Chapter 1608 — The Wheel Turns Without a Sound

The seven of us are in effect disciples of the master of Miluo Palace. We call him teacher, though he never acknowledged us.

Each of us comprehended something different from his runes, and our achievements differ accordingly. But as his heirs, we naturally know his dao chains very well. " Shen Mu's heart stirred slightly. All seven young masters of Miluo Palace were heirs of its master? They had comprehended their dao arts and divine powers from a single rune created by the master of Miluo Palace?

Shen Mu himself could not say, but he had seen the Fourth Young Master, a being whom even the great calamity of a universe's destruction could not efface, dreadfully powerful beyond all bounds — so how powerful must the master of Miluo Palace have been in life?

The woman's white hair drifted and swayed beneath the sea; her face slowly circled the lotus leaf, and no body could be seen beneath it.

She said, "Old Seven, just now I saw in your divine art the shadow of his rune, which means that by this time you have met him and received his inheritance. That being so, it is possible for you to touch his red cords and still come back alive. Therefore, go up together with the goddesses of Guixu and cut those red cords!

" Shen Mu raised his head and looked up. One thick dao chain of Miluo Palace after another hung down from the vast, unfathomable darkness, and the darkness spun and twisted, destroying all things. "Second Sister, you say teacher imprisoned you — then why did he imprison you? " He asked suddenly, "The master of Miluo Palace may be called the mightiest being in the world. If he imprisoned you, he must have had his reasons. " Suddenly, with a clatter, the huge face beneath the Chaos Sea rose upright before the lotus leaf; the woman's head surfaced from the sea, white hair flying.

Dao chains of Miluo Palace pierced her face one after another, pinning her fast, and the chains began again to pour out their power, restraining her strength. And yet she could still bring forth boundless power!

She had just proved as much, with the twin lotuses for weapons!

If she wished to kill Shen Mu, it would cost her no effort at all! Shen Mu raised his head and looked straight at her, gaze unswerving, without a trace of fear in his eyes.

"The rascal does have a manly air about him. .

. " Yuanmu murmured, almost a moan.

The Empress snorted.

"He simply does not know death when he sees it!

" The woman's streaming white hair flew and danced around Shen Mu; the dao markings bursting from the chains locked her fast, sealing her again and again, so that she shuddered ceaselessly as if struck by lightning — yet strand after strand of that white hair remained utterly steady, in no disorder at all.

After a while, the killing intent in the woman's eyes slowly dispersed, and she sank once more into the Chaos Sea.

Indifferently she said, "He is mad, and there is nothing he will not do.

How should I know why he imprisoned me?

Old Seven, your curiosity is too keen. There are things you should not ask now; in the future you will know them. Why be in such a hurry?

" She changed her tack: "Goddesses of Guixu, so long as you go up with Old Seven and cut the red cords, I can resolve your affliction. You are too worthless by far — to have made yourselves into this! Truly you have thrown away the face of our Guixu line! But once you fuse completely, you will become the mightiest beings in the world, with no match under heaven! " Yuanmu and the Empress were greatly moved.

The reason they had become as they were was that the ancient god of Taiji had run wild and forcibly fused them. But if this Second Young Master of Miluo Palace could resolve their hidden peril, then all the power, wealth and standing in the world would be within easy reach! Shen Mu smiled slightly. "Second Sister, you make empty promises and give us nothing, yet you would have us climb up and sell our lives for you. As for whether we can come back alive, that is only your word.

How are we to know you are not deceiving us?

" "Silence, you old villain!

" The Empress scolded. "Heavenly Venerable Mu, how dare you speak so to your senior?

" She turned and saluted the woman beneath the Chaos Sea. "Senior, do not blame him. Heavenly Venerable Mu speaks without thinking and has no gate on his mouth, but his words are rough, not wrong; he has voiced the doubts of us sisters as well.

" Lady Yuanmu turned around and said with a smile, "Senior, you tried just now to trick us into our deaths.

It is hard to believe you will not trick us again.

Pray, Senior, first teach us the method to resolve our affliction, and then we shall climb up and help you out of your plight. " The Empress said, "Though we have cultivated the Great Heavenly Court, our attainment of the dao is incomplete. We beg Senior to teach us how to plant the dao tree, open the dao flower, and bear the dao fruit.

" Yuanmu took up the thread: "If Senior would guide us, we sisters would be endlessly grateful, and would go through fire and water without a thought! " Shen Mu could not get a word in at all; the two sisters had already said everything he meant to say, and he was left staring open-mouthed, secretly admiring them: "The Empress and her sister — not one of them is easy to deal with! " He thought a moment, then added, "Second Sister, they have their demands.

We may be true brother and sister born of different fathers and different mothers, but little brother has a demand of his own. I want a twin lotus flower.

You see. .

. " The woman beneath the sea looked at them coldly, and for a long while said nothing. The Empress and her sister and Shen Mu grew uneasy at heart, thinking, "Have we opened our mouths too wide?

" They were about to ask for less when the woman beneath the sea said indifferently, "So you are still so primitive. Heh heh, who says that attaining the dao requires planting a dao tree, opening a dao flower, and bearing a dao fruit? "