1061 The Death of Luo Xiao (1/2)
Qin Mu tried to sense the sacrificial altar outside of the ancestral court time and time again. Yet, he failed time and time again. There was a force disrupting his consciousness in the void.
Cold sweat came from his forehead. The disruption came from the mine. Da Hong was clearly destroying his reverse summoning.
Suddenly, he felt that the disturbance was gone. He became rejuvenated instantly as his consciousness finally established a connection with the sacrificial altar outside of the ancestral court!
Qin Mu was pleased, and he immediately utilized the reverse summoning divine art. His vital qi and consciousness mixed together to utilize the sacrificial altar outside.
At the same time, he vaguely heard melodious yet pitiful singing. It was as if an abandoned lady was singing by the river while walking into it before slowly disappearing into the ice-cold water.
He looked back and saw a splendid-looking empress holding Da Hong while walking towards them.
Qin Mu felt absent-minded as the ancestral court disappeared, and he heard the sound of flowing water.
The view in front of him changed, and a river stream appeared in front of him. Plain fog covered the river. A sad lady was walking into the center of the river, and her body was slowly absorbed by the river.
She was humming a melancholic song in which one couldn't understand the lyrics.
'Illusion!'
Qin Mu immediately utilized his consciousness, and he furiously shouted, ”Consciousness illusion! Who dares to trick me? I am the grandmaster of consciousness illusions!”
He heard a lady's voice gently whispering, ”I am its ancestor.”
Qin Mu clenched his teeth and used the Overlord Body Three Elixir Technique, Great Overarching Supreme Consciousness, Boundless Calamity Sutra, and all of his consciousness divine arts in an attempt to break the sudden illusion.
Yet, he felt that his body and primordial spirit were out of his control, continuing to perform the reverse summoning divine art. He grew closer and closer to forming a connection with the sacrificial altar outside.
Qin Mu's forehead was covered with cold sweat. Divine King Gong Yun's consciousness illusion had invaded his corporeal body, forcing him to leave there together with them.
He attempted to break it, but Divine King Gong Yun's consciousness was above him. She had a secure advantage over him.
The reverse summoning activated, and the void swayed. Another sacrificial altar came from deep within the void.
Light flashed!
Qin Mu clenched his teeth and fought against Divine King Gong Yun's consciousness divine art. The river and the lady in it disappeared and reappeared again and again. In one moment, they were clear, while in another, they became blurry.
The pitiful singing went away, then got closer again as it crushed Qin Mu's consciousness again and again.
Suddenly, the lady's voice sounded in Qin Mu's ear. ”Are you Mu Qing? The consciousness divine arts of the later generation truly are powerful. Perhaps we will meet again in the future, if you aren't dead…”
The voice grew further away as the illusion disappeared. The lantern light became clear around him as the carriage appeared on the sacrificial altar outside the ancestral court.
The lantern light was the type found on the Celestial River Navy's ships!
Innumerable ships surrounded the place, their flags fluttering, and countless soldiers and generals of the celestial heavens stood on the sacrificial altar. Next to the Celestial River Navy was the Southern Sect Army.
After they entered the ancestral court, the armies entered the place too to hunt them down. They stationed themselves outside the sacrificial altar to try and trap them!
Luo Xiao drove the void beast towards the siege to try and break out. He hollered, ”Brother Mu, follow me! We shall kill our way out of here!”
Countless troops activated their formations to trap them, while countless divine weapons and divine arts flew from the ships and bombarded them.
Even more divine soldiers and generals sieged the sacrificial altar, rushing towards it.
Qin Mu looked around and failed to find Divine King Gong Yun and Da Hong.
To that primordial divine king, no amount of soldiers could keep her down. After all, even Qin Mu's consciousness couldn't break her consciousness illusion.
She could enter and exit the Celestial River Navy and Southern Sect Army freely.
Now that the female divine king had left with Da Hong, Da Hong would face endless torture and humiliation.
'Will Gong Yun be Celestial Venerable Gong in the future?' Qin Mu thought.
His gaze looked at the countless gods and devils rushing towards them before falling on Luo Xiao, who was trying his best to break free. Luo Xiao was trapped. The Celestial River Navy and Southern Sect Army had already set an inescapable trap. Even Qin Mu would find it hard to escape.
”Luo Xiao!”
Qin Mu used his consciousness and rushed towards him. Yet, his consciousness was breaking under the power of countless divine arts and divine weapons. ”Don't take the void beast back to the Great Void! The void beast wasn't tamed by you but by the Grand Emperor. He purposely handed it to you! Don't take it back!”
Countless divine weapons rose, and complete darkness blocked the sacrificial altar entirely.
Yan'er looked at the scene with a pale expression after she hurriedly raised her lantern. She hastily said, ”Master! We won't make it if we don't leave now!”
Qin Mu's consciousness was hit again. He still couldn't reach Luo Xiao's side with his consciousness.
”Yan'er.”
Qin Mu didn't try again. He closed his eyes and gently said, ”Extinguish the light.”
Yan'er blew out the lantern. Yet, the divine weapons and divine arts' light made the sacrificial altar bright. They still couldn't leave and return to the ghost ship.
Yan'er, the dragon qilin, and the six heavenly dragons looked at the divine weapons and divine arts bombarding them with despair. They couldn't help but close their eyes.
”Wherever I am, Youdu is here,” Qin Mu said gently.
Swoosh.
Endless darkness dispersed from him. It soon shrouded the sacrificial altar.
The darkness disappeared as quickly as it came. Soon, the darkness was dispersed by the divine weapons and divine arts. The carriage on the sacrificial altar, and Qin Mu, the dragon qilin, and Yan'er, who were on it, disappeared one by one.
The waves of the celestial river rumbled. Water faintly went through the heavens and years. Then, a ghost ship appeared suddenly and leaped down from the water and onto the celestial river.
The flag fluttered, and it had the words ”Feathered Forest” sewn on it.
Wei Suifeng stood on the front of the boat. He looked at the heavy mist ahead, turned around, and said, ”Brother, you were gone for a long time. What did you experience?”
Qin Mu walked out and quietly looked at the mist on the water. He thought about his experiences for quite a long time before he spoke. ”I experienced history.”
”That's the way it is.”
Wei Suifeng understood him and leisurely said, ”History won't change just because of your interferences and experiences. All of your hard work is a part of history. I experienced it myself.”
Qin Mu went to his side, and they looked out while holding onto the side of the ship, seeming as if they wanted to see through the fog of history.
Wei Suifeng experienced more. A plain feeling of control fell in his Dao heart that prevented him from being as unrestrained as before.
”Brother, where do you want to go next?” he asked.