Chapter 808 — A Breed Apart
The Herdsman of the Wasteland · Page 3 of 6
The donkey ran a full circuit around the battlefield of the two Earth Mothers, and the scholar dropped down countless black and white pieces. She raised her head to observe the heavens, then suddenly cried out, swept her feather fan toward the battlefield, and waved it with all her strength! Far away, Shen Mu was hurrying along the road when his heart suddenly lurched; he turned his head at once, and his jaw dropped. In the ancient battlefield where the two Earth Mother Primal Ladies stood, two streams of light, one black and one white, suddenly twisted together and shot straight into the sky, like two great dragons, one black and one white, rampaging and coiling there! He was already very far from the ancient battlefield, ten thousand li at least, and yet he could still see those two streams of black and white light with perfect clarity; one could well imagine how vast those lights must be, forming a strangling force that could destroy heaven and earth!
"Is this a divine ability?
No, no, no one has such mighty dharma power!
This is a formation!
" He stared, utterly spellbound: a formation brimming with the calamity of slaughter was destroying everything in the Earth Mothers' battlefield!
He was too far away to see the formation's transformations, yet he could feel the shifts and the killing intent within it as the throbbing reached him. The might of this baleful formation was enough to make the heart quail.
"Who is laying this formation? Could it be that someone is borrowing the laws of heaven and earth to destroy the Earth Mothers? With the Primal World's seal broken, far too many powerhouses have appeared.
" He turned his head back, steadied his mind, and devoted himself to studying the realm of the Life-Death Divine Treasury.
The Life-Death Divine Treasury was the treasury opened up by Heaven Venerable You, that is, the old man of the Yin couriers.
It was the sixth divine treasury in the system of divine treasuries, leading straight to the Nether Capital, comprehending life and death and borrowing the power of the Nether Capital. Shen Mu's understanding of the power of the Nether Capital went without saying, but his Life-Death Divine Treasury was different from others, divided as it was into the Nether Capital and the Mystic Capital; on this point there was no predecessor's experience to draw on.
He would have to work it out himself.
"And the crux is that above the Life-Death Divine Treasury I have no road left; I still need to open the Divine Bridge Divine Treasury. " Shen Mu's eyes flickered.
The Dragon Qilin advanced at an unhurried pace, while Heaven Venerable Yu worked hard at learning to refine spirit pills as rations for the Water Qilin; every so often the pill furnace would explode, leaving him covered in soot.
"I have refined a whole furnace! " Heaven Venerable Yu's delighted voice came; he pulled a handful of spirit pills from the scalding furnace and, under the Water Qilin's expectant gaze, stuffed them into his own mouth.
At once Heaven Venerable Yu's face turned green and he foamed at the mouth. It took Shen Mu some effort to bring this worthy younger brother back from the brink, cure the poison, and patiently instruct him: "Pill refining is a task of temperament and a task of skill, and it is also very dangerous.
If the proportions of the spirit herbs are even slightly off, or the heat even slightly off, what comes out may not be a spirit pill but a poison pill.
From now on, when you refine a batch, do not eat it yourself first; let Ah Shui eat first.
" The Water Qilin, face black, carried Heaven Venerable Yu on its back and trudged on in silence. "Oh, right, are not the spirit pills you refine Ah Shui's rations?
" Shen Mu suddenly realized, and asked, puzzled, "Why did you eat them yourself?
" Heaven Venerable Yu hung his head and admitted his fault. "They smelled so good, I could not help myself.
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