Chapter 1015 — It Never Rains but It Pours
The Herdsman of the Wasteland · Page 4 of 4
"Yun Chuxiu? Isn't she dead? Cut down by the Luo Shen Blade and thrown beneath the Void Bridge—has Lady Yuanmu made another Yun Chuxiu?"
Shen Mu's head ached dreadfully. The Great Void was a place of extreme peril; Lady Yuanmu had once suffered a great loss there, and should not be entering the Great Void again.
So long as she had not entered the Great Void, she could not know what Yun Chuxiu had encountered and witnessed there, and she certainly could not know that Luo Wushuang had already turned traitor.
The reason Lady Yuanmu had remade a Yun Chuxiu was, he guessed, that she had heard of his return and come to sound out the wind.
Only—if Yun Chuxiu came and ran into God King Langwan...
"Refuse her!"
Shen Mu waved a hand: "Simply send her away."
At that very moment, Yun Chuxiu's voice came drifting in: "Heavenly Lord Mu is so heartless—actually driving me off. Have you forgotten the love we shared in the Jade Pool?"
Shen Mu's head swelled to the size of a bucket. The woman had clearly already forced her way into the Heavenly Lord Residence and started spouting nonsense again. Yet if he was to keep his life in the Heavenly Court, he did indeed still need Lady Yuanmu.
Yun Chuxiu's laughter pierced his ear. Giggling, she said: "We shared hardship in the Great Void and true feeling came of it—is the Heavenly Lord truly going to be so heartless? Eh, who are you?"
Shen Mu's heart gave a lurch. He hurried out, and saw two "Jue Wuchens" facing each other, each staring wide-eyed at the other. One was Yun Chuxiu; the other was God King Langwan.
"When it rains, it pours..."
Shen Mu ground his teeth. He was just about to step forward when Yun Chuxiu sneered: "Is that you, sister? Where did you steal the Jue Wuchen blueprint from? Clearly I am the only one who has it!"
Just then another goddess came to report: "Heavenly Lord, Lian Huahun, a disciple of Heavenly Lord Hao, requests an audience."
Shen Mu's eye twitched wildly—the Empress had come as well!
Clearly the Empress too had learned that he had returned safely from the Great Void to the Heavenly Court, and had come to sound out his depths.
Yun Chuxiu wore a look of shock, gazing blankly at God King Langwan. If this woman who was nearly identical to herself was not a clone of the Empress, then who was she?
"Show her in," Shen Mu said, utterly dispirited.