Chapter 1261 — Heavily Wounding a Formidable Foe
The Herdsman of the Wasteland · Page 1 of 3
The whole of the Divine City — a million heavenly soldiers and generals — had all at once become Tai Di's mouthpieces!
Shen Mu could not help but feel a chill of dread. Tai Di's divine consciousness was so mighty that even Shang Pingyin had fallen under his control, with no strength left to resist!
Even a mighty one of the Great Emperor's throne like Shang Pingyin, it seemed, had no idea that his mind had been invaded by Tai Di's consciousness; he would keep no memory of having been parasitized by Tai Di! Shen Mu struggled to steady his heart and smiled.
"Fellow Daoist Tai Di wishes to talk? Then let us talk.
What does Tai Di wish to discuss?
" Shang Pingyin smiled. "Mu Tianzun, you are a clever man; you must know what I wish to discuss. " Shen Mu's expression turned grave.
"The Creator of the Void of the Other Shore — that is not open for discussion! If you have come for that, then you may go back.
My bottom line cannot be negotiated! " Shang Pingyin laughed heartily. "Fine!
Then we will not discuss the Creator.
I have come to discuss the Primordial Stone of Taichu in your brow! " Shen Mu's eye twitched.
The vertical eye in his brow was ordinarily kept shut; others could see only a slight bulge there, and could never tell that he had an eye in his forehead. Only when the need arose would he open that vertical eye in his brow.
But Tai Di had seen this eye many times, and the power of that vertical eye was terrifying beyond measure — and its pupil was the Primordial Stone of Taichu itself.
As the first master of the Primordial Stone, Tai Di could hardly be deceived about the stone in Shen Mu's eye.
"You want the Primordial Stone?
" Shen Mu smiled. "It is not impossible. What will you trade for it?
" "The Land of No Sorrow of Taixu, and the Creator's life. " Shang Pingyin said, "Give me the Primordial Stone, and I will leave at once, and be an enemy of the Land of No Sorrow no more, nor of the Creator of Taixu. The grudges between us can be wiped clean as well! " Shen Mu smiled ambiguously. "Trading a misty, uncertain future for present gain — Tai Di calculates well; snaring a white wolf with empty hands.
Unless you hold the fate of the Land of No Sorrow and the Creator of Taixu in your grip, I will not trade with you. As things stand, the Land of No Sorrow and the Creator of Taixu are perfectly well; only a fool would trade them away.
Name another condition. " Shang Pingyin stared straight at him. "Aren't you afraid I will simply kill you and take the Primordial Stone? " Shen Mu smiled faintly. "If you could act, you would have acted long ago.
Shang Pingyin and Beiluo Shimen are formidable indeed, but controlling so many armies at once must make maneuvering inconvenient.
And I happen to have grasped the flaw in your Supreme Dalu Divine Consciousness. If you want to kill me, you must do it in a single blow; otherwise, once the Fire Tianzun and the Void Tianzun are alerted, you will not be able to bear it.
" Shang Pingyin was silent a moment, then said, "How do you want to trade? " "The Heavenly Court will surely send a third Tianzun.
I want you to intercept this Tianzun and prevent him from descending into Taixu! " Shen Mu said decisively. "Do that, and I will dig the Primordial Stone out of my Sacred Pupil and give it to you!
" Shang Pingyin pondered a moment, musing, "Then this third Tianzun must be Hao Tianzun. Hao Tianzun is the foremost of the ten Tianzuns, his strength unfathomable. . .
" Shen Mu said mildly, "Moreover, Hao Tianzun will very likely bring a divine artifact, the Yutianzun, with him.