Chapter 1040 — Self-Willed and Deaf to Counsel
The Herdsman of the Wasteland · Page 4 of 4
Shen Mu's eye twitched. Yan'er leapt up, startled and furious, and cried sharply: "He was your son! How could you kill him?
Even a tiger does not eat its own cubs — you.
. . " The Eastern Emperor glanced at her and frowned.
With strained patience he said: "Venerable Mu, discipline that little finch of yours. Though I admire you greatly, I need not indulge your household servants. " Shen Mu shook his head.
"This is Yan'er. She is not my servant, but a disciple of Venerable Yue.
" The Eastern Emperor's expression eased somewhat. "So she is a disciple of Venerable Yue. Very well, I will not hold it against her. But even Venerable Yue, before me, must show a measure of respect and address me as His Majesty the Eastern Emperor.
You had best not be too unbridled. " Yan'er was about to speak again. Shen Mu raised a hand and said with a smile: "Sister Yan'er, say no more. Eastern Emperor, if you wish to see my methods, why not seek out one of the souls scattered on Lingbao Mountain?
On Lingbao Mountain, no few gods, demons, and power-wielders have died in the search for treasure. Why kill your own son? " The Eastern Emperor sneered: "The gods, demons, and power-wielders who died on Lingbao Mountain are all the Heavenly Court's people.
Reviving them would expose your true methods, and that I dare not risk.
" Shen Mu frowned slightly. "Then revive him and kill him again.
" The Eastern Emperor stood with his hands clasped behind his back.
"I trust no outsider — not even my own sons and daughters can I wholly trust. Say no more, Venerable Mu.
Please. " Shen Mu frowned again.
The Eastern Emperor was obstinate and self-willed, possessed by a fierce desire to control.
To deal with such a man was deeply uncomfortable.
When he had first arrived here, he had not been able to keep from taking a liking to the Eastern Emperor; but that liking had been slowly worn away as he came to know the man better. The Azure Emperor of the Eastern Heaven loathed the Eastern Emperor Azure Dragon with a bitter hatred as well, which showed that the Eastern Emperor's character was not good. Shen Mu steadied himself and looked at the dragon god's corpse on the boat.
This dragon god's soul had scattered.
To summon the soul back did not require borrowing the strength of Tian Gong and Tu Bo, but to reshape this dragon god's soul, that would require borrowing the strength of Tian Gong and Tu Bo. Without the strength of Tian Gong and the strength of Tu Bo, he had no full confidence. "In these years I have studied Tian Gong's Forty-Nine Heavenly Daos and Tu Bo's sixty-four Great Daos of Youdu, and in my Primal Embryo spirit treasury the divine forms of Tian Gong, Tu Bo, and even the Earth Mother have taken shape. By rights, I have already grasped their power.
Only.
. . " Shen Mu sensed the killing intent coming off the Eastern Emperor, growing ever thicker.
The Eastern Emperor was so obstinate and self-willed that, if he could not raise this dragon god from death, the Eastern Emperor would surely slay him then and there, carry off his head and imprison his soul, and go to the Heavenly Court's Ten Venerables to claim merit and reward! In the past, for the sake of Tu Bo and Tian Gong, he had borne a good deal of goodwill toward the ancient gods; now it seemed that this was wishful thinking on his part.
The Eastern Emperor's narrow eyes lifted. He coughed, and was about to urge him on, when Shen Mu had already stirred the Soul-Drawing Art and called back the scattered soul-sand of that dragon god!