Chapter 1727 — A Move That Shakes Heaven and Earth
The Herdsman of the Wasteland · Page 4 of 5
" Jiang Baigui said, "Jingping's reforms began with Emperor Yanfeng and have continued two hundred and sixty years to this day, surviving the Jingping Calamity; countless officers and men have laid down their heads and spilled their hot blood to build a world in which gods serve mankind and power serves the people, where every talent is put to use and the greatest justice and fairness in the world is done.
After two or three hundred years of striving, if at the final moment the fruit should be plucked by an existence like Heavenly Venerable Azure Dragon, would that not be the greatest of sorrows?
" All were silent. "Yet the Eastern Emperor Azure Dragon's usefulness is also very great.
His power is immense, the divine dragons of the Eastern Pole Heaven obey his command, and with dragon clans beyond counting throughout the heavens and the myriad realms, his influence is not to be slighted.
If he fights for Jingping, the benefit to us is likewise great — it could spare Jingping the death of many, many men.
" Jiang Baigui went on, "Yet in this battle his merit is very great, and he cannot be lightly killed.
Kill him, and the dragon clans rebel, and the other heavens, because of his death, will not dare surrender — this is what leaves me at a loss as to how to deal with him.
" The Prince of Mount Tai said, "The Imperial Preceptor of Jingping need not worry; when the wars subside in years to come, find some pretext and purge him.
" Jiang Baigui said, "After founding a peerless enterprise, to purge those who have done great service will surely bring infamy. And that infamy would be borne not by me alone, but by the emperor as well.
" Once again the officers and men fell silent. Jiang Baigui cast aside that stray thought and said, "Tomorrow's affairs, we will speak of tomorrow! For now, let us first do well what lies before our eyes! " He personally led the army against Eastern Heaven's camp and charged into the battlefield.
In the Taiqing Realm of the Land of No Sorrow, Shen Mu was playing chess with Heavenly Venerable Yun.
He set down a piece lightly and smiled: "Eastern Heaven is pacified; the Haotian Emperor has lost one of his claws! " Scarcely had his words fallen when the sky suddenly shook violently; from the direction of the Western Land boundless golden qi radiated in all directions, like a huge golden sphere bursting with incomparably keen light that lit up most of the Yuan Realm! At the same time, in the Kan region of the northern frontier, the dark waters surged; the Heavenly River changed course and coiled once around the Kan region, and amid ice and snow a great marsh descended, ten million li of frozen earth hanging in the sky above Kan!
Shen Mu smiled: "The two Dark Warrior Emperors have arrived; the Northern Heaven can be pacified. " "Why does Brother Mu not speak of the Western Emperor?
" Heavenly Venerable Yun looked at the board, glanced at him, and said, "The Western Emperor, the White Tiger, has descended upon the Western Land; the White Emperor of the Western Heaven is indeed no match for her, but the Western Land hangs isolated beyond.
The Heavenly Court need only send out one existence of Heavenly Venerable rank, and the Western Land will surely be broken and the Western Emperor slain.
And if the Human Emperor Shen Wu cannot hold back the routed armies of the Southern Heaven, then you remain at a draw with Heavenly Venerable Hao, with no advantage gained.
Does Heavenly Venerable Mu know how many Heavenly Venerables the Heavenly Court has?
" Shen Mu was slightly taken aback.
Heavenly Venerable Yun said, "Thirty-five.
" Shen Mu raised an eyebrow. "The Master of the Hall of Numinous Officials of the Ancestral Court in Jade Capital City can alone transform into thirty of the very finest Heavenly Venerables.