Chapter 499 — Human Schemes Cannot Best Heaven's Will
The Herdsman of the Wasteland · Page 4 of 5
If you truly had such a cultivation method, why would you not treasure it as one treasures a worn-out broom, but instead spread it abroad? You are the Youmo Cult Master; of course you would first pass this method to the Youmo followers to swell the strength of your cult! And besides, the Great Venerable has stayed at my side for six or seven days now—why has he never once spoken of this to me? " Shen Mu laughed heartily: "The Great Venerable still wants to use your hand to kill me, and still wants you and Kuiwu God to wound each other grievously—how could he tell you of this? And as for treasuring it as a worn-out broom.
. . you underestimate the breadth of heart of this Tiansheng Cult Master. " He went on: "If you seek immortality, you may cast aside everything in the Chest, and cast aside other people's bodies as well. You need only learn my three methods—the Magpie Bridge Formula, the Mystic Guidance Formula, and the Divine Crossing Formula.
Once the Divine Bridge is complete, you may cross it into the Heavenly Palace and become an undying, imperishable god. To speak plainly, someone has already gone before you. The Imperial Preceptor of Jingping has already become a god.
" The mist grew thicker and thicker, drowning them. In midair Xing An's two eyes drew closer to him, one on each side, still fixed on him; even with the mist rolling up, he could see Shen Mu perfectly clearly. Xing An's voice came from the mist, sighing: "To have such breadth of heart is truly admirable; I misjudged you. But if you think I am only seizing other people's bodies for the sake of immortality, you misjudge me as well. My aim is to become a true god, a true deity.
So I will still kill, and I will still seize other people's bodies.
Your Divine Bridge spatial arcane model is very useful to me—I thank you. But since you have already spread it abroad, then.
. . " Shen Mu's eyes blazed with light. Suddenly his body sank with a whoosh, his vital essence bursting forth and turning into countless runes and patterns that wrapped him, the Dragon Qilin, and the Chest together! "Then what use is there in letting you live? " Xing An's two eyes blazed, shredding the runes around Shen Mu—yet Shen Mu only smiled, drew his blade with both hands, and slashed wildly, cutting and scattering the wind; with every stroke that fell, the runes crushed in the air lit up again.
Blade light coiled around him front and back, and even Xing An could not help but praise him, laughing: "Your skill is not bad—no worse than mine in my day. " His fleshly body charged in, about to strike Shen Mu dead, when suddenly heaven and earth spun, and his expression changed drastically: "A trap!
" Swish—the two eyes vanished.
His fleshly body relied on those two eyes to see; now that both eyes had been teleported away by Shen Mu, the scene before his eyes became a world spinning and hurtling at breakneck speed! "Waaah—" Xing An opened his mouth and vomited.
He forced his spirit to steady the world-turning vision; he felt as though his own body were spinning too, though that was only an illusion brought on by the spinning eyes. "In my day?
Xing An, in my day you were not fit to carry my shoes!
" Shen Mu laughed heartily, and around him more runes lit up.
Xing An heard his voice and charged toward it. The moment he moved his feet he knew something was wrong; the next instant, with a thunderous boom, he had hurtled out for dozens of li and crashed into a cliff!
His two Sacred Pupils were linked to his sight; now that the eyes were spinning at furious speed, his sense of space was utterly gone, and he could not tell direction!
Shen Mu's vital essence burst forth, runes reappeared, and he used his teleportation art once more, vanishing with the Chest and the Dragon Qilin! "I can teleport Xing An's eyes dozens of li away, but carrying the Dragon Qilin and the Chest, I can teleport no more than four li.