Chapter 1302 — The Earth Awakens
The Herdsman of the Wasteland · Page 2 of 3
He thought, "So Taisu does have means after all — to come and go freely from the Ancestral Court without breaking the Tianzun seal is remarkable indeed, a divine power beyond fathoming.
Taishi has agreed to do three things for me, so the first shall be to have him help me heal the wounds on Yue Tianzun's body!
But if Grandpa Alchemist can cure them, I will keep that favor in reserve — who knows, it may be of greater use. . . " He entered the Ancestral Court. Suddenly Taishi's voice came from the vertical eye between his brows: "You, surnamed Shen — I remember now! " Shen Mu turned a deaf ear. The Taishi Egg hopped and raged, crying, "We agreed at the start: I saved you from Taisu's hands, and you would do all in your power to help me win back the Taishi lode, and with all your heart search out the Taishi divine stones and the Taishi primal stone for me!
When you were fleeing for your life back then, you had no such conditions to make!
" Shen Mu walked on into the sky over the Ancestral Court, gazing this way and that.
Seeing a great deal more green in the Ancestral Court than before, he was delighted. "Long Pi has the void beasts under control — they no longer devour the things of the Ancestral Court. It will not be many years before the Ancestral Court comes back to life! " "Why do you not speak?
" The ancient god's voice came from the Taishi Egg. "Have you a guilty conscience? Wretch! You say I catch wolves with empty hands — you are the one who catches wolves with empty hands!
And I saved your life, to no purpose!
Come, come — once I break out of this egg, we shall fight three hundred rounds! " Shen Mu hurried along with his lantern, murmuring, "With these plants taking root and sprouting, there should be many spirit roots of heaven and earth in the Ancestral Court. This is a treasure land beyond measure — if I could find a spirit root like the Yuanmu. .
. " "Do not change the subject! " On the Shen-Character Continent the round egg hopped and bounced, plump and stubby, crying, "If you have the guts, hit me once and see — I will shake you to powder!
" "All things in the Ancestral Court are coming back to life — so will the Great Black Wood put out new roots and sprout, an old tree reborn?
" Shen Mu said, overjoyed. ".
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and I will give you a bellyful of fists!
" cried the round egg, countless ancient runes surfacing on its shell. Shen Mu looked around. The Ancestral Court now held a great many more gods and demons — surely the direct subordinates of the Ten Tianzuns, seeking to expand outward from their old territories and carve out more domain.
He saw thousands of void beasts besieging those territories, the slaughter savage.
"Fat Dragon has done well.
" Shen Mu praised him inwardly. As he passed Yan Tianfei's territory, the Taishi Egg at last quieted. It thought, "This lad does keep his word — he really means to trade Her Highness the Empress's mortal body for the Taishi divine stones and primal stone.
" "Pray announce me to the Tianfei, and say that Mu Tianzun has matters of importance to discuss," Shen Mu said politely, asking the god guarding the place to go in and report. After a while, Xiu Hongsu, Yan Tianfei's disciple, came out to greet him, smiling.
"When Mu Tianzun arrived, I thought you had come to blockade the gate again. Just now I was even hiding axemen in ambush, ready to give the word the moment Tianzun stepped through the door — blades and axes all striking at once to cut you down. " Shen Mu laughed. "Xiuxiu, you have a clever tongue — your jests sound like the truth.
Where is your master?