Chapter 1458 — Bosom Friends Entrust Each Other with Life and Death
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The Dao that Heavenly Venerable You had mastered was also the Netherworld Dao. Sending him to Xuandu would suppress his cultivation greatly, and within Xuandu he would face tremendous danger.
This was the reason Shen Mu judged that Heavenly Venerable Xu would not go to Xuandu, and also the reason Heavenly Venerable You should not go there. "I cannot let Heavenly Venerable You go and take that risk.
" The sky over the Ancestral Court gradually darkened. Shen Mu steadied himself and walked toward the Hundred Thousand Black Mountains, thinking, "If he goes to Xuandu, I fear for his life. " Suddenly, ghostly fire flickered ahead, and a paper boat emerged eerily, floating before Shen Mu.
He halted. On the paper boat sat an old man holding an oil lantern, whose light shone toward him.
The old man stepped down from the paper boat, moored it, and sat beside it in the lamplight, quietly folding paper figures of men and horses.
Shen Mu walked forward, passing by the paper boat, pretending not to see him. "Mu.
" The old underworld emissary's fingers were nimble, and a paper horse soon took shape in his hands. He said indifferently, "You are short of help now, aren't you?
Tian Shu, Luo Wushuang, Zhe Huali, and Heavenly Blade—I have captured them. Earl Tu is entertaining them.
Tian Shu kept clamoring to leave, saying that if the four of them joined forces with you, you could unleash the power of the Thirtieth Heaven of the Blade Dao. Though you could not defeat a Heavenly Venerable, you could preserve your lives.
" Shen Mu stopped behind the boat, his gaze complex, and said, "We have trained in the Blade Dao's combined battle techniques.
Indeed, they possess tremendous power.
" "The weakest among them is at the God-Slaying Platform realm, which is nothing before a Heavenly Venerable. Even a strong Imperial Throne cultivator like Tian Shu would be captured and submit at once when my lantern light falls on him. " Without lifting his head, the old emissary stared at the paper figure he was about to finish and said, "You invited even them. Why did you not invite me? Do you look down on me? " Shen Mu shook his head.
"Your strength is great, and I would like to invite you, but you cultivate the Netherworld Dao, and in Xuandu you cannot display much of your power. " "You invited Emperor Kai, you invited Heavenly Venerable Yue, you invited Divine King Langwan.
" The old emissary blew gently, and the paper figures and horses came to life at once. He said, "Among the Nine Heavenly Venerables of Longhan, the one I admire most is Brother Yu, and the one I am closest to is Heavenly Venerable Yue. But do you know who has spoken with me the most?
" He looked up at Shen Mu on the other side of the paper boat. "It is you.
" "I have known Heavenly Venerable Yue for a million years, and the words we have exchanged do not exceed ten. She speaks, and I listen.
" A smile spread across his wrinkled face.
"But every time I see you, I have much to say. Do you know why? " Shen Mu turned around.
"Heavenly Venerable Yue is a woman.
Before a woman I cannot speak. Heavenly Venerable Yu is a big brother; I respect him and keep it in my heart, never saying it.
The other Heavenly Venerables—I cannot be bothered with them. " The old emissary rose to his feet.
"Only you are different.
I regard you as a friend to whom I can entrust my life, a fellow Daoist! You have no connection to Heavenly Venerable Yu, yet you are willing to risk your life for him, to offend Heavenly Venerable Hao for him, to offend Yuanmu, to offend the Heavenly Emperor, to offend the Heavenly Court! From that time, at a single word from you, I could wait a million years in the Netherworld, only for your return to revive Heavenly Venerable Yu!
And you have done it! Now, likewise, at a single word from you, I will accompany you to fight up to Xuandu! "