Chapter 950 — A Beauty Pities the Flower-Soul
The Herdsman of the Wasteland · Page 4 of 5
" Heavenly Venerable Hao pondered a moment and said, "Heavenly Venerable Fire and Heavenly Venerable Void joined hands to explore the Great Void and found many perils there. Heavenly Venerable Fire sent word back that danger lies everywhere, and proposed that the Heavenly Court send troops to subdue it.
Since we cannot kill him in the Heavenly Court, we shall kill him in the Great Void. Finding a reason to send him to the Great Void will be no trouble.
" Kunwu assented. "Kunwu, withdraw.
The others remain here; I will teach you the Eighteen Arts of Slaying Mu. " Heavenly Venerable Hao's gaze fell upon these nineteen, then lit again on Lian Huahun, and his heart swayed once more; the old ailment inherited from the Heavenly Emperor had relapsed. But Lian Huahun could not yet be eaten; she was still needed to do away with Shen Mu.
He could only hold himself in check and teach them the Eighteen Arts of Slaying Mu with diligence. In the Manhui Corridor Pavilion by the Jade Pool, Shen Mu toyed with the Seal of the Grand Emperor. After a while his consciousness poured into the seal, and he shouted, "Rise! " A clatter.
The Seal of the Grand Emperor fell to the ground.
Shen Mu scratched his head, picked the seal up, and tried again with vital essence instead, shouting, "Rise! " The seal floated in the air, yet had no might whatever.
He opened the vertical eye at the center of his brow and sought to command the treasure seal with his third eye, but still nothing out of the ordinary occurred. He then tried to construct the Taiwei Enclosure within the seal by means of his consciousness; the seal wobbled and drifted up, and delight rose in Shen Mu's heart, and then with another clatter the seal fell to the ground. "This broken seal is utterly useless! " Shen Mu was furious; he drew out the Heart of the Primeval Wood and smashed it down with all his force.
The Manhui Corridor Pavilion shook violently, nearly collapsing under the power of the Heart of the Primeval Wood, and yet the treasure seal showed no change at all; for all the wood's surpassing hardness, it did not mar the seal in the slightest.
"This thing is hard enough; it would serve well for bashing people over the head.
" Shen Mu put the seal away, and Shu Jun's voice came into his mind, sneering. "The treasure seal of Grand Emperor Juyu, and you use it to bash people, truly a lower species! Give me your blood-essence and consciousness for a single year, and I will teach you how to activate the Seal of the Grand Emperor!
" Before, he had demanded three years; now he asked only one, a steep discount indeed. Shen Mu paid him no heed, but took out the box Heavenly Venerable Yun had left him and studied the altar inside it.
Shu Jun's heart seized with alarm.
"Can this fellow have seen through it?
" Shen Mu closed the box again, and only then did Shu Jun breathe easy, when suddenly Shen Mu smiled.
"Shu Jun, pass on to me the rest of the Taiwei Enclosure Upper Consciousness arts, and I will help you restore your other eye. " Shu Jun sneered.
"Dream on! The Taiwei Enclosure Upper Consciousness is only one third of the complete art.
To give the whole of it to you, is that worth a single eye?
At the very least it is worth a head! And besides, you have still not found for me who that Creator in the Heavenly Court is; your promise is not yet fulfilled! " Shen Mu laughed in his fury.
"You sneaking old wretch!
Our bargain was that I would help you find that Creator and you would teach me the art of cultivating consciousness, yet you gave me only a third of it, and now you have the face to say I have not kept my word! " Shu Jun sneered. "I said only that I would teach you how to cultivate with the Taichu Primeval Stone.
I never said I would transmit the complete art.
I have not broken my promise, have I?
" Shen Mu trembled with rage.
"Damn your uncle! " The lump of flesh on the primeval-stone altar trembled with rage too.