Chapter 965 — The Uncanny Daoist
The Herdsman of the Wasteland · Page 1 of 4
Lian Huahun's pupils contracted.
"You have been at his side all along. Why not take it back yourself? " Yun Chuxiu laughed.
"You take it back for me.
You will hold my fleshly body, you will have a hold over me—and then we sisters can work together in good faith, and you will have no reason to distrust me. " Lian Huahun was half convinced, half doubtful. Yun Chuxiu's eyes rolled.
"Besides, it would be very hard for me to take it back from him.
If he summons the soul back into my corpse, the consciousness in this body of mine cannot hold at all—one move from him and I am dead. So I must ask you to go.
" "That is what you really mean, isn't it? " Lian Huahun's gaze flickered. "You have disciples on this journey into Taixu as well, don't you? Why not send them?
" Yun Chuxiu sighed, tears welling and falling, and said in a plaintive voice, "You do not know how strong that little nemesis of mine is.
My disciples are no match for him at all. From what I know of him, my disciples would only get themselves killed by him, let alone take my fleshly body back from him.
" Lian Huahun thought of how Shen Mu had triggered the Fire Heavenly Sovereign's brand the night before, and could not help but feel a flutter of dread. Had the sisters not been quick to see their chance and hidden themselves away with the divine power of Guixu, they would surely have perished in that city like Pan Chunjin, Xiu Youfang and the rest!
The Heavenly Sovereign's brand was too terrible.
Fortunately, the divine power of Guixu had subtleties of its own, and most crucially, the great Dao of Guixu had never yet been unraveled by anyone. It was precisely because of the nature of Guixu's divine power that they had survived the upheaval of the previous night. Lian Huahun had crossed hands with Shen Mu once; she had broken all four of his arms, and she was confident she could defeat him and take back Yuanmu's fleshly body. Yet what was most fearsome about Shen Mu was not his strength, but his skill at borrowing every force he could lay hold of and turning it into his own weapon—the Fire Heavenly Sovereign's brand of the night before, for instance.
"Be ready to fetch my fleshly body back from the ghost ship, in exchange for your own.
" Lian Huahun flicked her sleeve and turned to leave. "One more thing you would do well not to forget: you are Heavenly Sovereign Hao's own mother. Stop calling him 'little nemesis' this and 'little nemesis' that, like some shameless woman!
Have you no breeding at all?
" Yun Chuxiu was furious, then suddenly burst out laughing, and with a flicker of her form vanished from the Creators' city. "Sister, you have breeding, you are a model for all under heaven—you are just a bit of a fool. Hee hee.
You go and seize my fleshly body, and then I will finish you off and take it back.
The mantis stalks the cicada, unaware of the oriole behind! " The land of Taixu was vast beyond measure.
Shen Mu and Luo Wushuang walked for several days and still did not find that city. "I wonder whether that dragon you visualized was blown to death?
" Luo Wushuang said absently, thinking of the divine dragon that had caused them to be discovered by the Empress sisters. Shen Mu was checking the spirit medicines in his Taotie Pouch. Hearing this, he shook his head.
"It was born of visualization. In a place like Taixu, it cannot die.
" Luo Wushuang was taken aback.