Chapter 1245 — The Old Emperor Returns
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And as I expected, you have turned out more promising than your senior and junior brothers! I am well pleased. " A smile appeared on Shen Mu's face. "I knew that was why Teacher would not teach me. I'm off!
" The Woodcutter Sage watched him go far into the distance, and after a long while he let out a turbid breath.
"That brat always looks ready to betray his teacher and destroy his ancestors; if I hadn't flattered him a little, he might well have done me in. Still, come to think of it. .
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" He smiled. "He is my most outstanding disciple.
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. " Di Yiyue, Zhuo Cha, the Azure Emperor, Yama and the others came to his side, and Di Yiyue asked curiously, "Wen Tiange, does this disciple of yours really have such standing that he could make the Great Emperor withdraw? " "Standing is the equal of ability; without such ability there would be no such standing. " The woodcutter smiled.
"The Great Emperor is deeply wary of the Creators in the Great Void, and we have joined hands with the Creators, and so he wants us dead. Heavenly Venerable Mu has the means to perish together with him, and that is why the Great Emperor gave him this face — not because the Great Emperor truly does not want to kill us. " Zhuo Cha, the Martial Dao Heavenly Master, said with concern, "Is he really going back to the Heavenly Court's main camp?
Is he not afraid of being killed there? With the Heavenly Court and the Great Void at war, death on the battlefield is the commonest of things; killing him here would take no effort at all.
" The woodcutter's face was calm; he shook his head.
"Before, there was still a chance of killing him. Now, doing away with Heavenly Venerable Mu is not as easy as those people imagine.
" The others were filled with a thousand emotions. When they had first met Shen Mu, he had been only a minor divine ability user; who would have thought that he would now step into the realm of contending with the older generation, no longer to be taken lightly. The Fisherman Heavenly Master said, "The people in the Heavenly Court do not yet know he has grown to this point.
From the moment the Heavenly Court's experts discover it to the moment they accept it — who knows whether rivers of blood will flow in between. " The Ark of the Other Shore sailed out of the void and appeared above the land of the Great Void, and soon they saw many gods bearing a coffin flying in from afar; in the coffin sat an old man, who, on seeing them, was so stirred that he rose up out of the coffin and waved to them from afar. The woodcutter and the others too were stirred beyond words, their hearts surging, their blood racing.
Twenty thousand years — and at last the comrades of old were reunited!
And farther off still, a middle-aged emperor stood upon a tower, watching the Ark of the Other Shore draw nearer and nearer.
The woodcutter and the others looked at Founding Emperor Shen Ye, their faces complex, and after a moment they stepped forward all the same and bowed in salute.
"Wen Tiange, separated from his comrades in arms for twenty thousand years, begs to return! " Di Yiyue bowed.
"Your guilty subject Di Yiyue begs to return!
" The Martial Dao Heavenly Master bowed.
"Zhuo Cha, the defeated general, begs to return!
" Shitian bowed.
"Li Youran, the deserter, begs to return!
" Yama bowed. "Shen Feng, military commissioner of Fengdu, having guarded the frontier for twenty thousand years, has come to report on his duties! " .
. . Founding Emperor Shen Ye looked at them, and in those eyes, still as an old well, an emotion that could hardly be suppressed stirred and flowed; he drew himself up and bowed. "Shen Ye, your guilty sovereign, has failed in what was entrusted to him; bearing my guilt, I beg you all to return to your posts!