Chapter 394 — Rekindling the Blazing Sun
The Herdsman of the Wasteland · Page 4 of 4
The old clan chief of the Sunherds looked somber. "Young friend Shen, though you are a visitor from the Land of No Sorrow, you have not returned there, and you do not have the power to light the sun. And even if you did light it, the Sun Warden has only a few years left. Her life has been all but consumed. When a person dies, it is like a lamp going out; the oil is about to run dry..."
He roused his spirits and said, "There's no point wasting your effort! We Sunherds are choosing the next Sun Warden. As a guest from the Land of No Sorrow, come and witness the birth of the next Sun Warden! Tonight, the otherworldly demon monsters will attack again. We must choose a Sun Warden to prepare for the worst!"
Shen Mu shook his head, utterly stubborn. "Whether or not I can light the sun, I must try!"
The old clan chief shook his head and left with his people to prepare for the selection of the Sun Warden.
Shen Mu took out the Sun Jade Eye and placed it on the ground. He looked up at the black sun, thought for a moment, then raised the jade eye high and ran along the chains toward the black sun. "Wait here for me! I'll go light the sun and come back!"
Ling Yuxiu cried out in alarm, "When the sun burns, it will burn you to death!"
"It won't!"
The sound of a flute came, and one fire dragon after another soared into the air, following close behind Shen Mu. From afar Shen Mu called, "With these dragons here, I can escape!"
"Sun Warden, is this sun of yours a real sun or a fake one?" Ling Yuxiu asked hurriedly.
Yan Jingjing said, "It is a divine creation. They say it is a treasure refined by the goddess Zi Qing."
"Oh no!"
Ling Yuxiu's scalp went numb. The cowherd had run off without finding out clearly. When this divine treasure burned, the majesty of the gods would fill the air—it would likely burn the cowherd boy and those dragons to ashes together!
"Doesn't that mean I can succeed as Cult Leader?" Si Yunxiang's eyes lit up at once.
Ling Yuxiu glared at her. Si Yunxiang hurriedly laughed, "I'm joking! I don't want to be a young widow. I was thinking—since they're Sunherds, they must be able to resist the sun's divine fire. Maybe we can get that old clan chief to help protect the Cult Leader."