822 Stealing the Power of the Four Deities (1/2)
Gods with towering bodies rose and looked at the youth walking towards them.
Commander's seal represented one's identity, it was proof to mobilize the military power. In the ten armies of the celestial heavens, they only admit the seal and not the person.
The ten armies of the celestial heavens were only loyal to Celestial Emperor so if there was no commander's seal, the commander wouldn't be able to even move the army.
There were only two methods to mobilize the army. The first was with a commander's seal, the second was Celestial Emperor taking charge personally.
As long as Qin Mu held the commander's seal, he would be the Right Commander of Feathered Forest Guards. He would have the power to mobilize the army!
The commander's seal was brought away by Founding Master Wei Suifeng and handed over to Elder Qing Huang for safekeeping. Even with the commander's seal in hand, he couldn't mobilize this batch of strong gods until he came back to the origin of the ghost ship's cycle.
When Feathered Forest Guards returned back from the void, Qin Mu could final borrow this commander's seal to control this terrifying strength.
In front of Feathered Forest Guards, Qin Mu's face gradually changed into the face of Celestial Venerable Mu.
Mu Qing of the Nine Celestial Venerables, Celestial Venerable Mu.
The god soldiers looked at his face changing and even though they looked astonished, they didn't ask anything.
The Nine Celestial Venerables all have their unique abilities and every one of them has extraordinary achievements. However, the most mysterious ones were still Celestial Venerable Qin and this Celestial Venerable Mu in front of them, they were always missing.
No matter who was it, as long as they were in control of the commander's seal, they would be their leader.
Qin Mu raised his hand and a sword flew out to sever the pillar which contained the poem Celestial Venerable Ling had left behind.
The pillar flew over and his body expanded little by little. He stretched out his hand and grabbed the pillar, walking forward with ten thousand gods of Feathered Forest Guards following behind him.
Zhe Huali braved himself and he followed closely behind Qin Mu. He realized that Qin Mu was leading these gods towards the palace hall where Celestial Empress's coffin was in.
In front of the palace hall, an incomparably strong dragon god was being locked up between the chains. He looked menacingly at Qin Mu who was walking over and shouted fiercely, ”Heaven and earth changes, the unchanging constant of thirty-six people! What is the meaning of this? Tell me, what is the meaning?”
Qin Mu stopped in his footsteps and his mind was blown.
Zhe Huali hurriedly said, ”Cult Master Qin, why have you stopped? This dragon is always saying the same things over and over again...”
Qin Mu shook his head and his mind was cleared up now. He pointed at King Dragon Count and said with a smile, ”When I board this ship, you had said this phrase. I thought you were crazy and was spouting nonsense. Never would I expect that you aren't asking the others, you are asking me!”
He had a ridiculous feeling.
That old dragon had a crazed expression and he continued to ask menacingly, ”Tell me quickly, what is the meaning!”
Qin Mu smiled. ”Only by solving the unchanging constant can you leave.” After saying so, he turned to bring the soldiers of Feathered Forest Guards into the hall.
”Solve the unchanging constant?”
That old dragon was stunned and shouted. ”How do you solve it? Don't go! Come back and tell me, how do I solve the unchanging constant?”
Qin Mu walked into the hall and he saw eight huge dragons guarding Celestial Empress' coffin. The eight dragons were being chained up.
And now, the eight huge dragons were not petrified.
He opened up the tunnel once again and led the soldiers inside before sealing the tunnel. He asked solemnly, ”Has General Wei taught you guys about Four Symbols Calamity Formation?”
The ten thousand gods immediately laid out and transformed into Four Symbols Calamity Formation. They were split into four corners under the ship and they were lined up orderly, waiting for inspection.
Qin Mu surveyed the surroundings and he let out a sigh of relief. Wei Suifeng had trained these soldiers well and taught them the Four Symbols Calamity Formation inside Great Educational Heavenly Devil Scriptures to them.
He came to the center of Four Symbols Calamity Formation and he stabbed the pillar where Celestial Venerable Ling had left the poem behind. He said with a low voice, ”The four deities should be coming soon, if they don't board the ship at this cycle, my arrangements would be all useless. Hope they will come...”
Suddenly, the ghost ship shook gently and it paused.
”This ship that has been missing for twenty thousand years has finally reappeared again.”
There was a dull and heavy voice coming from outside and Qin Mu had heard this voice before. It was the voice of North Deity Xuan Wu.
During Jade Pool Meeting, Niu Sanduo wrecked the celestial heavens and he had planned to raise Celestial River up as a weapon and in the end, Celestial River was suppressed by North Deity Xuan Wu.
So this meant that the person that had stopped the ghost ship was North Deity Xuan Wu.
He self-proclaimed he was an ancient god that was born in Celestial River so it should be very easy to stop the ghost ship sailing on Celestial River.
By controlling the Celestial River, it was very easy for him to discover the ghost ship as well.
East Deity Qing Long's voice rang out, ”Dao Brother Xuan Wu, the case where Celestial Empress got attack is filled with doubtful points. With Feathered Forest Guards vanishing on their return journey, putting these two cases together, there is really something fishy about it. We have to investigate... West Deity, South Deity, you guys are finally here.”
Four incomparably powerful and sacred auras spread over and Qin Mu was finally at ease. ”As I have expected, all four deities have arrived! This is the only chance to escape, there can be no mistake!”
”Celestial Empress getting attacked, Feathered Forest Guards quelling the rebellion, Feathered Forest Guards vanishing on Celestial River, this incident shook the world twenty thousand years ago.”
Qin Mu heard a familiar voice and he subconsciously smiled. It was Zhu Que'er's voice.
Zhu Que'er was none other than South Deity Zhu Que.
Her voice continued to ring out, ”There were all kinds of rumors back then and I heard General Wei Suifeng had first sent someone to the celestial heavens to report about the matters happening in Ruins of End. I had also sounded out and the person Wei Suifeng had sent over reported to Celestial Emperor that Celestial Empress had died in Ruins of End. Wei Suifeng had laid her corpse in a coffin and was returning to the celestial heavens. In that case, Celestial Empress' corpse should be on Feathered Forest Guards' ship and vanish along with them. However, Feathered Forest Guards has vanished while Celestial Empress has appeared on the celestial heavens. This really puzzled me.”
Another woman's voice rang out and it should be West Deity Bai Hu. ”Sister Zhu Que, it was Great Sun Sovereign that had told you about this incident, am I right? I've also ask Great Sun Sovereign before and that was what he told me as well. This little bird knows a lot of secrets. Celestial Empress' resurrection isn't the only suspicious point, even that soldier that had come to report to Celestial Emperor had vanished inexplicably. It's like he had completely vaporized from this world and couldn't be found anymore! It's too strange!”
”What was even stranger was that these weird incidents have all happened on Celestial River yet Dao Brother Xuan Wu says he doesn't know anything at all!”
South Deity Zhu Que said indifferently, ”How can the incidents that happen on Celestial River be hidden from you? Yet you say you know nothing, Dao Brother Xuan Wu, you are very suspicious.”
North Deity Xuan Wu snorted.
East Deity Qing Ling coughed and said, ”Dao Brother Xuan Wu is not that kind of person. It was also Dao Brother Xuan Wu that had informed us now that this ship has reappeared again. He had gathered all of us to witness this. If he had done it, would he have invited us over? Since we are here, let us board this ship and have a look for ourselves!”
Suddenly, the ghost ship sank down and it must have been the four deities who had broke through the black gas surrounding this ship to board this ghost ship.
”This ship is strange!”
West Deity cried out in astonishment. ”There's a kind of power that is trying to invade me!”
”I also feel it! It's a very strange power that wants to control me!”
”It's not controlling, it's seizing our power... Not only is it seizing our power, but it's also even trying to take our corporeal bodies! This power is trying to merge us into one with it!”
”This ship... is alive! This is a trap!”