Chapter 92: Chapter 90: Legends Lie
On the high cliff’s edge, the figures of Jiang Jichen and Little Skeleton were long gone. If they had been there, they would have immediately recognized the little girl on the Moonlight Beast’s back as Little Yue’Er.
Divine light shone from her body, making her look holy and solemn. Her eyes were like divine moons in the sky, bright and captivating. At this moment, Little Yue’Er resembled a young Moon God!
Simply by sitting quietly on the Moonlight Beast’s back, she exuded a daunting aura.
Seeing four Foundation Establishment Realm experts charging at her with world-shaking momentum, Little Yue’Er paid them no mind, her gaze fixed on the distance.
’Is Brother Jichen okay? Little Yue’Er misses you so much!’
The little girl on the Moonlight Beast whispered softly, as if she hadn’t seen the Foundation Establishment Realm experts before her at all.
’We’re actually being ignored?’
The three who had taken the initiative to attack felt an overwhelming sense of absurdity.
They were in the Foundation Establishment Realm! They might not be considered incredibly powerful in the vast Southern Continent, but in the Celestial Pearl Country, they were top-tier existences!
But the more they were slighted, the angrier Cang Songzi, Elder Kong, and the others became. Their attacks grew even more vicious and merciless, with some even aimed directly at the little girl.
The Grey-clothed Swordsman, Qingxu, had seen the little girl before with Jiang Jichen. At this moment, he actually took a step back and did not attack.
Little Yue’Er didn’t look at these people, but that didn’t mean the Moonlight Beast wasn’t paying attention to them.
The Moonlight Beast, carrying the little girl, had traveled here on the moonbeams. It had no intention of fighting anyone; it only wanted to take Little Yue’Er to the Moon God Ancient Hall to receive her inheritance.
But as soon as it appeared, it was surrounded and attacked.
The Moonlight Beast was very good-tempered. Even after being treated this way, it wasn’t the least bit angry, nor had it ever considered something like killing.
But facing an ambush from three Foundation Establishment Realm experts, it had to fight back, right?
It was one thing for it to be thick-skinned and tough, but it had the young Moon God—its own little master—on its back. How could it possibly let her be harmed?
So, the Moonlight Beast moved!
Its body streaked through the void like a ray of moonlight, leaving countless afterimages. In an instant, wherever the moonlight shone, a figure of the Moonlight Beast appeared.
"Moonlit Illusion!"
This was just one of the Moonlight Beast’s ordinary Innate Divine Techniques, but to the three Foundation Establishment Realm experts, it was undoubtedly a nightmare.
Wherever the Moonlight Beast’s figures passed, all of their attacks were completely nullified, failing to cause the slightest ripple.
And the Moonlight Beast’s true form, carrying Little Yue’Er, appeared silently before Cang Songzi.
The Moonlight Beast remembered that it was this old geezer who had incited everyone to attack them. It was also this old man who had dared to try and kill its little master. He was truly detestable.
’And the old fool dared to call me a cub with weak combat power? Then I’ll let you witness the might of a true Divine Beast!’
’If not for the ancestral command of my Moonlight Beast clan forbidding us from killing, hmph, I would’ve torn this old geezer to shreds.’
The Moonlight Beast thought hatefully.
It was still holding a grudge over Cang Songzi’s words. It then lifted a snow-white paw and swiped it across Cang Songzi’s face.
Cang Songzi had no time to react to the blow, and even if he had, it would have been useless.
The numerous illusions of the Moonlight Beast had already sealed him in place, preventing him from circulating his power at all. Then, he took the full force of the Moonlight Beast’s claw.
Before this, Cang Songzi had recalled the legends. He knew that Moonlight Beasts were incredibly benevolent and magnanimous, never holding grudges, and would only injure humans, never kill.
Therefore, even when facing the Moonlight Beast’s attack, his expression remained calm, and he wasn’t particularly worried.
"SMACK!"
The next moment, however, he felt a sharp pain in his face, and a jolt ran through his body. The terrifying Moonlight Power seeped into him, shattering his bones and meridians. The pain was like being subjected to death by a thousand cuts.
Half of his face was instantly mangled, and his skull nearly burst open.
Cang Songzi’s body was sent flying sideways, falling directly into the wide-open gates of the Ancient Hall.
In that moment, Cang Songzi roared in his heart: ’Don’t the legends say that Moonlight Beasts are incredibly benevolent and never hold grudges? I was nearly killed by one paw strike! Even if I’m not dead, I’m mostly crippled, living a fate worse than death! And they say it doesn’t hold grudges? My ass it doesn’t hold grudges!’
’The legends... are all damn lies! I hate this!’
In the end, Cang Songzi felt a sudden, inexplicable sense of desolation.
Not far away, the Ghost Blood Person and Elder Kong had faces as pale as death.
Who told them a young Moonlight Beast wasn’t strong? That might apply to an ordinary young Moonlight Beast, sure, but this one was a Moonlight Little Divine Beast!
A single one of its Innate Divine Techniques could take their lives.
’Fortunately, the Moonlight Beast is incredibly benevolent and never holds grudges...’
Elder Kong and Bai Zihua had just formed this thought when they suddenly felt their bodies jolt. They were sent flying a hundred li away by the Moonlight Little Divine Beast, their bodies nearly shattered and their Cultivation half-crippled!
"Who said Moonlight Beasts are incredibly benevolent and never hold grudges?!"
"The legends... are all damn lies! I hate this!"
From the distance, two cries echoed through the night sky, startling countless birds into flight.
The Grey-clothed Swordsman, Qingxu, was thankful he hadn’t attacked and had retreated in time. Seeing this scene from afar, he couldn’t help but wipe the cold sweat from his brow. Then he immediately turned and fled, putting as much distance between himself and this place as he could.
Just before leaving, he glanced back at the cliff’s edge by the Forest of Lost Souls but didn’t see any sign of Jiang Jichen or Little Skeleton. Without any further hesitation, he vanished from the spot in an instant.
...
Beneath the moonlight, the Moonlight Little Divine Beast, carrying Little Yue’Er, hovered above the Ancient Hall, looking down upon all living things with a proud and extraordinary air.
Little Yue’Er did not enter the Ancient Hall immediately. Instead, she stood in the moonlight, gazing into the distance.
Her gaze fell upon the place where Jiang Jichen had led her during their escape. Back then, although every moment was filled with danger, she had been happy because she could stay by her big brother’s side.
But now, once she stepped into the Moon God Ancient Hall, she might not emerge again for ten years, a hundred years, or even a thousand. By then... ’will Big Brother have forgotten Yue’Er?’
The five-year-old girl sat atop the Moonlight Little Divine Beast, lost in melancholic thought...
Inside the Moon God Ancient Hall, a young man and a skeleton advanced one after the other. The skeleton swayed with each step, maintaining a distance of half a meter between them, never more, never less.
"Little Gray, when we find the treasure, we’ll split it evenly, fifty-fifty. No, I’ll take forty and you take sixty. You deserve the biggest share this time!"
Jiang Jichen said as he walked ahead, not caring whether the Little Gray Skeleton could understand him or not.
They had successfully snuck into the Moon God Ancient Hall because the Little Skeleton knew of a hidden tunnel at the bottom of the lake, which had led Jiang Jichen directly into the Ancient Hall.
Jiang Jichen didn’t ask why.
The adorably blank Little Gray Skeleton had many secrets of its own. Besides, even if he did ask, the Little Gray Skeleton couldn’t talk.
Just as they were searching for treasure inside the Ancient Hall, a figure suddenly flew in and slammed onto the ground with a THUD!
Jiang Jichen focused his gaze and saw that it was Cang Songzi!
He saw that half of the man’s face was a mangled ruin of flesh and blood. All the bones in his body were shattered; his injuries were truly as severe as they could be.
