Chapter 904 — The Dark Night Approaches
The Herdsman of the Wasteland · Page 4 of 4
In the days to come, I will seize still more. " Shen Mu's breath was withered and failing.
He forced a smile: "Your Majesty has gained the Primordial Realm.
Then Jingping. .
.
" "Jingping, We need not destroy.
We promised you that. " "Heavenly Venerable Yu" smiled: "Our word still holds. We do not break Our promises.
The factions of the Primordial Realm are tangled and hard to govern; to grant your human race a small patch of land and let you live on is also the virtue of Heaven, which loves life. And besides, I am Heaven itself. " Shen Mu let out a breath of relief. "However, the Reform must be brought to an end, and the Three Outstanding Men of Jingping must lose their heads, must take a turn upon the God-Slaying Platform. Otherwise, where would the Heavenly Court's authority be?
" "Heavenly Venerable Yu" looked at his face and smiled: "You may live. The people of Jingping may live as well. A new Heavenly Chart will shroud the whole of the Primordial Realm. This is the future I grant to you, to Jingping, and to all living beings of the Primordial Realm. " Shen Mu's heart sank lower and lower. A future of utter despair, shrouded beneath the Heavenly Chart. Emperor Yanfeng, Imperial Preceptor of Jingping, would become the sacrifice that ends this Jingping Reform.
"There are still forces in the Primordial Realm that must be put down, that must be subjugated.
Great Black Heaven, for instance.
The Chiming Divine Son, for instance. Fengdu, for instance. " "Heavenly Venerable Yu" set him down and laughed: "Your friend has come for you. Go with him.
" Shen Mu saw the Lame Elder racing toward him like the wind, terror and unease written plain upon the old man's wrinkled face.
He seemed to have made up his mind, to have summoned up his courage, and he charged straight at Shen Mu and "Heavenly Venerable Yu". Of all the Woeful Elders, the Lame Elder was the most cowardly, yet here he was, ready to cast away his own life to save Shen Mu.
"Heavenly Venerable Yu" laughed aloud and floated away into the sky. "Cripple Grandpa. " Shen Mu looked at the old man who had rushed to his side, and a smile came over his face: "I am fine.
I am only very tired.
" "Don't talk!
" The Lame Elder hoisted him onto his back and ran east with all his strength.
The old man felt warm blood flowing down his back and onto his chest, and he felt Shen Mu's breath growing fainter and fainter. "Cripple Grandpa, I remember now, from when I was little.
Granny gave me away to people from another village, and every time, you stole me back. " Blood kept flowing from Shen Mu's mouth, and his voice grew lower and lower as he murmured: "I could not remember anything from when I was little before.
Back then I was only a very faint consciousness in this body, and now suddenly I remember it all. . .
I was only a consciousness born within this body, and little by little I grew up, and I could remember many things. .
.
" "Don't talk.
" The Lame Elder's eyes were wide, and he ran with all his might. "Shen'er, don't talk.
I am taking you to the Alchemist.
. . Alchemist, damn you, why have you still not come?
This old man is too slow, too slow! " He ran with all his strength until he coughed blood from the effort, and the Shen Mu on his back had fallen silent.
The Lame Elder grew anxious again and said: "Shen'er, talk with me a while. Don't fall asleep. Shen'er? " Shen Mu opened his eyes and gazed hazily ahead, where the Dragon Sparrow flew, dancing with the heavens in its beak, and Yan Qiling stood upon the Dragon Sparrow's back with the Dragon Qilin.