Chapter 29 — A Small Lie Draws Out an Old Mystery
The Herdsman of the Wasteland · Page 1 of 3
Shen Mu said with the utmost reverence, "Rest assured, Senior. This junior has cultivated since childhood; my kidney-water is abundant and my primal yang full. My eyesight is excellent—I can see in the dark, so naturally I can see clearly.
" The figure on the wall swayed once, but made no further move; instead it went on revealing the mysteries of circulating vital essence. The third seal of the Great Perfection Seal was the Great Wisdom-Light Seal, and its circulation was far more complex.
The paths of vital essence within that dark shadow moved faster and faster, and even with Shen Mu's Lingxiao Heaven Eye opened he could not fully catch the trajectories of their flow, which left him itching to step into the side hall. Shen Mu hesitated, then set one foot inside the hall's doorway while keeping the other outside, and at last he could just barely catch the routes of the vital essence. He memorized with all his might, but soon the figure on the wall had run through the Great Wisdom-Light Seal once. He tried to activate it, and though he could perform the seal, he kept feeling that something was missing.
He had not fully memorized the circulation routes of the Great Wisdom-Light Seal. "This is the fourth seal of the Great Perfection Seal, and the strongest of them all.
All the power of the first three seals will merge into this one. " The figure on the wall seemed more and more feeble, the shadow smaller and smaller, the voice lower and lower, as it said, "But this seal is even more complex. I fear you will not be able to see it clearly. " "Do not worry, Senior.
" Shen Mu showed a simple, artless smile.
"This junior has had abundant kidney-water and full primal yang since childhood. My eyesight is very good—I can still barely make it out.
" The figure fell silent, its voice growing fainter and fainter, and sighed, "But I cannot hold on any longer. Come in. At the four corners of the hall there are four bronze spikes driven into the ground.
Pull them up.
They are pinned into my back. Once they are pulled out, I can catch my breath, and once I catch my breath, I can transmit the complete seal method to you.
" Its voice was soft. "You have not yet learned the Great Wisdom-Light Seal in full, have you? The Great Wisdom-Light Seal is very complex, but its power is also extreme. If you have not learned it completely, you cannot bring out its full might. And the strongest seal is the fourth—the Great Perfection Demon Seal! Pull out the spikes.
. . " "Senior, I think I will not learn it after all. " Shen Mu shook his head, drew his left foot back out of the hall, and said, "It is too troublesome.
I am very stupid.
Most likely I would not learn it. " The figure trembled and coaxed him gently, "I can teach you a second time, as long as you pull out the spikes.
. .
" Shen Mu looked even more troubled and shook his head. "Senior just said you would teach only once. If I made you teach a second time, would that not make you break your word?
This junior would feel even more guilty.
I am so stupid—I would fail your expectations. " "No, you are very clever. " The figure's voice grew softer still, as if a kindly elder were instructing a junior, and said gently, "You learned the Demon-God Divine Power Seal and the Nether-Demon Freedom Seal after seeing them only once. The Great Wisdom-Light Seal, too, you learned seven or eight parts of in a single viewing. Your aptitude is extremely high; if you watch once more, you will surely master the Great Wisdom-Light Seal. I admire your talent and cleverness, and I can break my word once to teach you a second time. .
. " Here the voice halted abruptly, then turned cold with a chilling edge.
"You tricked me out of my cultivation method?
" Shen Mu said, startled, "Why does Senior say that?