Chapter 945 — Asking the Dharma Before the Toad, Seeking the Way Among Men
The Herdsman of the Wasteland · Page 2 of 5
" Yun Jianli's eyes flickered, and he smiled: "Why not go and take a look at Heavenly Venerable Yan and Heavenly Venerable Qiang?
" Yun Chuxiu shot him a glance and smiled sweetly: "Brother, have you forgotten? Those two Heavenly Venerables are heavenly consorts who live in the rear palace. How could we ever see them?
Why not go and visit Heavenly Venerable Hao? Surely Heavenly Venerable Hao has not gone out too? " Yun Jianli smiled and said nothing, thinking: 'Which Heavenly Venerable is she, really? Among the Heavenly Court's Ten Heavenly Venerables, besides Heavenly Venerable Qiang and Heavenly Venerable Yan, there are also Heavenly Venerable Gong and Heavenly Venerable Xu, who are women. But those two also avoid us and will not be seen.
I do not know which one Yun Chuxiu truly is. Is it possible that the Empress and her sister have become men? ' Shen Mu said, "Let us not go to see Heavenly Venerable Hao.
There is bad blood between us and we do not get along; if I went, he would only drive me out.
I hear the Dao Ancestor has returned to the Heavenly Court, so let us go to the Heavenly Court's Dao Sect and pay a visit to that old Daoist. " Yun Chuxiu delighted in chaos, but when Shen Mu said they would go to see the Dao Ancestor, her interest flagged. Shen Mu's purpose had been precisely to come and see the Dao Ancestor; he had not expected so many things to happen, to turn the Langxuan Divine Palace and the Ancestral King Palace upside down, or that the other Heavenly Venerables would avoid him.
Still, his going to the Heavenly Court's Dao Sect to visit the Dao Ancestor would not seem so abrupt.
The Heavenly Court's Dao Sect.
The Dao Sect had apparently never expected Shen Mu to come visiting, so that the old Daoist guarding the mountain gate and the divine beast guarding the door stared blankly as Shen Mu and the others approached, and only when they reached the gate did they come to their senses and hurry back into the sect to report. Before long, an old Daoist led many Dao Sect disciples out to greet them, apologizing: "The Heavenly Venerable has come from afar, and we failed to welcome you. We beg your forgiveness.
" Shen Mu studied the old Daoist. He was not the Dao Ancestor he had seen in the Longhan era, but by his voice he should be the old Daoist who had entered the Repository Pavilion together with Heavenly Venerable Huo.
"Heavenly Venerable, this is the Dao Master of the Dao Sect," Yun Jianli reminded him. "Is the Dao Ancestor here? " Shen Mu asked.
The Heavenly Court's Dao Master said hurriedly, "The Dao Ancestor returned to the Dao Sect a few days ago and is in seclusion.
Perhaps the Heavenly Venerable might come another day?
" Shen Mu smiled: "No matter. I can wait for him to come out of seclusion.
" The Heavenly Court's Dao Master had no choice but to invite him into the mountain.
The Heavenly Court's Dao Sect occupied an immense tract, and was more luxurious than the Jingping Dao Sect by far; it was a heavenly palace called the Jade Purity Heavenly Palace.
As for the Dao Sect under Dao Master Lin Xuan—though the whole Kunlun Realm belonged to the Dao Sect's domain, the sect occupied only one peak within it, with a few scattered Daoist temples and little incense burning. The Heavenly Court's Dao Sect, however, was luxurious to the utmost: palaces and halls magnificent, a thousand towers and ten thousand pavilions.
Nor did its Daoists wear plain Daoist robes; their dress was lavish, with nothing of the Daoist's habit about it, and they even had servants and attendants to see to their food, drink, and daily needs. In truth, those who entered the Heavenly Court's Dao Sect were not Daoists at all.