Chapter 1041 — A Passing Guest Among the Purple Blooms
The Herdsman of the Wasteland · Page 2 of 4
Earth Mother is dead; the Empress and Yuanmu exist in name only.
The strongest bloodline in the world today is mine.
" His long beard flowed, his blue robe was elegant, and his voice rang clear: "My dragon sons and dragon grandsons number countless strong ones among them. They could go to the Heavenly Court and contend with the heroes of the world; they could die and descend into Youdu and reign there as kings among ghosts.
Great Mage! " He looked at Shen Mu and smiled.
"I have a dragon daughter, Guyan, and a dragon son, Qingming, both of peerless gifts. If you can defeat them, Great Mage, then you will have passed this trial. Guyan, Qingming, come and pay your respects to Heavenly Venerable Mu. " In the depths of the Jade Pool a dragon island appeared, where many young dragons, men and women alike, were in the midst of cultivation.
No sooner had the words of the Eastern Emperor Qinglong fallen than a man and a woman, two dragon gods, rose into the air and stood there, saluting Shen Mu. Shen Mu glanced at the pair. They were indeed rare talents, and he praised them: "The blood of the Eastern Emperor is truly extraordinary.
But though I am Your Majesty's Great Mage, I am, after all, Heavenly Venerable Mu. To set two juniors to test me, is that not setting too little store by the title of Heavenly Venerable? " The Eastern Emperor raised an eyebrow and said, "Oh?
And what insight does the Great Mage have?
" Shen Mu said calmly, "In the early years of the Longhan era I took the title of Heavenly Venerable.
I fought my way into the Jade Pool and cut down countless demigods; Heavenly Venerable Hao, foremost of the ten Heavenly Venerables of today, was crushed by me for a thousand years. If Your Majesty would use your dragon sons and grandsons to test my mettle, you underestimate me far too much. " The Eastern Emperor frowned slightly. "The Great Mage means.
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. " "Heaven Duke and Earth Count both once reincarnated, in an attempt to escape the plight of the ancient gods," Shen Mu said slowly. "As the ancient-god emperor of Eastern Pole Heaven, Your Majesty must surely have reincarnated as well?
" The Eastern Emperor nodded.
"Your Majesty is no stranger to the cultivation systems of the spirit treasuries and the heavenly palaces? " "After I reincarnated in those years," the Eastern Emperor said indifferently, "I reached the Spirit Bridge in a hundred years and the Emperor's Throne in a thousand.
I met the Crimson Emperor; Emperor Ming called me uncle.
I left behind the Azure Dragon Great Wilderness Sutra, an Emperor's Throne cultivation art, which is enshrined in the Heavenly Court's archives.
Many of my descendants cultivate my art. " Shen Mu smiled. "Your Majesty has grand vision and deep stratagem.
Then has Your Majesty studied the realms of the Heavenly Court? " The Eastern Emperor's face broke into a smile, and he clasped his hands behind his back.
"Know yourself and know your enemy, and in a hundred battles you will never be defeated. Naturally I have studied the realm of the Heavenly Court. In truth, my reincarnated body is still alive, wandering through age after age. I too have been collecting Emperor's Throne arts, and I have gained insights of my own.
" Shen Mu was moved with a thousand feelings; he clapped his hands in admiration. "The ten Heavenly Venerables of the Heavenly Court are mere children.
To dare belittle the ancient gods, they truly do not know death. Not to speak of Heaven Duke and Earth Count: the Eastern Emperor alone is not to be taken lightly!
" The Eastern Emperor laughed heartily.
"The ten Heavenly Venerables hold great power, and I must bow my head and yield to them, but my strength is by no means the weaker for it. " "Therefore I make bold to ask Your Majesty's reincarnated body to test my potential," Shen Mu said.