Chapter 760 — Who Would Look Back Again
The Herdsman of the Wasteland · Page 2 of 4
Why am I even thinking such things? It is impossible that Eldest Senior Brother stayed in the past. " He laughed at himself, put away the Yulin tally, and walked with Old Ox toward the cliff, thinking: "The command art in these runes is meant to command the Yulin Guard, though I do not know which Heavenly Court's Yulin Guard. For all I know that court may already have fallen and ceased to be.
The tally is most likely of no use now, but the command art within it can be handed to Grandpa Blind for him to study. " Old Ox shied away from the Yongjiang beneath the cliff, plainly holding it in great dread. "Senior Brother Sanduo, the Martial Dao Heavenly Master told you to escort me to the Tianyin Realm, and the Tianyin Realm lies at the foot of this cliff. " Shen Mu smiled. "You can go back now; there's no need to see me further.
I'll go to the Tianyin Realm first and see whether Sister Di Yiyue has arrived, and then make my decision.
" Old Ox hesitated, then shook his head.
"I don't much want to go back. The Old Master is a very dull man; all day long he thinks only of practicing martial arts and throwing punches, and I can do nothing but drink tea and smoke a water pipe, and when I'm bored to death I plow the fields.
I've found that following you is more interesting. So long as you don't run wild and raise a ruckus, it's far more fun than being at the Old Master's side. " Shen Mu laughed. "If the Martial Dao Heavenly Master learns that I've abducted you, won't he kill me with a single punch?
" Old Ox roared with laughter, reared up on his hind legs and planted both hooves on his hips.
"Would he dare? The Jinwu General of the Yuangu Heavenly Court stands here—will he be permitted to run amok?
" The two of them laughed heartily.
Shen Mu entered the Tianyin Realm with him, and Niu Sanduo chuckled: "I once saw Lady Tianyin in the Longhan Heavenly Court, and truly her divine powers are vast; I wonder whether Lady Tianyin still remembers us. " When they reached the Tianyin Realm, they saw many of Jingping's scholars building pavilions and houses there, as though they meant to settle for good, and other scholars practicing the divine arts of the Tianyin Realm; Lady Tianyin herself, however, was not there.
Shen Mu was astonished, and after making inquiries a scholar answered: "Replying to the Sect Master, Her Highness has gone to visit an old acquaintance, and has been gone many days. " "Have Heavenly King Tian Shu and Heavenly King Di come by? " "We have not seen them.
" Shen Mu had no choice but to leave the Tianyin Realm. "Lady Tianyin has gone to visit an old friend?
She died in the Longhan era, so her old friends must for the most part be Ancient Gods.
I wonder which Ancient God she has gone to see?
" Niu Sanduo took him on his back and ran full tilt, and soon they came to the far side of Taihuang Heaven; Shen Mu looked back and saw six or seven great solar arks and lunar arks moving through the sky above Taihuang Heaven. Over Luofu Heaven, too, were several solar arks and lunar arks, illuminating Luofu Heaven and making all things grow.
By now Taihuang Heaven and Luofu Heaven actually held a scattering of cities, presumably built by the true god Pang Yu and Fu Riluo with the remnants of their followers. "How swift the Imperial Preceptor of Jingping is!
" Shen Mu marveled again and again; by afternoon they had come to Jianglong City.
Outside the city, divine-arts practitioners were harvesting rice; Niu Sanduo's hands itched at the sight, and he ran over to plow a dozen or so mu; only after Shen Mu called him again and again did the old ox tear himself reluctantly from the paddy field, grinning: "At last I've had my fill of it. These days have nearly been the death of me!