mesbooks Chapter 272 After the Story
Chapter 272 After the Story
Chu Zhu stared blankly at the person in front of her, whose hand never let go.
"It's been so long since anyone called me that..."
One of the three venerable beings of the celestial realm, yet the words he uttered at this moment inexplicably conveyed a sense of grievance.
The hand that was holding her wrist loosened its grip by about 80%, but still didn't let go.
Liu Jun smiled slightly: "Azhu has indeed grown up and become a celestial being. But why did you even change your surname? Did you dislike your former self?"
"No, it's just, it's just..."
So many things happened back then, so many stories without any backstory.
Li Zhu was a remote descendant of the Zhulong lineage. However, he was an abandoned child who was picked up by Xingye when he was still a dragon egg.
The timing of his hatching was unfortunate; it happened just before Xingye went to the outer realms.
He didn't spend much time with Xingye after he took human form, but Xingye always seemed to have a thousand different emotions.
Later, Xingye was punished, and all those connected to Xingye were also punished.
He never got to see that place again, never to return.
With the divine realm forever sealed, he wandered outside until the immortal realm was established, at which point he finally had a place to settle down.
It turns out that so much time has passed; it turns out that he has never forgotten.
"Priest... is that you? Is that you... back?"
He was still asking questions, but he had already pulled her into his arms.
"It really has been too long."
Long enough time to transform a naive child who knew nothing into the person they are today, having experienced all sorts of things, with the same physical form but a soul ravaged by hardship.
Liu Jun gently patted his back and sighed silently. He hadn't even had time to teach him anything more before he was forced to wander. He didn't know how much suffering he had endured to get to where he was today.
It took Chu Zhu a long time before she gently released Liu Jun, a hint of embarrassment appearing on her face: "I apologize, Lord Divine Master, it was I who overstepped my bounds."
"It's alright, it has been a long time since we last met, and besides..."
"I've also discovered that I'm not some kind of deity, just a minor immortal."
Liu Jun gave a self-deprecating laugh.
Chu Zhu, still displaying respect, stepped back to a suitable distance and performed a divine salute to Liu Jun:
"An adult is always an adult, and no matter where they are, they will always be worthy of our respect."
Liu Jun stared at him in silence for a while. Time had passed far too long; even this person, who used to be the most cheerful and lively, had become so calm and composed.
He is now a celestial being, and in his high position, he can no longer act as he did before, just like she did in the past.
That accident really changed many people.
"Tell me about what has happened over the years, and... the Divine Realm."
Chu Zhu smiled and replied, "Alright, then, sir, would you be willing to tell me about your affairs?"
Liu Jun paused, then said, "...Okay."
Chu Zhu was once Xing Ye's subordinate. Because he was only a little over a thousand years old and had little to do with that incident, he received a much lighter punishment. He was also one of the people who witnessed the closure of the Divine Realm.
After Xingye's soul was completely destroyed, the Divine Realm punished all of Xingye's direct subordinates.
Many gods and star officials were killed, and the Heavenly Pillar was destroyed. It would be difficult to recover, not to mention ten thousand years, even hundreds of thousands of years.
The war of the gods destroyed the divine realm once, and the sudden rebellion of the starry night destroyed it again. It was riddled with holes and could not withstand another destruction.
The decision to close all channels of communication to and from the Divine Realm indefinitely was made by the remaining divine beings and the Star Lords after that incident. This permanent closure has lasted for hundreds of thousands of years.
Those who voluntarily stayed in the divine realm are still unknown, while those who chose to leave are now scattered to the four winds, their fates unknown.
"That's roughly what Zhu knows."
"That……"
"Does Your Excellency wish to inquire about the Divine Lord Fenglan and the Divine Servant Zhouyang?"
Before Liu Jun could even ask, Chu Zhu asked for her.
"……Yes."
"Have you seen them, sir?"
"Yes."
Chu Zhu understood, lowered her eyes and seemed to be silent for a while before looking at her again: "The Sun God, on the day that Your Excellency was punished, destroyed his divine status and then disappeared. We thought that he went with Your Excellency."
"And Feng Lan, the Divine Lord, also... disappeared not long after that. Zhu only managed to meet him more than 40,000 years ago, but..."
"It seems that Feng Lan Divine Lord doesn't remember me. But that's not surprising, after all, so much time has passed and I've only met him a few times. But now he... I don't know why he gives off a strange feeling."
"Oh?"
The person in front of me finally showed some emotional fluctuation.
"I don't know why, but the current God Venerable Fenglan, although he is not as glorious as he was back then, is still one of the supreme beings. However, he seems to... not remember much about what happened in the Divine Realm."
Liu Jun was taken aback.
No...do you remember?
Suddenly, all sorts of past events rushed into my mind, word by word, scene by scene, all vividly appearing before me.
That's the downside of cultivating immortality: many things are right in front of you, yet they remain blurry images, like an old, neglected painting—so distant, so unattainable.
He was always a good person, a very qualified master who taught her magic and how to conduct herself in the world. Even when she was young and a little willful and spoiled, he was always tolerant of her.
She believed that this was how a teacher should act.
However, later on, she noticed something was wrong and learned something she shouldn't have known.
She knew she was just a substitute.
No, she was not even as good as a substitute; she was merely a vessel, a vessel created by him...
She had also felt resentful and desperately tried to cultivate, wanting to ask for an explanation herself. But no matter how hard she tried, she couldn't cross that chasm. Later, she gave up and compromised.
It's just a body, she can just return it.
Throughout the years they were together, he never made a mistake, except for that one time, on the seventh day of the ninth lunar month that year.
September 7th is her birthday, but she never knew it; she didn't even know what day she was born.
Yanzhi did not make September 7th her birthday, as if she deliberately avoided it, but on that day she openly commemorated another person.
If it weren't for that day, when he unexpectedly revealed other emotions in his eyes as he looked at her, and if she hadn't been such an extremely stubborn and meticulous person...
What was his purpose?
Does he really like that person that much?
It seems so, but it also seems...not quite.
He simply loved seeing that face.
On the seabed of the silent sea, there was only an ice coffin, but she was not the first body to be stored there.
If this "Liu Jun" also dies, she will be the next person to be kept there.
As for the reason, only by asking the "culprit" in person can one find out.
Amnesia?
It wasn't surprising, but Liu Jun didn't know whether to be surprised or not.
Haven't they already left that world called "novel"? Why would something so melodramatic happen?
Thinking of this, Liu Jun suddenly felt a sharp pain in his head, and his eyes went unfocused for a moment. His consciousness was not trapped like last time, but a large number of fragments were forcibly poured into his mind.
The ending of that novel she hadn't finished reading played out so vividly in her mind.
The goddess has returned to the ranks of immortals after six cycles of reincarnation. As the son of two divine lords, she possesses excellent talent, but due to her excessive laziness and negligence, she has not yet reached the Xuanxian realm in nearly forty thousand years, truly disgracing her bloodline.
Over time, the people of the celestial realm began to look down on this unworthy "goddess".
The higher one's cultivation level, the more difficult it is to conceive offspring, which is why there are very few descendants of the Divine Lord.
And these descendants are all exceptionally talented, their cultivation progresses by leaps and bounds, and they are all among the ranks of Xuanxian Saints, with some even reaching the realm of Tianyi Divine Lord.
But look at this "goddess" again; compared to the other goddesses, she's really too useless.
(The realms of Divine Lords are further divided into: Heavenly One, Supreme One, and Heavenly Extreme; there is only one Divine Venerable so far, Si Feng.)
Yet this seemingly "useless" goddess caught the eye of a deity, and a series of events unfolded in the process.
In the end, the goddess became famous in one battle, washed away all her shame, and had a happy ending with the god.
Who is that deity? It's so hard to guess!
After reading the story, Liu Jun only had one thing to say:
You m(“▔□▔)……