Chapter 787 — Within and Beyond the Chessboard
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Shen Mu examined Indra Heavenly King Buddha's injuries and laughed: "Although many bones are broken, Martial Combat Heavenly Master showed great restraint. None of the wounds on your Buddha body are severe; the primordial spirit is unharmed. " Indra Heavenly King Buddha looked at him with a complicated expression.
He had thought Shen Mu was simply making a jest, never expecting that the Divine Bridge's divine treasury had actually shattered. "After all, he and I are old acquaintances, and there is a certain friendship between us; he would not deal me a killing blow.
But you. .
. " He sighed.
"Your Divine Bridge divine treasury has been ruined. What is to be done from now on. .
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That old scoundrel, he struck so hard! Did he not know you are a descendant of Kaihuang? " Yet Indra Heavenly King Buddha also knew that Martial Combat Heavenly Master had never feared heaven or earth, and gave no one any face. In the old days, when Kaihuang's descendants broke the law and caused trouble, he would slaughter them on the spot, and even when Kaihuang learned of it, he said nothing. "In truth, it has nothing to do with you. " Shen Mu paced around him, his ten fingers flying and forming visions of lotuses, treasure vases, gods and Buddhas, and he used the Creation art to reconnect his broken bones.
"Rather, he and I made an agreement: he would go guard the kingdom of Jingping, while I destroy the Divine Bridge divine treasury and open it anew, thoroughly resolving the Divine Bridge problem for everyone in the Douniu Realm, the Ruins, and Jingping. What I said just now about taking a punch to save you was only a joke.
" Indra Heavenly King Buddha still frowned. "But to destroy your Divine Bridge divine treasury outright, that is going a bit too far. " Shen Mu stopped. Before and behind him, a thousand arms bloomed like a flower, each clasping a different Creation mudra, which he stamped upon the other's body. Then the thousand arms withdrew, and all the manifestations faded. He smiled slightly.
"Only by burning the boats can one be truly valiant; only by cutting off all retreat can one press forward. I am very grateful that he took the initiative to shatter my divine treasury, stripping away every hesitation and leaving me with a single mind and no lingering illusions! " Indra Heavenly King Buddha rose to his feet and moved his limbs, discovering that his wounds had already healed for the most part.
Astonished, he gave a silent word of praise, then shook his head.
"You are both madmen, you and he. " "One cannot achieve true living without a touch of madness. " Shen Mu steadied his breathing, his gaze deep. "I studied the martial way under Martial Combat Heavenly Master for some time. What I learned was not his techniques or divine powers, but the spirit of the martial way.
What is the spirit of the martial way? Persistence! Once you have that spirit, you must act on it, carry it through to the end, and make it real! And also. .
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" He smiled. "In the ancient age, the seven who opened the divine treasuries were honored as the Seven Celestial Venerables.
They created out of nothing, opening the seven divine treasuries and establishing the cultivation system of divine treasuries for later ages. They made something from nothing, whereas I already know that something exists, so the difficulty for me is much smaller.
I absolutely can open the Divine Bridge divine treasury. " He had a mighty conviction.
That conviction was not simply something the village head's one phrase about an overlord's physique could have given him; it came from long years of experience and hardship. Ever since he had returned to the ancient era, arriving at the beginning of Longhan, meeting the Seven Celestial Venerables, and living through a series of upheavals in those early Longhan days, his faith and confidence had grown ever stronger.