Chapter 1528 — Take Your Head
The Herdsman of the Wasteland · Page 3 of 4
He strode over with a laugh and said, "Aiqing Shen, your cultivation has grown ever more profound. You can even withstand a formation like that. How far short of a Heavenly Venerable are you now?
" "The gap is not that great. " Shen Mu answered modestly, then secretly transmitted to Granny Zhu, "Granny, make yourself a little uglier. Emperor Yanfeng has never stopped thinking about you. " Granny Zhu rolled her eyes at him, her smile carrying a hint of mockery.
"He is not an emperor anymore.
Could he really abduct a common woman by force? A dethroned emperor is beneath even a chicken.
There is no need to fear him. " Emperor Yanfeng came before them. He moved his gaze away from Granny Zhu's face and sighed in admiration. "I have already abdicated.
Otherwise, if I met Youyou again, would my harem not descend into chaos?
What brings the two of you here? " Granny Zhu smiled brightly. "We have come in search of Moon Heavenly Venerable and Divine King Langwan.
" Emperor Yanfeng was once again drawn unconsciously toward her voice.
The moment his gaze fell upon her face, he could not pull it away. Shen Mu coughed. Emperor Yanfeng laughed awkwardly. "I.
. . I am no longer an emperor, so I cannot become a foolish one.
Youyou is still as breathtaking as ever. .
. " "Say one more word, Your Majesty, and I will take your head," Shen Mu said evenly. Emperor Yanfeng shuddered and snapped, "You have grown bold, Aiqing Shen. In my little notebook, the tally marks after your name fill more than a dozen pages!
I am broad-minded and never held it against you, never settled accounts with you.
Yet now you are keeping score with me. Enough of this.
I will take you to see Moon Heavenly Venerable! " Shen Mu smiled faintly and followed him. Emperor Yanfeng turned to Granny Zhu and said, "I.
. . I have seen Divine King Langwan countless times over the years. She is so astonishingly beautiful that one can only marvel.
But heaven is too distant, too remote to approach, whereas Youyou's beauty is the beauty of the human world.
Now that I have abdicated, I have cast all the beauties of my harem behind me. You are a widow as well, so perhaps we could make do with each other.
. .
" Shen Mu coughed.
"Your Majesty, I am adding another mark to the ledger. " Emperor Yanfeng threw back his head and laughed, turning away. Shen Mu asked, "Is my junior brother also in Carefree Village? " "Your junior brother? You mean Bai Gui?
The new generation replaces the old. " Emperor Yanfeng sighed deeply. "You used to call him Imperial Preceptor Jingping. Now that you have become Imperial Preceptor Jingping, you call him your junior brother. He is in the divine city over there. " He led the two of them onward and said, "Though Bai Gui was greatly valued by Kaihuang, things have not gone well for him these years.
" Shen Mu was puzzled.
"My junior brother is a genius gifted by heaven, peerless in brilliance. Why would things not go well for him?
" "His cultivation realm has become trapped.
" Emperor Yanfeng fell silent for a moment before saying, "After I came to Carefree Village, I experienced all kinds of battles. My cultivation advanced by leaps and bounds, and I found my own path as well. Bai Gui, however, has taken part in no fewer battles than I have, yet his realm has never risen.
" Shen Mu asked suspiciously, "What realm is he in now? " Emperor Yanfeng hesitated.
"The Jade Terrace realm. He has struggled for years, unable to break through the Jade Terrace realm.
His cultivation has even shown signs of retreat rather than advance.
I fear that he. . . " He shook his head and did not continue.
Emperor Yanfeng and the former Imperial Preceptor Jingping, Jiang Baigui, had been a pair of perfectly matched ruler and subject, a union made by heaven.