"What exactly are we waiting here for? Why must we wait until it lands before picking it up?"
Just as the two clerks were growing impatient and worrying that they might fail in their assigned task, a sudden change erupted!
Rumble!
Violent tremors suddenly came from the heavens. Looking up toward the sound, they saw lightning flashing in one corner of the blood-red sky!
And that lightning was directly above the two clerks' heads!
"What is going on?" The two were startled. Awe of heaven and earth's might arose in their hearts, overwhelming their awe of authority, and they were about to flee.
But before they could react, a corner of the blood-red sky was suddenly split apart. Then a radiance like a shooting star plunged straight down, heading directly for where the two clerks stood.
At the same time, flashes appeared in several other places in the sky. Everywhere, thunder tore apart patches of the blood-red hue, and shooting stars fell!
However, the shooting star above these two clerks fell the fastest.
Amid their cries of alarm, the shooting star finally hurtled down. Yet it did not cause much impact upon the earth, nor did it injure the two men. It merely flattened a patch of grass and trees, leaving behind a small crater.
Once the upheaval had passed, the two clerks trembled as they exchanged glances, intending to leave. But then they recalled Qiu Yan's instructions, and their hearts skipped a beat.
"Could the thing that lands be referring to that shooting star just now? Before this even happened, Marquis of Pacifying the Realm had already given the order. Was that not foresight? That is far too incredible!"
As their thoughts raced, shooting stars in the distance also landed in every direction, yet they did not cause much