"Little Toad, no matter how great you are, you are just a creature on earth! And a monster at that!"
"Damn it, you're bragging in front of me, who wouldn't? Look at you, you have a pig's head and a human body, are you really a god?!"
The fat pig demon was stunned for a moment, his eyes swept across his open palms, closed his long mouth, and suddenly leaned over and roared loudly at the toad carrying a gourd on the stone over there.
"I, Old Pig, was once handsome and charming, Ugly Toad!"
A fishy wind blew in his face, and the Toad Taoist, who was staggering, steadied himself and went forward with his toad eyes wide open.
"When my magic power was intact, I still had the aura of an immortal!"
A pig and a toad came close to each other and stared at each other.
Lu Liangsheng put down his hand that was covering his forehead and looked at them with a smile.
"Master, you..."
Hearing the sound coming from the side, the pig demon and the toad looked at each other fiercely, snorted, turned their faces to the side, folded their arms and sat back, continuing to look at the moonlight, and the two demons paid attention to each other.
"Master still has the same temperament as a child."
Lu Liangsheng smiled and went over to try to persuade the pig demon. As for the pig demon sitting over there, it was unclear whether what the other party said was true or not. It sounded more like bragging.
A god from heaven has come down to the mortal world. Even if he is not majestic and powerful, he will not turn into a hideous and terrifying pig monster, right
'But the way he looked at the moon didn't seem fake.'
Thinking of this, an idea flashed through Lu Liangsheng's mind. He went back to the bookshelf next to the campfire, took out a piece of writing brush, ink, paper and inkstone, and ignored the Taoist who was covering the book and looking at him.
He returned to the edge of the cliff and sat down, then handed over the wine.
"How can you enjoy the moon without wine? It happens to be Mid-Autumn Festival. There is no family reunion, but we meet in the mountains and rivers. How about drinking a cup together?"
Zhu Ganglie looked at the wine glass handed to him by the scholar, took it with two fingers as if pinching a scallion, and poured it into his mouth. The slight water stains could not even wet his teeth, but the aroma of the wine was rich and melted as soon as it entered his mouth, giving the illusion of drinking it freely.
"Good illusion."
"It's just a little trick." Lu Liangsheng heard that his tone had softened from the argument just now, so he raised his sleeve to cover the wine glass and took a sip.
"Watching the moon in the mountains is a unique experience. I am good at painting, and I get excited when I see strange colors. Just now you said you had seen the most beautiful moon. Why don't you tell me about it? How about I paint it?"
Over there, the pig demon looked at the ink scroll he had spread out and took another sip of wine. It was unclear whether he was drunk or really wanted to talk to someone.
"Actually, a lot of what I say is just bragging. You can't take it seriously."
"It's okay, go ahead and tell me." Lu Liangsheng smiled as he sharpened the ink, picked up an ordinary brush, and hung it over the paper. "It's just right to treat it as listening to a story."
The Toad Taoist priest at the side turned his head, with an expression that said "you say it" and snorted.
"I'm afraid I can't tell you what it is, quack."
However, after a moment, Zhu Ganglie's voice sounded at the edge of the cliff. He looked up at the clear moon in the night sky, and a trace of confusion flashed in his eyes.
"In fact, I, Old Pig, haven't looked at the moon for a long time. I've seen something so beautiful. Looking at it from here, it loses a lot of its beauty, especially when it dances, with its graceful figure, long sleeves fluttering, that touch of scarlet between its brows, and its beautiful eyes that almost took my soul away..."
The sound of metal rubbing against each other became dull at this moment. Lu Liangsheng listened to the description of the pig demon and thought it was the beautiful moonlight. He started to paint, but he only sketched the outline of the woman according to the description.
'I miss my beloved under the moonlight, but it turns out that I am still a love-struck demon.'
A smile appeared on the corners of his mouth. The blue ink in his hand did not stop, and gradually the outline of the woman became solid. Under the soft moonlight, on the white scroll, the beauty with flying gauze long sleeves danced, and he also touched the vermilion between her eyebrows.
'It's fate that we meet, and I will give you a beautiful dream.'
Lu Liangsheng looked at the painting taking shape. According to the pig demon's description, the woman was extremely beautiful and stunning. Magic light flashed from his fingertips. He touched the painting, stood up, put his hands on the stone he had just sat on, and turned to leave.
Over there, Zhu Ganglie seemed to be immersed in his memories.
"Hehe... When we were in heaven, I, Old Pig, was a perfect match for her..."
He sucked the saliva from the corner of his mouth and laughed foolishly. Suddenly, he saw a figure swaying on the full moon in his eyes. His heart skipped a beat and he quickly got up from the ground and rubbed his eyes.
"Chang'e..."
The white figure flew down along the moonlight, looked at the pig demon standing stupidly on the cliff below, and bowed with a faint smile.
"Let me dance for you again."
Zhu Ganglie looked at the floating woman with a dazed expression. Suddenly, he raised his hand to wipe his eyes, quietly spilling a few drops of water. Then he sat down cross-legged on the edge of the cliff and nodded with a silly smile.
"Thank you, fairy."
In the moonlight, a woman in a white dress took lotus steps, her long sleeves spread out lightly with the tiptoes, her flexible body swayed slightly, and she held out the full moon in her long-sleeved hands, as if she was holding the clear moon in the night sky and hanging it between the mountains and the moonlight.
"The moon..."
The pig demon stared at the woman in the moonlight. Her graceful figure danced with her long sleeves spinning and her skirt fluttering with her, like a white lotus blooming in a lotus pond.
After the last dance, when he came to his senses, the woman dancing under the moonlight had disappeared without a trace. He knew that it was all an illusion, but he still stood up and screamed heartbreakingly towards the full moon in the night sky.
"Yue'er—"
The sound echoed in the mountains for a long time. After a long while, Zhu Ganglie turned around, picked up the scroll on the stone, unfolded it in his hands, and looked at the lifelike portrait of the woman on it. He bowed deeply to the scholar standing by the campfire in the forest.
"I, Old Pig, thank you, Master Lu."
In the distance, Lu Liangsheng spread out the blanket, turned around and returned the greeting.
"It helps fulfill your dream and relieves your worries, which is also a good deed. Lu Liangsheng has done nothing wrong."
If you can help a monster to become enlightened and stop doing evil and harming the world, it would be a good deed. As for wasting mana... it would be insignificant.
The Toad Taoist, who was still sitting on the rock at the edge of the cliff, suddenly sighed and patted the pig demon's thick calves with his paw pads.
"I didn't realize that you are also a nostalgic person like me."
Toad took a deep breath, exhaled heavily, and looked at the moonlight while carrying the gourd on his back.
"Every time I look at the moon, I think of someone."
"So you have someone in your heart too."
Zhu Ganglie and Toad Taoist looked at each other, then the pig and the toad bottle sat together, bathing in the moonlight and looking up at the full moon in the night sky.
Soon, Lu Liangsheng made the bed and called the Toad Taoist. The two monsters then came back from outside and looked at each other. Zhu Ganglie stretched out a finger and lightly touched the Toad's webbed feet, showing a tacit understanding.
"Old Sun, it's time to go to bed!"
Lu Liangsheng shook off the blanket and saw the Taoist flipping through a book by the firelight. He couldn't help but ask, "What are you reading so intently? You missed a good thing just now."
Hearing this, Sun Yingxian subconsciously closed the book and quickly put it in his arms: "I heard everything, but if you ask me, the best way is to transfer the pain in your heart."
He looked at the pig demon who was about to lie down to sleep, slipped over mysteriously, took out the book in his arms and threw it to the other party.
"Remember to return it to me after you finish reading it!"
The book hit his face. Zhu Ganglie turned over, picked up the book casually, and took a look at it in the faint light of the fire. His eyes were immediately fixed on it. He threw aside the scroll that was pressing on his chest, sat up, and read it carefully page by page, laughing from time to time.
It seemed as if he had forgotten everything that happened just now.
Soon, the night deepened. As time passed, the full moon disappeared behind the clouds, and the east gradually became darker. The sunlight pierced through the gaps in the clouds and surged in like a tide, pushing away the darkness along the hilltops.