Chapter 433 — The Northern Emperor's Divine Artifact
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Emperor Kaihuang once held a banquet and invited the Northern Emperor. The Northern Emperor showed his prowess, sending thunder-clouds piercing through every realm, and Kaihuang praised him without stint. What lay beyond in that tome, I cannot say. " Shen Mu was startled. The Northern Emperor and Emperor Kaihuang — there was a connection between them? The Northern Emperor had once been a guest of Kaihuang? "That tome touched on certain mysteries of the Northern Emperor's five great cloud-thunders, and I am not wholly unversed in thunder arts myself. " The Minister of Works Elder went on: "The Greater Cloud-Thunder Art is lost to the world, but the Great Nurturing Nether Demon Scripture contains the Lesser Cloud-Thunder Art. What I cultivate is precisely this Lesser Cloud-Thunder Art.
Though I read only two pages of that tome, it advanced my cultivation of the Lesser Cloud-Thunder Art by leaps — I profited beyond measure. If the Sect Master can trust me, let this old servant take charge of the Five Ghosts Transposition!
" Shen Mu nodded. "The Lesser Cloud-Thunder Art is a technique of no small power.
Since the Minister of Works Elder cultivates it, let us compare notes. Share your own understanding of the art. " The Minister of Works Elder laid out before the assembly everything he had comprehended of the Lesser Cloud-Thunder Art. Shen Mu listened closely, cross-examining it against the Great Nurturing Nether Demon Scripture. When the elder finished, Shen Mu in turn expounded, unhurriedly, his own understanding of the art.
From childhood he had received tutelage from the Nine Elders of Hidden Ruin Village; his breadth of vision had long since reached heights few mortals could hope to attain. Add to that the scripture transmitted upon the Woodcutter's Rock, the cultivation bestowed by Treasure Ship Qin Hanzhen, his reflections at the Great Thunder Ming Temple, the sword-enlightenment before the stone stele, the awakening in Little Jade Capital, and the glimpse of the Jingping Imperial Preceptor's realization at Qingmen Pass — while his insight might not be first under heaven, few indeed could claim to surpass it. The Lesser Cloud-Thunder Art was a technique of the Great Nurturing Nether Demon Scripture.
The Woodcutter's Rock transmission had already expounded it to a very high degree. With Kui Sou, that great classical savant, as his guide, and being himself a grand master who had created the Six Harmonies Primordial Spirit, Shen Mu had more than enough measure to instruct the Minister of Works Elder in thunder arts. When Shen Mu finished, the listeners were entranced, each gleaning some new realization. The Minister of Works Elder, hearing him through, felt reverence well up from his heart.
He bowed in wholehearted submission. "The Sect Master is a heaven-gifted prodigy — a born holy sovereign.
" Though Shen Mu was young, just sixteen, his cultivation only at the Six Harmonies realm, his vision and depth had already proven enough to win over a Divine Bridge powerhouse such as himself. "Meditate on this with care. Within these few days we must move the Five Thunder Jar. " Shen Mu turned to question Si Yunxiang. "Where is the Emperor now?
" "The Emperor has just reached Youzhou — still more than ten days' journey from here. " Si Yunxiang replied: "His Majesty's wish is that the Sect Master delay matters for ten days; if ten days cannot be managed, then at least eight. Eight days hence, he shall fire cannon from five thousand li away and blast Bai Xi to death. " Shen Mu shook his head. "Bai Xi will not give us eight days.
Within three to five, he will make his move.
How go the battles in the Divine Severance Mountains? " Si Yunxiang frowned.