Chapter 419 — The Emperor's Seal Appears in the World
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Bring the sacred relic! " The white-robed elders ranged themselves to either side, and there in the center of the altar of the Sea King Hall stood a gleaming golden spear — a spiral horn.
The Kun King made his obeisance, then drew out the horn; at once great waves rose sky-high around the island, and the white-robed elders bowed him on his way. Golden spear in hand, the Kun King ran, sprang into the sea, and became a giant whale with a long horn, racing and sporting between sea and sky, speeding toward Jingping.
The Kun King leaped up out of the waves, and just then a great bird flew overhead, its wings spanning tens of mu.
Seeing him, the bird suddenly spun sharply, shot down like an arrow, and in a flurry of countless feathers landed before the Kun King, becoming a woman whose legs were bird's claws and who wore on her head a crest of plumes like a hoopoe's. "Wing King, you have come too?
" said the Kun King with a laugh.
"The Human Emperor's Seal has called again, demanding that we honor the promise our distant ancestors made," said the woman. "How could I not come? " Suddenly the sea heaved, and a dark turtle-shell warship burst up from the depths, leaped clear of the water, and came crashing down on the surface again, rocking several times before it steadied. "Raise the flag! " came a voice from the ship. With a splash and a flap, a dripping great banner rose, bearing the image of a turtle and a serpent.
In Little Jade Capital, the Old Tathagata frowned slightly and sighed.
"I thought I had found peace at last; I never looked for this — I must come out of seclusion after all.
" The Old Dao Lord laughed. "If we do not come out, our successors will come out in our stead — and would they not be going to their deaths?
Let us go.
" The Old Tathagata nodded, sighed, and rose to leave Little Jade Capital with him.