Chapter 1130 — The Treasure of Creation
The Herdsman of the Wasteland · Page 2 of 3
So we choose to stay in Jingping, and in the future make a place for ourselves. " Shen Mu took out the Book of Life and Death, saying: "Since that is so, I will help you this once, and strike your names from the Book of Life and Death, so that the Heavenly Court cannot trace where you have gone. " He shone the Book of Life and Death upon the nine, and worked the Youdu divine art, erasing the nine names from between heaven and earth.
The nine suddenly felt a lightness come over them, and bowed low in thanks. "Since I am to return to the Heavenly Court, I ought also to give the Lapis Lazuli Azure Heaven Banner back to Crown Prince Youming.
" At this thought, Shen Mu sent his spirit-consciousness into the Shen-Character Continent, and was just about to take out the Lapis Lazuli Azure Heaven Banner when he suddenly heard a strange sound, and his heart stirred.
He saw then that within the Shen-Character Continent, the ancient god egg upon the Lapis Lazuli Azure Heaven Banner was giving off a strange Dao-voice, and not far off, the bizarre runes on the surface of the Egg of the Great Beginning shifted without cease, also giving off a wondrous Dao-voice, as though the two ancient god eggs were conversing with each other!
Shen Mu's hair stood on end, but he betrayed nothing; he lifted up a treasure from the Shen-Character Continent and left it.
When he came to fetch the treasure, the sounds from those two enormous ancient god eggs vanished at once, and all was still again.
But once Shen Mu had taken the treasure, the strange Dao-voices of the two ancient god eggs rang out once more! Shen Mu's scalp went numb, his heart pounding wildly: "The Egg of the Great Beginning and that other ancient god egg have both already birthed a spirit-intelligence; the beings inside can converse with each other!
What are they discussing?
" A chill of dread ran through him.
"I cannot give the Lapis Lazuli Azure Heaven Banner to Crown Prince Youming yet!
" Shen Mu steadied himself. Two ancient gods not yet born, conversing within their eggs — he could not help but draw an ominous association.
Of egg-born ancient gods there was at present only one: the Ancient God Heavenly Emperor.
If the ancient gods born from these two eggs came into the world, would they not be two more Ancient God Heavenly Emperors?
One Ancient God Heavenly Emperor was already terrifying in the extreme — dead yet not fallen, and in history guilty of countless evils.
If these two ancient gods joined hands, the harm they could do would surely be greater and wider still!
"I cannot alarm them yet.
" Shen Mu's gaze flickered; he summoned Dragon Qilin and Yan'er, saying: "The heavenly dragons must stay in the Yuan Realm, so I must trouble you two to pull the carriage.
" Dragon Qilin willingly harnessed itself to the traces, and Yan'er ran over and harnessed herself too, saying: "Young Master, when do we set out?
" Shen Mu had scarce climbed into the jeweled carriage when an envoy of the Heavenly Court arrived, reading out the Heavenly Emperor's decree, summoning Gongsun Yan to the Heavenly Court.
These days Gongsun Yan had been cultivating under Granny Zhu, consolidating her cultivation, and learning the Heavenly Court's rites from Ling Yuxiu; she was proper in every advance and retreat.
Yet now that she was to ascend to the Heavenly Court and have audience with the Heavenly Emperor, she was anxious beyond measure.
Shen Mu had her climb into the jeweled carriage, and carried her and the divine official who had read the decree to the Heavenly Court, laughing: "You are not flustered before me; there is even less need to be flustered before the Ten Heavenly Venerables. By rank and seniority, my standing in the Heavenly Court is above the Ten Heavenly Venerables.
" Gongsun Yan's palms were all cold sweat; Shen Mu held her hand, and only then did the girl gradually grow calm. Shen Mu said gravely: "We set out now!