# Chapter 1645: The Legs and Feet of Celestial Venerable Mu
Qin Mu smiled enigmatically and stuffed the Da Feng coin back into the divine demon's hand. "No need. I have plenty of money. Keep these two Da Feng coins for now. If it's not enough, I'll make up the difference next time."
The divine demon was stunned, staring blankly as Qin Mu "stood" on the door panel and drifted into the light stream of the Spirit Energy Reciprocal Transfer Bridge.
Just as Qin Mu and the door panel entered the spirit energy light stream of the Reciprocal Transfer Bridge, the light stream suddenly roared and expanded, swelling several times in size. The entire Star Source Heavens trembled violently—the earth shook, and the stars wavered!
The altar of the Spirit Energy Reciprocal Transfer Bridge was extremely tall, like a mountain a thousand ren high, entirely cast from divine metal. It was divided into different levels, and when in operation, each level would rotate in different directions. The runes on each level constantly leaped, bearing the pressure generated by the spirit energy reciprocal transfer.
The original Spirit Energy Reciprocal Transfer Bridge had been created by Qin Mu and the Black Tiger God, with only one main altar and the other being an ordinary altar. But at that time, Qin Mu and the Black Tiger God's mathematical skills weren't very high, so the Reciprocal Transfer Bridge they built was still quite crude.
However, after more than a hundred years of development in Eternal Peace, the transmission efficiency of the current Spirit Energy Reciprocal Transfer Bridge had greatly increased. Both sides now had main altars, allowing them to share the pressure caused by the spirit energy reciprocal transfer.
Yet as Qin Mu entered the Reciprocal Transfer Bridge, the speed at which the light stream expanded was so fast that the rune operation of the main altar in Star Source Heavens was pushed to its limit in an instant!
The divine demon stared wide-eyed as the rotation speed of each level became like a spinning top. The rotation was too fast, the rune changes too rapid, causing the entire altar to seem as if it were being forged in the sun, already glowing red-hot!
"Hurry, summon the Water Gods!"
The divine demon called out frantically, "Cool down the altar!"
Every Spirit Energy Reciprocal Transfer Bridge was equipped with some Water Gods and River Gods—this was the rule, used to guard against accidents where the altar's load was too great when a powerful being crossed the Reciprocal Transfer Bridge, causing the bridge to collapse and people to die.
Back when the Heavenly Court migrated from the Primordial Realm to the Ancestral Court, the Heavenly Court ordered Eternal Peace to build many enormous Reciprocal Transfer Bridges. These bridges transferred the entire Heavenly Court in one go into the Ancestral Court. At that time, the spirit energy fluctuations were even more intense, to the point where the Heavenly Court's divine demon army had to use the Heavenly River to cool down the altars!
Several Water Gods flew over, desperately trying to mobilize nearby river water to cool the altar, but ordinary river water was completely useless.
The rotation speed between the various levels of the altar grew faster and faster, burning the altar red-hot. Someone nearby immediately shouted, "Divert water from the Heavenly River to cool it down!"
The others looked at each other in dismay. The Heavenly River flowed through the North Pole Heaven, passing through the territory of Northern Emperor Black Tortoise. Although Star Source Heavens was also established near the Heavenly River, it was quite far from the Spirit Energy Reciprocal Transfer Bridge. Who had the magical power to divert the Heavenly River's waters here?
Just then, a youth suddenly flew into the air and performed a spell in midair. The waters of the Heavenly River came cascading down from the sky like a long water dragon, continuously spiraling around the Spirit Energy Reciprocal Transfer Bridge!
Everyone cheered in unison. Suddenly, someone recognized the youth and exclaimed in surprise, "It's Celestial Venerable Mu's younger brother, named Lan Yutian!"
Lan Yutian controlled the flow of the Heavenly River's waters, yet the temperature of the altar continued to rise. Just as it seemed about to exceed its limit, the intensity of the spirit energy reciprocal transfer suddenly stopped increasing.
Lan Yutian was momentarily stunned, then immediately understood the reason: "Brother must have realized that his transfer speed was too fast, making the Reciprocal Transfer Bridge unable to bear it. So he's controlling his transfer speed to give the Primordial Realm and Star Source Heavens enough time to balance each other's spirit energy."
Qin Mu was too powerful. If he had rushed straight to Eternal Peace in one go, it would have surely caused the Reciprocal Transfer Bridge to explode!
Therefore, he deliberately slowed down within the spirit energy light stream to preserve the Reciprocal Transfer Bridge.
But doing this would probably delay his arrival at Eternal Peace by several days.
The ruler of Star Source Heavens also arrived upon hearing the news. Seeing that the Spirit Energy Reciprocal Transfer Bridge hadn't been destroyed, he breathed a sigh of relief and thanked Lan Yutian in the air. Then he grabbed the divine demon guarding the Reciprocal Transfer Bridge by the collar and lifted him up, asking furiously, "What happened here?"
The divine demon complained bitterly, "I don't know either. I just saw a cripple without legs sitting on a door panel enter the Reciprocal Transfer Bridge, and this situation occurred. Following your orders, I only charged him one Da Feng coin as the bridge toll..."
The Star Source Ruler was choked with anger, stammering, "One Da Feng coin as the bridge toll..."
The divine demon quickly added, "But he insisted on giving me two, saying if it wasn't enough, he'd make up the difference later..."
"Can he make up the difference?"
The Star Source Ruler put him down and stared nervously at the still-spinning altar, muttering to himself, "Eternal Peace worked so hard to build this bridge, and we've made some money from trade with Eternal Peace. If it collapses, everything will be ruined..."
He paced around the Spirit Energy Reciprocal Transfer Bridge, then suddenly came to his senses and grabbed the divine demon again: "Who was the person who entered the Reciprocal Transfer Bridge?"
The divine demon struggled, saying, "A cripple without legs..."
"What did he look like?"
The divine demon hurriedly used his primordial energy to depict Qin Mu's appearance. The Star Source Ruler was dumbfounded. After a long while, he came back to his senses, put the divine demon down, and waved his hand. "Forget about this matter. Don't think about him making up the bridge toll anymore."
The divine demon didn't understand his meaning.
The Star Source Ruler stroked the beard on his face, thinking to himself: "That person is the Heavenly Alliance Leader, Celestial Venerable Mu! I saw him at the last Heavenly Alliance meeting! How did he come to my little Star Source Heaven? And what happened to his legs..."
He looked up at the still-surging spirit energy, somewhat horrified: "Celestial Venerable Mu is truly powerful. For him to transfer over, so much spirit energy has surged here! How could an existence of such strength have lost his legs?"
After six or seven days, the Star Source Ruler grew even more astonished. The Spirit Energy Reciprocal Transfer Bridge had been operating at full capacity for so long, yet the transfer still hadn't ended—this was almost impossible!
Even if a ruler like himself entered the bridge, with such intense spirit energy reciprocal transfer, he would probably arrive at Eternal Peace in just about an hour!
"As expected of Celestial Venerable Mu!"
After another two or three days, the transferred spirit energy suddenly slowed down. Not long after, the Reciprocal Transfer Bridge returned to its usual state. The rotation speed of the various levels of the altar slowed down, only turning once after a long while.
The Star Source Ruler breathed a sigh of relief and waved his hand, signaling that the merchant convoy could enter the Spirit Energy Reciprocal Transfer Bridge.
During these ten-plus days, the merchant ships blocked around the altar had formed a long queue waiting to enter the bridge. But because the transferred spirit energy was too intense, they had all been stopped by the divine demons stationed here.
The Star Source Ruler saw Lan Yutian descending from the air and quickly went to meet him. After carefully examining him, he felt a chill in his heart and bowed, saying, "Is this Celestial Venerable Yu?"
Lan Yutian waved his hand and laughed, "My name is Lan Yutian. Celestial Venerable Yu is a title from the past."
The Star Source Ruler quickly knelt down, saying respectfully, "The one who created the Spirit Embryo Divine Treasury and the method of becoming a god—your grace has blessed countless living beings throughout the ages!"
Lan Yutian supported him by the arms and shook his head. "Blessing living beings—not necessarily. When I created the method of becoming a god, living beings didn't benefit much, but gods and demons benefited too much, to the point where they lord it over the common people."
The Star Source Ruler was silent for a moment, then said, "Your words are most instructive. Zi Man has received your teaching and will keep it in mind."
His name was Zi Man, but because he was the ruler of Star Source Heaven, few people called him by his personal name, usually respectfully addressing him as the Star Source Ruler.
He was also a member of the Heavenly Alliance. Besides the Ten Celestial Venerables, those who held power in the Heavenly Alliance were the rulers of the various heavens.
Lan Yutian said, "My brother probably won't come over. His energy is too great. The Reciprocal Transfer Bridge of your Star Source Heaven needs to be expanded a hundred times to withstand his energy. But you can rest assured—he will send someone to bring the money."
The Star Source Ruler quickly said, "How could such a small amount of money make the Heavenly Alliance Leader worry so much?"
Lan Yutian laughed. "My brother is a man who follows the rules. The more ordinary the person he deals with, the more he follows the rules. The smaller the matter, the more important he considers it. That's why he is loved by others."
A few more days passed, and one by one, tower ships from Eternal Peace emerged from the Spirit Energy Reciprocal Transfer Bridge. The cabins of those tower ships were piled high with Da Feng coins, shining brightly and making people stare wide-eyed.
The Star Source Ruler had never seen so much money either. Startled, he quickly said, "The Alliance Leader borrowing the road—how can this much money be necessary? Too much, too much!"
"Of course it's a lot!"
Si Yunxiang walked out of the cabin, clapped her hands, and said with a smile, "This money isn't just Celestial Venerable Mu's bridge toll. It also includes the bridge toll for billions of people and demon tribes. That's why I prepared extra. Congratulations, Star Source Ruler. Your Star Source Heaven is about to get rich."
The Star Source Ruler's mind was in a daze, not understanding. "Why does the Vice Director say that?"
The Capital Heaven Demon King stepped forward, took out the Gourd Heaven Bottle, and offered it up into the air, where it transformed into a heavenly realm.
The gods and demons of Eternal Peace immediately began migrating the Eternal Peace people living in the Gourd Heaven Bottle, guiding them onto the Spirit Energy Reciprocal Transfer Bridge to go to Eternal Peace.
They worked methodically and cooperated well, keeping the Spirit Energy Reciprocal Transfer Bridge in a reasonable operating state at all times, with the migration proceeding without any disorder.
Seeing this, the Star Source Ruler felt immense admiration.
"Ruler, the Da Feng coins on the ships total ten billion."
Si Yunxiang came to his side and said, "Have you ever thought about how to use so much money?"
The Star Source Ruler's mind buzzed, and he stammered, "Ten billion... When will I ever finish spending that?"
Si Yunxiang chuckled. "Ruler, spending money is easy, but making money is hard. If you think ten billion Da Feng coins is too much, you'd be greatly mistaken. Star Source Heaven suddenly becoming rich isn't necessarily a good thing for Star Source Heaven. On the contrary, it might make the people lazy and give rise to evil intentions for money. Making money generate money—that's the right path. If you don't know how to make money generate money, I can teach you."
The Star Source Ruler bowed deeply and said seriously, "Please instruct me, Vice Director!"
"With this money, you can open more supervisory factories, manufacture more goods, and trade among the various heavens. When the people enter the supervisory factories to work, the money they earn comes from their own labor, so no evil intentions arise."
Si Yunxiang continued, "You also need to enlighten the people's wisdom, establish schools, and open more academies and learning halls. When the people's knowledge increases, their money will naturally increase, and wealth will grow more and more."
The Star Source Ruler hesitated for a moment, then said, "To be honest, my Star Source Heaven is not a wealthy place like Eternal Peace, nor does it have so many outstanding talents. It's very difficult to open supervisory factories, academies, and learning halls."
Si Yunxiang beamed. "Eternal Peace can help you. Eternal Peace has plenty of skilled craftsmen and also plenty of academies and learning halls. Let them come here to help you build more supervisory factories and establish more academies and learning halls. In just a few decades, Star Source Heaven will have enough manpower and financial resources. However, Eternal Peace won't do this for free."
She said meaningfully, "The money that needs to be spent, Ruler, you still have to spend."
A few months later, Si Yunxiang transported those shiploads of Da Feng coins back to Eternal Peace. But the benefits Star Source Heaven had gained were also obvious. With Eternal Peace's supervisory factories, academies, and learning halls, Star Source Heaven, this border region, would inevitably become the most powerful and prosperous heaven in the Northern Heaven!
In the Yongjiang Heavenly Palace, Village Chief, Butcher, Mute, Blind, and others walked back and forth examining Qin Mu. Suddenly, Butcher couldn't help but burst out laughing.
Qin Mu's face darkened, and he snorted coldly. "What are you laughing at, Grandfather Butcher? I'm much better off than you were back then—I have legs and feet!"
From his thigh roots had grown two thin little calves, and below the calves grew tender little feet. Qin Mu stood there, only reaching the waists of the others.
—Of course, even so, he was about the same height as Blind.
Since returning from Star Source Heaven, he had been diligently cultivating, and after four or five months, he had barely managed to grow his calves.
"He won't be able to share a room with his wife for a short time."
Granny Si felt somewhat regretful and sighed. "I was hoping to hold a grandchild soon..." She took out a pair of little shoes she had made for a baby and compared them at Qin Mu's feet.
Qin Mu pretended not to hear, set up the door panel, and studied it carefully.
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