荒墟牧神 - 第1124章 小天宮，大天宮 - 雲海書庫

Yu Chudu stumbled along after Shen Mu and the others, one foot high and one foot low, his mind still filled with the scene of Shen Mu slaying the White Earth Ancient God. That scene just now, all blade-light and sword-shadows, had shaken him beyond measure. Years ago, when Cloud Luo Emperor Wei Suifeng had crushed the twelve Ancient Gods with his own strength, it had shaken him too, yet it could not compare with what he had witnessed today. Shen Mu's slaying of Jing Baichuan had shaken him greatly as well, but beside the killing of the White Earth Ancient God it paled into insignificance. Yu Chudu felt the hot blood in his body seething, and he wished for nothing more than to seize a blade and a sword that very instant and hack and slaughter without end, to sweep away every injustice under Heaven! There seemed to be some wondrous spirit about this martial uncle of his, a spirit of immense contagion, which infected him and set his blood boiling! "Martial Uncle, who exactly are you?" he murmured. Long Qilin laughed. "Heavenly Venerable Mu, of course. An elder of the Heavenly Saint Sect. You have asked that question once already." Yu Chudu was still not quite satisfied with the answer, and muttered, "Heavenly Venerable Mu, Heavenly Venerable Mu..." Yet he was, after all, the disciple Cloud Luo Emperor Wei Suifeng valued most, and his experiences and fortunes had made him steady and cautious. "Martial Uncle," he said, "by killing the White Earth Ancient God, I fear you have exposed your trail! The Heavenly Court and the White Emperor need only question the White Earth Ancient God's soul to trace out who killed him!" "They will not be able to trace it." Shen Mu said indifferently, "His soul has already scattered to the winds. Apart from me, who could reassemble it? In all this world there is only one person who can discover the cause of his death, and that person is me!" Yu Chudu's eyes went wide, and he unwittingly stopped in his tracks. Long Qilin looked back and laughed. "Elder Yu, hurry and catch up." Yu Chudu hastily hurried after them and said honestly, "Martial Uncle, could you teach me?" Shen Mu glanced back at him, a look of suspicion on his face. Yu Chudu hurriedly explained, "It is not that I think my master's skills are lacking, but that Martial Uncle's skills are simply too strong, and so I grew greedy and wished to learn a little more..." Shen Mu laughed heartily. "I am still only a True God. Your master could beat a hundred of me with one hand. His skills are naturally exceedingly strong; it is only that he has never come into contact with the Jingping Reform, and so he has fallen behind the times. But once I rescue him, and he absorbs the fruits of the Jingping Reform, his achievements will only rise higher. There is no need for you to follow me. You need only go to Jingping, and you will be able to learn everything I know." Yu Chudu's face lit with longing. "If I go to Jingping and learn these skills, can I also become as strong as Martial Uncle?" Shen Mu thought for a moment, then shook his head. "No. Though you have learned your master's skills very well, you lack originality. I have observed your divine abilities: whatever you use, it is always your master's skills, without a single innovation, without a single adaptation. When you reach Jingping, even if you learn the fruits of the Jingping Reform, you will only rank second- or third-rate within Jingping." Yu Chudu's face turned black as iron. Shen Mu consoled him, "But once you have learned the fruits of the Jingping Reform and then go to the Heavenly Court, you will be more than qualified to be a first-rate expert; few in the Jade Capital realm will be your match. And if you can fuse several different Emperor Throne arts and cultivate a Lesser Heavenly Court art, then in battles of the same realm, even among the disciples of the Heavenly Venerables, there will be very few who can stand shoulder to shoulder with you." "A Lesser Heavenly Court art?" Yu Chudu wa