Chapter 1229 — Junior, Stand Down
The Herdsman of the Wasteland · Page 1 of 3
Lin Xuan sighed and said, "If I were to learn it, I would have to use the nineteenth form of the sword, the Tribulation-Answering Sword, to break apart the Heavenly Palace and the Seven Great Divine Treasuries that I cultivated through a thousand hardships. Under such crushing weight, who could come through unscathed? Who among men is as overbearing as you? They would surely be crushed to death.
" He paused, then went on, "And ordinary people probably cannot cultivate it at all. No one at the martial artist realm has such surging vital essence as to open up chaos, to cleave heaven and earth apart within the mind and establish a small universe there, much less gather the spiritual qi and spiritual power within the body to form a spirit fetus. " "How powerful are you? Yet even you have only now gained the ability to establish this cultivation system. Who else has such abundant capital?
" Shen Mu frowned slightly. Lin Xuan said, "If this art of yours is to be passed on, if it is to be handed down through the ages, then it can only be pared down, its threshold lowered.
And if the threshold is lowered, then those of later generations will not be as powerful as you.
" He thought for a moment and said, "Even so, it would still be far stronger than the Divine Treasury and Heavenly Palace system. " Shen Mu considered carefully for a while, then nodded and said with feeling, "You are right. I am a little too strong; I assumed others were as strong as I am, never considering that I have an Overlord Body.
" Lin Xuan's face darkened. He gripped the hilt of his Dao sword, itching to draw it and cut him down, then slowly released it and gave a cold snort.
"If I could beat you. . .
" At last, Shen Mu mastered the Innate Qi, but he could not cultivate the Great Numerology Dao Domain, so he took his leave. "I am thinking of making a trip to the Western Lands, to see Xu Shenghua.
" Dao Lord Lin Xuan's eyes lit up. With great restraint and utmost courtesy he said, "If Xu Shenghua challenges you, you must go all out; do not give him any opening.
" Shen Mu understood. "I know. Rest assured.
" Dao Lord Lin Xuan breathed a sigh of relief and saw him off with great warmth, escorting Shen Mu a long way before reluctantly turning back to the Daoist Gate.
Shen Mu walked on, lantern in hand, and before he knew it he had come to the center of the Yuan Realm. The Yuan Tree stood lush and verdant, shrouding half the Yuan Realm; Heavenly Venerable Xiao's Heavenly Palace floated amid its crown, while Heavenly Venerable Yu floated to one side.
Shen Mu was about to pass by the Yuan Tree when a voice suddenly called out, "Heavenly Venerable Mu, halt! " Shen Mu stopped and turned to look. It was the master of the Heavenly Prison, the Left Junior Assistant Yan Shaoqing.
Yan Shaoqing looked as though he were seeing him for the first time. He stepped forward and saluted.
"Heavenly Venerable Mu, Heavenly Venerable Xiao wishes to see you.
" "Heavenly Venerable Xiao wishes to see me? " Shen Mu pondered for a moment, then raised his head to look at Heavenly Venerable Xiao's Heavenly Palace.
Yan Shaoqing watched him, uneasy at heart.
He was no ordinary man; his attainments in spiritual consciousness were the highest openly acknowledged in the Heavenly Court, and the Ten Heavenly Venerables all looked to him to create a spiritual consciousness art of the Emperor Throne level.
Of course, at least three in the Heavenly Court surpassed him in spiritual consciousness, only hidden in the shadows.
They were the Grand Emperor's Heavenly Consort Qiang, Gong Yun, Heavenly Venerable Gong, and the son of Heavenly Venerable Gong and the Heavenly Emperor, the Divine Emperor Langxuan. These three concealed their identities and kept a low profile, so on the surface it was still the Left Junior Assistant Yan Shaoqing whose spiritual consciousness attainments were the highest. Though Yan Shaoqing's cultivation in spiritual consciousness was high, it was too crude.