1030 Great Star Atlas of the Universe (1/2)

Qin Mu smiled, and the muscles on his arms regenerated quickly.

Deity Xuan glanced at him and told the sword gods of the academy, ”Since that's your wish, you can go tour the Primordial Realm. However, remember this, you are no longer our sword gods nor my descendants. You can't act with my name, for you all have been expelled from the North Deity bloodline. Secondly, you have no background and aren't superior, so treat the weaker people of Eternal Peace kindly. Understand?”

Qin Mu couldn't help but look at Deity Xuan. His instructions were on point. The sword gods wouldn't attract the celestial heavens' attention as long as they weren't acting under Deity Xuan's name, which reduced the danger involved. Even if they did something wrong, the North Pole wouldn't be involved.

If they didn't have a background and treated Eternal Peace's people well, they wouldn't come into conflict with Eternal Peace. If they discriminated against Eternal Peace and bullied the people there because they had the bloodline of North Deity, they would cause trouble, and Qin Mu wouldn't be able to tolerate them.

With those things done, this batch of sword gods could assimilate into Eternal Peace and become members of its reform.

Older people were more experienced. Deity Xuan was very wise in his orders.

Those sword gods of the academy nodded.

Deity Xuan removed their surnames, so the head of the sword gods said, ”Celestial Venerable, we are now people without surnames pleading for you to give us one.”

Qin Mu thought about it in silence before saying, ”You all entered the path through the sword 40,000 years ago, became gods because of it, and are now leaving the North Pole with your surname taken because of the Sword Dao. Thus, your surname shall be Jian.”

The head of the sword gods of the academy smiled and said, ”So my name is Jian Wuji.”

”Which means I'm Jian Sansheng.”

”I'm Jian Yutang!”

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The masses laughed, and Deity Xuan couldn't help but say, ”Celestial Venerable Mu, my disciples might be good in nature, but they are inexperienced. They don't know about the evils of the world, so I would like to ask you to treat them kindly, Celestial Venerable.”

Qin Mu nodded solemnly. ”Relax, Deity Xuan. My reputation in the Primordial Realm is great. I was called the conscience of Eternal Peace. Anyone who mentions me will raise their thumbs and praise me as the absolute good guy. I won't mistreat them.”

Deity Xuan said, ”Yes, yes, I've heard of your character. It has garnered a reputation of its own.”

After he was done, he whispered to Jian Wuji after showing him a look, ”Be careful, don't work for the guy after he betrayed you!”

Jian Wuji was astonished.

Qin Mu gave Jian Wuji a letter and said, ”You shall head to the Primordial Realm's Eternal Peace first and give my letter to Emperor Yanxiu. She will arrange everything. Deity Xuan, why don't you give the 100 Five Thunder Pots to them first so they can take them to Eternal Peace. What do you think?”

Deity Xuan nodded and said, ”Jian Wuji, after you retrieve the Five Thunder Pots, go to the Real Martial Academy and take six scrolls of Black Tortoise Lectures and Fire Bell Divine Weapon Scrolls. They are to be taken to Eternal Peace and given to Emperor Yanxiu.”

Jian Wuji left after receiving the order.

Deity Xuan watched them leave and sighed. ”You really are ruthless, Celestial Venerable Mu. Now you should see my sincerity, right?”

Qin Mu clasped his hands, bowed to the ground, and solemnly said, ”Instead of looking down on me due to my inferior power, you entrusted me with such heavy responsibilities. I am very grateful, Deity Xuan.”

Deity Xuan returned the favor hastily and smiled. ”Don't do that, Celestial Venerable. I value you because of what you did during the Eternal Peace Calamity. During the Founding Emperor Calamity, Founding Emperor took his elites and left, abandoning his citizens. During the Eternal Peace Calamity, you chose to fight to the death and tried to manipulate all of the powers to find a way out. In the end, you surprisingly secured Eternal Peace. This is why I am willing to entrust them to you.”

Qin Mu sincerely said, ”I will repay your trust in consigning them to me, Deity Xuan.”

Deity Xuan laughed and said, ”I ordered people to prepare a banquet. You are my bosom buddy. We shall drink until we are drunk.”

Qin Mu also laughed. ”I was going to bother you about that.”

During the banquet, Deity Xuan and Qin Mu drank until they were drunk. They held each others' shoulders and called each other as brothers. The dragon qilin and Yan'er accompanied them, along with the high officials of the Xuan Celestial Palace. They greatly disagreed with their action. ”Deity Xuan and Celestial Venerable Mu called each other as Dao brothers. How are we to sort the seniority if we met Founding Emperor?”

They drank to their hearts' content, and those accompanying them were forced to put up a smile.

Deity Xuan sent Qin Mu away and said, ”You have to be careful when you see the witch. She's not easy to talk to. She must know how you came to see me first after you arrived. Thus, she might trouble you out of envy and hatred.”

Qin Mu smiled. ”I don't think she's that kind of person. Brother Deity Xuan, I have to ask you about some things. Who does the divine weapon Celestial Venerable Yu stationed here belong to?”

”Heavenly Lady Qiang.”

Qin Mu nodded and remembered it carefully. He then asked, ”May I ask, is there a reverse side to the North Pole?”

Deity Xuan's expression changed slightly as he smiled and asked, ”Why do you ask this, Brother?”

Qin Mu replied, ”I met the masters of creation in the Great Void, and I know that their ancestral lands are called the ancestral court. Do you know where it is, Brother Deity Xuan?”

Deity Xuan's face sank as he solemnly said, ”Send our guests off!”

Qin Mu was stunned. He cupped his hands and was about to leave when Deity Xuan sighed. ”It's not that I'm cruel, but what you're asking about is too shocking. Celestial Venerable Mu, I know you like to explore history, but some things are better left untouched.”

Qin Mu nodded and led the dragon qilin and Yan'er to ride the carriage to Wu.

Deity Xuan watched them leave before whispering, ”It was difficult for us to steal the masters of creation's ancestral court. You better not solve sealed history…”