Chapter 908 — The Calamity Sword, Part Three: Meeting the Tribulation
The Herdsman of the Wasteland · Page 2 of 5
" Yan Qiling looked as if smiling and yet not smiling. "Though the Heavenly Emperor does not wish you dead, do not forget that many others do. This Yuan Realm may have fallen under the Heavenly Emperor's control, but he cannot fully command the Heavenly Court's armies that occupy it.
The giants of the Heaven Alliance will not let the Heavenly Emperor swallow the Yuan Realm whole; they must have planted untold numbers of spies, eyes, ears and forces.
You have no soul now.
If they destroy your consciousness, you will truly die. To the Heavenly Emperor you are a treasure; to them you are not. " She had clearly heard many rumors and knew some of the inside story. She said, "Gods and demons in the Yuan Realm are already scheming against you.
Be careful. I am off!
" Shen Mu waved his farewell. Zhe Huali came over, looked deeply at Shen Mu, and said, "Cult Master Shen, is there still hope for Jingping as it stands? " "A man who entered the dao through the blade should not ask such a question.
" Shen Mu said, "To ask it is to shame your demon blade. " Zhe Huali laughed. "I am only worried about you. If you do not die, I feel Jingping can still be saved, still has hope.
If you die, I will leave this place and never come back. " Shen Mu laughed heartily.
"Rest assured, you will be tethered to this land forever!
" Zhe Huali departed with a great laugh.
Shen Mu left the capital too, seated atop Dragon Qilin's head, while Yan'er fed Dragon Qilin spirit pills.
The sky gradually darkened, and under cover of night Shen Mu took out a relic of Ling Yushu and performed the Soul-Beckoning Art to gather Ling Yushu's shattered soul. He himself had no soul, but his cultivation and strength remained, his vision and insight remained, and he quickly gathered Ling Yushu's soul together. Ling Yushu's soul stood amid the sorrowful clouds, staring at him. Shen Mu said, "Your Highness Yushu, the underworld envoy will come here to guide you to Youdu.
Do not hate Emperor Yanfeng; he too acted for Jingping's sake. " Ling Yushu still stared at him, his form ethereal and insubstantial, and said, "I was never a match for my sister to begin with. She has the boldness of our imperial father, which I never had.
That day when he summoned me, I knew he meant to sacrifice me to protect Yuxiu. I knew, and yet I was willing.
" Just then a thread of lamplight shone through the darkness, and the old underworld envoy came steering his paper boat from Youdu to this place to bring Ling Yushu aboard. Ling Yushu still stared fixedly at him, unwilling to board. Shen Mu said, "What wish remains unfulfilled? " "Stay away from my sister! " Ling Yushu said. Shen Mu's face darkened.
The old underworld envoy lifted his lantern and shone it, and took Ling Yushu away. Standing on the boat, Ling Yushu cried, "Either you marry her now, or you stay far from her! If I learn that you have been running around with others, I will become a ghost and strangle you!
And if strangling fails, I will haunt your dreams every night and frighten you to death!
" The old underworld envoy halted the paper boat and, from who knows where, brought out a jade pendant and tossed it to Shen Mu.
Shen Mu was slightly startled: the pendant bore the character Shen, and it was precisely the jade pendant that contained the Shen-character continent. "Your brother has left. He departed Youdu with your parents for the Land Without Sorrow; Kaihuang can protect him.
" The old underworld envoy said, "There he will be all the safer, and Tubo need no longer worry about his safety. Tubo says he has already become a competent little Tubo; at your side he grew very quickly. This jade pendant is the Horn of Tubo.
It was originally used to suppress him, and it is also because of this pendant that you have a thousand ties to Youdu.
Tubo says the pendant is given to you.
" Shen Mu took the pendant and examined it closely.