930 The Massacre in Ancestral King Palace (1/2)
'Yun Chuxiu's character is somewhat peculiar and jumpy. It's rumored that ever since her birth, Celestial Empress had the qualities needed to be the motherly model of the world. Meanwhile, Mistress Yuanmu was an active and energetic person that was also oddly clever.'
Qin Mu brought Yun Chuxiu with him towards Yun Jianli, Qi Jiuyi, and the others. Intense waves tossed around in his heart as he thought, 'Could Yun Chuxiu not be Celestial Empress and instead be Mistress Yuanmu? If it isn't Mistress Yuanmu but Celestial Empress that died during the Celestial Empress' assassination…'
”Celestial Venerable, there are a lot of goosebumps on the back of your neck!”
Yun Chuxiu curiously looked at it and exclaimed her discovery, shocked, ”You're sweating at the back of your neck! How strange!”
She extended her gentle and warm hand to touch his forehead and exclaimed, more shocked than before, ”Your forehead is completely dry! Celestial Venerable, you're sick!”
”No, you're sick!”
Qin Mu was furious and shook her off to return to the others before whispering, ”Sister Yan'er, come onto my shoulder.”
It was only when Yan'er morphed into a little green sparrow and sat on his shoulder that Qin Mu felt relieved.
When his hand was held by Yun Chuxiu, he had an unexplainable uneasiness. She was peculiar and temperamental. Just now, she was dramatic to the point of death. Now, she was sweet to the point of sickening.
He couldn't deduce what Yun Chuxiu's real thoughts were.
When Yun Chuxiu held his hand, it gave him the feeling that a venomous python was coiled around him. It was only when Yan'er landed on his shoulder that he felt relaxed.
Yan'er also observed the back of his neck curiously before wondering, 'Master wasn't nervous before, why is he nervous now?'
'There's still one suspicious part. I summoned the soul of Celestial Empress and discovered that she wasn't dead. Even more peculiar was how Mistress Yuanmu had her body in the crystal coffin move once, which was suppressed by Big Brother Wei Suifeng.'
Qin Mu's eyes flashed as doubts began to rise. 'Then who is this Yun Chuxiu? If she is Celestial Empress, this personality of hers is too far apart from her usual one. Or, is this her nature?'
Yun Jianli, Qi Jiuyi, and the others were extremely guarded towards Yun Chuxiu. Although they were as well-mannered towards her as before, they didn't dare to be too close to her. Only Qin Mu felt relatively at ease, and he became even closer to her than before.
The two were chatting heartily as they walked towards Ancestral God King's Ancestral King Palace.
”The Qin guy wants to come to my place?”
Within the Ancestral King Palace, Ancestral God King Celestial Venerable Zu had already heard the news. He laughed and said, ”Does this fellow not know that I want to kill him and that he's sending himself to death? Unless he believes that I can't strike in my Ancestral King Palace.”
”Do you really want to kill him?” Great Sun Sovereign asked.
This Great Sun Sovereign wasn't the one from the ancient gods. The one from the ancient gods was betrayed for knowing too much, dying during the Dragon Han Era.
Today's Great Sun Sovereign was a god from the High Emperor Era named Dan Fenglai. He was a disciple of Ancestral God King and was tasked to become the general of the Heavenly Cycle Stars of the celestial heavens.
The reason that Ancestral God King was able to be an equal rival of Celestial Venerable Hao and God Emperor Lang Xuan was because of how he was the son of Heaven Duke and had mastered the Heavenly Cycle Stars. Most of the star gods had to listen to his orders.
”Of course not.”
Ancestral God King laughed. ”Do you think I'm that foolish? If I was, would I be at the position I am today? Sometimes, bumbling around isn't necessarily bad. For example, the Jade Pool incident. All of the other Celestial Venerables were there and hid their identities so they wouldn't be recognized. The nine of them are suspicious of and guarded against one another, but since only I revealed my identity, they won't be suspicious of me, the boorish man.
He put his arms behind him and continued, ”Celestial Venerable Mu came here to get killed by me, but I won't touch him at all. He isn't my enemy, at least for now. He might have the title of Celestial Venerable, but he's nothing more than a small figure with an over-glorified title. Killing him would only spell trouble.”
Great Sun Sovereign Dan Fenglai was impressed and praised, ”Brilliant, Celestial Venerable. So how do we deal with his arrival here?”
Ancestral God King said, ”Celestial Venerable Mu's aptitude is actually not bad. I fought him at the palace of Mahakala with the strongest weapon. I was at the Divine Bridge Realm, and he was able to match me. Even after I used the realm's twenty-eight heavens, I couldn't take him down. Instead, he killed Celestial Venerable Yu's clone. Thus, restrain the disciples to not provoke him.”
He smiled. ”Say that I'm not around and force the disciples to treat him respectfully. Don't give him a chance to create a scene, treat him as if he's a real Celestial Venerable. Once he realizes that he can't gain anything from here, he'll back off.”
Great Sun Sovereign Dan Fenglai bowed and replied, ”I will now receive him.”
Ancestral God King halted him with one more instruction, ”One more thing, prevent anyone from infiltrating the Ancestral King Palace to assassinate him. He was the victim of an attempt at Lang Xuan Divine Palace, so there will probably be a second time. Don't let this failure of a man die at my place.”
Dan Fenglai left and led the disciples to receive Qin Mu.
Qin Mu looked at this Great Sun Sovereign and laughed. ”Great Sun Sovereign, I still vividly remember the last time I met you. I almost died at your hands.”
Dan Fenglai said, ”I didn't know it was you then, and I also held back. Then, I was merely using clones and the fire crow army to kill those of Crimson Light. I didn't treat you as an opponent. Celestial Venerable Mu, my master isn't here, so allow me to treat you properly as host. Please.”
Qin Mu followed them into the Ancestral King Palace as he joked, ”That night at the Jade Pool, I saw someone that looked like a star sovereign trying to kill me. He wasn't powerful but had many clones and morphed into three-legged golden crows that flew near the water surface.”
Dan Fenglai joined him in laughter. ”Countless people cultivate the Great Sun Technique. How could it be me? Celestial Venerable, you must be joking.”
”That's true as well.”
Qin Mu's breath became exhausted as he coughed repeatedly. He glanced at Great Sun Sovereign's brothers and sisters and saw that they were looking downwards, pretending not to see his sign of weakness.
Dan Fenglai asked, concerned, ”Is your body alright?”
Qin Mu seemed slightly lost before returning. His expression changed slightly as he took out a couple of spirit pills that he consumed while trembling. He spat out a ragged breath after catalyzing the medicine's power, then sighed. ”I have no soul and spirit and am only kept alive by my consciousness. If it disperses, I'll die. I only came to the celestial heavens to revisit old haunts and catch up with old friends.”
After that, he subtly glanced at those youthful and competitive disciples of Ancestral God King.
They were smiling, their tempers remarkably good.