Chapter 1081 — This Hairpin Is Returned to You
The Herdsman of the Wasteland · Page 2 of 5
Little Tubo sat on its haunches, clutching a spirit pill that was still enormous to it, gnawing away with all its might. On the Heavenly River, boats came and went in bustling procession.
Shen Mu pushed open the carriage window and looked out. He saw that the boats on the Heavenly River were now far more numerous than in the early years of Longhan, and the human race had clearly flourished as well.
Shen Mu saw many human deities steering tower ships and painted barges along the Heavenly River. "Yun Tianzun governs the world well—truly a man of great ability. " Shen Mu broke into a smile and thought, "He must be Yun Tiandi by now, surely?
What a pity I could not meet him the last time I went to Longhan.
Perhaps this time I will have the chance. Come to think of it, we met only once, at the Jade Pool Grand Gathering in the early years of Longhan, and we never had a proper conversation.
" He suddenly paused, startled.
Strangely enough, Yun Tianzun's dying instructions left to the Yun family had also mentioned this: Yun Tianzun had never met Mu Tianzun. He could only borrow Shen Mu's identity and, through the great Brahma Heavenly King Buddha's cultivation method, transform himself into Mu Tianzun to act in the world. "Could it be that we truly have never met? " Shen Mu could not help but shiver.
Could it be that Yun Tianzun and Mu Tianzun were forever doomed to stand on opposite banks of history, gazing at each other from afar?
What a desolate thing that would be. "Long Pi, let us pay another visit to the human race's Xiaohan Heavenly Court. " Shen Mu's voice drifted from within the carriage, faint and distant: "I want to see how all my old acquaintances of the human race are doing. " The Dragon Qilin acknowledged and whispered to Yan'er, "The Sect Master is very strange.
He used to always call me Dragon Fatty, but now he has changed to calling me Long Pi—my true name. Strange. . .
" Yan'er could not suppress a laugh and said, "How are you clever in great matters yet muddled in small ones?
Dragon Fatty is your childhood name; Long Pi is your formal name. Before, he thought you were still young and immature, so he called you Dragon Fatty at every turn.
Now he thinks you have matured and grown up, so he solemnly addresses you by your formal name.
Parents and elders are all like this—once they feel you have grown up, they call you by your full name.
" "Bah, bah, nonsense! The Sect Master does not raise me as a son!
" "Oh, he does not? Then who cooks for you? Who teaches you cultivation methods?
Who always dotes on you? " The Dragon Qilin's expression went blank, and little Tubo snickered with a honking laugh. The Dragon Qilin drooped its head and ears, thoroughly dejected: "My Beast-Rearing Manual was probably practiced in vain. My Dao heart is about to collapse. . .
" The Heavenly Dragon Treasure Chariot headed toward the middle reaches of the Heavenly River, where the human race's Xiaohan Heavenly Court had been established ahead.
Shen Mu was greatly stirred: "Perhaps this time I will be able to meet Yun Tianzun. I hope he is at the Xiaohan Heavenly Court now!
" The Xiaohan Heavenly Court was far grander in scale than before.
Seen from afar, it was resplendent in gold and jade, most imposing. The original Heavenly Court still stood, though it was small in scale; now the human race's deities had erected many palaces and halls around it and diverted more tributaries of the Heavenly River to bear these palaces aloft.
Shen Mu gazed into the distance and saw many boats emerging from the tributaries, coming and going in lively bustle. Some deities were also flying up to the Xiaohan Heavenly Court from the lower realms, leaving trails of light in the air. "Yun Tianzun has governed it very well indeed.