Chapter 1078 — Old Tales of the Sovereign of Yore
The Herdsman of the Wasteland · Page 2 of 5
" The two did not answer, and walked on. Luo Xiao was suspicious. After a long while, they finally came to the side of the eight Ancient God corpses. Their bodies floated up, and they stood beside the golden coffin. Gu Xiao and Dahong each looked at the golden coffin, their gazes deep and dark, saying nothing.
Shen Mu and Luo Xiao came over, Long Qilin following behind, while Yan'er still stood on the chariot holding the lantern. Dahong smiled faintly: "The Ancient God Heaven Emperor, who styled himself radiant and righteous, made use of the Great Emperor's wife, Gong Yun. He must have promised her many things — promised, for instance, that her clansmen would be allowed to live. Yet to preserve his image, he had no choice but to kill Gong Yun. And not only to kill Gong Yun, but to do away with the eight Ancient Gods who escorted her corpse into this place.
" He raised his head, his gaze falling on Gu Xiao's face, and a mocking look appeared: "And the best way to be rid of those eight Ancient Gods was undoubtedly the Taichu lode. The Heaven Emperor was himself an egg from this very lode; he knew well how terrifying it is. Ordering the eight Ancient Gods to bring Gong Yun's corpse here for burial was to borrow the lode's dread power and destroy these eight who knew the truth! " Gu Xiao gave a soft "oh" and said indifferently, "What I heard is that the Great Emperor was cruel and tyrannical, and fearing that the Creator race would raise up another Great Emperor, he wiped out all the Juyu clansmen in one stroke, slaughtered the clansmen of the Goddess King Gong Yun, and even intended to exterminate every Creator. His wife Gong Yun was heartbroken beyond healing, took to an illicit affair with the Heaven Emperor, and bore him a son.
" Dahong's pupils contracted sharply: "Yet even though the Great Emperor was betrayed by Gong Yun, even though she shattered the Taichu Origin Stone in his brow, he never harmed a single hair of hers. But the Heaven Emperor betrayed Gong Yun, and killed her! " At this moment the two of them cared nothing at all for Luo Xiao, Shen Mu, and the rest.
Clearly, upon arriving here, each had determined the other's true identity, and they were about to lay their cards on the table and fight to the death! Luo Xiao was bewildered.
He shook his head and said to Shen Mu, "Are your human race and demon race truly so ancient? You even know of things that happened in the primordial age.
" The corner of Shen Mu's eye twitched, and he forcibly suppressed the urge to beat him until he grew a little smarter.
Dahong and Gu Xiao each reached out and seized the coffin, preparing to open the golden coffin.
Shen Mu took a step back.
The golden coffin was lifted open by the two of them, but their gazes remained fixed on each other's faces, unwilling to miss any expression or bearing of the other. Shen Mu gritted his teeth.
Unable to hold back his curiosity, he steeled himself and stepped forward to look into the golden coffin.
The golden coffin was very large, and the woman within it was a giant as well. She lay there quietly with her eyes closed, as though asleep.
The vertical eye in her brow had been gouged out, and there was a patch of deep crimson at her chest. The fatal wound must be at her chest; gouging out her vertical eye had merely been to greatly diminish the power of her divine-consciousness arts.
She had died at the hands of someone close to her. The one who killed her must have stood very near to her, for only thus could he have gouged out the vertical eye in her brow while she was off guard, crippling her strength.
This person had treated her well; after her death he had even arranged her appearance, dressing her in the most magnificent garments, with a phoenix crown upon her head, like an empress enthroned on high. In her hand she still clutched a flower, and to this day the flower had not withered; it was still held before her breast, precisely covering the fatal wound there.