Chapter 982 — The Stubborn Elder Brother
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The Life-Slaying Cauldron, A Chou, Tubo's reincarnated body.
This experience was stored in the Life-Slaying Cauldron's memories; Shen Mu had once "lived through" that arduous period of Tubo's life in an extraordinary way. In that "experience," he became A Chou, setting the little girl with ox horns on his shoulder, dragging chains of incomparable weight that had been transformed from the Great Way of the Nether Capital, and fighting all the way up to the Heavenly Court to plunge it into darkness. Because it was the Life-Slaying Cauldron's memory, Shen Mu had almost lived that life anew as A Chou, and so the experience had left a deep mark on him. Heaven Venerable Xu looked at the Life-Slaying Cauldron; some hazy memories surged into her mind, then gradually blurred again. Her expression returned to normal as she cast a cold glance at Shen Mu.
"Heaven Venerable Mu, Fire Heavenly Venerable, the three of us should be enough to cross the Void Bridge and reach the other shore directly. " She turned a blind eye to the cauldron and looked to Fire Heavenly Venerable, who was maintaining the Ark of the Other Shore, and proposed, "So long as we work in sincere cooperation, the mystery of Carefree Village can be solved!
" Fire Heavenly Venerable's voice came: "I have long wanted to cooperate with you; it was you who would not agree. " Heaven Venerable Xu looked at Shen Mu and asked, "What does Heaven Venerable Mu think?
" Shen Mu put away the Life-Slaying Cauldron and smiled.
"I too have long planned to find Carefree Village. " Heaven Venerable Xu nodded.
She had crossed the Void Bridge alone, and her injuries were severe; at once she sat down and quietly healed.
Shen Mu frowned slightly.
Heaven Venerable Xu's attitude made him suspicious.
By rights, Heaven Venerable Xu should recognize the Life-Slaying Cauldron, but judging by her manner, although she remembered it, she did not seem greatly stirred.
"Could Heaven Venerable Xu be like the Ancestral God King? The Ancestral God King, though he was the son of Heaven Duke, had only one desire: to kill Heaven Duke and take his place. Can it be that Heaven Venerable Xu harbors the same intention, meaning to kill Tubo and take his place?
" Heaven Venerable Xu was the daughter of A Chou, Tubo's reincarnated body. She had fallen into the hands of the ancient god, the Heavenly Emperor, and had become the handle that the Heavenly Emperor held over Tubo. The Heavenly Emperor used her as a hostage to control Tubo.
What Heaven Venerable Xu had experienced over the years, and what sort of education she had received, Shen Mu had no idea. At that time, Heaven Venerable Xu had been a little girl who had only just come into the world, no more than a blank sheet of paper.
Her notions of good and evil, of right and wrong, had all been formed in the Heavenly Court.
What kind of person she would grow into depended entirely on what the Heavenly Court had instilled in her. "Fire Heavenly Venerable told me to be wary of her," he said to himself. "It seems I must indeed be wary of her.
" With Heaven Venerable Xu and Fire Heavenly Venerable, along with the Ark of the Other Shore that Shen Mu had visualized, the journey proceeded much more smoothly.
At last they arrived at the three houses at the end of the Void Bridge.
Shen Mu took down the star chart and, taking the lead, leaped from the Ark of the Other Shore together with Luo Wushuang, landing on the terrace of the three houses. Fire Heavenly Venerable and Heaven Venerable Xu also jumped down. The moment the two landed, the Ark of the Other Shore shattered in the void storm and was swept into the void as surging divine consciousness.
All three houses glowed with brilliant lamplight. Even though they stood in the void, they had not been destroyed by the void storm; their flames did not so much as flicker, which could not but astonish one.