Chapter 1837 — Through Fire and Water for a Kindred Spirit
The Herdsman of the Wasteland · Page 1 of 4
The Ancestral Court.
When the First Ancestor, the Human Sovereign, and the others arrived here, though they had already read the Record of the Dao Heard at the Ancestral Court and knew of the awe-inspiring grandeur of its Hunyuan Cauldron, seeing it with their own eyes still shook them to the core. And the Chaos Sea in the heavens above, with its enormous lotuses and lotus leaves, left them astonished beyond words.
Only, they had not witnessed the scene of the Cosmic Bell crossing the sixteen Chaos Rivers to strike the World Tree directly and contend against the countless prehistoric powerhouses that swarmed up its roots, and this they greatly regretted.
That magnificent spectacle which Zhu Santong had described in the Record of the Dao Heard at the Ancestral Court filled them with yearning. Yet when they arrived, it happened that in the Ancestral Court's Yujing City a Dao-attainer's Dao soldiers were descending from the prehistoric universe, a sight no less stirring.
It was a zither.
As it descended, the zither played itself though no hand touched it, and its notes reverberated, conjuring around the Ancestral Court's Yujing City and across the sky a fantastical scene of a vast otherworldly domain. "I should go to the foot of the World Tree and see Old Man Wuya.
" Shen Mu addressed them all: "I will persuade Old Man Wuya to join me in intercepting the descent of the Fourth Young Master's Dao soldiers! The Third Young Master's Dao spear has already descended; if the Fourth Young Master's zither is added to it, it will be a monstrous threat to Wuya and to us alike.
" The others exchanged glances.
Zhu Santong thought to himself: "Not long ago the Seventh Young Master joined hands with the Ancestral Court's Yujing City to attack Old Man Wuya, and now he wants to join hands with Old Man Wuya to attack Yujing City. Truly, there is no shame in the man. " Kaihuang Shen Ye, Kaihuang Di Yiyue, and the rest hastily spoke up to dissuade him, urging him not to go see Old Man Wuya and invite humiliation.
The First Ancestor, the Human Sovereign, and the others added their voices as well.
They had read the Record of the Dao Heard at the Ancestral Court, and knew of the affair in which Shen Mu joined hands with Yujing City to beat Old Man Wuya soundly; it was recorded in the Chapter of Deceit. Zhu Santong had set the matter down in detail in his book, recording even that Granny Zhu ordered him to delete the Chapter of Deceit.
In that chapter, Old Man Wuya was beaten miserably, nearly torn out root and branch by Shen Mu and Yujing City.
At the most critical juncture of the great battle, Shen Mu led many powerhouses of Jingping in turning coat, stabbing Yujing City in both flanks and cutting down its palace lords and Dao-attainers in droves, and only thus did Old Man Wuya escape with his life.
Therefore neither Old Man Wuya nor the powerhouses of Miluo Palace's Yujing City held Shen Mu in much favor. "Where great righteousness lies, though ten million stand against me, I go.
" Shen Mu, righteous and stern, said: "This journey of mine will surely persuade Old Man Wuya, and make him understand the great cause, so that he will stand with me against the Ancestral Court's Yujing City! " With that, he went alone to the World Tree. The others exchanged glances.
Kaihuang Shen Ye said: "Make ready early, and guard against the unforeseen. " All agreed, saying: "This time Mutianzun will be hard put to come away unscathed. If Old Man Wuya traps him, he will surely order others to attack us and sweep our faction off the board first!
" At sunset, Shen Mu returned, his nose swollen and his face bruised, his body mottled with dark welts.
He told them: "Old Man Wuya has agreed to join hands.
Tomorrow we attack Yujing City. " The others were dumbfounded.
"Shen'er wasn't beaten to death after all?