Chapter 925 — The Creator's Enigma
The Herdsman of the Wasteland · Page 4 of 4
On the Phoenix Ship, more than six thousand deities immediately channeled their powers. The phoenix spread its wings—vast wings unfurling one after another—and the ship began to move.
Yan'er flew in and landed on the deck, taking several steps before she came to a stop.
Shen Mu, Qi Jiuyi, and Long Qilin immediately slid down from her back. No sooner had Long Qilin landed on the deck than he discovered a small thing clinging desperately to his dragon tail. Looking closely, it was the palm-sized little Tubo Shen Mu had created from the void.
Long Qilin picked the little thing up, intending to ask Shen Mu what to do with it, but Shen Mu and Qi Jiuyi and the others were each unleashing their vital energy, desperately urging the Phoenix Ship forward, with no attention to spare for such a matter.
"If this little fellow is left here, he certainly will not survive a day—better to let him come along."
With this thought, Long Qilin set the little Tubo down. The tiny creature was fierce, bellowing at him with a most savage look.
Long Qilin thought for a moment, glanced around, and seeing that Shen Mu and Yan'er were not looking his way, took out a spirit pill and stuffed it into the fierce little creature's arms, whispering, "Don't make a fuss—be careful the sect master and Sister Yan'er do not find out I have been hiding a lot of spirit pills..."
The little Tubo hugged the spirit pill to his chest. The pill was rather too big for him, and he struggled to hold it, at a loss as to what he should do with this round lump.
"It is food," Long Qilin coaxed, and took out another spirit pill, popping it into his own mouth.
The little Tubo followed suit, hugging the pill and taking a bite—but the pill was too big and his mouth too small, so he could bite off only a tiny bit.
Long Qilin beamed. "How is it? Not bad, is it?"
The little Tubo plopped down on his bottom and gnawed earnestly at the pill. His appetite was tiny; having nibbled a little more than half, his belly was already round as a drum, and he could eat no more—yet he still hugged the half pill and would not let go.
Long Qilin picked him up and tucked him into his ear, saying, "Do not make noise—be careful you are not found out. Sleep like a good little one and digest your meal."
Suddenly Shen Mu's voice rang out, loud and clear: "Watch out for the Heavenly Bell!"
Long Qilin hurriedly looked back and saw the Heavenly Duke, halos layered behind its head, cupping its hands in a hollow embrace—above its head appeared a great bell formed of light.
The bell was immense beyond measure, spinning in the air above that continent. It had been facing downward, but now it had turned over, facing the Phoenix Ship.
The Heavenly Bell of the thirty-sixth heavenly dao!
The bell tolled. The space behind the Phoenix Ship shook violently, and everyone aboard the ship was struck as if by lightning—their bodies shuddered, cracked, and they were flung up by the shockwave, flailing, scattering in all directions!