Chapter 580 — The Hidden Insider
The Herdsman of the Wasteland · Page 4 of 4
Shen Yu's voice came; he hurried up the tower, walked toward the gate tower wreathed in smiles, and said with a laugh, "The Sect Master keeps his word — I suppose my little dragon will be returned to me..."
The smile froze on Jiang Miao's face, and he looked helplessly at Shen Mu.
Shen Mu went to meet him, smiling. "Junior brother Shen Yu, let me tell you a great piece of good news. That little dragon of yours has learned a divine art of tremendous power; in the future he will surely become a Dragon King!"
Shen Yu was overjoyed and looked all around. "Many thanks, Sect Master! Where is my little darling?"
"Junior brother Jiang Miao, come — junior brother Shen Yu is calling you."
Shen Mu beckoned. Jiang Miao steeled himself and stepped forward. Snow Fox, mouth agape, stared blankly as this youth walked toward Shen Yu, and kicked the Dragon Qilin with a short little leg. "Fat Dragon, have you got any melon seeds?"
The Dragon Qilin shook its head.
Shen Yu looked blankly at the youth approaching. The youth resembled him somewhat, and indeed looked a little more handsome than he did; though somewhat shy, he bore himself with spirit, and his strength was far from weak.
"Sect Master Shen..."
Shen Yu turned his head to look at Shen Mu, and in his eyes were shock, dread, helplessness, bewilderment, and utter loss.
"Jiang Miao is that little dragon of yours. He has taken human form now. He is the son of the Yong River Dragon Emperor, and he has cultivated the Ancestral Dragon Grand Mystery Art; that he will become a Dragon God or a Dragon King in the future is beyond doubt."
Shen Mu took out several sticks of incense and planted them in the city wall, then said amiably, "Now I return him to you. You two have a good long talk."
He was about to leave when Shen Yu caught his sleeve and said, lost and helpless, "Sect Master Shen, what I lent you was a dragon, and you return me..."
Jiang Miao caught his other sleeve as well. Shen Mu had no choice but to say, "Let me settle this: I will have you swear brotherhood as brothers of different surnames. What do you say? Junior brother Shen Yu, how old are you?"
Shen Yu nodded dazedly. "I am seventeen..."
Shen Mu looked at Jiang Miao, who counted on his fingers and said, "I am twenty thousand and eighty-seven years old."
"The ages are just right — not far apart at all!"
Shen Mu clapped his hands and laughed. "From now on Jiang Miao shall be your sworn elder brother, and you shall be Jiang Miao's sworn younger brother — sworn brothers, and no awkwardness! Come, kowtow and swear your brotherhood." With that he pressed the two of them down onto their knees.
Jiang Miao and Shen Yu, both utterly blank, were pressed down and made to knock their heads several times.
Shen Mu wiped the cold sweat from his brow and said rapidly, "Congratulations to you both! Ling'er, Fat Dragon, I will take you to meet a few elders of the dragon race. Let's go—"
Snow Fox still wanted to watch the show, but Shen Mu picked her up, set her on the Dragon Qilin's back, and carried her off by force, leaving only Shen Yu and Jiang Miao before the gate tower.
"Young master, I still wanted to see how they get along!" Snow Fox said eagerly, and looking back, she saw Shen Yu and Jiang Miao before the gate tower gazing at each other in silence.