Chapter 1126 — I Want to Marry You
The Herdsman of the Wasteland · Page 2 of 3
" Shen Mu said calmly, "Then I will no longer be the Imperial Preceptor of Jingping. " Ling Yuxiu's eyes reddened.
"And I will no longer be emperor.
" "I will marry you," Shen Mu said with a smile.
"Mm.
" Ling Yuxiu turned her head away.
Xuandu.
The Earth Mother Yuanjun lodged herself within the Yuanmu core, and Tiangong gently steeped this Yuanmu core in the Heavenly Pool. The Heavenly Pool was no ordinary thing either: though it was not the equal of Hongmeng primal fluid, it was a chain of starlight drawn from countless galaxies, and as far as the eye could see it shimmered with silver light. The Yuanmu core drew on the star-water of the Heavenly Pool, put forth roots and sprouted by degrees, and soon sent out branches and leaves. Before long a great tree stood in the Heavenly Pool, and a few days later the Earth Mother Yuanjun walked out from the tree, naked, without a stitch on her.
Seeing this, Tiangong plucked down cloud after cloud and refined a set of garments for her, and dressed her in them.
The Earth Mother Yuanjun laughed. "Tiangong, I would not have guessed you were such a considerate soul.
" Tiangong laughed.
"Do not jest, Earth Mother.
There is no soil in my Heavenly Pool; you can draw only on the star-water, not on the power of the Xirang. That is not good for your growth. " The Earth Mother Yuanjun said, "There is Xirang in abundance in the Ancestral Court.
Fetch some.
.
. " "Do not even think of touching the Ancestral Court! " Tiangong was furious.
After a moment he softened his tone. "The Ancestral Court you must never touch. The West Emperor should still have some Xirang. I will swallow my pride and beg some from him for you. " The Earth Mother Yuanjun sat at the edge of the Heavenly Pool and looked up at the vast, boundless Tiangong.
"Fellow Daoist, will you truly indulge Mutianzun so? Today he can kill me; tomorrow he can kill you and Tubei! You and I are both leaders of the Ancient Gods. Do you feel no grief at the fox's death when the hare dies? " Tiangong's white brows streamed; his white brows were long belts of stars, and he said unhurriedly, "Earth Mother, you are not an Ancient God born of the Dao. You came into being by inheriting the spiritual essence of heaven and earth, and so you do not know my mind. You have a heart set on merit and power; you took root in the Yuan World and were polluted for too long.
Ancient Gods such as we should keep far from the dust of the world, walk in accord with the Great Dao, and take no hand in the affairs of the world.
" "Hypocrite! " The Earth Mother Yuanjun sneered. "Keep far from the world and walk in accord with the Great Dao?
If you were truly so aloof, why did you, Tubei, Tianyin, and the two women of Guixu all move against the Creator race in those years? " Tiangong's gaze fell upon her, and his voice was distant and high. "The wars among the Creators had already endangered the cosmos. They manipulated us Ancient Gods and made us fight their battles; we were controlled by them, with no will of our own. Had they been allowed to go on, the Ancestral Court would surely have been destroyed, and with the Ancestral Court destroyed, the whole cosmos would have collapsed and ceased to be. In those years I heard the voice of the Dao that gave me birth, and it told me that the Creator race must be destroyed. Earth Mother Yuanjun, did you not hear that voice? " The Earth Mother Yuanjun was briefly taken aback, and shook her head.
"I did not.
" Tiangong said, "I heard it. I felt the Great Dao impelling me: the Creator race must be destroyed, they could not be allowed to go on wreaking ruin. I asked Tubei, and he too had heard the Dao of Youdu impelling him to wipe out the Creator race. You are not an Ancient God born of the Dao, and you have your natural limitations; perhaps that is why you did not sense the call of the Great Dao. " The Earth Mother Yuanjun sneered. "There you go again, dragging in this and that, changing the subject!