Chapter 878 — The Shadowed Maga Codex
The Herdsman of the Wasteland · Page 4 of 5
Shen Mu said gladly, "There is no harm in instructing you. Manifest your demon-god primordial spirit once more and drive the Great Black Heaven Combat Method."
Mo Santong did as he was told and unleashed the Great Black Heaven Combat Method. Shen Mu came to his primordial spirit and plucked dozens of Dao runes from the demon wheels. With a slight movement of his mind, he transformed his primal qi into demon yuan, altered the structure of these Dao runes, and said, "Try driving your great divine power again."
Mo Santong drove the Great Black Heaven Combat Method and at once felt the power of his Dao-entering great divine power rise by twenty to thirty percent. Astonished and delighted, he hastily sought instruction: "May I ask the Overlord Body, why alter them thus?"
Shen Mu looked around him and saw the area in complete disarray. He smiled. "It is too messy here. Let us find a clean place and talk in detail."
Mo Santong went with him to a pavilion within the palace. Mo Santong wished to unleash the Great Black Heaven Combat Method again, but his cultivation was too depleted, and he could not summon it.
Shen Mu refined a furnace of Demon Yuan Pills for him and said, "After you take these, drive the Dark Maga Sutra, and your cultivation will swiftly recover."
Mo Santong did as he was told and drove the Maga Sutra. His cultivation indeed recovered swiftly, and he was filled with admiration for Shen Mu.
Shen Mu instructed him in the Youdu Dao runes. Mo Santong found every word pearl and jade, and his admiration only deepened. He put forward the problems he had encountered in his cultivation as well, and Shen Mu, after brief thought, answered them offhand.
Mo Santong was filled with boundless admiration.
The two talked for half a day. Mo Santong had long since been won over. He stood, bowed to Shen Mu, and said, "Beneath great renown there is no empty fame. Overlord Body Shen, your learning reaches into heaven and man—I am utterly convinced."
Shen Mu hastily helped him to his feet, smiling. "I must also thank you. You may go back and meet your fellow disciples now."
Mo Santong felt some doubt in his heart, but did not presume to ask further. He turned and left.
He rounded a few long corridors and was soon stopped by some fellow disciples. Mo Santong hastily said, "He instructed me for half a day. My divine powers are more perfect than before!"
Before long, a voice came, boiling with rage: "Jingping's Overlord Body Shen, you bullied my junior brother—I come to avenge him!"
Shen Mu rose, smiling. "May I ask who you are?"
The burly demon who came striding over put his hands on his hips and sneered. "Xue Taidou, of Great Black Heaven's school!"
Shen Mu said with a smile, "Brother Xue, by what have you entered the Dao?"
Xue Taidou said coldly, "I entered the Dao through the demon blade."
Shen Mu looked somewhat troubled. "My blade technique has not entered the Dao. Very well—Brother Xue, deploy your Dao-entering divine power, and I will meet it with my blade technique."
Xue Taidou stared at him, then suddenly beamed. "After you defeat me, will you instruct me as well?"
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In the main hall of the Great Black Palace, Great Black Heaven sat in the seat of honor, leisurely drinking tea. The thunderous reports of divine powers and Dao arts erupting behind him reached his ears, and before him appeared a massive black pool. The pool was like a mirror, revealing clearly and completely the scene of Shen Mu's clashes with his disciples. It could even shift to different angles, so that every aspect of Shen Mu's divine powers could be observed.
"Great Black Heaven, though he instructs your disciples, in truth he is secretly stealing your Dark Maga Sutra."
Suddenly, a youthful voice laughed. "Surely you can see that."