Chapter 1498 — The Origin of That Fragrant Hall

The Hundred Thousand Sacred Mountains were in a mighty uproar. When Shen Mu and Lan Yutian arrived, they heard the Lame Elder boasting to the Silent Artisan and the Blind Elder, telling how he had gone in and out of the Heavenly Court seven times over, coming and going without god or ghost knowing, as though he had walked into a land where no one lived. The Blind Elder rolled his eyes again and again; the Silent Artisan gaped and could not get a word out; and the rest of them, Xu Shenghua, Jiang Yunjian, and the others, were filled with admiration.

Shen Mu walked up and saw the Lame Elder standing before an enormous eggshell, in which there was still some primal fluid, and the Lame Elder, generous to a fault, was handing out the primal fluid from the shell to the crowd. Catching sight of them, the Lame Elder said joyfully, "Little Shen is back!

Fatty Lan is back too! Little Fatty, did you steal the Pixiang Hall? " Shen Mu hurried forward; at the sight of that eggshell his face changed slightly, and he blurted out, "This is the other half of the Heavenly Duke Taichu's eggshell?

" The Lame Elder, smug beyond measure, planted his hands on his hips and said, "I stole it! With unmatched speed, and wasting countless treasures and several emperor corpses besides, I finally carried this treasure off!

" Shen Mu saw that everyone was standing around the eggshell holding pots, bowls, ladles, and basins, and that those vessels held unmistakably Taichu primal fluid. He stamped his foot.

"You drank it? " Granny Zhu hastily turned her head away, quietly wiped the corner of her mouth, and only then turned back, her face perfectly composed. Seeing this, Hua Xuanxiu also quietly wiped the corner of her mouth, then poked the young Patriarch in the ribs and whispered, "Wenyuan, there is still egg fluid at the corner of your mouth.

. . " The young Patriarch hastily wiped his mouth and asked, "Is there any left?

" Hua Xuanxiu studied him closely, wiped it for him once more, and said, "It is gone. " The young Patriarch was relieved.

The Lame Elder said in surprise, "If we do not drink it, were we supposed to keep it? There is plenty of egg fluid in this shell, and I can share some with you as well.

It is especially fragrant.

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" Shen Mu did not know whether to laugh or cry, and veins stood out one by one on his forehead. "This is the Heavenly Duke Taichu's egg fluid.

He emerged into the world early, and the egg fluid was never fully refined. Now he has obtained the Taichu lode and has the means to refine the primal fluid. Stealing his eggshell is one thing, but why steal the egg fluid as well? If he is to attain the Dao, he must take back every drop of the primal fluid, every primal stone, and all the divine consciousness; even the Creator clan, even the Great Emperor and Celestial Venerable Gong, must die once so that he may reclaim their divine consciousness! How much did you drink? " Jiang Yunjian, holding up a washbasin, said, "This primal fluid smells fragrant, but it has no taste at all when you drink it. . .

" Shen Mu glared at him fiercely and said in anger, "The Dao of Taichu is the innate one-qi and divine consciousness, born out of chaos.

It would be strange if it had any taste! " Jiang Yunjian lowered his head and did not dare speak.

After all, Shen Mu was his sworn father, and away from home Shen Mu had the right to discipline him on his parents' behalf.

Everyone looked at Shen Mu with pleading eyes; plainly they had all drunk the Taichu primal fluid. Shen Mu paced back and forth, then suddenly sighed.

"Enough, enough.

Celestial Venerable Xiao wants to destroy the Great Emperor and wipe out the Creators; in the future he will surely set himself against us. What is drunk is drunk. At worst, we kill him.

" The crowd cheered.

Lan Yutian rushed straight over and cried, "Grandpa Lame, give me a basin too! " Shen Mu said hastily, "Do not drink too much! This kind of primal fluid must be refined with Taichu divine stones and Taichu primal stones! Otherwise it will stagnate inside you and will surely damage your bodies and primordial spirits, with not the slightest benefit!

I know from experience! " Wei Suifeng called out, "Junior Brother, since you have eaten your way to experience, there is no need to give you a share!

" Lan Yutian said joyfully, "Celestial Venerable Xiao has been exiled. We can take advantage of the emptiness of the Taichu lode and go there to steal Taichu divine stones to refine the primal fluid!

" Another cheer went up.

Shen Mu said hurriedly, "A Celestial Venerable's treasure of Celestial Venerable Xiao holds that place down.

We must not act rashly! " The Lame Elder said excitedly, "We could go even into the Heavenly Duke's own harem. How could we fear the Taichu lode and a Celestial Venerable's treasure?

We will bring the Glazed Azure Heaven Banner.

Silent Artisan, all these years you have been forging the Glazed Azure Heaven Banner, is it fit for use? " The Silent Artisan sneered; the Blind Elder crossed his arms over his chest and snorted coldly, "Of course it is fit for use! " Shen Mu's face darkened.

He waited until they had worn themselves out with their commotion, then stepped forward to look at the Taichu primal fluid in the eggshell. Though little remained, it was still enough to fill several water vats. He put away the remaining primal fluid, thought for a moment, and summoned Jiang Yunjian. "Yunjian, take this primal fluid and set off at once for the Land of No Sorrow.

Give it to Divine King Langwan, and tell her she need not refine the Great Emperor's divine consciousness; refining the primal fluid alone will help her raise her attainments in divine consciousness. " Jiang Yunjian hastily took the primal fluid and asked, "The Land of No Sorrow is sealed off now.

How am I to get in? " "Go first to the Yuan Realm, then on to the Peach Grove.

Once you are there you will meet the maidservants attending Celestial Venerable Yue.

They will take you in. " Jiang Yunjian accepted the order and hurried away. Shen Mu took out the piece of eggshell he had stolen earlier and compared it with the shell the Lame Elder had stolen; they fit together perfectly, and he could not help smiling.

"Celestial Venerable Xiao, Xiao Weisu; the Heavenly Duke Taichu; the Great Emperor of the Juyu clan. At last I have a means to deal with you, and at last I have a means to rescue Celestial Venerable Ling!

" He could not help laughing aloud, and the laughter grew louder and louder, until it became a great roar that shook the mountains. "My junior brother's laughter really does sound like an evil demon king whose plot is about to succeed," Wei Suifeng said to Granny Zhu.

Granny Zhu immediately grew wary and admonished him, "Founding Patriarch, we are the Heavenly Sacred Sect, not the Dark Demon Sect! If the beam above is crooked, that does not mean the beams below are!

" Wei Suifeng was left tongue-tied. Shen Mu put away the Taichu eggshell; at last one burden was lifted from his mind. Lan Yutian brought out the Pixiang Hall.

When the great hall appeared, countless seals could be seen, densely layered, sealing the shrine so tightly that not a breath of air could pass, and among them were ancient god seals, demigod seals, the seals of Emperor Throne powerhouses, and the seals of the Ten Celestial Venerables!

Among them all, the seal of the ancient god Heavenly Duke was the most striking.

Of these many seals, the ancient god seals numbered nearly two thousand kinds, and the vast majority of them they had never seen before! Shen Mu even found among them the seal of the Great Emperor! Shen Mu's heart stirred slightly. "This Pixiang Hall is older than we imagined.

It is not a building of the Longhan Heavenly Court era, but comes from the Primordial Era before Longhan!

" Lan Yutian asked curiously, "The Primordial Era? Then what did the ancient gods of the Primordial Era use this hall to suppress?