Chapter 245 — Quelling the King of the Vast Sea
The Herdsman of the Wasteland · Page 4 of 4
Then the dragon's roar went on without cease, and the Heavenly King statue came galloping back riding the dragon-qilin, vaulted down, and sat once more upon the lotus platform of the temple, planting the Green Dragon Crescent Moon Blade at his side, and said: "Go back and report to His Majesty: this officer has been fortunate enough not to fail his command; the rebel leader's head has been struck off."
The statues received the order, turned and walked into the darkness, and departed with all the white-boned skeletons; then they vanished into the dark, and the gongs and drums gradually faded beyond hearing.
Not long after, the crowing of cocks came from the Desolate Ruins; the darkness withdrew, the sun rose and shone into the Heavenly King Temple.
Shen Mu shook his head. The night's experience was like a dream, utterly strange beyond words.
"Fat Dragon, what is it?" Shen Mu saw that the dragon-qilin was still dazed, and asked quickly.
"I had a dream!"
The dragon-qilin was still somewhat muddled. "I dreamed I was carrying a Divine King, blazing with radiance, charging into a battlefield of surging waves, where countless divine dragons attacked me and were cut down by the blade of the Divine King on my back. I bore that Divine King into the great sea, into the midst of the dragon gods, and cut off the head of a Dragon King, and carried it away by the head. The dream was so real..."
Shen Mu looked at the Blind Elder and Lord Huo and the others, and said in a low voice, "Blind Grandpa, do you think what happened last night was real?"
The Blind Elder and Lord Huo both shook their heads.
"Who can say clearly about the affairs of the Desolate Ruins? Let us go on our way; the Great Thunderpeal Monastery is what matters."
Shen Mu looked blankly at the Heavenly King statue, some strange feeling in his heart. He stepped forward and reached out to touch it; the stone was ice-cold, no body of flesh and blood.
"His Majesty sent orders from the Land of No Sorrow — orders from the Land of No Sorrow..."
A complicated look came over Shen Mu's face, and he said in a low voice, "Where on earth is the Land of No Sorrow..."