From a Zhengyi Taoist Child to a Master of All Laws

Chapter 626 That Crescent Moon

"Officer Han, is it in this direction, Immortal?"

The little girl, who looked like a piece of charcoal, followed timidly behind the burly Chong Xuanjun and asked in a low voice.

"Of course, His Highness the Crown Prince has a special status, so he can't be found just anywhere."

The officer, clad in armor, walked solemnly through the forest, his face obscured by the shadow of his helmet, making it impossible to discern his expression.

"But this doesn't seem to be the direction of Jianruo City..."

Erniu looked up and peered through the gaps in the ancient trees and bushes at the sun hanging in the western sky.

She remembered that she had come to Jianruo City heading in the direction of the setting sun, but now it was dusk, and she was walking on her own shadow.

The South Korean officer remained silent, his heavy military boots treading on the soft, rotting leaves. The two soldiers following behind Erniu nudged her, signaling her to speed up.

"There are too many people and too many eyes in the city, and it would be easy to expose His Highness the Crown Prince's whereabouts. Currently, His Highness the Crown Prince has been placed in a cave in the immortal mountain outside the city."

A cold voice rang out from among the line of armored soldiers.

"Oh."

Erniu nodded, and then her bloodshot, deep-set eyes began to reveal a look of hope and longing.

Erniu wasn't moving fast. Before she had gone far, her feet were rubbed raw and bleeding from the rocks and dead branches in the forest. She left a trail of small, bloody footprints that stretched deep into the woods.

A group of soldiers marched forward silently, like statues. The two soldiers behind them exchanged a glance and silently cleaned up the bloody footprints on the ground.

"When His Highness the Crown Prince left Lanling Village, he placed a spell to erase the memories of all the villagers. Why do you remember everything that happened?"

"Perhaps the immortal showed me mercy... I was knocked unconscious by flying stones in the village when I was running away. When I woke up, I remembered everything."

"But what about the village chief and Wang Yue..."

Erniu stopped speaking and began to cover her face and sob softly.

They had been walking for an unknown amount of time. As darkness fell and the warm yellow hues of the forest gradually turned into a cold blue, the soldiers finally slowed down.

Erniu, tireless, saw that Officer Han and the soldiers around him had suddenly stopped. Her face lit up with joy, and she continued forward, her body swaying slightly.

But when she saw the scene before her, Erniu's eyes gradually changed from ecstasy to astonishment, and finally to fear.

It was already quite dark, and the forest was almost pitch black, but there was no fairy cave in front of her, neither the princess nor the Han officer had mentioned.

Before me were still ancient trees, jungles, pitch-black darkness, and the soldiers beside me with their indifferent, frosty expressions.

Erniu finally realized what was happening, and her body trembled uncontrollably.

"After you regained your memories, you shouldn't have come to Jianruo City again."

"His Highness the Crown Prince sealed your memories before in order to protect you."

"Feel sorry."

The leading officer, surnamed Han, along with a group of soldiers, solemnly removed their helmets and bowed their heads toward Erniu in the center of the woods.

They were the most elite and elite troops of the Great Li Dynasty, meant to protect the dynasty, but now they were doing the opposite of what they had always upheld. A flicker of pain crossed Han Jieming's face, but it was quickly replaced by the cold solemnity of a soldier.

He raised his head, drew the sword from his waist, and the blade, like a pool of autumn water, reflected a cold light throughout the forest.

Erniu panicked and tried to run away, but her feet were already bloody and mangled from walking all this way. Now, overwhelmed with fear, her legs gave way and she knelt on the ground.

"Why? Why are you going to kill me?"

"I'm looking for a deity, the village chief... the village chief and Wang Yue are still waiting for me in the village..."

With a sob in her voice, Erniu crawled on the ground in despair, like a little animal. She turned her head sadly, but could only watch helplessly as the sword's edge drew closer and closer to her.

"Because you shouldn't be here at this time, because this is... the Realm of Ultimate Truth."

Han Jieming stood in front of Erniu and responded softly.

At this moment, the last rays of the setting sun disappeared into the distant horizon, and the whole world was plunged into complete darkness.

Then, Han Jieming raised his right hand, which was gripping the hilt of the sword, high, and then slashed down with the sword.

"I finally made it here after so much difficulty."

"No, it shouldn't be like this..."

Erniu sobbed and muttered to herself, her eyes glazed over in intense fear, having forgotten how to struggle.

"Look at the sky! The moon! What a huge moon!!"

However, just as Erniu was despairingly awaiting death, the few soldiers who had been silent nearby suddenly began to make a fuss, their eyes wide open and shouting incoherently at the sky.

Exclamations gradually grew louder, starting with one or two soldiers, then all of them, and finally even Han Jieming, who was holding his sword high, frowned and raised his head.
Erniu, motionless, mechanically raised her head while lying on the ground. After seeing the scene in the sky, her pupils suddenly contracted, and she was momentarily stunned.

The moon, I've never seen such a moon before, it seems even more intense than the sun!
The gentle moonlight, like flowing water, spilled over the grass, trees, forest, ground, and everyone, as if draping the whole world in a hazy veil.

The entire pitch-black world suddenly became as bright as day. Han Jieming snapped out of his daze, a sense of foreboding washing over him. He raised his sword in his right hand and slashed down fiercely at Erniu.

"sieve"

However, before the blade even touched Erniu, Han Jieming felt an immense force, like a tidal wave, pressing towards him from all directions. A sharp pain shot through his internal organs and limbs. Then, the wind whistled in his ears, and the scene before his eyes kept changing.
When he came to his senses, Han Jieming was already lying a hundred meters away from Erniu, with several bones broken, and the hundred-refined steel sword he had been holding was now just a bare hilt.
"Bring her to see me."

The moonlight still flowed gently like water through the mountains and forests, and a calm, ethereal, and mysterious voice slowly rang out between heaven and earth, echoing in everyone's ears, leaving no room for doubt.

"What kind of supernatural power is this? I've never heard of it before, I've never seen it before!! Even the Nine Immortals Sect has never heard of such a supernatural power?"

"However, that voice... it sounds somewhat like His Highness the Crown Prince?"

"That's right, it really is His Highness the Crown Prince's voice..."

"Your Highness, it really is Your Highness!!!"

The people in the forest were suddenly startled. The soldiers who had just drawn their swords fell to the ground with a clatter. But all they could see was moonlight streaming down the sky, and not a single person could be seen. They could only kneel down and kowtow to the moon in fear.

Even now, Erniu's expression remained blank. She glanced at the soldiers kowtowing on the ground with a puzzled look, then stared blankly at the moon in the sky.

(End of this chapter)