The myth begins with the Lotus Lantern

Chapter 26 Unhappy
Yang Jian turned around, flicked his cloak, and a golden light wrapped around Roaring Sky Dog and flew away quickly.

……

In the pool, Ding Lin looked up. The clear water could not block his view, not to mention that the momentum of that ray of light was so majestic.

After a while, Yang Chan came to the pool.

Ding Lin floated up from the bottom of the pool.

Compared to before, the woman by the pool had less worry and more depression on her face.

Then I thought of the light that I had just seen fleeing in a hurry.

I already have a guess in my mind.

Ding Lin didn't say anything, and swam towards the edge of the pool again, getting closer to Yang Chan.

It's better for outsiders not to say too much about this kind of thing.

See Ding Lin’s actions.

A hint of warmth appeared in Yang Chan's eyes.

I remember that when I was little, I would have a quarrel with my brothers and cry to my father. He was always like this, without saying a word, not telling me who was right or wrong, or what was right or wrong. He would just stay by my side and wait until I had talked enough, then he would stuff a sugar pill into my mouth and coax me to smile.

But the person in front of me is not my father.

Yang Chan slowly squatted down, reached her hand into the water, and gently touched Ding Lin's forehead.

A little ripple spreads.

"Don't worry, I'm fine. I'm not a child anymore."

Yes.

I am no longer the little kid who needed someone to talk to.

Over the years, I have liked to bury my emotions deep in my heart.

Slowly wear away.

But I can’t remember when I stopped loving to laugh.

For a long time……

Yang Chan curled the corners of her mouth, as if she wanted to smile.

But it was very reluctant.

The water in the pool was cold, but the finger touching his forehead was colder than the water.

Ding Lin swam closer.

"What was I talking about two days ago?"

Yang Chan seemed to have recovered. She pulled her fingers out of the water and stood up.

"You are explaining Yu Yu Yu Lu to me..."

Ding Lin said.

"Yes, the so-called Yu Yu Yu Lu..."

Yang Chan talked a lot today, from early morning to noon, and then to evening, a whole day long. But when the sun set and night fell, she suddenly stopped.

Yang Chan looked up at the sky, as if waiting for something to happen. Following her gaze, Ding Lin also looked up at the sky.

There is a full moon tonight.

The moon is exceptionally bright, spreading its light and flowing quietly...

A little while.

Suddenly, a huge shadow appeared in the sky, and then the full moon suddenly had a crack.

Two mouths.

The third mouth

The moon was swallowed whole!

The whole world was plunged into complete darkness in an instant.

Tengu eats the moon.

Such a word flashed through Ding Lin's mind.

This is a world of mythology.

This scene certainly wouldn't be a spectacle formed by the movement of celestial bodies like in his previous life. The one that could eat the moon could only be a real celestial dog, and the most famous celestial dog was undoubtedly... Ding Lin turned his head and looked in the direction of Yang Chan.

Suddenly, a bright white light appeared in the pool.

A little bit of light.

The lotus in the middle of the pond glowed warmly, lighting up a corner of the courtyard.

Half of Yang Chan's face fell into darkness.

The other half looks even paler.

"Yu'er, do you know why this dojo is so deserted?"

Yang Chan suddenly spoke again.

Ding Lin shook his head.

"In this entire dojo, besides me, there is only you."

Yang Chan walked closer, squatted down and looked at Ding Lin.

"You saw the light of the True Lord's departure this morning. With your intelligence, I think you have guessed something."

"You know, originally there were teams of fairies and groups of strong men here. When my... when my mother was just conferred the title of the Third Holy Mother, the Jade Emperor granted 300 fairies and 1,000 strong men."

"But after a few years, these three hundred immortals and one thousand strong men were all dismissed."

"These fairies and strongmen were all sent by the Jade Emperor. Zhenjun was always worried that some of them would harm the Queen, so he sent 500 grass-headed gods to protect her. But in less than a hundred years, more than a dozen of these strongmen and fairies were killed, and hundreds were banished to the mortal world..."

"As for the cause and effect... who can really know? Such days made my queen exhausted both physically and mentally, and she couldn't persuade the True Lord. She had no choice but to report to the Jade Emperor and then dismiss the palace maids and strongmen. Without the palace maids and strongmen, there was naturally no need for the five hundred grass-headed gods to stay, so they all returned to Guanjiangkou."

"This Huashan Mountain suddenly became quiet and cold."

"The days after becoming an immortal are so long. My wife is not particularly talented in cultivation, so sometimes she would study some mundane poetry and calligraphy to pass the time. Sometimes when she goes to heaven, she would specifically seek advice from Wenchang Star Lord."

"This matter has been known by the True Lord."

"So, after the Peach Festival ten thousand years ago, the True Lord went to see the Star Lord Wenchang, and I don't know what they talked about. The next day, my wife found out about this and went to apologize to the Star Lord, but the Star Lord had already become stern."

"Afterwards, my wife went to Guanjiangkou to find the True Lord, but the matter has come to this point and it is too late to reverse it."

"Another two thousand years passed. The Queen accidentally met a monk who was good at playing chess in the mortal world. Sometimes they exchanged chess theories and played a few games with each other."

"One day, this cultivator suddenly disappeared. It turned out that he was arranged by the True Lord to be a mountain god. The cultivator was only at the initial stage of Dan Condensation, and it was a blessing for him to be able to enter the Heavenly Class."

“But ten years later, news came that the landowner of Taoyuan Mountain embezzled incense and offerings, was stripped of his heavenly status, and was sent into the reincarnation cycle.”

"After so many times, my queen has come to understand that anyone who has close contact with her," Yang Chan paused, speaking calmly, as if she was talking about an unrelated person, "...male will be targeted by the True Lord."

"In the days that followed, my wife became less fond of going out. When she did go out, it was mostly to attend invitations from her close friends."

"That year, there was a great epidemic in Qiantang. My queen transformed herself into a human being and used magic to cure the epidemic. Naturally, she was very skilled. A doctor from Bao'an Hall became very obsessed with the queen and pestered her for medical advice."

"One day a month later, my mother never saw him again."

"Since that day, my wife has never seen the True Lord in his true form again."

"The one two days ago."

"This is the first time my queen has met the True Lord in the past seven thousand years."

"..."

In the pool, Ding Lin felt extremely depressed and spit out a long string of bubbles.

"Why did the True Lord leave in such a hurry this time?"

Yang Chan looked at Ding Lin.

Ding Lin suddenly had a bad feeling in his heart.

Yang Chan nodded.

"Yes, the True Lord mentioned you."

"how?"

Yang Chan straightened up, the light of the Precious Lotus Lantern illuminating her face, still looking down at Ding Lin.

There was no moon in the night sky above.

It was pitch black.

(End of this chapter)