Chapter 1001 — The Twentieth Sword
The Herdsman of the Wasteland · Page 2 of 5
When all is said and done, we Creators are a race of failures who merely hid ourselves away here. We have no great ambition; we are people who seek only peace and survival. " She paused, then said, "I will tell them of the promise of this peace pact through divine consciousness. When they see the world that will come of establishing the Nether Capital of the Other Shore, they will understand what you have done.
And the ancient spirits in the Great Void who have turned into monsters will find peace as well; that will make them respect you all the more.
" Shen Mu thanked her. God King Langwan saw that his gaze had never left the Thirty-Three Heavens of Wuyou Township, and knew how keenly he longed for home. "Do you truly mean to wait two months before entering Wuyou Township?
" Shen Mu smiled. "Of course not.
I will sneak in quietly, naturally, and see what Wuyou Township has made of itself in these twenty thousand years.
" God King Langwan blinked her bright eyes, deeply curious as to what he had in mind. "Kai Huang's reforms move from the top down.
Once the gods and demons of the upper tiers have reformed, they pass the fruits of that reform down to the common people. " Shen Mu's eyes glittered. "Then what is taught in the academies and halls of learning in Wuyou Township must be the supreme arts of Kai Huang's Heavenly Court. They spare no effort to teach mortals, so that they may become miracle-workers, become gods. So in these two months I mean to travel through Wuyou Township beginning from its lowest heaven, Taihuang Heaven, and observe whether its divine arts and ways of the Dao have advanced or fallen back from what they once were. " God King Langwan laughed.
"You still mean to fight Shen Ye, then?
" Shen Mu did not deny it. A faint smile surfaced on his face. "He is Shen Tianzun; I am Mu Tianzun. A million years ago we already could not bear the sight of each other, only back then we never settled who was stronger. Now that we meet again, kinship remains between us, yet we still cannot bear the sight of each other.
That being so, a fight is the better course. Know your enemy and know yourself, and in a hundred battles you will never be in danger. " A sly light flickered in his eyes. "These days he has spent all his strength on opening the Nether Capital of the Other Shore, and he must also soothe the common folk and the gods and demons of Wuyou Township so that they set aside their hatred. He has no leisure to watch me, no leisure to study my arts of the Dao and divine power, while I can trace out, from every clue and thread, the mysteries of his sword way of the Thirty-Three Heavens.
" God King Langwan hesitated. "I must soothe the Creators, and I must also marshal them to help Big Head, to help your brother create the Nether Capital of the Other Shore. I fear I will have no leisure to go with you.
" Shen Mu felt a pang of regret.
He greatly liked the feeling of having God King Langwan at his side.
This woman was incomparably clever. As an enemy she had terrifying means of dealing with her foes; as a friend she would exhaust every ability to help her friends.
And God King Langwan was a woman of stunning beauty, yet she did not press upon him as Yun Chuxiu did. With this goddess king beside him, Shen Mu felt that even his own mind ran far more nimbly than usual. But God King Langwan had to leave to attend to real business; he could not keep her by force.
The three of them returned to the great camp of the Creators.
Shen Mu watched her depart, and Shujun, at his side, said, "This Goddess King is a remarkable woman, and her cultivation is formidable, far more formidable than mine in my day. " Shen Mu said with some regret, "It is a pity she was visualized into being. There is no such perfect creature in this world.
. .
" "Visualized into being?
" Shujun could not help laughing.
"What are you thinking?