Chapter 1221 — Stubborn to the Bone
The Herdsman of the Wasteland · Page 1 of 3
Wei Suifeng watched his junior brother in such a fever of excitement, and then saw him fall suddenly calm, and knew that his junior brother was finished.
"He has surely settled on some rotten scheme, and made up his mind to go through with it alone — the kind that ten thousand kui dragons could not drag back."
Wei Suifeng sighed inwardly: "The master used to say my temper was stubborn, that there was no brain in my skull, only a knot of stubborn sinew, and that I acted rashly. But how could I ever compare with my second junior brother? His head is not merely full of stubborn sinew — the whole man is one stubborn tendon!"
Shen Mu at once set about putting his plan into effect, though this remaking of himself was a project of immense scale.
He could only calm his mind and, little by little, comprehend the Egg of the Great Beginning, the Egg of the Great Inception, the Way of the Great Simplicity and the Way of the Great Ultimate, recording down the various runes of the great Dao, those he understood and those he did not.
As for the chaos ore vein and the Way of the Great Change, Shen Mu decided to pay them no heed; he would simply bury the eggshell of the Great Change in his divine treasury, and whether or not a chaos ore vein was born of it was no concern of his.
He made detailed plans and designs, and when all was ready, Heavenly Venerable Yue returned at last, hurrying to see them. Before two words had passed between them, a maidservant came to announce: "Venerable One, Heavenly Venerable Fire is here."
Heavenly Venerable Yue said in surprise: "What brings Heavenly Venerable Fire to my door?"
She frowned deeply and said to Shen Mu: "Among those who besieged and slew Heavenly Venerable Cloud in those years was Heavenly Venerable Fire. I hated him for a long time, and it was because of him that I withdrew from the world and lived in seclusion for more than a hundred thousand years. And yet it was also Heavenly Venerable Fire who urged me to come out of seclusion."
Shen Mu said flatly: "Heavenly Venerable Fire cannot be trusted!"
Heavenly Venerable Yue laughed: "Set your mind at ease. I know my limits, and I am on my guard against Heavenly Venerable Fire. But of the eight Heavenly Venerables of the human race in those days — Heavenly Venerable Yu and Heavenly Venerable Cloud are dead, Heavenly Venerable Shen and Heavenly Venerable Mu are in the future, Heavenly Venerable You has withdrawn to Youdu — only Heavenly Venerable Ling, Heavenly Venerable Fire and I remain. If we do not act for the human race, then no one will act for the human race."
She rose and departed.
Shen Mu could not help growing anxious; the energy within him grew unstable, and his body shone ever more brilliantly.
Suddenly Wei Suifeng pressed a hand on his shoulder and said in a low voice: "Junior brother, the past can only be remembered; the future still holds promise. History is history — one may take part in it, but one cannot change it. What you must do now is hold fast to your own heart, be neither impatient nor rash, and do the task before you as well as it can be done, without the slightest flaw."
Shen Mu drew a long breath and smoothed the restless disorder in his heart: "You are right. You are right..."
He calmed himself once more and examined the plans and designs he had made.
He must seize this chance of being transformed into a body of energy to design his primordial fetus divine treasury to the utmost perfection.
He checked it several more times and found no error in it; only then did he activate the Taiji origin stone and slowly remake his primordial fetus divine treasury.
Before long Heavenly Venerable Yue returned. Seeing that Shen Mu was restoring his fleshly body, she did not dare disturb him and was about to leave, when Wei Suifeng came forward and asked: "Venerable One, what did Heavenly Venerable Fire come to see you about?"