As soon as Yue Shen finished speaking, the expressions of everyone present changed.
Except for Fairy Shaoyin who knew the basic situation, Changyun and Xuexin were both meeting Xueli for the first time. They never expected that Xueli had been engaged to someone else during the ten years since they were separated. They were inevitably surprised.
Xue Li's inner thoughts were confirmed, and she realized that the two people in front of her were really her parents, and she was at a loss.
Zi Lan had never expected that the God who had worked with him for so long was actually Xue Li's father, the famous immortal general Chang Yun God. Xue Li's mother also rushed to the scene and was extremely shocked.
The four people looked at each other, with thousands of thoughts flying in their minds.
However, Fairy Xue Xin was still confused about what the Moon Goddess said.
She asked, "I have never heard of the name Yuezhu. How can you be sure that I am Yuezhu?"
Having said that, in fact, when the Moon Goddess uttered the word "Yuezhu", Xue Xin herself also had a strange sense of familiarity. She could feel that she was being called, and she felt that this name was very nostalgic.
The Moon Goddess replied, "Because of your appearance. You look a lot like your mother, Fairy Chenxia. You looked a lot like her when you were young, and even more so when you grew up. You are simply cut from the same mold... Moreover, I happened to hear Xueli singing "Looking for the Moon" at Xuelian Peak."
The Moon Goddess paused for a moment and explained, "'Searching for the Moon' was a song my wife wrote for me back then, and I also wrote 'Chasing the Clouds' for her. These two songs are our love songs. In order to preserve the privacy of our personal feelings, we wrote two versions when we composed and circulated the scores. The immortal music circulated in the immortal world is the same version, but the other version is only known to Chen Xia and me, and later only Yuezhu has heard it... The song I heard Xueli singing in Xuelian Peak was the tune of 'Searching for the Moon'."
As she spoke, the Moon Goddess took out the flute on the spot, put it to her lips, and started playing for everyone.
A melodious and sentimental piece of music sounded. It was the tune of "Looking for the Moon" that Xue Li and Xue Xin were most familiar with. The Moon Goddess's music playing skills were so superb that every syllable was silently full of emotion and just the right amount of tactfulness. The incomparable and beautiful timbre filled everyone's hearing.
Without a doubt, this is the most beautiful way of playing in the world, and no one can play to the level of the Moon Goddess.
But somehow, even though it was just a piece of music, Xue Li could hear a hint of melancholy and sadness in the melody.
"… I see."
Even Lord Changyun could not help but suddenly realized, "No wonder I always felt that Xue Xin's singing of 'Looking for the Moon' was different from the usual ones. I thought she just liked it, but it turns out there is a reason behind it."
The Moon Goddess nodded slightly and recalled: "Back then, Chen Xia and I got married when we were young. I was Tianyue and she was Liuyun. We often saw each other since we were born, and naturally fell in love. Chen Xia and I loved each other and had similar interests. After many years, we had a daughter named Yuezhu. However, in ancient times, the world was in turmoil, and before Yuezhu grew up, my wife died in a battle with the demon fire..."
Most of the gods in the Nine Heavens had heard about the story of the Moon Goddess and Chen Xia. Xue Li and Zi Lan had also heard about the matter of the Moon Pearl from the God of Black Tortoise. Only Chang Yun and Xue Xin knew about it for the first time and listened attentively.
But this was undoubtedly a painful memory for the Moon God. His eyes looked very gloomy. He took a moment to calm down before continuing: "From then on, Yuezhu lived with me in the Moon Palace..."
In fact, Yue Shen’s feelings at that time were far from being as indifferent as she said.
Chen Xia died in the evil fire. When he rushed over, there was only a charred blackness between heaven and earth. His beloved Chen Xia was burned to ashes in the evil fire, without even a trace left.
The evil fire of thousands of demons burned everything. Chen Xia used her divine body to block the fire and saved thousands of lives, but he couldn't even see her for the last time.
The Moon God was in so much pain that he wished he was dying. Chen Xia was the love of his life and they had a deep affection for each other. Their past times were so happy and beautiful, but the pain and despair were a hundred times greater when they were separated by life and death.
Zuixin threw himself on the scorched earth where Chen Xia died, and pounded the ground and cried in remorse for three days and three nights. He was still unwilling to leave, hating himself for not arriving a moment earlier and why he did not die here for Chen Xia.
Zuixin almost wanted to follow Chenxia. He was one of the earliest gods in the ancient times when the world was first created. No one knew better than him that the evil fire of all demons was enough to burn all the souls of gods. Chenxia's soul was annihilated and died in it, and there was no possibility of resurrection. Zuixin was heartbroken, but he and Chenxia still had a daughter.
Thinking about it now, Yuezhu was really an incredibly considerate little girl over the years.
Zuixin rushed back to the Moon Palace like crazy. Yuezhu had been waiting for him in the Moon Palace with her baby in her arms for three days. He desperately hugged Yuezhu in his arms.
At first, Yuezhu would often ask sadly where her mother had gone.
Yuezhu loves her mother the most. The mother and daughter are very close. Sometimes she cannot fall asleep unless she is held in her mother's arms.
Zuixin found it difficult to answer her question. He couldn't say it, and tried to make up all kinds of excuses to comfort her. Later, Yuezhu saw his red eyes and the tears he was trying hard to hold back when he talked about this matter, so she obediently stopped asking.
But one time, Zuixin ran into little Yuezhu huddled alone in the corner of the room, crying while holding the doll her mother Cai Yunxia had made for her.
The father and daughter depend on each other for survival.
Zuixin tried his best to spend all his time with her. When he had to go out, Yuezhu would wait for him obediently in the Moon Palace.
He personally took care of everything for Yuezhu. He taught her to read and write, play the piano and flute. He and Chenxia both loved music, and Yuezhu was also quite talented in this area. Zuixin personally made a few small musical instruments for Yuezhu. Every time Yuezhu learned something, she would happily come and play it for him.
Zuixin knew that he would never be able to heal the pain of Chenxia's departure, but because of Yuezhu, he could often feel a little comforted and occasionally smile at his daughter.
…until that day.
Zuixin never dreamed that the water bell he left for Yuezhu as a comfort would become the weapon that indirectly took Yuezhu's life.
After the water clock ran out, Yuezhu didn't wait for him to come back, so she ran out to find him in a hurry. The immortal officials in the Moon Palace knew that Yuezhu would go out to wait for her father, so they didn't notice anything unusual. When he rushed back to the Moon Palace, he frantically found Yuezhu and fished her out of the black ice pool. Yuezhu's body was cold, but she was still holding the small water clock he gave her.
After that, Yuezhu's body became very weak and she became more and more haggard day by day.
Zuixin stayed by Yuezhu's side, accompanying her as she recovered from her illness. Sometimes he would hear Yuezhu grabbing his sleeve in a daze and talking in a low voice.
"Dad, can you wait a little longer before leaving?"
"Daddy, I miss mom so much. Do you miss mom too?"
"Daddy, I'm always so sleepy and want to sleep. Can you stay with me until I fall asleep?"
His eyes turned red when he heard Yuezhu's childish voice. Countless elixirs and magic pills were fed into Yuezhu's young body, but she still became weaker day by day.
Finally, there was no breath at all.
The Moon Goddess only explained the matter as briefly as possible, but when she talked about the place where Yuezhu passed away, there was still an undetectable tremor in her voice, and pain was evident in her eyes.
Shao Yin heard about Yue Zhu for the first time and was surprised: "Did Yue Zhu suffer from a cold at that time?"
The Moon Goddess nodded.
Shao Yin realized: "No wonder Xue Xin is so afraid of the cold..."
Not only that, no wonder Xue Xin, who had no intelligence, still tried so hard to climb to the top of the mountain to water a snow lotus like hers, and no wonder Xue Xin had been working so hard on her medical skills.
Shao Yin still remembers Xue Xin saying this -
"As long as we can cure one more person, there will be one less life-and-death separation, one less separation of family members. I wish there would only be reunion and no sorrow in the world."
Xue Xin was obviously just a newborn little fox at that time. Shao Yin had always been surprised that she would have such sad feelings. Now, thinking about it in combination with Yue Shen's experience, the feeling is different.
Xue Xin has long forgotten everything about her past life, but she still uses her own methods to fight against the diseases of the world with all her might. She awakens the fairy Shao Yin and studies medicine. If it weren't for the fairy Xue Xin, there wouldn't be Shao Yin's world-famous snow-melting technique, which would relieve many people from the suffering of colds.
Fairy Snow Heart has kept her identity secret for many years, but countless people have been saved from illness because of her.
Shao Yin said: "I met Xue Xin on the Snow Lotus Peak eight thousand years ago. She used the spiritual spring to help me open my spiritual wisdom. At that time, she was already a little white fox. She was the only living being on the Snow Lotus Peak, without a father or a mother..."
The Moon Goddess listened attentively, and then said, "Eight thousand years ago... I see."
The Moon God said, "Thousands of years after Yuezhu left, I have been looking for a way to bring Yuezhu back to life. I think while I was immersed in grief, her soul had reincarnated and gathered on its own. It gained the spiritual energy of heaven and earth and re-formed into the spirit fox on Snow Lotus Peak."
Shao Yin recounted the story of how she and Xue Xin met, saying, "After I arrived at the Ninth Heaven, I wanted Xue Xin to become an immortal, but Xue Xin was born without a soul and a spirit, and could never open her spiritual intelligence. I had no choice but to take a risk and use my soul to complete Xue Xin's..."
Zuixin was silent when he heard this, and then asked: "She is missing a soul and a spirit?"
Shao Yin replied: "That's right. Because of this, Xue Xin's method of becoming an immortal was not in accordance with the Way of Heaven. For many years, she could only hide in the Snow Lotus Peak and dared not show up. After marrying Lord Changyun, she also kept a low profile."
Zuixin paused, then reached into his sleeve, took out a sandalwood box, put it on the table and opened it.
There is a piece of spiritual jade in the box.
This was the token of his marriage with Chen Xia. Chen Xia's token had long been burned in the demonic fire, but his had remained with him.
The Moon God said, "When I was looking for a way to revive Yuezhu, I tried to reunite her soul and spirit, but in the end, no matter how hard I searched, I could only gather one of her soul and one of her spirits, so I sealed them in this jade pendant."
When the jade pendant containing Yuezhu's soul appeared, everyone present was stunned.
No matter how similar they look, the relationship between Xue Xin and Yue Zhu is just a guess. But when Yue Shen took out one soul and one spirit and combined them with Xue Xin's soul and spirit, it was confirmed and beyond dispute.
The Moon Goddess took out the jade pendant and stood up. Xue Xin also stood up subconsciously, so the Moon Goddess lowered her head and tied the jade pendant around Xue Xin's waist.
The Moon Goddess said calmly: "When you return, you can complete your soul. Using other people's souls is not a long-term solution. It is better to return the soul to Fairy Shaoyin."
Shao Yin and Xue Xin can be said to share a soul now. Although under the protection of the spiritual spring, Shao Yin did not feel that there was anything wrong, but it was indeed not as compatible as her original soul.
Xue Xin thought so too.
Xue Xin was stunned when she saw the jade pendant that Yue Shen tied around her waist, and suddenly she had a bad feeling in her heart.
She couldn't help but grab the Moon Goddess's sleeve and asked, "Where are you going?"