Chapter 575 — The One Who Holds the Heavenly Emperor's Jade Register
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He stopped, and the peerless woman stopped of herself as well, as though she could move only when Xing An moved. From the peerless woman's mouth came a man's voice, coarse and heavy.
"Xing An, why do you walk no further?
Take him into your Divine Treasury of Life and Death and give him to me, and you will have fulfilled the pact between us!
" Xing An said calmly, "Lu Li, I have found the man for you. What I promised you, I have done. Whether you can capture him is your affair.
I am not in the habit of being threatened. " Beneath his feet, the peerless woman was briefly taken aback, then sneered. "You think that because you came to the Heavenly Palace and became a false god, you can haggle with me? Xing An, what audacity!
" "Haggle? " Xing An shook his head. "This is no haggling.
You sent me out of Youdu, and so I helped you find him. That was a trade. I have held up my end of the trade; as for capturing him, that is your affair.
" He reached out and seized; the divine dragon's vast body slowly rose, while Shen Mu and Jiang Miao abruptly dropped to the ground, their bodies once more their own, free to channel their vital essence and unleash their divine abilities at will.
Shen Mu, startled and uncertain, looked up to see the divine dragon's body shrinking smaller and smaller, its chains falling away, flying straight toward Xing An. Xing An reached out, caught the divine dragon, straightened it, and wound it about his waist like a belt. Then he said coldly, "Lu Li, get out of my Divine Treasury of Life and Death!
" Beneath his feet, the peerless woman who mirrored him flew into a rage. "You speak to me like that! You think that as a mere petty god you can leap free of my control?
" "My divine treasury—is it for you to prattle in? Out—" Xing An roared.
In the Divine Treasury of Life and Death beneath his feet his primordial spirit suddenly appeared, and at once within that treasury there arose the great sun and the bright moon, the Five Luminaries running abreast, the Seven Stars shining on high. Wherever that radiance fell, the peerless woman hurried to dodge, driven back and back by the light of the Seven Stars. "Xing An, you dare defy a high god—I will certainly—" "Out!
" Xing An's divine majesty surged to the heavens, his sleeves flaring, his black hair streaming. One after another the divine treasuries within his body blazed with light, illuminating the Divine Treasury of Life and Death, until at last she was forced out of it and had no choice but to return to Youdu. Xing An's breath steadied.
His streaming black hair slowly settled, falling to his shoulders; his garments ceased to flutter.
He turned his gaze on Shen Mu. "Where is my chest? " Shen Mu hesitated, then took out the chest hidden in his Taotie Pouch. The chest landed and ran toward Xing An; halfway there it turned back and "looked" at Shen Mu, then ran on toward Xing An and came to his side.
Xing An turned and walked out of the hall, saying mildly, "Divine Physician Shen, don't let me run into you again.
" Shen Mu said abruptly, "Why not kill me?
" "Why should I kill you? " Xing An halted and turned his head. "I do things by my own principles.
The Magpie Bridge Formula, the Mystic Guidance Formula, and the Divine Crossing Formula that you let out allowed me to cultivate into a god and be rid of the threat to my life; the debt between us is wiped clean on that account. I sought you to settle my pact with Lu Li.
Having found you, my pact with Lu Li is wiped clean as well. You are a Grand Master—do you take me for a man who cannot unite knowledge with action? You underestimate me too much.
" Shen Mu was taken aback, then smiled.
"I did underestimate you before.
" Xing An caught that smile, and the corner of his eye twitched.