Chapter 1313 — The Giant Shadow Returns
The Herdsman of the Wasteland · Page 2 of 3
He had no choice but to stand obediently and take the willow branch and small iron bucket from Taiyi, then reluctantly mend that expanse of heaven and earth. At first, mending the Great Black Mountain had been interesting and new, but in the years since Shen Mu left, they had been helping Taiyi mend it, and they had long since grown tired of it. Consort Yan's messenger was Xiu Hongsu.
Bearing the consort's invitation, she bowed and offered it forward: "Mu Tianzun, Her Ladyship the Consort has come; please move your steps to meet her. " "Wait a moment, Xiu Xiu.
" Shen Mu went to find the Egg of the Primordial Beginning.
The great egg had been placed by Yan'er in a bird's nest to hatch, and beside it were flowers arranged in a ring. Because the void beasts were under Long Qilin's control, the Ancestral Court had gradually recovered its vigor, and flowers, grass, and trees had grown anew. The Egg of the Primordial Beginning felt as though a weight had been lifted—it truly could not endure Yan'er's attentive care—and hurried away with Shen Mu, leaving Yan'er somewhat regretful.
Long Qilin hurried up and said: "Patriarch, these days I have been controlling and drilling the void beasts and obtained many treasures. They are all stored in the treasury of our Hundred Thousand Sacred Mountains.
Please find time to look them over. " He wore an expectant expression.
Shen Mu laughed: "I'll first go to Consort Yan's gathering and look at them when I return. Oh, Long Pi, the Grand Emperor has been reborn. In the future, he will surely try to take back the Void Mother Beast, and use the mother to command the other void beasts.
The Ancestral Court may well face a calamity.
Ask Taiyi more about it, and see what he has in mind. " "The Grand Emperor? " Long Qilin was awed. Shen Mu walked toward Xiu Hongsu, and Long Qilin hurried after him: "Patriarch, won't you look in on our own treasury? " Shen Mu was troubled and said: "This matter is urgent.
I am going to negotiate with Consort Yan and obtain some Primordial Divine Stones.
When I return, I will certainly look at the treasures you have gathered. " Long Qilin, seeing an outsider present, had to hold his tongue.
He watched Shen Mu and Xiu Hongsu leave, thinking: "Primordial Divine Stones? We have plenty in our treasury. The stones that Xiu Hongsu and her people dug out—I've taken almost all of them, and they're sitting in our treasury.
Let me count the days: today is when the Ancestral God King's domain sends its excavated treasures back to the heavenly court. I should be on my way as well. . . " He let out a low roar, and an immensely towering void beast emerged from the depths of the void. Long Qilin leaped onto the back of this Void Mother Beast and shouted: "Awaken your children—we're going raiding!
" The Void Mother Beast was even stronger than before, its body several times larger; it shook the bone mountains on its back, and because the bones were hollow, the air flowing through them let out shrill shrieks.
Countless void beasts emerged from the void and, in a vast, overwhelming host, swept away with Long Qilin and the Void Mother Beast at their center. Shen Mu sat in Xiu Hongsu's treasure chariot, which was very fast, for it was Consort Yan's own carriage.
At that moment, Shen Mu suddenly sensed ripples in the void. He pushed open the carriage window and looked out into the void.
Strange to say, ever since Taiyi had dripped a drop of water into his vertical eye, the vertical eye in the middle of his brow could easily see through everything in the Ancestral Court—even the void itself! He saw, in the depths of the void, countless void beasts dashing along like a wolf pack, and at their center was a mother beast of an even grander frame.
And on the mother beast's back, he saw Long Qilin standing there! "What is Fatty Long up to now?