Chapter 1642 — The Loving Mother and the Filial Son
The Herdsman of the Wasteland · Page 3 of 5
Zhaojin, the Heavenly Venerable Xu is a Heavenly Venerable of the demon race, and all demons answer her call.
But after all, her energies are limited.
Zhaojin, you should help her with all your heart. Youdu is split into two halves; let one half be managed by you, Zhaojin. " The Yin Son of Heaven was moved to tears of gratitude, and hurriedly threw himself prostrate on the ground, so choked with emotion he could not speak.
Heavenly Venerable Hao reached out both hands and raised him up, smiling. "You, you are too easily moved to true feeling. If I told you I meant to confer on you the title of Heavenly Venerable of Yin, there would be no stopping your weeping! " The Yin Son of Heaven did indeed burst into loud weeping, crying until he could scarcely breathe, and only after a good while did he catch his breath, saying through his tears, "Your Majesty's grace in recognizing and favoring me, even if this subject's brains were dashed out and his liver smeared on the ground, I could never repay it!
Only, I have heard that when Your Majesty last proposed to confer the title of Heavenly Venerable upon me, it was suppressed by the Heavenly Venerable of Fire.
This time, the Heavenly Venerable of Fire. . . " "I proposed conferring the title of Heavenly Venerable on you not once but twice, and both times he suppressed it. " Heavenly Venerable Hao sighed. "I do not hold much real power either.
I must still be checked and constrained by the Heavenly Venerable of Fire, this foremost warrior of mine.
He has many little calculations, and I know them all. I can tolerate him. But now that the world is about to be unified, he has become my greatest worry. .
. " The Yin Son of Heaven did not dare say more. Suddenly Lady Yuanmu broke into a fit of coughing, but she burst out laughing: "Hao'er is worried that the Heavenly Venerable of Fire is holding out for a better price, is he not? If the price you offer is not high enough, he might go over to Taichu. He might even go over to the Heavenly Venerable of Mu!
" "The Heavenly Venerable of Mu is no longer worth worrying about. His greatest weakness is held in the palm of my hand: the human race.
" Heavenly Venerable Hao said, "So long as Youdu is in my hands, with a single order the human race can be exterminated in the space of a finger-snap. The Heavenly Venerable of Mu has a weakness, and with that one weakness in my grip, I have him pinned at his vital point, and he dares not stir. And indeed he has the strength to fight me to mutual ruin. I cannot press him too hard, but must work on him slowly.
But my dear minister Fire has no weakness.
. . " A worried look came over his face. "He can sacrifice the humans of the South in blood to the demigods at will, to curry favor with the demigod races, to curry favor with Langxuan, the Ancestral God King, and the Heavenly Venerable Xu.
The demigods of the South can be said to live better than any in the myriad heavens and worlds, free and merry. The lives of humans cannot be used to control the Heavenly Venerable of Fire; the lives of his disciples cannot control him either.
I can find no weakness in him at all. He has shown me only one flaw, a weak soul, and even of that flaw I cannot be certain it is real. . . " He sighed. "My dear minister Fire, he does not set the heart at ease.
Zhaojin, your loyalty I trust. Keep a close watch on him for me. If there is any strange movement. . . " His expression turned grim and cold. The Yin Son of Heaven bowed and assented. "And the Heavenly Venerable of Mu. .
. ? " "The Heavenly Venerable of Mu is destined to come and submit.
" Heavenly Venerable Hao said mildly, "Once he surrenders, it will turn Ling, Yue, You, and Yun and the others against him.
Without those people to help him, he will never amount to anything.
By then, he will become one of the Ten Heavenly Venerables, perhaps even another Heavenly Venerable of Fire.