Everyone Is Beautiful!
What Lin Yunji did not know was that, while he was in seclusion, Lady Nüwa often thought of him and would lose herself in thought for a long time.
Sometimes she strolled beneath the moonlight, gazing up at the night sky and sighing softly. At other times, she leaned against a railing and stared absently at the horizon.
The direction she looked in was toward the Lunar Star, which gave off a soft silver glow like moonlight.
Whenever she did, a thousand feelings welled up in her heart.
The Lunar Star truly was a romantic place, full of tender longing.
Several images would unbidden rise in her mind.
Walking side by side with Lin Yunji on the Lunar Star would surely be romantic and tender too, she thought.
So, when Lin Yunji had just asked her where she wanted to go, she could not help thinking of the Lunar Star.
"Then let's go to the Lunar Star!"
How could Lin Yunji dare object? Looking at Lady Nüwa's slightly flushed face, he seemed to think of something too, and hurriedly smiled and nodded in agreement.
At his reply, Lady Nüwa's face lit up with joy. Without another word, she swept up into the void.
She beckoned to Lin Yunji, who was still standing where he was. "Then let's hurry!"
Lin Yunji could only shake his head. Who would have thought Lady Nüwa had a side like this?
He too took flight and chased after her.
And so, they turned into two streaks of light and flew toward the Lunar Star in the primeval starry sky!
At the beginning of the chaotic world, Pangu had split open heaven and earth, holding up the sky and standing upon the earth for 180,000 years. After he fell, his left eye became the Sun Star, and his right eye became the Lunar Star.
One yang and one yin, balancing heaven and earth.
Dijun and Taiyi were born on the Sun Star.
Likewise, the Lunar Star had given rise to two deities!
They were none other than Xihe and Changxi.
Although the two sisters were innate deities, they had taken form relatively late; only a few tens of thousands of years had passed since then. Thus, they had only reached the Early-stage Daluo Golden Immortal realm and had not gone to the Purple Treasure Firmament Hall to hear the Sage preach the Dao.
Ever since taking form, the sisters Xihe and Changxi had remained on the Lunar Star. They had never been anywhere else, much less the lands of the Primordial Wilderness!
On this day!
On a whim, Xihe and Changxi began to dance beneath the Divine Laurel Tree in front of the Lunar Hall.
Their figures were graceful, their bodies outstretched and their movements gentle and tender. Together with their breathtaking dance, they made a sight of unsurpassed beauty!
"Huh? What's that?"
The two sisters seemed to sense something. Puzzled, they stopped dancing and looked in one direction, startled and uncertain.
"What a powerful presence, what an overbearing bearing! Who has descended upon my Lunar Star?" Xihe frowned, her expression grave, and spoke softly to her younger sister Changxi.
"Don't be frightened, sister. We've always stayed on the Lunar Star and never gone anywhere else, so of course we couldn't have offended any great god!"
In contrast to Xihe's caution, Xihe was quite calm. She shrugged and said unconcernedly, "Besides, the Lunar Star is far too quiet. Having someone visit will liven it up a little!"
She had the charmingly guileless manner of an innocent young girl.
From the look of it, she was warm and generous, cheerful and lively, the complete opposite of the reserved and steady Xihe.
If Changxi was a green apple, still childlike and slightly unripe, then Xihe was a ripe, rosy red apple!
"You girl!"
Faced with Changxi's innocence, Xihe shot him a glare and scolded her. "What do I always tell you? How can you be so careless? If these newcomers have ill intentions and possess such formidable cultivation, what are we to do?"
"Don't be afraid, sister. What good will worrying so much do? You said yourself that their cultivation is powerful. We can't do anything to them anyway, so why think so much about it?" Changxi blinked and pulled a face at Xihe, speaking in a coy voice. "Besides, if it's a blessing, it's not a calamity; if it's a calamity, there's no avoiding it. Let's not think so much about it, sister!"
"Ah." Xihe sighed, then said, "Though what you say does make sense."
Just then, the two streaks of light drew closer and closer, finally landing right in front of them!
They were none other than Lin Yunji and Lady Nüwa, who had come to visit the Lunar Star!
"Xihe and Changxi greet you, fellow Daoists." Seeing Lin Yunji and Lady Nüwa appear, Xihe and Changxi bowed together.
"Nüwa and Lin Yunji greet you, fellow Daoists." Lin Yunji and Lady Nüwa naturally returned the greeting with great courtesy.
The four stood facing one another, studying each other.
So these are the two legendary Lunar goddesses. Their skin is fair and their faces beautiful, just as expected. Both Xihe and Changxi have extraordinary bearing.
Lin Yunji nodded inwardly. He also noticed that both Xihe and Changxi possessed an otherworldly bearing, the sacred air unique to goddesses.
The two women looked very much alike, but the looks in their eyes were not quite the same. Presumably, their personalities were different too.
One looked more mature and elegant, while the other was playful and lovely, like a young girl whose youthful vitality washed over him.
"Wow, Sister Nüwa, you're so beautiful! You look as beautiful as my sister!" Changxi stepped forward, blinking her big eyes as she gazed intently at Lady Nüwa and spoke from the heart.
"Heeheehee, heehee."
There was no woman in the world who would be unhappy to hear someone praise her beauty, and Lady Nüwa was no exception!
Especially when the other person was herself a woman of exceptional beauty.
So, hearing Changxi's words, Lady Nüwa immediately smiled, feeling wonderful.
"You're very pretty too, Sister Changxi!"
"Yes, yes! My sister and I look very much alike, so if she's beautiful, of course I'm beautiful too!" Changxi tilted her head to look at her and replied in all seriousness.
"..."
Lin Yunji was speechless. What kind of fairy talk was this?!
Right from the start, it was "You're beautiful, I'm beautiful too, everyone is beautiful"?
Although he admitted to himself that each of the three women had her own beauty, and that they were indeed all beautiful,
saying it out loud like that was just not right!!!
"Hmm?"
Suddenly, Lin Yunji frowned. As though sensing something, he looked toward the Lunar Divine Hall.
A golden light suddenly flashed in his black eyes, for inside the Lunar Divine Hall, he had sensed three very familiar presences!
Lin Yunji instantly understood that those three presences belonged to the Heavenly Scar Fragments he had been searching so desperately for!
More importantly, there was not just one inside the Lunar Divine Hall, but a full three!
Three Heavenly Scar Fragments!
Ever since Lin Yunji had activated this task, he had searched for thousands upon tens of thousands of years and found only four Heavenly Scar Fragments in total, going through countless twists and turns along the way.
Who would have thought that three would now appear all at once!
Lin Yunji was overcome with excitement.
"I wore out iron shoes searching in vain, only to find them without the slightest effort!"
As he reflected on this, he could not help taking another deep look at Lady Nüwa.
Sure enough, it was Lady Nüwa who had suggested coming here. If he had changed her mind, wouldn't he have missed these three Heavenly Scar Fragments?
Lin Yunji felt immensely relieved.
It was heaven's will!
A single trip to the Lunar Star, and he had found three Heavenly Scar Fragments right away!
Nothing could have made him happier.