Chapter 8: Falling Moon

In the end, what happened?

Zuo Su did not answer.

His stern face turned gloomy, his gaze looking coldly in one direction as he whispered indifferently:

"Luoyue..."

Whoosh—

Violent, strong winds blew in gusts, sweeping through every corner of the Divine Path Sect.

Disciples disturbed from their meditation by the bell toll walked out of their Cave Abodes, only to be met by the incoming gale; they instinctively raised their hands to block it, but found they could not resist it at all.

"What is going on!"

"Such a strong wind! Cough, cough, I feel so dizzy..."

Compared to the bewildered and ignorant disciples, the feelings of the dozen or so Senior Uncles who had been rushing to Lieyang Peak to celebrate were much clearer.

They had already figured out the situation.

This wind did not actually exist in reality!

"It is the power of the spirit."

"This is actually pure spiritual power? Whose Divine Path is this? No, which Peak Master's disciple is this?"

"With such dense spiritual power, could it be Duan Ziling of Lingxu Peak?"

"But didn't Duan Ziling just step into the Golden Core Realm? Has she decided on her path so quickly?"

The flying long rainbows paused, and they all looked toward one of the women in unison.

But that woman shook her head and sighed slightly:

"It is not Xiao Ling; she is not in the sect right now, and... hmm."

She said nothing, yet it seemed she had said everything.

The silence here was more eloquent than words.

Who would not want their own daughter to have such talent?

But one knows one's own affairs best; Duan Hong was crystal clear in her heart that even if it were truly Duan Xiaoling breaking through, it would not be a scene like this.

"But if it is not a disciple of Lingxu Peak, there are no other main peaks in the sect that specialize in the Spirit Dao, are there?"

Frowning, Duan Hong spoke softly:

"Fellow Senior Brothers, have you forgotten that besides Lingxu Peak, there is another main peak that also practices the Spirit Dao?"

Uh...

For a moment, everyone fell silent, and they vaguely began to recall a name that had been deliberately forgotten.

"No! That direction is..."

Fortunately, the exclamation of one person eased the awkwardness, and everyone looked together in the direction his finger pointed.

Huh!?

"Luoyue Peak!?"

"... Hmm?"

After her eyelids fluttered slightly, they opened, and Yu Yu looked blankly at the bed curtains...

No, what met her eyes was not her familiar boudoir, but a brilliant starry sky!

"Huh!?"

The sky was full of brilliant stars, and a bright, round moon, guarded by the stars, hung high in the center, casting down strands of flawless light.

Yu Yu: "... Ah?"

Where is this?

No...

Under such beautiful scenery, even such thoughts became less important.

The young girl gazed obsessively at the moon in the sky, raised her hand as if to catch the falling moonlight, and whispered unconsciously:

"So beautiful."

Woo—

The girl's immersed mind was interrupted by the cry of a beast; she suddenly sobered up, turned her head, and met a pair of brilliant eyes.

Scarlet eyes, brighter than the full moon, were quietly watching her.

As if they had already seen through her heart.

!!!

Yu Yu wanted to cry out, but once again, she had no voice.

A huge yet slender white fox lay by the pool not far in front of her, tilting its head as it looked at her, as if curious why she was here.

And what truly amazed Yu Yu was the number of tails behind that white fox!

Just as she wanted to count how many there were, the white fox turned its head and shifted its gaze away from her, as if it had lost interest.

It was only then that Yu Yu noticed a young man standing silently amidst the white fox's curled body.

"You..."

Who are you?

Yu Yu looked at the young man; although she clearly did not know him, she felt an extraordinary sense of closeness, just as if she had seen her mother.

She felt warm and at ease without realizing it.

The young man did not pay attention to her, but instead looked up, his expression calm as he gazed at the starry sky above.

Starlight shone brilliantly, reflected in his pitch-black eyes.

It was as if they were reflecting another, completely different starry sky.

"In the end, it is different..."

A hometown that one cannot return to.

Accompanied by a helpless sigh, a melodious bell toll rang out.

Dong—

The bell tolled for the fifth time.

The wind swept across the summit of Luoyue Peak.

Unlike the scene of the changing heavens in the outside world, the wind on Luoyue Peak was not strong.

It was like a breeze on a summer evening, bringing a coolness that brushed against the dangling hair of Yu Yu.

Accompanied by rhythmic changes, it was as if an incomparably massive beast was coiled upon Luoyue Peak, its every breath stirring up strong winds.

No, that giant beast was not upon Luoyue Peak.

It was above the moon dome!

The moon seemed to have fallen at this moment, gradually occupying more than half of the starry sky.

And within this huge full moon, a silvery-white fox leaped down from it.

It turned into a streak of silver light, falling straight toward the Divine Path Sect.

That massive body gradually shrank during the descent, easily piercing through layers of Array, and finally descended upon one of the mountain peaks.

Luoyue Peak.

It was not just the people of the Divine Path Sect; people across more than half of the Beiming Divine Continent had noticed this strange phenomenon.

Someone immediately passed the news outward:

Gengzi year, noon sky change, the firmament tilts north...

"The moon falls upon the Divine Path Sect."

Yet no one else saw it as clearly as Yu Yu, who was at the scene.

The young man's feet had not moved a fraction from beginning to end; it was the bright moon that had rushed toward him instead!

He did not go to the moon; the moon came to him.

This scene seemed to turn into eternity in Yu Yu's eyes, carved into the deepest part of her soul.

"So beautiful."

Afterward...

She clearly saw the white fox that had fallen from the moon circle the young man twice, before gently bumping its head against the white fox lying beside him.

Accompanied by a flash of moonlight, the two white foxes merged into one, no longer distinguishable from each other.

The crouching white fox stood up gracefully, slowly stretched its slender body, and shook the tails behind it.

This time, Yu Yu counted clearly.

"Six, seven... eight!"

It had eight tails!

When Mother told stories, she said that one with one tail is a fox, and one with two tails is a Fox Demon...

But what, then, is one with eight tails?

The ignorant young girl did not know what an eight-tailed Fox Demon represented, but someone else knew perfectly well.

In the temple of the Sect Leader, a storm was currently brewing.

【Eight tails, Heavenly Fox...】

Hum—

The aura, suppressed to the extreme, caused a violent storm just by leaking a tiny bit!

"Hey, hey, hey! Old man, take it easy!"

Jing Yueqin tilted her head to dodge the violent blast of air and complained to the constantly trembling stone statue:

"If you tear down the house in a moment, you have to explain it clearly to the others; this has absolutely nothing to do with me!"

Don't you try to frame me!

Heavens!

The old man at home has started tearing down the house!

Under the interference of Jing Yueqin's muttering, the Sect Leader stone statue gradually calmed down and retracted its leaking aura.

After calming down, it could not help but feel puzzled by Jing Yueqin's composure:

【You... do you not know what this implies?】

"I know."

But Jing Yueqin curled her lips indifferently and hummed lightly:

"But so what? No matter how successful he becomes, the fact that he is my junior brother will not change in the slightest."

"Heaven is great, earth is great, and with Master away, the Senior Sister is the greatest!"

Forcibly puffing out her chest, causing waves to ripple, Jing Yueqin said viciously:

"Let's see if he dares to turn against me!"