Chapter 470 — Palaces in Heaven
The Herdsman of the Wasteland · Page 1 of 4
Shen Mu soared into the air and looked upward. The trembling of the Five Thunder Pot had gradually ceased, and Fu Yunxi was leading the many women of the Fu family in drawing away the thunderbolts on every side.
"Sect Master Shen, your swords!" Fu Yunxi called out loudly.
Shen Mu recalled his flying swords; eight thousand blades gathered in the air and became a sword pellet the size of a tangerine.
"How has the sword pellet shrunk so much?"
Shen Mu was slightly startled. Just as he was about to seize the sword pellet, several Fu family girls suddenly flew over, their faces frantic: "Sect Master Shen, do not move!"
Shen Mu stood still. The girls chanted incantations, and threads of lightning flew out from the surface of his body and were drawn away by them.
"There is still thunder power in your body that has not yet burst forth. Because you have not come into contact with anyone else, the thunder's might will not erupt for the moment." One of the girls said, "If you touch anything else, the thunder's power will burst out. The thunder in that great gourd is divine thunder; its power is terrible beyond words. We will draw the thunder away for you, and then you will be out of danger."
Shen Mu thanked them. Suddenly he heard a ceaseless rumbling boom, and he hurriedly looked toward the sound: it was Long Qilin, treading fire clouds and trying to descend from the air. Before he landed, the thunder power in his body exploded.
Thunder burst from Long Qilin's body with crackling slashes; the fat fellow was like a ball of lightning, bouncing up and falling, bouncing up and falling, and in an instant Long Qilin was scorched black.
The Fu family girls rushed over in a panic. Shen Mu pretended not to see, reached out and grasped the sword pellet in his hand. The sword pellet still had its weight, but it was much smaller, small enough to hold in the hand, and easier to control than before.
He could not help but rejoice: "Tempered by the Five Thunder Pot to this stage, I am not far from refining my swords into water!"
"Sect Master, did you not say it could not hurt a single hair on me?" Long Qilin's voice came, thick smoke pouring from his mouth.
Shen Mu pretended not to hear, put the Five Thunder Pot into the True Dragon Lair, and charged toward the True Heaven Palace.
"Sect Master!"
Long Qilin wanted to rush over, but more Fu family girls surrounded him, saying: "You fat lump, do not run around. Your body is too big, and just now you were holding up that great gourd, so you have the most thunder on you. Run again and you may be struck dead!"
Long Qilin hastily stood still and said with a fawning smile: "Sisters, I have not been disfigured, have I? This dragon scale of mine is the loveliest thing; worn on the body it is magnificent in every way—it must not be ruined!"
"That..." The girls all looked troubled.
Long Qilin grew suspicious and wanted to turn his head to look at his own body, but because he was too fat and his neck too thick, he could not turn it.
Imperial Preceptor Jingping was the first to land before the gate of the True Heaven Palace. Around the gate the ground was strewn with charred corpses; everywhere were great pits torn by lightning, still smoking black, and in some places still glowing with fire.
The Palace Lord of the True Heaven Palace had fallen to the ground. With difficulty she raised her head to look at the middle-aged man walking toward her, and said in a low voice: "I am with child. For the sake of the babe in my belly, do not kill me..."
Imperial Preceptor Jingping walked past her and said calmly: "Whether you are with child is no concern of mine. I bear you no grudge; I will not go out of my way to kill you or harm you. I want only this True Heaven Palace, only this Western Land."
The Palace Lord of the True Heaven Palace was slightly startled.
Xiong Xiyu came to the palace gate with Xiong Qi'er. The Palace Lord's eye twitched, and she said in a low voice: "Naikui, I am with child..."