Chapter 798 — Unceasing Dissection and Study
The Herdsman of the Wasteland · Page 3 of 4
Each range stretched a thousand li; peak after peak looked like strange apparitions born of exploding geomagnetic divine power!
In the blink of an eye, nearly half of this vast Jade Capital City had been destroyed!
"The King of Destruction... no wonder, when I asked after his reputation in Jingping, everyone who knew him called him Shen the Demolisher..."
Sweat rolled down the scholar's brow; suddenly she said, "Lu Zheng, did you hear what the Outland Heavenly Court's Luo Shendao said just now?"
The donkey nodded, its donkey face utterly grave: "Hee-haw!"
"Luo Shendao said his arm was severed by Shen the Demolisher."
The scholar seemed to be speaking to the donkey, and seemed to be talking to herself. She said in a low voice, "But he also said his arm was severed by the Shanghuang Tyrant Body. That is strange. The Shanghuang Tyrant Body, the Jingping Tyrant Body — can they be one and the same? Then the swordsmanship of the Shanghuang Sword God..."
She stared wide-eyed and shook her head in haste: "Impossible. Absolutely impossible!"
Boom.
The Jade Capital City shook, and another thousand-li mountain range surged up, shoving the rest askew.
The crowd hurried back into the Lingxiao Hall and stared in alarm at the youth standing on the Dragon Qilin's head.
The youth returned the sword to the attendant maiden Feng Qiuyun at his side and said to another maiden, the one with a small sapling in the halo behind her head, "Give me the Six Harmonies Primordial Sword."
A chill ran through the crowd.
Gongsun Yan handed the whisk she carried to Shen Mu. Shen Mu shook the whisk and was about to rouse this treasure when the Ancestral Dragon King said gravely, "Young Master Shen, there is no need to try further! Try again, and the Jade Capital City will cease to exist! These treasures are all supreme treasures of the Earth Mother Venerable God; of that there is no doubt!"
Several other demigods said in turn, "They are indeed the Earth Mother Venerable God's treasures. Pray do not try them again, Young Master Shen!"
Shen Mu was puzzled: "How are they so certain these are the Earth Mother's treasures? I thrust six or seven times just now, and felt no might at all..."
Still, that their doubts were laid to rest suited him well enough.
Shen Mu handed the whisk back to Gongsun Yan, and the Ancestral Dragon King and the other ancient demigods breathed a sigh of relief and said to Shen Mu, "Young Master Shen, you are indeed the Earth Mother's disciple. May we ask where the Earth Mother is? Permit us to pay our respects."
Feng Qiuyun answered without thinking, "The Earth Mother Venerable God suffered a grievous wound; at present she has not yet..."
Shen Mu's expression shifted slightly; he swiftly pressed her hand.
Feng Qiuyun was perplexed, when suddenly Shen Mu's spiritual fluctuation came, bursting in her mind: "Sister Qiuyun, you must not reveal the truth about the Earth Mother! These demigods mean no good!"
A chill ran down Feng Qiuyun's spine, and she looked at the leaders of those demigods.
The Ancestral Dragon King and his fellows were each chieftains of the giant races of the Shanghuang era, their strength unfathomable. In the days when the Earth Mother lived, her majesty lay heavy, pressing the races until they could scarcely breathe.
If the Earth Mother Venerable God were well, they would not dare rebel; if the Earth Mother were dead, they would heave a great sigh of relief.
And if the Earth Mother were gravely wounded, then they would surely delight in finishing her off and casting a handful of earth on her grave!
At this thought, sweat broke out on Feng Qiuyun's forehead: "The Ancestral Dragon King and his kind mean to rebel; they are sounding me out!"