977 The Belly Band Celestial Venerable (1/2)

That ”belly band master of creation” stopped, turned around, and smiled. ”Why is the great Celestial Venerable Mu wearing children's clothing? Isn't that a red belly band inside?”

He was the ”Qin Kai” that Qin Mu met in the first year of the Dragon Han Era, Founding Emperor Qin Ye of the older generations, the great emperor who opened the Founding Emperor Era, Celestial Venerable Qin of the Heaven Alliance!

Back then, Celestial Venerable Qin was a tall and handsome youth with a stubborn quality.

Now, he was a middle-aged man that retained that unique quality of his.

The reason that Qin Mu was able to recognize the ”belly band master of creation” immediately was due to his qualities, vibe, and aura, not his appearance.

Of course, a clean-shaven man with some green stubble wearing a red belly band would naturally attract Qin Mu's gaze.

The other masters of creation were large and had a hard time noticing the short ”infant's” appearance, which Qin Mu found easy to do.

Passion erupted from Qin Mu's chest. He wanted to walk to him, but Founding Emperor was too revealing in his clothing, which prevented Qin Mu from hugging him.

”My clothes are kids' robes, but at least they cover my butt.”

Qin Mu laughed. ”The one I'm wearing inside is a real belly band! Founding Emperor, yours can't even cover your butt.”

The two of them walked closer to one another.

Founding Emperor removed his belly band, and he seemed like he wasn't wearing anything. In reality, he was wearing clothes that were of the same color as his skin, which made his butt look naked.

His clothes started to change color, like a chameleon, and soon became a purple-blue robe.

”Clothes of the Heavenly Feather Race?” Qin Mu was shocked.

Founding Emperor replied, ”You know them too? They made me some clothes after I became Founding Emperor.”

The clothes beneath Qin Mu's belly band were made by the Heavenly Feather Race too. They were personally tailored by Yu Zhaoqing and were very fitting.

Currently, the Heavenly Feather World was occupied by a devil race under the celestial heavens, causing the Heavenly Feather Race to pledge allegiance to Eternal Peace. Yu Zhaoqing wanted to take back the Heavenly Feather World, but Eternal Peace lacked the necessary strength to make it doable.

Qin Mu came to the side of Founding Emperor and opened his mouth, but he didn't know what to say.

For a long time, he wanted to meet this old ancestor of his. He had thousands of questions for him and thousands of things to rant to him about.

Qin Mu had complicated feelings towards this ancestor. He admired him when he learned that he was his descendant, was hurt when he learned that he gave up on everything to hide in Carefree Village, and wanted recognition when he met him in the first year of the Dragon Han Era.

Later on, when the Eternal Peace Calamity occurred, Founding Emperor ordered the four great heavenly teachers and four great heavenly kings to withdraw, which disappointed Qin Mu.

When he reached the celestial heavens, Qin Mu understood Founding Emperor's decisions again.

Now, meeting Founding Emperor again caused a lot of emotions of his to swell. All sorts of words that he wanted to say seemed unimportant to him now.

Nothing was important, not how much he was impressed with him or how much he wanted to reprimand him, not his admiration or his disappointment towards him, and not how hurt he felt or how sympathetic he felt. None of it was important.

Qin Mu's gaze was gentle, and his expression was honest as he smiled and asked, ”We parted ways for a million years, how are you doing now?”

Founding Emperor's gaze drooped as if he was touched before it was lifted again to meet Qin Mu's eyes. He replied, ”Its alright. Sometimes it's tough, sometimes it's pleasing, sometimes it's painful, especially when I have to make hard decisions. However, when I hear news from the outside world, I feel gratified.”

Qin Mu understood him. The tough periods were the initial periods of the Founding Emperor Era. The pleasing periods were when they grew up and opened up new lands to make people's lives better.

The painful and hard decision was when he decided to move to Carefree Village, which meant giving up the lives of the masses he swore to protect.

The gratification from news of the outside world occurred when news of Qin Mu reached him.

Qin Mu knew that Founding Emperor was the secluded Founding Emperor God that controlled the Great Ruins. Although he was in Carefree Village, he cared a lot about the outside world.

Founding Emperor's voice was like a resonance that went through one's chest. It was deep and filled with energy. ”I wasn't able to figure out that the Celestial Venerable Mu that broke into the first year of the Dragon Han Era with Niu Sanduo was my descendant.”

He couldn't help but laugh. ”I called you Brother Mu then, which made you blush. You reprimanded me with a stutter, telling me that I couldn't do that.”

Qin Mu couldn't help but laugh as well. ”You thought I was arrogant and proud. You didn't know that you were messing with the family hierarchy by doing that.”

Founding Emperor sank into silence before saying, ”I'm here to bring you back to Carefree Village. My arrival here can fool everyone but Divine King Lang Wo. She will notice soon. Follow me before it's too late.”

Qin Mu looked at him with a complex gaze before shaking his head.

Founding Emperor frowned and patiently said, ”Your parents are worried about you. They begged me to rescue you. They will only feel assured if you follow me back.”

Qin Mu shook his head again.

Founding Emperor raised his eyebrows. ”You are still as stubborn, active, arrogant, and rash as before! You're still as immature as before!”

”You didn't change either.”

Qin Mu laughed. ”You're still as careful as before. You only want to strike when you have certainty of victory to prevent missing out. Yet you fail to realize that enemies will never give you that certainty.”

Their gazes met and collided. Both of them felt uncomfortable, as they both felt the other to be as irritating as they were a million years ago.

Their gazes separated as they looked behind each other.

This sense of dread wasn't dread between enemies, it was gentle affection between friends and family.

They were family. However, they were intelligent with eternally strong Dao hearts. They wouldn't change their ideas and opinions no matter how hard the other tried.

They realized that they were such people, which caused dread between them. They believed the other to be stubborn and desired to punch the other out of their stubbornness.