Chapter 912 — Meeting an Old Acquaintance on the Escort Road
The Herdsman of the Wasteland · Page 4 of 4
The dragon qilin had reached the middle stretch of the Yong River, and the Origin Tree deep within the Origin World loomed ever vaster. "My art has already leapt beyond the scope of the original Mystic Body Three-Cinnabar Art, and stands outside the present cultivation systems. Then what should the new art be called? " He fell into a daze again, then suddenly smiled.
"My art cannot be passed on to anyone else, so what does the name matter?
I shall carry on the old name and still call it the Mystic Body Three-Cinnabar Art. " Ahead, the roots of the Origin Tree spanned the Yong River. One root lay across the river's surface, a hundred or so zhang above the water, and from the water countless fine roots hung down like a curtain. The dragon qilin halted.
Upon the tip of one dark root a green sprout suddenly appeared.
The sprout grew with astonishing speed into a flowering plant with two green leaves and a great flower bud at its center. This plant hung down from above, drooping to the water's surface.
The flower bloomed, opened wide, and spat out a stone coffin, yet the coffin did not fall into the river. "A demon is at work! " the dragon qilin thought in alarm.
Shen Mu stepped down from its forehead and came to the flower's side. The river rushed on, and from within the flower a faint voice said, "Heaven Venerable Mu. .
. " "The Earth Mother Yuanjun. " Shen Mu broke into a smile.
"I thought you had already died at the hands of the Ancient God Heavenly Emperor. Earth Mother, your remnant soul persists; for what purpose do you block my way? "