Mythical Card Creator: Myriad Ghosts Night Parade at the Start

Although it was only a stone statue.

But that fluttering skirt hem and graceful back were so lifelike that they seemed real.

It was as if she would turn around the next second and smile sweetly at you.

A pretty, approachable warmth shone between her brows, along with a noble air that brooked no desecration.

"Your junior, Cao E, pays respects to Goddess Niangniang."

Cao E could no longer suppress the surging emotions in her heart.

She hurried forward and respectfully bowed on the meditation cushion before the Goddess Statue.

With that bow.

The Goddess Statue, which had been utterly silent, suddenly trembled.

A seven-colored radiance burst from within the statue and shot straight into the sky.

Immediately afterward, rain began to fall from the heavens.

This was no ordinary rain. It was "dharmic rain" brimming with spiritual energy.

Amid the curtain of rain, the Goddess Statue seemed to come truly alive.

As light and shadow interwove, a goddess slowly stepped down from within the jade.

What an allure she possessed!

She was not as delicate and alluring as Xi Shi, inspiring tender pity.

Nor was she as solemn and dignified as Bones Guanyin, making people afraid to look directly at her.

She was beautiful... flawless.

Just as Song Yu had described in Ode to the Goddess:

"Her splendid adornments—silks, brocades, and embroidered finery in lavish profusion, exquisite colors illuminating all directions.

She shakes out her embroidered robe and dons her jeweled gown. Neither too full nor too slender."

She wore a gorgeous, intricate shamanic ceremonial robe, embroidered all over with the sun, moon, stars, constellations, mountains, rivers, grass, and trees.

They were the most primitive and harmonious totems of humanity's communion with nature in ancient times.

Her appearance was even beyond the power of language to describe, radiating a