Chapter 1316 — The Earth Mother's Fall into Evil
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Yantian Fei's gaze flickered. "I want my body back first.
Once you have obtained the primordial stone, then you may give me Hao'er's blood!
" Shen Mu promptly brought out the Empress's coffin and set it upright before her.
Yantian Fei swept a sleeve, and the coffin lid opened; she looked her own body up and down. Within, besides the body of the Empress, lay another — the body of Jue Wuchen, the woman for whom Taichu the Heaven Emperor had died.
That Shen Mu had given her Jue Wuchen's body was plainly no kindness; his purpose was to sow discord between her and Xiao Tianzun. Yantian Fei knew this perfectly well, but her feud with Taichu the Heaven Emperor was already irreconcilable, and possessing Jue Wuchen's body was, to her, a flower upon brocade.
"Mu Tianzun, which of your hands touched my body? " Yantian Fei asked suddenly.
Shen Mu's heart lurched.
A flash of light streaked past, and both his hands were severed at the wrist!
"Which hand no longer matters.
" Yantian Fei said indifferently, "Cutting off both together is simplest. I detest foul men touching my body — beautiful men, of course, excepted.
" Shen Mu, face dark, circulated the Mystic Body Three-Cinnabar Art, and two new hands grew out.
"Cutting off your hands gives me no sense of accomplishment at all.
" Yantian Fei admired the two peerless beauties in the coffin and said leisurely, "You may enter the mining district at any time and dig for the primordial stone. After you die, I will enter the district and take Hao'er's blood and your other treasures from your corpse. " Shen Mu said in a low voice, "I need some time to prepare. Every ore vein is incomparably perilous; to enter without ample preparation is to throw one's life away!
" "As you please. " Yantian Fei's consciousness suddenly entered Jue Wuchen's body.
The peerless woman in the imperial coffin stepped out of it, like Langwan in her maiden years; every movement of hers tugged at the soul.
Controlling Jue Wuchen, Yantian Fei spun and danced before Shen Mu, light as a swallow, her figure alluring. "Do I look beautiful? " Her gaze was indescribably bewitching, her voice steeped in a tenderness like water.
Shen Mu stared, transfixed, and blurted out without thinking, "Beautiful! " "Foul man!
" Yantian Fei abruptly withdrew her consciousness and said coldly, "Not one of them is any good!
" Shen Mu was dumbfounded.
Yantian Fei's temper was truly strange; this woman's thoughts were utterly unfathomable.
He was about to leave the side palace hall when a young general in silver armor, bearing a silver spear, came in from outside.
He was strikingly handsome; he cast Shen Mu a wary glance and gave a cold snort. Shen Mu smiled slightly.
"Xiao Qi. " The young general abruptly transformed into a white cat and darted past him, then leaped up; Yantian Fei opened her arms, and the white cat jumped into her embrace, nuzzled against her, and said, "Your Highness, regarding these giant beasts, I have already discovered a few clues. " He did not continue, but glanced warily at Shen Mu.
Yantian Fei shot Shen Mu a look, but Shen Mu showed not the slightest intention of leaving; instead he stopped, and his ears even grew a little larger — plainly he did not mean to miss anything interesting.
"Xiao Qi, Mu Tianzun is no outsider. Speak on," said Yantian Fei. Hearing this, the white cat could not help showing hostility toward Shen Mu; the fur on its tail bristled, and it gave a low, threatening growl. Then it said, "In the Ancestral Court I found scattered altars.
These altars are used for sacrifice, to forcibly drag the giant beasts that live on the reverse side of the various worlds into the Ancestral Court.
Though the altars are well hidden, I still found some of them. On the altars is the aura left by an old acquaintance of Your Highness. Does Your Highness still remember the Xuandu tragedy?
" Yantian Fei's heart stirred slightly, and she nodded gently.