Chapter 773 — This Flavor Really Is Not Bad
The Herdsman of the Wasteland · Page 4 of 4
" Shen Mu kept his calm, opened the eye at the center of his brow, and looked around him, thinking: "At that time the Dao Ancestor had likely only created the Su Nü Calculation Canon and the Taixuan Calculation Canon, and Tubo probably had not yet mastered them. In that case this Life-Slaying Cauldron must show flaws in its killing formations. " He looked about him, his brow knitting tighter and tighter, beads of cold sweat starting on his forehead.
He saw no flaw.
And then he thought of the one thing that mattered most! The arts of calculation of the Daoist school were meant to expound the great Dao of heaven and earth, but Tubo was himself an ancient god begotten of heaven and nurtured by earth, the very incarnation of the Dao of Youdu! He had no need whatever for the arts of calculation! To him, the arts of calculation were a low attainment! To forsake one's own achievement in the Dao arts and delve into calculation would be to buy the casket and return the pearl! "This time we are in trouble.
. . " He had just thought this when suddenly Shen Fengqing, at his right, began drawing in deep breaths and exclaimed in praise: "This really is a fine place, fragrance everywhere, truly fragrant. .
.
" Shen Mu blinked: "Fragrant? " Shen Fengqing nodded: "Fragrant! Do you not smell the sweetness in the air?
That is the taste of souls, full of pain, terror, despair, hatred, remorse, and all sorts of vicious little stray thoughts.
The flavor is excellent!
" Shen Mu was dumbstruck for a moment, then suddenly hurled a divine ability into the darkness.
With a great boom the darkness surged, yet there was no counterattack from the Life-Slaying Cauldron, as he had expected! The Life-Slaying Cauldron was utterly unmoved by his attack; only one face surfacing in the darkness showed a look of agony, opening its mouth in a soundless wail.
Shen Mu stared, then suddenly understood, and laughed despite himself: "I have it!
We two brothers are Tubo.
To this cauldron, we are the same as it is.
It will not attack Tubo, it will not attack itself!
" His interest was at once roused; he moved his feet, and still the Life-Slaying Cauldron did not attack him. Shen Mu flew to one of the faces in the darkness.
The huge face rolled its eyeballs and looked at him with a look of alarm.
Shen Mu circled around behind the face, and found it was still the same face; from whatever angle he looked he saw the full front, and could never see the profile or the back! He could not help clicking his tongue in wonder and said: "Brother, can you tell what Dao arts and divine abilities this cauldron uses? How did Tubo make such a face?
" "Hold on! " Shen Fengqing raised a hand and thrust that arm into the eye at the center of his own brow, groping and grabbing about inside.
In the Shen-Character Continent, Tiangong, the Scarlet Emperor and the Great Sun Star Lord hastily dodged out of the way. After a moment Shen Fengqing seized a head from the Shen-Character Continent, blew a breath, and the head flew up and drifted into the darkness.
He said: "Like this. " Shen Mu was startled; he circled the head several times, and indeed its front faced every direction, no profile and no back of the head to be seen. "What Dao art or divine ability is at work in this?
" Shen Mu was at a loss.
"I do not know. " Shen Fengqing said: "Since there is no danger, I will digest a little first.
Find your own way out. "