Chapter 953 — Where the Mind Reaches, All Becomes Real
The Herdsman of the Wasteland · Page 2 of 4
" Shen Mu asked curiously: "Then why has Your Highness summoned me here in such haste? Surely not merely to tell me this?
" Yun Chuxiu's face shifted through sun and shade; suddenly she sighed: "I want to go, but I dare not go in my true body. " Shen Mu meant to question her further, when Long Qilin said: "Sect Master, it is time to eat.
" Shen Mu went over, refined a few spirit elixirs, and handed them to Long Qilin.
Long Qilin stared at his own bowl and set to the elixirs with the utmost seriousness, then suddenly broke into a chortling laugh: "Sect Master, I heard a story from Qi Jiuyi that nearly killed me laughing.
Let me tell it to you. " Shen Mu grunted, curious: "What amusing story did Qi Jiuyi tell? " Long Qilin said: "Once there was a man who was very lecherous, and then he died. The end.
Is it funny?
Hahahaha—" Shen Mu stared at him. Long Qilin swallowed his laugh and went back to eating the elixirs with the utmost seriousness.
Shen Mu rose and said mildly: "You tell it well.
Let me tell you a story. Among the elixirs in this bowl, one is poisonous.
My story is finished.
" Long Qilin stopped at once, staring at the elixirs in the bowl, cold sweat starting on his brow. Before long a divine official came to proclaim the decree, ordering Heavenly Venerable Shen Mu to lead three hundred gods and demons to the Great Void and join Heavenly Venerable Fire and Heavenly Venerable Void.
Shen Mu received the decree, and saw behind the official three hundred gods and demons. At their head was Luo Wushuang, with a disciple of the Lingxiu Army at his side, likewise missing an arm. The rest varied in cultivation, high and low — disciples of Heavenly Venerables, most likely.
The divine official stepped forward — the same one who had come to sweep the Jade Sea last time — and said with a smile: "Heavenly Venerable Mu, the ship is ready. Make your preparations and set out as soon as you may.
" Shen Mu looked to the sea, and there indeed was a tower ship. He smiled: "Are the supplies ready?
Where is the map of the Great Void? " The divine official shook his head: "The Great Void needs no supplies, and the Great Void has no map.
Once you arrive, Heavenly Venerable, you will understand. " Luo Wushuang and the others had already boarded. Shen Mu frowned slightly and said to Yan'er and Long Qilin: "This journey is perilous beyond measure. Stay behind; there is no need for you to come with me.
After I leave, Yan'er, take Fat Long to see the Southern Emperor, Vermilion Bird. Under her protection you will come to no harm.
" Yan'er hesitated, then said: "Young Master, of these three hundred gods and demons, at least two hundred have murder in their hearts toward you.
If I am at your side I can protect you. .
. " "No need.
" Shen Mu smiled slightly: "If the Land of No Sorrow truly lies in the Great Void, then my elder brother is there as well. With my brother there, no one can touch me!
" Yan'er thought it over carefully, then took out a lantern: "Young Master, take this treasure with you. Her Highness the Heavenly Venerable gave it to me for protection. " Shen Mu accepted the lantern and boarded the tower ship, where he found Yun Chuxiu also aboard.
He started slightly, then smiled: "Did Your Highness not say you were not going? " Yun Chuxiu sighed, somewhat listless, worry on her face: "Every part of me shrinks from going, and yet I long to go once more, and probe the true face of the Great Void. " The tower ship rose slowly into the air, sailing toward the north of the Heavenly Court.
Shen Mu ventured: "Is the Great Void truly so terrible? If Your Highness has been there, you might tell us of the perils within, so that we may prepare. " Yun Chuxiu hesitated a moment, then said: "I have indeed been there.