Volume 1 The Knife Rises from Qingzhou Chapter 21 What a Big Moon
"Thank you Shaoxia for saving me!" the four brothers and sisters hugged their fists together.
After the fierce battle, everyone hurriedly healed and rested, and Lingshu didn't know if Luo Buyi had suffered internal injuries, but he still gave him a healing pill refined by the head of the sect.
Although Lingshu is the most noble of the four, after all, the elders and young are orderly, and Sha Chang is the highest ranking among the four, so when Sha Chang wakes up and tells him what happened, Sha Chang was surprised and hurriedly led his junior brothers and sisters to formally salute and thank Luo Buyi.
This made Luo Buyi uncomfortable, he would rather the four of them ignore him and then say goodbye, it is better than being embarrassed by his bad words, and hurriedly waved his hand and said: "No thanks, no thanks, when you go out, you should help each other, and I can't watch you in distress." ”
Luo Buyi's sincerity unexpectedly won the favor of Sha Chang and the four people, although Sha Chang had already improved a lot after taking the pills given by the Lingshu at this time, but after all, the viscera had been hit hard, and his body was still very weak, so the Lingshu represented everyone: " I and the four brothers and sisters came from the Ziming Sect of Qingxia Mountain outside Duming City, and they were ordered by the master to go to the 100,000 mountains to practice, and take the ghost core flower, but when they arrived at the destination, they encountered this horned leopard infestation, if it wasn't for the young man to rescue, I am afraid that the four of us have been buried in the belly of the two horned leopards, but I don't know where the young man comes from, can you tell me to wait, my master elders are also a little prepared to come to the door to thank you!"
Lingshu's words are well-founded, their Ziming Sect is a second-class sect in Qingzhou, and the head of the sect has a peak cultivation of the Xuan level, as long as they break through the ground level, their sect will immediately become a first-class emerging force in Qingzhou. And a few of them are the core disciples of the younger generation, with a bright future, not to mention that her Lingshu is a disciple personally accepted and taught by the head of the sect, and now that they are rescued in distress, the sect must have something to say.
Luo Buyi thought about the dilapidated temple, shook his head, he didn't have a teacher, but he had two genuine masters, besides, he didn't want people to disturb the cultivation of the two masters.
So he changed the topic and said: "It's not easy to be in Xia Luo, and I haven't asked you what to call it?"
Seeing that Luo Buyi didn't want to reveal his origin, Lingshu felt that this person didn't want to repay his kindness, so he admired him a little more, and introduced him: "Luo Shaoxia, please, in Xia Lingshu, this is my senior sister Lingqi, this arm injury is Senior Brother Zheng Mang, and the most seriously injured is Senior Brother Sha Changsha." ”
Everyone hurriedly met with Luo Buyi one by one, this Luo Shaoxia is so young that he already has at least the strength of the yellow level high-level, and he can receive the full force of the yellow level peak horned leopard overdraft life, maybe he is also the cultivation of the yellow level peak, and that black knife is definitely not an ordinary yellow level divine soldier, so young and such a divine soldier, if he is not from a top force, they will not believe it, at least there must be a ground-level master in the division. And such a person deserves respect no matter where he is.
The sky is gradually sinking, everyone has slowly eased up, although Zheng Mang's arm has shed a lot of blood, but fortunately it did not hurt the muscles and bones, only skin trauma, after using Lingqi's gold sore medicine, it has been much better, at this time, I thought of the two horned leopard corpses on the side, and asked Luo Buyi: "How does Luo Shaoxia plan to dispose of these two corpses?" Zheng Mang is willing to act as a starter. ”
Ordinary beasts are still full of treasures, their fur and flesh can be used in medicine, can make clothes, and can be eaten, not to mention that the body of this high-grade demon beast has been tempered by aura, and the horn on the forehead is even more essence, and if the horned leopard with a wound on the face is advanced to the yellow level, that horn can have the power of an ordinary yellow-level divine soldier, and it is a good material for forging a yellow-level divine soldier. Of course, in that case, they must have already been injured under the horns of the leopard, where can they be rescued by Luo Buyi.
Ran Luo Buyi said slowly: "Although this pair of leopards is a beast, they are still affectionate and righteous, and I plan to bury them on the spot." ”
"Buried, buried?" Zheng Mang said in surprise, he also planned to clean up the horned leopard for Luo Buyi.
"Yes, what's wrong?" Of course, Luo Buyi didn't know Zheng Mang's plans.
Hearing the conversation between the two, Lingshu couldn't help but say: "Luo Shaoxia doesn't know, the single horn of this horned leopard is the essence of his body, if it is forged properly, it will definitely become a yellow-level divine weapon." ”
"Oh, is there such a saying?" the two masters never mentioned to him, but after thinking about it, they still said, "Forget it, let's bury it, I don't need it." ”
Everyone was surprised, the forging materials needed to build the cultivator divine weapons must be divine materials, and the forging techniques have their own advantages and disadvantages, so there will definitely be a certain loss of divine materials, so all those who can forge divine weapons are famous families. And the scarcity of this divine material makes the major forces scratch their heads, there are many disciples, but the divine soldiers are not enough, even the yellow-level divine materials are considered a treasure in the major sects, not to mention that since the "Heavenly Change" fifteen years, the various sect forces have lost a lot of divine weapons during the demon slaying and demon eradication, and they urgently need to find divine materials to forge new divine weapons.
And Luo Buyi didn't seem to care about this divine material, and the spirit reminded: "Luo Shaoxia, this yellow-level divine material is extremely rare, even if you can't use it, it's a good thing to bring it back to the sect to give it to all the junior brothers and sisters, please think twice." ”
There are no so-called junior brothers and sisters in his "sect", but he is puzzled: "Rare? Not necessarily, right? I have seen a lot of demon beasts along the way, and besides, the 100,000 mountains are so big, there must be not a few demon beasts, and those who have cultivated a little higher will definitely gain a lot if they go inside, right?"
Lingshu smiled bitterly, and was about to speak, but he heard Sha Chang, who was sitting on the side and stopped to heal his wounds, said: "Luo Shaoxia doesn't know, the 100,000 mountains are bounded by dense forests and high mountains, and the people of the five states can experience in the dense forest, but they must not cross this realm to go up the mountain, and almost all the demon beasts are on the other side of the mountain, and the demon beasts Luo Shaoxia saw, including these two horned leopards, must have sneaked down from the boundary mountain." ”
Luo Buyi was thoughtful and asked, "Then why can't you cross the boundary mountain?"
"Legend has it that the other side of the mountain is the world of demon beasts, and Zhongzhou Luoshen Peak has made an agreement with the powerful existence in the 100,000 mountains, human beings do not set foot in the world of demon beasts, and demon beasts will never go down the mountain to intrude on humans, otherwise life and death do not matter. At first, there were many strong people who did not believe in evil, and they climbed the boundary mountain in order to build divine soldiers, but none of them came back, including several prefecture-level masters. The Phantom Core Flower that we picked on the orders of our master was only at the edge of the dense forest, and we didn't dare to go beyond half a step. The corpse replied.
Luo Buyi was shocked when he heard this, if this was the case, how should he complete the task given to him by the two masters?
"Give you the horns of the horns of the horns, and then bury the corpse, and now it is too late to travel, so I will rest here with you tonight. Luo Buyi rubbed his face and said.
Lingshu and Sha Chang and the other four people were very surprised, not only because Luo Buyi gave them the single horn, but also because Luo Buyi obviously saw that everyone was injured, and he planned to stay with them for fear of being in danger again at night, so it was really rare to be so chivalrous!
The four of them hurriedly wanted to thank Luo Buyi, but Luo Buyi ran to the depths of the dense forest lightly, leaving a sentence as they ran: "I'll find something to eat not far away, and I'll go back!"
Lingshu looked at Luo Buyi's distant figure with hazy eyes, and muttered, "What a strange person......
The so-called twilight beast returns to the nest, tired birds return to the nest, Luo Buyi took a lot of effort to find a half-big wild boar in the hole of a big tree, not that he has never seen a hare and other small beasts, but tonight counting him a total of five people, it is too troublesome to catch a small beast to slaughter, and it is not as good as this wild boar of more than 100 catties, so he cut the throat of the wild boar with a deep knife, let the wild boar fall to the ground and the four pig trotters kicked wildly, and then carried the wild boar to meet the four people.
Halfway through, he remembered that three of the five were injured alone, so he planned to find some wild fruits. Fortunately, these fruits are everywhere, and there is no need to bother to find them, and if these fruits are not eaten by small beasts or birds, they will rot by themselves and turn into nutrients to nourish the fruit trees, so Luo Buyi chose a peach tree, cut off the branch with the most red peaches with a black knife, carried it on his shoulder, dragged the wild boar with the other hand, and ran back to the open space on tiptoe, raising billowing dust behind his back.
This is also an obvious change after Luo Buyi became a peak master of the yellow level, and his physical strength has increased too much, otherwise it would have been a little difficult for a wild boar in normal times.
Back in the clearing, it was already completely dark, and after the four Lingshu buried the horned leopard on the spot, they collected a lot of dead wood and branches, but they did not light the fire.
Luo Buyi asked suspiciously, and Sha Chang explained with a wry smile that everyone had been in the dense forest for more than two months, and the dry food had long been exhausted, and the flint had been lost in the fight with the horned leopard.
Luo Buyi tugged at the corners of his mouth, fortunately he stayed, otherwise these four people would be hungry tonight, not to mention it, if there is not even a fire, it is not a good thing in this forest, can't they all learn from him before and sleep on a tree, right?
He put the wild boar on the ground, pinched a fire spell and threw it at a pile of branches on the ground, and the fire gradually rose with a "boom".
"Wow, Brother Luo, you can even spell!" Zheng Mang said in surprise, they are a martial arts sect, so they don't know such spells, at least not before.
The others also gathered around, and it seemed more secure to be close to the firelight, and they all shouted to Brother Luo, Brother Luo, to thank him.
Luo Buyi listened to them call themselves from Luo Shaoxia to Luo Brother and Luo Big Brother, knowing that they already trusted him, this feeling was not bad.
He took off the peach branches from his shoulders, plucked the peaches and handed them one by one, and said, "Quench your thirst first, and I will go and clean up the wild boar." ”
Everyone fought fiercely and was injured, and they needed to replenish water the most, seeing that Luo Buyi was so considerate, Lingqi immediately claimed that Luo Buyi was his own brother.
Fortunately, several people still have some conscience, Zheng Mang finished eating a peach in three or two times, and went to Luo Buyi's side to deal with the wild boar with him.
"Brother Luo, let me go, so that you can also see my skills!" Zheng Mang said as he pulled out a dagger more than half a foot long from the side of his leg, and was about to dissect the wild boar.
"Brother Luo, you just let Zheng Mang do it, in addition to cultivating in the sect, he likes to cook and eat, this can be regarded as our gratitude, otherwise we really don't want to go. The corpse said with a smile.
After saying this, it was not easy for Luo to refuse, so he had to nod his head and answer, but he looked at Zheng Mang suspiciously, he was not fat?
Sure enough, after a while, the half-sized wild boar had been cleaned up by Zheng Mang. All the entrails were discarded, the pigskin was used as a liner, and a few twigs two fingers thick were found, sharpened through the wild boar, and roasted on the fire on a makeshift grill.
"Senior Brother Zheng's craftsmanship is really wanted!" Luo Buyi was completely half-witted in this regard, and he praised Zheng Mang's craftsmanship when he saw it.
Zheng Mang sat cross-legged between Sha Chang and Luo Buyi, smiled, and said, "It's such a hobby, I will let Brother Luo taste my barbecue today!"
"What is this?" Luo Bu wondered.
"He took salt, and others had trained to prepare medicine for injuries, and he poured it well, and he took a lot of spices in bottles and jars. Sha Chang said helplessly.
"Hey, it's just that the other seasonings were lost in the fight, otherwise the taste of this barbecue will be even more fragrant!" Zheng Mang smelled the aroma emanating from the wild boar and said regretfully.
"Haha......"
Everyone was amused by Zheng Mang's appearance, and even Luo Buyi was not surprised.
The full moon was shining, the fire was blazing, the shadows of the people were swaying, and from time to time there was a burst of laughter.
A cold air hit, Luo Buyi only felt a layer of sweat hair on his body stand up, and everyone also said a cool breeze.
Everyone didn't pay attention, and a white figure floated in on the fallen leaves.
A few breaths later.
"Excuse me, can I sit here?" the voice was gentle.
Everyone followed the sound, and there was a beautiful woman standing at the intersection of the firelight and the night, with a white dress covered with a white gauze skirt, and green silk tied behind her head with a long white hairband, with a beautiful face and delicate facial features.
Zheng Mang said with a smile: "Appearing in the 100,000 Mountains late at night, either the wandering ghost or the old fox in the mountain playing illusions, which kind of girl is this?"
As cultivators, everyone still has this vigilance, and they are tempted by words.
"The little girl is a teacher of Ziming Sect, and it shouldn't be any of the young man's mouths. The woman replied.
Everyone in the Ziming Sect glanced at each other and silently held their weapons in their hands.
Lingshu stood up and clenched his fists and said, "Since you are a friend of the Ziming Sect, then please show up and see you." ”
The woman moved the lotus step lightly, her figure was graceful and her temperament was outstanding, she lowered her head and said as she walked: "Ziming Sect Lingjing has seen all of you!"
Lingshu was about to scold, but heard Sha Chang say, "You, are you Senior Sister Lingjing?"
The woman who claimed to be Lingjing smiled, raised her head and said, "It turned out to be Senior Brother Sha Chang, and the others are also disciples of this sect? ”
"When the senior sister went out to practice, some of them were still young, and some of them had not yet started, so naturally they never knew the senior sister. It's only been three years, how can Senior Sister appear on the periphery of this 100,000 Mountain?" Although Sha Chang recognized Ling Jing, he still had some questions.
Ling Jing said unhurriedly: "Three years ago, my cultivation reached the peak of the yellow level and fell into a bottleneck, so I had to go out to find an opportunity, and at the same time, I received a task from the master to pick a ghost core flower. I didn't know that when I passed by my home, I was stumped by mundane things, and I didn't have the opportunity to enter this 100,000 mountain until now. ”
Sha Chang nodded lightly to Luo Buyi, indicating that there should be no mistake.
Luo Buyi smiled back, but he was noncommittal, and his eyes stared at Ling Jing with amusement.
The four brothers and sisters put down their weapons.
"Then you are really our senior sister, Lingqi has seen the senior sister!" Lingqi is the most excited, it is really a great calamity, there will be a blessing in the future, to be able to meet a fellow senior sister with superb cultivation in the 100,000 mountains, their safety is more guaranteed.
"Lingshu (Zheng Mang) has seen Senior Sister!"
Ling Jing responded one by one, sat between Lingshu and Luo Buyi, turned to Luo Buyi and asked, "I don't know what this junior brother is called?"
Lingqi hurriedly said: "Brother Luo is not from our sect, but he just saved us from the hands of the two horned leopards today, Senior Brother Sha said that Brother Luo has the strength of the peak of the yellow level!"
"Lingqi!" Lingshu shouted, she somehow didn't feel how close she was to this senior sister.
Lingqi stuck out her tongue and grinned, obviously not taking it seriously.
"Oh, is it? Then I have to find time to learn a few tricks from Luo Shaoxia, maybe it will help us break through our cultivation. Ling Jing's eyes flashed slightly when she heard this.
"There's no need to fight, I'll invite you to eat a peach!" Luo Buyi broke off a peach with a peach branch and handed it to Ling Jingdao.
Ling Jing didn't know why, glanced at the peaches in Luo Buyi's hand, and said with a slight change in her face: "I'm really sorry Luo Shaoxia, I don't like to eat peaches." ”
Luo Buyi raised his eyebrows and said, "Oh, is it? That's a pity." As he spoke, he sat back down and nibbled on the peach in his hand.
The other four looked strange, and they didn't know what was going on between this Luo Buyi and their Senior Sister Lingjing.
The meat was fragrant, but Zheng Mang cut off a piece of barbecue meat with a dagger, tasted it, and said, "It's done! Come, I'll share it with everyone!"
As he spoke, he cut off four legs with a dagger and handed them to Luo Buyi, Lingjing, Lingshu and Lingqi respectively, cut a few ribs and handed them to Sha Chang, and kept the pig's head for himself, in his own words, the ribs to Senior Brother Sha helped the injury, and he naturally likes to gnaw on the pig's head, the pig's head replenishes the brain, and he looks forward to getting smarter and smarter.
"Eat, I'm not hungry. Ling Jing said after handing the pork leg back to Zheng Mang.
Although Zheng Mang was surprised, he didn't say anything.
However, Luo Buyi said casually: "You don't eat peaches, you don't eat pork, are you hungry?
Ling Jing smiled unnaturally: "Luo Shaoxia is really joking, who likes to eat human flesh?"
"I hope so. Luo Buyi smiled and said no more.
The other four thought they had a new understanding of Luo Buyi: their mouths were poisonous!
Everyone is a person who practices martial arts, and the amount of food is not small, not to mention that the recuperation and repair after the fierce battle need food to replenish physical strength, so after a gust of wind and clouds, the roasted wild boar has only bones left, and it was thrown into the fire by Zheng Mang as firewood, and there are not even a few peaches left.
As soon as people have a full stomach, they will feel that they have nothing to do, and this Lingqi said: "Brother Luo, can I take a look at your knife?"
Luo Buyi had no choice but to break the seal, and threw the black knife to Lingqi from above the flames.
Ling Qi was startled, after all, the sharpness of the black knife when he killed the horned leopard was still vivid, and he hurriedly caught the handle of the knife and said, "Wow, is this a yellow-level divine soldier?
The others were also curious and looked at the black knife in Ling Qi's hand, even Ling Jing was no exception.
Lingshu thought for a moment and said, "It should be that Brother Luo's knife is more powerful, and it can easily cut through the extremely tough fur of the horned leopard, which is no longer something that ordinary yellow-level divine soldiers can do." ”
Hearing Lingshu's evaluation, Luo Buyi smiled, if it weren't for the master and the black knife to communicate and don't know what to say, the black knife would have restrained most of its own supernatural powers, and it is estimated that they would not even be allowed to touch it.
Seeing that they seemed to be busy admiring the sword, Luo Buyi said: " Let me tell you a story, in ancient times there was a tiger temple, one day there was a tiger kneeling in front of the temple gate whining and crying, the monks in the temple were curious to introduce it into the main hall, the host personally explained the Dharma for three days and three nights, the tiger actually slowly faded the tiger skin, turned into a person, the person kowtowed to the host and thanked him, saying that he was a nearby villager, some time ago he went up the mountain to pick wild vegetables and met his childhood friend, and he was very happy to see each other, but the playmate took advantage of his inattention to put a tiger skin on him, he instantly became a tiger, the playmate ordered him to hurt people's lives and then bring people to him to eatWhen he ambushed passers-by behind a tree, he heard them say that there was a Fuhu Temple on another hill that was quite effective, so he ran to the temple gate and cried for help. The host told the monks that the playmate of the villager was no longer a human, but a ghost, and although his appearance was no different from that of a human, his heart was vicious and specialized in eating people. ”
"Oh, Brother Luo, why are you talking about what the hell at night, how scary!" Lingqi hugged his shoulders and said.
The battlefield said: "What is this, in the past few years, when demons often caused trouble in the world, there were more terrible ghosts than this, and our cultivators cultivated all their lives not only for the supreme avenue, but also so that the world could not be afraid of demon infestation." But it's been much better in the past few years, the demons are hidden, how can there be ghosts under the glorious sun and moon!"
Zheng Mang asked for the black knife from Lingqi's hand, gently played with the blade with his hand, and said: "I have also heard the name of this ghost, do it for the tiger!"
"I've also heard a little, but the ghosts I know are ghosts that are eaten by tigers with a certain level of cultivation and become their slaves, and they are enslaved by tigers to confuse passers-by to eat tigers, which is not the same as what you said, Brother Luo. The corpse answered.
Luo Buyi's eyes swept over Lingjing intentionally or unintentionally, and said: "I also happened to hear the story that Master heard when he talked about Buddhist scriptures, and I don't know if it should be true, but I remember that Master said at that time that although the ghost has a human form, it is inhuman, and a ghost heart is three points more vicious than a tiger. If you encounter a ghost, you must be very careful, not only because it is closely associated with the tiger, but also because its heart is the most unpredictable. ”
"Isn't it hard to tell if that ghost looks like a human?" Lingqi looked at everyone uneasily, as if he was afraid that one of them would be a ghost.
Luo Buyi smiled and said, "My master said that ghosts are ghosts, even if they are human, they still have some characteristics of ghosts after all. ”
"What are the characteristics?" Lingqi was anxious to know the characteristics of the ghost, and for some reason, she always felt panicked.
Luo Buyi added a few dead branches to the fire, and continued: "For example, he is afraid of the sun, which often appears at dusk or at night, for example, he is afraid of peachwood, even if it is just ordinary peachwood, he is extremely disgusted, for example, he does not eat cooked meat, but only eats raw meat or human flesh, for example, he only has nine fingers on his hands, and for example, there is no shadow of a ghost who is essentially a ghost......."
Lingqi patted his chest and breathed a sigh of relief, and said while peeking at the shadows behind everyone through the cracks: "It turns out that there is no shadow in the ghost, it's okay, it's okay, we all have shadows... Ahh
The corpse was startled by her and asked, "What's wrong?"
Several people were attracted by Lingqi's shout.
Lingqi blinked, rubbed it vigorously with her hand, it seemed that she had only counted four shadows just now, and it was only five if she counted herself, but there were six of them! But when she counted again, she found that the fire seemed to be much darker, so she couldn't see clearly, so she had to say, "It's nothing, I saw it wrong." ”
Luo Buyi raised his eyebrows quietly when he heard this.
Seeing that Lingqi was fine, everyone's hearts relaxed.
At this time, Zheng Mang slashed the black knife in his hand to the dead wood at his feet, as if to test how sharp the black knife was, and then only heard a "bang", and the black knife bounced back.
Zheng Mang held up the black knife that was bounced back, and said incredulously: "Isn't it, Brother Luo, your knife is so blunt?"
Luo Buyi didn't speak, just smiled slightly, and confirmed a conjecture in his heart, the black knife was really in his hand, and others were afraid that they would not be able to use it.
Seeing that Luo Buyi was silent, Zheng Mang thought that he had said the wrong thing, and was about to apologize, but he heard Senior Sister Lingjing, who had been silent all the time, laugh and said, "I thought that your knife was some kind of magic weapon, it turned out to be just a piece of wood!"
Although Lingshu, Sha Chang and the others didn't like Ling Jing's ridicule of Luo Buyi, they didn't say much when they thought of Senior Sister Ling Jing's face, but their brows were tightly furrowed.
In the face of Ling Jing's ridicule, Luo Buyi didn't care at all, and just asked casually, "Are you injured?" Why do you keep refusing to show your hands?"
Everyone was stunned when they heard this, Lingqi seemed to remember something, her expression was frightened, she pulled Lingshu's arm hard, pulled her up, and then stood behind Sha Chang.
"Thank you Luo Shaoxia for your concern, I did suffer some minor injuries to the little girl, but fortunately I didn't hurt my hand. As he spoke, he stretched out his left hand and motioned for everyone to see.
Everyone didn't know why, so they had to look at Luo Buyi together.
Luo Buyi's face still did not change, and said, "What about the right hand?"
Ling Jing was silent, and after a few breaths, he said, "How can the daughter's hand be shown to the man at will?
At this time, Lingqi suddenly interjected and said, "Teacher, senior sister, you, you stretch out your right hand, if you are injured, I have it, there is gold sore medicine." Although he was so nervous that he stammered, he still stared at Ling Jing's right hand.
Lingshu's pupils shrank, and his whole body was excited, Sha Chang and Zheng Mang also realized that there seemed to be something wrong, thinking that since Lingjing came, Luo Buyi seemed to have been targeting Lingjing, and stood up one after another to block Lingshu and Lingqi behind them.
Ling Jing stood up, took a few steps back, swept his eyes over the four of them, and finally fixed his eyes on Luo Buyi, who was still sitting calmly on the ground, his eyes were full of tears, and he said quietly: "The little woman doesn't know why Luo Shaoxia has been targeting me, even the junior brothers and sisters of this sect have all helped an outsider, humiliating the little woman!"
Lingjing's voice was resentful, like crying and complaining, Lingshu, Sha Chang and the other four people couldn't bear it in their hearts, thinking about how to calm the contradiction between Luo Buyi and Lingjing.
"The moon is so big, and you are so talking, you really deserve to go to hell. Luo Buyi said, and the dead branches under his feet had been lost by him.
Although Annoyed Luo is not easy to speak viciously, the four senior brothers and sisters still have a question in a trance, the night is dark, where does the moon come from?
I saw Luo Buyi stand up, patted the dust on his body, and said with a thunderous voice: "Jialan Law Realm!"
A breeze blew through, and everyone's eyes lit up.
The stars twinkled in the sky, the moon was as round as a jade disk, and the moonlight poured down.