Chapter 1024 — The Heavenly Dragon-Drawn Treasure Chariot
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" Shen Mu was about to speak when Yun Chuxiu cried excitedly, "To the Eastern Extremity first! " Shen Mu's face sank, and unable to contain himself any longer, he pointed a trembling finger at the woman and laughed in fury. "Yuanmu, you've fallen into degradation now, all ruined and reckless—where is the bearing you once had?
Don't forget, it was I who beat that bastard son of yours and the Heavenly Emperor's, Hao, so badly he couldn't tend to himself for a thousand years!
And I did it right before your eyes, while you stood by helpless! " Yun Chuxiu hastily flung herself before him, carefully pounded his legs, looked up at him with a woebegone air, and said, "Calm your anger, Heavenly Venerable.
How did you know I was Yuanmu?
Could it be that I let something slip in Taixu? I do so love the way the Heavenly Venerable looks when he's angry. . . " Shen Mu's bellyful of rage had nowhere to vent, and he only snorted.
Yun Chuxiu tittered. "Hao is no good at all. He plotted against his own father and would have plotted against me too, but since he couldn't well do it himself, he asked Heavenly Venerable Ling to deal with me. Luckily I was clever—I had been on my guard against Ling all along, and I used her hand to feign death and slip away.
She only did me a favor.
When you beat him, I was angry at first, but later I was very pleased. " She pounded his legs, saying fervently, "On this journey, many Heavenly Venerables will surely strike at you—and among them will be Hao! You have offended him too bitterly; I want to watch with my own eyes as he beats you to death! " Shen Mu said dejectedly, "Just let Heavenly Venerable Hao beat me to death, then. Stop pounding—go back to your seat and rest.
Dutian, let's not go to the Eastern Extremity first; let's go to the Yuan Realm, and from the Yuan Realm to the Eastern Extremity. I haven't returned to the Yuan Realm in a long time—I want to go home and visit kinsfolk and friends. " Demon King Dutian acknowledged and drove the nine dragons to pull the chariot toward a spirit-energy transfer bridge.
Yun Chuxiu was flighty by nature; she ran out of the carriage again and gripped the pillar to look around. Divine King Langwo showed a trace of suspicion and glanced at Shen Mu. Shen Mu's spiritual sense rippled, and he sent a message of the mind: "She is Lady Yuanmu among the ten Heavenly Venerables, though I don't know which identity she wears within their ranks. Lady Yuanmu is also an ancient god—an ancient god born in Guixu, the Heavenly Emperor's paramour, and the sister of the Empress.
" "Her temperament is exceedingly odd.
" Divine King Langwo said in surprise, "As Lady Yuanmu of Guixu, shouldn't she be dignified, generous, and proper in demeanor?
How can she be this way? " Shen Mu sighed; once Lady Yuanmu had taken on Jue Wuchen's form, her temper had indeed become impossible to fathom. Shujun's spiritual sense rippled, cutting into their exchange: "The ancient god Yuanmu controls the power that destroys all things. In the primordial age, this was already her nature—as irritating as she was endearing.
" Shen Mu glanced at him and asked, "Does Divine King Shujun know that the ancient god Heavenly Emperor was oviparous?
" Shujun nodded. "Yes.
" Shen Mu pressed hastily, "If the Heavenly Emperor came from an egg, then where did the egg come from? " "That I don't know.
" Shujun shook his head. "We don't know where the Primeval Divine Stone or the Primeval Origin Stone came from, nor where the Primal Chaos liquid came from, nor where those primordial giant beasts came from. The egg of the ancient god Heavenly Emperor was picked up by the Great Emperor's tribesmen from a treasure spot in the ancestral court.
I know little of it.
" Shen Mu frowned.
Shujun went on, "It is said that when the Great Emperor's tribesmen found the egg, they saw that it was enormous and that within it was a life—a life even more ancient than the race of the Creator, yet lost in slumber.