Chapter 1032 — The Village Headman's Sword, the Lame Old Man's Leg
The Herdsman of the Wasteland · Page 1 of 4
Langwan and Shu Jun exchanged a glance, suppressed the shock in their hearts, and, with no time to think it over, slipped through the Gate of Receiving Heaven. Shen Mu had Dutian, Yan'er, the dragon qilin and the rest ride the Heavenly Dragon Treasure Chariot through the Gate of Receiving Heaven, and was just about to step in himself when a paper boat came gliding up, and from it the old underworld constable said, "Heavenly Venerable Mu, hold your step.
" Shen Mu halted and said, "What instructions has Heavenly Venerable You for me? " The old constable said, "Tu Bo sent me to ask the Heavenly Venerable Mu why he has taken up with the race of Creators. Tu Bo says the Creators are savage and wicked beyond measure, that in ages past they brought calamity upon the cosmos and stopped at no evil.
To league with them is to serve as claws and fangs for a tiger, and you will lose the support of the Ancient Gods.
" Shen Mu answered meekly, "Tell Tu Bo for me that it is only by the wholehearted support of Tu Bo and the Heavenly Lord that I obtained the title of Master Indestructible Through Ten Thousand Kalpas; how should I then act recklessly? As for the race of Creators, I am borrowing their strength to deal with the Great Emperor, each using the other and nothing more, and I have no thought of borrowing their strength to set myself against the Ancient Gods. I humbly submit to Tu Bo's sagely judgment, and am overcome with trepidation. " The old constable stared at him, and after a moment said, "That last line of yours is a bit much, isn't it?
Tu Bo is not the Heavenly Emperor. Is there call for such abject dread? " Shen Mu said with a grave face, "I was raised under Tu Bo's eye, after all. As a junior, I must show reverence and dread. " The old constable kept looking at him and could not help shaking his head.
"Go on, then. I will speak with Tu Bo.
" Shen Mu thanked him and asked, "Is Heavenly Venerable Yu well? " Had he not asked, all would have been well; but at the mention of Heavenly Venerable Yu, the old constable's wrath boiled up from nowhere, and he fumed, "He has been stolen!
" Shen Mu was startled and blurted, "Heavenly Venerable Yu has been stolen? Who was so bold as to slip into the Nether Capital and steal Heavenly Venerable Yu?
Were you not watching him properly?
" "I still have to reap souls in every quarter and ferry the dead across, split into a hundred million bodies. Where would I find the time to keep my eyes on him always?
" the old constable said crossly. "He is my elder brother, not my son.
I could only watch him with a split body and let him walk about the Nether Capital as he pleased. Who would have thought a thief would slip in and make off with him, stealing and spiriting him away together?
" Shen Mu asked suspiciously, "And where did the thief who stole Heavenly Venerable Yu come from? " "Where from? From your house, of course!
" The old constable sneered.
"Keep your own elders in order!
Truly lawless, to dare run off to the Nether Capital and commit villainy. I will not pursue this matter. Heavenly Venerable Yu's stay in the Nether Capital was indeed holding back his growth. But your elder dragging Heavenly Venerable Yu about to steal wherever he goes is hardly a good thing. Take care the Heavenly Court does not catch him.
" Shen Mu assented, "I will most certainly discipline Grandfather Cripple and not let him do wicked deeds. Heavenly Venerable You may set your mind at ease.
" The old constable saw him off, then sailed his boat back to the third eye in the center of Tu Bo's brow and reported Shen Mu's words to Tu Bo's primordial spirit. Tu Bo was astonished.
"Humbly submit to Tu Bo's sagely judgment, overcome with trepidation?
That is what he said?
" The old constable nodded.
"His manner was most sincere. " "Rarely is he so courteous.