Chapter 650 — The Might of the Sacred Wheel
The Herdsman of the Wasteland · Page 2 of 5
After a long while, Shen Mu drew in his force, and the visions of collapsing Heaven and splitting Earth around him vanished. "You have learned it, and you use it well already. " The Primordial Ancestor, the Human Emperor, showed a gratified smile.
"To study it and then put it to use - I look forward to seeing my seal art flourish in your hands.
" Shen Mu still bore that air of gloom and grief mingled with striving and enterprise; the Heaven and Earth Seal had wrought upon him, and from that temper of mind he could not step free in a moment - it would take some time to settle before the influence of the seal art faded.
"Eh, there is something strange about this seal art!
" Shen Mu looked all around, and saw the imperial garden still whole and complete, not a flower or a tree missing - and yet the Heaven and Earth Seal Art he had just performed had plainly been mighty enough to shake Heaven and Earth, enough to split both sky and ground! He had thought Emperor Yanfeng's imperial garden would be torn apart, cleaned out utterly by his Heaven and Earth Seal; instead the garden stood untouched.
Could the dreadful power he had sensed stored within the Heaven and Earth Seal have been only an illusion? "The spirit of the Heaven and Earth Seal is to uphold Heaven and Earth, to set up for Heaven and Earth a pillar that will not fall, to establish life for the common people - how could it destroy Heaven and Earth?
" said the Primordial Ancestor, the Human Emperor. "All the power of this seal art falls only upon the enemy; it does not harm what lies around it.
" Shen Mu was rather sorry to hear it.
"Primordial Ancestor, this seal art of yours is not fierce enough.
When I practiced it I felt a magnificent power, but it cannot even break the emperor's vegetable garden. " The Primordial Ancestor, the Human Emperor, was choked with anger; he pointed at Shen Mu and could not speak.
After a long while he raged, "I fought my way in one breath up eight hundred tiers of the Chiming Zhentian Tower - did you not see the power of my seal art? " Shen Mu shook his head honestly, guiltily. "I was busy studying the runes of the Wheel of Creation and did not watch; Ban Gongcuo had his eyes fixed on it the whole time.
Besides, defeating Chi Xi does not count for much.
Your realm is far higher than his, so beating him was only natural. . .
" The Primordial Ancestor, the Human Emperor, slumped, utterly dispirited. "It was not him I was beating, it was the Chiming Zhentian Tower. Had I wanted to beat him, he would have died on my first move.
So the eight hundred tiers were climbed for nothing. .
.
" Shen Mu said hurriedly, "Primordial Ancestor, do not grieve. Though this seal art of yours is not the equal of my swordsmanship, with a few changes it would still be formidable - I guarantee it could smash the emperor's vegetable garden.
I shall revise it in a while; it will be majestic on every side, fierce and overbearing! " The Primordial Ancestor walked out, weak and listless, waving a hand.
"Do as you please with it. I. .
. ah.
" He sighed, a deep sense of powerlessness in him. He had gone a long way and still could not rest easy about Shen Mu's reckless revisions of his seal art; he stole a look back, and saw Shen Mu still testing the runes of Creation. His heart eased, and yet he felt a little disappointed too.
"He has gone on studying my seal art no longer - can my seal art truly be so unworthy of the eye? " Several days later, the court and Chi Xi came to terms and signed the covenant.