Chapter 1349 — He Who Rears Men Is Made Livestock
The Herdsman of the Wasteland · Page 2 of 3
"Of course I am not going to get myself killed—I am perfectly certain I can subdue those prehistoric divine weapons! " He gave them some instructions, and then saw the First Ancestor Human Emperor and the rest leading the younger generation—Jiang Yunjian and his fellows—back from beyond, mounted on several primordial behemoths they had captured and ridden as beasts of burden; the young men sat atop the great beasts in high delight, looking very imposing indeed. "Perhaps Jingping might raise an army of behemoths.
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. " Shen Mu turned the matter over in his mind, then went to see Dragon Qilin and Yan'er, took out that Void Beast egg, and said: "The Void Beasts in the Great Void may no longer be alive. This egg may be the last Void Beast of all; if it hatches, it will be a mother beast! You must guard it with the greatest care, and not let the line die out.
" Dragon Qilin was overjoyed, and made haste to take charge of the egg, but Yan'er snatched it away, laughing: "The nest I built last time for that great round egg is still there—just the thing for hatching this Void Beast egg! " Shen Mu watched her hurry off, then looked at Dragon Qilin. "Fat Dragon, what was it you wanted to show me?
" Dragon Qilin hastened to present his treasures, leading Shen Mu into the heart of the Hundred Thousand Black Mountains, where palace after palace had been raised, every one of them bound with seals and prohibitions. Dragon Qilin came before one of the palaces, undid the seals and prohibitions, pushed open the doors, and said with a smile: "Please look, Sect Master!
" Shen Mu walked into the hall, and his eyes glazed over: the great hall glittered with treasure light of every hue, and heaps of divine metals and divine materials from every vein were piled up like mountains, each kind sorted and arranged in perfect order. Walking among these treasures, he saw a dozen or so vats besides, which surely held Hongmeng Essence Liquid; the liquid's aura could not be concealed, and seeped out, lending the divine metals and materials beside them an incomparable luster.
Then he saw the Taishi divine stones from the Taishi vein—few in number, yet still more than two hundred pieces. His gaze was drawn next to the Taisu divine stones, which were more plentiful, three hundred-odd pieces.
Most plentiful of all were the Taiji divine stones, heaped up like a mountain. Dragon Qilin stood before the Taiji divine stones, smug as could be, his tail raised upright like a flagpole overgrown with scales. Shen Mu did not know whether to laugh or to cry.
"Fat Dragon, these Taiji divine stones are all fakes. Not one of them is real. " Dragon Qilin was struck dumb, then hurried to turn and examine them—yet the stones were in truth exactly like true Taiji divine stones, and no difference could be told.
"The vein that Divine Emperor Langxuan occupies is a false Taiji vein; you have seen the real one. " Shen Mu stepped forward, picked up a Taiji divine stone, and with a flicker of thought the stone suddenly dissolved into a wisp of yin and yang qi and vanished.
"This is a blinding trick made by the ancient god in the Taiji vein. It may serve to fool Divine Emperor Langxuan, but it cannot fool me.
" Dragon Qilin was left gaping.
Shen Mu said with a smile: "Of all the things you have plundered, the most valuable are still the Taishi and Taisu divine stones. But there is no need to do such things from now on.
Celestial Venerable Gong Yun and I have some old affection between us, so I can claim a tenth of the Taisu divine stones from her; and I have an agreement with Celestial Consort Yan, through which I obtained half the divine stones of her vein. From now on they will deliver them to me of their own accord.
" Dragon Qilin hung his head in dejection, his raised tail slowly drooping. Shen Mu said with a smile: "Still, you have solved a great problem for me.