arrived at the Yin family courtyard, they felt that the place was filled with a heavy Yin energy, which was very strange. So they set up a formation in the Yin residence, but unexpectedly, they discovered something terrifying.】

【There was a demon in the Yin family courtyard, and it was a powerful demon with a high rank.】

【So they concealed this matter, pretended to be calm and bid farewell to the Yin family, returned to the temple, and informed the abbot.】

【Abbot Zhangde knew the seriousness of the matter and that time was of the essence. He immediately rushed to the Yin residence and quickly confirmed one thing.】

【The wife of Yin Xuanxiong, the second son of the Yin family, was a demon, a powerful one at that.】

【After telling this news to Yin Xuanxiong, his expression changed drastically. After repeatedly confirming the matter, he suspected that the death of the family servant had a lot to do with his beautiful and charming wife.】

【Therefore, he made a plan with Abbot Zhangde and finally decided to eliminate the demon.】

【Your mother saw Abbot Zhangde’s arrival, but she wanted to explain the matter clearly.】

【The servant’s death had nothing to do with her.】

【She only swallowed the last breath of the servant before he died.】

【That person was destined to die.】

【She thought that her explanation could clear up the doubts of her husband, with whom she had shared joys and sorrows for more than ten years, but unfortunately, everything was just a fantasy.】

【”Humans are humans, demons are demons. You said Uncle Wang was destined to die, so you sucked away that breath. How do I know if that’s true?”】

【”All I know now is that you are a demon, and you are clearly trying to kill us in the Yin family.”】

【”Abbot Zhangde, please… please slay the demon!”】

【Hearing her husband’s heartless and cold words, your mother finally woke up. She knew that she couldn’t stay here for long. If she stayed here, not only would she die, but you would also die here.】

【To save you, she had to escape from here.】

【However, when Abbot Zhangde came, he had already made full preparations, but your mother still naively thought that after explaining clearly, this matter would be settled.】

【When she took you away from the Yin family, she was seriously injured.】

【After taking care of you for three years, she taught you some demonic arts, some ways to survive, and some skills to distinguish between good and bad people.】

【In the fourth year, she finally passed away due to her unhealed injuries and heartache. Before she left, she held your hand and gently said to you: “Humans, there are good and bad, just like us demons, there are also good and bad.”】

【”Your father is afraid of me, he is not bad.”】

【”Mother can’t accompany you to the end, Jiujiu has to find a way to protect herself.”】

【That time, you cried, and that time, was also the last time your mother wiped your tears.】

【From that day on, you also knew why your mother named you Jiujiu. She hoped that you would have extraordinary good fortune like the nine-tailed fox demon.】

【Since then, there has been one more demon disguised as a beggar, wandering in the mortal world.】

The screen paused, entering an interface where Jiujiu could freely control her consciousness.

Every reincarnation, she had to start from the same beginning, she had to watch her mother fall into her arms with her own eyes.

She dug her long nails deep into the flesh of her palm, even as blood oozed out.

【In the seventh year of the Tianming calendar, you wandered in Hangzhou. You spent a rather boring year and made some progress in your cultivation.】

【While begging for leftovers as a beggar, you were kicked out by the shopkeeper, but with your demonic power, you stole the shop’s silver.】

【Yes/No: Enter the shopkeeper’s backyard at night and suck away their soul energy.】

Jiujiu subconsciously chose no.

She had already stolen the shopkeeper’s silver as revenge; there was no need to kill them.

If she sucked away the soul energy of living people, they would surely die.

Moreover, her mother had always warned her not to devour the soul energy of living people.

Just like this, year after year passed by aimlessly. Jiujiu simply ran around the land of Northern Wei as a beggar.

Devouring the last wisps of soul energy of the deceased before their death.

【In the twenty-fourth year of the Tianming calendar, you came to Guanzhong and continued to be a little beggar. You lived in a dilapidated temple in Guanzhong for three months. When you decided to leave Guanzhong, you suddenly sensed a powerful demonic aura, like that of a Great Demon, enveloping the entire area.】

【You couldn’t identify which Great Demon’s aura it was, but you felt a disgusting turbidity from this aura, a striking sense of nausea that made you want to leave this place.】

【You continued your journey in Northern Wei.】

【In the thirty-first year of the Tianming calendar, you revisited the old place and returned to Guanzhong once again. This time, you suddenly wanted to visit the place where the Great Demon had descended to identify which Great Demon had appeared here.】

【You wandered around and arrived in Xi’an.】

【In the bustling crowd, you saw a young master with a solemn face, cautiously looking around. Driven by the playful nature of a Guhuo Bird, you reached out and took the sesame cake from his hand.】

【When you snatched the cake, you smiled at him.】

【Then you pretended to run, but found that he stopped in place, seemingly having no intention of chasing you.】

【”Hey, what’s wrong with you? I stole your stuff, why aren’t you chasing me?”】

【You slowed down, enjoying the feeling of chasing and playing.】

【”Why should I chase you?” He looked at the street stalls with some surprise and bought another sesame cake. “If you’re hungry, just take it and eat it. I can just buy another one.”】

【He seemed a little surprised that you were able to snatch the cake from his hand, perhaps because he really wasn’t paying attention and was lost in thought.】

【”Here, seeing how thin you are, it seems you haven’t eaten much. Consider yourself lucky to have met me. I’ll buy you a few more, so you can go hungry for fewer meals.” He said.】

【”Are you stupid?” You couldn’t help but laugh.】

【You haven’t met such an interesting person for a long, long time.】

【”What’s your name?”】

【”Me? My name is Gu Jiangming.”】

【”Gu, the Gu of the Gu family, Jiang, the Jiang of river water, Ming, the Ming of the bright moon.”】

【”And you, what’s your name?”】

【”Me? My name is Jiujiu.”】

【”Jiujiu? That’s a strange name? I’ve never met anyone with the surname Jiu. Here, shopkeeper, give me five more sesame cakes.”】

【He called to the shopkeeper, placing five sesame cakes in your hand.】

【”Hold them tight, we’ll meet again if fate allows in the Jianghu.”】

【With that, he left your sight, carrying his sword on his back.】

Me strange?

You’re the strange one.

Jiujiu felt an inexplicable curiosity about this person who had suddenly appeared.

Not just because of his behavior, but also because this was someone she had never encountered in the previous hundreds of reincarnations.

————–

Please rate and review this novel on NU.

If you like the translation, please consider buying me a coffee on Ko-fi.