Chapter 984 — Three Prophecies
The Herdsman of the Wasteland · Page 4 of 4
Shen Mu's face darkened, and he thought: "Go to the Realm of the Ancestral Spirits? Then won't I be exposed? Aren't my father and mother coming to fetch me? Why haven't they appeared yet? Come rob the road, hurry — carry me off!"
"I am the Holy Infant!"
Shu Jun remained greatly aggrieved, seething with fury: "That fellow is an imposter! I am the genuine Holy Infant!"
"Shut up!"
Shen Mu scolded him, anxious at heart: "You don't have the Primordial Stone. The Primordial Stone is growing in my brow."
Shu Jun was enraged: "You stole mine! You and your senior brother stole mine! That Stone originally belonged to me — your black-hearted senior brother snatched it, and then you set it in your brow! I am the Holy Infant..."
Shen Mu at once stirred his Supreme Daluo Divine Consciousness and sealed the internal space of the Primordial Stone, lest Shu Jun's consciousness burst out and disturb Xiu Zhong.
"Father and Mother should be here by now, shouldn't they?" he thought silently.
Xiu Zhong urged the treasure carriage onward, saying: "As for the big-headed monster infant of Shen Ye's house, that is another matter altogether. A year or so ago, a big-headed monster infant suddenly appeared in Shen Ye's household — its body no smaller than one of us Creators, and its methods were legion. It killed a great many of our Creators — formidable indeed. That bastard Shen Ye even bragged that it was his one hundred and seventh generation grandson, marvelous beyond measure, and that when grown it would eat us all."
He gave a cold laugh: "But now that the Holy Infant has appeared, the big-headed monster infant's good days are over!"
Shen Mu gave a dry laugh.
Elsewhere, a tower ship burst out of the void and arrived before the three houses.
"Shen'er!"
Princess Consort Zhen stepped out of the tower ship, overjoyed: "Shen'er, are you here? Come out quickly — let us go home!"
Qin Hanzhen flew out of the ship, traces of petrification still upon his body. He surveyed the surroundings, and frowned: "He is not here. Has he run off wandering again? When Heaven Venerable You captured me, I heard him say Shen'er was a restless sort who could never stay in one place for half a day, and would surely stir up no end of trouble... Oh no!"
He looked down the mountain, and his expression changed drastically: "There are footprints left by Creators here!"
Princess Consort Zhen's voice trembled: "You mean Shen'er has fallen to the Creators' foul play? He can't be..."
"Impossible!"
Qin Hanzhen hastily consoled her: "If the Creators knew he was of Kaihuang's line, they would surely capture him and torture him, or even use him to threaten Kaihuang. He will suffer some, but we will certainly rescue him, whatever the cost! Let us go back first!"
Princess Consort Zhen wept: "Shen'er is a child of bitter fate. He has already suffered so much — must he suffer even here in the Carefree Land? Why does Heaven treat him so unjustly..."