TK Ch. 22: Sun and Moon - Midnight Rambles!!!!

Dj2214-17 minutes 02.07.2023

Translator: Dj22031

Editor: Dj22031

Those children were still in the ninth heaven, and it was rare for Yuqing Palace to be this quiet. Fu Li walked in with Bai Ze in his arms, put him on a cushion, flicked his sleeves lightly, and the originally messy courtyard and palace were restored to their original state.

Probably due to the instinct of beasts, he wanted to grab anything that moved when he saw it. Dazed, Bai Ze stretched out his hand and grabbed Fu Li’s waving sleeve.

Fu Li was caught by him and fell forward, but he quickly put his hands on his sides, otherwise he would have collided with Bai Ze.

“Fu Li…” Bai Ze was still smirking, holding onto Fu Li’s sleeve and refusing to let go. After watching for a while, he suddenly frowned.

“Is it uncomfortable?” Fu Li asked in a low voice, touching Bai Ze’s forehead. Because he was a divine beast of the water attribute, Bai Ze’s body temperature was lower than that of ordinary people, but he felt a bit hot at the moment.

“Hot…” Bai Ze stretched out his hand and pulled off the collar of the wool sweater. Because of his rough action, he also tore the clothes inside a little, revealing a piece of moist and fair skin with a thin layer of sweat dripping from it.

Fu Li immediately grabbed his wrist to prevent him from pulling it around, stared at the exposed area for a moment, and then started to help him take off his coat.

There was a furry collar on the outer shirt, and after taking it off, only the light and white middle coat was left. The jacket was as soft as silk, and it was tightly attached to Bai Ze’s body. The light blue belt was tied around the waist, outlining the firm contours of his flesh.

Fu Li took a deep breath, took out a blue handkerchief from his sleeve, shook it lightly in his hand, it turned into a thin blue quilt, and covered Bai Ze.

“Woo!” Bai Ze groaned like a beast, stretched out his hand and put his arms around Fu Li’s shoulders like a cub coquettishly, staring at him in a daze with his moist eyes. The person in front of him was dressed in black, with black hair and clear eyes, and he felt as if he had seen him somewhere before.

….

The flames all over the sky blocked the way to escape, his mana was exhausted, and even getting up was a luxury. Jiuying had red fangs, as he roared not far away, and was wrapped in a huge barrier, while the golden red-flame golden beast suddenly spit out a mouthful of golden flames at him. Suddenly cyan fairy clothes fluttered in the wind, blocking the fatal blow, but those golden flames had already hurt Bai Ze’s eyes, so he only had time to glance at the man’s side face before he was distracted by the severe pain.

“Bai Ze…” Who was calling him, who was it?

A pair of soft and thin lips pressed against his, and gently took a breath of fairy air, which relieved the pain in the eyes and gradually blurred his consciousness.

….

Bai Ze narrowed his eyes and looked at Fu Li who was getting closer: “Do you want to give me immortal energy again?”

Fu Li looked at him and asked softly: “Do you want it?”

“Yes… very comfortable… …Um…” Bai Ze said foolishly, then a pair of cool thin lips pressed against his, and the soft touch seemed familiar. But Bai Ze, whose head was already in a mess, was unable to think about this flashing doubt, and was made to moan softly by the breath of immortal energy that passed over.

Fu Li raised his fingers, and let go of Bai Ze’s headband, and the soft long hair was spread out behind him, hanging straight to the soft cushion. Caressing behind Bai Ze, he thought he would let go after giving him a breath, but his hands didn’t obey, and he hugged him even tighter.

A flash of white light flashed, and the soft, moist and sweet lips disappeared, replaced by a wet and furry mouth.

Spitting out the fur in his mouth, Fu Li looked at the snow-white little fur ball in his arms and sighed lightly.

“Woo!” The little fur ball burrowed into Fu Li’s arms and fell asleep contentedly.

When Laojun and the others came back, they saw Tianzun, who had become smaller, hugging a palm-sized fur ball, nestled on the light blue cushion, sleeping soundly.

“What should I do?” Tianshu Xingjun, who came back with the children in his arms, was a little dumbfounded.

“Let me down!” Laojun twisted his body to prevent Tianshu Xingjun from continuing to hug him.

Tianshu Xingjun had no choice but to put Laojun down. As soon as he landed, Laojun ran towards the cushion where Fu Li was on with his short legs and jumped on it firmly.

Fu Li had already woken up when they came in and rolled on the spot with the little Bai Ze in his arms, causing Laojun to fall upside down into the thick cushion.

“What for?” Fu Li sat up, put his foot against Laojun’s butt, and pushed him away.

“These seven stars[1] said that they can make us change back!” Li Jing interrupted anxiously, jumped out of Yuheng Xingjun’s arms, and kicked Yuheng Xingjun’s calf along the way.

“Ouch!” Yuheng Xingjun was kicked staggeringly, grinning his teeth, “Marshal, Xiao Xing didn’t offend you, did I?”

“You also robbed my pagoda just now, do you think I don’t know?” Waving the small pagoda in his hand, Li Jing was very angry.

“Shut up!” Fu Li covered the ears of the fur ball in his arms, and yelled in a low voice, the noisy crowd suddenly fell silent, “We will discuss all matters after Bai Ze wakes up, and you will stay away.”

Shrinking their heads together, Yuheng Xingjun whispered to Tianshu Xingjun: “Boss, do you feel that Tianzun is different from other children?”

Tianshu Xingjun pulled Yuheng Xingjun back into the yard, while inside Yuqing Palace, the door of the room slammed shut. Turning his head to look at Li Jing and Laojun who had started playing with marbles, and then at Emperor Donghua who was sitting and eating hibiscus fruit… Tianzun’s mind seemed to be more mature than these children.

“Tianzun has always been more prudent than others, what’s so strange about that?” Fairy Baihua walked over with Yue Lao in her arms, grinning to both sides. Because she didn’t dare to hug the emperor, she took Baihua nectar and went to Yuexia Immortal Palace to coax Yue Lao.

When Bai Ze woke up, it was already dusk, and he realized that he had turned into a little furball again, he stiffened for a moment, buried his head in the quilt, not daring to stand out.

Fu Li stretched out his short fingers and poked the little furball’s butt. The snow-white fur exploded immediately, Bai Ze turned his head, bared his teeth at the guy who dared to poke him, and was relieved to find that there was no one else around him except little Fu Li. Shaking his fur, he jumped off the cushion, turned into a human form, and hugged the sleeping Tianzun.

He kept feeling like he had forgotten something important. Bai Ze scratched his head, carried Fu Li and walked out. A few memory fragments flashed in his mind, and the soft touch seemed to remain on his lips… Bai Ze froze and looked down at Tianzun with his big eyes open in his arms. There was no distracting thought in those deep and clear eyes.

Shaking his head, Bai Ze spurned himself in his heart, how could he have such an unbearable dream, then secretly reciting the Heart sutra[2], he raised his hand and pushed open the gate of Yuqing Palace.

The stars had existed since the beginning of the world. In the sky full of stars, there were endless mysteries of the world hidden. As the immortals who had inherited the memories of the stars, they could always know something that others did not know. For example, how to eliminate the power of reincarnation.

“The power of reincarnation is actually caused by the rising and setting of the sun and moon. As long as the sun and moon rise and fall in the opposite direction, the power of reincarnation will dissipate.” Tianshu Xingjun said seriously.

“It’s easy to say, how can the sun rising and the moon setting be so easy to control?” Nezha held a piece of fairy grass in his mouth and leaned on the pillar beside him with his arms folded.

“This is easy to handle. Let Donghua inform Jin Wu[3] to drive back to the extreme east from the west. Then call Tiangou[4] to eat the moon, and the sun and moon will rotate in reverse, and it will be done!”

The Jade Emperor who had come to send his wife to the kindergarten heard these words and was very excited. Finally, there was a way to solve the power of reincarnation, he was afraid that if this situation continued, all the gods in the heaven would become children, and the situation would be difficult to control.

After Bai Ze listened carefully, he nodded slightly, whether it worked or not, they had to try it to know. As soon as the power of reincarnation was resolved, he could go back to Cangze Mountain and continue to sleep.

“The Jin Wu has not listened to me for a long time, how can I force it?” Emperor Donghua ate the last bite of hibiscus fruit and stretched out his hand for Bai Ze to wash.

Bai Ze put his two fingers together, and a gust of clear spring water emerged from between his fingers, washing his sticky little hands clean.

“Go with your sun bow[5].” Fu Li said expressionlessly.

Donghua: “…that’s fine.”

As for the Tiangou… the Jade Emperor twitched his lips and stood up holding his wife in his arms: “Bai Ze, I will leave this matter to you.” The Tiangou was now Erlang Shen’s[6] dog, and the person Jade Emperor feared the most was Erlang Shen.

“Ah?” Bai Ze widened his eyes, pointed at the sun and the moon in the sky, and then pointed at himself, getting a vigorous nod from the Jade Emperor. Then he went to weakly lie on the table, why was he in charge again?

Tianshu Xingjun and Fairy Baihua patted Bai Ze’s shoulder sympathetically and ran away following the Jade Emperor.

“Let’s go.” Nezha spat out the grass stalk in his mouth and clapped his hands.

Bai Ze raised his head with tears in his eyes: “Nezha, you really are the best.”

Nezha picked up his father who came to kick his calf again and threw him aside. Faced with Li Jing like this every day, he was also very tired.

“You and Donghua will go to Jin Wu, and Tianzun and I will go to Tiangou.” Bai Ze thought for a while, and asked Nezha to go to the extreme east with Emperor Donghua.

Nezha had no objection, so he took Donghua and left.

“What about us?” Yue Lao raised his head and asked.

“You guys take good care of your family in Yuqing Palace and don’t allow fights, you know?” Bai Ze stroked the little Yue Lao’s soft white hair.

The three children nodded in unison, looking extremely well-behaved, and Bai Ze walked away on the cloud with peace of mind. When the figures of Bai Ze and Fu Li disappeared into the sky, cheers erupted in Yuqing Palace.

“Let’s play horseback riding!”

“Okay, fight on horseback!”

“Bai Ze said that fighting is not allowed…”

Erlang Shen was originally the Jade Emperor’s nephew, but he didn’t have a good relationship with the Jade Emperor, so he didn’t want to live in the Heavenly Court. Thus, he lived in Guanjiang in the mortal world. Baize brought Fu Li to Guanjiang, which was surrounded by flowers, willows and green grass, and where the scenery was very beautiful.

There was the Erlang Temple at the mouth of the Guanjiang River, which was not a very large temple. But as the number one god of war in the heavens, Erlang Shen had never been short of offerings. There were so many people who came to worship here, Bai Ze stood in the crowd and was overwhelmed by it.

“Will Erlang Shen listen to you?” Fu Li frowned slightly as he looked at the white-faced and beardless statue of Erlang Shen in the main hall.

“Listen, we have a good relationship.” Bai Ze responded casually and carried Fu Li to the back of the temple.

Fu Li pursed his lips, and slowly clenched Bai Ze’s fur collar.

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Small theater:

“Laojun Science Popularization Lecture”

Laojun: Immortal Qi contains the pure essence of immortal power, which can relieve pain, heal wounds, and dizziness.

Yue Lao: (raises hand) does the immortal power need to be transferred only mouth to mouth?

Laojun: Wrong, you only need to blow the immortal energy on someone’s face.

Yue Lao: (raises hand) Why does Tianzun have to transfer it mouth to mouth?

Laojun: This question is not suitable for children, and will not be answered in class

Yue Lao: (behaved) Oh

[1] The Big Dipper (US, Canada) or the Plough (UK, Ireland) is a large asterism consisting of seven bright stars of the constellation Ursa Major; six of them are of second magnitude and one, Megrez (δ), of third magnitude.

[2] The Heart Sūtra is a popular sutra in Mahāyāna Buddhism. In Sanskrit, the title Prajñāpāramitāhṛdaya translates as “The Heart of the Perfection of Wisdom”. The Sutra famously states, “Form is emptiness, emptiness is form.”

[3] In ancient Chinese mythology, Jīn Wū is a sunbird that symbolizes the sun and appears in various ancient texts such as the Shan Hai Jing and the Huai Nan Zi. According to these texts, Jīn Wū is one of the ten suns born to Emperor Jun and Xihe, possessing both human and divine features. It is depicted as a three-legged bird that can fly and is known as the solar deity of the sky.

[4] The tiangou (lit. ‘Heavenly Dog’) is a legendary creature from China. The tiangou resembles a black dog or meteor, which is thought to eat the sun or moon during an eclipse.

[5] Folklore also held that, at around 2170 BC, all ten sun crows came out on the same day, causing the world to burn; Hou Yi, the celestial archer, saved the day by shooting down all but one of the sun crows. Sun Bow is the bow used by Hou Yi.

[6] Erlang Shen (lit. ‘Second-Lad God’), also known as Erlang of Guankou and the Lord of Sichuan, is a Chinese god with a third truth-seeing eye in the middle of his forehead.