Chapter 912 — Meeting an Old Acquaintance on the Escort Road
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The Divine Sovereign Wuji was thrown into utter panic. When Shen Mu left the capital of Jingping and wandered to this place, he had taken him for a soft persimmon.
Though Shen Mu bore the title of the Overlord Body of Jingping, and was moreover the Heaven Venerable Mu among the Nine Heaven Venerables whose fame had spread since the early years of Longhan, the great powers of the Heavenly Court all knew exactly what this Heaven Venerable Mu amounted to. He was merely a nobody from Jingping who had accidentally crossed into the early years of Longhan and, with knowledge a million years ahead of that age, bluffed his way into the title of Heaven Venerable. And the so-called Overlord Body was nothing but a joke, a bully lording it over a little mud puddle called Jingping.
What had truly made others wary was his identity as the Divine Son of Youdu. But now Shen Mu was no longer the Divine Son of Youdu; he had instead become a soulless man whose days were numbered, and so anyone could give him a pinch. Yet now it appeared that this Heaven Venerable Mu was not as simple as he had imagined!
His own strength was exceedingly bizarre; though his cultivation was still low, his divine powers had already grown incomprehensible.
And the plump dragon qilin at his side was terrifying in both strength and method, even above himself, the military governor of the Eastern Heaven Palace! Unless he mustered the great army of gods and demons of the Eastern Heaven Palace and set their formation, he could not bring him down, and in this palace he had no such chance at all. More to the point, he did not dare.
Others with backing could kill Shen Mu; he did not dare.
Those people had backing; the powers behind them cared nothing for the infamy of slaying a Heaven Venerable, and could casually push out some scapegoat to bear the blame. But the being behind him was the Azure Emperor of the Eastern Heaven, and the crime of slaying a Heaven Venerable was more than even the Azure Emperor of the Eastern Heaven could bear.
Shen Mu looked around and smiled. "Divine Sovereign, as a guest, I am filled with guilt for wrecking your temple.
" The Divine Sovereign Wuji could detect not the slightest trace of guilt in him, and forced a smile. "No matter.
In the early years of Longhan, Heaven Venerable, you even tore down the Jade Pool, so what is a little place like mine?
" Shen Mu laughed heartily and raised a hand to pat his shoulder, but alas, the Divine Sovereign Wuji was too tall, and he could not reach.
The Divine Sovereign Wuji hastily bent low, and Shen Mu was at last able to pat his shoulder with ease, quite satisfied. He smiled.
"Divine Sovereign, you know me very well, and you know my tastes. Then do you know what I intend to do next?
" The Divine Sovereign Wuji lowered his brows and eyes in submission. "May I ask what the Heaven Venerable intends?
" "I intend to leave Jingping," Shen Mu said. "To wander about a while, to look up old acquaintances of the Origin World. The first place I must go is the Great Prison, to visit a prisoner and see how an old friend fares.
After that, I intend to go to the Heavenly Court and call upon old acquaintances there. " The Divine Sovereign Wuji was startled.
"Heaven Venerable, if you go to the Heavenly Court, will you not be walking to your death? " Shen Mu shot him a glance, and the Divine Sovereign Wuji hastily bowed. This time Shen Mu did not pat his shoulder. "You are still too young.
As a Heaven Venerable, when I go to the Heavenly Court I shall be received with courtesy.
In those days my little companions never dared move against me openly; at most they played a dirty trick or two.
" Though the Divine Sovereign Wuji thought his title of Heaven Venerable an empty name, a reputation that could not stand up to scrutiny, he could not help admiring his courage and mettle. "That the Heaven Venerable Mu should possess such daring is truly admirable. Then I wish the Heaven Venerable a smooth journey.
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