Traveling through the heavens from the prequel of the Lotus Lantern

Chapter 637: When can selfishness be said to be so high-sounding?
starry night.

Next to a lake in a small town.

A beautiful woman with water-cut eyes and Zhu Bajie toasted to each other around the bonfire.

Suddenly, Zhu Bazhu looked at the moonlight reflected on the lake, looked up at the bright moon in the sky, and said happily:

"Sister, there are not only two suns, but also two moons at night."

The woman raised her eyes to look at the moon, unable to help showing a hint of sadness, her red lips parted slightly:

"Do you think the moon is beautiful?"

Zhu Bajie nodded repeatedly without any hesitation:

"pretty."

The woman shook her head gently:

"But I don't think it's beautiful. To me, the moon is just a big, big prison."

Zhu Bajie said suspiciously:

"Heavenly Prison?"

The woman lowered her eyes and stared at the wine glass in her hand:
"If the world is a hell, the moon is a huge prison. Anyone who is too infatuated will be locked up there forever."

Although Zhu Bajie didn't understand, he immediately grasped the key point:
"Sister, that's why you don't like the moon."

The woman replied slowly:
"It's not that I don't like it, I just hate it."

After speaking, he drank the wine in the glass.

Zhu Bajie first glanced at the woman, then looked at the high moon, and said:

"I really like the moon."

The woman is puzzled:

"Why?"

Zhu Bajie's tone was filled with admiration:

"Because there lives the most beautiful girl on the moon. She is Fairy Chang'e. No one in heaven or on earth knows about her."

When he said this, he couldn't help but glance at the woman and continued:
"I saw her in a dream once, and I realized that my sister looked very much like her."

The woman smiled when she heard that, and saw Zhu Bajie change the subject:
"But if sister doesn't like the moon, I won't like the moon either."

The woman picked up a stone and threw it into the lake. The surface of the lake immediately rippled:
"Look, there's only one moon left."

She seemed to have recalled something and looked at the lake in ecstasy:

"Actually, you can't blame the moon. It's not wrong. It's me."

Zhu Bajie frowned slightly:
"What does this have to do with you?"

The woman looked sideways and said calmly:

"Because I am Chang'e."

Zhu Bajie was dumbfounded, his pupils dilated, and he thought:
"Taibai Jinxing really didn't lie to me. She is really Chang'e."

The woman is Chang'e who laughs at herself:
"That's the Chang'e who is often scolded by the world."

Zhu Bajie came to his senses and asked curiously as he helped her pour the wine:
"Sister, then why did you come down to earth?"

Chang'e didn't hide anything and said openly:
"Come to find Er Niu's past life."

Zhu Bajie thought for a long time:

"Er Niu's past life? He is now a sesame seed maker. Could it be that he was also a god in the sky in his past life? Why haven't I heard him tell me about it?"

Chang'e looked a little sad:

"He doesn't even know it himself. Otherwise, why would I dislike him every day?"

Zhu Bajie asked with great interest:

"What was Er Niu's previous life like?"

Chang'e took a sip of wine and was stunned:
"His name is Hou Yi, and he is a famous hero of the human race. When I am with him, my face is filled with a happy smile every day. He will give me whatever I want." "I can wear the best clothes. Beautiful clothes, drink the most beautiful wine with him.”

When Zhu Bajie heard this, he remembered the mortal story about Chang'e and said:

"In that case, why did you leave him? Fly to the Moon Palace alone?"

Chang'e's eyes dimmed a bit:
"Did I leave him? Did I abandon him? Everyone in the world says so. I took the elixir alone and lived the days of immortality alone. But who knows my difficulties."

"They all say that I am a selfish person, but they don't know that although Hou Yi vowed to only love me, I am still worried."

She stood up and faced the quiet lake:
"I'm worried that one day I will grow old, gray hair will grow on my head, and my face will be covered with wrinkles. I worry that one day, I will no longer be beautiful or youthful. "

"Then what qualifications do I have to ask a hero like him to love me forever."

Zhu Bajie looked confused and muttered softly:

"What is love and affection? It's so complicated. I don't understand it at all."

Chang'e looked like she was immersed in past memories:
"Until one day, the opportunity came. As Hou Yi was a great hero who shot the sun, the Queen Mother specially gave him an elixir of immortality. But he didn't tell me. He just said it was the most poisonous thing in the world."

"You can't touch it, let alone eat it."

Zhu Bajie could understand this, but he was confused and asked immediately:

"Why didn't he tell you?"

Chang'e smiled from the bottom of her heart and said:
"Because he is the most proud person in the world and scorns the so-called gods."

She frowned:
"So, I have been thinking about how to capture his love for me, and I thought about seizing my own youth, my own beauty, and making myself immortal."

"In this way, I can make him love me forever."

"But I never thought that if I secretly took the elixir of life, I would fly into the sky, and then I would be punished by the Queen Mother, and I would never be able to leave Guanghan Palace."

After Zhu Bajie listened, he sighed softly:

"How come everyone has a long, long story, not only the master, Erniu, but even sister Chang'e."

He came over, saw Chang'e's sad look, and hurriedly comforted her:

"Sister, don't be sad. At least you are a mortal now, but you can live forever, which is considered complete."

Chang'e's eyes turned red:

"I gained immortality, but I lost Hou Yi's love. It was obviously because of him that I secretly took the elixir. In the end, although I always had beauty and unchanging charm, I was alone without him. , what’s the use of this.”

At this moment, a low and magnetic voice came from not far away:

"The world is declining and people's hearts are not as old as they used to be. How can selfishness be so high-sounding?"

Zhu Bajie looked at it immediately, with an expression of great surprise on his face:
"Master, Sister Longnu!"

Yang Jiao and Xiao Longnu walked over unhurriedly:

"It's not bad, as long as the time comes, you can reach the realm of true immortals."

Zhu Bajie trotted to Yang Jiao:

"Master, in the past three years, I have traveled all over the country, but I have not found any trace of you and Sister Longnu. Where have you been?"

Xiao Longnu smiled slightly:
"You have been traveling around, haven't you heard of the names of the Black and White Shuangsha?"

Zhu Bajie seemed to have some realization and was a little stunned:

"Master, Sister Longnu, are you the black and white evil spirits?"

Yang Jiao raised his eyes slightly:

"Isn't all your brain used to please women? When you meet a woman, she will tell you that she is your sister. If you don't use your brain more, sooner or later, you will be sold by someone and you are still counting money for her."

Zhu Bajie said aggrievedly:
"Master, don't forget my origin. The black and white evil spirits who slay demons are like protective gods to the human race, but to many demons, they can only be described as extremely vicious. I naturally avoid them. Not as good as that.”

He reacted suddenly and asked puzzledly:
"Master, who were you talking about being selfish just now?"

Yang Jiao said leisurely:
"The Guanghan Palace is cold and quiet, all gray and white, with no birds singing and no fragrance of flowers. Chang'e has lived there alone for a long time, with only a silent jade rabbit accompanying her."

"So her appearance is still unparalleled, but no one appreciates it. I can only look at the bronze mirror every day and feel sorry for myself."

(End of this chapter)