Tales of Herding Gods-Webnovel - Chapter 520

Xing An hurriedly gave chase, but his feet suddenly stepped into emptiness. They had come to the space of Parimita Ark, and everywhere were shattered pieces of the ark which were incomparably huge.

Xing An saw the speed of the silver horse under the elder’s hip slowing down and understood just how strong was the dantian of the person before him. It had already harmed the man’s body, however, so he couldn’t endure any longer.

Xing An gave chase once more.

After a moment, cold sweat rolled off his forehead. He had lost all track of the elder and found himself trapped in a dangerous place. Seals were everywhere, and it made it hard for him to tread around.

Suddenly, the elder appeared again, sitting at the bow of a small, silver boat. From somewhere, he had even gotten a bamboo hat.

Xing An composed himself as the corner of his eye twitched. He wanted to rush over, but he was blocked by a seal that was floating in space.

The elder grinned at him, revealing his lack of tongue. He did a cutting gesture over his neck, and his small, silver boat sailed away.

Xing An flew into a fury, but he suddenly felt that the elder’s smile was slightly familiar. He seemed to have seen it somewhere before.

‘This smile, I’ve definitely seen it before, definitely…’

He calmed himself down and threw the smile of that elder to the back of his head. He focused on finding the path out, but just as he was about to solve the first talisman seal, Qin Mu’s smile suddenly flashed across his mind and overlapped with the smile of the mute elder. He grew flustered and was then struck away by the talisman seal.

Qin Mu’s smiles and the mute elder’s smile overlapped nearly perfectly. The only difference was that Qin Mu’s smile was sincere while that mute elder’s smile had a hint of craftiness!

“I…” Xing An’s god blood rose up to his throat, but was forced back down by him. “I won’t be angry, I won’t be angry. I will definitely not let him spoil my Dao heart. I— Euargh”

He still couldn’t resist puking out a mouthful of god blood. With the expression of defeat, he let out an angry roar. “Divine Physician Qin, I will never let you off!”

Qin Mu followed the light that was guiding the way and walked out of Great Ruins. As he continued on his journey, he walked to the southern borders of Eternal Peace. There were numerous bugs and snakes there, and people were scarce. The further he walked, the more desolate it became.

Finally, slightly after dawn, the guiding light formed a door that wasn’t very big before him on one of the mountaintops.

There were no other doors formed by light on the small mountaintop. Qin Mu looked around and saw barren mountains and wild lands. There were no people here, only empty terrain.

The dragon qilin raised his head to examine the surroundings. When he saw the sun coming up, he couldn’t help cheering up. “Cult Master, it’s daybreak, time for breakfast…”

Qin Mu pushed open the door, and it opened with light shining out from inside. He walked into that light.

The dragon qilin hurried in after him. Their figures vanished, and the door of light became dimmer and dimmer before vanishing.

After a moment, Qin Mu appeared on a desolate land. The emptiness earlier was nothing compared to what he saw now.

In front of him were collapsed sacred halls with fog covering everything. Hidden by it were slabs of tombstones with burial mounds behind them. The broken fences and dilapidated walls struck deep into Qin Mu’s heart.

In the distance, there was a palace standing tall alone in the fog.

Qin Mu went forward while looking around. The space was extremely vast, but the countless tombstones in the fog were the only scenery of Hall of Human Emperors.

He came to the first burial mound and looked at the tombstone. On it was written: Celestial Heavens West General Wei Ming. Beside the tombstone was a shield dyed with blood.

Qin Mu came to the second burial mound with words: Celestial Heavens Brave Tiger Guards High Official Ding Yunhe. Under the tombstone was a helmet.

He continued to walk forward in complete silence. Even the dragon qilin who was clamoring for breakfast didn’t dare to speak. He shrunk his tail back and suddenly lifted the chest hide inside it; he didn’t dare to show his face.

Qin Mu checked tombstone by tombstone, but many of them weren’t even carved. The person that had erected the tombstones had probably not known their names.

Both named and unnamed tombs paved a way that led to Hall of Human Emperors which stood in the fog.

It was hard to say how much later it was when Qin Mu finally came close to it. Before his eyes, a straw hut took form. Inside it, a dried up skeleton sat with its skull hanging down. Beside him was a collapsed tombstone. Even though only the bones were left, Qin Mu could still see that the person had possessed a tall and sturdy physique. The knuckles on his hands were thick and big, so he should have been skilled in mudra skills, palm skills, and fist skills.

Qin Mu dusted off the dirt on the stone tablet and couldn’t help being stunned.

The words on it were: Human Emperor Qi Kang. Seeing how I’ve achieved nothing in my life, I’m too ashamed to erect a tombstone for myself and I’m too ashamed to meet my ancestors. I shall die in this straw hut and not bury my bones.

Qin Mu opened the chest and took out some candles, paper money, and offerings. He offered incense and sacrifices to Human Emperor Qi Kang with respect.

He walked out of the straw hut and saw another one nearby. Inside it was a few severed arms and legs near a tombstone that had fallen over. On it was only the word Su written with a sword. It had been carved halfway before the broken sword was stabbed into the tombstone, leaving the character unfinished.

Qin Mu looked at the severed arms and legs. At the severed parts, there were sword wounds, and the corners of his eyes trembled. He then paid his respects.

“Village Chief!”

He knew that Village Chief had come here once wanting to end his life, but since he had not passed down Human Emperor’s Seal, he couldn’t do it. Because of that, he had only buried his severed arms and legs.

He hadn’t even dared to write his name as he hadn’t left his inheritance behind at that time.

Qin Mu came to the third straw hut where he saw a skeleton that was only five feet tall. It was Human Emperor Yi Shan.

On the tombstone, there were only a few simple words.

Human Emperor Yi Shan, defeated by High Heaven. I’ve no face to bury myself and meet my teacher. The later generation doesn’t need to pay their respects to me.

Qin Mu came to the fourth straw hut where he found another skeleton. It held a flower basket in its hand.

Human Emperor Lan Po. I’ve achieved nothing in my life, and I’m ashamed to have failed my teacher’s teachings…

Qin Mu entered each and every straw hut to pay his respects. He witnessed the twenty thousand years of history of Hall of Human Emperors. He had met all the human emperors in Fengdu where they were scolding and beating their own masters, not getting along well. However, over here in the straw huts of Hall of Human Emperors, Qin Mu saw their respect for their teachers and the remorse of their own failures.

He came to the far end of Hall of Human Emperors and saw the view of a back.