Chapter 1191 — Frank and Open
The Herdsman of the Wasteland · Page 4 of 4
Shi Qiluo looked at him with pity and said in a rough voice: "Jingping's spiritual-energy teleportation bridge connects to Zaofu Heavenly Palace. Moreover, Palace Master Shi of Zaofu Heavenly Palace, greedy for wealth, handed the task of forging the spiritual-energy teleportation bridge to Jingping, then resold it to other Heavenly Venerables at a hundred times their price."
Yun Chuxiu said sweetly: "And since I control Zaofu Heavenly Palace, manufacturing a divine artifact Heavenly Venerable for myself is only natural."
Shi Qiluo's rough features actually took on a certain charm as he winked at Shen Mu and chuckled: "Ling Heavenly Venerable assassinated me during the Shanghuang Era, but she never expected that I would seize the chance to escape and attach my soul to a stone."
Yun Chuxiu leaned sweetly against Shen Mu's shoulder and said tenderly: "I greatly admired Ling Heavenly Venerable's abilities, so I studied her creation arts until I became a master of the age and took control of Zaofu Heavenly Palace. When the ten Heavenly Venerables wanted to manufacture certain peculiar weapons, they all had to go through me—which made it convenient for me to tamper with them."
Shi Qiluo also leaned in and giggled: "After the Kaihuang Era passed, I was conscripted by the two Great Heavenly Masters to use my skills to imitate the Ark of the Far Shore, to cross the Great Void in search of the Land of No Sorrow. In the end, both Great Heavenly Masters perished, and only I returned alive."
Shen Mu was battered by one revelation after another until his mind was in a daze, and for a long while he could not speak.
Shi Qiluo leaned against his shoulder, tracing circles on his chest with a finger, while on the other side, Yun Chuxiu traced circles on his right chest.
Shen Mu suddenly shook his head and said through gritted teeth: "So that means—among the three Heavenly Venerables who saved me that day in the Jade Pool, you were not one of them!"
"Darling Mu—"
Yun Chuxiu and Shi Qiluo shook his right arm and left arm respectively, saying in unison: "Don't be angry."
Shen Mu smiled woodenly: "No wonder the village head said I was naive..."