Chapter 597 — The Nine Secrets of the Heaven Blade
The Herdsman of the Wasteland · Page 1 of 4
"Could it be that Sect Master Shen means to borrow another's blade to do his killing?
" Star Lord Yang looked at Shen Mu and said with displeasure, "Young as Sect Master Shen is, he has no shortage of schemes. Young Master Qi, do not fall for his tricks. If we kill the demons, I fear we will find ourselves at a disadvantage.
" Qi Jiuyi was unconcerned. "Rest easy, Star Lord. The demons are nothing but dogs the Heavenly Court keeps. A few dead dogs are no great matter.
Brother Shen wishes to use this chance to see what I am made of, and I wish to use it to see what he is made of. " Shen Mu laughed. "Brother Qi's mind is far broader than Star Lord Yang's. Star Lord Yang grovels before you, anxious over gain and loss, most likely because your station is far above his.
You must come from the so-called Heavenly Court.
And the purpose of your visit is me? " Qi Jiuyi smiled faintly. "Brother Shen is perceptive.
You ought to be called Shen Yi.
" "It is not hard to guess your purpose," Shen Mu said. "That is not perceptiveness, and it does not make me worthy of the name Yi. Just now you invited me to a duel at Jingping.
I suspect you had other thoughts in mind as well.
" Qi Jiuyi felt a chill in his heart, but he only smiled and said nothing. Shen Mu raised his head to look at Star Lord Yang. "Star Lord, your mind is not on your battle with Grandpa Tu. In the fight, you will be cut down with a single stroke.
In a moment you may see whether my words prove true. " Star Lord Yang gave a cold snort. "Is Sect Master Shen trying to shake my heart of the Dao? " Shen Mu paid him no heed, and looked across.
A host of demon masters had arrived one after another, even a number of Divine Bridge realm masters, and many practitioners of the Five Luminaries and Heaven-Man realms besides, no doubt goaded by his taunts and unable to keep from charging over.
Among the demon race, martial strength was honored above all; practitioners of every realm had their rankings of martial strength. Shen Mu had fought some Seven Stars realm masters in Licheng, the strongest among the demon race's god-demon disciples, able to rank in the top ten, and among them Zhe Huali ranked first in the Seven Stars realm.
Other realms had their rankings as well. Of the practitioners who had come here, only the Seven Stars and Six Harmonies realms were absent, for the masters of those two realms had essentially all been killed by Shen Mu.
The crowd came on with murderous momentum. The foremost master of the demon race's Divine Bridge realm raised a hand, and the crowd halted. That Divine Bridge realm master's cultivation was already near that of a deity, exceedingly powerful, and it made Granny Zhu and the others feel a chill in their hearts, sensing a threat to themselves.
Though they had made good the deficiencies in their cultivation arts, they had practiced for only a short time; at the same realm they were still somewhat inferior to these demon masters who had trained in the true-god methods since childhood. Yet in time, they too could temper every aspect of their bodies to the level of a true god of the same realm. Moreover, the primal-qi human-body-form network Shen Mu had taught them was the threshold for entering the Dao through one's art.
Entering the Dao through one's art encompassed every aspect of a young true god: not only the tempering of the body, but also the cultivation of the primordial spirit, the forging of primal qi, the honing of Dao arts and divine powers. To temper only the body to the level of a young true god was far from matching a true young true god. "Sect Master Shen of Jingping! " That demon Divine Bridge master fixed his gaze on Shen Mu and said in a low voice, "You have no rival in the Seven Stars realm, but that does not mean you have no rival in other realms. I, Shuye, disciple of Vajra, have come to try you! " Shen Mu asked curiously, "Brother Shuye, where do you rank in the Divine Bridge realm?