Chapter 44 The Memories of the Holy Maiden of the Holy Witch Clan
Chen was so startled by the sound that he almost jumped up. He couldn't care less about Jason anymore and rushed to his mother's bedside in a second.
"Mom, Mom, you're awake?" Achen clenched his fists tightly, not daring to reach out and touch her, afraid that it was all a dream, and that if he touched her, the illusion would vanish and everything would be gone.
"Who are you? And who am I?" His mother's eyes were full of confusion, and she looked at him as if he were a stranger.
Ah Chen's initial joy was quickly shattered.
He kept trying to reassure himself: maybe his mother had just been asleep for too long and had just woken up, so she didn't remember anything. She might remember things slowly in a few days.
He tried his best to calm himself down, speaking in a very calm tone and with a gentle look in his eyes: "Your name is Zuo Shan, and you are my mother. I am your son, your biological son, and my name is A Chen."
Jason didn't find anything wrong with Chaoyang calling him Achen. Children all have nicknames at home. His full name is Chaoyang, and his nickname is Achen. It's not strange at all.
"Zuo Shan? A Chen? Son?" Zuo Shan murmured to himself.
She didn't know if what the little boy in front of her was true, but it was true that he felt a sense of familiarity when he saw her.
“Mirror.” She reached out to the boy.
Ah Chen quickly took out a mirror, held it up to her face with both hands.
The moment Zuo Shan saw her face clearly in the mirror, a very distant memory suddenly flooded into her mind.
Deep within a vast palace, beside a luxurious bed, four elderly people—three women and one man—looked sorrowful, their faces streaked with tears, surrounding the woman lying on the bed, barely alive.
"Holy Maiden, this time, in order to save our Holy Witch Clan from being annihilated by the rolling lava erupting from the earth, you used the heaven-defying Time Reversal technique, and are now suffering the backlash of the Heavenly Dao, about to be reduced to ashes."
"The entire clan, young and old, are willing to each give up half their life force to ensure your soul's survival, but your sacred body cannot be preserved. It's all our fault for being incompetent!" said one of the white-haired elders.
"Four elders, how could you... do this? Does that mean the Holy Witch Clan will no longer be able to use witchcraft?" the woman on the bed said with a pained expression.
"Holy Maiden, time is of the essence, and the matter is already settled. There's no point in saying more. You must remember what I'm about to say!"
When we preserved your soul, we used our clan's sacred artifact, the Heaven-Covering Stone, to temporarily obscure the heavenly way.
However, the Sky-Covering Stone requires a large amount of life force to maintain its use, and we are unable to sustain its use for an extended period.
Therefore, the four of us have decided to join forces to cast a spacetime teleportation array to transfer your soul to an unknown universe. Only in this way can we avoid the continued backlash from the Heavenly Dao of this world.
However, the journey ahead is long and uncertain, and we cannot guarantee your safety for the rest of your life.
The second brother used the divination method to cast a hexagram for you. The hexagram indicates that you will face many hardships on your journey and will need to go through two life-or-death ordeals before you can emerge from the mire.
"Only after you have fully merged with your new body in this other world, given birth to a new generation of holy maidens, and returned to this world, will you be able to lead your people once more and restore the glory of our Holy Witch Clan."
"Ah Shan, take care! No matter how hard it gets, you must survive!" The four old people waved to her.
A blinding white light flashed, and their figures instantly blurred until they disappeared completely.
At this moment, Zuo Shan's memories returned, and she remembered that she was the woman on the bed—the Holy Maiden Yu Shan of the Holy Witch Clan.
The people surrounding her were the four elders of their Holy Witch Clan, and the one giving her instructions was the Great Elder of the Holy Witch Clan.
Back then, in order to send her soul to an unknown universe, the four elders, having already lost half of their remaining life force, further exacerbated the situation by extracting another half, which enabled the Qiankun Shifting Array to be activated.
After she left, the four elders probably had very little lifespan left, and they didn't know if they would ever see them again in this lifetime.
The memory weighed heavily on her mind. She looked at her face in the mirror again, which was 90% similar to her appearance back then, but the spirit and aura were completely different.
When she used her divine sense to examine her current body again, she was even more disappointed:
Weak, so incredibly weak!
Fortunately, her soul had been transported over a long distance by the great formation and had become extremely weak. Otherwise, her body would not have been able to support her soul and would have been blown to pieces long ago.
Judging from her current appearance, she must have just woken up from a deep sleep. I wonder if she has survived the two life-and-death tribulations mentioned in the Second Elder's divination.
Composing herself, she looked again at the boy who kept calling her "Mom".
What is the term "Mom"? She had never heard it before.
However, each universe has its own language, so it's normal not to have heard of it.
Looking at the boy's face full of affection, could she be his biological mother?
The feather fan casually formed a simple hand seal, a hand seal that all members of their Holy Witch Clan knew, capable of identifying blood relatives.
Ah Chen looked at her mother cautiously. Her brows were furrowed, and her expression was full of sorrow. Could it be that she was recalling the disaster before the time travel?
After a few minutes of silence, he saw his mother make a strange hand gesture. He tried to imitate her gesture but found it extremely difficult. It took a lot of effort to barely manage to mimic the general shape.
Feather Fan had used the lowest level of magic of the Holy Witch Clan, and was already weak all over, seemingly exhausted.
Sigh! This body is really too weak!
However, the good thing is that she has confirmed that the boy in front of her is her closest blood relative.
He previously said that his son was his own, so the term "mother" should be equivalent to "mother" in Chinese, right?
Feather Fan swept his divine sense over his son again, and was extremely disappointed. This child only had a trace of the Holy Witch Clan's bloodline, and it was estimated that it would be difficult for him to cultivate the Holy Witch Clan's profound magic seals.
However, boys in the Holy Witch Clan are mainly responsible for procreation, and only a very small number can learn relatively advanced magic seals.
The son is good-looking and should be able to win the favor of the girls in the clan who are skilled in magic in the future. He won't have to worry about not being able to get married.
That's right, the Holy Witch Clan has always been a matriarchal society where men marry women.
Throughout history, the highest leaders have all been holy women. According to historical records, there was only one extremely powerful man who became the only holy son in the tribe.
At this moment, the feather fan activated the most distant memories, but it lost all memories after its soul was teleported away.
She was confused about her situation, only knowing that she seemed to be staying in a dilapidated little inn, with only her seven-year-old son and an unknown low-level spirit beast by her side.
Wait, something's not right. There seems to be a mythical beast cub with a relatively noble bloodline hanging around the son's neck.
The bloodline of the Holy Witch Clan is naturally attracted to divine beasts, so many divine beasts have willingly come to their door to be raised by the clan, but they have never seen this kind of creature that is both fish and bird.
It seems that my son was able to form a contract with a divine beast in this universe thanks to his meager Holy Witch Clan bloodline. Otherwise, these high and mighty divine beasts would not easily form contracts with ordinary people.
Having temporarily gathered her thoughts, Yu Shan cleared her throat and said, "Son, Mom... seems to have lost her memory. Can you tell me the general situation?"
Jason, who had been standing at the door waiting for Chen's reply, grew impatient and, without waiting for Chen to speak, walked over and said:
“Madam, now that you are awake, you must be able to take care of yourself, right? Our town of Soren urgently needs Chaoyang’s help. Could you let him leave and come with us to the zombie hunting grounds?”
The mayor said that if he agrees to help us secure this last spot, he will be rewarded with 3,000 contribution points, plus permanent residency in Soren Town!
Oh, I forgot to mention, all residents of Soren Town are eligible for a housing unit, and those facing special circumstances can apply for a hardship allowance of up to 10,000 contribution points.
Feather Fan frowned, but since he was completely unaware of the current situation, he tolerated the rudeness of this low-level martial artist.
"Uncle Jason, please go back first. I need to discuss it with my mother. I'll get back to you in an hour, okay?" Ah Chen patiently sent him away.
Jason had no choice but to nod and run off.
Continue read on readnovelmtl.com
