Chapter 1072 — Glass Is Fragile After All
The Herdsman of the Wasteland · Page 1 of 4
Gu Xiao and Hong felt their hearts ease a little, thinking, "This Mu Tianzun is unfathomable.
How domineering and resolute he was when he rampaged through the Jade Pool, and how quick-witted and roguish he is now. " Shen Mu beamed with delight and raised his clasped hands high, his right palm pressed over the back of his left, his voice like thunder, "Today I, Mu Qing!
" Luo Xiao said with a solemn face, "Today I, Luo Xiao!
" Gu Xiao had no choice but to say, "Today I, Gu Xiao!
" Hong said through gritted teeth, "Today I, Hong!
" The four spoke as one, "With my three brothers I swear brotherhood, loyal to the liver and gallant to the gut, to follow one another through hardship, to share life and death, and never to part!
We ask not to be born in the same year and month and day, but we ask to die in the same year and month and day! " Their words had barely fallen when, under the working of their essence, qi and spirit, the vows turned in each man's hand into a stick of incense, burning slowly with curling fragrance.
Their essence, qi and spirit were immensely powerful, and once the oath was uttered their words became law, so that though they had sworn to neither Tu Bo nor the Heavenly Duke, the words took solid form. Shen Mu thought to himself, "Mu Qing is my false name, so this oath has not the least binding force on me.
" Gu Xiao's eyes flickered, "Heh, it is only playacting. My name is not Gu Xiao anyway, so this brotherhood means nothing much.
" Hong glowed red in the face and thought, "No one knows my roots, so swearing an oath is no more than drinking a mouthful of water.
" Only Luo Xiao was sincere and wholehearted, filled with joy. Shen Mu called out of the carriage, "Pi, invite the little brother in your ear to come out as witness!
" Outside, Dragon Qilin, seated on the carriage shaft, heard him and was a hundred times unwilling, yet he did as Shen Mu said and fished a tiny Tu Bo out of his ear.
This little Tu Bo was a tiny living creature Shen Mu had created by visualization with a Stone of Creation he had gotten in the Bloodrust Grounds.
After visualizing the little Tu Bo, Shen Mu had paid him no more mind, but Dragon Qilin had kept him ever since and cherished him, sharing spirit pills with him on ordinary days.
Yan'er fed him now and then, and now the little Tu Bo had grown round and plump, with none of the true Tu Bo's martial majesty. "Be careful.
" Dragon Qilin took out the little Tu Bo and whispered, "The ones in the carriage are none of them good men. They eat men without spitting out the bones.
" The little Tu Bo landed and said very gravely, "Moo! " "When you get there, do not speak.
If you speak you will be caught," Dragon Qilin warned him.
"Xia?
" The little Tu Bo blinked, a little timid.
Inside the carriage Shen Mu urged again, and Dragon Qilin had to let him go.
With short arms and short legs, tail swishing and bovine hooves striding, the little Tu Bo walked toward the carriage.
The step beneath the bead curtain was rather high, so he braced it with both hands and clambered up with effort, then jumped down the step into the carriage.
Inside, Gu Xiao, Hong and Luo Xiao stared in astonishment as the tiny runt toddled between them. The witness come in from outside for their sworn brotherhood was actually a little monster fed into a round ball! And this little monster bore a certain likeness to the Tu Bo of Youdu!
"The Tu Bo whose body is vast and boundless is most dreadful. Who would have thought that shrunk to this size he could be rather lovable," Hong could not help laughing. The little Tu Bo came to their side and opened his mouth.
Shen Mu stuck the incense formed from his vow into his mouth, and the little Tu Bo swallowed it in one gulp, then toddled on short legs to Luo Xiao.
Luo Xiao looked him over closely and exclaimed in surprise, "A creation visualized by divine consciousness? " With that, he too thrust the incense formed from his vow into the little Tu Bo's mouth.