Chapter 874 — Fierce Flame Shakes All Under Heaven
The Herdsman of the Wasteland · Page 4 of 4
Suddenly the strange phenomena vanished. The Jin River split in two and settled slowly down, rushing past on either side of Jiangling Academy.
And the darkness in the sky was abruptly drawn in, vanishing into that towering portal; the portal faded and was gone, and soon the sky was bright again.
The youth had already reached the mountain gate of Jiangling Academy, a smile on his face, watching with amusement those demigod practitioners before the gate who had just recovered their shaken souls.
A demigod deity's eyes flashed with keen light, fixing upon the youth, and he bellowed, "A deity comes here to stir up wind and waves and terrorize the practitioners of our Northern Heavens — is this Jingping's way of receiving guests?"
At that moment a heaven-shaking laugh came from within Jiangling Academy: "Scholars all, follow me out of the Academy to welcome Shen the Overlord Body of Jingping!"
An uproar filled the Academy. An old deity with white hair and a face glowing red led the thousands upon thousands of Jiangling Academy's scholars out of the Academy. The old deity bowed, his voice like thunder, shaking the waters of the Jin River into ceaseless leaping: "I, Duke Wei, acting Libationer of Jiangling, with all the scholars, respectfully welcome the arrival of Shen the Overlord Body of Jingping!"
The thousands of scholars' voices were even louder than Duke Wei's, shaking heaven and earth: "We respectfully welcome the arrival of Shen the Overlord Body of Jingping!"
All straightened up, and Duke Wei bowed once more, smiling: "Wei the Heavenly King of the Heavenly Sage Cult pays his respects to the Cult Master and Holy Master!"
Shen Mu laughed heartily and caught him by both arms, his voice much softer than the old man's: "The Holy Master Woodcutter went about this without telling me, so I arrived a few days late. Duke, you have been wronged these days. Of the Northern Heavens, is there any who wishes to challenge me?"
He swept his gaze around in a circle, his eyes like lightning, light springing from the empty air; in that instant, for a hundred li around Jiangling Academy, all was bright as snow. Only when Shen Mu withdrew his gaze did everyone's sight return to normal.
All around was dead silence, broken only by heavy panting and the chattering of teeth. Not one demigod practitioner dared to speak.