Volume 99 of VIP, Dialogue between Two Goddesses

  Amon didn't want to talk about the power of cultivation anymore, fearing that he would make a mistake if he said too much. He changed the subject and said, "I heard that only materials with life can be used to make magic wands, but this wand is made of steel from horse skin, what's going on?"

  Yin Nanna retorted: "Didn't the person who forged the law code tell you?"

  "Ah Mon shook his head and said: 'He's already gone, he died in that great flood.'"

  Yin Nanna replied, "There is only one way to infuse it with a vitality similar to life, just like nourishing it with your own heart's blood. Only then can you possibly forge an inanimate material into a staff. Many of the most precious artifacts are also refined in this manner. Refining the steel from horse hooves into a staff is also a warrior's weapon, and it is most suitable for a divine technique practitioner like you who cultivates body techniques."

  "The Divine Artisan has reawakened the power in your bloodline, it's rare for a Body Cultivator to do so, but you're from the mining town of Du Ke, so it's not too unexpected. Amun, you've really given me too many surprises! I'm waiting for you here because another Goddess wants to find you, and she heard everything we said."

  Amon was taken aback, how could there be another goddess looking for him? At this moment, he suddenly sensed a strong aura appearing behind him, and hastily turned around to look over, only to find that a woman had appeared in the swamp. The age of the gods couldn't be judged, she looked about twenty years old, wearing a white gauze dress, barefoot but not stained with mud or water.

  She appeared on the road that Amun was walking, and Amun didn't notice her at all when he came. The goddess's appearance is extremely beautiful, with almost no flaws in her facial features, figure, and skin. Her dress fits perfectly, as if it were born on her body, without even a trace of cutting. She wears a wreath made of branches on her head, with white five-petaled roses blooming on the branches, revealing a delicate beauty.

  The goddess's eyes, however, held a resentful glint as her gaze slid off Amun and onto Innana. "Muirne," she said, "did you send Dumuzi to the underworld just so you could trade him for this mortal with Erebus?"

  Yin Nanna didn't answer, but instead turned to Amun and said: "Let me introduce you, this is Pelan Rose Goddess. She thinks I sent my ex-husband Dumuzi to the underworld in exchange for your release. She wants to rescue Dumuzi, so she came looking for you, planning to send you back to the underworld to trade him out. I heard about this and have been waiting here on purpose. Amun, what do you think? Should we send you back to the underworld to get my ex-husband back?"

  The Queen of the Underworld took Ah Mon away, demanding that Yeon Na use a man she had loved to exchange for him. Ah Mon knew this, but he didn't dare hope that Yeon Na would actually do it. It was he who asked Yeon Na to bring him into the underworld, and it was his own actions that angered the Queen of the Underworld, so naturally he should take responsibility for the consequences. Therefore, without hesitation, he made a quick escape.

  Amun didn't expect that Yinnana would actually send her "ex-husband" Dumuzi to the underworld in exchange for him! How could he repay such a great favor? He had read many classics about various pantheons in the Isis Temple and also knew about the fame of Dumuzi and Persephone. In human myths, they were siblings. The relationship between gods might be different from what mortals understand, but the relationship between these two gods was definitely not ordinary, perhaps they were biological siblings, otherwise Persephone wouldn't have gone to rescue Dumuzi.

  Perun Rozhden should have been the one to take Amun to the underworld, but Ynanna happened to appear and stopped it. How did he get entangled in the love-hate entanglement between gods? Amun couldn't help but break out in a cold sweat, hastily bowing to Perun Rozhden: "This goddess, I myself requested to enter the underworld, and I also escaped from the underworld on my own. I take responsibility for my actions, never asking anyone to exchange. As for Dumuzi's matter, I was unaware of it at that time, and had already left the underworld. I am a mortal, not understanding the grudges between you gods."

  Perahn Rose looked at Ah Meng with a serious expression, her eyes had just scanned over him like looking at a stone or a tree trunk, although she came to find Ah Meng but only spoke to Yin Nana, now slightly revealing a surprised look: "Ah Meng, you can still speak so calmly in front of the two goddesses, claiming to be an ordinary person, yet seemingly not treating yourself as an ordinary person?"

  "Ah, Goddess, you misunderstand me. I merely spoke the words that needed to be spoken, regardless of who was present. And as a divine being, you must surely understand the ways of the world, which are encompassed in the radiance of divinity, and thus earn the reverence of mortals."

  Perlan Rose stared at Ah Mon, as if she wanted to see through his heart, and said slowly: "I saw you casting a spell to cross the swamp just now. You are already a great magician at a young age, and like Gargamel, you can cultivate your body skills. You have the ability to escape from the underworld, no wonder Mu Yun would take a liking to you. Although she can go and like any man, why did she send her husband to the underworld in exchange for you? There is no such reason in the world!"

  It's not reasonable at all. It seems that Gilgamesh's song was right, and Amun and Yinnana haven't even done anything yet, but they've already caused trouble. He couldn't blame Yinnana for anything, so he could only sigh and explain: "My escape from the underworld has nothing to do with Du Xianzi. If it were possible to exchange me, Erebus wouldn't hand over a person, so you should let him go. You should go find Erebus to reason with him, shouldn't you?" As for this matter, I'm hearing about it for the first time today. Yinnana, why did you do such a thing?

  Yin Nanna revealed a cold smile, and with a wave of her sleeve said: "You all see for yourselves!" In mid-air appeared a dazzling light like a mirage, Ah Meng saw two people sitting in a magnificent great hall.

  There was a beautiful girl standing in the center of the hall, gently swaying to the music. Her thin top barely covered the highest part of her chest, and her enticing breasts were half-hidden. A golden chain was tied around her waist, with teardrop-shaped pendants hanging from it. The pendants kept tapping against her raised buttocks, producing a pleasant tinkling sound. On the front side of the hall, there was a reclining chair, on which a man was lying, holding a cup of wine in his hand and enjoying the view of the girl in front of him.

  At this time, a sudden shout came from Yinnana: "Shubula, Duzi! What are you doing?" Then the girl knelt on the ground and tearfully explained: "It was your husband Duzi who said that you went to the underworld, and your sister will not let you come back." He asked me to offer a beautiful dance and serve him sincerely, and he would think of a way to save you.

  After the colorful lights in mid-air disappeared, Pearl Rose let out a sigh and said after a while: "Mu Yun, Dumez is your husband after all."

  Yin Nanna coldly snorted: "That was in the past! Do you want a husband like that? Moreover, he married a goddess and will have to bear the punishment for his betrayal!"

  Perlanrose thought for a moment and said, "You are the god of youth and love, so you must always live in your own so-called love. If you think Du's behavior is a betrayal that must be punished, it's not impossible, but what about yourself? You've also fallen in love with all sorts of different men, why don't you punish your own betrayals?"

  The man who has been loved by you, including my brother Tomos, the handsome one, and the majestic Lion King, who hasn't been hurt? Who can tolerate your multiple loves and ruthlessness, and what punishment should you receive for this harm to love? God of Youth and Love, if you cannot answer my question, you will lose the transcendent power granted by divinity.

  Yoon Na-na has so many stories, and Ah-mon is also curious and waiting for her Q&A.

  Yoon Nana replied with an unchanged expression: "Anyone can choose to love or not, the person I fell in love with was never a true god, only my husband Dumz has the potential to become a god, but he has yet to understand the true path. Are they the ones who got hurt? No, you're wrong, one should look at all this from the perspective of ordinary people."

  Every time I get hurt, it's always the people I love. The reason is simple: because I'm a powerful goddess. If I were just an ordinary woman with only youth and beauty but no divine power, what would happen? Then the countless times of being hurt could only be me.

  For example, your brother Tumzi, if I were not a goddess but his wife, I would now be weeping in the dark underworld, while he, under the pretext of saving me, forces my maid to submit to him for pleasure. His betrayal lies not in loving or not loving, or who he loves, but in using love for me as an excuse to force a woman who does not love him to surrender!

  "Perun Rose Goddess, why can't you have your own divine domain yet? It's because you still don't fully understand what it means to be a god. You think you're using the eyes of a god to look at everything, but you haven't truly grasped the source and flow of divinity. The punishment I gave Dumuzi was his human choice that gave me fate."

  This lengthy passage is a dialogue between two goddesses, containing much information about the gods. For example, Persephone says to Ynanna "If you cannot answer my question, you will lose the transcendent power granted by your divinity." And Ynanna responds to Persephone "Why do you still not possess a true divine domain of your own? It is because you still do not fully comprehend what it means to be a god!"

  Amon may have gained some insight, but he still can't fully understand. Perhaps by the time he becomes a god in the future, this information will be extremely important.

  Faced with Yinnana's sharp counter-question, Perlanrose's expression became increasingly solemn. She also coldly smiled and said: "God of Youth and Love, your answer is not a problem, but the people you love are always trapped in a tragic fate, which is not the glory that God should have. In this case, even if you possess the divine realm, you will never be able to truly merge with it unless this curse can be broken."

  Yoon Na-na: "This is my business, I've been looking for it too, don't worry about it."

  Pelan Rose: "I don't want to trouble you, I just want to save Du Ziz."

  Amon, who hadn't spoken for a long time, rubbed his forehead and coughed, saying: "Two goddesses, can you listen to this mortal say a few words?"