Chapter 848 — The Blazing Heavenly Venerable
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Behind him, a white-haired old Daoist climbed to the topmost floor, looked all around, and saw no one at all; a look of suspicion came over his face, and he said, "No invaders?
" The Fire Heavenly Venerable said indifferently, "My senses were mistaken. No one has been here. Why is the Dao Ancestor not here?
" The old Daoist laughed.
"The Dao Ancestor has not returned here for a hundred years or more. He is a dragon that shows its head but never its tail; I do not know when he will come back either. " The Fire Heavenly Venerable nodded slightly and said, "Dao Master, activate the Pavilion of Stored Archives, imprint the runes, and send them to the Creation Divine Artifact.
I will go on ahead. " The old Daoist hastily stirred his dharma power; all the jade slips in the Pavilion of Stored Archives flew up toward the jade pillar at the center, and at once a pillar of light rose from below, shining upon the phantom of the Yu Heavenly Venerable at the very top.
"Hold! " The old Daoist shouted, fixing those rays of light in place, then drew his sword and cut the phantom of the Yu Heavenly Venerable out of the jade pillar.
Strange to say, though he cut away a great chunk of that jade pillar, it began to grow back bit by bit, and soon was restored as before. Within this block of jade, the Yu Heavenly Venerable and those rune imprints still remained, clear and visible — for this old Daoist had used his dharma power to drive the runes, imprinting them into the fine jade.
Had Shen Mu, Lin Xuan and the others still been present, they would surely have been struck dumb, stamping their feet in secret frustration. They had thought only of how to record these rune dao; Shen Mu had even refined a bright mirror, rebuilding the space within it by main force, spending a very long time before he succeeded in forging a treasure capable of imprinting these rune dao.
Yet even they, clever beyond measure as they were, had never imagined that the way to imprint these rune dao lay at the very topmost floor — and was so simple! One need only imprint the rune dao, then cut it off and carry it away, and one would obtain all the rune dao of the Pavilion of Stored Archives, leaving no trace behind. Only, the cleverer a man is, the more easily he gets stuck on a point.
The Fire Heavenly Venerable walked down the stairs and soon came outside the Pavilion of Stored Archives.
Yet he hesitated, and did not head for the Lingxiao Treasure Hall; he said silently in his heart, "Mu Heavenly Venerable, you have appeared again. Is this time the real you?
In the dark years past you appeared many times, and yet I knew it was not you. " He looked toward the distant Lingxiao Treasure Hall, his expression shifting: "Though you struck me, you investigated the murderer for the Yu Heavenly Venerable and avenged him; in my heart I bear you no hatred at all — rather, I am full of respect.
But what have you come for this time? You do not know that this is no longer a million years ago.
You now are too weak.
. . " He withdrew his gaze and walked in the direction opposite the Lingxiao Treasure Hall.
In Youdu, Shen Mu stood on the boat, looking all around, searching for Lin Xuan, Xiao Chunfeng and Yu Hongxiu, and said, "I pushed them into Youdu; they should have landed nearby. " The old underworld courier at the prow hung the storm lantern on the bow and said, "Youdu is so vast.
They are not living beings of Youdu, nor are they the divine son of Youdu, the Mingdu Heavenly King. Here they cannot use divine abilities, nor fly; of course they will fall, just as you did in those years, straight down.
If they are not gods, they will likely fall for several hundred years and then die of old age — or they may simply suffocate.
There is no air in the darkness; they cannot breathe.