"In just a few thousand years, the times have changed so fast, but the bright moon in the sky remains the same as before."
The Jade Rabbit sighed softly, its eyes filled with a sense of vicissitude. Seeing this, Jiang Xuan, who was standing to the side, felt much of the strangeness and suspicion he had felt earlier because of the Jade Rabbit's unreliable behavior dissipate.
Just this one sigh.
He seemed to have traveled back to the distant ancient times, when the gods still existed. At that time, the Qin Emperor made an ancient alliance between humans and gods with the Moon Goddess, and attacked Xiang Liu and drove away the emperor's daughter, Nüba.
The final expedition of the gods.
It left the human world to humanity itself!
These magnificent stories are familiar to everyone in this land, from childhood to adulthood.
Even the usually calm Jiang Xuan couldn't help but change his expression drastically. Now that the Jade Rabbit, the messenger of the Moon Goddess, has returned, does it mean that the gods are also about to return?
If the conjecture is true.
This world... is bound to undergo earth-shattering changes.
Jiang Xuan felt a chill run down his spine when he thought about this.
In that instant, he thought of many things. If the news of the Jade Rabbit's return were to spread, it would surely cause a tremor in the heavens and earth, and the aftershocks would be enough to shatter him to pieces.
"Hey, what are you standing there for?"
The Jade Rabbit looked at the human in front of it with disdain. Jiang Xuan came back to his senses, and his vision blurred. He felt a weight on his shoulder.
"It's alright, but not as comfortable as being on Fusu."
Fusu?
Before Jiang Xuan could even react to the fact that the magnificent Jade Rabbit had jumped onto him like an ordinary spirit pet, he heard a rather familiar name.
The Crown Prince of the Great Qin Dynasty.
An ordinary person wouldn't remember this name, since although Fusu was the Qin Emperor's most beloved and valued son, he didn't outlive his father and died as the crown prince.
Those who practice spiritual cultivation have a stronger impression of Fusu.
The Jade Rabbit's tone was so familiar; could it have had a relationship with Fusu in ancient times?
"Yes, Fusu is a gentle and good boy."
Jiang Xuan only realized he had asked the question after hearing the Jade Rabbit's words.
The Jade Rabbit enthusiastically recounted many things about Fusu, including how it taught Fusu the ways of an emperor and how Fusu "bravely" protested against the Moon Goddess's refusal to give him meat.
And there's also the fierce battle with the little girl Lü Zhi...
Most of the people mentioned in these words are figures who have left their mark in history.
However, in the Jade Rabbit's narration, Jiang Xuan could only feel that they were no longer cold words in the history books, but rather flesh-and-blood beings around him.
As I listened...
Jiang Xuan's restless heart gradually calmed down.
Time flies like water and can never be turned back.
No matter how brilliant or invincible a person may be, the traces they leave will fade with the passage of time.
…………
Suddenly.
The Jade Rabbit stopped talking, looking relaxed, and scratched Jiang Xuan's hair with its right forepaw.
"Someone's here, and they're quite hostile."
"Go and take them down!"
"What?"
Jiang Xuan felt a chill run down his spine, and alarm bells rang wildly in his mind.
He knew that if a being like the Moon Goddess were to return, there would be no shortage of people who wanted to profit from it. After all, so much time had passed, and the people of this world did not have much reverence for the gods.
He put himself in their shoes and thought about it.
The gods who had long since departed suddenly returned.
Did they suffer a defeat in battle and slink back to their hometown, perhaps even beaten to the point of near death?
So why don't they take this opportunity—
Fortune favors the bold.
Feeling he had grasped the logic, Jiang Xuan disregarded his reserve and turned to ask further questions. Then he remembered the Jade Rabbit was on his shoulder, forcing him to remain in this awkward position. He frowned and said:
"You've returned, haven't you tried to conceal anything?"
Why the secrecy?
The jade rabbit, however, was not afraid at all. It stood on its two front legs, waving them back and forth, and proudly opened its mouth:
"What is there for me, the Jade Rabbit, to hide? When I was by the Moon Goddess's side, everyone called me the Jade Rabbit Venerable. I controlled the birth and death of countless worlds, drank divine water as water, and used the leaves of world trees to build my nest."
"Why did the Jade Rabbit Venerable sneak back?"
Jiang Xuan suddenly asked a question.
"Well, it's a long story. I made a small mistake, but the Moon Goddess is too petty, so I came back to lay low for a while."
The Jade Rabbit only realized what it meant after it finished speaking, and said fiercely:
"How dare you try to trick me into telling me!"
"If you think so, then so be it." Jiang Xuan said calmly, refusing to even use a respectful title.
What a joke! Even a fool would know how powerful someone who dares to hunt the Moon Goddess must be. He's just a Foundation Establishment cultivator, and he's still recovering from serious injuries.
Um.
He's already incredibly strong for not going crazy.
Clinging to a last glimmer of hope, Jiang Xuan asked the Jade Rabbit if it could intervene, only to receive a negative answer.
"Speed is of the essence in war. It would have been too much trouble for the original body to run back. This body is formed from moonlight. How can you expect a cute bunny to fight the enemy?"
The Jade Rabbit responded as a matter of course.
The person in front of me had a somewhat ashen face.
Thinking it over, and wanting to offer some hope, and relying on this tool to spread information, stir up trouble, and figure out the ins and outs of this world, he patted his chest and said:
"Relax, I, Jade Rabbit, am not stupid. Why would I send you to kill enemies far above your level if I wasn't confident? Watch—"
The fluffy rabbit lifted its front legs and glided gracefully.
The full moon in the sky seemed to shine for a fleeting moment.
The soft moonlight spilled down, lingering and dancing in the courtyard, transforming into a wisp of incomparably bright light.
It moves lightly in the air like a fish.
Then... he tied the boy's hair up.
"Don't take it off." The Jade Rabbit righteously stopped Jiang Xuan's subconscious action:
"This is a magical artifact that I condensed from the essence of the moon. It allows you to borrow the power of the moon goddess to fight your enemies. Your cultivation level is too low, so remember to finish this battle quickly."
Jiang Xuan nodded seriously.
Therefore, I forgot to ask the Jade Rabbit why the Marrow Magic Treasure had to be tied to his head as a headband this month.
…………
This headband—oops, this magical artifact—is truly authentic.
As the saying goes, "When one person attains enlightenment, even their chickens and dogs ascend to heaven." The host has become a big shot, and the system is no longer the same as before; it is now a well-known and powerful system.
Putting aside other things.
Creating a magical artifact is a piece of cake.
Only Ling Xiao would order it to do this kind of thing.
The system's Jade Rabbit, feeling sorry for itself, swallowed its bitter tears, utterly miserable.
I wonder how well "Those Years, the Ups and Downs with My Host" is selling.
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