Translator: Atlas Studios Editor: Atlas Studios
The dragon qilin looked suspiciously at him, and a sour feeling suddenly filled his heart. He felt a pang of sorrow and whimpered, âCult Master, you are lying to me. I thought you were sacrificing for our sakes, to protect us and let us escape. Yet you treated us as bait to let us lure these maidens away...â
Qin Mu immediately came to a decision. âIâll give you extra food.â
The dragon qilin immediately stopped his sorrowful whimpers and said to Celestial Venerable Yu and Gongsun Yan, who were still in a daze, âCult Master is wise and strong, using such a distraction to seize this young lady in order to exchange for our safety. Such a brilliant move.â
The water qilin rolled his eyes and thought to himself, âThis guyâs technique in shamelessness is far superior to mine. Just two to three words allowed him to gain benefits for his meal, heâs truly the epitome of shamelessness. Come to speak of it, what is that scripture of his called? I need to please him so that I can borrow it to study. In that way, I can also gain some more food...â
He had gotten injured trying to protect Celestial Venerable Yu, but the one with the heaviest injuries was still Gongsun Yan.
This girl got beaten up miserably, and that horsetail whisk was even seized by Yan Qilingâs maids.
Yan Qilingâs maids had powerful cultivation, and one of them was on the Numinous Sky Realm, while the others were on the Jade Capital Realm. Even though Gongsun Yan was a true god, a half-god born from the core of an Earth Aeon Dao Fruit, she couldnât unleash much power with the Six Directions Origin Sword that she was wielding.
After a bitter fight, she was still injured and captured. The small sapling in the halo behind her head was also wrinkled and lifeless from the beatings.
When Qin Mu saw that everyone wasnât in much trouble, only then was he at ease. âSenior Sister Yan, now our situation is very clear. You are now in my hands, so what should we do?ân/ô/vel/b//in dot c//om
Yan Qiling tried her best to suppress her injuries, and her breath was weak. She said with difficulty, âRelease them.â
Those few women hesitated for a moment, but they still heeded her instructions to release Celestial Venerable Yu and the rest.
Yan Qilingâs eyes were swollen until they were just lines, and her earlier beauty could no longer be seen. She said with a soft voice, âHowâs this, Celestial Venerable Mu?â
Qin Mu stuffed several spirit pills into her mouth and said, âThis is healing medicine, donât worry, thereâs no poison.â
Yan Qiling held the spirit pills in her mouth and didnât dare to swallow them.
Qin Mu said with a smile, âEat them, I have things to ask you.â
Yan Qiling kept her mouth shut.
Suddenly, Qin Mu pressed her throat, and Yan Qiling swallowed the pills with a gulp. Beads of cold sweat started to roll down her forehead and back.
Yet when these few spirit pills landed in her stomach, she could immediately feel all of the wounds on her body itching. Her wounds were slowly closing.
âThese spirit pills are made from Fatty Dragonâs drool and mixed with several herbs. One of these usually goes for ten thousand great abundance coins during normal times,â Qin Mu said with a smile.
The dragon qilin was extremely nervous, and he whispered, âCult Master, itâs dragon saliva! Dragon saliva! If you say itâs my drool, no one is going to be willing to buy.â
Yan Qiling gave a grunt and her wounds no longer bled. She got some cultivation back, and she asked weakly, âWhat do you want to ask?â
âPass the Six Directions Origin Sword back first,â said Qin Mu.
Yan Qiling looked at those girls and said, âReturn the horsetail whisk to him!â
One of the women came up with the horsetail whisk, and Celestial Venerable Yu hurriedly said, âPass it to me!â
That woman hesitated and handed it over to Celestial Venerable Yu. Celestial Venerable Yu carried up the horsetail whisk and handed it over to Qin Mu before saying softly, âBrother, these few women are very strong, Iâm afraid she will take the chance to attack.â
Qin Mu kept the horsetail whisk and praised him, saying, âYou did very well, brother.â
âSo you are from the extraterritorial celestial heavens?â
He turned to look at Yan Qiling and asked in concern, âIs Celestial Emperor still doing fine?â
Yan Qiling said coldly, âThe extraterritorial celestial heavens is merely a celestial heavens created by rebels and traitors, how do they deserve me to pledge loyalty to them? You are wrong, Iâm not in the least related to the extraterritorial celestial heavens. I never expected the Celestial Venerable Mu that had shaken the world back there was actually a person from this era. If Celestial Emperor knew about this, he would definitely be extremely shocked as well. Iâm very curious, how did Celestial Venerable Mu travel back a million years into the past? And the Celestial Venerable Qin that had traveled with you, was he the young Founding Emperor?â
Qin Mu said with a smile, âIâm asking you yet here you are trying to get information from me, big sister, how mischievous. About the Dao One, Dao Twenty-Two that you spoke of earlier, how are they being classified?â
Yan Qilingâs expression softened slightly, and she said, âThe Great Dao under the world can be separated according to affiliations, Yuandu has thirty-six Dao, the first kind of Dao is Dao One, the second kind of Dao is Dao Two, so on and so forth. Youdu has sixty-four Great Dao, Xuandu has seventy-two Great Dao, there are three hundred and sixty Great Dao of the constellations. These Dao all have their own serial number. When one executes a divine art, which logic of which Great Dao means itâs a divine art belonging to that kind of Great Dao. For example, if you execute the heavenly fire, it belongs to Xuanduâs Dao Two.â
Qin Mu muttered and pondered, âThis kind of classification method reminds me of the Dao Sect... Do you know a sloppy Daoist?â
âYou are talking about Dao Ancestor of the Dao Sect?â
Yan Qiling shook her head and said, âIâve heard of him, but Iâve never met him.â
Qin Mu carefully observed her expression and continued to ask, âHave you met Dao Ancestor of the Dao Sect before?â
Yan Qiling said, âI have not... Iâve met Dao Ancestor of the Dao Sect before! What did you make me eat?â
She revealed a look of terror, and her consciousness didnât seem to be controlled by her. She clearly wanted to say she didnât meet Dao Ancestor of the Dao Sect before, yet when Qin Mu asked a second time, she couldnât help telling the truth.
âFatty Dragonâs drool.â
Qin Mu said pleasantly, âWith some additional herbs, itâs a sacred healing medicine. However, thereâs a flaw with this kind of spirit pill, and that is that it will affect oneâs consciousness. The consciousness of the one that consumes it will involuntarily go along with other people. If paired with some divine arts of the devil path from Youdu, it can affect the soul of the consumer. Itâs not bad for interrogation. Is Dao Ancestor of the Dao Sect the person who helped you guys determine the serial numbers of these Great Dao?â
The dragon qilin was pleased and said to the water qilin, âThis is the use of the dragon saliva.â
The water qilin was full of admiration. âBrother, you definitely have to teach me when you are free!â
âThis is an innate talent, you canât learn it!â The dragon qilin became more and more pleased.
The beads of cold sweat on Yan Qilingâs forehead became bigger and rolled down her cheeks with the golden-colored blood. She kept her mouth shut and didnât want to speak, no matter what.
âEven if you donât say, I also know itâs him. Dao Ancestor has a love for algebra, and he thinks that the nature of all things is algebra. If Celestial Emperor invited him to all the worlds to rank the Great Dao, he would definitely be more than willing to.â
Qin Muâs voice became more and more gentle as he probed. âWas it Dao Ancestor who compiled all kinds of Great Dao? The Dao that he compiled, you have seen all of them, am I right? In that case, whereâs Dao Ancestor of the Dao Sect now?â
Yan Qiling gritted her teeth, and her face was flushed. Her body trembled, and it was obvious she was resisting against his devil voice, which affected her soul.
Qin Mu frowned slightly. Yan Qiling didnât want to speak no matter what, and he also didnât have any way to force her to speak.
This womanâs spirit was strong, and she was skilled in the paths, skills, and divine arts of Yuandu, Youdu, and Xuandu. It wouldnât be easy to control her soul.
âWhen you talked about Sword Daoâs Dao One, Martial Daoâs Dao One, what is up with that?â Qin Mu asked.
Yan Qiling felt as though she was relieved from a burden and said with difficulty, âThis world has no Sword Dao or Martial Dao to begin with, these Great Dao have formed afterward, and they were formed by the later generations, they didnât belong to the natural Great Dao. Dao Ancestor said, if thereâs a move that could enter Dao directly, it would belong to Dao One, Dao Ancestor...â
âWhereâs Dao Ancestor?â Qin Mu quickly asked.
Yan Qilingâs body trembled violently, and she opened her mouth wide as she tried to bite off her tongue.
Qin Mu frowned and instantly stuffed the horsetail whisk into her mouth to prevent her from really biting her tongue off. He coughed and said, âDonât worry, I wonât ask this question again.â
Yan Qiling spat out the horsetail whisk and coldly said, âYou are too scheming, I donât trust you! For Celestial Venerable Mu to actually resort to such lowly methods as to even drug me!â
Qin Mu laughed and couldnât help being pleased.
Yan Qiling sneered and said, âCelestial Venerable Yu is still missing some shards of his soul, right? I know where the remaining shards of his soul are. You and I have common enemies, so we need to work together.â
âThe enemy of my enemy might not be my friend.â
Qin Mu shook his head and said, âI donât know your true aim, and I donât know if you are a friend. As for Brother Lanâs soul, I also know where it is.â
Yan Qiling fell silent. Suddenly, she asked, âYou really donât care about the title of Celestial Venerable Mu?â
âCelestial Venerable Mu?â
Qin Mu laughed and shook his head. âCelestial Emperor conferred me as Celestial Venerable Mu, but what has he given me? Merely a token of Celestial Venerable Mu and a sacred edict. I didnât even bother to look at them. Other celestial venerables at least get some blessings from the ancient gods, yet I only have a token. At most, he takes it back.â
Yan Qiling was silent. After a moment, she said, âCelestial Emperorâs blessing is right inside the token and the sacred edict, you didnât know that for the past million years?â
Qin Mu was stunned.
Yan Qiling looked at him with a smile that was yet not a smile. Qin Mu resisted the urge to flip through his taotie sack and coughed. âIâm done with my questions, you girls can go now. Nurse your injuries well and donât worry about Celestial Venerable Yu, heâs with me, and I will take good care of him. If you really want to ally yourself with me, bring his soul to meet me.â
Yan Qiling shifted her feet with difficulty and walked passed him. She suddenly stopped and said in a low voice, âDonât trust Mother Earth and be on guard against Heaven Duke and Earth Count. Also, the Heaven Alliance, they arenât anything good.â
Qin Mu was slightly stunned, and his expression changed tremendously. He immediately took out the willow leaf and wanted to paste it on the heart of his brows.
Suddenly, he stopped and didnât paste the willow leaf there. Instead, he put it back quietly and said with a smile, âWhat an intelligent girl.â
Yan Qiling moved, and after walking over a dozen steps, those women hurriedly came to her to support her. One of them whispered, âYoung lady, should we...â
Yan Qiling shook her head. âHe didnât land a fatal blow and even treated my injuries, so I need to have some basic respect. We will leave todayâs matter at that. I will avenge my shame today by myself, I donât need any of your help! Let us go!â
One of the womenâs body trembled, and she suddenly transformed into a huge kun. The other girls escorted her up the back of the kun.
That huge kun moved its body and was about to fly away when Qin Muâs voice came from behind. âSister Ling, is Celestial Emperor dead?â
On the kunâs back, Yan Qilingâs body trembled violently, and she gritted her teeth. Her voice came out from her mouth as she forced out a word. âGoââ
The huge kun flapped its fins that were like wings and soared into the sky.
Qin Mu saw them off, and he sank into deep thoughts.
Gongsun Yan and Celestial Venerable Yu hurriedly went to his side, and Qin Mu came back to his senses. He smiled warmly and said, âSister Yan, you are injured, let me treat you so that no scars are left behind.â
Gongsun Yan gave a soft acknowledgment and stood there quietly, allowing him to undo her shirt and reveal her injuries.
Qin Mu carefully applied ointment on her body and squeezed out the clotted blood. His finger techniques were very exquisite.
The young girlâs skin was very white.
âCelestial Emperor is dead.â
He suddenly stopped and fell into a daze. âThat ancient Celestial Emperor from the Dragon Han Celestial Heavens is dead.â
Gongsun Yan was slightly at a loss. She didnât know why he was in a daze, and she didnât know why he suddenly said something so random.
Qin Mu came to his senses and continued to apply ointment on her. He said softly, âI always thought that the celestial emperor of the extraterritorial celestial heavens was the Ancient God Celestial Emperor, yet from the information that Yan Qiling gave out unknowingly, Celestial Emperor should already be dead. The celestial emperor of the extraterritorial celestial heavens isnât him, itâs someone else.â
He stood in front of Gongsun Yan, and his hands were very gentle as he helped his girl wear her shirt again. He was tidying her shirt in detail, but Gongsun Yan could see that this youth was distracted. His mind was full of other things.
Her clothes were already very tidy, yet Qin Mu was still straightening the shirt here and there.
After a moment, Qin Mu suddenly let out a long sigh and said in a low voice, âHeaven Duke, Earth Count, itâs time we have a serious talk. What do you think?â
Gongsun Yan was baffled and didnât know why he had suddenly said that.
And in Qin word land, the white-bearded elder and Lava Earth Count looked at each other without speaking a word.
Swooshâ
From the sky of Qin word land, an undying consciousness descended down and transformed into the shape of Qin Mu. He looked at the clones of these two ancient gods.