Chapter 1546 — Striking the Iron Plate
The Herdsman of the Wasteland · Page 2 of 4
Having joined hands with the Great Emperor and defeated a few Heavenly Venerables, you are puffed up with ambition — it seems you have suffered too few setbacks. I owe you thanks, you and Moon Heavenly Venerable and You Heavenly Venerable, for exiling me. Had you not exiled me, I could scarcely have attained what I have today. " He was refined and detached in bearing, unhurried even before Shen Mu and Qiang Heavenly Consort.
Shen Mu slowly drew the Tribulation Sword and said quietly: "Your Majesty has turned misfortune into fortune, and grown in cultivation and strength — that is indeed cause for congratulation.
But Your Majesty's luck is truly poor, for you have run into us. Your Majesty, your godfather the Great Emperor is here with me; he and I are sworn brothers, so by seniority you ought to address me as uncle. . .
" Xiao Heavenly Venerable laughed aloud: "Speaking of that, the three of us did once bow and swear brotherhood together, Mu Heavenly Venerable. You will not get the better of me.
" He spoke of the early years of Longhan, when the three of them and the Creator Luo Xiao swore brotherhood. At that time the Great Emperor, borrowing the body of Dahong, sat in the eldest brother's place; the Heavenly Emperor Taichu's reincarnation Gu Xiao ranked second; Luo Xiao third; and Shen Mu, being the youngest, ranked fourth and was called the youngest brother, the little brother. Shen Mu roared with laughter: "Our third brother Luo Xiao has been dead a million years, and he is still waiting for us to come down and keep him company!
The last time I met him he was still angry, saying we had broken our word — we swore to die in the same year, the same month, the same day, and yet he died and we never once went to see him. I told him I would send our eldest brother and our second brother down to keep him company, and only then did his anger turn to joy. From that day I have kept it in my heart, longing to send my two elder brothers on their way. " Qiang Heavenly Consort said angrily: "That sworn brotherhood does not count! " Xiao Heavenly Venerable's gaze fell upon her: "Youngest brother still has his uses; I mean to borrow his face to meet Daoist Brother Taiyi.
But the eldest brother has no further use.
Better to send the eldest brother down to see our third brother first. " Qiang Heavenly Consort gave a cold humph and summoned her two God-Slaying Mystic Blades, saying lightly: "You wish to meet Taiyi, so you would spare youngest brother's life — but youngest brother and I have no need to spare yours.
When you strike you will be bound hand and foot, and you will be buried by us two brothers. " They kept calling him youngest brother, one after the other, and Shen Mu found it deeply uncomfortable. In their tongue, youngest brother sounded all too near to Demon Emperor; he could not shake the feeling that the two of them were cursing him under their breath, pointing at the mulberry to curse the locust.
Xiao Heavenly Venerable laughed aloud: "You truly will not weep until you see the coffin.
In that battle in the peach grove of ten thousand li, I alone could hold off Moon Heavenly Venerable, You Heavenly Venerable, and Tu Bo.
Now my strength is greater still. Never mind the two of you joining hands — add one or two more Heavenly Venerables, and what have I to fear? " Scarcely had he spoken when Qiang Heavenly Consort struck before Shen Mu could, her two God-Slaying Mystic Blades howling left and right toward Xiao Heavenly Venerable upon the Dao tree, as she cried sternly: "Youngest brother, I will deal with him — take the chance to cut down his Dao tree!