Chapter 1849 — Storming the Jade Capital Imperial City
The Herdsman of the Wasteland · Page 2 of 5
After all, we are fellow disciples, taught by the same master, beyond the comparison of ordinary men.
Junior Brother, if you lose this battle, the Fourth and I will not make things difficult for your Jingping. You may set your mind at ease. " Shen Mu said gravely, "My two senior brothers are magnanimous beyond measure.
It is admirable.
" "It is not magnanimity.
" Young Master Lingxiao said calmly, "It is because after this battle, you, Junior Brother, as the loser, will be driven back into the past, and the Dao-attainers Jingping has accumulated over three and a half billion years will all be buried in this battle. Jingping will never recover, and Jingping's reforms will be a bubble of dream and shadow, no longer possessing the strength to threaten the Jade Capital City. To let them be at such a time is not generosity. " Young Master Zixiao took up the thread.
"Junior Brother, by slaying Wuya, disposing of Second Sister, and sweeping away Old Man Wuya's forces, you have ensured that even when the Dao-attainers of our Jade Capital City descend, the burden on this universe will not increase because of it. Thus the descent of the Jade Capital City will not shorten the lifespan of the Seventeenth Epoch, and we shall have time enough to study how to eliminate the Tribulation of Destruction and how to pass through the Tribulation of Creation. And when you, Seventh Brother, return to the past, the Dao-attainers of Jingping will die and their Dao dissipate, returning their energy to heaven and earth, which will likewise prolong the lifespan of this epoch. " Young Master Lingxiao smiled.
"Seventh Brother, by disposing of Second Sister and Wuya, those two formidable enemies who could threaten the Jade Capital City, and enabling the Jade Capital City to descend, your contribution to Miluo Palace even surpasses that of us two senior brothers. Your elder brother is ashamed.
" Shen Mu's brows lifted slightly, and he said with a half-smile, "My two senior brothers have begun to learn my art of attacking the heart. It seems that in three and a half billion years of confrontation, you have come to understand me better and better. " "Merely speaking the truth.
" Young Master Lingxiao said, "The foundations of the Jade Capital City are plain for all to see. Why would we need to attack your heart?
We did not think in such terms, but our plain truth is, to you, Junior Brother, an attack upon the heart.
" Shen Mu laughed heartily, rose to his feet, and said, "Since that is so, then let the true contest begin. " Young Master Lingxiao rose from the Lingxiao Hall and said with a smile, "Very well, then let the true contest begin.
" Young Master Zixiao rose as well.
"We shall see Junior Brother off.
" Shen Mu said hurriedly, "My two senior brothers, please stay your steps.
" The two Young Masters escorted him.
Shen Mu looked back and saw the fifty-six Hall Masters of Miluo Palace and eighteen thousand Dao-attainers in neat ranks, following behind the two Young Masters to see him off. Shen Mu came to the gate of the Jade Capital City, turned, and said with a smile, "All of you, stay your steps.
" "Then we shall escort you no further," said Young Master Zixiao.
Shen Mu waved his hand in farewell.
"No need to see me off.
Please return. " With that, he went back aboard the Golden Ship of Salvation. Aboard the golden ship, the others were about to ask questions when Shen Mu's expression darkened. He spoke words of the Dao, imbued with the mysteries of the great Dao, and the sound of the Dao reverberated back and forth through the Ancestral Court: "Miluo Palace, a place of rot; the host of the Jade Capital City, a pack of decayed wretches, who have brought calamity upon sixteen epochs, manipulated all living beings, and treated their lives as playthings.