Chapter 1530 — Holding On and Letting Go
The Herdsman of the Wasteland · Page 2 of 5
I will accompany the Imperial Preceptor of Jingping to the Ancestral Court! His cultivation is low now; he cannot go without someone to look after him!
" Shen Mu's divine consciousness rippled, telling the two of them the truth about the Jade Capital City of the Ancestral Court. Jiang Baigui and Emperor Yanfeng were profoundly shaken. They bowed farewell from afar, then departed together. "A ruler and his minister who met, and became companions on the Dao to each other — these two are truly enviable.
" Granny Zhu watched them go and sighed in admiration, "It was Jiang Baigui who made Emperor Yanfeng, and Emperor Yanfeng who made Jiang Baigui. The two of them supported each other; the road they have walked together has been far from easy. " Shen Mu nodded silently.
Then his divine consciousness suddenly erupted, connecting with the Spirit Realm that shrouded the entire Void of the Other Shore. After a moment, Shen Mu said, "The Creators of the Void of the Other Shore already know that I have come.
They will notify the Moon Celestial Worthy and the others to hurry here.
We will wait here. " Granny Zhu smiled, "I hear you are also the Holy Infant of the Creator?
What is that about? Could you tell me in detail? " Shen Mu had in fact already told her of this matter long ago, but she still worried that he could not walk out of his grief, and so she brought it up again, to keep him from dwelling on the matter of the Lame Old Man.
Granny Zhu had always been a careless, straightforward sort, but when she grew attentive, she was incomparably considerate. The two of them stayed at Jiang Baigui's residence, and late in the night of the following day, the Moon Celestial Worthy arrived.
Shen Mu had no time for pleasantries; he asked straight to the point, "Yue, is the Ancestral Ground of the Dao Fire still with you? I have urgent need of it.
" The Moon Celestial Worthy glanced at Granny Zhu, inwardly shocked by the woman's beauty, and took a moment to regain her senses before smiling, "During the battle of Xuandu, I seized the Ancestral Ground of the Dao Fire and sent it to Youdu.
Later I worried that the Fire Celestial Worthy would find it there, so I hid the Ancestral Ground again in the Land of No Worries.
Do you see that brightest star? " She raised a hand and pointed to the sky, and only then did Shen Mu notice that in the Void of the Other Shore there was a star of extreme brilliance, encircled by rings of light.
From afar, it looked like an ordinary star, but when Shen Mu looked with the vertical eye at the center of his brow, he saw that it was the Ancestral Ground of the Dao Fire, and those rings of light must be the Nine Heavens of the Dao Fire. "That is the Ancestral Ground of the Dao Fire. " The Moon Celestial Worthy said, "The Fire Celestial Worthy cannot strike at the Land of No Worries in a moment's time, so I hid it here. If you need it urgently, I will fetch it for you.
" "Much obliged. " Shen Mu thanked her.
The Moon Celestial Worthy chided him, "You still stand on ceremony with me? Wait here a moment; I will go and fetch it.
" She rose and hurried off.
When dawn came, the Moon Celestial Worthy came flying back with the Ancestral Ground of the Dao Fire, swift as fire and wind. Shen Mu and Granny Zhu hurried to meet her outside the city.
The Moon Celestial Worthy did not enter the city; instead she set the Ancestral Ground outside the walls and, beside it, used her spatial divine ability to try to shrink it and store it within space, so that Shen Mu might carry it conveniently.
"This girl is attentive," Granny Zhu thought approvingly.
Just then, a carriage drew near, and a lovely voice came from within. The carriage stopped, a maidservant parted the pearl curtains, and the Divine King Langwan stepped out.