935 The Hundred Moves to Kill Mu (1/2)
”This is the 26th time that Celestial Venerable Hao has killed me.”
Qin Mu quietly drank his tea, though it became slightly too plain for him. He put his cup down and said, ”You didn't repeat a single divine art in the 26 times that you killed me. Very impressive… I have been very busy since I came to the celestial heavens, I wonder what good teas there are here? Since the celestial heavens is where the powerful and nobility congregate, the tea here should be better than in the lower bound, right?”
An idea formed in his heart. He wanted to buy some tea leaves and take them down to the lower bound, gifting them to his friends.
At this moment, Celestial Venerable Hao killed him again in his illusion.
”It's just, what's the currency in the celestial heavens? I certainly can't buy anything with the great abundance coin of the Eternal Peace.”
Qin Mu couldn't help but miss Hu Ling'er and Si Yunxiang. If they were here, he wouldn't have to fret over money.
”After a while, Celestial Empress will be able to establish the Spirit Energy Mutual Shift Bridge and open access between the Primordial Realm and the celestial heavens. By then, I'll be rich.”
He closed his eyes to meditate. 'I have died 51 times at the hands of Celestial Venerable Hao, who used 51 different divine arts to kill me. How impressive. I didn't think that my divine arts and techniques contained so many flaws.'
His admiration for him grew naturally.
As the saying goes—the onlooker sees clear. One could hardly see their own weaknesses and flaws clearly.
For people as proud as Qin Mu, their techniques and divine arts were perfect in their eyes and contained no flaws. However, for the onlooker, many flaws usually still existed.
Celestial Venerable Hao was a Celestial Venerable after all. He was the second person to open a divine treasure, with the first being Celestial Venerable Yu.
After all these years of research, he created the Hundred Moves to Kill Mu, which proved Qin Mu's techniques and divine arts contained at least 100 flaws. Having someone like him to help perfect one's techniques and divine arts was surely fortunate!
In Celestial Venerable Hao's world, Qin Mu died again and again. Strangely, after he killed Qin Mu, he would return to the beginning, every time.
The beginning was him standing at the pavilion, facing the sea as Qin Mu walked towards him and stood beside him.
Every time, his first sentence was the same.
”Celestial Venerable Mu doesn't seem surprised at all.”
Yet, as Celestial Venerable Hao grew more and more shocked, he also grew to be more and more confused. This scene gave him a surprisingly familiar feeling, which only grew. It was as if he had experienced it before, more than once!
Ever since obtaining the Grand Primordium Origin Stone, Qin Mu's consciousness grew stronger and stronger.
Before he arrived at the celestial heavens, his consciousness was already strong, as seen by how he was able to find the flaw in Left Assistant Minister Yan Shaoqing's consciousness technique. This caused Yan Shaoqing, the number one consciousness practitioner, to be stuck in a cycle of illusion, unable to differentiate reality from illusion.
Now, his consciousness was several times stronger. With the master of creation's Supreme Palace Enclosure Higher Knowledge, the Grand Primordium Origin Stone, and the Three Primordial Spirit Undying God Consciousness, his improvement was immense.
This time, not only did he use a consciousness divine art, but he also used an immature unchanging divine art that turned the small pavilion into an unchanging space!
Celestial Venerable Hao went through the cycle again and again in this unchanging space!
On top of the unchanging space, Qin Mu also used Brahma Buddha's Boundless Calamity Sutra. Instead of using it to put himself in a dream to shape a dream world, he used it to put Celestial Venerable Hao's Qin Mu clone in a dream world, unable to escape.
This dream would repeat again and again in the unchanging space as it washed away his memory and put him back at the beginning.
'It's the 81st time already.'
Qin Mu removed the tea and washed the tea set beside the Jade Sea under the pavilion. He leisurely thought, 'I have already died at Celestial Venerable Hao's hands 81 times! Each time, it was a perfect kill, and each time, my death was a unique one! He definitely figured out my Raising Calamity Sword, Opening Calamity Sword, and other divine arts. This fellow is too powerful. Now there are only 19 ways left to die…'
Suddenly, he frowned.
There was a wave that went through the space in the pavilion. Celestial Venerable Hao had discovered that something was wrong!
'The unchanging divine art that I comprehended from the peachwood hairpin and the ghost ship is still too shallow. It's easy to trap him, but my divine art still isn't as perfect as Celestial Venerable Ling's.'
Qin Mu realized something. 'The flaw got bigger and bigger with each round, and after the 81st round, the shred of consciousness that Celestial Venerable Hao hid within the clone saw the flaw!'
In the unchanging space, Celestial Venerable Hao killed Qin Mu, and Qin Mu laid on the ground with all of his bones shattered as he took in his last breath.
Celestial Venerable Hao stared at this body as the doubts that colored his eyes grew thicker and thicker.
At that moment, everything returned to its original state. The memory in the clone of Qin Mu was also washed away as everything returned to the beginning.
He stood beside the pavilion, looking at the Jade Sea, and on it, Qin Mu walked towards him.
The doubt coloring Celestial Venerable Hao's face became even thicker as he looked back at the pavilion. Within it, a pair of bloody detached feet remained.
He turned around to look at the Qin Mu approaching from the sea. The approaching Qin Mu lacked feet, yet he was perfectly stable when walking!
His face revealed his confusion, and as his confusion receded, his third eye grew clearer and clearer.
”How daring of you to play such a trick in front of me!”
An unbelievably strong consciousness bombarded the unchanging space of the pavilion from outside!
At that moment, the world surrounding Celestial Venerable Hao's clone of Qin Mu fell apart, and the real Jade Pool appeared in front of him!
Cold sweat broke out on his forehead as he sensed that something was wrong. Thus, he unleashed another wave of consciousness to dismantle Qin Mu's spell and prevent himself from being stuck in this cycle!
However, a bombardment by his real consciousness would alert the other strong practitioners of the celestial heavens who would come to investigate. This would deprive him of the chance to kill Qin Mu silently and replace him!
The plan of creating a new Celestial Venerable Mu to replace Qin Mu collapsed. His opponents in the celestial heavens wouldn't give him a second chance!