Chapter 62 Kissing a tear, a drop of saliva.
The misty clouds, like a thin veil, gently enveloped the man and woman beneath the peach tree.
The fluttering peach petals suddenly stopped in mid-air, shutting out all the noise in the world.
On the branches, the flower buds that were about to open suddenly unfurled and bloomed all at once.
The god's pupils gradually deepened, and his lips touched her gently, with a touch as delicate as warm jade.
Hua Xun held her breath, her eyes filled with shock and embarrassment.
The cool, moist touch on my lips was like the first snow falling on flower petals, so gentle it brought tears to my eyes.
Hua Xun's ears gradually grew hot, and the palm on the back of her neck gently held her, making it difficult for her to escape. Her eyelashes trembled uneasily.
The deity... is kissing her.
As the thought became clear, a blush instantly spread across her cheeks.
She had assumed that a god who was devoid of desire, joy, and sorrow would not know about kissing.
Yet the sensation on my lips was so clear.
The God's kisses were gentle and divine, lightly touching and lingering, stirring her breath and mingling it with his fragrance.
He was more forceful than usual, his large hand gripping the back of her neck remaining perfectly still.
Hua Xun's mind was hazy, and in her dazed state, the God released her hand and left her lips.
Those broad, clear eyes were tinged with a different kind of darkness.
The petals, which had been frozen in place, gradually returned to normal and floated leisurely.
Hua Xun remained seated on the tree branch, breathing heavily as she looked at the deity still standing before her. After a long while, she stammered, "The deity just... kissed me..."
The deity neatly tidied her slightly disheveled hair, brushed away a bit of shine from her lips with his fingertips, and honestly replied, "Mm."
Hua Xun still found it hard to believe. After a moment of silence, she heard Liu Huo playing and shouting coming from the back hall. Coming back to her senses, she cautiously asked, "Lord... are you mistaking me for Liu Huo?"
Just like how she would be close to those furry demons.
The deity frowned slightly: "I will not kiss Liu Huo."
"Then..." Hua Xun's heart skipped a beat, and she looked at him nervously, "Why did you kiss me?"
After careful consideration, the deity said, "I want to kiss Ah Xun."
He was silent for a few moments, then smiled gently and said, "I love Ah Xun."
Hua Xun stared in astonishment, her eyes widening.
From the moment the deity began tidying her hair, she felt as if she were dreaming. Now, hearing that word "love," it was as if she had reached the pinnacle of her dream.
The Divine Lord is an ancient deity born from enlightenment, a god who is pure of heart and has few desires.
She had even accepted that the deity did not understand the feelings between men and women.
"Do you really know what you're doing?" Hua Xun asked hesitantly, then, remembering something, added, "You said...you love me, is it the kind of love that's romantic?"
Or is it the love of God that treats all things and all living beings equally?
Hua Xun didn't have the courage to ask the second half of the question.
love.
Jiuqing's eyes widened in confusion for a moment, and he confessed his ignorance: "I don't know."
He didn't know if his feelings for Ah Xun were the kind of love that the world praised, cursed, longed for, and despised.
But he thought that from this moment on, he would have millions of years to learn and experience.
“I care about A-Xun,” the deity said.
Although Hua Xun felt a slight sense of disappointment, she was comforted when she heard the God Lord frankly express his concern.
That's good enough.
“I also care about the God Lord very much,” Hua Xun said.
The deity smiled and said, "I know."
Yet he was still delighted that she had said those words herself.
This is a very strange emotion.
Hua Xun stared at the God-King's smile, her heart racing, and quietly looked away: "I... I'll go back to my room first."
This time, the deity did not stop her, and Hua Xun jumped off the tree branch and quickly ran back to the back hall.
Tired from playing, Liu Huo lay on the jade couch, dozing off with his eyes half-closed. Hearing footsteps, he called out to Hua Xun as a greeting.
Hua Xun went into her room without looking back, lay down on the bed, grabbed the fairy silk, and covered herself up completely.
Yet the divine fragrance seemed to still linger on her lips and teeth, subtle and alluring.
Hua Xun couldn't help but reach out and gently touch her lips, recalling the kiss just now, her heart pounding like thunder.
The next moment, she suddenly remembered something, lifted the celestial silk, and sat up.
She seems to have forgotten something important.
Just now, it should have been a golden opportunity for her to obtain the God's saliva!
But in her tension and shock, she completely forgot about this.
Do we have to do it again?
Thinking of that scene, Hua Xun blushed and felt hot all over again.
But then, remembering something, the blush on Hua Xun's face gradually faded, and she fell back onto the bed, unable to help but sigh softly.
The deity would not lie; if he said he didn't know whether it was love, then he truly didn't know.
Gods are untouched by the mortal world, but humans are greedy.
For example, her.
Just a moment ago I was telling myself, "I'm content, this is already very good," but when I came to my senses, I wanted more.
"Hey." A short, puzzled cry came from the doorway.
Hua Xun slightly rose and looked towards the door.
Liu Huo was craning its neck to look inside when it saw that she was awake. It flew in happily and went straight to her bed.
"Liu Huo, is something wrong?" Hua Xun sat up listlessly.
Liu Huo stared at her with his bright, round eyes. After a moment, he made a few gurgling sounds in his throat, much like the sounds of some demons ruminating.
"Liu Huo, don't you dare vomit on my bed..."
Before Hua Xun could finish speaking, Liu Huo spat out a crystal-clear gem.
The crystal was crystal clear and transparent, without any impurities, and shimmered with fine silver light, like the ice crystals that have remained unmelted for thousands of years on the snowy peaks of Kunlun, pure, holy, and flawless.
"What is this?" Hua Xun asked, puzzled, and made a cleansing gesture, holding the crystal in her palm.
The firefly opened its sharp beak and pecked at her hand.
Hua Xun glanced at it in surprise and tried to inject her magic power into the crystal. In an instant, her sea of consciousness retreated rapidly, as if she had entered another vast and boundless world.
The God walked alone on the White Mist Cliff, without using any divine power, taking one step at a time.
She actually saw the God Lord's vast sea of consciousness, as boundless as heaven and earth, but the sea of consciousness was... completely filled with her.
She in all sorts of ways.
She, her hands covered in mud from transplanting peach branches; she, wanting to steal a kiss from the god; she, offering flowers to the god; she, boldly sitting on the lotus platform…
Finally, the image of her wearing her wedding dress was captured.
Hua Xun recognized the date that corresponded to her memory—the day she left the Immortal Clan.
The deity returned behind the celestial curtain and sat upright on the lotus throne.
Calm, desolate.
Nothing happened.
But in the instant she lowered her eyes, a tear slid down her left eye.
"Ah Xun." He called her by her name.
Immediately, White Mist Cliff was plunged into eternal night.
Hua Xun's consciousness suddenly snapped out of her reverie, and she stared blankly at the crystal in her hand.
"These are the tears of the God..." she murmured softly.
The tears I shed for her.
Because in that teardrop, she saw only herself.
She was completely full.
Did the God-King shed tears on the day she left?
"Hee," Liu Huo whispered.
Hua Xun looked at Liu Huo, her nose suddenly stung, and she hugged Liu Huo's head, wiping the tears that were about to fall onto its feathers.
Liu Huo struggled for a moment, but stopped when she heard a soft sniffling sob. She sighed deeply, helplessly lay down on the bed, and let her hug her.
After an unknown amount of time, Hua Xun's muffled voice rang out: "Liu Huo, you've lived for over two thousand years, haven't you?"
Liu Huo responded.
"You've been by the God's side for so long, have you ever seen the God shed tears for someone else?" Hua Xun asked again.
Liu Huo shook his head.
Hua Xun gradually quieted down, and after a long while, her voice seemed to be talking to herself: "So, the God-King only ever shed tears for me..."
My eyes are getting hot again.
Hua Xun lowered her head to rub her eyes against Liu Huo's feathers, but failed.
A ray of golden divine light separated the flowing fire, pulling it aside.
Hua Xun's arms suddenly felt empty, and she couldn't help but raise her head.
The deity entered at some point and stood beside her bed, his jade-white hand brushing against her eyelashes and wiping away a drop of water.
"Why are you here?" Hua Xun asked blankly.
The deity smiled slightly: "I am thinking that Liu Huo's original form cultivation has hardly progressed any further, so he should take another step to cultivate into human form."
Liu Huo, who had been pulled off the bed, blinked in confusion, looked at Hua Xun, and then at Shen Jun.
Hua Xun thought that if Liu Huo were to take human form, not only would his cultivation continue to improve, but he would also have a companion to talk and play with. He nodded and said, "Yes."
The deity bowed and said, "From now on, Liu Huo should cultivate diligently in the temple. Ah Xun, please move to the temple first."
ah?
Hua Xun looked up in surprise.
Liu Huo also let out a bewildered cry.
The deity took Hua Xun's hand and walked outside with her.
It wasn't until Hua Xun was about to step into the temple gates that she finally realized, "My Lord, is it inappropriate for me to move here?"
"Hmm?" The deity asked, puzzled, and pulled her inside.
Hua Xun opened her mouth, but ultimately kept it closed silently.
The palace of the Divine Lord was even more magnificent, with three stories, each three zhang high.
Hua Xun was already familiar with the furnishings in the hall, but he had only come here a handful of times late at night: "My Lord, where do I live? Next to the lotus platform?"
"That's acceptable." The deity nodded.
Hua Xun's heart skipped a beat, her ears burned and her face flushed, and she quickly said, "I was just kidding."
She knew there were still empty rooms on the second and third floors; the deity had mentioned them to her before, but no one had lived there for ten thousand years.
The deity smiled, a hint of mischievousness in his eyes after a successful joke: "Hmm."
Hua Xun pointed upwards: "Then I'll go first..."
"Ah Xun, stay with me for a while," the deity interrupted her, a rare occurrence for him.
Hua Xun was stunned, unable to bring herself to refuse.
Before long, the deity sat on the lotus platform again, while Hua Xun, wrapped in celestial silk, leaned comfortably against the platform.
The divine light quickly enveloped the divine lord, making him appear and disappear intermittently.
Hua Xun knew that the God was once again answering the prayers of all living beings.
She looked up, gazing intently at the deity beside her.
He will cry, he will kiss, he will get angry, and he will care...
This is God's favor upon her.
In that instant, Hua Xun seemed to understand.
The deity is just like all living beings; he does not like loneliness.
But if he didn't like it, how did he survive the past millions of years?
Hua Xun felt a pang of sadness in her heart and gently leaned against the God-King's lap, quietly keeping him company.
Feeling the warmth on her lap, Jiuqing opened her eyes and looked at the girl leaning against her.
After a long while, he raised his hand and placed his palm on the girl's black hair.
The eternal pain in my mind seemed to fade away with it.
*
Since Liu Huo was forced to cultivate, he has only been allowed to go out to play and have fun once every three days.
Hua Xun also moved into the temple, and most of the time she accompanied the God Lord by the lotus platform.
Occasionally, he would move to his room on the third floor, worrying about being just one drop short of saliva, and sigh to himself as he tried to find a solution.
But whenever this happens, once Hua Xun falls asleep, she can always see a wisp of the God's divine will standing silently in front of her in her dreams, looking at her alone with a smile.
Even though she didn't say a word, it was still heartbreaking.
The next day, Hua Xun quietly returned to the lotus platform.
Hua Xun had also thought that she might as well kiss him directly, like the God Lord did last time, and then take the saliva first.
Thinking about it is one thing, doing it is another.
Looking at the divine deity sitting high on the lotus throne, she felt that getting even a little too close to his face would be blasphemy.
That's why each attempt ended in failure.
The deity also acted as if the kiss from that day had never happened, treating her as before.
—Except when they were walking along the cliff edge, he would deliberately wait for her and then casually hold her hand;
When they were together late at night, she would sometimes deliberately stay far away from the god, and he would use his divine power to bring her to his side and gently stroke her hair;
When she gets bored, he'll make the mirror show more interesting images...
even……
Whenever Liu Huo was able to go out and play, the God would always take her along for sightseeing.
Sometimes I go to the cloud sea waterfall above the divine realm to see the waves rolling with divine light;
Sometimes we go to the rugged stone forest below the waterfall and listen to the babbling of the springs among the rocks;
Sometimes I go to the edge of the Milky Way to witness the magnificent birth of a rainbow...
Hua Xun suspected that the God was worried that she would be bored staying at White Mist Cliff.
Once, while she was cultivating in the temple, she finished her task early and casually remarked "How boring" while lying on the table. That night, the deity suddenly asked her in a dream, "Does A-Xun find me... boring?"
Hua Xun had already forgotten what she had said during the day and hurriedly shook her head in denial.
But the deity remained quietly in her dream all night, without saying a word.
This continued until Qixi Festival, more than a month later.
The deity took Hua Xun to the Milky Way in the Nine Heavens.
This was the first time Hua Xun had been so close to the stars. Gazing at the dazzling stars scattered like chess pieces, she couldn't hide her excitement.
As midnight approached, the deity parted the clouds, and a star bridge paved with clear light gradually spread out.
The Milky Way hangs in the sky, sometimes bright, sometimes dim, like scattered diamonds. Occasionally, a star streaks across the sky with a thin tail of light, splashing up layers of starlight as it falls.
Hua Xun gazed at the beautiful scene, then looked at the God Lord standing quietly beside her, and suddenly remembered a customary prayer from her human days: "God Lord."
The deity looked at her.
Hua Xun said, "According to human tradition, if you make a wish and kiss under the stars at midnight on Qixi Festival, you will never be separated."
The deity smiled and replied, "This kind of wish was invented by humans, and there is no such custom as kissing."
The kiss was just something Hua Xun made up. She cleared her throat and asked, "Doesn't the God-King believe me?"
The deity paused for a moment and said, "I have never made a wish."
Hua Xun pursed her lips, took two quick breaths, and tilted her head back: "Would you like to try?"
The deity lowered his head in bewilderment.
Hua Xun clenched his fist, stood on tiptoe, and, imitating the deity, wrapped his arms around the back of his neck and awkwardly kissed those lightly closed lips.
Jiu Qing was slightly taken aback.
The cold tide of the Milky Way gradually surged in. He raised his hand, his wide sleeves encircling the girl's waist, protecting her in the divine light, and bowed his head to respond softly.
In that instant, he suddenly wanted to make a wish.
—The first wish in ten thousand years.
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