Chapter 892 — Seeking Aid by the Map
The Herdsman of the Wasteland · Page 3 of 4
This middle-aged man was none other than Wei Suifeng. Hearing this, he laughed heartily, his spirit soaring, and said, "I have found it in the main. Yet I cannot achieve it in the Longhan Era; I must return to my own era to do so. The Sage Master said that the Three Establishments make a sage, and I lack only the establishment of merit."
Shen Mu could not help saying, "Senior Brother, the Three Establishments making a sage was merely a jest of our teacher's; it cannot be taken seriously. Though I do not know what you intend to do, our teacher told me that you have already gone astray. If you keep on exploring, it will truly be perilous. In my era, I have never even laid eyes on you!"
Wei Suifeng was briefly taken aback, then smiled. "The Sage Master's words cannot be wrong. All my life has been for the Three Establishments to become a sage. The sage I mean to become is one even our teacher could not become in his whole life. He aided Kaihuang, and yet never built the achievements he desired; his heart of the Way was never perfect. Junior Brother, I mean to become a sage who surpasses our teacher, and to thoroughly resolve the wretched fate of the people of the world! There is no need to dissuade me—my mind is made up."
Shen Mu said no more.
Wei Suifeng smiled. "You once said you followed the geographical map I left you and found your way here. Had I not left you the map, would you not have been unable to find this place? For me, giving you the map is a matter of the future; for you, it is a matter of the past. So then, if I do not give you the map in my future, can the future be changed?"
Shen Mu was silent for a moment, then said, "Senior Brother, I have never seen you in my era. The map was shown to me by you through your own divine weapon. I do not even know whether you were alive or dead at that time."
Wei Suifeng laughed aloud. "I am certainly still alive, you may set your mind at ease! That we senior and junior brothers could meet again across twenty thousand years is truly wondrous. I have a way to let you remain in this era. How about this—let us go together to the outer world, explore the truth of history, and build achievements even our teacher never built! I now have sufficient strength, and will no longer be as cautious as before."
Shen Mu shook his head. "I need to go back. I will not stay here."
Wei Suifeng frowned again. "Why are you so stubborn?"
He suddenly smiled. "It seems I am just as stubborn. By the way, when I was on my way back, I met Ling Tianzun in the mist. She asked me to give you this."
He took out a peachwood hairpin, his gaze flickering, and said with a smile, "This hairpin is Ling Tianzun's treasure. She seems to be trapped in the Heavenly River. She gave me the hairpin and entrusted it to me to pass to you. May I borrow it for a while?"
This was exactly what Shen Mu had been waiting for. He raised his hand to seize the hairpin, but Wei Suifeng moved his palm and clutched the hairpin in his fist, saying, "Junior Brother, lend me this hairpin for a time."
Shen Mu was enraged and held out his palm. "Give it to me! Last time, Ling Tianzun stuck the hairpin into the back of Lady Yuanmu's head, leaving it for me, and you snatched it away!"
Wei Suifeng said hurriedly, "I truly need this hairpin. Junior Brother, I will return it to you in the future. I will leave it here in Guixu, rest assured—just lend it to me for a while!"
Shen Mu meant to snatch it by force, but just then the undercurrents of Guixu erupted.
Wei Suifeng shot up into the sky, flying beyond the heavens at the moment the flowers bloomed, and laughed. "Rest assured, in the future I will leave the hairpin here!"
"Wei Suifeng, you bastard!"
Wei Suifeng vanished, laughing. "When you return to your own era, go to the hall to look for the hairpin. I will leave you a geographical map!"
Shen Mu was stunned.
After a moment, the gushing undercurrents ceased.