Chapter 1090: Fame and Fortune Await the Right Storm
Chi Mai took a step forward. The three-headed, six-armed primordial spirit behind him unleashed an incomparably powerful battle strength and divine power, lifting up his people. His physical body grew taller and taller, his strength increasing, transforming into a giant that traversed mountains and rivers, marching toward the place where the sun rose.
The Chi Ming Era rose from this very ruin!
That giant with disheveled hair and unkempt appearance would lead the human race from the ruins, composing another magnificent epic!
The Long Han Revolution had yet to succeed.
The Chi Ming Revolution was just beginning to sprout.
The Heavenly River surged onward, time flowed by. There was no change in time itself, only the comings and goings of people, the evolution of matter.
The warrior ahead fell, but later warriors would pick up the banner and continue to charge forward bravely.
The ghost ship sailed through history. Outside the ship, it was sometimes bright, sometimes dark. One alternation of light and dark marked one year.
Qin Mu activated the Overlord Body Three Dan Art, his heart feeling a lightness, appearing very sunny.
"It seems the junior brother has put down a heap of worries and has now become cheerful," Wei Suifeng said with a smile.
Qin Mu laughed. "I've always been cheerful."
Wei Suifeng shook his head. "When you boarded the ghost ship, I noticed that your cheerfulness was only a deliberate act. In truth, there was anxiety in your heart, sorrow, and the loss that comes from being misunderstood by others, like a great dark cloud shrouding your Dao heart. But now, you are truly cheerful."
He smiled faintly. "Although your senior brother has no great strengths, I am very good at reading people."
Qin Mu laughed heartily. After a moment, he said softly, "In the past, I felt that no one understood me, no one knew me, and no one could inspire me, so I was somewhat self-pitying. But now, I know there are people who understand me, who know me, who support and inspire me."
He shook his head with a smile. "Even if this person lives in the past, even if this person is dead, even if we are separated by life and death, he is still my Dao companion. One true friend in life is enough!"
Wei Suifeng clapped his hands in admiration, then changed the subject. "You still have two chances to return to the past. Where do you plan to go?"
Qin Mu stood up and laughed. "Nowhere! I plan to set aside these two opportunities and return to Yan Kang first. I cannot keep living in the past; I should look to the future! Senior brother, when I have figured out where I want to go, I will come find you."
Wei Suifeng grunted, muttering, "I'm not your boatman, to be summoned at will and dismissed at will..."
He perked up, quickly called over Dragon Qilin and Yan'er, and said hurriedly, "Quick, take out the Glazed Azure Canopy! Let me have another look before you leave!"
Yan'er took out the Glazed Azure Canopy and set it up on the deck. Wei Suifeng paced back and forth, examining and appraising it, sighing in admiration. Suddenly, he shed tears, gently caressing the treasure, and choked up, "Now that we part, who knows when we will meet again? My precious treasure..." With that, he hugged and kissed it.
Dragon Qilin and Yan'er exchanged a glance and shuddered in unison.
Wei Suifeng was utterly obsessed with the Glazed Azure Canopy, muttering to himself over the treasure for a long time without any intention of sending Qin Mu and the others back to Yan Kang.
Qin Mu had to remind him several times before Wei Suifeng snapped out of it. He kissed the Glazed Azure Canopy a few more times before returning it, his gaze still fixed on the treasure. "Junior brother, if we ever break free from the Unmoving Divine Art in the future, could you lend me this precious treasure for a few days of fun?"
Qin Mu shook his head. "This is a treasure of the Northern Emperor's family. We are only borrowing it temporarily and will have to return it eventually."
"Have to return it?"
Wei Suifeng's eyes widened, his eyeballs rolling around. Qin Mu immediately knew he was up to some mischief again, thinking, "Senior brother is probably thinking of tricking this treasure away from Youming Crown Prince."
The ghost ship sped through time, the afterglow of history flashing by. In the mist on both sides of the ship, countless scenes appeared and disappeared. After a while, the mist dissipated, and the ship appeared on the Yong River in Yan Kang.
Qin Mu looked at the banks of the Yong River. Divine mountains towered, vegetation was lush and green. From the time they boarded the ship until now, who knew how many winters and summers had passed in Yan Kang.
He led Dragon Qilin, Yan'er, and the six heavenly dragons off the ship. The six heavenly dragons pulled a battered and broken treasure carriage, its canopy tilted and crookedly stuck on top.
This treasure carriage was also a rare artifact, but how could it withstand such rough handling?
The carriage had originally fallen apart, and Wei Suifeng and the ghost ship's Imperial Guard soldiers had pieced it back together, but their craftsmanship was poor, and they couldn't restore it to its perfect form.
Some of the ghost ship soldiers, seeing the mist dissipate, grew restless and flew toward the shore. But as soon as they left the ship, mist surged around them, and in the next moment, the mist vanished, and their figures disappeared from the mist, reappearing on the ghost ship.
Wei Suifeng didn't stop them, letting them try. He waved his hand. "Junior brother, don't forget your promise to me and to the ghost ship soldiers! Find the map and save me soon!"
Qin Mu and the others stepped onto the riverbank, waving back, and laughed. "I will definitely find the map and save you!"
"Parting from the Jade Capital for nearly ten years, my heart has not been at ease for a single day."
Wei Suifeng stood at the bow, drinking fine wine, and sang loudly, his voice bold and heroic: "Smelling the plum blossoms, I find a natural clever verse; holding the wine cup, my heart feels detached from the world. An iron inkstone needs no army of a hundred thousand; a copper plate, why entertain three thousand guests?"
The ghost ship gradually faded away, mist surging up to envelop it.
From within the ship came the joyful laughter and unrestrained singing of the soldiers, echoing Wei Suifeng's song: "Fame and fortune await the right storm; if the storm doesn't come, don't torment yourself!"
Qin Mu laughed heartily, turned around, and walked toward Yan Kang, shaking his head. "So sentimental! But have we really been away from Yan Kang for five years? Then I'm ten years old this year?"
He shook his head, feeling a little displeased. "When I time-traveled, I was only five, just starting to lose my baby teeth!"
Yan'er stepped onto the soil of Yan Kang and couldn't help cheering. She took out the Southern Emperor's Vermilion Bird Feather and said, "Young master, please perform the soul-summoning ritual for my mother!"
Qin Mu took the Vermilion Bird Feather, glanced at Dragon Qilin, who was carrying the Glazed Azure Canopy, and said, "This treasure is too conspicuous. Pi, hand it over to me. I'll keep it safe for you."
Dragon Qilin quickly handed him the Glazed Azure Canopy. Qin Mu put the treasure into the Qin Continent, satisfied.
Yan'er whispered in Dragon Qilin's ear, complaining, "How could you just hand it over? When elders say they'll keep it for you, they usually never give it back!"
Dragon Qilin's eyes widened. "Is that so?"
"Of course! When I was little, during festivals, Moon Venerable would give me New Year's money. After giving it, she'd say she'd keep it for me as a dowry, and I never saw it again!"
"Adults are like that?"
"Exactly! When we rescue my mother and get married, I'll ask Moon Venerable for all those years of New Year's money as my dowry. Hehe, she's been keeping my New Year's money for tens of thousands of years. That's a huge sum! Let's see how she can come up with it!"
"Tens of thousands of years of New Year's money? Yan'er, how old are you now?"
"Shut up!"
"We're almost getting married..."
"Shut up!"
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Qin Mu arrived at a scenic spot with open surroundings. He blew a breath of Yuan Qi, floating the Vermilion Bird Feather in the air. Then, he began to pace around the feather, activating the Soul-Pulling Incantation, and a strange, melodious Youdu language came from his mouth.