Chapter 640 — Reunion with the First Ancestor
The Herdsman of the Wasteland · Page 2 of 4
The old statue often showed its power when we made offerings. These new statues never show a thing. " "That is right, and one of those strange men was an old thief. He made off with the cured pork leg hanging in my house!
" Shen Mu was astonished. "Grandpa Silent Artisan and the others came here?
What did they carry off the Headman's statue for? Ah, of course!
" His eyes suddenly lit. "It must be that Grandpa Alchemist means to call the Headman's soul back, to see whether the Headman can be saved!
" He could not help but grow excited. Then he took his leave and headed straight for Jianglong City.
Jianglong City.
The city had become a commercial holy ground of the utmost importance.
After a few months away, its prosperity had already surpassed Shen Mu's imagination. From south to north, from the Eastern Land to the Western Land, goods of every kind gathered here. Tower ships came and went in the air, dense as woven cloth, and everywhere were vessels unloading cargo. Merchants of the Eastern Land and the Western Land traded here, sparing themselves the journey to Jingping or the Western Land, which made things very convenient.
Beyond Jianglong City, other cities in the Ruins had flourished along with it.
And thriving commerce in turn spurred academy after academy. By now every city in the Ruins had many academies, and the people of the Ruins called the students there scholars; they studied divine powers, and even some shape-shifting spirits and strange beasts had slipped into the academies to study. Shen Mu came to the Between of Life and Death.
It was as clamorous as ever; many scholars paid their money to enter Fengdu from here. The one who guarded the Between of Life and Death was an Incense Master of the Heavenly Sage Cult. Shen Mu naturally had no need to pay to enter. He took a boat that drifted along the Long River toward Fengdu; as it reached the bridge he sprang up and alighted upon it, and by the time he came down from the bridge he had become a skeleton.
"Human Sovereign Shen! " Shen Mu followed the voice and saw the short, stocky Human Sovereign Yishan squeezing his way out of the crowd of ghosts, beaming.
"It really is you! The moment I saw that skeleton of yours, I knew! " Shen Mu hastened to pay his respects. "Great Grandmaster Ancestor!
" Human Sovereign Yishan said warily, "What have you come to Fengdu for?
You are not thinking of coming to beat the Ancestor again, are you? Are you here to stand up for that Su boy? " Shen Mu shook his head.
"I have come to see the Headman.
. .
" Human Sovereign Yishan breathed a sigh of relief, turned, and waved to the crowd peering out from the street corner.
"He is not here to beat us. Come out!
" Human Sovereign Qikang, Human Sovereign Lanpo, and the others came out from the street corner one after another. Human Sovereign Qikang had a very loud voice. "Human Sovereign Shen, did that young rascal Su Muzhe complain to you about us?
" Shen Mu was puzzled.
"What complaint would the Headman make to me about you? " The many Human Sovereigns glanced at one another, wore strange smiles, and each gave a ha-ha, saying nothing of it.
Shen Mu was suspicious. "What happened?
Why was the Headman beaten? How did he offend you seniors? " Human Sovereign Fifth Ancestor gave a ha-ha and said with a laugh, "That young rascal Su Muzhe is not in Fengdu. The old fellow got cocky, and Bronze Face saved him. They say he has gone to Taihuang Heaven to look for you. A few months ago some strange, outlandish people came looking for him and muttered on for a long while, and then one of them, a Bronze Face, said there might still be a way to save him. The Bird God Chixiu also said the Su boy was half-dead and still carried the smell of the living about him, so Bronze Face had the Su boy return to his fleshly body and brought him back to life. " Shen Mu blinked and smiled.