Chapter 1833 — Sweet-Tongued and Ruthless
The Herdsman of the Wasteland · Page 1 of 4
He stepped into the Chaos Sea, and at once the scene before his eyes shifted. Abysses great and small appeared above his head like so many deep wells.
In the Chaos Sea, lotus stalks of unimaginable thickness towered on high, blossom after blossom thrust into the great abysses.
Nor was the surface of the sea occupied by Shen Mu's Guixu lotus leaf alone; there were the Guixu lotus leaves of sixteen other Cosmic Epochs besides.
Arriving here, Shen Mu saw that Young Master Wuji was seated upon one of those leaves, leaning at an angle, scooping up handfuls of chaos water to wash her hair. Her hair was snow-white, yet she herself seemed very young.
Standing on his own lotus leaf, Shen Mu quietly admired the sight.
Young Master Wuji could be counted a peerless beauty; had she not been so wicked, she would have been a woman to stir any heart. After a long while, Young Master Wuji suddenly burst into a giggle.
"Seventh Brother, how much longer do you mean to watch?
" Shen Mu smiled.
"Second Sister washing her hair in the Chaos Sea is a fine sight.
However long you wash, that is how long I shall watch. " "Such a sweet tongue.
" Young Master Wuji lifted her head and shot him a bewitching glare.
"Wherever the Lord of Chaos passes, not a blade of grass survives; and yet when you speak words of love, you can make a heart bloom with delight.
" Shen Mu laughed heartily and glanced about. "When will Second Sister break free of her bonds? " Young Master Wuji asked, startled, "What makes Seventh Brother say such a thing?
" "You replaced the Hongmeng runes with Guixu runes, nibbling away at Teacher's Red Rope Knot Seal bit by bit. I may not have noticed before, but this time, knowing you would be up to mischief, I looked closely—and I still made out a few clues. " Shen Mu raised his head and gazed far off at the five chains that hung down from the great abyss of the Sixteenth Epoch, which were precisely the chains transformed by the divine power of the Red Rope Knot Seal. "In the Red Rope Knot Seal, Teacher ranks first, another ranks second, and I rank third. Your tricks could never escape my eyes.
You have been unraveling the Red Rope Knot Seal for nearly three thousand years, have you not?
When the Kaitian Host borrowed a path through your territory back then, did you come to some agreement with them? " "You think the Kaitian Host unraveled one of the runes in the Red Rope Knot Seal for me? " Young Master Wuji rolled her eyes and smiled.
"Ah, yes.
You believe that the one who is skilled in the Red Rope Knot Seal and ranks above you is the thirty-sixth member of the Kaitian Host, and so you think that person helped me unravel one of the seal's runes. Is that not so?
" Shen Mu did not deny it. Of those who had studied the art of the Red Rope Knot Seal and surpassed him in mastery, the first was its founder, the Master of Miro Palace, and the second was Ling Tianzun!
Ling Tianzun and the thirty-five members of the Kaitian Host were, after all, powers of Heaven Capital.
He suspected that it was Ling Tianzun who had helped Young Master Wuji unravel one rune, giving her the chance to escape. "It was not that Dao-blasphemer, but Third Brother. " Young Master Wuji said leisurely, "To prevent your child from being born, Third Brother asked me to act so that you could not draw power from the long river of chaos—but I would not help him for nothing.
Naturally, he had to pay a price. " Shen Mu breathed a sigh of relief.
Young Master Lingxiao had once been suppressed by him with the Red Rope Knot Seal, so it stood to reason that he had some understanding of it.
So long as it was not Ling Tianzun, Shen Mu could set his mind at ease.