Chapter 1329 — The Meeting of Twin Stars
The Herdsman of the Wasteland · Page 2 of 3
His fleshly body was a black-tusked demon ape, huge beyond measure, snoring in sleep, the black hair upon his body trembling like a dark forest blown by wind, rising and falling without rest.
Yet his primal spirit was incomparably holy, divine and solemn, seeming demon and seeming man, and yet a Buddha.
The crowd gazed up at this great Buddha, and after a moment Lan Yutian shook his head, saying, "Not the one waiting for me. Let us walk on.
" They walked another dozen days, crossing mountains and fording waters, and saw far off the Spirit Energy Teleportation Bridge of Jingping, tower ships and great vessels ceaselessly sailing in to enter the bridge, while from within the bridge tower ships sailed out. When they came beneath the Spirit Energy Teleportation Bridge, they saw a crowd locked in a tussle.
A young Daoist tugged at the sleeve of a handsome god and cried, "Xu Shenghua, you cannot leave! That treasure is barely half refined, and you would walk off and leave us the bitter toil while you take your ease!
" The handsome man called Xu Shenghua tried to break free and said helplessly, "Cult Master Shen's drawings, I have already sorted them all for you. Refine by the drawings yourselves. What remains is all trifles.
How could I stay here fifty years?
I must still go to the Ancestral Court. The Cult Master told me long ago there are fine things there!
" That Daoist Lan Yutian also knew, called Lin Xuan, Dao Master of the Dao Sect, though why he quarreled with Xu Shenghua was unclear. "If you go, who knows how many years you will be gone.
Your daughter Xu Mengqing will be of marriageable age. By the time you return, you could be holding a grandchild! " The speaker Lan Yutian also knew, an immortal of Little Jade Capital called Wang Muran, known as Immortal Wang, whose abilities were also most high. Xu Shenghua said, "Immortal Wang, stop scheming after my girl.
" Immortal Wang laughed, "You should worry about Cult Master Shen! Beware lest while you are away from home he steal your girl's soul away! " "He is old and faded. I never worry.
Fellow Daoists, to the Ancestral Court I must go. The Cult Master bade me go long ago!
I have always had a feeling that there lies the key to my attainment of the Dao. " Xu Shenghua shook off Lin Xuan and bowed, saying, "Gentlemen, I understand your kindness, but would you block my attainment of the Dao?
And you cannot beat me in a fight. " The crowd could only cease to bar him, saying, "You run off to your pleasures and leave us here to eat bitterness.
So be it, so be it.
We cannot beat you anyway. Go then.
" Xu Shenghua rose, and then saw Lan Yutian, saying in surprise, "Dao brother Lan, lost again? " Lan Yutian nodded again and again, laughing, "Last time I met Brother Xu to show me the road. This time I must trouble Brother Xu again.
" Xu Shenghua thought a moment and said, "I go to the Ancestral Court. Would you go?
" "I would! " "Then come with me.
" Xu Shenghua waved his hand and said gravely, "Gentlemen, if you bar me again, then I shall truly throw punches.
" The crowd scattered in an uproar. Xu Shenghua led Lan Yutian toward the Spirit Energy Teleportation Bridge, glanced at the five thousand gods behind him, marveling inwardly yet asking nothing, and said, "These days I have been tripped by all manner of trifles, never able to set out for the Ancestral Court.
Now I see it was not those trifles that tripped me, but that I was waiting for you.
Your road to the Dao and mine, it seems, both lie in the Ancestral Court.
" Lan Yutian said, "I have the same feeling.
I feel you were waiting for me. This should be a most wondrous journey.
" Five thousand gods poured with them into the Spirit Energy Teleportation Bridge, and after a long while they walked out from the altar at the other end, and facing them were the seals of the Ten Celestial Venerables.