Chapter 528 — Seeking the Way at Little Jade Capital
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Ban Gongcuo's body went rigid, his face a sickly yellow. He turned hastily to go: "Forgive the intrusion. I take my leave!" With that he vanished in a puff of smoke.
The Dragon Keeper watched him go far off and shook his head: "That fellow is slicker than a loach. My lord, your troubles I cannot solve. Though I am a god, to do away with a true god is beyond my power."
Shen Mu sighed. On the mountain behind him, the White Rift deity flicked its tail impatiently: "Nor is it within mine! My lord, could you find another mountain? This one is too small; my shrine is only so high, and it cannot even fit my hooves!"
Shen Mu rose, mounted the Dragon Qilin and departed with Chest.
"Is the Human Emperor Shen come to my Little Jade Capital to break through from the Five Qi to the Six Harmonies?"
The Hermit Qingyou hurried out to welcome him, saying with a smile: "It has been some days since my Little Jade Capital had a guest. The Hall of the Five Qi and the Hall of the Six Harmonies have long awaited the Human Emperor's honored arrival. Ah, yes — there is one thing I have not yet told the Human Emperor. Some months ago, the stone statue of the First Ancestor Human Emperor in your Human Emperor Hall came to life and left Little Jade Capital. Where he went, I do not know."
Shen Mu's eye twitched. He said: "I know of this. I have met him."
The Hermit Qingyou showed surprise: "You have met him? Then — the stone statue of the Woodcutter Sage also came to life and left Little Jade Capital. Do you know of this as well?"