Chapter 947 — Hard to Tell the True Heavenly Venerable from the False
The Herdsman of the Wasteland · Page 4 of 5
Brother—Heavenly Venerable—Brother Ninth, I shall go on ahead! " She flew swiftly away with the blueprints, back toward the Jade Pure Heavenly Palace, thinking, "These Spirit-Energy Translocation Bridges are truly of great use. They can connect the Heavenly Court with other heavens, not only the Yuan Realm. If I build such bridges, this palace can rule over many more heavens and worlds. . . " Shen Mu, Qi Jiuyi, Yun Jianli, and the others headed for the Jade Pool.
Yun Jianli was full of doubt; he held it in for a long while before finally asking, "Why did the Heavenly Venerable give the Spirit-Energy Translocation Bridge to Yun Chuxiu? Such a bridge is of immense use. If it connects the Heavenly Court and the Yuan Realm, the gods of the Heavenly Court can descend whenever they please, giving the Yuan Realm no chance to react at all! The Heavenly Court's rule would only grow more secure! " Shen Mu nodded and smiled.
"Jingping is now merely a small vassal state under the Heavenly Court, and it is not rebelling. What is there to fear? " Yun Jianli's suspicions deepened. "I do not believe you are so dull as not to know the use of the Spirit-Energy Translocation Bridge. What exactly are you planning? " Shen Mu did not answer, only smiled. "With the Spirit-Energy Translocation Bridge, you can go to the lower world too.
You need not stay in the Heavenly Court. " He had set Jingping's future strategy, to break the eight prohibitions the Ancient God Heavenly Emperor had laid down against Jingping's reforms.
The most crucial of them was to have Jingping develop casting, to forge divine weapons and sharp tools for the Heavenly Court. And to do that, a trade route had to be opened.
Shipping goods from Jingping to the Heavenly Court—even with a Phoenix Ship, unmatched swift vessel under heaven—took a full year for the round trip. With an ordinary tower ship, a single round trip might well consume a century.
The Spirit-Energy Translocation Bridge could open that trade route, greatly shortening the time of trade between Jingping and the Heavenly Court. In this way, Jingping's path of building the nation through casting could be greatly shortened as well. If Spirit-Energy Translocation Bridges spread throughout all the heavens and worlds, and trade flowed, the heavens and worlds would be squeezed out by Jingping—and the time of their rebellion would come greatly sooner!
But he could not build the Spirit-Energy Translocation Bridge himself.
If he proposed it, it would rouse the suspicion of the other Heavenly Venerables. The simplest and most effective way was to hand it to the Empress Consort and let her build it. Once the Empress Consort built one, the other Heavenly Venerables would build them too for their own gain, linking up all the heavens and worlds, and thus achieving his aim!
Before they reached the Jade Pool, a god suddenly blocked their path and bowed. "Heavenly Venerable Mu, Heavenly Venerable Hao requests that you attend a banquet at Haotian Palace. " Shen Mu's heart gave a lurch.
He sneered, "He and I are enemies. Nothing good can come of his banquet.
I will not go! " The god was taken aback. Shen Mu hurried away.
Yan'er, perched on his shoulder, saw a mass of fine gooseflesh rise on the back of his neck. "That wretch Heavenly Venerable Hao must have used the Creation Artifact to make another me.
Asking me to a banquet is really to kill me! " Before they reached the Jade Pool, another woman came forward and said, "Young Master Yun, Lady Yunxiao asks you to come back.
" Yun Jianli had never seen that person and was puzzled, but he obeyed and left with the woman. Not long after, a god under the Red Emperor of the Southern Heaven blocked their way and bowed.
"The Red Emperor misses the young master and asks him to come.
" Qi Jiuyi said in surprise, "My master has come? Is she not in the lower world?
Second Brother, come with me! " The Dragon Qilin looked at Shen Mu.