Chapter 1040 — Self-Willed and Deaf to Counsel
The Herdsman of the Wasteland · Page 1 of 4
Shen Mu was shaken to the core and blurted out: "His mother was not an ancient god? Then what race was his mother?
And his father — which ancient god was he? " Since coming to the Heavenly Court, he had heard Qi Jiuyi and the Yun family matrons say as much: that Divine Emperor Langxuan was the first demigod in all the world, born of two ancient gods. He had never dreamed there was another story hidden behind it.
The Eastern Emperor glanced at him.
"Why is the Great Mage so curious about other people's private affairs? " Shen Mu's face took on a strange cast, and he ventured: "Does the Eastern Emperor refuse to speak because Divine Emperor Langxuan is your.
. . ? " The Eastern Emperor shook his head.
"Divine Emperor Langxuan is not my offspring. Were he my offspring, the identities of his parents would not be shrouded in such mystery. I am a man of loose ways by nature, and have left countless offspring behind me; there is no need to conceal whether a child is mine or not. " He pressed a hand to his brow, somewhat pained.
"Truth to tell, those who come running to me to claim kinship are beyond counting, and I am quite at my wit's end. If I deny them — well, they are indeed dragon seed; if I acknowledge them — well, there are far too many.
There was even a plume-crested fire pheasant dragon that came here to claim me as its father! " Shen Mu's eyes went wide. He recalled that flock of plume-crested fire pheasant dragons which had seized Hidden Remnant Village, and ventured: "Then the plume-crested fire pheasant dragons.
. . ? " The Eastern Emperor was caught between laughter and tears.
He shook his head.
"They are of the flood dragon line; nothing to do with me. There may be offspring of mine among the flood dragons, but the plume-crested fire pheasant dragons are absolutely not mine!
" He paused a moment, thinking it poor form to keep talking about himself, and said: "Divine Emperor Langxuan's mother was a Creator. The Great Mage has been to the Great Void, so you must know of the Creators.
When you went to the Great Void, I sent one of my crown princes along with you — alas, he did not come back alive. " Shen Mu said in astonishment: "Brother Dao sent a dragon crown prince to accompany me? " There had indeed been dragons aboard the tower ship when he went to the Great Void, but he did not know when they had died; only he and Luo Wushuang had returned alive from that ship.
Of course, of the three hundred aboard at the time, more than two hundred had been full of hostility toward him, so Shen Mu had never troubled himself to sort out who was friend and who was foe.
"Divine Emperor Langxuan's mother was a Divine King of the Creator race, named Divine King Gongyun.
In the primeval age she bestrode the world, unmatched and magnificent beyond compare. And his father — that is a matter of even greater consequence.
" The Eastern Emperor sighed, and said in a muffled voice: "It was the Heavenly Emperor. " "The Heavenly Emperor again! " Shen Mu's heart and spirit quaked, and yet he found it only natural.
Only the Heavenly Emperor could have carried on an illicit affair with a Divine King of the Creator race and begotten Divine Emperor Langxuan! The Eastern Emperor, for all his loose ways, was not a choosy man, and so his name was thoroughly mud; but the Heavenly Emperor's eye was exceedingly high.
He was a libertine, not a lecher; every woman who caught his fancy was peerless in both talent and beauty. "Gongyun. Shujun. Both share the word 'jun.
' Could that be a tradition of the Creator race? " Shen Mu mused.
The Eastern Emperor walked on ahead.
"Shu denotes the generation — the generation of the Grand Emperor's uncle. Shujun was born before the Grand Emperor; by generation, the Grand Emperor ought to call him uncle.
Gong denotes status — the status of the Grand Emperor's wife. " Shen Mu blurted out: "Wait!