Chapter 750 — Storm Clouds over the Immortal Pool
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He was about to raise the second matter when Yin Tianzi suddenly cried out, "Hao Tianzun!
" The other youth heard Yin Tianzi's call, turned his head, saw the company, broke into a smile, and saluted. "Yu Tianzun, these friends of yours have remarkable skill indeed! Have you already won them over?
" Yu Tianzun laughed heartily. "Not won over. Brother Shen and Brother Mu are both men of great worth, and this grand assembly at the Jade Pool could hardly do without them. I mean to memorialize His Majesty and ask that two titles of Tianzun be conferred, so that they may stand with us and be numbered among the Nine Tianzuns.
Hao Tianzun, what say you? " Shen Mu sized up this Hao Tianzun.
Hao Tianzun was the opener of the Five Luminaries Divine Treasury, and he wore a dark robe patterned with birds, beasts and fish, most magnificent. Behind his head there hung a halo too, and within the halo were five stars, the five luminaries surely.
Huo Tianzun's halo was oval in shape, while his was a perfect circle. His temper was unlike that of the other Tianzuns Shen Mu had met. Ling Tianzun was absorbed in her studies and careless of her person; You Tianzun had a strange, childlike temper; Huo Tianzun was open-hearted and simple; Yu Tianzun was smooth and accommodating in every direction, so that hardly anyone who dealt with him could feel dislike for him, and none could become his enemy. Hao Tianzun, by contrast, gave Shen Mu the sense of a man of fierce and unyielding heart: once he fixed upon a goal he pressed forward with courage and vigor, reckless of consequence, determined to attain it by any means. Compared with Yu Tianzun, he was still wanting in the art of dealing with the world; yet because his drive was so abundant, he was not to be taken lightly either.
Yu Tianzun's character had been polished to the point of perfection, but being too perfect, he hesitated, weighed and wavered, and was apt to let the moment slip. "Even so, judging by the several Tianzuns I have met so far, every one of them is a talent that overshadows the age; not one may be slighted.
" Shen Mu thought to himself, "This era is simply too vast and magnificent; that is why it can give birth to so many outstanding geniuses. " Hao Tianzun's gaze fell on Shen Mu's face.
Shen Mu nodded with a smile in greeting, but Hao Tianzun's eyes shifted away at once, glanced over Kai Huang and Old Niu, and he said, "The title of Tianzun is something you two senior brothers certainly deserve. I saw your battle as well; it was truly a dazzling display, and I admire it beyond words.
Whether the Heavenly Emperor will approve Yu Tianzun's memorial, though, is another matter. I have business to attend to.
" With that, he turned and left. Yu Tianzun watched him go and laughed.
"That is simply Hao Tianzun's way; do not take it to heart. " Yin Tianzi said, "Hao Tianzun is in fact a demigod. . . " Yu Tianzun shot him a glance, and Yin Tianzi hurriedly shut his mouth. Kai Huang asked, curious, "Why is Hao Tianzun a demigod?
And why is he able to open the Five Luminaries Divine Treasury and become a Tianzun? " Shen Mu said, "Why are you so curious?
" Kai Huang looked at him.
"And you are not?
" Shen Mu gave a snort, then turned a face full of curiosity and asked, "Indeed, Yu Tianzun, why is Hao Tianzun a demigod, and why is he able to open the Five Luminaries Divine Treasury? " Kai Huang suppressed the urge to draw his sword and cut him down, and looked at Yu Tianzun as well.
Yu Tianzun hesitated a moment, then explained, "There is another reason behind this.
Hao Tianzun's opening of the Five Luminaries Divine Treasury was an experiment by the ancient gods.
He is the son of an ancient god and a human. " The two of them were both slightly taken aback.
Yu Tianzun led them into the Empress's detached palace, which was already thronged with people.