Having seen all the photos and trophies, Bai Qianqian sighed. The original items had long been lost in the repeated displacents and wear. These poor imitations were really unsightly.
Below were a series of mory Stones. Upon activation, one could view the images contained within.
"These are all from a long ti ago, so even hundreds of thousands of years old. After nurous copies, so of the images are already damaged. But it's pointless to show you these things; they an nothing," she said with a sigh.
Aside from the rabbits, who cared about this small courtyard, this research institute, and all the relics within? Who cared about ssages left by a generation of rabbit spirits for their descendants, saying things like "we must persevere," "soone needs our help," and "rember the kindness of the past"? What value would they hold for humans a million years later?
"They're very beautiful, very moving," he said.
To her surprise, she didn't see any pretense in ng Yu. On the contrary, the man was looking carefully at those images, at the ssages left by generations of rabbits.
Even more moved than she was!
This shalessly hypocritical guy!
Who said he was made of iron and steel?
ng Yu's genuine emotion made her feel sowhat uncomfortable inside. It was just too much!
It was like the lovesick Sister Fox, telling the younger generation how tough affection was, and then her thirteen-year-old Bai Long girl, deeply touched and nodding in agreent, saying exactly, exactly, "I just broke up with my boyfriend and it hurts so much. You've got it much better, Sister Fox. You've never been hurt with no suitors, and I have so many gifts from him, or him, I can't even rember who anymore..."
But for so reason, she felt really happy inside!
"Have you all persisted like this for a million years?"
This courtyard was actually a museum of a research institute. ng Yu, having seen everything from start to finish, learned of the history of generations of rabbits and their efforts. As ti went on, the preserved footage beca sparser, with gaps of tens or hundreds of thousands of years.
The nas they adopted had changed many tis, from Lunar Palace, Guanghan Palace... to now, the Moon-Watching Sect...
"To carry on a Sect, there must be a spirit, right?" Bai Qianqian said with a bitter smile.
In fact, many predecessors in history had given up. The Immortal Sect, Star Palace One... they were all dust in history, ant to be discarded. But it was only after taking brutal hits from reality that they learned how good a peaceful and free environnt was. They began to yearn for the bygone beauty of the Immortal Sect even more. So, the revival of the Immortal Sect started with them. The Immortal Sect of a million years past beca everyone's spiritual totem. Like Sister Turtle, who missed the days spent in the aquarium so much...
Okay, ng Yu listened with a confused expression.
What a ss this all was!
Back in the day, Ro fell, brought down by a horde of treacherous, backstabbing, and madly invading barbarians. Then, over the following thousands of years, the Romans were no more. Instead, those barbarians repeatedly tried to rebuild Ro and return to those glorious days!
That aquarium Turtle Sister, who lived for a million years... it was this kind of overextended longevity that had been draining the Immortal Sect's finances!
"The project has been going on for a million years and still hasn't succeeded?"
"We're not good at fighting, and the life of a rabbit is full of ups and downs. Sotis, when a resilient rabbit appears, we might not have even a single Golden Core amongst us, and we're chased around everywhere. So rabbits, forced by reality to endure humiliation, manage to achieve Golden Core or Nascent Soul. But they might also be unlucky. Not to ntion, there are many bad guys who like to rob us, and since we're not fighters, we grab our hoes and flee when we see trouble. The data we've collected gets ruined... It's all so frustrating," she lanted.
Bai Qianqian's words were a chaotic and sotis contradictory ss. She didn't say why, but ng Yu seed to understand. It was because of a certain Divine Skill that was way too overpowered with the jade rabbits.
"All right... so your project is about Foundation Establishnt?"
The two of them arrived at the end of the museum where a dozen Jade Slips were on display.
"Yes, this is one of the research projects of Star Palace One, aid at creating the Son of the Heavenly Way. It's also a subproject of the Investiture of the Gods," she explained.
ng Yu halted his steps, looking at Bai Qianqian with a puzzled expression.
Son of Heavenly Way, Investiture of the Gods?
"It's just a failed project, and it's not even that unusual. All those things are just gimmicks, after all. When writing a project proposal, you always make it sound grand and urgent, as if ti is running out, and if there's a lack of funds, it could affect the big picture and so on. Miniature Universe, Black Hole Cluster, Nascent Soul Express thod, Ancient God Sphere, and the like…
Blowing up nine bulls' worth of hype, only to have a single hair's worth of results land. Our project is one of many in the Investiture of the Gods, and I've been working on it for years."
"You're researching a project all by yourself?"
"Yeah, there's nobody else left. I'm the last jade rabbit, I've been working on this project for five hundred years, but there are still many problems unsolved. I guess I'm not likely to see any results in this lifeti, alas."
That's how she put it, though she felt sowhat embarrassed in her heart.
Over these six hundred years, she grew carrots, greens, Spirit Fruit, dedicating only part of her attention to this research. After all, so many seniors, generation after generation, had not succeeded. They were just salted fish, and she, a gluttonous, lazy, sleepy little rabbit, what could she really do?
"May I take a look?"
"Of course, it's not like it's a project that could succeed."
The rabbit sighed, while ng Yu picked up the Jade Slip and pressed it against his forehead.
Investiture of the Gods?
Son of Heavenly Way?
What kind of plan, what kind of research is this?
"A feasible study to improve personal physical quality by combining the rescue of the world, soul resonance, and infrastructure under the conditions of the 53rd particle tide?"
What is this, what kind of research is it, and it's even connected to the Son of Heavenly Way?
If that's the case, you might as well call the Investiture of the Gods 'Corruption Strong by Ten Tis, Becoming a Demon Hundredfold Strength'!
Using various ans to apotheosize people?
Wouldn't that be great?
…
Bai Qianqian, wearing a large apron, humd a happy tune, then searched for the freshest carrots and Spirit Fruit in the vegetable garden.
The clothes are innocent, if they get dirty they must be washed, and washing them often is a waste, so you need to wear an apron.
ng Yu was reading the project, examining it carefully.
Her impression of ng Yu was genuinely good.
This young man's deeds below, at a glance, seed like a Chivalrous Hero, and above that, he was also good at slapping the rabbit's bottom. Although it was a bit extravagant, his sincerity moved her deeply.
After all, now many people talk about this project with mockery — the jade rabbit never thought about keeping the plan secret. As a researcher, one must learn to sponge off funds, pull in investnts, or even count chickens before they hatch, so to speak. The Son of Heavenly Way plan, over a million years, the number of investors has changed countless tis, leading to... ah, not death, but nurous experintal failures and bucket-grabbing getaways.
To quote one super big shot, the project isn't impossible, but if it is to succeed...
A stable environnt is needed, a smooth organization, a cooperative planning committee, smithing, and nine other different departnts, plus a great Sect could make it succeed, but the Immortal Sect no longer exists.
Well, to put it simply, the plan has failed, and it can't succeed anymore.
Alas... ng Yu learning is a good thing though. Could he beco the Elder of Knowledge for the Jade Rabbit Family?
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