Chapter 13: Moon Goddess Artemis, Red Cloud Daoist

  Lofty and majestic is Mount Tai, resplendent with grandeur! A misty aura envelops it, and in the distance, one can faintly discern the silhouettes of several people.

  Only one young man with white hair was seen, his peach blossom eyes were quite enchanting, his face was pale and handsome, his whole body emitted a white glow, he had an otherworldly air about him, at first glance he seemed like a god descended from the sky to save mortal men, but the inch of green light shooting out of his eyes and the wicked smile on the corner of his mouth destroyed this sacred aura, in a state of contradiction, yet even more captivating.

  A young man with white hair held a black whirlpool in his hand, and at the center of the whirlpool, a small white wolf could be faintly seen. The white wolf had a crescent moon horn on its forehead, its eyes pleading, looking quite pitiful.

  Across from the white-haired man stood a woman with a curved moon-shaped golden crown on her head, exuding an aura of holiness. A dazzling crescent moon was embedded in the center of her eyebrows, and her deep blue eyes were profound and quiet, like the clear color of moonlight. Her figure was slender and elegant, with long legs and skin as smooth as silk. The slightest breeze could blow her away, and her chestnut-colored long hair fluttered behind her back. She wore a moon-colored robe and held a moonlight staff in her hand.

  She seems to represent all the beauty of the moon!

  There was also a woman in black standing behind the white-haired man, looking at him timidly.

  These three people were Huang Xiaoyao and You Feng, as well as a woman who claimed to be the Moon Goddess.

  "Friend, can you return the Whispering Moon and Treasure Box to me?" The woman remained sacred, her voice calm, yet with an underlying power that made one involuntarily carry out her words.

  "Is this moon goddess Artemis?" Huang Xiaoyou saw the woman's face and suddenly thought of the Western gods in her previous life.

  "Ah!" The woman was shocked, covering her sexy little mouth with her slender and delicate hand, her bright eyes wide open, the goddess-like aura completely destroyed, as if she were an ordinary neighbor.

  "Don't be surprised, I also know that you live in a place called Mount Olympus, where there are King Zeus, Hera, Poseidon, and Athena." Huang Xiaoyao continued.

  "Ah!" The woman was even more surprised, then looked at Huang Xiaoyao with a worshipful gaze.

  "How did you know? Have you been to our world? Tell me quickly, how can I get back?" The woman asked urgently, like a homesick child.

  "Huh? Isn't your hometown in the west of Honghuang?"

  "The West? No, I've already reached the end of the West. There's just a sea there!" the woman said.

  "So can you tell us how you ended up here?"

  "We lived in another world, where there was a divine mountain called Mount Olympus. From small to large, we thought that our place was the only world, until one day, when I was cultivating, a brighter moonlight entered my eyes, and then I knew that there was an even greater world called Honghuang. From that day on, I have been devoted to finding the location of Honghuang."

  Finally, one day I obtained the Moonlight Treasure Box. By coincidence, the mysterious power of the Moonlight Treasure Box was triggered and brought me here. Now, I can no longer find my hometown - Mount Olympus. After arriving in the Desolate Expanse, through communication with various strange creatures, I came to know that this world has something called 'Dao', which allows weak creatures to constantly become stronger, unlike us who have innate divine power.

  What a great world this is, I'm infatuated with this world, infatuated with the 'Way', yet I somehow feel that I don't fit in with this world, can't find the meaning of the 'Way', and can't absorb a thing called 'Spirit Energy', not even moonlight.

  I'm so lonely, fortunately I have Xiao Yue, he accompanied me through countless hours, if calculated according to our place's timing method, it has already been 380 epochs, what a long time that is. And I found out, I can actually reach an agreement with Xiao Yue through the way of contract, and integrate into this world, understand the moonlight way contained in this great world.

  "Can you give it to me? The Moonlight Treasure Box is the key to finding my hometown, and Xiao Yue is also my most intimate partner!"

  The woman spoke and spoke, tears streaming down her face. At this moment, she was no longer a goddess, but a lonely person lost in a foreign land. She was very strong and not swallowed up by loneliness.

  Huh! Is she also a transmigrator like me? And from a mythical world, does that mean there are other worlds besides the Primordial Chaos? Pangu can open up the sky and earth, but is it forbidden for others to do so?

  Artemis's words left Huang Xiaoyou perplexed, extremely perplexed! And where was the Earth again?

  "Alright, I'll give it to you, but you have to take good care of him. If he continues like this, one day he will be killed by someone. But for now, let me study the Moonlight Box, maybe one day I can unlock its secrets and help you find your way home."

  Huang Xiaoyao had a faint feeling that this Moonlight Treasure Box should be a treasure from the Primordial Chaos, rather than the legendary Moonlight Treasure Box of the Post-Honghuang era. Artemis must have coincidentally triggered its power, which was why she came to Honghuang.

  "Hmm, as long as you help me find my hometown, I'll give you the Moonlight Treasure Box. Actually, its current function is only to store moonlight energy and then shoot out a beam of moonlight, it doesn't have much ability. It's all because Xi Yue was being mischievous, taking it out to scare people. Xiao Yao Gege, can I call you that? In this world, besides Xi Yue, you're the only one who can communicate with me." Artemis said.

  "Uh, where's your goddess-like aura?"

  "Hmph, I don't like that, it's just used to scare people. Every time I do that, those powerful demons who are stronger than me don't dare to hit me. Even last time when I met a very powerful Golden Dragon, I scared him away with one roar, haha!" Artemis laughed.

  "Alright, I give up! Alright, let's leave, call that white wolf to enlarge, haha, I don't want his blood, just let him be my mount! Youhuang, snap out of it!"

  "Ah! I thought this sister was very powerful, but it turns out it's all fake. However, this sister and our innate Dao body are not quite the same." You Huang said.

  "Heh heh, if in her world, it's a unique advantage, unfortunately the heavenly laws might be different. But now that we have Xiao Yue, we can also cultivate. Isn't this also a path? Perhaps in the future, we can even create an independent great path." Huang Xiaoyao said.

  In the following days, Huang Xiaoyou continued to head north, accompanied by two beautiful women with different styles along the way. He was in a very good mood and used all sorts of tricks to make the two women's hearts flutter with excitement.

  Many stories happened along the way.

  Eight hundred miles north of Mount Yue, there is a fairyland. Every year, clouds and mist fill the sky, enveloping it in a halo. A holy realm appears with a red glow, under which countless strange-shaped spiritual beasts are strolling leisurely, either stretching their necks towards the sky to absorb the red light filling the air or lowering their heads to drink the numerous sacred dew drops. The holy realm also has numerous beautiful scenery of fairy houses.

  In the Red Light Holy Land, there is a fairy palace called Hongyun Palace. In the Hongyun Palace, there is a red cloud floating, shrinking and expanding like breathing, so mysterious. With one stretch and one shrink, it contains the essence of Taoism. After an unknown period of time, the red cloud suddenly transformed into a red-robed Taoist, with a high crown on his head, a kind face, and a dustpan in his hand that reveals his immortal aura.

  "Hmm? Noble guests arrive, evil guests arrive, all in a moment's thought. Hehe, the great calamity is near, scales, beasts, and birds are all within the great calamity. Who will visit? I'd better go out to greet them. The Red Cloud Path depends on one's heart!" The Taoist muttered to himself as he calculated with his hands.

  A red cloud rose from the feet of the Taoist in red, floating and flying out, coming to a mountain outside. What noble guest was there? With a glance of his Dharma eye, he saw only a white-haired young man and two women riding on a huge white wolf slowly approaching from the south.

  The red-clothed Taoist looked at the cultivators and saw that the white-haired man's immortal path was not yet complete, the black-clothed woman had just formed a earthly immortal path, and indeed entered the realm of immortals. Another woman's cultivation was strange and abnormal, her whole body seemed to be naturally formed, as if she were an embodiment of primordial energy, exactly like that moonlight.

  Looking at the man's true form again, he was first a giant rat that roared towards the sky as if it wanted to swallow the heavens, then a five-clawed golden dragon that flew wildly into the clouds and turned over the rain. What did he see afterwards? It shocked him extremely.

  It was a giant turtle with four legs as thick as pillars that stood between heaven and earth, its head raised to the sky, emitting an aura of supporting the heavens.

  Then he looked at the woman in black, and it turned out to be a huge black phoenix. The black phoenix's eyes were burning with a black magic fire.

  And that unusual woman saw a crescent moon, as if it were the wishes of all living beings, as if it were the faith of all living beings!

  "How strange! These two women are still knowledgeable about the root of things, but what kind of person is this man?"

  After an unknown period of time, a giant white wolf flew over and was about to greet the red-robed Taoist when the white-robed man opposite him asked first.

  "Is Fellow Daoist Red Cloud a moral immortal?" asked the man in white clothes.

  "Huh? What do you know, fellow Taoist?" The red-robed Taoist was shocked, thinking that he had been cultivating in the cave for many years, and even the great Golden Immortal hadn't left, just to avoid the great calamity. Could it be that his great name had already spread out?

  "Haha, I'm carefree and leisurely. As for how I know you, my friend, it's a heavenly secret that can't be revealed! May I invite us to enter your mansion to drink the Red Cloud Immortal Wine?" The white-haired man said.

  "Oh? Fellow Daoist still knows about the Red Cloud Immortal Wine? Fellow Daoist is indeed a high-ranking person, I thought that wine had never been taken out before, yet you somehow knew, please!" The red-robed Daoist said respectfully.

  "Haha, thank you!"

  These few people are Huang Xiaoyou, they came from Mount Zan, traveled eight hundred miles, and saw a red cloud sacred realm from afar. From the nearby demonic beasts, they learned that there is a red-clothed Taoist in this sacred realm, whose actions are all those of a true immortal of Taoist virtue. Therefore, it was guessed that this red cloud must be the legendary Red Cloud Taoist of past lives.

  Sure!

  As expected!

  In the legend of past lives, Hongyun Daoren had achieved great Luo Jinxian cultivation and listened to the Dao in Zixu Palace with many other powerful beings. However, his good-natured personality brought him mortal danger at that time. He believed the evil words of Xitian's teaching ancestor Zhunti and yielded his sacred position to the Buddha of the Dead, causing the great demon Kunpeng to yield his sacred position to Zhunti as well, leaving Kunpeng with a deep-seated grudge.

  Later fell into the hands of Kunpeng and Youmingjiao Zǔ.

  However, Huang Xiaoyao also knew that before Hong Yun Dao Ren listened to the Tao, there was a kind of immortal wine called Hong Yun Xian Wine. It was brewed with the pre-heavenly cloud energy of the Hongyuan and was only given to his good friend Zhen Yuanzi to taste, and never to anyone else.

  A few people walked into the sacred realm, were attracted by the scenery of the fairyland, and then looked around while walking, finally arriving at the Red Cloud Fairy Palace.

  "Please taste!"

  Huang Xiaoyao picked up the cup, took a sip, and suddenly felt her body as if it was constantly getting lighter, as if it had no weight, while her soul felt refreshed, as if she was experiencing a floating state.

  "As expected, it's indeed worthy of being brewed from the heavenly clouds and mist. Fellow Daoist Hongyun, let's discuss the Dao while enjoying this divine wine."

  "Indeed! I, Red Cloud, was a primordial red cloud who attained enlightenment and transformed into human form. 'Cloud' refers to the vital energy that exists freely and effortlessly..."

  The two of them discussed the Tao, both without reservation. Huang Xiaoyao was also drawn in by the vastness and profundity of Hong Yun's Tao, while Hong Yundao Ren was shocked by Huang Xiaoyao's bold and unbridled ambition.

  "Haha, after hearing Hong Yun's words, I've gained a lot of insight! It's time for me to take my leave!" Huang Xiao Yao had achieved his goal and also allowed You Feng and Artesmis to gain some understanding. After drinking the Red Cloud Wine, their physical bodies contained the properties of clouds, which gave them an advantage in terms of cultivation speed and divine abilities. So it was also time for him to leave.

  "Carefree Daoist friend, a great calamity is approaching, why don't you stay behind?"

  "Haha, calamity is afraid of me! Hong Yun fellow daoist, I calculated that you have a calamity in your later life, with a danger of downfall. Listen to my one sentence: whether it's good or bad, it's all good, don't be that old goodie-goodie!"

  Huang Xiaoyao did this also to increase variables for the future, but he couldn't say it too clearly, lest sudden unfavorable variables arise against him. It depends on whether Hong Yun can comprehend it.

  "Little White, fly quickly, go to the Tianlong Mountains!"