Chapter 1555 — That Young Master
The Herdsman of the Wasteland · Page 2 of 4
"You have seen me before?
" The dao fruit drifted onward and did not answer. Shen Mu followed her and probed, "You are a Dao-Achiever who has come ashore, but your cultivation has been destroyed and you cannot leave Jade Capital City.
And this is my first time here.
That means you and I have never met before.
Yet you speak as though you know me — which is strange.
Could it be that in the future, when I return to the universes of the past, I have met you? " The woman in the dao fruit gave him no pleasant look and said coldly, "Mu Tianzun, do not let your thoughts run wild. " Seeing she would not answer, Shen Mu asked no more. He looked about with great interest and laughed. "Tai Yi once said that after I achieve the dao he would send me back to the universes of the past, to block your way and keep you from coming ashore.
Does that mean I will achieve the dao in the future?
" The woman in the dao fruit rolled both her eyes. Shen Mu stopped. He saw, floating by the shore of a Chaos Sea, a golden ship.
The ship was immense beyond measure, moored at the shore — but it was already terribly dilapidated, its mast snapped, its sails riddled with a thousand holes.
Even so, the golden ship had not been wholly destroyed by the Great Calamity of Destruction. "What ship is that? " Shen Mu asked curiously.
The woman in the dao fruit said sourly, "That is the World-Ferrying Golden Ship.
I have heard it was forged by the Master of Miluo Palace to ferry the people of the world across the Chaos Rivers.
" "What happened to it afterward? " Shen Mu grew more curious.
"I have heard that he loaded all the living beings of an entire universe into the golden ship and crossed the Great Calamity of Destruction, trying to reach the universe of the future.
" The dao fruit drifted on, and the woman said flatly, "When the golden ship reached the universe of the future, the Master of Miluo Palace discovered that the ship was empty — there was no one aboard but himself. All the living beings of that universe had died in the crossing and turned to chaos.
So he abandoned the ship. " There was no feeling at all in her words, yet Shen Mu could picture that scene of doomsday; it was a while before he emerged from that desolation. He came to a great hall and stopped, looking up, and praised, "What a hall! What is this hall called?
" The hall was towering, with an aura of the great dao not inferior to the Lingxiao Treasure Hall; standing at its foot, Shen Mu felt himself small and insignificant. "This is the Taishang Yuqing Hall.
" The woman in the dao fruit grew impatient and urged him, "Hurry! Did you not wish very much to see the Master of Miluo Palace?
" Shen Mu peered into the hall and asked, "May I go in? " The woman in the dao fruit sneered.
"If you do not fear death, you may.
This hall has a master, and the Master of the Taishang Hall is not so easy to deal with as the Master of Miluo Palace. Besides, you have not achieved the dao; entering the hall is seeking death!
The heaven and firmament of this hall were refined from Daluo Heaven, and within the hall are the dao tree and dao fruit of the Master of the Taishang Hall.
" Shen Mu was startled and gave up the notion of entering the hall for a glimpse of the Master of the Taishang Hall. Catching up with the woman, he asked, "Then the Lingxiao Treasure Hall — whose hall is that? Was it also refined from Daluo Heaven? " The woman in the dao fruit said, "Naturally. Those who can take up residence in Miluo Palace are all extraordinary beings.
If the Lingxiao Treasure Hall had not been refined from Daluo Heaven, how could you have cultivated the Lingxiao realm? The Lingxiao realm is an imitation of the process of ascending to Daluo Heaven. From the foot of the Lingxiao Hall, to walking into the hall, to ascending the throne — that corresponds to coming to Daluo Heaven and rising step by step within it.