Chapter 674 — The One from the Nether Capital
The Herdsman of the Wasteland · Page 4 of 4
And Lu Li was plainly most wary of Lou Yunqu and the others, and seemed somewhat displeased as well, only she could not well give vent to it.
Fu Riluo feared his power would slip away and he would end up sewing a wedding dress for the Heavenly Court; she, for her part, regarded Shen Mu as meat already in her bowl, and now the Black Emperor had come to thrust in a foot, which naturally left her displeased.
Lou Yunqu introduced that young demon expert and said with a smile, "This is a disciple my master took, Lou Qianchong. He is the senior brother of Junior Brother Qi Jiuyi, and studied with Junior Brother Qi in my master's palace. My master is much concerned with the Wasteland; Taihuang Heaven he does not think much of. After all, the reason the Wasteland could become the Wasteland rests on my master's seal. This time we several senior and junior brothers have come to help the Revered King Fu Riluo swallow Taihuang Heaven and offer it in blood sacrifice. Then we will enter Jingping, awaken the stone statues of the gods, and destroy Jingping."
His face was mild and pleasant, as though he were an old friend of many years, and as though what he spoke of were not the bloody business of annihilating Taihuang Heaven and destroying Jingping, but idle chatter with Pang Yu. He smiled and said, "The other matter is this: my master wishes to meet the Divine Child of Youdu. That one is rather troublesome. It was originally entrusted to Junior Brother Qi, but alas, Junior Brother Qi failed to seal the Divine Child of Youdu, and instead lost the mirror that had captured him."
Qi Jiuyi's face reddened slightly, and he said nothing.
Lou Yunqu looked somewhat pained. He rubbed his temples and sighed. "My master said the Nether Capital needs a figure like the Divine Child of Youdu. This time we four senior and junior brothers had no choice but to descend to the mortal world, yet who would have thought Governor Lu Li would be here as well, and have ideas of her own about the Divine Child of Youdu."
Lu Li forced a smile. "Senior Brother Lou jests. How would I dare have ideas? And how would I dare set myself against the mightiest Nether Emperor of the Northern Heaven?"
"That is true enough."
Lou Yunqu smiled. "My master had a private motive in sending us down as well: he wished to see how far the Reform in the mortal world has gone, and have us record it and bring it back for his old eyes to review. So we thought: the Reform in a small mortal village may not amount to much, but after all it has changed the Great Way of heaven and earth, and to sort and record it all would surely be a great bother. We hear that Emperor Yanfeng of Jingping and the Imperial Preceptor of Jingping are the chief figures of the Reform. So, for the sake of convenience, if the two of them could be taken and brought before my master, it would save a great deal of trouble. Senior Brother Pang Yu, might you invite those two over and deliver them to us, bound up tight?"
True God Pang Yu laughed heartily, yet there was no smile at all on his face; the laugh was dry, false, and stiff. He said coldly, "You want to capture the Imperial Preceptor of Jingping and Emperor Yanfeng? Why do you not do it yourselves?"
Lou Yunqu's face was wreathed in smiles. "Very well. But before that, we had best destroy Taihuang Heaven first. Will the gods, demons, and divine ability users of Taihuang Heaven take their own lives, or shall I tie the nooses for you and knot them tight?"