Chapter 492 — A Page in the Annals of History
The Herdsman of the Wasteland · Page 2 of 4
" Bai Qü'er asked doubtfully: "Brother Mu, is there some allusion behind the phrase 'a sage who appears once in five hundred years'? " Shen Mu did not know much about it either, and said with a smile: "I have heard that in this world, every five hundred years a prodigy of overflowing natural talent emerges, establishing a teaching, establishing words, and establishing merit—the three establishments making one a sage. Hence they are called a sage who appears once in five hundred years.
As for where this saying originated, I do not know. " "I see. " The brother and sister understood.
Bai Qingfu's wife said with a smile: "Our Bailong City is a small city, without rank among the divine cities, so we did not know there was such a saying.
Brother Shen must be from some great place, knowing so very much. " Bai Qü'er was uneasy at heart and said in a low voice: "Sister-in-law, might he disdain me for being from a small place?
" Bai Qingfu's wife laughed softly: "Bailong City may be a small place, but you are the little princess of the Bai family, and your status is high enough. Do not worry. Besides, mutual affection matters more than any matching of family status. " Only then did Bai Qü'er feel reassured.
Bai Qingfu asked curiously: "Brother Shen just said the previous three sword forms were created by a sage.
Then who created this Sword Form Eighteen? " Shen Mu's face reddened slightly: "Sword Form Eighteen—I created it by accident. " Everyone was greatly shaken.
Even Ban Gongcuo, whose face was ashen, was astonished beyond measure, feeling both envy and admiration in his heart: "This Shen fellow is truly formidable, able to create basic sword forms and alter the dao and laws of heaven and earth.
. . We are dead, dead for certain.
This brash boy, passing the swordsmanship of later ages to those of earlier times, changing history—we will all vanish.
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" Shen Mu chatted and laughed freely with everyone, then brought out the True Dragon's Nest and invited Bai Qingfu and Bai Qü'er to enter it, asking the brother and sister to help him decipher the writing and diagrams upon it.
Though he had already deciphered much of the dragon-clan writing on the True Dragon's Nest, there were still many dragon characters he could not solve. Bai Qingfu and his sister were of the dragon clan, and Bai Qingfu had used true-dragon divine abilities when crossing blows with him—clearly the bloodline of these two siblings was exceedingly high. "This is the dragon vein of the True Dragon Lord? " The brother and sister entered the True Dragon's Nest, greatly shocked at heart. Bai Qingfu said: "What a pity.
This True Dragon Lord has already been refined into a treasure by someone. Otherwise, by drawing upon the power of other dragon veins, it would have become a True Dragon King!
The True Dragon Lord has also been refined into a jade pendant—truly a pity. " Bai Qü'er also lamented it repeatedly: "The Dragon Ancestor of the Heavenly Court was born from the dragon vein of a True Dragon Lord. His strength is exceedingly formidable; he is one of the few giants of the Heavenly Court, his power so great that few in the world can match him. Even the Shanghuang treats him with a measure of respect.
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. " This was not a treasure Shen Mu could have refined, and Bai Qingfu and Bai Qü'er did not think much of it. The brother and sister helped him sort through the writing in the dragon vein. Bai Qingfu was inexplicably elated: "Brother Shen, we siblings have also gained benefits from you.
In fact, it is our Bai family that has taken great advantage of you! We learned your swordsmanship, and from your True Dragon's Nest we learned the dragon tongue of the True Dragon Lord. For you, learning the dragon tongue brings little improvement, but for us, the gains are extraordinary!
" He spoke the truth.