Chapter 773 — This Flavor Really Is Not Bad
The Herdsman of the Wasteland · Page 2 of 4
When Lingxiao and Dizuo powerhouses died they lost their bodies of flesh and were left with only their primal spirits; their strength was indeed much reduced, putting them on a par with demon-gods of the Yujing and Lingxiao realms.
Yet the breadth of vision and understanding they had won in life remained, far above that of demon-gods of the Yujing realm. That so many powerhouses should surround and attack him and still suffer such grievous losses made their hearts quail and their flesh creep. Lu Li had taken the Divine Son of Youdu unawares and gathered him into the cauldron.
If the Life-Slaying Cauldron were opened and the wretch escaped, then to gather him into the cauldron a second time would be harder still by far, and who could say how many ancient beings would die for it! "These three fellow Daoists sacrificed themselves to be rid of the Divine Son of Youdu; their righteousness reaches the clouds, and we stand in awe of them.
" Suddenly Gao Tianwang, his face full of compassion, laid his palm upon the Life-Slaying Cauldron and wept, saying: "Such noble devotion from three fellow Daoists!
I must weep aloud for them, and speed these righteous men upon their way! " The other ancient beings, their faces stricken, choked and shed tears, and said with one voice: "A farewell to our three fellow Daoists! " The sound of weeping filled the place.
Lu Li watched them with a smiling face, then suddenly broke into a brilliant smile and said: "Enough, enough, there is no need for such grief, gentlemen.
The Divine Son of Youdu, having fallen into the cauldron, is not necessarily going to die at once. So that those three fellow Daoists need not suffer overlong, let us rouse the Life-Slaying Cauldron at once, and send our three fellow Daoists and the Divine Son of Youdu on their way together! " The company's faces darkened, and Yan Qianzhong said icily: "Jiedushi Lu Li, your mind is too set on gain.
Those three fellow Daoists died because of you, and you can still laugh!
" Lu Li burst into loud sobs, tears falling like rain, and wiping them away said: "Others call me grasping; who knows that my laughter is forced? " Xuanming could not bear to watch and said softly: "The business at hand matters most.
Let us finish that first and talk afterward.
" Gao Tianwang's brows lifted, and he said: "Once the Divine Son of Youdu is refined to death, whose will his body of flesh be?
" Every heart in the crowd skipped. Gao Tianwang chuckled: "Four Jiedushi, the Heaven-Blending Net was forged by us magnates of Youdu, working together, against the Divine Son of Youdu. Now that so many fellow Daoists have died, we grieve, to be sure, but the Divine Son of Youdu's body of flesh is no small thing. We had best settle first whose it shall be.
" Lu Li frowned slightly and said with a smile: "What is Gao Tianwang's view? Speak plainly, by all means.
" Gao Tianwang laughed low: "We are nothing but dead men.
What view could we have?
" Yan Qianzhong's heart stirred, and he said: "All four Jiedushi have bodies of flesh, while we old things have none.
When the Divine Son of Youdu is refined to death, his flesh must of course belong to us.
The four Jiedushi ought rightly to yield the prize. " Yuhuang sneered: "You are so many ghosts, and there is only one Divine Son of Youdu. How will you divide him? Since his body is not to be ours, then you had best settle here and now which of you it will belong to!
" The ancient beings were chilled at heart.
The lure of the Divine Son of Youdu's body was simply too great.
Only think: to be reborn, to hold power to rival Tubo's, to keep growing, and to take Tubo's place would be but a matter of time! Around the Life-Slaying Cauldron all was still; the ancient beings stood by it in silence. Lu Li laughed coldly in her heart.