Tales of Herding Gods
Chapter 1502: Going To Jade Capital Alone

Qin Mu put away his sword and descended. He thanked the four deities who had come to help him one by one. When he thanked East Deity Qing Long, East Deity smiled and said, "Celestial Venerable Mu, you owe me a favor. Without my qi and blood to help you, you won't be able to refine this sword. The power of this treasure sword of yours surpasses that of a Celestial Venerable's treasure. This favor is too big. In the future, you have to return me a favor."

Qin Mu acknowledged and asked, "Do you want an IOU?"

East Deity was about to agree when Goddess of Heavenly Yin tugged at him secretly and said in a low voice, "Don't take it! The last person who asked him for an IOU was Celestial Venerable Hong. I personally saw Celestial Venerable Hong unable to take out the IOU, so he refused to admit it and killed Celestial Venerable Hong, causing his soul to scatter!"

East Deity Qing Long shuddered and forced a smile. "Celestial Venerable, just remember it in your heart. As for the IOU, forget it."

Qin Mu sighed. "That's a pity."

East Deity didn't know what he meant. He bade farewell and left.

Qin Mu saw him off and felt pity in his heart. 'If only I could write an IOU for him. If he can't take it out in the future, I can deny him. We do things according to the rules. However, if I don't write an IOU, it won't be good for me to not return him a favor when he makes a ruckus. I have always paid attention to promises…'

He expressed his thanks to Black Tortoise and Deity Xuan. Deity Xuan smiled and said, "We had an agreement with you long ago, Great Wizard. We should have come to your aid, so why are you thanking us? Us husband and wife have never thanked you for taking care of my son."

Qin Mu said solemnly, "All these years, the Glassy Sky Pagoda has been in my hands. I took it without telling anyone, and I feel sorry for you and your wife."

Deity Wu said with a smile, "A man's wealth is his fault. Celestial Venerable took away the Green Sky Pagoda to defend my son."

The couple left together.

Qin Mu came to the front of West Deity White Tiger and said with a smile, "Sister blew the horn just now to activate East Deity's qi and blood. This is indeed a stroke of genius."

West Deity chuckled. "That East Deity is a petty person. I don't know how Sister South Deity was blind to fall in love with him. I only helped you because he didn't contribute much. You don't have to thank me. You saved me last time!"

She transformed into a beam of golden light and vanished without a trace.

Qin Mu greeted all the Heavenly Workers, formation masters, and sword masters that had come to assist him. Tens of thousands of people returned the greeting, and the person in the lead was Yuyuan Chuyu. He said with a smile, "Imperial Preceptor, we have also benefited greatly from refining the sword for you. If our sword path can improve in the future, it will definitely be the result of this sword refinement!"

They left one after another.

Qin Mu saw Jiang Baigui and Emperor Yanfeng getting up to leave as well. He said, "Your Majesty, Junior Brother, after you go to the Jade Pavilion, go to the Heavenly Sea first and comprehend the heaven's heart in the Heavenly Sea. As for the God Execution Stage, it's in Heavenly Lady Qiang's hands. She took it away, and even Founding Emperor didn't manage to get on it. Don't be impatient, let me think of a solution."

Jiang Baigui said, "Senior Brother, aren't you going to cultivate the Precelestial Postcelestial Technique that Teacher Woodcutter imparted to you? This kind of technique is the most likely to cultivate to the Great Celestial Heavens Realm."

Qin Mu hesitated for a moment. He was very curious about the cultivation method of Saint Woodcutter's seventy-two throne halls and thirty-six celestial palaces, and he also wanted to cultivate it.

However, cultivating this kind of technique required a lot of time and energy. Otherwise, Jiang Baigui wouldn't still be at the Jade Pool Realm.

Saint Woodcutter cultivated three hundred and sixty celestial palaces and three hundred and sixty kinds of Postcelestial Great Daos, so he spent even more time.

With his lifetime of wisdom, he might not even be able to cultivate Heavenly Heart, let alone God Execution Stage.

Jiang Baigui saw that he didn't want to learn and didn't force him. He immediately left with Emperor Yanfeng.

Qin Mu sent King Yama off and bade farewell to South Deity. "Sister, I need to borrow Dao Fire Ancestral Land for some time."

South Deity said, "Feel free to take it. This land is no longer mine."

Qin Mu was slightly stunned. South Deity smiled and said, "I died once and got rid of my connection with the Dao Fire Ancestral Land. This ancestral land was taken away by Celestial Venerable Huo and by Celestial Venerable Yue. Now that it's in your hands and refined by Heavenly Works, it has long been unrelated to me. It wasn't easy for me to get rid of my identity as an ancient god, so how could I fall in love with my old residence?"

She had always been a generous and straightforward person. Now that she was back from the dead, she was more open-minded than before.

Qin Mu laughed and said, "Big sister is still the carefree one. Since big sister abandoned the Fire Ancestor Land like a pair of worn-out shoes, why must you take back your soul?"

South Deity Zhu Que's face sank, and she said indifferently, "Bai Yujing said she's not me, but she's still me. Brother Mu, even though you're the Invincible Great Wizard and can revive souls, you can't see the connection between my soul and heaven. After I revive, I can clearly sense the other me and Bai Yujing. She can also sense me. I have a feeling that we will be one again in the future."

She put on a smile and said, "Brother Mu, as South Deity Vermillion Bird, I've only lived for one lifetime, and this is my second. As Bai Yujing, she's two lifetimes away from two hundred lifetimes. When we return to being one, I'll be both South Deity and Bai Yujing. When that time comes, we'll recall the calamity we experienced in these two hundred lifetimes, and our Dao hearts will be perfect. We'll probably smile."

Qin Mu thought about it and didn't force her. He said to Yan'er, "Take care of your mother. Also, don't feed her too much, she's already fat."

South Deity was angry and pretended to hit him. Qin Mu laughed and dodged.

He bade farewell to South Deity and Goddess of Heavenly Yin and brought Dao Fire Ancestral Land to leave Heavenly Yin World with Blind, Granny Si, and Prince You Ming to return to the ancestral court.

Meanwhile, Mute was still in Dao Fire Ancestral Land, still standing there, comprehending the Dao.

The creation of heavenly works and the formation of Great Dao. Perhaps refining the sword for Qin Mu this time would allow Mute to enter a completely new realm in the path of forging, deducing the Postcelestial Great Dao of forging to an unprecedented height.

"Mu'er, aren't you going back to the sacred mountain?"

When they reached the hundred thousand sacred mountains of the ancestral court, Qin Mu handed the Dao fire ancestral land to Granny Si. Granny Si couldn't help frowning and guessed his thoughts. She asked, "You plan to go to Jade Capital City?"

Qin Mu nodded his head and said, "Tai Yi fell into the Jade Capital City and asked me to follow the map to save him. However, I still don't understand what he meant by following the map. I need to go to the ancestral court personally to check it out. Furthermore, I also want to see with my own eyes the relationship between Jade Capital City and Jade Capital Realm. If I don't see it with my own eyes, I won't be at ease."

He paused for a moment and explained to them, "I have already cultivated to the Nine Hells Stage. If I continue cultivating, I will have to step into the Jade Capital Trap! Otherwise, I will never be able to catch up to the ten Celestial Venerables in terms of magic power. Even if I cultivate to the thirty-six heavens of the Dao Realm, my magic power won't be stronger than the ten Celestial Venerables. I have to go to the Jade Capital."

Granny Si was slightly worried and said, "If you leave the ancestral land of the Dao fire on the sacred mountain, what if Celestial Venerable Huo comes out of the Jade Capital City and comes to seize it?"

Qin Mu smiled and said softly, "Don't worry granny. If I meet him in the Jade Capital City, I will make him realize that the Dao Fire of Ancestral Court doesn't belong to him anymore. The black mountain of the ancestral court is also a forbidden ground that he can't enter."

His words revealed incomparably strong confidence, as if he had returned to the past him.

"In that case, you should be carrying the Tai Yi walking stick, right?"

Granny Si stuffed the Tai Yi Crutch into his hand and said, "Even though you have the Calamity Sword, Tai Yi's walking stick is a Dao weapon of a Dao practitioner after all. There's no harm in carrying it."

Qin Mu thought about it and put away his walking stick. He waved his hand and watched Granny Si and the rest walk into the sacred mountain and towards the World Tree. He thought to himself, 'Granny Si, I won't let Grandpa Cripple's incident reappear on you guys. I've already grown up. You guys protected me in the past, so now it's my turn to protect you guys.'

His cape fluttered, and he turned to leave.

"Junior Brother!"

Wei Suifeng flew over and raised a huge cauldron. He shouted, "Junior Brother, wait for me!"

Qin Mu stopped and frowned. "Big senior brother, I can't bring you along. Jade Capital City is too dangerous, I can't split my attention to protect you…"

"Pui, pui!"

Wei Suifeng was flustered and exasperated. He said angrily, "I'm the great Emperor of Endless Clouds, and I've ruled for over a million years. Do I need your protection? I mean, I've been to Jade Capital City and followed Tai Yi through the sixteen chaos rivers. I even left behind a geographical map. If you go there, you can save a lot of trouble with this map."

Qin Mu gave his thanks.

Wei Suifeng placed the huge cauldron down, and the star sand in the cauldron flew up to form a geographical map of Jade Capital City.

However, this geographical map only marked the places that Wei Suifeng and Shu Jun had passed by. The places that they hadn't passed were still blank.

Qin Mu looked at it carefully and memorized it in his heart.

Right at this moment, the star sand suddenly changed and revealed another geographical map. This geographical map was completely different from the previous one. It had thousands of paths and was incomparably complicated.

Qin Mu was astonished and looked at the geographical map in detail. He had never seen the geography of this map before!

He looked at Wei Suifeng, and Wei Suifeng was also at a loss. He muttered, "This isn't a geographical map drawn by my divine art… That's right! Tai Yi once said that he saw the geographical map I left outside the city, and only then did he know where Shu Jun and I were. That's why he was able to find us! Could it be that Tai Yi knew he might never return, so he tampered with my cauldron and used my cauldron to record his footsteps?"

"That's possible."

Qin Mu memorized it carefully and said, "Dao Brother Tai Yi said to follow the map to save him, so this map must be related to him. Is this map the geographical map of Jade Capital City?"

He compared it with Wei Suifeng's geographical map and saw that there were no similarities between the two. It was obvious that the geographical map left behind by Tai Yi wasn't the Jade Capital City.

Wei Suifeng took out two more mirrors and said, "Shu Jun and I have been to the Miro Palace in the deepest part of the Jade Capital. On the wall of the palace, we have imprinted a Dao marking of the master of Miro Palace. Take a look on the way, and you will understand him."

Qin Mu put away the two mirrors and examined them. His expression changed drastically.

Wei Suifeng hesitated for a moment and finally made up his mind. He turned to leave and shook his head. "Even though I really want to go with you and enter Jade Capital City again, after thinking about it, I might really drag you down. That damned place is too dangerous…"

Qin Mu shouted, "Senior brother, cultivate hard!"

"I know!" Wei Suifeng waved his hand angrily.

Qin Mu laughed and executed Overlord Body Three Elixir Technique. He focused on carrying the Extreme Celestial Palace and crossed thousands of mountains and rivers in a single step, rushing towards the Jade Capital City of the ancestral court.

A day later, he finally arrived at the Jade Capital City of the ancestral court. He stopped outside the city and looked inside.

At this moment, the entire ancient god city was completely revealed. It was majestic, magnificent, ancient, and dilapidated. This god city gave people a feeling that it was both real and unreal. It was as if it was standing in the depths of ancient time and space and wasn't in this universe.

It also felt like he had descended into this universe and was exuding a feeling of suppressing all Great Daos in the world.

The heavy aura of death surrounding it and the city gave Qin Mu an extremely uncomfortable feeling. It was as if the city was still shrouded in the great calamity of the universe's destruction and couldn't escape.

It was as if as long as one entered the city, they would be bound by the great calamity of destruction, and it was extremely dangerous.

Qin Mu composed himself and walked into the city with the sword sheath in his left hand.