Chapter 873 — The Secret Treasure of the Star Sea
The Herdsman of the Wasteland · Page 3 of 4
It seems the god of water conservancy of Jingping himself sits on the coast, guarding the sand barges. " Shen Mu cast a glance about and said, "The blue-backed fish on the sea are of the Kun clan, and those Xuanwu are of the Xuanwu divine clan. In the battle of the Shenduan Mountains, they came to fight under the pact of the Human Emperor's Seal and suffered grievous losses.
With the god of water conservancy and the sea clans of gods here, the sand barges are in little danger.
" Reassured, he drew his head back into the mirror and went on with his studies.
Yu Tianzun, meanwhile, crawled out of the mirror, sat himself on the Water Qilin's head with great dignity, and said to Yan'er, "Sister, don't feed me anything more. I mean to go into seclusion for the next few days.
" Yan'er was uneasy. "Won't you go hungry? Perhaps you had better eat your fill first? " Yu Tianzun thought it over.
"Then I had best eat my fill first. " Dragon Qilin quickened his pace and followed the coastline north, and only after nearly twenty days of running did they reach the mouth of the Jin River.
During that time, one night, a strange phenomenon erupted: the stars in the sky fell into disorder, and star power gathered into streams, visible to the naked eye, that burrowed madly into Yu Tianzun's body.
This continued for several days and nights before it ceased. Yan'er and the Water Qilin wanted to wake Yu Tianzun and ask the reason, but Dragon Qilin hastily stopped them.
"Blue Fatty is in the midst of enlightenment.
He must not be disturbed. The Sect Master says that a state of enlightenment is a rare thing.
To have one or two in a lifetime is already remarkable.
" The Water Qilin was skeptical. "Really?
I remember my lord was enlightened when he opened the Primordial Fetus Divine Treasury. Enlightenment looks easy enough for him. " Dragon Qilin was somewhat puzzled too. "That is what the Sect Master says.
" Dragon Qilin went upstream from the river mouth and came to Jiangling, where at last he set the mirror down from his back, rapped on its surface, and said, "Sect Master, Jiangling is here.
" Shen Mu leaped out of the mirror, flicked his sleeve, and put the mirror away in his Taotie pouch. Yu Tianzun woke, elated.
"Brother, I have opened my second divine treasury!
" Shen Mu jumped down from Dragon Qilin's head, gestured for them to walk, and said with a smile, "What treasury did you open?
" He had never taught Yu Tianzun how to open a divine treasury, nor taught him any cultivation method or divine ability; he had only told him to learn without forcing his cultivation. Jingping today was an age of abundant knowledge.
The methods and abilities of the great academies and halls of learning could all be taught openly, and Yu Tianzun had read through the canons of the Grand Academy, the Yong River Academy, the Heavenly Sage Academy, the Lan River Academy, and the Dao Gate Academy. His store of knowledge was already profound, his vision and understanding extraordinary, far surpassing the Yu Tianzun of ancient times.
Shen Mu firmly believed that even without practicing the methods of others, he could walk out a path of his own.
"The Star River Divine Treasury! " Yu Tianzun was jubilant. "I observed the heavens and was moved to thought, and so opened a star river around my spirit fetus. " Shen Mu halted, stupefied for a moment, then asked tentatively, "The Star River Divine Treasury?
Not the Five Luminaries Divine Treasury, nor the Six Universes Divine Treasury? " Yu Tianzun shook his head.
Shen Mu was stunned again.
"What does this Star River Divine Treasury look like? " Yu Tianzun thought for a moment, then opened his divine treasury and showed it to Shen Mu.
Shen Mu looked into the treasury, and his mind went blank.
Yu Tianzun's spirit fetus sat plump upon the spirit platform, and all around it a vast star river revolved.