Chapter 505 Moon Lord (3)
As the Moonlit Realm dissipated, the spirits emerged from the Moonlit Palace under the moonlight. Their expressions were like those of innocent children. They huddled together, pushing and shoving, sizing up Ji Rong and Jiao Jue.
After watching for a while, some lost interest and began to try to take root in the barren, frozen soil, clinging to their roots.
The frozen soil was too deep for them to penetrate, so they trembled and clung to the branches, stomping their roots. Ji Rong watched, amused, knowing that they were using their limited minds to do the dirtiest thing in their understanding.
About six hours later, the full moon sank down again and landed on the Hanging Moon Platform.
Seeing the full moon return, the spirits stopped playing around. They uprooted themselves, shook off the soil, and chased after the moonlight without looking back, heading towards the Moon Palace. There, they planted themselves in the soft soil.
Jiaojue flew to the side of the Suspended Moon Terrace and said, "Moon Lord, now that you are awake, why do you want to go back to sleep?"
The two-tailed black deity attached to the full moon poked its head out and looked at Jiaojue, saying, "I'm sleepy, so I'll go to sleep; who are you? Why are you bothering me?"
With a beaming smile, Jiao Jue squinted and pushed the four small dragons with authority on his back to the moon, saying, "We are your guides."
Ji Rong also flew up and asked, "Do you recognize us?"
The dark deity shook his head, and a cold voice came from his mouth: "I don't know him. You may leave."
Don't disturb my sweet dreams, or I'll get angry.
Ji Rong then asked, "If you don't remember us, do you still remember your mother goddess Yuanjun?"
"I am a born deity, born with knowledge of all principles, naturally born in this world."
Despite saying this, the newly born deity raised its head high, with only its two tails still circling the moon, and said, "Tell me, and I will be able to discern the truth from the falsehood."
Ji Rong remembered Yuan Jun's instructions, and it was not appropriate to explain to the reborn Yue Jun "how the old you became the new you, but forgot everything".
To prevent Him from reminiscing about the past in His dreams, He said, “He entrusted this Jade Lord beside me to teach you the way of God, and also entrusted me to take care of the plant spirits in the Moon Palace before you grow up.”
Upon hearing this, the dark deity asked, "What proof do you have?"
Ji Rong nodded and smiled at her, "Then watch carefully."
Then Ji Rong took a deep breath, her mind sank, and countless roots and branches sprouted from her feathers, with emerald and golden leaves growing on the branches, shimmering in the moonlight.
Sensing this scene, the spirits in the Moon Palace went mad and swung their branches and leaves at Ji Rong. As they slapped, the sound of "Ancestral Tree, Ancestral Tree" kept coming from these swaying branches.
Ji Rong shook her roots, and many twisted, tiny veins grew from the ends of the roots, covering the plant spirits surrounding her. The spirits sensed the information transmitted by these tiny veins, nodded their heads, and then quietly returned to the soil beside the large pillars.
Even the dark deities in the heavens, upon seeing the divine inscriptions on the tree trunk, couldn't help but lean down to read them.
After a short while, He asked in bewilderment, "You are the ancestral tree, but why do you possess so much knowledge that I do not know?"
Ji Rong said, "Of course, if you and I were still in that small world of the Nine Provinces, there would be very little that you wouldn't know."
But during the three hundred years you have nurtured us, many things have happened. We are no longer in the Nine Provinces, but in the Outer Heavens. This place is vast and boundless. To it, the Nine Provinces are but a drop of water in the ocean.
There are many things here that even your mother goddess doesn't know. Since she doesn't know them, she can't pass them on to you, so naturally you don't know them either.
As for why I know this, it's because I've been traveling through interstellar space for years, and with all my experience, the Dao patterns on my body have naturally expanded.
The newly born deity accepted Ji Rong's explanation and turned to Jiao Jue, asking, "What proof do you have, dragon deity?"
Jiao Jue smiled, his eyes narrowing. The four small dragons with their power also smiled, their eyes narrowing.
They opened their mouths wide and spat out wind, rain, thunder, and lightning, drenching you completely, and said, "Does this sound familiar? Before you were born, it was me and Lord Ji who cleansed you with the source of wind, rain, thunder, and lightning, neutralizing the excess yin and cold energy in your body, so that you could be successfully born here."
But you don't need to thank us, because this is our agreement with your mother goddess.
The newly born deity nodded and said, "So it really was you who helped me to be born."
Then, pointing to the fiery red sun on the horizon, He asked, “What about Him? How could He be trapped there? Did my Mother Goddess entrust Him with this task?”
Jiaojue answered cleverly and directly, saying, "Of course not."
He is Him, and though He was imprisoned, it was the price He paid for His desire for eternal life; now His divine authority is irreplaceable, just as you are free today.
The newly born deity nodded and said, "I understand. What will you teach me?"
Ji Rong said, "There's no rush. You've only just been born. Have you thought about how others should address you in the future?"
The newly born deity thought of the serene and beautiful figure in his dream and said, "Call me Lord Han." Then he yawned and said, "The sun is up, I really need to sleep."
Upon hearing this, Ji Rong and Jiao Jue nodded in unison and said, "A good name."
Ji Rong said, "You go to sleep, we will find a place to stay."
"After we've settled these plant spirits outside, explained the changes over the past three hundred years, and shown you around the scenery of this outer realm, we'll be leaving."
Han Jun nodded, bowed to Ji Rong and Jiao Jue, then buried his head in the bright moon and fell asleep.
In the Yin Palace of this month, there were not many objects or decorations. Jiao Jue picked a jade pillar nearby and coiled it on it. The four small dragons with power followed suit and climbed on the pillar. Ji Rong also flew up to a jade pillar and rested on the eaves.
Although this Cold Lord is newly born, his daily routine is not much different from that of the Primordial Lord. He has already entered the Outer Heaven and should no longer be restricted as he was in the Nine Provinces Realm.
When the sun's rays fall upon Him, He feels sleepy; when the sun's rays leave Him, He awakens.
Ji Rong and Jiao Jue privately speculated that this was probably just a habit.
Lately, after getting to know this newly born deity, He has become quite talkative;
After his tour with Jiaojue, He would always descend to the ground and chase after Ji Rong to ask about Yuanjun, always asking: "What kind of deity is He?"
Am I like Him?
I dreamt I saw Him again yesterday, but I couldn't see Him clearly.
Whenever this happened, Ji Rong would avoid answering and instead summon Jiao Jue to lead him away.
But after this happened many times, Ji Rong decided to shatter His illusions and focus His thoughts on the present moment, otherwise it would never end.
So this time, Ji Rong stopped holding the pickaxe and said, "Lord Han, do you know what kinds of gods exist in this world?"
Han Jun then rattled off a list as if reciting a familiar story: "There are innate gods, acquired gods, gods of faith..."
Ji Rong nodded and asked, "Then why is there a Moon Lord?"
Han Jun replied, "Heaven and earth were moved by the gathering of cold and yin energy, and thus it came into being."
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