Chapter 922 — The Calamity of the Third Eye

Since we have already come this far, we may as well go in and take a look. " "If you want to die, no one will accompany you! " Qi Jiuyi gave a cold snort and said to Long Qilin, "Second Brother, come aboard. There is no need to make trouble along with him! " Long Qilin hesitated and asked quietly, "Cult Master, will that Lord of Heaven spirit fetus really not recover?

" Shen Mu nodded. Long Qilin let out a breath and smiled. "Third Brother, you stay aboard. I will accompany the Cult Master on this trip. " Qi Jiuyi's face turned ashen. He leaped down from the Phoenix Ship and said over his shoulder, "The strongest few of you, come down with me.

The rest stay aboard and wait, ready to support us at any moment!

" Shen Mu shook his head. "Sister Yan'er is a being of the Lingxiao realm.

Having her at my side is enough; there is no need to trouble anyone else. " Qi Jiuyi's face darkened.

Ignoring him, he said to the nine deities who had come down, "Once we are in the ruins, even if I run into danger, you are not to save me.

Your only task is to protect my Second Brother. No matter what, he must not be harmed!

Understand? " The nine deities assented and praised him. "The Young Master's righteousness reaches the heavens!

" Qi Jiuyi ground his teeth and thought, "Righteousness reaching the heavens? What nonsense.

I am only afraid that if Second Brother dies, I will be buried with him! " Shen Mu laughed heartily. "Brother Qi is most noble. In that case, let us go down.

" Yan'er alighted on his shoulder.

The others followed behind him, while the nine deities spread out around Long Qilin, keeping strict watch. Shen Mu descended from the sky.

Before he even landed, he opened the map again and compared it.

The marked location on the map was right of center on this continent. They were already not far from that marked spot.

"Do not fly over there! " Qi Jiuyi came swiftly to his side and said coldly, "We do not know whether there are other dangers here.

Keeping our feet on solid ground is better than being a target in the air—easier to dodge and to strike.

" Shen Mu praised him.

"Brother Qi is rich in experience. " Qi Jiuyi snorted and said blandly, "I studied under the Red Emperor and the Black Emperor, so of course I am rich in experience—unlike you, who are merely an untrained wild path. Once we are in the ruins, you will do exactly as I say!

" Shen Mu laughed heartily and landed on an exceedingly ancient structure among the ruins below.

Qi Jiuyi followed close behind, descending after him, peering cautiously in all directions, deeply anxious. Suddenly Yan'er popped a spirit pill into his mouth. Qi Jiuyi was about to spit it out, but it tasted rather good, so he swallowed it.

Yan'er made to feed him another, and Qi Jiuyi said hurriedly, "Sister Yan'er, I do not eat these.

" Yan'er laughed.

"I fed your master Qi Xiayu too.

When she was little she loved it when I fed her, and she would always chatter and follow at my heels calling me sister.

" "You fed my master?

" Qi Jiuyi's face darkened, and he thought, "Then should I call her Sister Yan'er or Auntie? " Shen Mu surveyed his surroundings, then suddenly leaped down from the grand structure and landed on the ground. Qi Jiuyi hurriedly stopped Long Qilin.

"Second Brother, do not go down yet.

Wait until that fellow Shen is not dead, then we go down.

.

. All right, let us go down.

" Shen Mu closed his eyes and tried to enter a dream, then opened them again, revealing astonishment.

He could not rouse the Infinite Kalpa Sutra to transform into a world within a dream.

He had intended to let the countless versions of himself in the dream explore this world, to avoid danger, but an invisible force in the Blood-Rust Domain could precisely interrupt the Infinite Kalpa Sutra and prevent the dream world from taking shape. Just now, when he tried to enter the dream, a most resounding sound of sacrifice had surged in and poured into his mind. The sacrificial sound held power and formed a terrible interference, so that the Infinite Kalpa Sutra simply could not become a dream world.

"Then can divine abilities be invoked in the Blood-Rust Domain? " Shen Mu tried to employ a divine ability. The ability still had power, and he could not help falling into thought—only, when he roused the ability, the sacrificial power still interfered with his thoughts and consciousness.

"The Great Brahma King Buddha's Infinite Kalpa Sutra is a study of the mind, and this sacrificial sound seems also to be a study of the mind.

Yet when I enter the dream I can hear the sacrificial sound, and when I wake I cannot hear it. This shows that the sound of sacrifice has already become an invisible force. I wonder whether the sacrificial power permeating the Blood-Rust Domain is connected to the Lord of Heaven who appeared just now?

" He walked forward. Ahead was the place where the light had erupted and become the "Lord of Heaven. " Qi Jiuyi caught up with him and said, "Second Brother, let that fellow Shen walk in front and probe the way. If there is no danger, we will follow. " Shen Mu stopped.

Where the "Lord of Heaven" had erupted with light stood a grand altar.

Around the altar lay enormous skeletons, ringing it three layers deep within and three layers without, vast in number. At the center of the altar was a funnel-shaped hollow, in which a faint, half-visible liquid light was gathering.

Shen Mu came to one of the dry bones. It was much like a human skeleton, only many times taller, and set into the space between its brows was a diamond-shaped crystal that gave off a faint glow. He rose into the air and circled the gigantic skeleton, examining it.

"There are no rune-and-Great-Dao brands on the bones. They were not divine-ability users, nor gods or ancient deities.

Yet their bones have not decayed for millions of years, which shows they were powerful by nature. " Shen Mu thought of the Heart of the Primeval Wood. The growth rings of the Heart of the Primeval Wood showed that in prehistoric times the Earth Mother had suffered ten great calamities and nearly died.

Could those ten great calamities of the Earth Mother be connected to these giants?

Shen Mu came to the brow of the giant's skeleton. The diamond-shaped crystal was about as tall as he was, and it refracted his reflection. "This crystal must be useful.

It is worth studying! " Shen Mu used his dharma power to pry the crystal loose, and suddenly the skeleton crumbled with a clatter, turning to flying ash!

Qi Jiuyi and the others below were startled, but fortunately the skeleton merely crumbled and triggered no danger.

Shen Mu stuffed the diamond crystal into his Taotie Pouch and came to another dry skeleton. This skeleton also had a diamond crystal set between its brows.

He looked around and saw that every one of the prehistoric giants' corpses had a crystal between its brows.

"Could these giants have used such crystals as their third eye?

What could their third eye do? "