Chapter 334 Nighttime Banquet (Upside-Down Dream Play 2)
Countless dark gray moon shadows that had fallen from Yuanjun's body floated in the water. When they were illuminated by the warm yellow moonlight, many hands and feet gradually grew out of them.
These hands and feet reached out to grasp at the warm yellow moonlight, and then touched their own hands and feet, revealing that their hands and feet had acquired color.
They struggled to catch the moonlight and smeared it all over themselves. Before long, they successfully smeared themselves until they shone with a yellow light and emerged from within, looking like large fireflies about a foot long.
When the moonlight emerged, these new fireflies looked at their reflections in the water, but most of them were dissatisfied. Many of them shouted, "Why are they fireflies!"
"I want to be a tiger!"
"I want to be a phoenix!"
He then jumped into the water.
They rolled around in the water, washing themselves until they were covered in dust and grime, then climbed back into the nearby dark gray moonlight.
After they had earned enough moonlight and applied it to themselves a second time, many of them found that they had once again turned into small, insignificant fish, and they became dissatisfied again.
They shouted, "That doesn't count! Let's do it again! Let's do it again!"
They bumped and scrubbed each other in the pool, washing away the moonlight from their bodies, and then swam back into the dark gray moonlight.
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In this capricious and unpredictable manner, these creatures transformed into every kind of insect, fish, bird, and beast, yet a small portion remained unsatisfied and continued to bathe in the moonlight.
The moonlight they washed away was pushed together by the ripples and stained the dark gray moon shadows floating in the water. Each time a shadow was stained, it seemed to gain momentum and rise into the air.
Half an hour later, the sky was filled with full moons, so many that they seemed to be overflowing.
However, a small portion of the gray shadows in the pool were still vying for the last five moon shadows.
“Ha,” Yuanjun laughed, “Juejun, Qingjizi, look at how greedy the world is.”
The gloomy figure of the Primordial Lord slowly emerged from the full moon. He said, "Since you are so greedy, come and have my banquet, and have an eternal dream."
As soon as he finished speaking, Yuanjun's dark body suddenly became enormous, and his pinkish-white tongue suddenly widened and enlarged.
Countless pale, eye-like openings appeared on its tongue, from which cold chains emerged, reaching into the water to capture those creatures that couldn't squeeze into the moon's reflection, sweeping them all into its mouth.
"Ah." After swallowing the mouthful, Yuanjun said with satisfaction, "It's really delicious."
He waved his tongue, which was covered in cold white eyes and mouth, toward the last remaining moon shadow. When the gray shadows trembled, he spoke: "This is your last chance. Begin."
Then they saw those gray shadows vying to be covered in moonlight.
But the body of the Primordial Goddess was too large, and she blocked out all the light, so that not much moonlight could be seen through.
Unable to receive enough moonlight, these gray shadows set their sights on others, and began to fight among themselves in the dark gray moonlight.
Every now and then, some gray fragments would slip out from inside and turn into flesh and blood.
In no time, everywhere Ji Rong's gaze could reach was blood of varying depths.
After they finished fighting, Ji Rong saw that in each moon shadow, there was only a gray shadow covered with radiant light.
Before they could even rejoice, the Goddess Yuanjun scooped them up with her hands, blew on them, and said, "If you had known this would happen, why would you have regretted it so much?"
As the Lord of the Yuan breathed out, the five groups of creatures with radiant light on the outside and dark shadows on the inside quickly transformed into five tiny fireflies.
Yuanjun said, "Ada, come here and lead them down to work."
Upon hearing the summons from the Primordial Lord, a large firefly cultivator, about two feet long, immediately flew over. He bestowed a wing upon each of the five newly born fireflies, then caught them under his legs and carried them away.
The full moon in the sky gradually disappeared into the true moon, and the body of the Primordial Lord became bright and clear again. He said, "Everyone, the banquet is not over yet, please continue eating and drinking."
His six great hands waved and danced in the air once more, and many golden lotus leaves grew from the water, and they joined together again.
The glowing little figures brought lotus root sections to make tables and stools, and the firefly cultivators set out fruit and wine again. Upon hearing this, the cultivators swimming in the water and standing in the air all went towards the golden lotus leaves.
A frog with horns and another frog with faces all over its back were climbing up a lotus stem when a large fish behind them flicked them back into the pond. The fish laughed happily, "You little rascal, you always bully me!"
When the two frogs realized they couldn't get the lotus leaves onto one stem, they switched to another.
But the fish wasn't in a hurry to go up; it just kept its eyes on the horned frog. As soon as the frog tried to climb up, the big fish would pull it back down.
The horned frog fell into the water more than ten times, and seeing that it couldn't get back up, it shouted, "Dream Girl, don't go too far!"
The dream girl, now transformed into a giant fish, laughed triumphantly: "Hmph, you won't be going up there before dark."
"That won't do!" Qing Guanzi cried out, "Junior sister, junior sister, stop watching the show and help me get up there! If you don't help me, I won't be able to get up, and I'll end up as a meat dish!"
Upon hearing this, Ji Rong's eyes darted around, and she turned to A Si, who had been following behind her, and asked, "Can I bring that frog up?"
A Si glanced down, looking completely at the problem. It thoughtfully took out a thin lotus root net from under its wing and said, "You can use this net to scoop them up."
Ji Rong caught the net and threw it at Qing Guanzi.
At first, her aim was poor, and she kept catching other fish. It wasn't until the seventh or eighth scoop that she finally managed to catch Qing Guanzi, who had horns, and You He, whose back was covered in faces.
Seeing Qing Guanzi being scooped away, the dream girl laughed even harder. She flicked her tail and climbed into the lotus leaves.
The Nightlight Banquet has begun again.
In the sky, countless fireflies and glowing little people floated, while in the water, there were hundreds of cultivators who had become small and weak, unable to climb onto the lotus leaves to visit.
Qing Guanzi and You He, now transformed into frogs, squatted comfortably in Ji Rong's hands. Ji Rong asked in surprise, "Senior brother, why have you become so light?"
Qing Guanzi said embarrassedly, "This is what happens when you play with the moon and then have your shadow eaten by the Yuanjun."
The goddess always singled me out, causing me to miss out on good times and become so small.
"Being small is one thing, but Meng Nu even bullied me because of her size. Luckily, my junior sister pulled me out, otherwise I would have had to cook."
"Cooking?" Ji Rong repeated, then suddenly looked down at the lotus leaves. She saw the cultivators on the lotus leaves eating fruit and drinking wine, and then, as if by prior arrangement, they began to catch food in the water and in the air.
A huge tongue drooped down onto Ji Rong's hand, snatched away two frogs, leaving only a slightly cool, damp feeling.
Ji Rong looked up and saw Yuan Jun holding the two frogs in his paws. He said coldly, "Guan Shan, since you've cooked the dish, why don't you follow the rules?"
Having said that, He opened His mouth and threw them both into it.
"Ah! No!" Ji Rong cried out, stretching her short legs as she ran toward Yuan Jun, who was still swallowing.
She tried to use her spiritual energy to run faster, but she couldn't feel it at all.
She could only run towards the enormous moon like any other mortal, yet she could never touch it.
Despair welled up in Ji Rong's heart.
Tears streamed down her face.
The feeling of loss flooded her mind again.
As she ran, she gritted her teeth and silently cried out, "Faster, faster!"
The hunt began silently at the banquet, as the full moon in the sky began to darken slightly.
The shadows beneath the golden leaves grew thicker, and a fishy smell began to waft in the wind.
Ji Rong only ran a short distance before Jiao Jue, who had followed behind, grabbed her by the neck and dragged her back.
A Si also followed, carrying a jade pot. He said, "Qing Ji Zi, this is the Thousand-Year Yin Hua Dew you requested."
If you want to have sweet dreams, drink it at night; if you want to play a trick on someone, drink it during the day.
Furthermore, it must never be placed in a dark place.
After Ah Si finished speaking, he vanished like sand. Ji Rong caught the jade pot in mid-air and looked up.
Yuanjun's figure had already darkened and faded, and the full moon sank back into the pool.
As the full moon sank into the water, the golden lotus leaves shrank back into the water, and everything in the world seemed to fade.
Yuanjun's laughter drifted gently from the water. He said, "Qingji, I'll invite you to my next banquet. You're much more adorable than Guanshan."
A delicate lotus fragrance wafted by, the golden lotus leaves swayed, and Ji Rong and Jiao Jue were brought back to the shore.
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