Chapter 1301 — The Two Modes Dharma Eye

Shen Mu set out at once, hastening to the Ancestral Court by way of the Spirit Energy Transference Bridge.

The Taishi Egg churned with a strange agitation. "This time, once we enter the Ancestral Court, let us seize the Taishi lode first. We split nine to one — you one, me nine!"

Shen Mu laughed despite himself. "Brother Dao, Consort Yan is the Emperor's consort, and she holds your territory. How could I be a match for her? I take nine, you take one."

Taishi in the egg flew into a fury, so enraged that the round egg rose off the ground, raging and stamping in thunderous wrath.

Shen Mu laughed aloud. "I would have no use for your lode in any case, so set your mind at ease — it was only a joke. But as for Consort Yan, I truly am no match for her, and seizing the Taishi lode would be a trial of great difficulty."

The Taishi Egg quieted. "What do you intend?"

Shen Mu mused. "I cannot beat her in a fight, so there is only trade. Her fleshly body is in my keeping; perhaps I can trade it for treasures from the Taishi lode. Only..."

His face was all the exquisite agony of one parting with a treasure, and though the Taishi Egg was hidden within his vertical eye, it could feel that Shen Mu's heartache was enough to set the Shen-Character Continent quaking.

The Taishi Egg was silent a moment, then said, "I can teach you the Way of Taishi as compensation."