Chapter 663 — Contesting Wits Across the Void
The Herdsman of the Wasteland · Page 4 of 4
The Divine Son Chiming paused, then said, "Wait a few more days. When Bangong Cuo next fights my Chiming practitioners, summon him. I want to see for myself just what this envoy of Jingping is capable of!"
Four days later Bangong Cuo was again invited into the imperial city, and the Divine Son Chiming said, "This time, little friend Bangong Cuo, please seal your divine treasury and fight a practitioner of the Seven Stars Realm and the Heaven-and-Man Realm."
Bangong Cuo understood him at once and said, ashamed, "Divine Son, I think there is no need to compete at all. At the same realm, even if the Divine Son's disciples surpass me by far, they cannot beat that man."
The Divine Son Chiming was taken aback. He smiled. "Little friend, why such words of gloom?"
Bangong Cuo shook his head. "The Divine Son's disciples are every one of them brave and skilled in battle, no weaker than I, and with the Divine Son's guidance they have advanced with fierce vigor these thirty days; many of them can already defeat me. But set against that fellow surnamed Shen, they are still far, far behind."
The Divine Son Chiming listened quietly. Bangong Cuo said from the heart, "I have fought him for more than a day or two. Ever since I came out of the mountains I have fought him. At first we were well matched; later, when my realm stood higher than his, I could not take a single move of his. And now I can stand against any practitioner of the divine arts in Chiming, even disciples taught by the Divine Son himself. Yet if I were made to face him, I would not dare. If the Divine Son wishes his disciples to surpass him, it will be a thousand times, ten thousand times difficult."
The Divine Son Chiming looked around. Several thousand practitioners of the Xuankong Realm were all watching Bangong Cuo. Clearly, a few words from Bangong Cuo had conjured in these practitioners the illusion that Shen Mu was invincible.
That was very bad.
Bangong Cuo said gravely, "If anyone here can defeat me while a realm below me, then he may have a chance of standing against that man."
The Divine Son Chiming frowned. Bangong Cuo opened his mouth but could make no sound; he was startled, knowing that the Divine Son Chiming had silenced him, and he thought, "I have said as much as I can. Whether you believe it is your affair. You think you are kicking a hard stone, never guessing that you are kicking Mount Sumeru!"
A certain schadenfreude rose in him: "Seeking confidence from me — you fools, you have no idea what kind of monster you are about to face!"
The Divine Son Chiming's face broke into a smile. "Since that is so, then let the envoy of Jingping come up."
"Summon the envoy of Jingping to an audience—"