Chapter 570 — The Little Tyrant of the Underworld
The Herdsman of the Wasteland · Page 4 of 5
Shen Mu nodded and said with a smile, "You go ahead. I will wash the dishes."
Si Yunxiang grabbed Ling Yuxiu and Sang Hua and ran off with Yu He. Yu He's voice carried back as she whispered, "Having the Sect Master wash dishes is somewhat improper, is it not? As the Sect Master, how can he do such trifling things..."
Si Yunxiang laughed, "Our Tian Sheng Sect is like this — no distinction between high and low, no such elaborate rules."
Yu He set her mind at ease and said with a smile, "The Sect Master has said that our Tian Sheng Sect is the foremost of the orthodox path in Jingping. Now, seeing the Sect Master conduct himself this way, leading by example, I understand that our Tian Sheng Sect becoming the foremost of the orthodox path was no accident."
"That..." Si Yunxiang widened her eyes, not knowing what to say.
After Shen Mu finished tidying up, Xiangzi came running over with a clatter, opened itself, and displayed its collection of bones.
Shen Mu did not know whether to laugh or cry. He took out some demon yuan weapons and placed them in the chest, saying, "On this journey I have killed quite a few demon experts and collected their yuan weapons. You should collect these. Do not always collect bones."
Xiangzi threw the demon yuan weapons out and continued to collect bones as before.
Shen Mu shook his head, took out the True Dragon Nest, removed the little dragon from his ear, and said with a smile, "Little Daoist friend, the thing you have been pestering me to see all along is this."
The little dragon's eyes shone, and it cried "Maha maha" without cease.
Shen Mu laughed heartily, and with the little dragon, leaped into the True Dragon Nest.
Man and dragon fell into the nest. Shen Mu released the little dragon, and it immediately flew round and round the nest, surging with indescribable excitement.
Shen Mu took the Heavenly Emperor Jade Tablet from his bosom and tossed it up. The Heavenly Emperor Jade Tablet transformed into the Lord of True Dragons and merged with the nest. Instantly a vast and boundless dragon aura pervaded the air, and countless dragon script characters emerged.
The little dragon flew back and forth, going to look at the dragon script. The "Maha maha" cries in its mouth turned into deep and obscure dragon speech — it was deciphering the writing on the True Dragon Nest!
This little dragon's bloodline was very high; it was the son of the Yongjiang Dragon Emperor. Shen Mu called him little Daoist friend, but in truth his age already exceeded twenty thousand years. Only because he had been frozen by the Yongjiang Dragon Emperor's Black Water Dragon Pearl had he never grown.
The dragon speech in his mouth grew more and more obscure and complex. He was the son of a dragon king, and his bloodline was even higher than that of Bai Qingfu and Bai Qu'er, whom Shen Mu had encountered when he traveled forty thousand years back to the Shanghuang Era. He deciphered more and more dragon speech.
Shen Mu stood there, listening to his dragon chant, slowly circulating his vital energy and cross-verifying it with the true dragon cultivation methods he had learned before. His comprehension naturally grew greater and greater.
The little dragon flew up and down. After an unknowable length of time, it finally finished deciphering the dragon script in the True Dragon Nest. Suddenly it landed, shook its body, and transformed into a youth — handsome in appearance, dignified in bearing, his features somewhat resembling Shen Yu's. He bowed and said in thanks, "Many thanks to Sect Master Shen for bestowing the technique and helping me open my spirit intellect."
Shen Mu returned the courtesy and said with a smile, "I also wished to borrow your hand to learn the cultivation methods of the True Dragon Nest. There is no need to thank me. May I ask how the little Daoist friend is named?"
"My family takes Jiang as its surname. My mother bestowed on me three water characters, and I am called Jiang Miao."