922 How to Acquire a Turning Point and Drag a Son From the Celestial Heavens (2/2)
It took a long time for tranquility to be restored after everyone landed with their clothes still fluttering.
Qin Mu, Qi Jiuyi, and Yun Jianli watched the scene silently, refusing to intervene by stopping it or speaking.
Que Jingxue wiped her hands clean and stared deeply into Qin Mu's eyes, probing him by saying, ”Prince Yu challenged Celestial Venerable Mu and was killed by him in the Slow Winding Pavilion.”
Qin Mu nodded and acknowledged her, saying, ”I killed him.”
”Many thanks for the blessing of the Celestial Venerable!”
Que Jingxue kowtowed to Qin Mu before she rose and left.
The others followed suit.
Within the pavilion, only Qin Mu, Qi Jiuyi, and Yun Jianli were left, while outside of it, Yan'er and the dragon qilin stood guard.
Qin Mu was the first to break the silence, sighing. ”When I came to the celestial heavens, I intended to kill people to show off my might and greatly disrupt the celestial heavens. Unexpectedly, not only did I not kill a single person, but I have to take the blame for killing many whom I didn't kill.”
Yun Jianli coughed as the black qi between his eyebrows became denser, remarking, ”This is where Celestial Venerable Mu's power lies. Celestial Venerable, in a short while, you removed over 20 talents from the Splendid Youths List and the Divine Talents List. All of them were talents painstakingly groomed by the celestial heavens' heavenly kings, Celestial Venerables, and ancient gods, and all of them were forced and manipulated to rebel against them. I'm curious, what exactly did you do in the Primordial Realm?”
Qin Mu's spirits rose as he leaned over and asked, ”Brother Yun, have you heard of the Heavenly Saint Cult? You see, the reason that Brother Qi always refers to me as Cult Master Qin is that I'm the Heavenly Saint Cult's master. Are you interested, Brother Yun?”
Yun Jianli laughed before coughing violently again.
Qin Mu felt shaken in his heart as his third eye opened wide. After some examination, he concluded, ”After you opened the Celestial River Divine Treasure, your power increased greatly. Thus, you are now nearer to your death date!”
Yun Jianli smiled in reply. ”Although my death will come soon, your death is sooner. Now that you took responsibility for so many lives, there will be high gods coming after you!”
Qin Mu leisurely replied, ”There are a lot of people that want me dead in the celestial heavens, but there are also a lot of people that wish to avoid that. This is because of how I'm not only Celestial Venerable Mu and one of the three heroes of Eternal Peace's reform but also the invincible Great Wizard. People who wish for me to live will protect me after witnessing my power during our battle. The unbreakable celestial heavens will break into two because of my arrival. The feud between them will grow deeper and more obvious.”
Yun Jianli felt a chill down his spine before he sighed. ”I now understand why you insisted on coming to the celestial heavens, even at the risk of your life. If you remained in the Primordial Realm, the conflict within the celestial heavens could be suppressed. However, your arrival aroused the internal conflicts within the celestial heavens, causing them to explode and fracture the celestial heavens. After this, the celestial heavens will no longer focus on the lower bounds and will instead focus on handling the internal crisis. Celestial Venerable Mu, are your schemes always so deep?”
Qin Mu vaguely smiled as he said, ”Down below, what we have are old and experienced wanderers. I was played by these wanderers to help kickstart the Eternal Peace Calamity. What I'm doing now is nothing compared to that.”
Outside the door, the dragon qilin called out, ”Cult Master, Lady Yun Chuxiu has arrived.”
They immediately changed topics as Qin Mu told him, ”I ordered people to arrange rooms for the both of you. It would be great for both of you to stay here temporarily.”
Yun Chuxiu's arrival at the Slow Winding Pavilion was a showcase of her energetic nature. She was always busy surrounding herself with Qin Mu and Qi Jiuyi, while Qi Jiuyi tried to have her by his side, which made her feel harassed.
Yun Jianli's condition grew to become more desperate due to his dense cultivation, so Qin Mu was forced to cultivate the Supreme Palace Enclosure Higher Knowledge faster to strengthen his consciousness to prepare for his refining of the cure for Yun Jianli's bloodline curse.
His consciousness grew stronger and stronger, and after his modification of the Supreme Palace Enclosure Higher Knowledge, the speed of his cultivation superseded his expectations.
'Not much longer, and I will be able to try and break Yun Jianli's bloodline curse!'
Suddenly, the sky slowly turned dark, and Qin Mu was forced to stop his cultivation and exit the Slow Winding Pavilion quickly. The Slow Winding Pavilion was Celestial Empress' residence and should be eternally radiant. It was impossible for the sky here to turn dark.
Yet, at this moment, the celestial bodies of the sky turned dark, and the stars faded. The sky's color resembled that of dusk.
Many of the Slow Winding Pavilion's palace maids emerged, and some hastily looked for lanterns to hang up.
Yun Jianli, Yun Chuxiu, and Qi Jiuyi also walked out to look at the sky.
In the sky, the sun also slowly faded away while the moon dimmed. As the moonlight became impossible to observe, the stars disappeared from the sky, the color of night becoming denser and denser.
”Is this the case for the entire celestial heavens?”
A palace maid shouted, ”Or is it only the sky above the Jade Pool?”
The other palace maids were busy lighting up lanterns and hanging them, so no answers came.
The number of lights in the Slow Winding Pavilion grew, and it became extremely striking in the darkness.
Yun Jianli realized the situation and ran to the Slow Winding Pavilion, shouting, ”This isn't good! Don't light up the lanterns! Quickly extinguish them!”
Qin Mu restrained him and said, ”Don't be so anxious, Brother Yun, let's see which side is more powerful!”
A cold sweat broke out on Yun Jianli's forehead as Yun Chuxiu curiously examined her surroundings before exclaiming, ”There's something approaching in the Jade Sea! Something came from the tributary of the celestial river and entered the Jade Sea!”
In the darkness, waves suddenly rose from the Jade Sea's surface and towered over the sky. It was as tall as the wall that connected heaven and earth and approached the Slow Winding Pavilion at a terrifying speed!
Kacha—
Countless instances of lightning and thunder flashed and rumbled in the sky. The entire Jade Pool had been secretly blanketed by dark clouds, and within it, sparks appeared suddenly. The sparks grew brighter and brighter, and they lit up the dark clouds so much that it looked like they were going to burn them.
Soon, from the clouds, a sinister face belonging to a heavenly king with a curly mustache was spotted. The lightning formed his mustache, and it spread out in all directions, looking as if it was a chaotic dance by curly dragons. It was unspeakably terrifying!
The heavenly king of lightning with the curly mustache looked down at the huge waves on the Jade Sea below and suddenly opened his twisted mouth and released an earth-shattering roar that made the waves crumble.
A huge object rose from the ocean, and the dragon roar from it shook the ground. An incomprehensibly large island that was both black and green in color rose from the bottom of the ocean.
Qin Mu looked at the terrifying sight in front of him, and his gaze grew ever brighter before he muttered, ”How to acquire a turning point and drag a son from the celestial heavens?”
Yun Chuxiu heard that and turned to look at him, appearing to be confused.
Qin Mu smiled at her, and Yun Chuxiu, in return, smiled back sweetly.