Chapter 992 — A Beauty Bathes Her Shoulder (Third Update!)
The Herdsman of the Wasteland · Page 2 of 4
"I was envisioned into being.
I cannot cultivate, and I cannot do what you call taking human form. From the moment I was envisioned, I have been bound by my own power.
" A roar filled Shen Mu's head; he shook it. "Sister, say that again?
" The phoenix repeated itself: "Bound by my own power, it is very hard for me to change, so I cannot open a divine treasury, nor can I cultivate with divine sense. But I can keep raising the might of the Nirvana Sacred Fire within me. " Shen Mu was in a daze.
He murmured, "Your state—it is so like the ancient gods, so like them.
. . " "The Godking is just ahead.
" The rainbow phoenix led him to the rear hall, and Shen Mu saw Godking Langwan beside a pool, scooping up water to wash a wound.
The ribbon of her garment had been loosened at the shoulder; it was her shoulder that was injured, revealing a long bloody gash.
It must have been Emperor Kai who wounded her. Her long hair fell like a waterfall, and the pool's surface glittered with rippling light. The sight made Shen Mu hold his breath.
Then his breathing quickened—that entire pool of water was Hongmeng Primordial Essence!
What a vast pool!
The pool was a pool only by the Creators' measure; by Shen Mu's, it was a lake—and the whole lake was Hongmeng Primordial Essence!
He itched to rush over and plunge straight into it! "The Sacred Infant is not yet three years old—does the sight of a woman's shoulder set his heart pounding so fiercely?
" Godking Langwan caught sight of him, drew up her garment to cover her shoulder, and asked with a sidelong smile.
Shen Mu tore his gaze from the pool with difficulty, then, as if possessed, stole another glance at it. Only then did Godking Langwan realize that what set the boy's heart racing was not herself but that pool of water. Her expression turned strange, and she waved the rainbow phoenix away.
"Sacred Infant, follow me.
" Shen Mu followed behind her, turning his head again and again to look back. The pool of Hongmeng Primordial Essence rippled with light, giving off a mesmerizing luster—so alluring it was. Within a few steps, Godking Langwan's body gradually shrank, and soon she was about his height, her long hair draped over her shoulders, glossy black, as if freshly washed and not yet fully dry.
"Was this head of beautiful hair, too, washed with the Hongmeng Primordial Essence? " Shen Mu was filled with envy.
"The Hongmeng Primordial Essence is wonderful. I'd love to have a pool of essence that big. " Godking Langwan's long skirt covered her feet.
As she walked ahead, Shen Mu could faintly glimpse her two feet behind her—she wore no shoes, this woman walking barefoot, her feet appearing and vanishing by turns, her soles very delicate and lovely.
"These feet must have been soaked in Hongmeng Primordial Essence too?
Truly lovely! " Shen Mu thought, looking back at that pool of Hongmeng Primordial Essence. Godking Langwan stopped. Shen Mu nearly ran into her and hastily halted.
Godking Langwan said with a half-smile, "The Sacred Infant seems to take a keener interest in that pool of water. Men like you are very rare.
In the past, before I became Godking, the Creators of our clan looked at me oddly, and their courtship antics were endless and ever-changing.
Only when I became Godking did they rein in their little schemes—and now you have more interest in that pool of water. " Shen Mu probed, "And if I were interested in the Godking, what would the Godking do? " "Naturally, I would cut it off," Godking Langwan said, raising her hand and chopping downward. She explained softly, "Sever your root of trouble. You are only three and already letting your thoughts run wild—how then will you be the Sacred Infant? Once it is cut off, you will put all your strength into comprehension and cultivation, and only then can you lead our clan's revival and take revenge on the Supreme Emperor.