Chapter 136 — Dream Walk
The Herdsman of the Wasteland · Page 4 of 4
" Imperial Preceptor Jingping lifted his face to the sky and murmured, "Are there truly immortals in the heavens? If you became an immortal there and watched this age that you and I have forged, how wonderful that would be. .
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" He shook his head, climbed aboard the tower ship, and the tower ship slowly sailed away from the Imperial Academy. The cooks from the kitchen pushed their carts to the front of the Hall of the Imperial Academy and let each scholar sit on the ground and eat before the hall. Then the young Patriarch gave the order that all the scholars should return to their dwellings to rest for half a day, and wake at the sound of the bell.
Shen Mu and the others returned to the scholars' lodgings. Passing Shen Wanyun's dwelling, they saw that Shen Wanyun had still not slept, and was hard at his diligent cultivation.
"Senior Brother Shen is worth learning from.
. . " Greatly encouraged, Shen Mu returned to his dwelling, set down the little fox that had already fallen asleep, and then began to pace slowly, rousing the Mystic Body Three-Cinnabar Art; his pace gradually quickened, and he sank into a cultivation that was half sleep and half waking.
Before long, Shen Wanyun saw Shen Mu come rushing past his door with a whistle of speed. He hurried after him, and saw Shen Mu with his eyes half open, half closed, racing over hill and field, and could not help staring. "Sleepwalking? "