Chapter 1456 — A Friendship to Rival Hundred-Tempered Steel

Heavenly King Tian Shu's identity is suspect; if Celestial Consort Qiang seizes him, he will surely be offered up to the saber. Zhe Huali and I are likewise rebel generals of the Heavenly Court, and we must not be taken by Celestial Consort Qiang.

" Zaifu struggled no more; he looked all around, and saw that the Dark Capital was one expanse of darkness, with only demons and monsters swimming through the gloom.

This place was unlike others; in the other heavens there were at least yin couriers to guide the souls of the dead — but here there was not even a yin courier or a ghost ship.

"How are we to leave this place?

" Zhe Huali was somewhat troubled.

Tian Shu slapped his chest with force and laughed, "I am the Heavenly King of the Nether Capital, enfeoffed by Earth Earl himself! My bond with Earth Earl is excellent — we are all but blood brothers.

Follow me and set your hearts at ease; I will take you to see Earth Earl, and we shall eat rich fare and drink strong drink! " Zhe Huali believed it in earnest and gave a cheer, about to follow him. Luo Wushuang hastily caught hold of him and shook his head quietly, saying in a low voice, "That was long ago.

Ever since the year he drank wine and, brandishing the Imperial Palace God-Saber, cut off Earth Earl's horns, Earth Earl has looked upon him with disfavor.

" Zaifu nodded repeatedly as well, saying in a low voice, "I heard Shen'er say that this fellow fled for his life the whole way, and scarcely had he fled into the wastelands of the yang world when Earth Earl seized him in one grip and held him in the palm of his hand.

Because it was the yang world, Earth Earl was bound by the rules of the Dark Capital and did not crush him to death — but he did crush him for more than twenty thousand years.

" Zhe Huali's face turned ashen; he said in a low voice, "Have we any other road out of this place? " "Unless we return to the Ancestral Court.

" Tian Shu turned back and laughed with a heh-heh, "But if we return to the Ancestral Court, Celestial Consort Qiang will crush us to death — or send us up onto the God-Slaying Platform to have our heads struck off.

Rest easy, rest easy; my grudge with Earth Earl was long ago dissolved by Heavenly Venerable Mu, and now between Earth Earl and me there remains only friendship — an iron-clad friendship! " A dozen or so days later, Tian Shu, Zaifu, Luo Wushuang, and Zhe Huali were locked in prisoners' cages; Tian Shu gripped the iron bars and gazed with bitter reproach at the aged yin courier.

The aged yin courier was expressionless as the paper boat bore the four great cages, drifting slowly toward Earth Earl.