Chapter 1297 — Divergent Paths
The Herdsman of the Wasteland · Page 1 of 3
Bai Yuqiong was startled. They were on the verge of catching up with Lan Yutian; why turn back now?
"Celestial Venerable Yu, he.
. .
" "He is no longer Celestial Venerable Yu, just as I am not Shen Fengqing, and just as you are not the Southern Emperor. " Shen Mu said with a smile, "We are all independent lives, each with our own independent thoughts and consciousness. In the future I will make a new body for Celestial Venerable Yu's memories, and Lan Yutian will return his soul to Celestial Venerable Yu. " He looked at Bai Yuqiong.
"I will also make a new body for you, and shape a new soul to replace the Southern Emperor's soul. " Bai Yuqiong felt as though a great weight had lifted from her, and said with a smile, "The you of now is the true Celestial Venerable.
" Shen Mu could not help laughing.
"The me of now is the true Celestial Venerable? Do you mean that in your eyes, the me of before was no Celestial Venerable at all? Celestial Master Bai, then what do you make of the Ten Celestial Venerables of the Heavenly Court beside me?
" Bai Yuqiong said in all sincerity, "In ability they far surpass you, but in breadth of mind and bearing, they fall far short of your lordship. " Shen Mu laughed heartily.
"No wonder Long Pang is always so fond of wagging his tail. If I had a tail, I would wag it and shake it too!
" Bai Yuqiong pressed her lips together in a smile and quickened her steps to keep up with him.
The two looked back. The lost Lan Yutian was leading his three thousand disciples toward the mighty pass the Carefree Land had built in the Land of the Great Void, where divine generals had already arrived at the head of a vast army. Shen Mu returned to the Divine City of Xiluo, and did not immediately make Bai Yuqiong a new body and a new soul.
He said, "A new soul I can shape, and a new body I can shape as well. But a body shaped by the method of visualization has grave flaws, and one shaped by the Dao of Creation is only a mortal body of flesh and blood. The best way is still to use a creation divine artifact. " Bai Yuqiong's eyes lit up. "There is a creation divine artifact in the Heavenly Court! " Shen Mu thought of Zaofu Palace and its master Shi Qiluo, and his head began to ache; in his heart he truly had no wish to see Shi Qiluo again.
He said, "I can forge a creation divine artifact myself, only Jingping does not yet have enough celestial artisans.
And to create a body exactly like yours, I would first have to survey and map the data of your body. . . " Bai Yuqiong's face reddened slightly. "I would rather do that myself.
I studied the arts of calculation under the Dao Ancestor for a time. " Shen Mu nodded and said with concern, "Surveying the data is a great nuisance.
If it is inconvenient for you, my own attainments in the arts of calculation are not poor either, and I am well versed in entering the Dao in dreams. It should not take long for me to study your body thoroughly. . .
" "I will do it myself!
" Veins stood out on Bai Yuqiong's forehead and her eyes went round. Shen Mu murmured his assent, puzzled at heart.
"Girls are all like this.
What is she angry about?
Even a being like a Celestial Master cannot escape such ways. .
. " He slipped away from the Land of the Great Void without a sound, telling no one. After all, too many in the Land of the Great Void wanted him dead, nearly half of it.
Meanwhile, Lan Yutian had also come to Emperor Kai's domain. Emperor Kai's wounds were not yet healed, yet he still left seclusion to welcome him in person, with all due pomp. Lan Yutian went his own way as ever.
Emperor Kai admired him above all others, and so entertained him warmly; yet in this little fatty he could find not the slightest shadow of Celestial Venerable Yu. At the grand gathering at the Jade Pool in those years, a single meeting had left Emperor Kai wholly convinced of Celestial Venerable Yu.