1127 I Was Once Human (2/2)

Qin Mu's consciousness rippled as he spoke to this high and mighty presence. ”Today, I want to use your power to reconstruct the soul of this mortal. Will you lend it to me? It's very easy to resurrect her. The power I borrow from you is insignificant. To you, it's just a drop of water in the ocean.”

Heaven Duke fell silent for some time before saying, ”Will you revive the ancient gods of the nine prefectures and three pillar heavens?”

”No, I won't.”

Qin Mu's tone was unusually calm as he slowly said, ”Heaven Duke, you already knew my answer. I won't revive them. Ancient gods aren't more privileged than mortals. If ancient gods commit evil, I'll also kill them.”

”Whether one is good or bad, who determines that?”

Heaven Duke said, ”Isn't the lamb innocent when it's eaten by the wolf? Isn't the grass innocent when it's eaten by the lamb? Ancient gods treating humans as sacrificial offerings, isn't that the same as wolves eating lambs? Celestial Venerable Mu, when one stands high up on the Heavenly Dao and looks down, the good and evil which you just mentioned are often mingled together, difficult to discern one from the other. The Heavenly Dao is impartial. It won't determine the wolf as guilty just because it ate the lamb. Likewise, it won't determine the lamb as guilty simply because it ate the grass.”

Qin Mu said, ”That's why you're Heaven Duke, and I'm not. I'll stand with the humans and only view matters from their perspective. Heaven Duke, you're also not truly impartial. You stand with the ancient gods and view the world from their perspective. You could sit by and watch the ancient gods oppress the world, making all living beings their sacrificial offerings. Moreover, there was some unpleasantness in your heart when I killed these ancient gods.”

Heaven Duke was silent.

”Will you lend me your power to revive this little girl?” Qin Mu asked again.

Heaven Duke again pondered for some time before saying, ”Celestial Venerable Mu, son of the Qin family, have you ever thought that you can't change everything? The ancient gods are no longer the rulers of heaven and earth and have been replaced by the half-gods, yet the people are still being oppressed. Even if you kill the ancient gods, you're just letting half-gods take over. When they take over, the living beings in the thousands of worlds and heavens may not be living a better life than now.”

Qin Mu persisted in his question. ”Heaven Duke, will you lend me your power to revive this tiny little mortal?”

Heaven Duke was silent for a long time before he said, ”I'll lend you my power. However, you can't continue your current way of doing things. You can't continue killing the ancient gods. If news of you killing the nine prefectures and three pillar heavens ancient gods gets out, it'll result in other ancient gods standing against you, becoming your enemies.”

Qin Mu said, ”Should I be smiling and chatting with them, watching idly as they take my people as sacrificial offerings? Heaven Duke, please tell me what I should do.”

Heaven Duke said, ”You could stand high up on the Heavenly Dao as you look at the living beings, treating everyone the same. There's no need for intervention.”

”That's why I'm not Heaven Duke.”

Qin Mu laughed. ”I'm just a human, an ordinary human. If I became Heaven Duke, I'd be leaving behind my race and not be human anymore. Heaven Duke, actually, you could restrain the ancient gods and prevent them from enjoying the blood sacrifices and lusting after the offerings.”

Heaven Duke sighed and said, ”I'll try to restrain them and tell them to give you and your people the respect you deserve. However, I won't force them to do so, as this is contrary to the Heavenly Dao.”

Qin Mu nodded.

He continued to execute the Heavenly Door of Heaven and Earth, feeling out Earth Count's power.

Earth Count also felt his divine art and gave him his power.

”Earth Count, why did you not prevent me from using your power to revive this little mortal?”

Qin Mu asked, ”I have killed the ancient gods of the nine prefectures and three pillar heavens, scattering their souls. Being the Invincible Great Wizard of the ancient gods, I haven't revived them. Instead, I'm going to revive an insignificant mortal. Is Earth Count not angry about this? Doesn't Earth Count have any hesitation?”

”Maybe because I was once a human as well.”

Earth Count said plainly, ”I was once Ah Chou and a human, a child of an elderly mother and a husband of a wife. They didn't despise me. After that, I felt that my consciousness that was born from the Dao developed a different type of feeling.”

His voice was loud and clear, but his tone didn't seem to have any emotions in it. ”I believe that I was polluted by human nature and am no longer a pure god born from the Dao. Therefore, I can understand you. However, this human nature is also why I can't match up to Heaven Duke.”

”I understand.”

Qin Mu bowed and continued to execute his divine art, helping the little girl reconstruct her soul.

At that moment, Earth Count felt that he lost a tiny amount of power, while Heaven Duke felt that his power remained the same.

And that girl had already woken up, slowly opening her eyes.