Chapter 1355 — Secretly Pulling the Strings
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In the Peach Grove Palace, Shen Mu had at last laid out in full the dao patterns of the Way of Spirit Sense of Divine Emperor Langxuan, and the Alchemist had prepared portion after portion of spirit medicines. Shen Mu took out the Taishu Primordial Liquid, and the two exchanged a glance without a word.
Heavenly Venerable Yue waited a long while, saying nothing, but at last she could not help laughing. "You two masters of the art, why so grave now that the moment has come?
" The Alchemist inclined slightly and said, "If I were healing Shen'er, never mind five kinds of pills, five hundred, and I would have refined them and fed them to him, since they could not poison him to death anyway.
But healing a Heavenly Venerable, I cannot help feeling anxious, and I strive to leave no ill aftereffects. " Heavenly Venerable Yue could not help feeling deep sympathy for Shen Mu, and laughed.
"There is no need for that, Medicine King God. Taking your medicine, will it leave me worse off than I am today?
If not, then by all means go ahead. " The Alchemist assented. Heavenly Venerable Yue looked at Shen Mu, waited a moment, then burst out laughing.
"And what is Heavenly Venerable Mu so troubled about? " Shen Mu said solemnly, "I am wondering which of these five Heavenly Venerables will return to the Heavenly Court, and which will strike at you.
All five of them are half-dead.
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. " Heavenly Venerable Yue was startled, and stammered, "Half-dead?
" Shen Mu mused, "Heavenly Venerable Hao cannot possibly strike.
He was grievously wounded by the Great Emperor and does not dare return to the Heavenly Court at all; of the five, his injuries are the worst, and even if Taishu aided him with all his strength, he could not hope to recover in a hundred or two hundred years, and his divine artifact, the Imperial Heavenly Venerable, was smashed to powder. Heavenly Venerable Fire was grievously wounded by the Great Emperor, Kaihuang, and Langwan, and he too should be unable to recover for some time; moreover, he has been left to guard Taixu, so at present he is most likely not in the Heavenly Court. His divine artifact, the Imperial Heavenly Venerable, remains in the South Pole Heaven, holding it down. " Heavenly Venerable Yue listened quietly as Shen Mu went on, "But if Heavenly Venerable Fire returns to the Heavenly Court, then he may well strike. After him comes Langxuan. Langxuan was grievously wounded by the Great Emperor and then gravely wounded again by Heavenly Venerable Xiao; his injuries are extremely severe, but even if he returns to the Heavenly Court, it hardly matters.
His divine artifact, the Imperial Heavenly Venerable, cannot reach this place in a short time either. . . " "The Ancestral God King's divine artifact, the Imperial Heavenly Venerable, is in Xuandu and cannot descend here.
And the Ancestral God King's injuries are not light either; his battle with the Great Emperor all but shattered his heavenly dao treasure, and he cannot refine it back in a moment. Even if he strikes, he can do nothing to us. " "The only one I fear is Heavenly Venerable Xiao.
Heavenly Consort Yan severed one of his hands, but this fellow is precisely the oddity among the Ten Heavenly Venerables; he cultivates the Great Way of the Acquired, and he is exceedingly zealous for it. " Shen Mu frowned deeply and said in a low voice, "He has also turned a blind eye to the Jingping Reforms, which clearly shows he has taken an interest in them.
The Art of Creation that Jingping inherited from Chiming must certainly have been learned by him as well. By now his injuries should be fully healed. And what is more terrifying still: he is Heavenly Emperor Taichu, and there is no telling how far he has cultivated All Ways Return to One. .
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" The Alchemist reminded him, "Heavenly Venerable Xiao also has a Primeval Tree, not far from the peach grove. " Shen Mu nodded. "His divine artifact, the Imperial Heavenly Venerable, is right beside the Primeval Tree.