Chapter 267 — Slaying the Human Emperor
The Herdsman of the Wasteland · Page 6 of 6
The civil and military officials, who had meant to obey the imperial command and strike, now saw Emperor Yanfeng and the Imperial Preceptor of Jingping, and knelt one after another. Ling Yuxia, like a man gone mad, came at Emperor Yanfeng and the Imperial Preceptor of Jingping, shrieking: "I am the Son of Heaven! " The Eight Great Inspectors shifted, each trading a blow with Ling Yuxia.
He spat blood, and suddenly his body turned into a dragon and soared into the air, fleeing outward. The Eight Great Inspectors each raised a sleeve to cover themselves and vanished; the next moment Ling Yuxia was kneeling at the center of the Altar of Heaven, held down by the eight. Emperor Yanfeng looked at the civil and military officials and shouted: "Will you not go and put down the rebellion for me?
Kill every one of these rebellious priests and bald donkeys!
Or must I do it with my own hands?
" The officials hurried to their feet and fell upon the monks and priests of the Great Tingming Temple and the Daoist sect with deadly force, and the imperial guards who had come up did the same.
At the same time, Shen Mu walked up onto the Altar of Heaven. Ling Yuxia was pressed down on his knees upon the ground, unable to struggle.
Shen Mu bent down, brought his mouth to his ear, and said softly: "Your Highness, I am not doing this to help the emperor, but for the Heaven King Qian and the Heaven King Lu of my holy cult. " Ling Yuxia was taken aback.
He raised his head and looked at him, disbelief in his eyes: "You. .
. " Shen Mu drew his sword—the Chu Bao Sword in his hand—and cut level with a single stroke!
Emperor Yanfeng and the Imperial Preceptor of Jingping had just come up onto the Altar of Heaven when they saw that stroke pass, and Ling Yuxia's head fly high into the air. Emperor Yanfeng's heart was shaken. He looked at the youth's back; the youth shook the blood from his sword, and with a ringing note returned it to its sheath. There was something in that back that made a man's heart quail.