The priest chosen by God has been inherited for thousands of years, and he knows the blessings and misfortunes and continues the frontier.

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"Coming back, thousands of years, will eventually watch."

"The long-awaited scene, infinite entanglement, stretches in the heart."

"In the past, the light and flame were stagnant, and the stars were missing."

"The night is long, the cold sky is silent, and the wind is dancing."

Excerpt from "Dawn - A Thousand Years of Praying for the Moon".

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Although Arashi was still in the age of the Eighth Age of Divine Grace thousands of years ago, the first meeting of the two races, Qiyue and Xin Yu, was really not a pleasant event for both parties, and those pains and hatreds were still diluted by the replacement of countless lives over the years. While the description of the Xin Yu people has become a complete ethereal legend in the story of the Moon Prayer People, in this day and age, although it is not possible to say that the Ninth Age of Lan Xing will finally be completely uneventful, so far, everything seems to be relatively peaceful, beyond the calm that Beyton expected.

The books hidden in the library's vaults do not fully describe the background of the Xinyu people, and all accounts of this race are interspersed with books called Dawn - A Thousand Years of Prayer for the Moon. It's not like a history book or exactly a myth, but for Bayton it's more like a travelogue, a detached perspective on what happened on the land thousands of years ago. He had also investigated other historical sources in the library, but after all, it was thousands of years ago, when books were not widely available, and the information about the Great Flood was more of a folk tale passed down by mouth, but these stories alone confirmed that the stories in the books were not entirely fictional, and that there were more hidden events in them that were unheard of.

He had carefully studied the story of the first encounter between the two races, Qiyue and Xin Yu, and he knew that due to the problem of faith, almost all the people who Qiyue at that time believed that the so-called "demons" were defective creatures that needed to be cleaned up...... Even today, there are still many people who pray for the moon in many regions who think so. Interestingly, in the religious core of the Nanyuan Continent, that is, the area near the giant Moon Prayer Tree and the Heavenly Mandate Valley, the area directly led by the Chosen Priest who has been passed down for thousands of years is not so radical Moon Prayer People.

The Chosen Priests, this is a transcendent figure that even Beyton's identity is far from comparable, and they can even be said to be the supreme leader of the entire Moonman race...... Of course, it is not as exaggerated as the king directly administering his own country, but they do have a higher status than the king in the popular recognition. No one knows how the Chosen Priests are inherited, and each generation of the Chosen Priests has never appeared in the eyes of others until they are confirmed to be the successor, and there are even rumors that they were sent directly to the mortal world by the gods, and they are born with a lot of knowledge beyond ordinary people.

However, as the prince of the Nine Nights, Belton naturally has a more detailed understanding of this aspect than ordinary moon prayers, so he also knows that the so-called Chosen Priest is actually not much different from ordinary moon prayers except for having a lot of incredible knowledge and being said to be able to communicate with the gods. They have no supernatural powers, and the Chosen Priests who are no longer serving as Moonmen will live like ordinary moon-praying people, raising children, and eventually aging and dying. In the Valley of Destiny, which is a sacred place illuminated by the bright light of the stars, there is a cemetery dedicated to the burial of the Chosen Priests...... It is said that this was the choice of the first Chosen Priest, Hoshina, who liked the scene of Destiny Valley so much that she left her last words before her death in the hope that she would stay there after her death, and the later Chosen Priests invariably chose the same path. Thousands of years have passed, and it is necessary for any moon prayer person near those hundreds of tombs to maintain solemnity and respect, these Chosen Priests are not kings in power, they are more like great sages who lead the whole clan.

It's not that no one has ever asked the Chosen Priests their stories, but all of the Chosen Priests have responded with a silent smile at their origins, and none of the Chosen Priests seem to dare to disobey them, and their explanation for this is that the gods are always watching over them, which is a taboo matter.

If he can still return to the Nanyuan Continent, then he will definitely have to go to the legendary Heavenly Mandate Valley to see it. That's what Betton thought, he had never seen it with his own eyes, only seen the paintings drawn by others, but the starry sky covered with mountain walls in the pictures was indeed a wonderful scene that was difficult to imagine, and it was impossible to imagine it just by listening to others.

However, Bayton did know some secrets, some secrets that he didn't dare to tell anyone casually. In that book, written in Old Chinese, it is recorded that the birthplace of the first Chosen Priest Xingna was Thunder no Moon Gangli, which can often be seen in the sky...... Betton didn't know if it was true, and he couldn't verify it, so let's take it for now. There are indeed many mysteries in Thunder Moon Gangli, perhaps this is the act of the third moon god, even in the legend, this moon god is the one who appears the least in the story.

Of course, these topics are a bit far-fetched, and there are not many records about the Xinyu people in the ancient books called "Dawn - Thousand Years of Prayer for the Moon", which simply narrates the story of their encounter with the Moon Prayer People in the Northern Yuan Continent before the Great Flood, without more detailed descriptions of this race. But even these simple narratives make Bayton envious of this mysterious race that can soar into the sky on its own...... Flying has always fascinated most land creatures, so how wonderful would that feeling of freedom be? Betton didn't know, and probably never will.

Of course, before he actually met the Xin Yu people, Bayton's feelings about this race were actually similar to those of Thunder Moon Gang, it was an illusory legend without any tangible evidence, and he himself was only half-convinced, and when he met Fei Yi on the Courier, this meager trust quickly increased, which was a wonderful physical trait that he had never seen before. Eventually, in this wild land far from home, Bayton felt like he had fallen asleep as soon as he stepped aboard the Messenger, and it all seemed like a long dream: airbag jellyfish swaying in the wind, razor-fin fish, giant and monstrous bone-crushing squid, shimmering chirping deer, and even the purple-red spiral plant that reached into the sky.

Eventually, he sat here, whether it was the pain in his knees or the sound of the wind in his ears, the race he had never seen before was in front of him, and his blue-gold hair reflected the light of the sun so brilliantly and dazzlingly, as if it was shining from the inside out.

The language system of the Xinyu people is extremely complex, and they have several different languages, including a set of almost pure electromagnetic waves, which the people of the moon cannot feel at all, a set of speech speed that combines body movements with ultra-fast changing frequencies, a sharp language that cannot hear words at all, and a common sound wave language developed from ancient Chinese, similar to the people of the moon.

From the book, Bayton has learned that the real name of the Xin Yu people is something he can't understand and can't fully perceive, but the Xin Yu people generally give themselves a name that can be pronounced with the frequency of the vocal organs of the moon prayer people, and I don't know if it's a hobby or some special custom, this name is generally related to a certain word to describe color.

When I saw this paragraph, Bayton's reaction was that there were only these words to describe colors, so how easy it was for them to name the same name......

The name of the Xinyu girl who tilted her head and looked at them with her toes lightly on the ground was silver-white...... She literally only had one foot on the tip of the ground, which was obviously something that could only be done by using the ability to levitate to reduce weight, and it seemed effortless.

The natural lifespan of the Xin Yu people is longer than that of the Moon Prayer People, and there is no clear record in history of the Moon Prayer People who have lived for two hundred years, but judging from the information recorded in that ancient Chinese book, the maximum life span of the Xin Yu people can even reach five or six hundred years, and their aging rate is much slower than that of the Moon Prayer People, so it would be strange to say that they do not envy this kind of thing.

Of course, the cost is a long growth cycle and slow reproduction, which is also expected, although individuals tend to want to get a longer lifespan, but from the perspective of the whole race, a long life span will only weaken the ability to reproduce and reduce the speed of evolution, which is extremely unfavorable for adapting to the environment, which is probably one of the reasons why organisms with long lifespans are very rare in natural organisms.

However, a long lifespan sometimes means something else, such as the small number of generations, which also makes the change of times seem to slow down for them, as if they are in a world with different speed of time.

"You don't seem surprised to see the way we look." Baton finally couldn't suppress his curiosity and asked Yinbai, who still looked a little uneasy, "Obviously, our appearance is completely different from the outside. ”

"Why be surprised, aren't you moon prayers?" Silver Bai blinked, her sapphire eyes seemed so clear, she was slightly stunned, and then clapped her hands suddenly, "Oh yes, it seems that most of the people who pray for the moon don't know us...... And the Moon Prayers shouldn't be in this area, are you shipwrecked people who have lost your way here? ”

Probably because of some emotion, her voice unconsciously carried a string of high-pitched tones that spoke very quickly, and coupled with the already somewhat strange language, Bayton did not understand what she meant until she repeated it a second time: "We came to look for your traces, but we came here by chance...... Could it be that this is the place where the Xinyu people live? And you seem to know the Moon Prayer all along? ”

This feeling is very strange, especially for Béton, who has read the description of the story thousands of years ago in the ancient books, it is as if the story has long been lost in time, and it is once again vividly presented in front of him. The same chance encounter, the same information is not equal, it seems that nothing has changed in these thousands of years, the people who pray for the moon still don't know anything about the Xin Yu people, and the Xin Yu people are just the opposite.

Reading a historical story always makes you feel emotional, but when you feel as if you are in the story, you don't feel the passion, but only the fear that has been distorted, like being a puppet swaying with a thin line on stage.

"We've always heard the story of the Moon Prayer Man......" Yinbai's expression looked a little strange for some reason, "But this is not Xin Yu's place of residence, I just accompanied my family to visit my friends." ”

"So, can you at least tell us how to get back to where the Moon Prayers live?" With the last glimmer of hope, Bayton asked the question, but just as he asked the question, Fei Yu suddenly burst out laughing, "Don't you see it yet?" ”

Then Betton heard a sound that made him feel like the sky was falling......

"That...... Actually, I'm lost too. The girl named Silver White had a natural smile and sapphire eyes that looked innocent.

(Thanks to the 100 starting coins of "Rabbit's Qilunuo", the 10 starting coins of "zhouyuqi6" and "quantum space shelf", and the 30 starting coins of "uy/sun" for tipping~)