Chapter 1426 — Ground That Every Strategist Must Contest
The Herdsman of the Wasteland · Page 1 of 4
"Xu Shenghua?
That no-account fellow? " Shen Mu was taken aback, and for a moment he could not recover himself; then he laughed. "Xu Shenghua's cultivation may not match mine, but there is no one who has digested the Jingping Reforms more thoroughly than he has. Even I am a little behind him. If I recommend him as your teacher, he will certainly bring you to full understanding in a short time.
What he excels at is taking in everything and making it his own, and he has the gift of breaking new ground. " Divine Emperor Langxuan shook his head. "If his cultivation does not match yours, then he has not digested the Jingping Reforms.
Celestial Venerable Mu, I know you have always been treacherous and cunning.
Between you and me there is no need for such petty scheming. " Shen Mu had no choice but to say, "If you do not disdain my crudeness, then I can teach you myself. " Langxuan's eyes flickered. "You also know that a Celestial Venerable's vision and insight are extraordinary.
If you dare to distort a single thing, our bargain is off! My one finger of divine essence destroys whatever it strikes.
I need only leave a divine ability behind in the Jade Pool of the Ancestral Court. If you dare to trespass there, it will kill you on the spot! " Shen Mu laughed.
"Rest easy.
I may be much misunderstood, but at bottom I am a good man.
" Langxuan gave a hearty laugh and raised his teacup; Shen Mu raised his too, and the two drained them together. Shen Mu rose. "Then let us set out for the Ancestral Court now. Divine Emperor, you and I will exchange what we know bit by bit along the way.
" Divine Emperor Langxuan smiled. "I happen to have a batch of tower ships bound for the Ancestral Court. We may as well travel together. " Something stirred in Shen Mu's heart.
"The Ten Celestial Venerables have already begun shipping gods and demons to the Ancestral Court?
" "The situation in the Ancestral Court is excellent now.
The void beasts that ran wild are gone, and so is the Great Emperor, the one man who could control the void mother-beast.
The far side of the Ancestral Court has no more primordial giant beasts either. All is peace.
Now is precisely the time to move populations into the Ancestral Court.
" Langxuan concealed nothing from him. "As of now, apart from Celestial Venerable Xiao's faction, which has made no move, every other Celestial Venerable has already migrated people to the Ancestral Court.
And sooner or later the Heaven Alliance must migrate there as well.
Does Celestial Venerable Mu have no thoughts on the matter? " Shen Mu was indeed greatly tempted. The Ancestral Court, treasures everywhere, divine mountains and sacred lands everywhere, was ground that every contender for the world must fight for!
Control the Ancestral Court, and one controlled the world! Jingping's strength was lowly now, but in the future it would surely grow stronger and stronger.
Not to enter the Ancestral Court was to cut off one's own future. Yet the Ancestral Court also hid enormous peril, peril even greater than the Ten Celestial Venerables!
Every living being that died there, whatever its race, whatever its cultivation, became an offering to the old monsters of the previous epoch, hastening their invasion! "From the look of things now, the peace of the Ancestral Court will not last long. " His eyes flickered.
"For the moment, peace can be kept.
But in the future, once the Ten Celestial Venerables have wiped out the Heavenly Duke, Tubo, and the other ancient gods, they will surely turn on one another, fighting for the orthodox rule of heaven and earth.
By then, I fear, the Ancestral Court will run with rivers of blood! " That the Ten Celestial Venerables' forces would settle in the Ancestral Court was unavoidable; that the Heaven Alliance would settle there was equally unavoidable! "That being so, Jingping must settle in the Ancestral Court as well!