Chapter 1264 — The Hair on His Calf
The Herdsman of the Wasteland · Page 1 of 3
Bai Yuqiong walked the road through the Ruined Void with Lan Yutian, chatting and laughing as they went. "Little Brother Lan," she said, "the divine artifacts of the Four Emperors hold this place in check. The ruined consciousness of the Ruined Void cannot seep in here, so there is no need to fear that your inner demons will take on flesh. The one thing you must guard against are inner demons that have already taken form.
" Lan Yutian looked this way and that, curiosity written all over his face.
"Inner demons that have taken form? " Rather exasperated, Bai Yuqiong pulled him back onto the road before the boy, brimming with boundless curiosity, could go wandering off into the void. "Those inner demons were deliberately manufactured by the rebels of Wuyou Township. There is a ruthless character in Wuyou Township named Yan Yunxi; I have crossed blades with her before. Cruel and merciless she is, yet utterly loyal to the rebel Shen Ye.
She selected several thousand spoiled young lords and sent them into the Ruined Void.
" Lan Yutian was rather baffled. Bai Yuqiong pulled him back again. "Those spoiled young lords had rotten Dao hearts. When they came into the Ruined Void it was like tipping a basin of ink into a clear pool and then boiling the water—in an instant, heaven knows how many inner demons came surging out.
We were forging a void passage at the time, and those inner demons set upon us.
Heaven knows how many soldiers died before we could gain a firm foothold in the Ruined Void. " Lan Yutian blinked. "Did you never think of calming the ruined consciousness here? " Bai Yuqiong smiled.
"Calming the ruined consciousness—we did think of it. But this void was created by countless Creators out of their own consciousness, and it was shattered by the Great Emperor.
As for consciousness, few in the Heavenly Court have any mastery of it.
The strongest in consciousness cultivation was the Left Shaobi, Yan Shaoqing, but he was banished to the Yuan Realm to guard the great prison. .
. " She had barely spoken these words when something stirred in her heart.
She turned and saw a Heavenly Venerable's treasure chariot racing down the void passage, its divine radiance illuminating the void. "That treasure chariot belongs to a Heavenly Venerable—has one of the Heavenly Venerables descended upon the Great Void.
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? " Before Bai Yuqiong could ponder further, an incomparably powerful consciousness came surging in, resolving into Shen Mu's voice in her mind and Lan Yutian's: "Get out of here at once—" Hearing this, Bai Yuqiong twisted and folded the void ahead without a moment's thought, and their speed reached its utmost as they sped forward.
Doubt rose in her heart: "That was Mu Heavenly Venerable's voice!
He is the leader of the rebels, a man of monstrous crimes—so why did I believe him the instant I heard him, without a thought?
" They were about to reach Stone City, which guarded this place. Bai Yuqiong meant to take Lan Yutian into the city to hide, lest Hao Heavenly Venerable see them.
Though she could twist space to evade the scrutiny of other gods, Hao Heavenly Venerable was the first among the ten Heavenly Venerables of the Heavenly Court, and he would surely see through her traces.
The Great Void was still in a state of war; as the third Celestial Master of the Heavenly Court, abandoning her post was a grave crime. "Hao Heavenly Venerable is in such haste that he surely will not stop at Stone City; perhaps I can avoid him. .
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