At the bottom of the Azure Wave Pond on Mount Kongming, there was a purple-gold clam that had cultivated for a thousand years and transformed.
Before its transformation, it had heard the aquatic creatures in the pond say that the shore was extremely dangerous.
There was a race called humans, whose nature was cruel.
If aquatic creatures were caught by humans, they would be boiled in oil, cooked in water, skinned, and dismembered.
Therefore, even after transforming, the clam demon dared not go ashore, fearing capture by those cruel humans.
There was another reason why it did not go ashore.
Because it was a clam demon, even after transforming,
it had no legs and could not shed its shell.
This made it feel ashamed and deeply inferior.
It cultivated silently at the bottom of the pond for another thousand years.
After a thousand years, it had to go ashore once.
This was because its cultivation had reached a certain stage.
On the night of the full moon, it had to go ashore to receive the moonlight's baptism.
Only then could it shed its clam shell and grow legs.
So, it chose the fifteenth of August that year, when the moon was fullest and the moonlight most potent.
The clam spirit trembled and cautiously floated up from the water.
To avoid suspicion, it transformed its purple-gold clam shell into a wheelchair.
It sat on it, pretending to be a disabled person with mobility issues.
With novelty and nervousness, it went ashore for the first time in its life, leaving the water.
Everything in the world on land felt fresh and different from the water.
The world on the shore was filled with too much novelty and unfamiliarity.
It lingered, forgetting its purpose for coming ashore.
It was only when the moon was high in the sky that it remembered.
It needed to receive the moonlight's baptism to shed its shell and grow legs.
As soon as it spat out its inner core to absorb the moonlight and receive the baptism,
it saw a streak of light flash across the sky, flying towards it.
It must be known that its two thousand years of cultivation were all condensed in its inner core.
Now that the inner core was out of its body, it had no cultivation and no ability to resist.
If its inner core were damaged, it would revert to its original form.
Its two thousand years of cultivation would be in vain, and everything would have to start anew.
So, it hastily retracted the inner core it had just spat out, but the frequent spitting and inhaling.
Coupled with the suddenness of the event, and its nervousness on its first trip ashore.
It momentarily lost control of its internal energy, causing its breathing to become uneven and its meridians to become chaotic.
Sitting in the wheelchair, its face turned purple from holding its breath, and it was on the verge of death.
At this moment, the streak of light landed beside it.
It turned out to be a beautiful young girl in white, flying on a sword.
Seeing the clam demon's condition, the girl mistook it for a sudden illness.
She immediately used her cultivation to help it clear its meridians and guide its breath.
The clam demon, however, was already in a daze, its mind blank.
Because the woman before it was too beautiful.
In its eyes, she was like a moon fairy.
It was lost in the woman's beauty, unable to extricate itself.
Even after the woman smoothed out its breathing, its face remained purple.
Because it had forgotten to breathe, it just stared blankly at the woman, lost in thought.
It was only later that the woman reminded it to relax and take deep breaths.
It then did as she said, narrowly avoiding suffocating itself.
The woman was amused by its stunned appearance and let out a silvery laugh.
It also chuckled foolishly, like an idiot.
The aquatic creatures had told it that the human world was dangerous.
But it felt that the human world was so beautiful.
Later, it learned that the woman's name was Jing Jia.
She was a disciple of the Heavenly Dao Sect, one of the top five sects among the three sects and two palaces of the Moon Radiance Realm's immortal sects.
She had descended the mountain to travel and happened to be at Mount Kongming on the fifteenth of August.
So, she wanted to come to the Azure Wave Pond at the summit to admire the moon, but ended up startling the clam demon.
Fate is like this. If Jing Jia hadn't had a sudden whim and flown up the mountain on her sword,
the clam demon would not have hastily retracted its inner core and disrupted its breath.
If the clam demon hadn't disrupted its breath, it would have fled directly back to the pond.
Jing Jia would not have offered assistance, and the two would not have met.
Everything is predetermined by fate.
The two felt an instant connection by the Azure Wave Pond and talked all night.
Jing Jia asked the clam demon its name and why there was no one with it.
Sitting in a wheelchair, with difficulty moving.
Why was it on the summit of Mount Kongming in the middle of the night?
The clam demon feared being captured, boiled in oil, skinned, and dismembered.
So, it fabricated a human identity for itself, saying its name was Luo Qi.
It was helpless; being a clam demon, it couldn't say its surname was Bang.
Luobang were close relatives in the water, so it chose the surname Luo.
It claimed its parents had died and that it was here because it lived on the mountain.
It also said that due to its physical disability, it had never seen the outside world.
Apart from its human identity being fake, Luo Qi was actually telling the truth about everything else.
Unknowingly, they talked for a whole night.
At dawn, they parted, and Jing Jia flew away on her sword.
Luo Qi watched Jing Jia's receding figure in the sky and returned to the water with a sense of loss.
Having missed this moonlight baptism, it would have to wait another year.
But it did not regret it; instead, its heart felt a flutter of joy.
The next day, as the moonlight began to appear, Luo Qi was already by the shore.
When they parted yesterday, they had not made any arrangements to meet again.
But Luo Qi wanted to wait for Jing Jia by the shore, hoping to meet her again.
As expected, Jing Jia came, and they talked for another night.
They parted at dawn, still without making any arrangements.
But both knew in their hearts that the other would appear the next day.
And so, under the moonlight of the Azure Wave Pond, they tacitly kept their appointments again and again.
Until half a month later, Jing Jia told Luo Qi.
She was leaving!
Her descent this time was to travel the world and improve her state of mind.
This was to better enhance her cultivation, and she could not stay in one place for too long.
She had stayed at Mount Kongming for too long.
Luo Qi fell silent upon hearing this.
These past half a month had been the happiest time in its long existence.
It had fallen in love with Jing Jia and could not bear to see her leave.
Then, Jing Jia's words greatly improved its mood.
Because Jing Jia said that if Luo Qi was willing,
it could accompany her to travel the world, and she could take care of Luo Qi.
Anyway, Luo Qi also wanted to see the outside world.
It was a perfect opportunity for them to travel together, so Luo Qi immediately accepted the invitation.
For the next three years, a beautiful girl with a precious sword on her back.
Pushed a handsome young man sitting in a wheelchair, their footprints covering almost the entire Moon Radiance Realm.
Traveling together, they grew to trust each other even more.
Luo Qi finally confessed to Jing Jia that it was a thousand-year-old clam demon.
When it said this, Luo Qi was apprehensive.
It feared that Jing Jia would not be able to accept it, but Jing Jia was very calm.
She confessed that she had known for a long time and told Luo Qi.
Whether Luo Qi was human or demon, she loved him.
The two immediately declared their feelings, vowing to marry only each other and grow old together.
Under the moonlight, they made a vow of eternal love, promising to grow old together.
They returned to the Azure Wave Pond on Mount Kongming, the place where they first met.
They decided to hold their wedding here and live their lives.
Luo Qi set the wedding date for the fifteenth of August, the Mid-Autumn Festival.
Because for these years, he and Jing Jia had been inseparable, and he feared exposing his identity.
He had not undergone the moonlight baptism to shed his shell and grow legs.
He wanted to grow legs on his wedding night, shed his clam shell,
and walk into the wedding hall with his bride like a normal person.
That night, Jing Jia, wearing a red wedding dress she had sewn herself, with a golden hairpin crafted by Luo Qi in her hair.
Sat on the summit of Mount Kongming, by the Azure Wave Pond, in the home they had built together.
Waiting for Luo Qi to return from his baptism and wed her.
However, what they both waited for was eternal separation!