荒墟牧神 - 第1112章 四尊鎮世神兵 - 雲海書庫

Southern Emperor? "Mother..." Yan'er murmured. Long Qilin gently comforted her from the side. Shen Mu steadied himself and said in a low voice, "Yan'er, Long Pi, we are going to Yujing City." The treasure palanquin rolled on, but slowly, and Yan'er kept turning to look back at the Southern Emperor being shaped; though she knew full well it was not real, she could not tear her eyes away. "Divine official, what will the Zaofu Heavenly Palace use this second Southern Emperor for?" Shen Mu asked. The divine official said, "How could a humble servant know such things? But I did hear a rumor that they are weapons made by the Venerables. Not only the Southern Emperor—an Eastern Emperor, a Western Emperor, and a Northern Emperor have been made as well, one of each, and it is said they are needed to attack Taixu." Shen Mu glanced sidelong at him and smiled. "You know a fair amount for your station." The divine official smiled apologetically. "Some days ago the Heavenly Court attacked Taixu and suffered heavy losses; before the road in had even been found, the dead and wounded were beyond counting. His Majesty was enraged and commanded the Ten Heavenly Venerables to take this unsubmissive land at all costs. So the Ten Venerables ordered the Zaofu Heavenly Palace to forge the divine weapons of the Four Emperors, meaning to use them to suppress the perils of Taixu. It is no secret in the Heavenly Court." Shen Mu laughed heartily and handed him a pouch of heaven coins. The divine official tucked the coins into his sleeve and grew much more at ease. "In recent days the road to Taixu has been explored, but how one may travel there in safety is a question even the Ten Heavenly Venerables cannot settle. To have every soldier of the Heavenly Court's armies cultivate Neither Perception nor Non-Perception is far too much trouble, and not all can master it; every time reinforcements are sent, most die or are wounded before they ever reach Taixu, and those who do arrive are nothing but remnants of a beaten army. And so someone thought of the Great Emperor Yunluo." Shen Mu's interest kindled. "The Great Emperor Yunluo?" "This Emperor Yunluo was a rebel." The divine official said, "But in his day he went to Taixu and had means to counter the strangeness there. Unfortunately, when the Ten Heavenly Venerables summoned the Azure Emperor to ask, the Azure Emperor said that by the Heavenly Emperor's command he had already drowned this Emperor Yunluo in the river. The Ten Venerables then sent men to seek out Yunluo's disciples and students—what came of it, I do not know." Shen Mu recalled that he had indeed seen the divine arts of his senior brother Wei Suifeng within Taixu, and that it was by the guidance of Wei Suifeng's arts that he had found his way to that place in Taixu. Clearly Wei Suifeng possessed means of his own for countering the strangeness of Taixu. "Then does Emperor Yunluo have disciples?" Shen Mu asked. "Of course he does." The divine official said with a smile, "As the Great Emperor who presides over the Yunluo Heavenly Palace, Emperor Yunluo guarded Pillar One, Pillar Two, Pillar Three, and the Nine Provinces and other star systems. The ancient gods of Pillar One, Pillar Two, and Pillar Three, and the ancient god of the Nine Provinces, are all formidable characters, each with his own race, and champions without number among them. Guarding that place for the Heavenly Court, without disciples and students he could never have contended with those ancient gods." Shen Mu produced another pouch of heaven coins. "Can you obtain a map of the Yunluo Heavenly Palace?" The divine official pocketed it without a sound, as quick-fingered as the Lame Elder himself, and smiled. "Once we reach the Lingxiao Hall, this humble servant will obtain a map of the Yunluo Heavenly Palace for the Venerable." Shen Mu nodded slightly. "I would also ask you to tell me how one travels to the Yunluo Heavenly Palace." The divine official said hastily, "If the Venerable