Chapter 1080 — Tidings of That Expert's Death
The Herdsman of the Wasteland · Page 4 of 4
He lay upon the void beast's back and sensed death descending step by step, drawing closer step by step. "I must return alive; this is the last hope of the creators of Taixu. . . " His vision was hazy; the death of his mortal body was turning his eyes blind, though he could still observe his surroundings with the vertical eye at the center of his brow — only, everything he saw was dim.
The young creator sensed once more that his enemies were pursuing, and could only drive the void beast onward with the last of his divine consciousness.
At last he vaguely saw a ship on the Heavenly River sailing toward him; the void beast too had spent its strength, and collapsed upon the water.
The ship stopped, and a young man walked out from it. "Who are you? " Luo Xiao heard his own voice ask.
"My name is Yun; others call me Heavenly Venerable Yun.
" The young man said: "Your wounds are grave; I cannot save you now.
Brother, what last wish have you? " "Heavenly Venerable Yun!
" Luo Xiao felt his cold hand seize the young man's wrist; two lines of tears slid from his eye sockets, and the tears too were icy cold.
His heart had already stopped beating, his body already cold. But he thought of the first prophecy.
"Heavenly Venerable Yun, I will tell you where Taixu is.
Carry me to Taixu and let me see my clansmen.
My divine consciousness is about to sink into silence; there I will awaken!
" Luo Xiao glared, yet his pupils had already gone ash-gray: "I will gouge out the eye at the center of my brow and give it to you. It is a divine stone, a token of my clansmen.
When they see this divine stone, they will believe you! " "And your corpse?
" Heavenly Venerable Yun asked. "The Heavenly River Navy and the Nanluo Sect are hunting me; they will not rest until they see my corpse.
" Luo Xiao struggled to his feet, raised his palm, gathered the last of his divine consciousness, and dug the vertical eye from his brow alive, holding it in his palms.
He told him the location of Taixu, then bowed and said: "I entrust it to you, Heavenly Venerable Yun!
" His breath was gone, yet still he stood upon the Heavenly River.
Heavenly Venerable Yun stared at him blankly, and at last accepted the Taichu Divine Stone: "I promise you, brave man.
" Luo Xiao smiled, and fell backward, his corpse carried downstream by the waters of the Heavenly River.
Heavenly Venerable Yun returned to the ship with that divine stone; the void beast followed him onto the ship, and crouched down quietly and peaceably. Heavenly Venerable Yun glanced at the void beast, shook his head, and took it merely for Luo Xiao's mount.
Several years later, Heavenly Venerable Yun finally found Taixu.
He entered Taixu and met some simple, honest creators.
He took out the Taichu Divine Stone from Luo Xiao's brow and gave it to the clan chief there. The creators received him with great warmth; they held a great sacrifice, and let Luo Xiao's divine consciousness become an ancestral spirit.
"He was a hero. " Heavenly Venerable Yun met a girl lovely as ice and snow; she too was a creator, and she worshipped Luo Xiao greatly, and worshipped Heavenly Venerable Yun greatly as well. "Only a hero among creators can subdue such a giant void beast!
" Though the girl was young, she was taller even than Heavenly Venerable Yun.
Looking at the giant void beast that had come with him to Taixu, she said in a crisp, clear voice: "When I grow up, I too will become a creator like the ancestral spirit Luo Xiao.
" "What is your name? " Heavenly Venerable Yun looked at her delicate, pretty face and was lost for a moment. "Langwan!
" "You are truly beautiful.
" "Yes, everyone says so!
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