<h4>Chapter 328: Old and New Sword God</h4>
Trantor: Nales Editor: DarkGem
The directions of the clouds and wind were different. One was heading left, while the other was heading right. And in the sky where the two clouds were, the direction of the wind waspletely different. It was unexpectedly blowing downwards.
The only reason behind such a situation could be that the two clouds and the wind existed in a different space. From the clouds and wind, there were at least threeyers of it!
If the skies of Youdu, which was always in the darkness, or the hazy Fengdu had appeared, they would definitely be ck or gray.
Even though they weren’t such, Qin Mu was certain that those two worlds were close by!
This meant that the source of Surging River might have five worlds ovepping one another!
When night fell, darkness would invade, and the worlds would appear one after another,ing onto the bustling stage!
‘When I have time, I will definitely need to go to the ce where West Earth connects to Great Ruins. The darknesses from there, so I might discover more secrets in that ce.’
Qin Mu came down from the sky with his head aching. What exactly were those echoes of history? What were the worlds that were connected to the source of Surging River? Where were the connecting points?
There were many secrets in Great Ruins, and there also seemed to be quite a number of them in Surging River.
‘Some secrets are something I can’t touch or solve. If I tried to do it by force, our lives would be put in danger. Let’s go back to the vige first.’
As they headed down the river, Xiong Xiyu couldn’t help sizing Qin Mu up. She couldn’t resist asking curiously, “Cult Master Qin, did you really grow up in Great Ruins?”
Qin Mu nodded and asked with puzzlement, “Why are you asking this?”
“How did you survive in such a dangerous ce? There are all kinds of strange beasts in Great Ruins, all kinds of strange things, dangers, and even the invasion of darkness at night, when devils and monsters wreak havoc. There are even other worlds ovepping with Great Ruins frequently. It’s truly unimaginable for you to have survived up until now!”
Qin Mu smiled. “Big Sister Pce Master, you’re mistaken! Great Ruins are actually very safe, much safer than the outside. The real danger lies outside. When I first walked out of Great Ruins and came to Eternal Peace, I stayed in an inn beside the river, and an incident happened that very night. That ce was called Dyke River County, and the people in the entire county died. Only me and Ling’er managed to escape. I had never met with such an incident in Great Ruins.”
Xiong Xiyu didn’t know whether tough or cry. “You can’t say that Eternal Peace is more dangerous than Great Ruins just because of that. It was only a coincidence.”
“Ever since I entered Eternal Peace, I’ve suffered murderous intents and killings, as well as assassination attempts. Inparison, Great Ruins are much safer. The greatest danger I encountered in Great Ruins was also caused by the outside people barging in. Thus, Great Ruins is the safest ce,” Qin Mu exined with a calm expression
Xiong Xiyu was puzzled. She didn’t understand how he could feel that Great Ruins were safer than the outside world.
The dragon qilin chuckled. “Pce Master might not know, but when Cult Master goes out, he doesn’t even dare to use his real name. This is because the moment he used his real name, people rushing to kill him would line up all the way from Eternal Peace Empire to Disabled Elderly Vige. The righteous practitioners are all itching to kill him.”
Qin Mu gave him a stare and immediately exined to Xiong Xiyu, “Our Heavenly Saint Cult is actually very righteous, so don’t be misled. That’s right, once we reach the vige, I’ll be able to get rid of your poison. What do you n to do after that?”
Xiong Xiyu was in a daze. Return to True Heaven Pce?
Now that only her daughter was left, she didn’t have the confidence to return to True Heaven Pce to seize the power and the position of the pce master back. On top of that, she was worried about Xiong Qi’er’s life.
However, she couldn’t ept giving up the foundation of her ancestor.
Qin Mu caught the expression she made and smiled. “Even though I can get rid of your Coiling Poison, your cultivation won’t recover straight away, I’ll still need to help you recuperate and assist you in recovering your vital qi. If you can’t make a decision, I have a suggestion. Why don’t you follow me to Eternal Peace Empire for some time? I’m the academician of Imperial College so I can rmend you to teach at Imperial College.”
Xiong Xiyu’s beautiful gaze was like clear water as she looked deeply into his eyes, subconsciously giving off the aura of a mistress of a sacred ground. “I’m the mistress of True Heaven Pce, and you are asking me to teach in Imperial College?”
Qin Mu thought for a moment and said, “Then why don’t youe to our Heavenly Saint Cult’s School Hall to teach?”
Xiong Xiyu didn’t know whether tough or cry and said, “Let me go to Imperial College first.”
Five dayster, they finally reached Disabled Elderly Vige. Qin Mu first went to find Hu Ling’er, and a few white foxes came out of her room, speaking the humannguage. “Young Master, Big Sister has gone to Eternal Peace Empire to look for you, and she has been gone for a few months!”
Qin Mu inquired about the details, and the white fox in the lead said, “Great Demon King came to force Big Sister to marry him, so she beat him up. Great Demon King then called his dad over who Big Sister couldn’t defeat, so she ran away, saying she would find Young Master in Eternal Peace Empire.
Qin Mu bade farewell and brought everyone toward Disabled Elderly Vige. When it came in sight, Qin Mu became excited and shouted out loudly, “Grandpa Vige Chief, Grandpa Apothecary, I’m back!”
Xiong Xiyu looked at this small vige and saw an old man with a scraggly beard sitting on a recliner at the vige entrance. He had no arms or legs, and the beard on his face was very unkempt. His hair was messy as well.
There was a flock of chickens patrolling in the vige, looking very awe-inspiring.
“Oh, Mu’er is back? You’ve grown taller again.” The messy old man swayed in his recliner, looking at Xiong Xiyu and the two white bats while basking in the sun. After a moment, his expression changed to that of astonishment. “This girl is very pretty and her cultivation is also very strong. A pity she’s poisoned. The two white bats are a little interesting.”
The two white bats went to hang upside down from the tree above his head and sized Vige Chief with interest. “You’re very strong as well!”
Qin Mu couldn’t help frowning upon examining Vige Chief. He then ran into the vige to fetch a Pig ughtering Knife before going into Granny Si’s room to find a white cloth anding back. In a basin of hot water, he wetted the towel, then covered Vige Chief’s face.
/After a while, Qin Mu uncovered the towel and used a Pig ughtering Knife to help him shave his beard. “Vige Chief, where are the people from the vige? Grandpa Apothecary? He’s not in the vige? Take a look, your beard is almost dragging on the floor.”
“Apothecary had ran away.” Vige Chief sighed and said, “A few women found their way here and scared him off, leaving me here alone. I don’t have any limbs so I can’t crawl back into the room.”
Qin Mu jumped in shock and cried out, “Vige Chief, how long have you stayed here at the vige entrance?”
“Almost two months.”
Qin Mu was speechless. This old man had actually not moved for two months, staying at the vige entrance motionlessly, allowing himself to be windswept and battered by rain, even letting the darkness surround him!
This should be considered as having achieved a new realm inziness!
Xiong Xiyu also jumped in shock. From theyout of the stone statues in the vige, the rays from them wouldn’t have shone until here. Then this messy old man who hadin here for two months without dying, was he a god?
Or were the strange things in the darkness not interested in him?
Qin Mu shaved off Vige Chief’s beard and washed his face for him. He then cut off his messy white hair and groomed him before carrying the old man into his room, changing the clothes on his body into a new set before going to wash the old ones.
He then carried the old man out to ce him back on the recliner, pouring a pot of tea for him before asking, “Grandpa Ma and the rest haven’t returned?”
“Old Ma came back once. Dao Master and Old Ri had also found their way over. Thetter said he wasn’t Ri anymore and severed one of his arms. He told me that he couldn’t return Old Ma his children, but he could still return him an arm.”
Qin Mu cried out, “Old Ri severed his own arm?”
“That’s right. Old Ri’s arm was pecked at by the hen dragons. It’s in the chicken coop, though, since the hen dragon couldn’t eat it.”
Vige Chief sighed. “Old Ma may look cold and hate the world, but when Old Ri severed his arm to give it to him, he was still moved and cried. He went to Great Thunderp Monastery to oversee it, saying that he would return once a new ri came. I reckon he won’t being back. He ns to wait for the new ri, but once he will sit down on the seat of Ri, he will discover that he’s Ri.”
In a daze, Qin Mu said, “I’m going to Ghost Valley, so I can find him on the way there. Where’s Grandpa Cripple? Isn’t he always inseparable from Grandpa Ma?”
“They are inseparable, so he naturally went to be a guest at Great Thunderp Monastery. He said he was afraid that Old Ma would be at a disadvantage.” Vige Chief revealed a worried expression. “I’m afraid that after Old Ma bes Ri, he will discover that his entire mountain is an illusion.”
Qin Mu also didn’t see Butcher, Blind, and Mute so he asked about them as well. Blind and Butcher had run off with Old Dao Master and Old Ri, saying that they wanted to take a look at Little Jade Capital. Mute didn’t seem to have had any ns to leave the vige, but just before the day Apothecary escaped, Mute suddenly went crazy, picking up his belongings and rushing into the darkness, chasing after something. He had yet to return.
Granny Si hadn’t yet returned. She had to still be at Eternal Peace Empire, suppressing her heart devil and sharpening her nature.
Qin Mu tidied up the vige and put all treasures and things that looked like treasures into his two taotie sacks. He then came to the herb garden at the vige entrance and stretched his hand out. Flying swords stabbed into the surroundings and tunneled underground, slicing something underneath the soil.
Qin Mu raised both his hands as if lifting something, then the entire herb garden flew upwards and was put into Pangong Tso’s taotie sack.
It was much better than Qin Mu’s own, and the space inside could even store a piece ofnd.
Qin Mu picked Apothecary’s herb basket and ced Vige Chief inside it. Vige Chief was instantly angered. “Rascal, what are you doing? Put me down!”
“I can’t let you stay here.” Qin Mu tightened the herb basket to his back while saying, “What if something happens to you, who will know? From now on, Grandpa Vige Chief will follow me wherever I go!”
Vige Chief was silent for a moment, slightly moved in his heart. He smiled. “Put me down. Silly child, I’m old, I can’t move around anymore. I even promised Yama to go to his living realm of the dead after death. When I die, a bird god wille and fetch me.”
Qin Mu instantly felt the herb basket bing iparably heavy as though he was carrying a mountain. He knew Vige Chief wasn’t willing to leave Great Ruins and blinked before saying, “Doesn’t Grandpa Vige Chief want to meet Eternal Peace Imperial Preceptor? Does the old sword god not want to meet the new sword god? Eternal Peace Imperial Preceptor is being acimed as the saint that appears once every five hundred years, so he is definitely worth meeting.”
The herb basket on Qin Mu’s back instantly became lighter, and Vige Chief’s tone seemed to gain a hint of heroism. “The new sword god? Oh well, it’s also a good thing to meet him before I die. Go, let us meet Eternal Peace Imperial Preceptor!”