Chapter 1380 — The New Wave Pushes the Old
The Herdsman of the Wasteland · Page 1 of 3
"The corpse demon is my own body!" Yun Chuxiu could not help but panic.
Crown Prince Mingya paid her no heed at all. He rose into the air with the corpse demon and vanished from sight.
"After him!" Yun Chuxiu cried, furious and frantic.
The three of them hurried in pursuit. When they came to the domain under Heavenly Venerable You's sway, Yun Chuxiu at once flew into a rage. "Heavenly Venerable You," she said angrily, "what right have you to seize my body for your own? You are a lone man with no family about you — do you mean to take liberties with the Heavenly Emperor's woman?"
Heavenly Venerable You could not abide such shrewishness from her — and more than that, Yun Chuxiu wore the face of Jue Wuchen. In the years when Jue Wuchen first appeared, he too had coveted her beauty.
Now, facing Yun Chuxiu, Heavenly Venerable You found himself speechless. He beckoned to Yun Jianli.
Yun Jianli hurried over. Heavenly Venerable You whispered a few words in his ear; Yun Jianli nodded, then ran back and told Yun Chuxiu, "King Rensheng says that if you want this body, you may have it — but you must offer something in exchange."
The anger vanished from Yun Chuxiu's face. She smiled. "And what does Heavenly Venerable You wish in exchange? I can't spend a night with you, you know — I belong to the Heavenly Emperor."
Yun Jianli ran over again. Heavenly Venerable You gave a few more low instructions; Yun Jianli ran back and said, "He wishes to borrow your hand, my lady, to repair Heavenly Venerable Xiao's divine artifact, Heavenly Venerable Yu."
Yun Chuxiu had been all smiles; at these words her expression changed drastically. She sneered, "Repair the divine artifact, Heavenly Venerable Yu? The one you carried off into Youdu? Dream on! With that artifact in hand, how is anyone to kill Tubo?"
Heavenly Venerable You said not a word. He waved his hand as though to hand the Yuanmu corpse demon over to Xie Wuqi. Xie Wuqi roared again and again, reaching out to seize Yuanmu's body, drool at the corners of his mouth, as though he meant to tear Lady Yuanmu to pieces.
Yun Chuxiu gave a mournful sigh. "You — You! Stop this at once! I'll yield to you, all right!"
Heavenly Venerable You drew the Yuanmu corpse demon back.
Yun Chuxiu looked at her own body, then at Heavenly Venerable You, and sneered, "You're an honest man, Heavenly Venerable You. This sort of scheme is not like you at all! Who gave you such a rotten idea? Heavenly Venerable Mu, wasn't it?"
Heavenly Venerable You silently put the ghost-faced mask back over his face, so that she could not see his expression.
Yun Chuxiu sneered, "I know it was him! Only he is that venomous. Bringing out Xie Wuqi and Crown Prince Mingya — that was his idea too, I suppose? You are offending Heavenly Venerable Hao past all forgiveness!"
She turned to leave. "I will make a trip to Youdu and repair that divine artifact, Heavenly Venerable Yu. And when that is done, if you still will not return my body, or dare to make any further demands, I will come down in person and slaughter you!"
Heavenly Venerable You lifted his mask and sighed, his old face all wrinkles.
Yun Jianli asked curiously, "Was it truly Heavenly Venerable Mu's idea?"
Heavenly Venerable You nodded helplessly. "Heavenly Venerable Mu knows that Lady Yuanmu is the one who holds the Zaofu Heavenly Palace and the Creation divine artifact in her grasp. So when he left Youdu, he gave me an idea: use the Yuanmu corpse demon to threaten her, and force her to repair Youdu's divine artifact, Heavenly Venerable Yu. The idea worked, as you saw."
Yun Jianli hesitated, glanced at Crown Prince Mingya and Xie Wuqi, and lowered his voice. "And what of them?"
"Crown Prince Mingya entered Youdu of his own accord, begging my permission to see Xie Wuqi."