Chapter 1833 — Sweet-Tongued and Ruthless
The Herdsman of the Wasteland · Page 2 of 4
"Of course, the Kaitian Host helped me as well. " Young Master Wuji blinked, looking rather sly. "Their strength is tremendous—would it not have been a shame not to borrow it? These Kaitian folk are none too clever, but their strength is passable enough. When they attacked me, I borrowed their divine powers to wear away Teacher's Red Rope Knot Seal.
Later that smiling-faced man spotted something amiss and, knowing he could do nothing to me, struck a bargain with me.
" Shen Mu gave an oh and asked with keen interest, "What bargain? " Young Master Wuji said with a smile, "They would help me wear away part of the runes, but I had to do them a small favor in return.
" When Shen Mu asked what small favor, Young Master Wuji would not divulge it.
The two fell silent and spoke no more.
After a long while, Shen Mu asked with a smile, "So how much longer until Second Sister breaks free?
" "Guess!
" Beaming, Young Master Wuji gathered her washed silver hair behind her with both hands, snapped off a few strands, and tied the rest up. A silver ponytail flowed down her back, her long hair reaching her waist.
Shen Mu watched her quietly, a smile on his face.
Dragging her five chains, Young Master Wuji paced to and fro on the lotus leaf and said with a grin, "Perhaps tomorrow.
Perhaps ten thousand years from now. And of course, perhaps right now. Take a guess—if you guess right, there is a reward.
" "I am not much in the habit of guessing.
" The vertical eye between Shen Mu's brows opened, and he said mildly, "Ever since I gained strength, I have preferred to search out the answer with my own hands. " Young Master Wuji stopped walking.
"Then what are you still waiting for?
" The two fell silent once more.
The atmosphere gradually grew oppressive.
In the vertical eye between Shen Mu's brows, it was as though endless starry skies surged; then they turned into sun and moon rising and setting, forming the Taiji Wheel; then again into the qi of the Great Plainness, and further into the qi of the Azure Void; then advancing to the Great Beginning, turning into the Great Change, and at last returning to chaos. His aura rose higher and higher, growing ever stronger, as though a deity of chaos stood there, calming the Chaos Sea to windless stillness, until the lotuses and lotus leaves no longer swayed. A Chaos Hall rose slowly from the Chaos Sea, breaking the surface of the water.
As the Cosmic Bell rose from the Chaos Sea, the Five Greats upon its walls revolved without cease, flashing with all manner of dazzling Dao light, as though it were absorbing the energy of chaos. Only when the Chaos Hall had fully emerged from the Chaos Sea did the radiance of the Cosmic Bell slowly subside, though it seemed all the more ancient and weighty.
Young Master Wuji looked toward the Chaos Hall, but its doors were tightly shut, and she could not tell what lay within. Crash—! The Chaos Sea abruptly heaved violently, shattering Shen Mu's suppression, and another great hall rose slowly from the Chaos Sea.
This hall overflowed with Dao light, filled with the vast vitality unique to the Dao of Guixu—vitality as though it could sustain the birth of an entire universe! Yet the doors of this hall too were tightly shut, and what lay within Shen Mu knew no more than before.
This hall was Young Master Wuji's supreme achievement upon the Great Dao—the Wuji Hall!
Young Master Wuji was indeed very near to breaking free; she could even summon her Wuji Hall over from Miro Palace!
At the same time, violent rumbling issued from one Guixu abyss after another, and Guixu lotus blossoms vanished one after another. Beneath Young Master Wuji's feet a lotus blossom appeared, then the first tier of the lotus platform, then the second, the third. .
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Shen Mu's pupils suddenly contracted; his gaze remained fixed on the lotus platform.