Chapter 1205 — The Refined Scholar
The Herdsman of the Wasteland · Page 2 of 3
But those were elders encouraging their juniors.
The elders would sit themselves down there, so awe-inspiring and fierce! The other side could only obediently do things by the rules, or the elders would fly into a rage!
This time, I, a junior, will take my elders to blockade the domains of the Ten Heavenly Venerates. Whoever dares not do things by the rules, I will fly into a rage! " "Besides, no matter what heaven-shaking mess I make, I need only hide here at Great Black Mountain. If the sky falls, Tai Yi will hold it up! " The Ancestral Court. The Taichu lode. The Heavenly Court could not be without a Heavenly Venerate to guard it. Xiao had sent his most prized disciple, Gao Huaitong, to guard this lode.
Xiao Heavenly Venerate, though a Heavenly Venerate of the human race, treated all races alike; he only hated the ancient gods. Gao Huaitong was not of the human race, but a demigod, of outstanding talent, who had cultivated to the Imperial Throne realm.
Gao Huaitong had just settled in and ordered the gods under his command into the lode to mine divine stones, when a god came to report: "The Mu Heavenly Venerate has come with more than twenty strange-looking people.
He says he has come to pay a visit, and to blockade the gate according to the rules, and to challenge the disciples of Xiao Heavenly Venerate. " "The rules of gate-blockading? " Gao Huaitong was puzzled.
"Since when has our Heavenly Court had such an odd rule? " He summoned Yan Qiling and asked, "Little junior sister, you have spent time in the lower world.
This Mu Heavenly Venerate has come to blockade the gate. Do you know the rules of the lower world? " Yan Qiling said, "There is indeed such an unwritten rule in the lower world: when an elder brings a junior to blockade a gate and challenge, the fight must be between those of the same realm, and neither side may break this rule, or they lose face. But there is in fact a principle behind this rule: the elder must have the strength to overawe the other side.
" Gao Huaitong laughed.
"The people of the lower world are all ruffians, ignorant and unlearned, to have come up with such an odd rule.
In the Heavenly Court there is no such thing as gate-blockading. Still, Mu Heavenly Venerate, for all that his abilities fall short, has a resounding name, so we must not be discourteous.
Little junior sister, your skills are superb, and among those of your realm you have rarely met a match. Go and send him on his way. " Yan Qiling shook her head. "I have contended with him several times, and never once won. " Gao Huaitong's expression shifted slightly. He hesitated.
"If you cannot beat him, then I too would find it hard to beat him. . . " The reporting god said, "This time it is Mu Heavenly Venerate holding the field. He says he will let the others do the challenging. " Gao Huaitong laughed despite himself.
"If Mu Heavenly Venerate came to challenge in person, I would fear him a little.
I never thought he would have the gall of a bear's heart and a leopard's courage, to let others challenge. Very well.
We brothers shall have a contest with the people he has brought, and teach him the height of the heavens and the depth of the earth. " He led more than ten disciples of Xiao Heavenly Venerate out to meet them, and saw Shen Mu arriving outside the mining district aboard that small swift boat.
On the boat were indeed strange-looking people, tall and short, fat and thin, and only two or three of them were passably presentable. There seemed to be deep grudges among these people; not one of them could look at another with favor, and crammed together on one boat they had nearly come to blows. What they hated most of all was Shen Mu himself; everyone on the boat looked at him with displeasure. Gao Huaitong saluted Shen Mu and smiled. "Mu Heavenly Venerate, you have come to visit, and I was remiss in welcoming you.