965 A Righteous Gentleman (1/2)

Qin Mu turned his head around to look, only to see Lian Huahun striding over. She must have followed Luo Wushuang and his trail all the way here.

However, the weather and sky within the golden desert were unpredictable, and there were also many strange things there. She probably encountered several strange occurrences within the desert and was thus a few days late in discovering this final gathering place of the masters of creation.

”Yes.”

Qin Mu wasn't humble at all. He shifted his gaze away from Lian Huahun and looked towards the Void Bridge. With a calm expression, he continued, ”There is no longer anyone in the Great Void who can threaten me. Not you, Celestial Empress, and not Mistress Yuanmu.”

The reason he didn't continue to watch Lian Huahun was that Lian Huahun's appearance resembled Celestial Empress and Mistress Yuanmu a little. She had a slender waist with a large chest, and when she walked, she was as graceful as a leopard, with her waist and bottom looking very firm—it was all very attractive to him.

'Could Celestial Empress be aware of what I like?'

Qin Mu was shocked. 'She is quite well-researched on me, targeting my weakness. Yet, I don't know much about her.'

He was, however, unaware that Celestial Empress hadn't transformed into Lian Huahun to target him. Instead, she was trying to evoke Celestial Venerable Hao's affections for his mother. It just so happened that her appearance as Lian Huahun had also matched Qin Mu's standards of beauty.

Qin Mu suppressed his strange thoughts as he continued to stare at the Void Bridge.

There, Celestial Venerable Xu was truly stuck. Although she was powerful without limits, she was facing a dangerous situation at the end of the Void Bridge.

The Void Bridge was made up of disjointed segments, and towards the end of the bridge, the parts that were broken off were even longer. If it was merely the void getting destroyed and collapsing on itself, it wouldn't be able to trap Celestial Venerable Xu. However, the void there would also shrink and collapse. Not only that, when it reached a maximum point of collapsing, there would be terrifying strange explosions as well!

It was as though the void was breathing through this sort of collapsing and inflating. Yet, between each exhalation and inhalation, beyond the Void Bridge, there would be countless small universes being born and then destroyed. Their lives and deaths were similar to evanescent light, yet they were still extremely powerful.

Even an almost unmatchable existence like Celestial Venerable Xu was having difficulties with every step she was taking at this moment. She was caught in a dangerous situation where she could neither advance nor retreat.

Her celestial palaces floated and shook as they were greatly damaged by the apocalyptic sight at the Void Bridge, resulting in her cultivation being lacking compared to before.

'Her celestial palaces were opened, not created from visualization. If they were created from visualization, they would be able to be destroyed and reformed as well. She might even have the chance to directly arrive at the other side of the Great Void.'

Qin Mu retracted his gaze and thought to himself, 'Celestial Venerable Xu doesn't know the visualization technique. That might mean that she's not the master of creation hidden within the celestial heavens.'

A master of creation hiding within the celestial heavens was a guess of Qin Mu's.

There were many suspicious points with regard to the death of Celestial Venerable Yun. Celestial Venerable Yun had been killed by a master of creation and had been cursed with the bloodline curse. When Qin Mu helped Yun Jianli by lifting the curse, he had also encountered that master of creation's consciousness.

He had previously guessed that this master of creation was the Grand Emperor. The Grand Emperor had died in the Land of the Great Void, yet for a master of creation, the death of the corporeal body and the soul didn't equal true death. Only when the consciousness had perished could that be considered true death.

Whether or not the Grand Emperor had changed his complete appearance to live within the celestial heavens, that would then be an unknown.

However, judging from Celestial Venerable Xu's situation on the Void Bridge, Celestial Venerable Xu was most probably not the Grand Emperor.

If she was the Grand Emperor, she could have made use of her formidable consciousness to cross the Void Bridge.

Of course, there was also the possibility that she hadn't made use of her true powers so as not to risk exposing her true identity.

Lian Huahun walked over, glancing at Luo Wushuang before immediately shifting her gaze to Celestial Venerable Xu, who was trapped on the Void Bridge. She laughed coldly. ”Hypocrite.”

Qin Mu jolted slightly and asked her, ”Good little sister, why do you call Celestial Venerable Xu a hypocrite?”

”Good little sister?”

Lian Huahun snorted coldly before replying leisurely, ”You dare call me 'good little sister'? I want your head, and no one will be able to save you.”

She paused for a while before continuing, ”Celestial Venerable Xu's true abilities aren't limited to such. Yet, she has been refraining from using her true abilities for fear of exposing her true capabilities to others. She would rather be caught in such a dangerous situation than reveal her true abilities, how hypocritical.”

Qin Mu burst out laughing. ”Isn't Empress like that as well? If you truly wanted to deal with me, you would just have to make use of your true abilities, and I would definitely be utterly defeated. Yet, Empress still went to become a disciple of Celestial Venerable Hao to learn the technique of the Hundred Ways to Kill Mu. Evidently, you are also a hypocrite. All ten of you so-called Celestial Venerables, you're all hypocrites. Not one of you is a righteous gentleman.”

”Within the celestial heavens, the righteous gentlemen are all long dead.”

Lian Huahun revealed a rare smile, and she asked him with interest, ”Then, is Celestial Venerable Mu a righteous gentleman?”

Qin Mu averted his gaze from her chest and replied with a serious tone, ”I am one of the rare righteous gentlemen in the celestial heavens.” He couldn't help but take another glance as he said that.

Lian Huahun covered up her collar to avoid being taken advantage of again and replied, ”There are many loopholes in Celestial Venerable Mu's techniques and divine arts. The remaining 18 ways to kill Mu that I learned from Celestial Venerable Hao, every single technique is targeted towards a loophole within your techniques and divine arts. It would be difficult for you to avoid death. If you hand over the corpse of that slut sister of mine, then I can spare your life.”

She added softly, ”You remaining alive is very useful to me. However, I want to dig out your eyes. You have shifty eyes.”

Qin Mu made a mental command, and Mistress Yuanmu's crystal coffin flew out from the heart of his brows, landing on the ground with a thud. He replied, ”It's not like it's anything valuable. Empress can just take it. As for my eyes, Empress can also just dig them out. My creation techniques allow me to reforge even the corporeal body.”

Lian Huahun was taken aback.

Along the way, she had already considered countless possible scenarios, including the various ways that she could use to kill Qin Mu, the expression of disbelief that Qin Mu would have before he died, and the final words that he would say. Yet, she hadn't considered the possibility that Qin Mu would actually so readily retrieve Mistress Yuanmu's crystal coffin and give it to her.

She walked forward, reaching a palm towards the crystal coffin while also cautiously guarding her back against Qin Mu at the same time.