anovelconsole Chapter 12746 Burying the Moon
Chapter 12746 Burying the Moon
Chapter 12746 Burying the Moon
"The Goddess of Illusionary Moon?"
Qinghui's eyes lit up slightly. "You mean one of the goddesses of March? Everyone in the Moon District was once her subject."
"But she is a false god, merely borrowing the power of the Great Moon Goddess. Many people even think she is a usurper, a thief, a hypocritical believer who wants to create an illusion to trap us, thinking that this will allow us to escape the invasion of demons."
"Hehe, that's a bit of wishful thinking. Demons are everywhere. Not to mention the monsters of chaos, even the demons of the abyss are extremely terrifying beings."
"Back then, the illusion she created was eventually broken by demons, and we, the descendants of the Great Moon Goddess, were trapped in her illusion for many years. Our cultivation and Dao heart both regressed, and we had no ability to fight back against the invasion of demons."
"In the end, our clan suffered heavy casualties, and the survivors fled to this place. After a brief period of peace, we were unexpectedly plunged into infighting again."
In the end, Qinghui shook his head, quite disheartened. He looked at the moonlit cities in the sky, his eyes filled not with hatred, but with weariness and numbness.
"The Goddess of Illusion is... a usurper?"
Ye Chen was somewhat taken aback. He had originally thought that the people in the Moon District were all descendants of the Goddess of Illusion.
Unexpectedly, Qinghui said that the Goddess of Illusion Moon was a false god and a usurper.
Although they were once subjects of the Moon Goddess, they do not seem to recognize her rule.
They are descendants of the Great Moon God and do not venerate the Illusion Moon Goddess.
"Is the Great Moon Goddess... the progenitor of the lunar pathway?"
Ye Chen asked, having vaguely glimpsed the cause and effect, knowing that the Great Moon God Qinghui spoke of seemed to be the ancestor of the Moon Path.
Qinghui said, "That's right! The Great Moon Goddess is the true god, while the Illusion Moon Goddess is nothing but a false god."
When he spoke of the "Great Moon Goddess," his tone was full of reverence and respect, but when he mentioned the Illusionary Moon Goddess, he was indifferent and aloof.
Ye Chen fell silent.
He clearly felt that the tremors of the Moon Goddess's tombstone in the Reincarnation Graveyard had also subsided, as if she were feeling sad.
After traveling for about half an hour, a village appeared ahead. The buildings were made of stone, and there were walls and watchtowers around the village.
"Senior Chenye, we've arrived at the tribe!"
Qinghui revealed a look of joy and, together with his companions, led Ye Chen into the tribe, where he introduced Ye Chen's identity and strength to the tribespeople.
Upon hearing of Ye Chen's formidable abilities, including his ability to subdue the werewolf with ease, everyone was filled with awe and respect.
As soon as Ye Chen stepped into the tribe, his gaze was drawn to a statue in the open space in front of him.
The statue was carved entirely from milky-white stone, standing about three zhang tall, with a graceful figure and ethereal气质, clearly the image of a goddess.
Strangely, the statue's face is smooth and flat, without any features, as if it had been deliberately erased, or as if it was naturally so.
"Hey, this is..."
Ye Chen sensed an ancient and profound aura emanating from the statue.
"Senior, this is the statue of the Great Moon Goddess."
Qinghui's tone was tinged with reverence. "The Great Moon Goddess is named Mingyue Suxin. According to legend, she was the one who created the lunar pathway. She is the original moon. We who live in the Moon District all worship the Great Moon Goddess."
"The so-called March Goddesses are not true gods, but merely practitioners of the lunar pathway who have gone a little deeper. They are not qualified to be named representatives of the lunar pathway."
"Named person" means spokesperson.
Ye Chen remained silent, never expecting that even the Goddess of March was not qualified to be called a named person.
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The tombstone of the Goddess of Illusion shook once more.
It's unclear whether it was Qinghui's words that provoked him, or because he saw the statue of the Great Moon Goddess.
"Why doesn't this statue have facial features?" Ye Chen asked again.
Qinghui said, "The Great Moon Goddess has a form, but it is covered by chaos. Legend has it that the day her appearance reappears will be the day she is resurrected and returns."
“I see…” Ye Chen looked at the statue, lost in thought.
Qinghui said, "Senior, you must be tired from your journey. Please come inside and rest for a while. I'll pour you a bowl of wine!"
As Qinghui spoke, he led Ye Chen into his house, then took out a jar of wine from the cellar and opened it.
A refreshing aroma of wine instantly filled the air.
The aroma of the wine, mingled with the refreshing moonlight and the mellow fragrance of herbs and trees, was truly delightful.
Qinghui brought two earthenware bowls and poured out two bowls of wine, the wine crystal clear as moonlight.
"Senior, this is Moon Wine, a specialty of our Moonlit Holy Land. It is refreshing and invigorating. Legend has it that those who are destined to drink it will receive the blessing of the Great Moon God!"
Qinghui pushed one of the bowls of wine in front of Ye Chen and gulped it down himself first.
Ye Chen's heart stirred. He picked up the earthenware bowl, took a small sip, and found the wine to be indeed refreshing.
After he drank it, it was as if moonlight was shining on him, and a ball of moonlight seemed to appear before his eyes.
With a thought, Ye Chen touched the moonlight with his divine sense, and an amazing scene appeared. The scene before his eyes gradually blurred, and his body seemed to be enveloped by rich moonlight.
In the next instant, Ye Chen seemed to be bathed in a bright moonlight.
In the hazy light, Ye Chen saw a beautiful figure ahead, her long dress flowing, her posture graceful.
Judging from her figure, she is none other than the Great Moon Goddess, Mingyue Suxin.
"I saw the Great Moon Goddess?"
Curious, Ye Chen lightly touched the ground with his toes and swiftly arrived beside the Great Moon Goddess.
The Great Moon Goddess stood quietly in the moonlight, motionless, like a statue, with a faint fragrance wafting in the wind.
"Is it a statue, or a phantom?"
Ye Chen was filled with curiosity. He reached out and touched the Great Moon Goddess's shoulder. The touch was real; she was a real person, not a phantom or a hard stone sculpture.
But she just wouldn't move.
Moreover, her face was also bathed in moonlight.
She was right in front of Ye Chen, but Ye Chen couldn't see her features; she was elusive and indistinct.
It's like the Great Moon Goddess doesn't have any facial features.
"Hey?"
Ye Chen waved his hand in front of the Great Moon Goddess, but received no response.
Ye Chen frowned immediately, carefully examining the Great Moon Goddess, and suddenly felt an extremely familiar feeling.
He felt that the Great Moon Goddess's figure and physique resembled a person.
She looks a lot like Xia Ruoxue.
That's right, it's Xia Ruoxue!
Ye Chen's cultivation progressed extremely quickly, and Xia Ruoxue couldn't keep up with his pace for a very long time.
But in his spare time, he would reunite happily with Xia Ruoxue in the Morning Sun Flower Sea, and naturally he remembered Xia Ruoxue's health.
Moreover, before leaving the other side of the starry sky, Ye Chen used the laws of time to extend the time, allowing him to reunite with the women for more than ten thousand years.
After thousands of years of contact, he naturally remembered Xia Ruoxue's figure.
Looking at the motionless Great Moon Goddess before him, a blasphemous thought arose in his mind.
After calming himself down, Ye Chen gently took the Great Moon Goddess's hand. Her palm was slender and soft, and her fingers were like scallions.
He was startled; the sensation was so similar to Xia Ruoxue's.
"Is it a genuine resemblance, or is it just my imagination?"
Ye Chen frowned, looked around, and found that in addition to the moonlight, there were also faint, crystal-like rays of light around him.
That was the light of a dream.
"Did I unwittingly enter the world of Mansu after drinking that moon wine?"
"Is this my dream?"
Ye Chen pondered, a sense of guilt rising within him. "Yes, it must be because I wanted to make it up to Xia Ruoxue that I had this dream."
To be honest, Ye Chen felt somewhat guilty towards Xia Ruoxue because he left too quickly, abandoning the woman from his past.
Xia Ruoxue also felt guilty, guilty that she hadn't been able to keep up with Ye Chen's pace.
Seeing the apologetic look in her eyes, Ye Chen felt quite sorry for her.
"I'm starting to understand the spirits of the underworld..."
Ye Chen murmured softly, "The world when you're awake is always full of regrets."
Only in the paradise of eternal sleep, in dreams, can one have a perfect life.
Ye Chen even dreamed of making amends to Xia Ruoxue, hoping that during the long journey, Xia Ruoxue could rise to the top and become the Great Moon Goddess.
Ye Chen looked at the face of the Great Moon Goddess. The moonlight on the Great Moon Goddess's face gradually dissipated with his thoughts, and finally her facial features emerged.
These were Xia Ruoxue's facial features.
Looking at Xia Ruoxue's appearance, Ye Chen was greatly shocked. It was both expected and surprising.
Xia Ruoxue's eyes were closed, and she looked as if she were asleep.
Ye Chen's gaze was somewhat unfocused. He gently raised his hand to stroke Xia Ruoxue's cheek. Seeing the surrounding light growing increasingly intense, he sighed softly.
"In the end, I was just dreaming. How could Xia Ruoxue be the Great Moon Goddess?"
Ye Chen closed his eyes, pulling his thoughts away from the dream world.
Ye Chen slowly came back to his senses, returning to the world he had been in when he was awake, but he could hear shouts and commotion coming from outside.
"Look! The statue of the Great Moon Goddess! The statue has facial features!"
"Oh my god! What's going on?!"
"Could it be that the Great Moon Goddess has manifested herself?"
……
Hearing the commotion outside, Ye Chen's heart skipped a beat.
"Huh, what's going on outside?" Qinghui asked, puzzled. "Senior, let's go out and take a look." They walked out of the house.
Ye Chen's heart pounded, and an absurd and unbelievable thought popped into his mind.
He strode out of the house and saw a crowd surrounding the statue of the Great Moon Goddess, pointing and commenting.
The statue of the Great Moon Goddess was emitting a warm moonlight. Her originally smooth, featureless face had suddenly revealed clear features, which was none other than Xia Ruoxue's appearance!
However, the facial features still show the eyes being closed.
After pointing and commenting for a while, some of the onlookers hurriedly knelt down, and then everyone else knelt down one after another, their faces filled with disbelief, and they all kowtowed.
Upon seeing this, Qinghui stared in disbelief, muttering in astonishment, "Has the Great Moon Goddess manifested?"
He trembled all over, hurriedly ran over, and respectfully kowtowed to the statue: "Great Moon Goddess, manifest your power! I pay my respects to the Great Moon Goddess!"
The entire tribe was quickly plunged into a state of devout tremor.
No one would have imagined that the faceless statue of the Great Moon Goddess, which had been passed down for countless years, would reveal its appearance at this moment.
In their view, this was undoubtedly a manifestation of the Great Moon Goddess, indicating that the Great Moon Goddess was about to return.
Ye Chen stood at the back of the crowd, looking at Xia Ruoxue's face on the statue, his eyes filled with shock.
"How is this going?"
"How did the Great Moon Goddess... become Xia Ruoxue?"
"Could it be that my lingering dreams have distorted the world I live in?"
"Or is it because of some special reason?"
Ye Chen's heart was filled with turbulent waves.
He knew long ago that dreams could distort reality.
Both the Goddess of the Sun and Ye Xingcai were created from dreams.
Now, Ye Chen's dream seems to have distorted reality, causing the Great Moon Goddess to turn into Xia Ruoxue!
This is truly unbelievable.
For a moment, Ye Chen couldn't tell the difference between reality and illusion.
After Qinghui finished bowing, she stood up and walked to Ye Chen's side, saying with delight:
"Senior, the Great Moon Goddess manifested her power as soon as you arrived, what a great blessing!"
Among the tribespeople, someone exclaimed excitedly, "When the Great Moon Goddess returns, we must ask her to take action and annihilate the people of the Moonlit City in the sky!"
Many people looked at the moonlit cities in the sky, their eyes filled with intense hatred and anger.
Ye Chen remained silent, but at this moment he felt the tombstone of the Illusionary Moon Goddess tremble violently, as if it were also excited by the appearance of the Great Moon Goddess.
The Goddess of Illusion is now desperately eager to be revived, but her power is not yet sufficient to break through the shackles of fate.
If we can find her remains, we can surely awaken her.
Ye Chen could vaguely sense that the remains of the Moon Goddess were in the Moon District, but he was unsure of the exact location.
He wanted to ask Qinghui, but the Great Moon God appeared, and the whole tribe celebrated. Qinghui quickly returned to the crowd and sang and danced with everyone.
Ye Chen didn't leave until late at night, when the revelry finally ended, and Qinghui walked home with a flushed face.
"Qinghui, I want to ask you about some things." Ye Chen carefully considered his words, because the Great Moon Goddess had become Xia Ruoxue, which might trigger some unforeseen consequences. He had to be cautious with every step he took from now on.
"Please ask, senior."
"The remains of the Moon Goddess...do you know where they are?"
"The Goddess of Illusionary Moon?"
Upon hearing this, Qinghui's face showed a dismissive expression:
"Senior, do you want the remains of the Goddess of Illusion Moon? Those remains of the false god were protected by our clan at great expense, in the hope that she could manifest herself and provide protection."
"But to my surprise, she was of no use at all."
"Her remains were long ago thrown into the Abyss of the Buried Moon."
"Demons were hunting down our people, but in the end, our people united and prayed for the protection of the Great Moon God. Finally, the Great Moon God sent down moonlight, which drove away the demons."
After Qinghui finished speaking, the tombstone of the Goddess of Illusion fell silent once again.
The Goddess of Illusionary Moon's Dao Heart seems to have been wounded.
Ye Chen frowned, vaguely glimpsing the ancient secrets of the past.
When the Goddess of Illusion existed, it was the time when the Primordial Era and the Abyss were locked in a struggle. At that time, Yin and Yang were in chaos, and the world outside was in a state of turmoil, with evil and corrupted demons everywhere.
The goddess of illusion transformed herself into the moon, sheltering a group of descendants of the great moon god, and created an illusionary realm where everyone could live in a paradise of illusion.
However, that idyllic paradise was eventually breached by demons.
The moon, which was the embodiment of the goddess of illusion, was also completely shattered.
The descendants of the Great Moon Goddess gathered some of her remains and fled for their lives, eventually arriving in the Moon District.
But in the end, it was not the Moon Goddess who truly banished the demons, but the Great Moon Goddess who bestowed light upon them.
Since the Moon Goddess shattered, she has had no effect whatsoever.
Her remains were eventually thrown into the abyss, the very abyss Qinghui referred to as the "Burial Moon Abyss."