Chapter 916 — The Venerable Breaks the Prison
The Herdsman of the Wasteland · Page 4 of 4
Whether I live or die on this journey I do not know, and so I came to see you. " Emperor Yanfeng was silent a while, then said hoarsely, "Go to the Heavenly Court?
To serve as a hostage? " Shen Mu laughed aloud: "I am a Heaven Venerable—how could I go to the Heavenly Court to be their hostage?
Your Majesty jests. I go to the Heavenly Court to visit an old friend.
" Imperial Preceptor Jingping's eyes flickered, and he said, "Senior brother, going to the Heavenly Court is indeed a good plan—to place oneself in a death ground and then live, that is the only road left.
Only, your body.
. . " Shen Mu yawned and said, "My body now grows worse by the day.
Without a soul, my cultivation and strength dwindle daily; I can barely keep myself alive, and often, walking along, I fall into a deep sleep, and sleep three or four days at a stretch.
" Imperial Preceptor Jingping frowned: "In such a state, to go to the Heavenly Court—is that not to throw your life away?
" Shen Mu's spirit flagged again, his eyes heavy with sleep, and he said, "I have my own plans.
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. " Suddenly his snoring rose, and just like that he had fallen asleep.
Yan Shaoqing stood smiling at one side, saying nothing, and did not support Shen Mu, letting him lie down as he would.
Dragon Qilin and Yan'er seemed long used to this, and showed no surprise at all. Emperor Yanfeng choked, and tears fell: "Cult Master Shen truly is finished.
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" Yan Shaoqing waited three or four days, and at last Shen Mu slowly came to, and cried out, "I fell asleep again? How many days did I sleep? " Yan Shaoqing said, "Heaven Venerable slept three days and ten hours.
" Shen Mu said apologetically, "To think I slept so long, and delayed the Left Junior Assistant's affairs.
Well then, the visit ends here; I should be going!
Your Majesty, junior brother, farewell!
" Emperor Yanfeng and Imperial Preceptor Jingping rose and took their leave of him.
Yan Shaoqing escorted Shen Mu out of the Great Prison.
The wooden gate of the prison closed, sealing the underground jail, and Yan Shaoqing checked the rune lock on the gate with meticulous care before he was at ease.
He escorted Shen Mu out of White Bone City as well. Shen Mu turned and said, "Left Junior Assistant, stay your steps; there is no need to see me further.
" Yan Shaoqing bowed and said, "I respectfully see Heaven Venerable off.
" He watched Shen Mu ride away on Dragon Qilin's head, vanishing beyond sight, and only then returned to the Judge's Shrine, opened the register of official business, and took up his brush to write down that Heaven Venerable Mu had come to visit the prison—when suddenly he gave a slight start. Yan Shaoqing's face changed slightly.
He set down the brush and swiftly leafed through the register, and saw that the other pages were blank!
Cold sweat broke out on Yan Shaoqing's brow. This register should bear his handwriting, recording the great and small affairs of the Great Prison—and now the words he had written with his own hand had all vanished!
"Heaven Venerable Mu, my consciousness divine abilities have reached the summit, and I have even obtained the Undying Consciousness of the Three Primal Spirits; I am but half a step from the Emperor Throne!
You dare to show off your paltry skill before me?
" Consciousness burst from the center of Yan Shaoqing's brow, and he cried fiercely, "Break for me! " The waves of his consciousness divine ability surged in all directions, and the next moment heaven and earth changed abruptly; the world seemed to lose its colors, from many-hued to black and white!
Then the black and white faded too, and Yan Shaoqing found that he was not in the Judge's Shrine at all, but still standing deep in the Great Prison, before the cages of Imperial Preceptor Jingping and Emperor Yanfeng!