Chapter 499 — Human Schemes Cannot Best Heaven's Will
The Herdsman of the Wasteland · Page 3 of 5
Now the two ears swayed in the wind and became larger than the ears of the golden elephant of Loulan! Shen Mu made his decision at once and used the Tianyu Clan's divine-sense voice transmission: "Run!
Not by water!
Get ashore!
" The Chest swam slowly in the water but ran faster on land.
In the darkness they had to rely on the Chest to hold back the dark, so the Chest's speed was their speed.
The Chest was silent in the water, but ashore it would make footfalls; still, now that Xing An had already heard the noise, fleeing onto land was the best choice. In the crack of the cliff, the headless body suddenly rose with a whoosh, hurtling straight toward where Shen Mu and the others were!
At the same time, an eyeball came flying at tremendous speed from the crack; the moment it flew out it halted abruptly in midair, its divine light blazing, sweeping the surroundings to first fix its own bearings. Once the Sacred Pupil had fixed its bearings, a pillar of light shone down from above, illuminating a patch of ground a hundred mu or more across, and flew onward!
"This is bad.
. .
" Shen Mu's heart went cold. The Chest could hold back the darkness, but its speed was not fast, and in the water it was slower still; it had not yet reached shore, and yet they could not abandon the Chest and go!
Thud!
The headless Xing An landed on the water, not far from them, tilting the ears on his neck, standing motionless on the water, and those two ears grew even larger. Suddenly, light like a pillar shone down from the sky onto the headless Xing An, then the light moved and swept forward, and with a swish it fell upon the Chest and upon Shen Mu and the Dragon Qilin, who were in a frenzy of alarm.
Shen Mu broke into a smile, and the Chest beneath his feet came to a halt and stood motionless.
Shen Mu said with a smile: "Brother Xing An, if I help you rid yourself of the hidden ailment of your fleshly body, will you spare my life? " On Xing An's neck, the two ears suddenly flapped and flew up, and the eye in midair flew forward of its own accord.
"Your shamelessness takes me quite by surprise—that you still have the face to bring this up. " Xing An's voice came, and a head flew out of the darkness behind him and settled on his neck.
As the head opened its mouth to speak, the two ears flew over of their own accord and attached themselves to the ear holes. Another eye flew over, but did not enter his eye socket; instead it hovered to the left and right above Shen Mu together with the earlier eye, watching his every move.
Xing An raised his head and said coldly: "Now I can answer you: no. Great Divine Physician Shen is too cunning.
With one moment's inattention, you even stole my Chest.
I fear that if I let you treat me, you will steal my life as well!
A man this cunning—only as a corpse can he set my mind at ease.
" On the river, a mist came rolling in; the air here was heavy with moisture, and mists often spread over it. Seeing the mist, Shen Mu's heart stirred, and he laughed: "Brother Xing An is too cautious.
You are not really wicked; you are only too obsessed with immortality. You have probably not yet been to Jingping in all this time? I have already restored the Divine Bridge and built the Divine Bridge spatial arcane model; one need only cultivate it to restore the Divine Bridge. By now practically everyone in the state of Jingping knows of it—only you do not, still thinking to use other people's bodies and spirits to prolong your own life.
" Xing An was about to strike and kill him, but hearing this he paused slightly, then sneered: "You lie!