Chapter 1258 — Picking Up a Great Power Along the Way
The Herdsman of the Wasteland · Page 2 of 3
Yet unlike the Heavenly Court's austere hierarchy - where, apart from the Ten Heavenly Venerables, every god must tread with care, acting cautiously, ever fearful of saying the wrong word, doing the wrong thing, or offending the wrong person - Jingping was far livelier. Bai Yuqiong finally made her decision, and she left Jingping. She hurried toward the lands of Taixu. Coming and going, the journey had taken a full year, but fortunately another her presided over Taixu, so there should be no major trouble.
On the way, just as she was about to reach Taixu, she suddenly saw a flash of light flickering in the starry void.
Drawing near, she saw a human youth in blue robes hurrying through the stars.
The youth looked young, only in his teens, not yet twenty, yet his cultivation was quite extraordinary. He seemed dazed and muddled, walking through the starry void with the sound of the Dao swirling before and behind him, and the light of the Dao rippling around him like waves. Around him there was air, there was starlight, there were fresh flowers growing from the void, blooming and fading.
There was also a strange beast, a dragon-eagle, bearing him on its back, wings beating as it soared through the starry void.
Bai Yuqiong was puzzled.
That dragon-eagle was a mount of the Heavenly Court's Feathered Forest Guard; she could not fathom how it had willingly submitted to this youth. She went up to inquire, and the youth was very amiable, always wearing a silly grin. He said, "Elder sister, my name is Lan Yutian.
" Bai Yuqiong had never heard the name and thought nothing of it. She said, "You're wandering the stars - are you lost? And this dragon-eagle, why do you follow him?
" The dragon-eagle said, perplexed, "I don't know why I follow him either.
I was on leave, just about to fly out and soar about and enjoy myself, when I ran into him just outside the Heavenly Court asking for directions. Somehow, in a muddle, I offered to guide him and willingly became his mount.
But we've flown so long I no longer know where I am. " Bai Yuqiong did not know whether to laugh or cry.
She said, "You're already near Taixu. Hurry back to the Heavenly Court.
" The dragon-eagle thanked her, asked Lan Yutian to dismount, then beat its wings and was gone, turning into a streak of flowing light that vanished into the starry void. Bai Yuqiong was startled.
The Feathered Forest Guard's dragon-eagles were fast, but not that fast! Clearly, during its time following this human youth named Lan Yutian, the dragon-eagle had unknowingly gained many benefits.
Lan Yutian did give off a wondrous feeling. At his side, Bai Yuqiong felt the Great Dao become extraordinarily amiable, and many Dao arts and divine abilities she had never encountered or even imagined before - she naturally understood them, naturally awakened to them. It was very strange. It must be that the dragon-eagle had not been bewitched by Lan Yutian, but drawn by the Dao resonance about the youth, following him in a daze - and gaining many benefits without realizing it. Bai Yuqiong could not help but feel fondness for him.
She laughed.
"You're called Lan Yutian? Shall I call you Lan-di, or Tian-di?
" Then she shook her head.
"Tian-di won't do. It sounds the same as the Heavenly Emperor - that's a capital offense.
" Lan Yutian said, "Elder sister, just call me Yudi. " "The Jade Emperor? " Bai Yuqiong burst out laughing. "That's a capital offense too!
Your name is truly strange - only the surname can be used to address you. Whether I call you Tian-di or Yudi, it means death. Who gave you this name?
It's a bit too grand. " Lan Yutian shook his head.
"I don't remember.
I've lost my memory.
My elder brother doesn't know who gave me the name either.
" Bai Yuqiong took pity on him. She said, "Where are you going, Lan-di? " "I don't know," Lan Yutian answered honestly. "I don't know where I'm going either, and I'm lost besides.