816: Precious Horses and Lavish Carriages Leaving a Scented Trail

Precious Horses and Lavish Carriages Leaving a Scented Trail

2"Flowers are not flowers, fogs are not fogs. Like shadowy appearances coming at midnight, leaving at first light..."

Qin Mu seemed to be in deep thought as he savored the poem over and over again.

During the Jade Pool Meeting a million years ago, he had researched a divine art that could allow substance not to change, increase, or decrease. Even though the time they had spent together wasn't long, they had still managed to find a blurry path.

Of course, Celestial Venerable Ling was the main pillar of the research, while Qin Mu and Founding Emperor were just assistants to help Celestial Venerable Ling make her deductions and teach her the art of creation.

However, Qin Mu still knew the result of Celestial Venerable Ling's research very clearly.

It was that moment that had determined the foundation of Celestial Venerable Ling's divine art.

In the long years afterward, it was always Celestial Venerable Ling that had deduced and perfected this kind of divine art.

From the perspective of the ghost ship, Celestial Venerable Ling hadn't perfected the divine art, thus the flaw of thirty-six people was left behind.

Every time the ship reset time and space, there would be a flaw left behind.

This flaw would result in three outcomes.

Firstly, it would fuse the living and non-living on the ship together and transform them into a monster that wasn't human or an object. This was the reason numerous people that had boarded the ship had grown together with the body of the ship.

Secondly, the divine art would fuse with the ship, while the ship would fuse with the living. This would already result in the divine art and ship becoming a marvelous lifeform. This lifeform would roam through thirty-six different years and attack the existences on the ship that could threaten it.

Thirdly, the ship would complete cycles in thirty-six different years, and the cycles would fade the people who boarded the ship into the void. In the end, they would be turned into an invisible state where they were neither living nor dead.

To the people who boarded the ship, this was the strangest and most terrifying divine art. However, to Celestial Venerable Ling, this was the result of her divine art being imperfect.

To the people who boarded the ship, it was strange. However, it was a flaw to her, and it wasn't what she had intended.

When Celestial Venerable Ling had left the poem behind, she must have boarded the ship years later and realized her divine art was imperfect, so she left the poem behind which mention the flaw in the divine art.

The chance to survive for the people on the ship didn't lie in comprehending Celestial Venerable Ling's divine art. It was finding the flaw in Celestial Venerable Ling's divine art and solving it that would give them a chance to survive!

Qin Mu faintly grasped the direction of solving this kind of divine art. However, this feeling was too hazy, so he couldn't think through for the moment.

Suddenly, terrifying pulses came from the back of the palace. After going around this palace, they saw Crimson Light Son of God fighting with the two retainers of Prince Qiu Ming!

The bodies of Crimson Light Son of God and those two gods had already started to fade into the void. Their corporeal bodies and primordial spirits didn't seem real, and yet their battle power was still incomparably astonishing.

After Qin Mu had imparted the Three Primordial Spirit Undying God Consciousness of Crimson Emperor to him, Crimson Light Son of God had finally patched his shortcomings by cultivating three heads and six arms for his primordial spirit. By complementing it with Light Emperor's Anasrava Creation Mysterious Technique, he was truly capable of killing anyone who stood in his way!

However, those two gods following Prince Qiu Ming were also extraordinary. One of the gods made a deep impression on Qin Mu with his silver rope hanging down from the moon.

The silver rope was over a hundred thousand miles long when it hung down from the bright moon, yet it was all stored into his sleeve after they landed.

The silver rope that he was using now had become a whip instead. This silver whip was sometimes long and sometimes short as he executed all kinds of whip techniques. However, the whip's transformation wasn't so simple. The head of the whip would sometimes transform into a silver dragon that bared its fangs and brandished its claws. Sometimes, it would transform into a silver spear, stabbing and attacking abruptly with a myriad of changes.

The other god was also extremely powerful, so when they worked together to attack Crimson Light Son of God, they caused the palaces to collapse one after another.

Village Chief suddenly said, "Their abilities are much weaker than before. Their cultivation must have faded into the void as well. Looks like the stronger you are on this ship, the more you will be weakened."

Qin Mu nodded his head. Right at this moment, their hair stood on end as they got locked onto by an incomparably terrifying aura. They didn't dare to move.

That was incomparably terrifying dragon awe.

Village Chief cried out, his voice hoarse, "Ancestral Dragon King!"

Qin Mu suddenly turned back and saw Ancestral Dragon King rushing furiously at them. He was already a hundred steps away from them, and this old dragon on Numinous Sky Realm opened its incomparably wide head, wanting to swallow them up!

Yet the moment Qin Mu turned around to look at him, Ancestral Dragon King's corporeal body instantly faded into the void and turned into a hazy shadow!

His abilities were extremely high and only slightly inferior to Feng Qiuyun, so his condition was rather similar to Feng Qiuyun. Feng Qiuyun had already fused with the mural, and her body had faded so much that it was hard to see clearly. Ancestral Dragon King was slightly better off than her, but not by much.

If Qin Mu didn't force himself to break out of the dragon's awe and turn around, Ancestral Dragon King would have remained in his unobserved state and wouldn't have faded into void. Yet, under Qin Mu's gaze, his corporeal body and primordial spirit quickly faded into the void, and his abilities were mostly gone.

Ancestral Dragon King hurriedly soared up into the sky. In the next instant, he appeared behind Qin Mu, but Village Chief and Dragon Rearing Sovereign had their eyes on him.

"Clever! I'll let you guys off the hook this time!"

Ancestral Dragon King flew away, and in the next instant, Crimson Light Son of God, who was fighting with the two gods from the celestial heavens, suddenly closed his eyes. The figure of Ancestral Dragon King suddenly appeared behind the silver rope god and tore him apart.

Crimson Light Son of God flipped backward, and the other god received a lethal blow from Ancestral Dragon King, getting shattered by a blow from his scepter.

Crimson Light Son of God suddenly opened his eyes on all three heads. Ancestral Dragon King had already come to his face. However, he fell into his line of sight, and the body of the dragon king instantly faded into the void.

Crimson Light Son of God brazenly made his move. Ancestral Dragon King, who was greatly weakened, coughed up blood and escaped after several moves.

Crimson Light Son of God couldn't chase after him, and he shouted, "Ancestral Dragon King, stop resisting, you won't last through the next reset. If I were you, I would hide properly and wait until I completely faded into the void. That way, I wouldn't die."

He turned around and looked at Qin Mu, Village Chief, and Dragon Rearing Sovereign before walking over to them.

Village Chief gripped the Carefree Sword tightly, and his gaze landed on his footsteps. Village Chief said insipidly, "Crimson Light Son of God, if you want to escape the fate of fading into the void, the only way is to rely on the one and only overlord body to solve the difficult problem of this ghost ship. If you kill us, you will never be able to return to your people."

Crimson Light Son of God stopped, and his gaze landed on Qin Mu. He said softly, "I have always admired Overlord Body Qin's intelligence and talent. However, to make me give up my only chance of hope just with an overlord body, are you treating this as child's play? Overlord Body Qin, what capabilities do you have to make me give up?"

"Son of God, you can gamble."

Qin Mu said, "You can gamble that I solve this ghost ship and you return alive, or you can gamble to see if you will become one of the thirty-six unchanging constants on this ghost ship after killing me."

Crimson Light Son of God remained silent. After a moment, he asked, "Crimson Emperor is in your body?"

Qin Mu nodded and said, "He is only left with his consciousness currently and has no soul or spirit."

Crimson Light Son of God closed his eyes and opened them after a long time. His killing intent had faded away, and he had an enlightened bearing as he said with a smile, "I can't last until the next reset before my abilities decrease drastically from fading into void. After I fade into the void, you guys can only rely on yourselves."

Village Chief said solemnly, "Many thanks."

Crimson Light Son of God said, "The danger isn't only from the ones who boarded the ship in our batch. There are also other people who boarded the ship from the various years. Thirty-six people won't fade into the void, but it doesn't mean these thirty-six people won't die. When we came onto the ship, we didn't see the other unchanging constants, so they are most likely dead."

Village Chief said solemnly, "I understand, that lantern has a very big problem."

Crimson Light Son of God turned to leave and said, "Ancestral Dragon King will completely fade into the void during the next reset. However, there are still experts outside like Divine Knife Luo Wushuang and the half-gods under Ancestral Dragon King, as well as the other people who boarded the ship in the different cycles. I shall go and get rid of them."

Village Chief saw him off.

Not long later, light burst forth again and shrouded the ship once. When the light faded away, Qin Mu hurriedly looked at Village Chief and saw Village Chief fading even more.

"I'm alright. After this reset, Crimson Light Son of God's abilities are probably eighty to ninety percent gone. Ancestral Dragon King most likely faded away as well."

Village Chief said, "Now, Crimson Light Son of God can't protect us anymore, and we can only rely on ourselves."

Right at that moment, they saw a lush and dense Primordial Tree shrouding the Primordial Realm outside the Celestial River.

Numerous gods of the High Emperor Era discovered the ship, and they executed their divine arts to trap the ship so they could fly up. Those people were a bunch of half-gods, and they were likely the strong practitioners of the North High Emperor Celestial Heavens.

There was an extremely high number of half-gods, and they flooded in from all directions.

"There are humans and a dragon here!" One of the half-gods discovered them and rushed over.

Village Chief revealed a smile and examined the sword in his hand. "This is truly a great sword. Mu'er, there is the word carefree on the sword, could this sword be named the Carefree Sword?"

Qin Mu nodded and said solemnly, "This is Founding Emperor's sword."

Village Chief was stunned, and he said with a smile, "Founding Emperor? I admire him the most. I roamed around the martial world when I was young, and I encountered numerous ancient ruins. The one glorious civilization and the countless stone statues. That made me wonder how much of a hero Founding Emperor was to command such loyalty from these heroes, for them to fight their whole lives just for a dream. This is why the second form of my Sword Picture is called Sword of Founding Emperor. It's truly fortunate for me to be able to wield his sword!"

He drew the sword and headed in the direction of the enemies, waving the sword and singing along. The sword light was like an ocean. It was as though the moonlight had scattered down onto the sea, and the ocean spray was like moving silver scales.

Village Chief was full of mettle, and it was as if he were an emperor riding on precious horses and a magnificent carriage to roam the seas, quelling the chaos in the four seas.

The second form of Sword Picture, Sword of Founding Emperor.

"Easterlies of the night call to bloom blossoms of a thousand trees!"

His Sword Dao scattered, and he was imagining the scene of Founding Emperor quelling rebellions. It was as if that emperor had encountered his enemies, and he jumped from his precious horses and magnificent carriage to swing his sword in the four directions!

"As if blowing adrift stars that drizzle like rain! Precious horses and lavish carriages go by, leaving a scented trail. Phoenix flutes perform music as the timekeeper witnesses the turning of hours. Throughout the night, lanterns in the shape of fish and dragons dance and gyrate!"

The sword lights were like scales, making them look like fish and dragons dancing and gyrating in the sea of swords.

Qin Mu had also learned this move from Founding Emperor before, and the exact same sword move had a completely different mood when released by Village Chief and by him.

However, the mood was also different when it was released by the Village Chief in the past and the Village Chief now.

When Village Chief executed this move in the past, mountains and rivers existed in a vast and obscure heart. However, when looking around left and right, there were no more people donning the clothes of the homeland. It was a lonely reminiscence of one's homeland, the long-gone martyrs. It had a mood of sorrow and heroism.

Village Chief's sword now had the confident and wild feeling of a young emperor quelling the rebellions everywhere. There was the mood of a young hero, the high spirits that he rarely had!

The more different the frame of mind, the more different the experience would be. As a result, the Sword Dao would also be different.

He had gone through death once, and the revived Village Chief seemed as though he had returned back to his youth. He had the heart of a youth striving to do his best, and his Sword Dao had swept away the mood of sorrow and heroism of the past. Replacing it was the drive of a youth that was filled with heroic passion.

The half-gods of North High Emperor Celestial Heavens poured over, and they died under the sword light. Village Chief was like a young emperor standing on his precious horses and magnificent carriage to cut down the strong invading practitioners.

His Sword Dao was evolving, becoming sharper and more driven. It was conforming to Eternal Peace, the era of reform, to guide this era of reform!

He was a person walking at the very front of this era!

"Magnificent sword skills! As expected from the strong practitioner that taught Overlord Body Qin!"

A thick and dull voice rang from far away, and a knife light shone as a knife cleaved out a path of survival. He split apart the waves and broke through the sea of swords, slaying many of the half-gods from High Emperor.

One-Armed Divine Knife Luo Wushuang rushed over with formidable power and imposing manner as he broke through Sword Picture to slash at the young emperor. "Eternal Peace Sword God, the overlord body's sword skill originates from you, so I'll kill you first before killing him!"

He was fading into the void quite seriously, but since he was still the number one divine knife of the extraterritorial celestial heavens, his abilities were still extremely terrifying. He had entered the path with his knife and had achieved astonishing attainments in his knife skills.

Village Chief's sword light transformed into Calamity of the High Emperor. The sword sea surged and split the sky, clashing fiercely with Luo Wushuang.

One was honored as the number one divine knife of the extraterritorial celestial heavens, while one was honored as Eternal Peace Sword God. Both of them executed all kinds of moves that had entered the Dao, dazzling Qin Mu and Dragon Rearing Sovereign, who were standing in the rain of swords and knives.

Meanwhile, the half-gods that rushed into the knife skills and sword skills of these two experts died miserably. They couldn't withstand the clash of these two strong practitioners on such Dao realms.

Suddenly, an incomparably bright light burst forth as the ghost ship reset again.

Luo Wushuang grunted and pulled himself back to leave.

In this reset, his condition had become even more serious, and the situation was against him. He had to find a safe place and avoid his enemies. He had to wait for the next reset to let him completely fade into the void.

Village Chief pulled the sword back and lowered his head to examine the Carefree Sword while praising it. "Truly a magnificent sword. Luo Wushuang is also worthy of the title of Divine Knife. If Butcher wants to catch up to him, there's still a distance."

Qin Mu looked at Village Chief's body and saw that his corporeal body and primordial spirit were also fading into the void. Dragon Rearing Sovereign was also slowly fading.

They experienced another two resets and another two groups of outsiders boarding the ship. Village Chief's condition was too severe, and he was already close to being unable to hold the Carefree Sword anymore.

"Mu'er, the next reset is almost here, and I'm probably close to vanishing."

They sat on the ridge of the palace hall, and Village Chief looked at the sun rising from the east. "However, you don't have to worry. Even if I completely fade into the void, I will remain by your side. I won't leave you."

Qin Mu nodded his head gently. "I know."

"Dragon Rearing Sovereign, it's up to you now to protect your lord."

Light burst forth once more and swallowed them up. When the light faded away, only Qin Mu and Dragon Rearing Sovereign were left.

'I know you are still beside me.'

Qin Mu stood up and looked at the unfamiliar world outside the Celestial River. 'I will definitely find a solution and turn you back into a physical form! You are still my Grandpa Village Chief. No one can take you away!'

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