Wandering Gods of Day and Night-Chapter 965 - 385: Night Parade of Hundred Demons (Part 4)
Zhou Xuan, while waiting for the street parade, wasn’t idling. He first put the City God Temple and the Mother of Hundred Demons into his Secret Realm—all these old actors could exit the stage now that the negotiations with Soul Shepherd City were successfully concluded.
Then, Zhou Xuan summoned Miss Qiang.
"Ah Qiang, the Night Parade of Hundred Demons is ready, and Soul Shepherd City has agreed under the eyes of Mingjiang Prefecture’s citizens that the dead of Mingjiang can be resurrected. Our act has only the final step left— the decisive conclusion."
Zhou Xuan said.
"Which conclusion?" Miss Qiang asked.
"By now, a vast majority of Mingjiang Prefecture’s people probably believe that the deceased of Mingjiang can return to life. Even if we do nothing, the Will Heavenly Book will gather some of the citizens’ Wish Power to promote the reconstruction of Mingjiang Prefecture."
"But... I’m afraid the longer the night, the more the dreams; we must nail this event down firmly soon."
Zhou Xuan said, resting his cheek on his hand.
"So what exactly should we do?" Miss Qiang, intrigued by Zhou Xuan, asked.
"Simple. We will first rebuild two streets and resurrect four people," Zhou Xuan said. "First, let the people of Mingjiang Prefecture see that the contract between us and Soul Shepherd City can take effect immediately."
There’s an old saying, "Don’t release the eagle until you see the rabbit," and it’s the same with deception.
No matter how grand and magnificent the scheme is, without tangible evidence, it always lacks a sense of reality and still falls short.
"Rebuild two streets? Resurrect four people? Sounds good, but how exactly do we do it?" Miss Qiang asked again.
Zhou Xuan pointed in the direction of the Donkey Shed and said, "You’ve mentioned that the Donkey Shed has plenty of blood and flesh materials due to the many dead donkeys. So use your ability to manipulate flesh to construct two streets there. As for the four people, I’m already prepared to finalize this grand play with you."
"We’ll do as you say, Ah Xuan. You’re really a man of solutions."
Miss Qiang said, waving her fist.
...
The Night Parade of Hundred Demons, Zhou Xuan performed it as a significant custom of Soul Shepherd City.
Since it’s an important tradition, wandering around for just one or two hours is definitely not enough. Little Brain led those projections and papermen for just over three hours around Mingjiang Prefecture before leading the team into the Donkey Shed.
The Donkey Shed, because of the gathering of a large number of citizens, felt somewhat packed, and the scene was quite noisy.
Fortunately, the God Traveling Department helped maintain order.
Dozens of lanterns paved the way in the sky, shining bright with light, giving a serious warning,
"All citizens, the Night Parade of Hundred Demons is related to whether our Mingjiang deceased can come back to life and is a grand plan for Mingjiang Prefecture’s future."
"Everyone, line up in two columns and make way for the hundred demons."
"There is a realm of the living and a realm of the ghosts, clearly separated. If anyone dares to cross the boundary, don’t blame the God Traveling Department for not showing mercy."
Boom!
Dozens of lanterns jointly cast two beams of light, and within the light was the site of the Night Parade of Hundred Demons. The rest who wanted to watch the spectacle? They could, but had to stay outside the light. 𝙛𝓻𝒆𝓮𝒘𝙚𝙗𝒏𝙤𝙫𝓮𝒍.𝓬𝒐𝙢
These living citizens also understood the severity and automatically made way, retreating outside the beams of light. As for those who didn’t quite understand the severity, looking at the lights above them and the circling Divine Eagles, dared not act recklessly.
Since it concerns the grand plan of the entire Mingjiang Prefecture and the vital interests of every citizen, if someone breaks the rules at such a moment, even if they are beaten to death by the God Traveling Department or pecked dead by those Divine Eagles in the street, no one would sympathize.
On the contrary, other pedestrians would curse, "Serves you right."
With double warnings, the scene became highly effective, and all the citizens dared not cross the boundary. The hundred demons, led by the Paperman Ghost Messenger, paraded in an orderly manner,
However, this orderly manner did not last the entire time,
Once the hundred demons passed, it was the line of the dead.
These countless deceased, each had their head lowered, hands resting on the shoulders of the deceased in front, hair disheveled,
Yet even with such concealment, the surrounding bystanders recognized them.
"My wife, it’s my wife, I see my wife again."
"Child, lift your head, look at your father."
"Sister... sister..."
The appearances of these deceased were projected based on the deceased citizens of Mingjiang Prefecture.
Now, the citizens seeing them genuinely believed they saw the ghosts of their loved ones, each filled with longing and unable to resist crossing the light to embrace their relatives.
The order seemed about to descend into chaos.
Li Chengfeng, back on duty, inquired of the Painter through the Hall Secret Letter, "Lord Hua, what should we do? If we can’t control the citizens, are we really going to have to ruthlessly strike and kill those who cross the line one by one?"
The citizens were impassioned, and already dozens had crossed the line. If they were all killed, it could spark a civil rebellion.
The chaos came too violently, and the Painter, panicking, wondered how to resolve this dilemma.
He looked back at the empty sofa.
"If only the Great Teacher were here, he could make a decision."
The Painter’s heart was in great turmoil...
