Chapter 992 — A Beauty Bathes Her Shoulder (Third Update!)
The Herdsman of the Wasteland · Page 1 of 4
Shen Mu's heart thumped wildly. According to Mother Earth, the Hongmeng Primordial Essence was a peculiar water in which she had rooted herself and moistened her root-tendrils—a water like liquid light, wonderfully nimble, brimming with energy. It was by means of the Hongmeng Primordial Essence that Mother Earth, an ancient god, had awakened her spiritual intelligence and become one of the ancient gods!
He had never imagined that the Creators of the Far Shore should also possess this Hongmeng Primordial Essence!
The Silkworm Maiden said, "The Hongmeng Primordial Essence was originally the water of a pool in the Ancestral Court.
It was very beautiful to look at. Later, all the clans came to draw from it, to water their sacred relics, and little by little there was less and less of it. I heard that when our whole clan migrated, they took away every drop of essence in the pool, and after that they merely ate into their stores, so that now very little of the essence remains. You are the Sacred Infant—if you want some, go to the Godking. What remains is all with her. " She looked this way and that, then whispered, "If you coax some essence out of her, give me a share. My family's Seven Souls Herb is sick and has been listless and wilting all this while.
" Shen Mu nodded again and again. The Silkworm Maiden was delighted, and rode off on a great white silkworm to continue her preparations for the Grand Sacrifice.
"I forgot to ask her how the battle went.
" Shen Mu walked toward the Azure Feather Hall, thinking, "If I ask Godking Langwan, she will probably tell me too.
Then again, the Creators are an exceedingly ancient race, and they must possess no end of heavenly treasures and earthly riches—rich as oozing oil!
The Hongmeng Primordial Essence, the Taichu Divine Stone, the Taichu Primeval Stone—treasures that are nearly impossible to find in later ages, and they have them all. Surely they have other immensely precious treasures as well! Since I am the Sacred Infant, then these precious things. . . " The Azure Feather Hall was in fact a great hall with wings.
From its two sides grew a pair of fleshy wings, feathered in azure, that could beat and carry it flying through the sky. Such a strange building was almost impossible to see in the outside world, yet in the Creators' world of the Far Shore there were quite a few of them.
The Creators would, for instance, envision buildings that grew legs and feet, for ease of migration, or envision plants with ox bodies and tree crowns, which put on flesh by growing more leaves to draw in the sun's energy. Shen Mu came before the Azure Feather Hall and examined the two great wings closely.
Where the wings joined the hall, flesh and blood and metal and stone were perfectly fused as one, and he clicked his tongue in wonder. "The Godking invites the Sacred Infant to enter the hall," said the phoenix at the gate, ruffling its feathers. Shen Mu gave thanks and followed the phoenix into the hall.
The Azure Feather Hall was immensely high and vast; walking within it, one felt oneself to be exceedingly small, and could not help but feel awe. Shen Mu, however, was accustomed to the Creators' grand architecture, and hurried to keep up with the rainbow phoenix. What surprised him was that Godking Langwan was not receiving him in the front hall; the phoenix led him toward the rear hall.
The hall was truly too large; Shen Mu followed the phoenix for quite a while and still had not reached the rear.
"Sister, why haven't you transformed into human form and become a person?
" Shen Mu asked. The rainbow phoenix tilted its head, its feathers gorgeous, and asked curiously, "Become a person?
You mean take on the appearance of a Creator? " Shen Mu thought about it and nodded. In truth the Creators differed little in appearance from the human race; they were only taller in build, and had one extra feature—a diamond-shaped vertical eye at the center of the brow.
The rainbow phoenix shook its head.