Chapter 841 — Blood Might Subdues
The Herdsman of the Wasteland · Page 2 of 4
Shen Mu smiled faintly and called out in a loud, clear voice: "Shen Mu of the Jingping Overlord Physique, and Lin Xuan, Dao Lord of the Jingping Daoist Sect, have come to pay respects to the Azure Cloud Sect Master and the Envoy of the Heavenly Court! Azure Cloud Sect Master, you are but a branch of the Daoist Sect—why do you not hasten out to welcome us? " His voice was resonant and thunderous, surging up from the foot of the mountain and bursting apart over the Azure Cloud Heavenly Dao Palace, echoing through the palace and all twenty-four halls.
The many Daoists searching for the thieving old Daoist involuntarily halted and turned to look this way. The atmosphere in an instant became unbearably oppressive.
Daoist Yuchen's expression shifted slightly. Dao Lord Lin Xuan, meanwhile, gazed at his nose and his navel, utterly unruffled, as though he had long foreseen that Shen Mu would speak thus.
He said serenely: "Sect Master Shen bears the Jingping Overlord Physique, unmatched through all ages.
Having proclaimed your name so boldly, I fear there are more people in the Daoist Palace who wish to kill you than there are hairs on an ox. " Shen Mu laughed: "There are many in this world who wish to kill me, yet I remain alive. Though I bear the title of Overlord Physique, that title was earned through slaughter, not through flattery.
You should not worry about me—you should worry about yourself. I called the Azure Cloud Sect a branch of the Daoist Sect; how could the Azure Cloud Sect possibly tolerate you? " Dao Lord Lin Xuan flicked his whisk and roared with laughter. Daoist Yuchen frowned and said in a low voice: "You two have no sense of propriety at all!
It was out of fellowship as fellow disciples that I allowed you up the mountain.
You could have come up quietly and the Sect Master would have met you quietly, bestowed some benefits upon you, and you could have gone down the mountain. Now that you have proclaimed your names, once the Heavenly Court Envoy learns of it, how could he possibly tolerate you? " As his words fell, an aged voice issued from within the Daoist Palace: "Yuchen, invite the young friends of the Jingping Daoist Sect and Overlord Physique Shen to enter. " Daoist Yuchen had no choice but to bow and assent.
"Follow me. You have stirred up disaster—whether you can leave alive is very much in doubt.
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" Shen Mu laughed: "Senior Brother Yuchen, we are not poor relatives come up the mountain to beg, slipping in quietly for a bite to eat only to be sent packing. What is a Heavenly Court Envoy worth? Did I not kill the Heavenly Court's Prince Qiuming? When you were in Lu County, your vision and insight were extraordinary and won my admiration—how is it that now you have returned to the Daoist Sect you have become so utterly diminished?
" Daoist Yuchen frowned deeply and led them into the Daoist Palace, shaking his head: "You do not know the vastness of heaven and earth.
" The two smiled faintly and walked into the Daoist Palace under the gaze of all.
Within, the main hall was exceedingly spacious, a hundred zhang across, yet strangely it had no dome above—the Daoist Palace was open to the sky, with sunlight pouring down. Shen Mu looked carefully and saw that it was precisely because the Daoist Palace lacked a dome that the radiance of the sun, moon, and stars above could all shine down; moreover, the space here seemed peculiar, for after the sun passed, the moonlight would cast its rays here, so that the Daoist Palace stood forever in brightness.