Chapter 1043 — Nine Farewells to the Heavenly Worthy

"Your Majesty, please go back," Shen Mu said, opening the carriage window, his eyes red.

The East Emperor sighed. "I wonder when we shall meet again?"

The party watched the heavenly dragon carriage drive onto the spirit-energy transfer bridge, and only then turned back.

"The East Emperor, the Azure Dragon, is a formidable figure."

Shen Mu said with feeling, "How could the Azure Emperor of the Eastern Heaven ever contend with him? Only the Divine Emperor Langxuan could press him down a notch."

Within the carriage, the figure of the Divine King Langwan appeared, saying mildly, "To have fought a great war against the Creator race and survived the Battle of Blood and Rust—naturally he is no easy opponent. Holy Infant, I have always worried that you underestimate him."

Shen Mu smiled faintly. "It was he who underestimated me and lost a little. But he has made it back."

At last Long Qilin could no longer contain his questions. "Cult Master, why did the East Emperor, after losing out, still see you off so attentively? And nine times, no less! Even if the Heavenly Emperor himself came running, he would not necessarily see him off nine times."

Yan'er was equally full of suspicion. "The East Emperor is petty and small-minded—he does not look like this sort of person!"

Shen Mu laughed. "He wants to put on a show—to make clear to the Heavenly Court that he has allied with me, and moreover that his regard for me is beyond compare. This brings two benefits: first, it declares his position to the other ancient gods; second, it forces the Heavenly Court to deal with me."

He rubbed his temples. "I made him lose out. Before his own descendants, I beat his reincarnated body, and then I won a mountain peak off him in a wager. Having lost the contest, how could the East Emperor not seek to even the score? On the surface he sees me off attentively, bidding the Heavenly Worthy Mu farewell nine times—what a great honor for the Heavenly Worthy Mu. But the more he esteems me, the more the Heavenly Court will want to be rid of me. He is roasting me over the fire."