From the end of the world

Chapter 288 Ancient Moon God Appears

In the past events narrated by the old man, the immortal who originally wanted to live in seclusion with the refugees and finally sealed the Ancient Moon God at the cost of his life seemed to be aware of the situation in the past where the strange world and the common sense world did not interfere with each other.

According to the information I know, before the Fantian incident, the demon hunters did not actually realize how strange it was that they could not interfere with the common sense world.

It was just like the mentally manipulated old man in front of us. He was clearly required to keep silent about any information related to the Ancient Moon God, but under the power of the fake Moon in the Water, he became open-mouthed to us, and he himself was unable to realize the contradiction in his behavior.

Of course, even the power of the God's Seal is not necessarily absolute. Other demon hunters aside, the Great Impermanence, as super beings that can change the natural order, can also claim to be "fate" to a certain extent. Even if they cannot resist the power of the God's Seal, they may be able to vaguely realize that their situation is not right.

However, since the deity in the old man's narration could only seal the Silver Moon, it meant that the other party was at most at the Great Accomplishment level. It was hard to imagine that a demon hunter of that level could be aware of the existence of the divine seal in a world influenced by it.

Perhaps what the old man said might not be the truth.

It's not that he is deceiving us. Being controlled by the fake Shui Zhong Yue, he should not be able to deceive us. But in the final analysis, the fake Shui Zhong Yue is a replica of Shui Zhong Yue, and Shui Zhong Yue imitates the power of Yin Yue. Now this incident involves Yin Yue herself. Maybe these villagers have been affected by Yin Yue's power, and their memories... even their personalities themselves may not be real.

Moreover, there are contradictions in the contents about the past that cannot be ignored - since Yin Yue was sealed in the ancestral hall of Guyue Village a hundred years ago, then who was the Yin Yue who raised Ying Lingyun and gave birth to Chang'an?

Could it be that my thinking had a fatal deviation from the very beginning, and Ancient Moon God and Silver Moon are not the same person?

"What's the matter with the fog here?" Dong Che asked.

"That's the phenomenon caused by the power of the Ancient Moon God spreading out from the seal." The old man replied, "Although we don't understand it very well, the seal of the gods may also have a time limit. After all, it is an old thing from a hundred years ago, and the one imprisoned is the Ancient Moon God with boundless magic power. After a long time, it is inevitable that there will be loopholes.

"The mist that appeared in the mountains was created by the evil thoughts of the Ancient Moon God. It will force intruders to stay in the mist until they die. As for us villagers who stayed behind to guard the seal, we have the blessing left by the gods before they died. We can ignore the obstruction of the mist and come and go freely."

"bless……"

Dong Che looked at the old man as if he were a suspicious person.

The latter continued: "Do you want to leave this place now? If you want, I can send you out now."

Even in his mentally controlled state, the old man still seemed to want us to leave the fog. I don't know if his attitude reflects his own will or the will of Yin Yue, who may be manipulating the puppet behind the scenes. In short, the other party really doesn't want us to stay here.

But I didn't plan to return empty-handed.

"Take me to the Ancient Moon God." I said.

"Senior Zhuang Cheng?" Dong Che asked cautiously, "Shouldn't we be more careful?"

Although the other party was said to be sealed, no one could judge the truth before seeing it with their own eyes. Dong Che's caution was reasonable.

"The opponent might be Silver Moon. No matter how much preparation and response we make, it will be useless. The more direct, the better." I have my own experience. "However, although I don't need to prepare, you still need to.

"Ma Zao, don't follow me. It's best to take Dong Che back to the edge of the fog first. If there is a fluctuation of fighting mana coming from here, you must withdraw from the fog immediately. Do you understand?"

"...I understand." Ma Zao nodded, "However, the time inside the fog is chaotic. After I leave the fog, you who are inside the fog may not be able to wait for me to come back and take you out. In that case, how do you plan to leave the fog?"

"In twenty days at most, my power should be able to be upgraded to the realm of great impermanence. By then, even if I still can't find a way to conquer the fog, I can try to break through it by brute force," I said.

"Ah? Senior Zhuang Cheng, you can become the Great Impermanence in twenty days at most?" Dong Che was stunned.

After listening to me and thinking about it, Ma Zao had no choice but to accept my plan.

Dong Che seemed to have a hard time digesting—or perhaps putting aside—the information I revealed. At the same time, looking at the atmosphere where the next step had already been agreed upon, he hesitated for a moment, then said, "...I'd better stay in this village for now."

"Why?" I asked.

“What happened in this village may be closely related to my true state of life and death,” he analyzed calmly, “and, if I am really dead, and I am only alive for some reason, then the thing that is maintaining my ability to move is probably in this fog. Once I leave the fog…” “Then I might really die – is that right?” I asked.

He nodded.

Letting Mazao and Dongche retreat to the edge of the fog first was for safety reasons. Since Dongche said so, I naturally wouldn't force it.

Ma Zao handed the fake Shuizhongyue to me, and then looked at me deeply. I felt that she really wanted to fight alongside me, but in the end, she probably used reason to overcome her emotions, and then activated the power of return, and her figure disappeared from my sight.

The old man stood beside me like a robot that would not respond without input commands. I asked him to lead the way, and he nodded and said yes, then moved deeper into the village.

Guyue Village is not very big. Although it seems that there were many refugees living there in the past, it is just a mountain village after all. After walking for a while, we arrived at the sealed ancestral hall of Guyue Village.

This ancestral hall also looks like a simple thatched house, but the area it occupies is ten times larger than other houses. The ancestral hall is divided into two parts, the front hall with many tablets of the dead, and the sealing room where the Ancient Moon God is sealed. The latter seems to occupy more than two-thirds of the area of ​​the ancestral hall.

To enter the sealed room from the front hall, one needs to pass through a wooden door. The door does not seem to be locked. If the sealed monster is a great master level monster, no matter what material and structure the lock is made of, it is useless, so it is probably not important whether there is a physical lock or not.

The old man stood in front of the door of the sealed room and said solemnly: "The Ancient Moon God is behind this door... Although it cannot leave here, on the other hand, as long as it is inside, it can still exert its divine power normally. Do you really want to go in?"

"Of course." I said, "Dong Che, you guys retreat outside the ancestral hall first, I'll go in alone."

"Okay." Dong Che nodded obediently.

I pushed the door open and walked in.

There was no need for me to close the door. After I entered, the door closed automatically as if it was spring-loaded, making a dull closing sound.

Behind the door was a large, dark and empty room, with a large number of white candles on the floor, so many that one did not know where to place one's feet. Most of the candles were extinguished, with only a few still burning, providing negligible light. Instead of illuminating the interior space, it created a mysterious and spooky atmosphere.

Where is the Ancient Moon God? I looked around and immediately heard strange noises. Slow footsteps sounded from the deepest part of the room.

Without waiting for the other party to show up, I made a gesture, and the extinguished white candles lit up one after another. The endless candlelight burned in the dim room, lighting up the room as bright as a fire scene.

And the person in the depths of the room also appeared in my sight.

She was a beautiful girl wearing white simple clothes, with long white hair, golden eyes, and a face that was too beautiful to be human. She looked like she was still in high school, and the old clothes that looked like those of a country girl had a unique charm on her.

As expected, the person who appeared in this room was Yin Yue.

Looking at this appearance, it is really hard to imagine that she is actually a mother, the mother of my friend Zhu Changan, and has lived for at least hundreds of years. Perhaps before raising Ying Lingyun and having sex with him, this young and criminal body had already experienced countless romantic and even dissolute pasts, and may have left other offspring in the world.

However, this silver moon seems different from the silver moon I remember.

In my impression, Yin Yue was surrounded by an indescribable evil spirit, and her beautiful face brought more terror to people, but the Yin Yue in front of me seemed very peaceful, like a harmless beautiful girl. I thought I would attack Yin Yue reflexively the first time I saw her, but her peaceful temperament prevented me from doing so.

At the same time, she did not make any dangerous moves that might suggest she was aggressive, nor did she even take a defensive stance. She just stood in the candlelight normally, with her hands folded calmly in front of her abdomen and a gentle look in her eyes.

For example, the Yin Yue I know can be seen at a glance as a villain, but the girl in front of me is simply the saintly version of Yin Yue who became a Buddhist nun.

Around her neck, she wore a rough and heavy collar that seemed to be made of gray rock.

"Zhuang Cheng...is that so?"

She made a soft sound.

(End of this chapter)