Chapter 1421 — Brilliant Diction
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"Heavenly Venerable Hao firmly declines—a noble and upright gesture. Heavenly Venerable Huo is the pioneer of the Heaven-Man Realm, the Five Pairs of Heaven and Man. He possesses great merit and great wisdom, and time and again in the darkness he has pointed the way for the human race, wiping out such rebels as Heavenly Venerable Yun, Emperor Ming, the Supreme Emperor, Heavenly Venerable Yue, and Heavenly Venerable Ling.
Though Heavenly Venerable Huo is of the human race, he does not favor the human race; his noble character commands admiration. As for the seat of Lord of the Heaven Alliance. .
. " Heavenly Venerable Huo's eyes were tightly shut; he forcibly suppressed his rage. The wheel of flame behind his head warped, and he said in a hoarse voice, "I am inferior to Heavenly Venerable Mu. " Shen Mu looked earnestly toward Heavenly Venerable Hong.
Heavenly Venerable Hong smiled.
"Heavenly Venerable Mu need not decline. I am but a Great Sage of the demon race, without merit or virtue; I am unfit for the alliance lord's seat. " Shen Mu looked to Heavenly Consort Yan.
She shook her head and said softly, "As a consort of His Majesty, it is not fitting for me to show myself in public. Heavenly Venerable Mu is a man of high virtue and prestige; to have him hold the seat of alliance lord is the wish of all. He should not decline. " Shen Mu's gaze swept across the faces of the other Heavenly Venerables. The Ancestral God King, Divine Emperor Langxuan, Heavenly Consort Qiang, and the rest all shook their heads, each declining in turn. "You all cherish me so.
" Shen Mu sighed in melancholy and wept again. "I can only make shift to remain in the alliance lord's seat for now.
If one day any of you feels his talent, merit, and reputation surpass mine, there is no need to raise a hand to kill me—only speak, and I shall step down and yield to the worthier.
" He looked around the room, his expression grave, and said in a heavy voice, "Just now Heavenly Venerable Huo spoke of Lord Heaven's great evils and called for a punitive campaign against him, and Lord Heaven is connected to the rebel Shen. Then the first great matter of today is to settle the grand plan for that campaign!
Ancestral God King, you shall draft the proclamation denouncing Lord Heaven, enumerating his crimes one by one! " Hearing this, the Ancestral God King could not help but start. The denunciation proclamation—had he not already handed it to Shen Mu?
Why was he being asked to hand it over a second time? "This wretch, having schemed against Heavenly Venerable Huo, means to scheme against me as well!
" The Ancestral God King was furious, yet his expression did not change.
He took up his brush and wrote on the spot, quickly completing the denunciation proclamation and handing it to Shen Mu. Shen Mu read it through and praised it: "Brilliant diction. "