Moonlight poured down like water, silent and still.
The sky and sea seemed to merge into one, making it impossible to distinguish where one ended and the other began. A bright, perfectly round moon hung just above the sea, casting shimmering reflections across the waves. It looked as if silver sand were constantly rising and falling against a deep-blue curtain, creating a leisurely rhythm.
"Rustle, rustle, rustle..."
The waves nibbled away at the small island reef bit by bit, making a rustling sound against the fine moss growing on it and lulling people into dreams.
The five of them sat on the reef. The Rooster Protector's bones had been piled in a hollow and used as firewood, and the flames flickered across their five distinctly different faces.
The moon in the sky was silent, and the five people on the ground likewise gazed at the indistinct boundary between sea and sky in the distance.
Before long, the tide began to rise, and the sound of the waves gradually grew more turbulent.
The five of them also began chatting familiarly.
Daoist Ming was the least reserved of them all. He took the Purple Gold Dragon King Ginseng An Yang had given him and stuffed it into his mouth, chewing it with loud crunches as if he were eating a raw radish. He said indistinctly, "Back then, I simply couldn't stand the Eternal Life Demon Palace throwing its weight around, so I killed a wild dog to eat. Later, I fought a few battles with the Demon Palace, one after another, and eventually got captured!"
"May I ask what wild dog you killed...?"
"It seemed to be a Demon General of the Eternal Life Demon Palace. That got me on their bad side! Tsk, tsk, let me tell you, that dog meat