Chapter 659 — The Youth's Big-Eyed Monsters
The Herdsman of the Wasteland · Page 3 of 5
Shen Mu's hand trembled as he savagely plucked out two of his own beard hairs and shouted, "Have you had enough of this nonsense? I called your spirits forth, not to watch you clown around! " The two jade eyes hurriedly stood together again and listened to their scolding meekly. Shen Mu took out the elixirs he had refined, wrapped them into a big bundle, and said, "Once you go through the gate, keep walking straight ahead. Carry these elixirs to where the Primogenitor's primordial spirit is, and then dissolve their medicinal power.
" He was about to hand the elixirs to the two big eyeballs when he suddenly realized: "It seems my Myriad Gods Natural Art is not cultivated to mastery.
Everything I summon turns out a little unreliable. When I awakened the box, for instance, the box always loved collecting bones and corpses; when I summoned a dune giant in the Shanghuang Desert of the Desolate Ruins, it could only roar ah-ah and ran especially slowly.
Could these two be unreliable as well. .
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" He thought for a moment, took out one elixir, and said, "Try to dissolve its medicinal power.
" The Taiyin Jade Eye suddenly shot out a beam of light and sliced the elixir in two. Shen Mu was about to speak when the Taiyang Jade Eye shot out a tongue of fire, and the elixir turned to flying ash.
"That is not the way. " Shen Mu said patiently, "One of you is Taiyin, one is Taiyang.
Yin and yang joined together, you should dissolve the medicinal power the way I do.
" He took out another elixir. His eyes changed: the left eye Taiyang, the right eye Taiyin, and two beams of light shone upon the elixir at once. The medicinal power dissolved immediately, and a rich fragrance filled the air.
"Try again. Dissolve the medicinal power together! " The two jade eyes burned the elixir to ash once more. Shen Mu patiently instructed them in controlling their strength, and after a dozen or more tries they succeeded once. Shen Mu had them practice another dozen or so times, and the success rate gradually rose. Only then did he breathe a sigh of relief. "Forty or fifty percent is good enough.
After you go in, dissolve the elixirs one by one.
Do not dissolve them all at once, or a failure will ruin everything.
Remember, no playing around.
You must dissolve the elixirs, or I will beat you back to your original forms!
" The two big eyes walked toward the Southern Heavenly Gate. The Taiyin Jade Eye carried the big bundle on its back.
When they stepped into the Southern Heavenly Gate, both big eyeballs paused for a moment, then went in. Shen Mu could not help but grow anxious, watching the two eyeballs walk away, when suddenly the Taiyang Jade Eye said, "This is too slow. Let us roll!
" "Yes!
" Shen Mu's eyes went wide as the two jade eyes went rolling off into the depths of the Heavenly Palace. He broke out in a cold sweat, though thankfully the bundle did not come apart.
"Unreliable, unreliable. Why is everything I summon or awaken so unreliable. . . " The two jade eyes rolled swiftly along, punching and kicking each other away, utterly delighted. Shen Mu's face was ashen; he kept wiping the cold sweat from his brow.
Soon he could no longer see the two creatures, and only heard thumping impacts from the Heavenly Palace beyond the Southern Heavenly Gate. Now and then a big round ball could be seen flying up and falling again, no doubt kicked into the air by the other jade eye. He waited a long time, and at last the two jade eyes arrived at the God-Slaying Platform.
Baleful aura surged to the heavens above the platform. A man knelt on the ground, baring his neck to be slain, while in the air a blade of light moved of itself, chopping down again and again at the kneeling man's neck, once, and once more.
The kneeling man's neck was nearly severed; before long he would be cut down.
The two big eyeballs looked at each other. "This should be the place, right?
Is this man seeking death? " "If he is seeking death, we cannot save him.