Chapter 1396 — Maidens Among the Flowers

Shen Mu's divine arts were by now far from ordinary. They were no longer the simple spirit-calling sorcery of the True Heaven Palace. He could likewise use the arts of the Netherworld to grant a soul, and divine-sense arts to grant the power of speech.

His arts were subtle beyond measure. In all the world, in sheer might of divine arts, many surpassed Shen Mu. But in subtlety, save for the unfathomable Taiyi, none could rank above him. He searched on for a long while, and once again lost Long Xiao's trail.

Ahead lay a sea of spirit flowers ten thousand mu broad — countless great blooms more than a zhang tall swaying in the wind.

Shen Mu stamped his foot heavily upon the earth. At once the ten thousand mu of spirit flowers set their blossoms swaying, and from within the flowers, one after another, young and beautiful girls yawned, stretched their waists out of the flower-chambers, and poked their heads out to look around. Shen Mu asked, "Fair sisters, have any of you seen Long Xiao?

" The girls all began chattering at once, voices tumbling over one another. Shen Mu gave a cough. "If you would be so good as to point me the way. " The girls pointed, all in perfect unison, in the same direction.

Shen Mu thanked them and followed the trail. "Ah!

I'm not wearing any clothes! " a girl among the flowers shrieked. "Me neither!

" "None of us are wearing any clothes! " "We've been seen stark naked! " "Why are your breasts bigger than mine?

And your behind sticks out more, too.

So ugly — they just get in the way when you walk! " .

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The flower sea burst into an uproar.

The girls stole out from their blooms, hunting everywhere for leaves, cutting the leaves into all manner of lovely garments and adorning them with flower petals.

And then they were teasing the big-chested girl again, and bright, merry laughter rang out across the flower sea.