Chapter 812 — The Ancestor of Ten Thousand Methods
The Herdsman of the Wasteland · Page 3 of 4
" The woodcutter reached out and swept his hand across Shen Mu's brow; in that instant Shen Mu felt his primordial spirit lapse into silence and the world turn pitch-black, as if he had fallen into the Nether Capital.
The woodcutter waited a while, then reached into the halo behind Shen Mu's head and plucked off the Earth Origin Dao Fruit. He tossed it to Gongsun Yan and said, "Fellow Daoist, bury this fruit beneath your primordial spirit and twine your roots about it.
Within a few months this Earth Origin Dao Fruit will let your primordial spirit grow until it can envelop the entire capital. " Gongsun Yan hesitated. "This Dao Fruit was a gift from the Earth Mother, meant to elevate his cultivation realm. " The woodcutter smiled kindly. "The Earth Mother is harming him.
This Earth Origin Dao Fruit is of little benefit to him. Force his cultivation upward, and his realm will become unstable, his Dao heart impaired.
If the Earth Mother made this fruit go bang and burst, your little sweetheart would be reduced to smoke and ashes. " Gongsun Yan was startled, and she hastened to bury the Earth Origin Dao Fruit beneath her primordial spirit, wrapping it in her roots. The fisherman frowned. "First Brother, how did you manage to pluck the Dao Fruit off? " "Quite simple.
The Earth Origin Dao Fruit follows the aura of his soul," said the woodcutter. "Just now I knocked his primordial spirit into the Nether Capital, put him into a state of seeming death, and the fruit came away easily.
As I plucked it, I quietly worked a few runes into it and altered its internal runic structure, so it will no longer pursue him.
" He extended his index and middle fingers and tapped Shen Mu's brow; Shen Mu's primordial spirit returned to his flesh, and he came to.
The woodcutter turned his gaze back to the Earth Mother's Blessing and continued, "What you are all thinking is how to break it. What I think of is not breaking, but adding. Add a part, and the hidden structure of divine power inside the Earth Mother's Dao Fruit is thereby broken. " The old farmer snorted.
"If you put half your cleverness into cultivation, who would refuse to call you the foremost Heavenly Master? " The woodcutter shook his head.
"My aptitude is poor; there is no use in striving. Besides, your cultivation and strength surpass mine a hundredfold—you need only protect me. It's just that this Earth Mother's Blessing is truly thorny. .
. This is a blessing of the Dao itself: neither born nor perishing, neither defiled nor pure, neither increased nor diminished.
For the moment, I hardly know where to begin. " Shen Mu asked, "Master, can the Earth Mother use such a blessing to keep watch over my movements? " The woodcutter laughed. "Once she blesses you, you become her subject. Of course she can keep watch over your movements.
" Shen Mu's face changed slightly. The woodcutter went on, "I have not yet fully mastered the runes of Yuandu, so I need others versed in that craft to come; gather the finest wits and study it piece by piece, and a countermeasure will surely be found.
Do not worry. Si Youyou is deeply versed in the divine power of primordial magnetism; once she arrives, I will be half sure of breaking the Earth Mother's Blessing.
" Shen Mu fell silent a moment, then blurted, "What if one bore the blessings of all the ancient gods, including the Heavenly Emperor of remotest antiquity, as well as the Lord of Earth, the Lord of Heaven, and the Earth Mother?
Could you still break them, Master? " The Woodcutter Sage laughed in spite of himself. "Is there such a person anywhere in this world who could gather the blessings of all the ancient gods? What face, what merit must one possess to win the blessing of every ancient god? " "There is.
" Shen Mu looked to the old farmer. "Uncle-Master, that little fatty I handed over to you—is he still at the Jingping Imperial Tutor's mansion? " "You mean that little fatty?