1026 Sending Off Celestial Venerable Mu Nine Times (1/2)

The dragon qilin and Yan'er walked out from behind him carefully. Their hearts pounded when they looked at the countless experts of the Green Dragon Celestial Palace in the sky.

”Fatty Dragon, is this a good mess to clean up?”

Yan'er instinctively and nervously became a little green sparrow that landed on the dragon qilin's head. She scratched his scalp with her claws and whispered, ”Master seems to have defeated East Deity's reincarnation in too brutal a manner…”

From afar, a loud boom sounded. It came from the collapse of the palace that East Deity's reincarnation was smashed through.

The other palaces fell along with it, which frightened the other strong practitioners of the dragon race out of their shocked state.

Yan'er became more and more nervous as she clutched onto the dragon qilin's head in a manner that made it itchy.

The dragon qilin calmed himself down and replied, ”It's hard to say whether we can clean up this mess. However, East Deity wanted to use Cult Master's visit and name to establish his authority. What Cult Master did was merely him fighting back.”

Yan'er didn't understand him.

However, the dragon qilin understood everything.

East Deity clearly had the intention to put down Celestial Venerable Mu's name, which was why he summoned most of the dragons in his celestial palace.

If he wanted to test Qin Mu's power only, he wouldn't have had to summon all of the officials of the Green Dragon Celestial Palace, nor invite so many people. It was clear that East Deity had a hidden motive.

He wanted to use Qin Mu's title of Celestial Venerable to establish his authority, which was understandable.

During these couple of years, the authority of the Green Dragon Celestial Palace and the ancient gods became shakier and shakier as the celestial heavens' ten Celestial Venerables' authority grew. Sometimes, when the Celestial Venerables did things, they didn't even bother using the title of their common lord, the ancient Celestial Emperor. Instead, they used their own title instead.

It was easy for the Celestial Venerables to disobey, raid, and annihilate their families.

The crisis in the Green Dragon Celestial Palace was visible to the people of the East Pole. The ten Celestial Venerables pressured from the top, while Green Deity of the Eastern Sky pressured from the bottom. Now, even the divine weapon Celestial Venerable Yu, which was holding six god cities, had descended from the celestial heavens with millions of gods and devils!

The divine weapon Celestial Venerable Yu's mudra technique was even pointed straight at the Green Dragon Celestial Palace in a completely unrestrained fashion, which suppressed the confidence of the heavenly dragon race of the East Pole.

As one of the four deities of the ancient gods, East Deity needed a way to reinvigorate morale.

Defeating Qin Mu would allow him to know his position in their cooperation. Without the support of the ancient gods, Qin Mu could achieve nothing!

In their cooperation, the ancient gods were the masters and leaders, while Qin Mu was the follower that acted only on their orders.

Additionally, although Celestial Venerable Mu's name paled in comparison to the ten Celestial Venerables of today, he was still the oldest elder of the Heaven Alliance. Defeating him would allow East Deity to make the ancient gods seem invincible in the eyes of his people.

This was why East Deity set the two tests when Qin Mu arrived.

”What he didn't expect is how Celestial Venerable Mu is still a Celestial Venerable.”

The dragon qilin shook his head. East Deity had the wrong idea of controlling and taking advantage of Qin Mu the whole time. He failed to see how times had changed from his ivory tower. Ancient gods were no longer the strongest beings.

Qin Mu, as one of the three heroes of Eternal Peace's reform, didn't have the intention of surpassing the ancient gods. Instead, his intention was to get all gods, ancient or new, to serve people.

Qin Mu and the ancient gods' motives were thus naturally in conflict, even contradictory. How could Qin Mu let East Deity control him?

Besides, while Qin Mu still had some power in the past as Celestial Venerable Mu, it had been decreasing. The Eternal Peace Calamity was a great learning experience for him, increasing his cultivation base, knowledge, and experience greatly.

Add to that the trip through the Great Void, and Qin Mu could easily beat the reincarnations of ancient gods, even if he may not be able to do so to Celestial Venerables in the same realm.

Suddenly, another loud rumble came. Another large dragon-shaped memorial came crashing down.

Yan'er was relaxed, but she couldn't help but clutch the dragon qilin's head tighter with her claws upon hearing it. She took a piece of his scale as a result.

It was painful for the dragon qilin, but he kept quiet.

The dragons in the sky were seemingly awakened by the crash of the memorial. None of them thought this would be the end, least of all East Deity.

Their gazes went towards Qin Mu on the dragon island. He had already put away his sword pellet. As the saying goes, a person hated by many would die, even without an illness. Qin Mu remained calm despite being stared at by so many expert dragons.

”What do we do, Big Brother?” the officials at the Green Dragon Celestial Palace asked the crown prince.

He was out of ideas too. Although he was the only being at the Emperor's Throne Realm, he was like the memorial that collapsed just now in the East Pole—good looking but of little use.

The real person in charge was still his father, East Deity. He had little power.

East Deity had great longevity and was a control-freak. As his crown prince, Yuan Long could only cultivate to the Emperor's Throne Realm due to the chaotic period in the High Emperor Era. He went down to fight and was thus able to escape East Deity's shadow, which allowed him to cultivate to that point.

When the High Emperor Era ended and he returned, he was under East Deity's shadow once again.

Under his father's shadow, he couldn't be in charge.

At that moment, an ancient and vast aura rose, growing stronger and stronger. East Deity's giant body circled the Green Dragon Celestial Palace again and again. His green scales reflected the sun like a mirror, causing the surrounding palaces to be clearly reflected in them as well.

His head was above the Numinous Sky Hall, and he looked down as his whiskers fluttered in the air. He came to the dragon island in the Jade Pool and stirred large waves with his whiskers.

Qin Mu looked up at this ancient god and smiled. ”East Deity, I passed the test, right?”

East Deity narrowed his eyes and stared at him. After a while, he laughed. ”Yes, you did. Celestial Venerable Mu, you have a great deal of potential, and you won't pale in comparison to the ten Celestial Venerables in the future.”

Qin Mu relaxed and replied, ”It's good that I didn't disappoint you. Regarding the Numinous Treasure Mountain…”

His mouth opened, and he smiled. ”I will deliver on my promise. It's just that the mountain is heavy. You might not be able to take it.”

Qin Mu was full of smiles. ”Rest assured, East Deity, I have a way to do it! I came here to meet you and catch up. Since I have disturbed you here, I shall leave now.”

East Deity tried to get him to stay. ”Are you not staying for a couple more days, Celestial Venerable Mu?”

”No, no.”

They exchanged formalities before Qin Mu ordered the dragon qilin and Yan'er to pack up. East Deity flew to the Numinous Treasure Mountain and picked up a peak. The celestial heavens' gods and devils were aghast as they complained, ”Is East Deity planning to move the Numinous Treasure Mountain? Where will we find dragon tooth knives in the future?”