Chapter 4: Myths Are All Deceptive!_1

The beauty continued, "We've been together for who knows how many years, and during these years, your health has deteriorated day by day. You used to have a nosebleed once every thousand years, then it became once every hundred years, and later once every ten years. Now, you have a nosebleed once a year, and your vitality is rapidly escaping, as if you could die at any moment. I'm really afraid that if something happens to you here on the moon, what will I do..." She paused, took a long sigh, and then said, "Wouldn't that be eternal loneliness, worse than death?"

While the beauty was expressing her feelings, she failed to notice that the rabbit in her arms was about to pop its eyes out!

"The moon? Is this the moon?" In that instant, a series of images flashed through the rabbit's mind: a desolate world with only the osmanthus tree showing some greenery and glittering gold, the earth a dull yellow color, devoid of any sign of life. The sky was full of the milky way, and there were palaces hidden in the mist. The moon, the stunningly beautiful woman, the rabbit, the osmanthus tree...

"Chang'e?!" Qin Shou suddenly realized who the person beside him was! His little heart thumped wildly! He, who had never had a girlfriend in his life, or rather, had never been favored by a beauty, was sharing a room with the most beautiful woman of the mythological world? He even touched her... had been kissed by her, and now he was lying on her legs?

Qin Shou suddenly wanted to laugh, chuckling to himself, "Haha... A lonely guy and a girl on a barren planet. Wait until I, the master rabbit, succeed in my cultivation and transform into human form! Hehe... I wouldn't trade even for the Jade Emperor!"

However, Qin Shou soon became worried again. The situation here was completely different from what was described in the myths!

In the legend, Hou Yi shot down the suns and was greatly honored. The Queen Mother of the West rewarded him with the god pill, but a thief coveted it, broke in to steal it, and Chang'e, to prevent the pill from being taken, swallowed it first and then soared into the sky. But the Queen Mother was enraged and sentenced her to live on the desolate, cold moon as punishment! And she's been there for countless years... However, in the myths, Chang'e had a Moon Palace. That palace was incredibly beautiful, with mountains and waters, flowers and grass—a heavenly palace. The only drawback was that it was too quiet.

A loneliness and coldness unbearable even for immortals...

But the current Chang'e, not only is she without a palace, she's even living in a cave... The difference is quite significant!

The palace doesn't match up, the gender of the rabbit doesn't match up, what in the world is going on? Could this woman not be Chang'e?

As the beauty lamented for a while and noticed the rabbit was zoning out, she gently rubbed the rabbit's head and said with a smile, "You little thing, always staring blankly. Aside from eating, you don't seem to know what else to do. It's strange, you're just a rabbit, you don't practice cultivation, nor have you eaten the pill of immortality, how come you live so long?"

Qin Shou pouted. He was curious himself!

Seeing no response from the rabbit, the beauty put the rabbit aside, then grabbed a charred stick and made a mark on the stone wall, saying, "You've had another nosebleed, I have to record this. To be honest, I'm really worried about your health... Every time you get a nosebleed, it's as if you're about to die, and it's really frightening. From now on, you should stay close to me, so if something happens, I can help you."

Upon hearing this, scenes where the beauty had used the same method to pull him back from the brink of death flashed through Qin Shou's mind. Now that he thought about it, the only reason he had been able to survive was due to swallowing all of her mana! And after each absorption, it took the beauty a long time to recover, which also led to her constant poor health, weak and pale...

This scene reminded him of the days when he had relied on the old man for life. Since he was a child, his health hadn't been very good, often ill, and nearly all the money the old man saved ended up being spent at the hospital. In the end, the old man grew increasingly impoverished, and when he passed away, he didn't even have a decent coffin; it was old and shabby. It was only after Qin Shou got a job and saved three years of wages that he was able to get a new coffin for the old man and fix the grave.

His life with the old man, the rabbit's time with the beauty, the experiences were exactly the same.

The bitterness of facing life, having only each other in the world, fearing the loss of one another... He understood all too well.

For the first time, Qin Shou approached the beauty on his own and raised his front paw.

The beauty smiled and held him in her arms. At that moment, Qin Shou had no ulterior motives, simply enjoying the warmth that only they shared. At the same time, he swore to himself that no matter what, he had to find out the reason for his illness, recover quickly, and not drag the beauty down anymore. If possible, the stronger he became, the better!

Right then, Qin Shou saw a line of text in the records written by the beauty that read: Chang'e's Diary!

Qin Shou's eyes widened instantly, and he internally exclaimed, "Damn, it really is Chang'e! Damn it, fairy tales are all lies, there's no Moon Palace, just a Moon Cave!"

But immediately afterward, Qin Shou breathed a sigh of relief, at least the legendary beauty of Chang'e was true...

At the same time, Qin Shou also had a guess about who the guy with the ax might be, only he was not sure how much of the myth remained true with him. Since he didn't have the strength now, he didn't dare to meddle carelessly, lest he be slapped dead again, which would be a loss.

Unconsciously, Qin Shou had started to stop thinking about dying at any moment and began to take on some responsibilities for their home.

So he started to cherish his own life again...

The cave where Qin Shou and Chang'e lived was not very large, but it was extremely deep, sloping downwards to an unknown destination, as mysterious as a bottomless pit.

Neither Qin Shou nor Chang'e had much of a spirit of adventure, being content with having a place to live, so they had never explored down there.

As the two of them chatted and joked around, it was almost night outside.

Chang'e said, "Ah, it's about to get dark again. Let's hurry and make something to eat. After eating, we sleep!"

After speaking, Chang'e ran outside, and upon seeing this, Qin Shou quickly followed with the charcoal stick in his mouth.