Chapter 764 — The Burden of Heavenly Venerable Yu
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Before long he found the smell delicious, secretly took a bite, and ended up eating it with tears streaming down his cheeks, leaving the dug pit abandoned and tossing the bones into it. Shen Mu and the old envoy looked at each other, each wearing a face of astonishment.
"That art you used just now—was it the Flame Star Lord's fire rune? " the old envoy asked. Shen Mu nodded.
"The Flame Star Lord's fire rune is not complex in structure, but my mastery is deep; I compressed it to the absolute limit, so it was almost impossible for anyone to see its secret.
"
"Yet he saw it," the old envoy said. "And he learned it.
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"And he was even able to cast it. "
Shen Mu lowered his voice. "His cultivation hasn't entirely vanished—there is still a portion left; more important, his aptitude and comprehension are simply heaven-defying.
I suspect. . . " He paused, and his expression turned odd.
"Heavenly Venerable Yu also has an Overlord Physique.
"
The old envoy was silent for a while, then said, "It doesn't matter that he has no memories, as long as he isn't stupid. It's just.
. . his mind does seem a little slow.
Have you ever seen anyone weep over burning a chicken to death, and eat it while he weeps?
"
Shen Mu plucked at the little beard on his chin.
"It does indeed seem a little slow. . .
Let's go see the Lord of Earth first.
"
The old envoy nodded, called Heavenly Venerable Yu over. Yu had eaten half a chicken; with a look of shame, he came over with his head bowed, carrying the other half. Shen Mu and the old envoy felt helpless. The three boarded the little boat, and the old envoy waved a hand.
A dark whirlpool appeared; the boat sailed into it, and the whirlpool contracted and was gone. "Heavenly Venerable Yu, why aren't you eating?
" The old envoy looked at him. "Is it because you burned to death a little playmate, then ate your friend, and now you are desolate with sorrow?
"
"I'm full," Heavenly Venerable Yu said honestly. "I really can't eat any more. I want to wait until I'm hungry, then eat it.
"
Shen Mu didn't know whether to laugh or cry, and thought to himself: the Heavenly Venerable Yu of old was such an astute man, and now he is a fool.
Carrying this foolish elder brother along will make Heavenly Venerable You taste bitter hardship. He couldn't help but gloat a little.
"Heavenly Venerable You, in the Dragon Han Heavenly Court back then, who won?
" Shen Mu asked. The old envoy hesitated, then took down the mask at the back of his head and put it away.
He shook his head. "I truly am not sure. At the end of the Dragon Han era there were three heavenly courts, each claiming to be orthodox. Which one finally won, there's no way to know.
I stayed in Youdu all along and rarely went out; the wars among the three courts and the harvesting of souls were already enough to make my head ache beyond measure in those days.
But—" He paused. "Heavenly Venerable Yue once came to see me, and told me the Heavenly Alliance had been defeated, that Heavenly Emperor Yun was dead, and that she was ready to retire into seclusion as well. "
"Heavenly Emperor Yun? " Shen Mu asked. "Is that Heavenly Venerable Yun? "
The old envoy nodded.
Shen Mu's spirits sank. After a moment, he said hoarsely, "If he hadn't joined the Heavenly Alliance, perhaps he might not have died.
Because of one word of mine, his life was lost.
I.
.
. " "It had nothing to do with you," the old envoy said. "Heavenly Venerable Yun was simply made that way.
Though they honored him as a Heavenly Venerable, he spoke little on ordinary days, yet he had a warm and chivalrous heart.
Heavenly Venerable Yue once said that even before Heavenly Venerable Ling proposed the founding of the Heavenly Alliance, Yun was already planning to gather the benevolent and the brave, to think of the future of the later-born races. Yun. . . " He fell silent for a moment, then dropped his head.