Chapter 1194 — The Master's Yellow Talisman

Her cultivation had plainly soared, her strength growing ever greater; even from afar, Shen Mu could see behind her a heavenly palace like black sand — a spectacle of surpassing majesty!

"Lady Tianyin forged seven pearls from the divine light of her own Dao and gave them to the Imperial Tutor of Jingping, the First Ancestor, King Yan, Xu Shenghua, myself, Yan Jingjing, and Teacher Woodcutter. She said that whoever came before her with a pearl, she would help with all her might!

" Shen Mu smiled and walked toward the Sea of Tianyin, thinking to himself: I should have thought of it — the reason Fengdu could dodge the pursuit of the Four Emperors of the Heavenly Court was that the Woodcutter or King Yan, holding a pearl, had asked her to hide Fengdu. It is only that I have never once used this pearl of mine and forgot the whole matter.

Lady Tianyin sensed his coming, woke from her meditation, and turned to look at Shen Mu. She rose to her feet, divine light drifting about her, now turning into ribbons, now into an oval wheel set aslant behind her head.

Her hair-bun was beautiful, and her jet-black locks, like soul-black sand, streamed in the air with an indescribable grace. "My sixteenth heavenly palace — the Tianyin Heavenly Palace — there is hope for it now! " Shen Mu laughed aloud, stepped forward, bowed in greeting, and said in a ringing voice: "Daoist friend, have you been well since we parted?

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