Chapter 664 — Invincible Under Heaven
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Shen Mu changed into the official robes of Jingping and stepped out of his room, only to find that Ling Yuxiu had changed into an envoy's dress as well, and his eyes could not help brightening.
This visit to the Divine Son Chiming was made on behalf of the state of Jingping, and so they must wear court dress.
Jingping had many female officials; among its divine-power users women were no fewer than men, and even several of the first-rank grandees were women. The attire of a female official was a matter of much refinement, and the set Ling Yuxiu wore was just such dress: a purple robe, a jade belt wound about the waist, a skirt below as broad as a lotus blossom, and above, a snug bodice with narrow sleeves. Her gown's collar was cut in an inverted heart, baring two half-moons of breast on either side; over it she wore a thin outer robe and several floating ribbons, and once fed with vital essence those ribbons drifted at her waist and behind her head, most ethereally. Shen Mu looked twice more.
The court's female officials had many styles of dress, but those who could truly fill them out were, after all, few. The women of Jingping were bold in their ways; though they could not match the Western Land, in their dress they brought a woman's beauty into full display. Ling Yuxiu shot him a bashful glance and laughed, "And where are you looking?
" Shen Mu hastily drew back his gaze, then stole two more glances. Annoyed, Ling Yuxiu quietly tugged her collar a little higher. The First Ancestor, the Human Sovereign, came out and cleared his throat, startling them both.
He still wore the garb of before; he was, after all, no courtier of Jingping, and had no need to change into Jingping's official dress.
"Let us go.
Today is the day for a show of force.
" The First Ancestor walked out, saying in that lukewarm way of his: "We have tarried here long enough.
One month here is seven months in the outside world; this journey has taken far longer than we first reckoned.
" Shen Mu nodded and fell in beside him: "The Divine Son Chiming has trained Bangongcuo well these days. I went to see him: badly wounded as he is, his strength has risen by no small measure.
The fellow learns fast; he has brought the Flawless Combat Divine Art to the peak of mastery, and he has picked up a great deal from the divine-power users of the Xuankong Realm. That his wounds are so severe shows that the Xuankong divine-power users are formidable as well. Sister Xiu, not a few of them are your equal, and there may be some far stronger than you. " Ling Yuxiu stepped forward, and Shen Mu stole a glance at her, only to see that she had hoisted her chest wrap very high; he felt a little disappointed. "A moment ago she only tugged at her collar; now the wrap is up to her throat. .
. " Grandma had taught him since he was small that big-breasted girls were the prettiest, and so whenever he met one he could not help looking a few more times.
This was the aesthetic standard of Yincan Village, and not a thing to be sloppy about. The Alchemy Master had once said: "Shen'er, looking at breasts is not lechery; it is a consideration for one's own descendants, a most serious matter!
" Shen Mu had kept this firmly in mind. The First Ancestor, the Human Sovereign, said, "The Xuankong Realm has so many young masters; they are truly not to be made light of.
Shen'er, do not grow careless.
" Shen Mu smiled: "I have never made light of them. Even aboard the ship I was already pondering how to deal with them.
" Before long, a sonorous voice rang out across the plaza: "The envoys of Jingping, Princess Yuxiu and Grand Libationer Shen Mu, come to pay their respects to the Divine Son Chiming! His Majesty has prepared humble gifts to present to His Highness the Divine Son!