Chapter 1165 — The Scroll of the Oath
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Calm down, calm down. " Consort Yan said with a smile: "Just now Mu Heavenly Venerable said that since the Ancestral Court has reappeared in the world, the profits should be divided equally. What do you all think?
" They looked at one another. Hong Heavenly Venerable laughed: "Fellow Daoist Mu put it too bluntly, but though the words are crude, the principle holds. The benefits within the Ancestral Court are considerable indeed, and they ought to be divided.
I am the Heavenly Venerable of the demon race, so naturally I must give some thought to the demon race. " Consort Yan smiled: "I observed that the ancient god has many treasures there, all of them from the Ancestral Court, and so I grew somewhat covetous, wishing to acquire some for myself—but I never gave thought to my own race.
That is my fault.
" Consort Qiang said with plaintive resentment: "His Majesty has not honored my chambers for many a year, so I have come to dote on jewels and trinkets—I too would like to get some to play with. " Gong Heavenly Venerable remained cold as ice and said nothing.
Hong Heavenly Venerable frowned: "If the seal upon the Ancestral Court were to be broken, it would by no means be a good thing for this world! It would be a world-annihilating calamity instead! I do not approve. . .
" Shen Mu pried open Long Qilin's ear, fished out the little Tu Bo dozing inside, and smiled: "I have a way to enter the Ancestral Court without breaking its seal, which is why I proposed dividing the profits equally. Perilous as the Ancestral Court is, keeping its perils sealed forever is no solution either—the best course is to eliminate them.
We Heavenly Venerables of the Heavenly Alliance bear this duty. " He poked the little Tu Bo, who woke and regarded him with a solemn face, greatly displeased at having been roused.
Consort Yan and Consort Qiang looked over, surprised and delighted, and laughed: "That Tu Bo brute is frighteningly huge—who would have thought this little fellow could be so adorable!
" Shen Mu smiled: "Of course, he is perfectly adorable.
" The little Tu Bo yawned, opened its mouth, and spat out a scroll.
Xiao Heavenly Venerable saw the scroll and raised his left eyebrow.
Consort Qiang asked curiously: "What scroll is this?
" "This little fellow's contract scroll. " Shen Mu explained: "I once swore brotherhood with three elder brothers. Of those three sworn brothers, some died and some retired—it made me sigh endlessly.
Today I thought of them once more, and was deeply affected. " He took the contract scroll; his heart stirred faintly as he sensed its contents.
His gaze shifted to Xiao Heavenly Venerable, whose face was serene. He, too, sensed that Shen Mu was reaching out to him through the scroll, and said: "I have considered it carefully. Mu Heavenly Venerable's proposal is not entirely impossible—let the profits be divided equally, then.
" Shen Mu sensed the contents of the contract scroll, and suddenly his mind reeled violently, his expression turning incomparably strange.
Xiao was the ancient god Heavenly Emperor—yet when he went to sense the second of the sworn brothers, it was not Hong Heavenly Venerable as he had guessed! In those days, he had sworn brotherhood with the Creator Luo Xiao, Da Hong, and Gu Xiao, four men bound in fraternity.
The vow that these brothers would die in the same year, same month, and same day had been forged into a vow contract by the little Tu Bo! Only when Gong Heavenly Venerable was present did Shen Mu dare to take out the scroll of oaths to threaten the ancient god Heavenly Emperor and the Grand Emperor! And yet—apart from the dead Luo Xiao and Shen Mu himself—he could verify that Xiao was the Heavenly Emperor, but the Grand Emperor was by no means Hong Heavenly Venerable!