Chapter 1170 — The Intuition in the Heart
The Herdsman of the Wasteland · Page 2 of 3
But I know only the Taichu Vein, and it is already occupied by Xiao Heavenly Venerable. As for where the other four veins lie, I fear only Qiang Heavenly Venerable and Gong Heavenly Venerable know.
" Within his vertical eye, upon the Shen-character continent, the two giant ancient god eggs were communicating.
Suddenly, as though the ancient gods within the eggs could sense the world outside, the Dao-tones fell silent. The two eggs each gave off a faint tremor; both ancient god eggs seemed stirred.
Shen Mu surveyed his surroundings and thought, "I do not know where the other four veins are, but these two ancient god eggs surely do!
Rather than blunder about on my own, it is better to have them tell me.
" The two ancient god eggs went still.
Shen Mu blinked and waited a while, but the two ancient god eggs still gave no sign of movement. Shen Mu ground his teeth; his divine consciousness rippled.
Before long the sky suddenly split open, revealing an enormous eye.
The eye rolled and rolled, then its gaze settled upon Shen Mu, and a void beast of colossal size squeezed its way out of the void and came down with a crash. Yan'er and Long Qilin cried out in alarm and hurried to brace themselves. This void beast was covered in void patterns.
It advanced on six enormously thick legs, every claw hooked into the ground, and circled them a few times, its eyelids rolling up to reveal a mouth full of sharp teeth.
Yan'er gave a soft shout; her primordial spirit surfaced, ready to strike at any moment.
"Do you still recognize me?
" Shen Mu said with a smile. The void beast's eyelids drooped, its mouth vanished, and it thrust its head toward Shen Mu.
Shen Mu raised a hand.
The void beast gently rubbed against his palm.
Yan'er let out a breath of relief; hearing her exhale, the void beast sprang far away and watched her warily.
Long Qilin said in astonishment, "Sect Master, is this the void beast you subdued back then? " Shen Mu nodded and smiled.
"A million years, and it is still alive — and more ferocious than ever.
" He soared into the air and landed on the bone mountain behind the void beast's head, standing tall against the wind.
Long Qilin and Yan'er hurriedly flew up and landed on the bone mountain as well. Seeing this, the void beast rolled its eyelids upward, turned its head aside, and gave a threatening whimper.
Shen Mu took out the Lapis Lazuli Azure Heaven Banner and used the supreme treasure as a walking stick, rapping it against the bone mountain.
Only then did the void beast rein in its savagery. It leaped up and raced through the mountains. Leaning on the Lapis Lazuli Azure Heaven Banner, Shen Mu stood facing the wind. Eye-catching as the banner was, the Heavenly Venerables were all busy setting their own territories in order, with no attention to spare for this place.
He gave the void beast its head entirely, letting it run wherever it would, with no destination. Long Qilin and Yan'er stood at his side, gazing about curiously, and saw that the void beast Shen Mu had tamed did not run in a straight line but seemed to wander without aim. Their hearts grew anxious: "If the Sect Master (Young Master) does not find a treasure site soon, every last treasure will have been snatched up by the Heavenly Venerables!
" The void beast walked for most of a day, still wandering without aim — and yet within its utterly simple mind there was an "intuition" that told it this was not the place its master wanted.
That "intuition" came from the ancient god egg inside the Lapis Lazuli Azure Heaven Banner! When it came to a discerning eye, Shen Mu certainly could not match the seasoned shrewdness of old fellows like Xiao Heavenly Venerable, Hong Heavenly Venerable, and Qiang Heavenly Venerable; nor was he as widely traveled as half-gods like Hao Heavenly Venerable and the Ancestral God King.