Chapter 1170 — The Intuition in the Heart
The Herdsman of the Wasteland · Page 1 of 3
And further off, Yan Heavenly Consort too raised a marvel — a Heavenly Venerable's treasure she had refined herself — its strange radiance steaming upward, sealing off the void and the earth, steadying her footing. Shen Mu frowned and searched in every direction, yet Qiang Heavenly Consort, Gong Heavenly Venerable, and the rest had each seized a choice plot for themselves, leaving him few places to choose from.
Long Qilin still could not accept that in the Battle of Yaochi, Fire Heavenly Venerable had not helped Shen Mu but had instead joined the faction that sought his death; he was dazed and muddled. "Fire Heavenly Venerable was dealt a crushing blow by Yu Heavenly Venerable's death.
From the day Yu Heavenly Venerable was assassinated, he changed. " Leading Long Qilin and Yan'er on the search, Shen Mu said, "Of the seven Heavenly Venerables of the Longhan era, six held Yu Heavenly Venerable in boundless admiration.
None were closer to him than You Heavenly Venerable — save Fire Heavenly Venerable. Yu Heavenly Venerable was the paragon in their hearts, a mountain none could surmount.
After Yu Heavenly Venerable died, You Heavenly Venerable withdrew into himself for a full million years. And it must have been at that very moment that Fire Heavenly Venerable's thinking changed as well. He loathes the ancient gods — and yet he wants to become one. " He halted, staring blankly into nothing, lost in thought. "You Heavenly Venerable said he had changed too; Yue Heavenly Venerable's words likewise hinted that he was not to be trusted. But I always held a fondness for him — a fondness I indulged against all reason.
Perhaps only if Yu Heavenly Venerable were to live again could he be woken from this dream. " Long Qilin laughed. "Yu Heavenly Venerable has already been reborn! We need only steal back the remnant soul in the Pixiang Hall, and Yu Heavenly Venerable will no longer be muddled and foolish.
Fire Heavenly Venerable is sure to come around! And then the human race will be saved! " Shen Mu smiled.
"I hope so.
" His divine consciousness erupted, forcing back the void beasts that had suddenly appeared.
"These old foxes have all picked out a place to roost — the good spots are all taken by them!
" Shen Mu's eyes flickered. He looked around, trying to find a fine treasure site, yet the eight Heavenly Venerables had each found an excellent location and were entrenched there.
How could Shen Mu contend with them?
Moreover, each of these Heavenly Venerables had a Heavenly Venerable's treasure to suppress the void and keep the void beasts from intruding; before long, they would surely have established strongholds of their own. By then they would come to ask Shen Mu to send them out, and then bring their disciples to run the place — driving off the void beasts and mining all manner of treasures.
"Even if I find a treasure site, I have no treasure that can hold down the void beasts. " Shen Mu blinked and thought, "I cannot take out the Lapis Lazuli Azure Heaven Banner.
Using it to suppress the void would serve well enough — it could kill any void beast.
But if it fell into the eyes of the other Heavenly Venerables, they would surely seize it. And what is more terrifying still is that ancient god egg inside the Lapis Lazuli Azure Heaven Banner. . .
" "And I cannot be trapped here for the rest of my life, guarding a treasure site. If I went to ask the Primordial Ancestor and the successive Human Sovereigns of the Human Sovereign Hall to come and hold it, I fear even the Primordial Ancestor and those Human Sovereigns would be no match for the Void Mother Beast. .
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" Shen Mu turned it over and over in his mind. Then, in a flash, inspiration struck: the vertical eye at the center of his brow opened, and he looked all around. "Last time I came to the Taichu Vein, the void beasts could not enter it. Which is to say, all five of the great veins are places the void beasts dare not tread lightly.