Chapter 908 — The Calamity Sword, Part Three: Meeting the Tribulation
The Herdsman of the Wasteland · Page 1 of 5
Gongsun Yan was loath to let him go, but in the end she could only see Shen Mu off.
"He said this place is his root, and he truly is a tree. .
. When will a phoenix ever be drawn to my phoenix nest? " The girl dreamed of the days to come.
Shen Mu came to the residence of Jiang Baigui, Imperial Teacher of Jingping.
The Imperial Teacher's wife was teaching Jiang Yunjian to cultivate the divine arts and the ways of the dao. They had also a little daughter, only five years old, named Jiang Qingzhou. "Rest easy, sister-in-law. My junior brother will not be imprisoned in the Great Prison for long. " Shen Mu instructed Jiang Yunjian in cultivation and passed on to him the methods of cultivating the Prime Embryo Spirit Treasure and the Star River Spirit Treasure of Heavenly Venerable Yu, then said to the Imperial Teacher's wife, "Set your hearts at ease; he will come back.
In the years ahead I will have money and goods sent for food, clothing and daily use. You need not toil over your livelihood, only teach your nephew and niece well.
" The Imperial Teacher's wife thanked him, though she found something strange in it, and said, "Why only two Spirit Treasures? What of the ones that come after? " Shen Mu laughed. "Those will have to wait until someone creates them before anyone can know.
I hope they will overturn my own Spirit Treasures. If Yunjian can open these two within a few years, that will already be remarkable.
Let him practice them for now; when I return next year, I will find him a muddle-headed teacher. " The Imperial Teacher's wife did not know whether to laugh or cry.
"A muddle-headed teacher?
I wonder which one the Cult Master means. . .
" Shen Mu came to the outskirts of the capital. Beyond the walls a new city was already being built to give the people a place to dwell, one city every thousand li, still very plain, fit only for shelter.
There were also those with divine powers opening farmland, digging irrigation works and roads.
This could not be rushed, and yet it was the most urgent of all. Shen Mu sought out the elders of Yincan Village.
Master Dan led many scholars laboring in the fields, using the art of Creation to plant grain and relieve the pressing need for the moment, while the Silent Craftsman and the others were rebuilding the Directorate Workshop, and the Village Chief and the rest each had their own work. Master Dan examined Shen Mu's body and laughed. "Nothing serious.
Eat when you should eat, drink when you should drink, go wherever you want to go.
" Shen Mu said, "I told them it was nothing serious, but the Village Chief and the others always worry. " Master Dan watched him leave. The Village Chief said, "Master Dan, I have never hidden anything from you in the matter of the Overlord Body, and you must not hide anything from me. Just what is Shen'er's condition?
" Master Dan hesitated, then shook his head.
"Not good. His undying consciousness is strong, but not strong enough to endure without perishing through all ages.
As he is now, he is like a guttering candle in the wind, liable to be snuffed out at any moment.
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. " The Village Chief was stunned. Master Dan said, "Yet I also feel a vigorous vitality being conceived within him, as though something is being born anew, a power unlike the art of Creation. There is hope, but the hope is still a sprout; whether it can break out of the cocoon, I cannot say. " The Village Chief was silent a long while, then said, "Suddenly I find myself wishing the Overlord Body were real. . .
" Shen Mu also sought out Yan Qiling. Yan Qiling said, "I still must return to the Heavenly Court, to His Majesty's side.
I will not remain in the lower realm.
" Shen Mu said, "Before your mistress passed away, she asked me to look after you. .
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" "Look after yourself!