The Moonlight Clan's Patriarch

Meanwhile, in Yunhuo's livestream.

After Wumaxiu left.

The equipment, which had seemed to be blocked by something, suddenly returned to normal.

The picture became clear and smooth again.

The camera finally captured the Star-Moon Arrow's location.

[Huh? What just happened? Did the stream freeze?]

[No way. The streamer's equipment is top-of-the-line.]

[If the streamer hadn't looked just as clueless, I'd have thought that part wasn't for a distinguished SVIP like me to watch.]

[Holy crap, where did that bow come from?]

[Are you stupid? How's an arrow supposed to fire without a bow?]

[But what's it doing just sitting there?]

[It's glowing so brightly. Could it be waiting for someone?]

A dense flood of comments filled the screen as everyone guessed who they were waiting for.

Just then, another beam of silvery-white light appeared.

Its radiance was identical to that of the Star-Moon Bow and the Star-Moon Arrow.

Cool and bright.

When the light faded, it revealed a slender figure with refined features and an elegant bearing.

He was Yuexi, the current Clan Leader of the Moonlight Clan.

From the moment he was born, moonlight had favored him without reservation.

He was the one chosen by the moonlight.

Every part of him was steeped in the moonlight's favor.

As a result, Yuexi had been designated the clan's next Clan Leader while still a child and raised with high expectations.

Then, several hundred years ago.

He finally became the current Clan Leader of the entire Moonlight Clan.

Yuexi stood in the void, his long, silvery-white hair gently lifted by the stellar winds. He was as cold as a freshly drawn sword forged from moonlight.

Yuexi's gaze fixed on the Star-Moon Bow and the Star-Moon Arrow.

To be precise.

It was fixed on the silvery-white glow surrounding them.

His gaze held scrutiny and curiosity, as well as something that could almost be called stubbornness.

Under his stare, the Star-Moon Bow and the Star-Moon Arrow felt no discomfort whatsoever. Instead, they grew even more pleased with themselves.

They deliberately made the moonlight radiating from them shine a few degrees brighter.

They sent the light rippling outward in overlapping waves, as dazzling as a little moon showing itself off.

The Star-Moon Arrow spun around, looking for all the world like someone showing off their perfect figure from every possible angle.

[Star-Moon Arrow]: See that?

Its tone was full of undisguised pride, its voice practically soaring into the heavens.

[Star-Moon Arrow]: Jealous? Jealous of my perfect body?

[Star-Moon Bow]: I know you must be jealous of us.

Yuexi remained silent.

[Star-Moon Arrow]: Come on, let's fight!

[Star-Moon Bow]: Let's fight.

The Star-Moon Arrow's tip shot upright, brimming with fighting spirit.

Its entire body trembled slightly.

It was excited.

[Star-Moon Bow, Star-Moon Arrow]:

We must prove to Lord Moon God that we are his most perfect, most powerful, most invincible creations! You Moonlight Clan members were merely born a few years before me. Today, we'll show you how the new generation surpasses the old!

The white light grew ever more brilliant with their declaration.

The instant the Star-Moon Arrow settled onto the Star-Moon Bow, the bowstring drew back slightly and moonlight swirled, ready to strike.

Then they both bristled at once.

[Star-Moon Bow, Star-Moon Arrow]: Aaaah! What are you doing?!

A hand glowing with a cool white light had seized the Star-Moon Bow and the Star-Moon Arrow.

The bow's body was gripped tight, and the arrow's shaft was pinched between his fingers.

Yuexi lowered his head, his long hair falling to brush against the bow and arrow.

He closed his eyes, carefully sensing the aura lingering on them.

The aura was strong, and very fresh.

—That's right. That's right. This is the aura.

Yuexi's fingers trembled.

He had searched for so very long—long enough to grow from a youth into a Clan Leader, long enough for the clan's elderly elders to turn into moonlight one after another.

Finally... I've found it.

The aura on them could not lie.

Yuexi had been blessed by moonlight from the moment he was born. No one in the world was more familiar with this scent than he was.

—It's God.

—God has returned.

—But why won't you show yourself?

Yuexi's grip tightened a little.

His lips pressed into a cold, hard line, and too many things churned in his pale eyes, steeped in moonlight.

Joy, grievance, confusion, obsession... They layered upon one another until, at last, they hardened into an almost stubborn silence.

—Why send them to challenge me? Why conceal your aura and stop me from finding you?

—Is it because I haven't lived up to your expectations?

[Star-Moon Bow, Star-Moon Arrow]: Ah, let go of us!

The bow and arrow struggled desperately in Yuexi's grasp.

The hand that had appeared out of nowhere had thrown their fighting spirit into disarray, like a ball of yarn pulled apart.

The pure aura emanating from Yuexi poured down over them, enveloping them completely.

—We're done for.

—Completely done for.

The Star-Moon Bow and the Star-Moon Arrow were on the verge of breaking down.

[Star-Moon Bow, Star-Moon Arrow]:

We're done for, we're done for! We're not clean anymore! Lord Moon God, we're not clean anymore!

A jumble of thoughts exploded through their minds, finally converging into a crumpled, crying face.

—Bawling ૮₍ɵ̷﹏ɵ̷̥̥᷅₎ა.

Their earlier ambition to "prove to Yuexi who the strongest creation is."

Had now shattered in their hearts, not even a scrap remaining.

The Star-Moon Arrow and the Star-Moon Bow now had only one thought.

—Where can we go to wash ourselves?

—Where's the Moonlight Spring Water? Where's the Star-Dust Cleansing Pool?

They wanted to wash away every trace of the aura he had left on them.

Otherwise, they would be too ashamed to return and face Lord Moon God!

"Don't run. Where is God? Also, fight me."

Since God wanted to watch.

Then he, Yuexi, would surely prove to God:

The Moonlight Clan were the strongest and most trusted followers under God. They were not to be compared with these newly created artifacts, these things that had been given names the moment they were born!

It was the Moonlight Clan.

It was them!

The Star-Moon Bow and the Star-Moon Arrow were furious!

They had been grabbed for no apparent reason and covered in an outsider's aura, and now they were even being stopped from going to wash it off!

They couldn't swallow this insult.

—Fine, let's fight!

—We'll wash afterward!

And so, the Star-Moon Bow and the Star-Moon Arrow really did fight Yuexi.

Silver light flew everywhere, and moonlight streamed like silk, carving one brilliant arc after another through the void. After the fight, the bow and arrow had finally vented some of their anger.

Now that their anger had subsided, it was time to return to Lord Moon God.

But they didn't want Yuexi following them.

So the bow and arrow exchanged a glance and, in a silent moment, reached an agreement.

They would split up.

The Star-Moon Bow went left, and the Star-Moon Arrow went right.

Two streaks of silver light shot out simultaneously, speeding in opposite directions.

No matter how capable Yuexi was, he was only one person.

He couldn't chase both of them at once.

But they had barely flown any distance before they came to an abrupt halt.