Chapter 1374 — Bearing the Boundless Void
The Herdsman of the Wasteland · Page 3 of 3
Was not what Shen Mu had painted these very selves of theirs at this moment? "I want this one!
" Yue the Heavenly Venerable snatched away the second painting, rolled it up, and flew swiftly back into the peach grove, turning to wave. "Mu!
" Shen Mu was rolling up the first painting.
Hearing her, he raised his head and waved back from afar.
"Mu!
" Yue the Heavenly Venerable called out loudly. "Live on!
I will wait for you to come back to the peach grove!
" "Good!
" Shen Mu answered loudly.
He turned and walked out of the peach grove, heading for Jingping.
Yue the Heavenly Venerable leaned against the palace gate.
Her divine powers were vast, and she could see Shen Mu, bearing the lantern she had given him, striding onward.
"Mu the Heavenly Venerable is not as handsome as he was in my memory; it was I who imagined him too handsome.
But he is very genuine.
" She laughed softly. "All the more interesting.
" Shen Mu seemed to sense her gaze, and turned his head to look.
Yue the Heavenly Venerable hurriedly shifted her eyes away, her heart pounding.
"His senses are too keen — he can see a gaze across space! I nearly let him discover that it was I who was spying on him! " Shen Mu shook his head and returned to Jingping.
First he made a round of the Academy of Hearing the Dao. The Academy was established within the Earth Virtue Heavenly Palace, and Li Zheng was its director. He spoke to him of the case of Xiao Chujue's being shot dead, saying, "The Heavenly Emperor's divided soul reincarnated into Jingping, and this time he moved two souls at once — luckily some Heavenly Venerable or other shot him dead. This matter cannot go unguarded. Apart from the Heavenly Emperor, who is to say that other Heavenly Venerables have not likewise divided their souls and reincarnated into Jingping? " Shen Mu said, "Then use the Book of Life and Death.
Examine every deity one by one, and make clear the root of every one. So long as these Heavenly Venerables have not infiltrated the centers of power in Jingping, let them study as they please. " Li Zheng said with a cold laugh, "And if they have infiltrated the centers of power?
Where shall we find a Heavenly Venerable to strike, and shoot them dead a second time? " Shen Mu took out the divine bow, and said with a half-smile, "Grandpa Li Zheng, take a look — was it this divine bow that shot dead the Heavenly Emperor's two souls?
" Li Zheng's eyes went wide; he looked at the divine bow, and then at Shen Mu. Shen Mu, one hand propping up the great bow and the other on his hip, looked exceedingly pleased with himself.