Chapter 444 — The Sea of Blazing Sand
The Herdsman of the Wasteland · Page 4 of 4
The scenery within the sea of blazing sand was unlike any other: fire tornadoes everywhere, howling as they swept along and devoured all in their path. The Long Qilin was by nature of the fire kind and loved nothing better than to master great fires, so he charged gleefully into a whirlwind, and Shen Mu came near to being burned alive; he shouted the beast to a halt in alarm.
Seeing Shen Mu's face scorched black, the Long Qilin took fright, and thereafter traveled obediently. The fire had no effect on him, but to Shen Mu it was a deadly threat. "Big brother, there is an oasis ahead!
" "There is water there! " Xiong Qi'er said excitedly.
Shen Mu was taken aback. "Water, in a place like this? " he blurted. And then he saw the oasis in the sea of blazing sand: many olive trees growing beside a beautiful lake, and several snow-white sheepskin tents pitched at the water's edge. The Long Qilin rushed over; when they reached the lakeside Shen Mu jumped down and said, "A traveler from far away—forgive the intrusion.
" The flap of a sheepskin tent was thrown back and a youth stepped out, smiling. "No intrusion at all.
I am cultivating a strange art here, and was in want of a man to sacrifice.
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It is you, brat! " The youth's face changed drastically; Shen Mu, without a word, drew his sword, and eight thousand blades flew up at once and swallowed the youth whole!