Chapter 1047 — The Vast Cosmic Star Map
The Herdsman of the Wasteland · Page 2 of 4
Mu is overwhelmed with gratitude. " Emperor Xuan hastily returned the courtesy and laughed: "Pray do not, Heavenly Worthy.
The very reason I value you is the Jingping Tribulation. In the Kaihuang Tribulation, Emperor Kaihuang led his elite away and abandoned his people, fleeing to distant lands; but in the Jingping Tribulation, you fought to the death, maneuvering among the various powers, seeking a way to live, and in the end you preserved Jingping. It is precisely because of that deed that I am willing to entrust them to you. " Shen Mu said earnestly: "Emperor Xuan has entrusted them to me with a loyal heart; in the future I will surely repay it. " Emperor Xuan laughed heartily: "I have already had a banquet prepared.
You and I are friends who forget the difference in age; we shall not go home until we are drunk.
" Shen Mu laughed too: "I was just about to impose on your hospitality.
" At the banquet, Emperor Xuan and Shen Mu drank themselves into a stupor, arms slung over each other's shoulders, becoming brothers, while Long Qilin and Yan'er kept them company, along with several high-ranking members of the Xuantian Palace, who inwardly grumbled: "Emperor Xuan and Heavenly Worthy Mu call each other brothers.
If they ever meet Emperor Kaihuang, how would the seniority be reckoned? " Host and guests were all delighted, though those keeping them company smiled with forced cheer. Emperor Xuan escorted Shen Mu out of the Xuantian Palace and said: "When you go to see the demoness, you must be careful; she is not easy to talk to. She surely knows you have come, and since you came to see me first, she will be jealous and will make things difficult for you.
" Shen Mu laughed: "My sister-in-law is surely not that sort of person.
Brother Xuan, there is something else I would like to ask: the divine artifact standing in the Northern Pole Heaven, the Heavenly Worthy Yu, whose weapon is it? " "It is the weapon of Heavenly Consort Qiang. " Shen Mu nodded and carefully committed it to memory, then asked: "May I ask whether the Northern Pole Heaven has a reverse side?
" Emperor Xuan's expression shifted slightly, and he smiled: "Why does my worthy younger brother ask such things? " Shen Mu did not answer, but said: "In the Great Void I encountered the Creator, and learned that the Creator's ancestral land is called the Ancestral Court.
May I ask whether Brother Xuan knows where the Ancestral Court lies?
" Emperor Xuan's face darkened, and he said in a low voice: "See the guest out!
" Shen Mu was taken aback.
He cupped his hands and was about to leave when Emperor Xuan sighed: "It is not that I am unfeeling; it is that the place the Heavenly Worthy inquires after is too shocking to the world. Heavenly Worthy Mu, I know you have always loved to delve into history, but there are some things it is better not to touch.
" Shen Mu nodded slightly, and taking Long Qilin and Yan'er with him, boarded the Heavenly Dragon Treasure Chariot and set off for the Wu Kingdom.
Emperor Xuan watched them go, his gaze flickering, and murmured: "The Creator's Ancestral Court. We sealed that place only with great difficulty. Whatever you do, do not unseal that dust-covered history.
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. " "Emperor Xuan still let slip a good deal of information.
What he meant was that the Yuan World, Xuandu, the Four Poles, the Heavenly Court and other such places have no reverse side, and that this has to do with the Creator's Ancestral Court. " Shen Mu sat in the chariot, tapping the armrest lightly, as if speaking to Long Qilin and Yan'er, and as if talking to himself: "But these places should not be the Ancestral Court itself; otherwise the Divine King Langwan would surely have detected it.
Yet the reverse sides of these places are connected to the Ancestral Court. Now that is strange. . .