Chapter 980 – The Order of a Teacher Is Difficult to Defy (1/2)
Chapter 980 – The Order of a Teacher Is Difficult to Defy
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A White Crane in the heavens.
This sight attracted countless gazes from White Emperor City.
Ten-some gray vultures flew up from the Imperial City to meet it. Yet these fierce birds, famed for being difficult to tame, seemed very timid today. They did not dare approach the White Crane, maintaining a distance of several li.
Countless gazes watched as the White Crane flew through the sky.
In an extremely short time, the White Crane had flown from the mountains on the opposite shore of the Red River to the highest point of the Imperial City, where it descended.
The terrifying monsters of ancient times, like the Monster Bull and the Earth Monkey, had become extremely rare, and immortal birds were an even rarer sight.
The demi-human populace was shocked as they speculated as to the origins of the person on the White Crane's back.
The Archbishop of the Western Wastes led several dozen priests in kneeling on the floor.
Their faces were very respectful, even humble, but their eyes blazed with passion and fervor.
The Tang clan stewards and the cultivators from the south quickly came to their senses. With astonished faces, they prostrated on the ground.
The Great Zhou ambassador felt somewhat conflicted, but he did not hesitate for too long before kneeling along with his subordinates.
Upon seeing this, some demi-humans recalled the White Crane that was currently most renowned on the continent and guessed at the identity of the person on its back.
The chatter in front of the Imperial City suddenly stopped, leaving only silence.
The Demi-human race had been allied to the Human race for a thousand years. With all their interactions, there were also many believers of the Orthodoxy amongst the Demi-human race. These now ecstatically dropped to their knees and began to bow.
Many people still did not know what was happening or about the identity of the person on the White Crane. But they did see the people around them kneeling on the floor and piously kowtowing, so they were infected by this mood and subconsciously kneeled as well.
From the Imperial City to Heavensguard Pavilion, from the stone walls to the grass meadow, countless demi-humans kneeled on the ground like a tide.
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A chilly wind blew.
The white flowers on the gray pavement trembled.
The White Crane slowly folded its wings.
That person stood on the observation platform.
The Divine Staff held in his left hand was still brightly shining with rays of sacred light.
His eyes were even brighter than the light of the Divine Staff.
The air over the observation platform seemed to have frozen as an almost absolute silence reigned.
Countless gazes rested on him, busting with a complex array of emotions.
There was no one on the continent that did not recognize the White Crane, did not recognize the Divine Staff.
And so, there was naturally no one who would not recognize who he was.
The one riding the White Crane to this place was not a celestial, but a Saint.
The one gripping the Divine Staff was not a god, but the Pope.
From the Prince of Luling's estate to the two shores of the Red River, crossing eighty thousand li through traveling day and night, forcing open the seal, Chen Changsheng had finally arrived.
In this long journey, he could not keep track of how many clouds he had flown through or gusts he had suffered, but his appearance was still clean, his blue Daoist robes not stained with a speck of dust. The only difference was that the topknot that was usually tightly tied was somewhat messy.
Luoluo cutely rubbed her eyes and tilted her head.
She believed that her eyes had seen wrongly, her ears had heard wrongly.
Upon confirming that she was not wrong, she began to smile.
This was the most authentic of smiles, emerging from inside to outside, a flower blooming.
Anyone who saw this smile, no matter their standpoint, would be able to vividly sense her current happiness and joy.
Luoluo ran like the wind toward Chen Changsheng.
Just like everyone had imagined.
But when she was just a few steps from Chen Changsheng, she stopped.
She stopped so hurriedly that her shoe rubbed out a clear print on the hard stone of the platform.
She lightly lowered her head, her hands clasping together. Her posture was perfect without anything strange.
”I have seen Teacher.”
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For one to switch from arrogance to deference inevitably meant that there was something being sought after, because change required a reason.
Luoluo's display naturally had its reasons.
Chen Changsheng knew, so he did not say anything, only looked at her.
It had been a very long time since he had seen her.
Five years.
Perhaps it was because of her blood or because the sea of stars pampered her, but time had left no trace on Luoluo's petite face.
Chen Changsheng felt like he was still seeing that girl from five years ago.
In those five years, he had rarely written her letters, so he believed that she had gradually forgotten about those things of the past.
But time truly had no effect on her.