Tales of Herding Gods

On the Hundred Thousand Holy Mountains, Granny Si and the rest were watching Old Ma and Zhan Kong Rulai nervously. It had been over twenty days since the upheavals in the Jade Capital City of the ancestral court. Even though Qin Mu's condition had always been stable, the situation of Old Ma and Zhan Kong Rulai wasn't that optimistic.

Even though Zhan Kong Rulai's frame of mind was high, his cultivation was low. This long period of time had already made the huge buddha exhausted.

Old Ma's cultivation was higher, but his frame of mind was a level lower than Zhan Kong. At this step, it was also extremely strenuous.

At this moment, Yan'er suddenly flew over and said to Granny Si and the rest, "Bad news, our sacred ground has sprouted!"

"The sacred ground has sprouted?"

Granny Si and the rest were slightly confused. Yan'er said, "I'm currently chatting with mother about family matters and bringing her around to see the beautiful scenery of our sacred ground…"

Everyone frowned and thought to themselves, 'This lady is even more blind than a blind person. Even though Hundred Thousand Holy Mountain has the word' sacred ', it's just us flattering ourselves. When has there ever been a beautiful scenery here?'

Yan'er continued, "…When I came to the main hall in the center of the sacred mountain, I saw that the main hall was lifted up by two huge leaves, and even the foundation was broken into pieces! The two leaves were so huge that they held Young Master's sacred hall in the center of the two leaves, making it look very pitiful…"

This lady spoke without any head or tail, and Blind immediately said, "Granny, you guys stay here to take care of Mu'er, I'll go with her."

Granny Si nodded her head and Mute said, "I'll go take a look too!"

Yan'er brought the two of them to the center of the sacred mountain. Before they could reach there, Blind saw two huge leaves that were like two unbelievably huge palms holding Qin Mu's palace in their palms!

The two leaves were from the charred stump of the black wood. The black wood had long been chopped off by Tai Yi and burned to a crisp. Only the year rings that hadn't been burned clean remained, turning into tens of thousands of black mountains.

Now, two huge leaves had actually grown out of the mountain in the center. It was truly strange!

At this moment, there were already many people gathered around the two leaves. Xu Shenghua, Lan Yutian, Light Emperor, and the rest were flying around the roots of the leaves to check where the plant had come from.

The hall in the center of the hall that was supported by two leaves was the sacred hall of the Hundred Thousand Holy Mountain. The place where Qin Mu lived, Tai Yi had once received Heaven Duke and Earth Count in this hall.

The hall wasn't small, but compared to the two leaves, it was much smaller. No wonder Yan'er said it was pitiful.

The two of them came to the bottom of the two leaves and looked up at the two huge leaves. They were astonished, but they saw that the markings on the leaves were like the Dao markings of the Great Dao. It was indescribably mysterious. Vitality came from the leaves, and just by standing there, they felt radiant.

Suddenly, Blind saw a majestic man walking over with a huge ax in his hand. He came to the bottom of the two leaves and raised the huge ax. He waved it twice at the roots of the leaves, looking like he wanted to chop them.

"Wu, what are you doing?"

Light Emperor flew over and said angrily, "Who are you? Why do you want to chop other people's saplings for no reason?"

Blind and Mute's faces were ashen. Xu Shenghua, Lan Yutian, and the rest hurried over, and their faces were also ashen. The muscular man had a body full of muscles and bones, and his physique was like a giant that could split heaven and earth apart. The huge ax in his hand was shining with cold light as though it contained the power to split heaven and earth. It was obvious that it was none other than Tai Yi!

Even though Light Emperor was the most dazzling figure of Crimson Light Era, when facing such an existence, even a single strand of his hair would be several times thicker than his waist!

From Tai Yi's physique, his hair was indeed much thicker than Light Emperor's waist.

Tai Yi put away his ax and glanced at Light Emperor. His voice was as loud as a bell. "I'm naturally here to chop down the tree."

"You sure are righteous!"

Light Emperor was furious. "Is this your land?"

Tai Yi raised his ax and leaned on it. He shook his head and said, "It's not my land."

Light Emperor sneered, "Is the tree your tree?"

Everyone kept quiet out of fear.

Tai Yi shook his head again. "It's not my tree either."

"It's not your land, nor is it your tree. What right do you have to cut people?"

Light Emperor sneered and said, "You ran to their place and carried an ax to chop down the trees that grew out of their ground. No matter where you go, you won't be able to reason with them! Reason, logic, if you can't reason with them, can you still talk?"

Tai Yi was stunned and looked at everyone.

Everyone looked around, not daring to look him in the eye. Light Emperor clenched his fists and said loudly, "This sapling belongs to Celestial Venerable Mu's family, and the land belongs to Celestial Venerable Mu's family. If you want to chop it, you can't do it without asking Celestial Venerable Mu… Xuanxiu, Wenyuan, don't pull me! This fellow may be strong, but there's justice in heaven and earth. Justice is justice… Don't pull me! Although this man is fierce, how can I be afraid of him? As a guest of Celestial Venerable Mu's family, I can't just sit by and do nothing…"

Hua Xuanxiu and Wen Yuan pulled him back. Light Emperor was still struggling, and he said angrily, "You two are also people who bully the good and fear the evil! Let go of me, I'll argue with him!"

Tai Yi thought about it, sat down, and said, "What you said makes sense. This place was given to Celestial Venerable Mu by me, and I'm only the original landowner. I'm also a guest now, so I need his permission to chop the tree. Forget it, I won't chop it first. Let's wait until he wakes up."

Light Emperor harrumphed and flicked Hua Kaixuan and Wen Yuan. He pointed two fingers at his eyes and then at Tai Yi, who was sitting on the ground. "I'm staring at you. Don't think of taking advantage of my blindness… What are you guys doing? Why are you all looking at me like that?"

Everyone secretly praised, "Crimson Light Era is indeed the wildest era. Light Emperor is also someone who has seen the world and is full of righteousness. He even dares to lecture an existence like Tai Yi who has achieved the Dao."

Xu Shenghua and Lan Yutian went forward to ask Tai Yi, "Dao brother, if we don't chop this sapling, what harm will there be?"

Tai Yi said, "If we don't chop it, when the roots of this tree are completely revived, the strong practitioners of the past universes can crawl out along the roots and endanger the world. This universe can't withstand the torment of such strong practitioners for long, and it will return to destruction."

Xu Shenghua asked, "In that case, what benefits will there be if we don't chop this sapling?"

Tai Yi said, "If we don't chop it, there will be some benefits. When this tree grows up, its branches and crowns will extend to the ultimate void. At that time, it will be much easier to achieve the path. When the universe is destroyed, there will be people who can use it to hide in the next universe. However…"

He shook his head. "They are also parasites."

Lan Yutian asked again, "What if we cut it down? Will the existence from the previous universe be unable to descend?"

Tai Yi shook his head and said, "Not really. They will still descend, but they will delay for some time."

The two of them didn't ask any more questions and retreated.

Mute carefully went forward and sat beside Tai Yi's toes. He took out a water pipe and lit it up. After taking two puffs, he handed it to Tai Yi.

Tai Yi's body was too big, and he lowered his head to look at him. He shrunk his body and took the water pipe from his hands.

Mute squeezed out a smile with his wrinkled face. "Dao brother, can you lend me your ax to take a look?"

"Just a look."

Mute hurriedly got up and jumped onto the huge ax excitedly. He examined the Dao markings on the ax carefully and waved his hand. "Blind, Blind, your eyesight is good. Come up quickly and help me research!"

Blind didn't go over immediately and instead asked Tai Yi, "Dao brother, can Mu'er wake up?"

Tai Yi smoked his water pipe and said, "The Celestial Venerables of the celestial heavens are rushing to the Jade Capital City of the ancestral court. There are terrifying existences there that block my line of sight. Even I can't see what's going on inside. I have no idea if the Celestial Venerables will attack the Hall of Fragrance to get rid of the Mi Luo Palace's Yuan Sage."

Blind's heart jumped.

Tai Yi said, "The nine Celestial Venerables have already reached the Jade Capital City."