Chapter 1504 — Setting a Trap in Secret
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The schoolmaster fumed, "Are you a thief? You're always worrying someone will plot against you! " "That's right, I am a thief. " Shen Mu made no denial.
First he had the scholar beneath the tree release Lan Yutian and the rest. When all of them had recovered their senses and come to stand behind him, Shen Mu finally swore on the rod that after he left, he would not take so much as half a step into the Hall of Pervading Fragrance.
As soon as the oath was made, Shen Mu felt his consciousness connect to the rod.
Not only to the rod—in an instant his thinking and awareness connected with the Dao Tree, the Dao Flowers, and the Dao Fruits within the fragment of the Great Luo Heaven! Shen Mu's countenance shifted. He immediately severed that thread of consciousness and said coldly, "You set a trap for me?
" Boom! He lifted the Glazed Azure-Sky Banner and smashed the schoolmaster in front of him into pieces. The scholar beneath the tree burst into loud laughter.
"Praise my name, and be granted eternal life!
You guessed right—I, the Primordial Sage, attained the Dao through faith.
When you swore, you recited my name, and that helped me break free!
Even if you sever your consciousness, as long as the oath remains, wherever you are, you will provide me sustenance without end! " Shen Mu's face turned livid. With a flick of his sleeve, he gathered everyone into his third eye, leaving only the Lame Elder and Lan Yutian, and turned away. From the schoolroom came the sound of clear chanting again, swirling through Shen Mu's mind without stopping for a long time.
The Lame Elder's face was full of worry, and he said quietly, "Shen'er, that scoundrel set a trap for you? Is it serious?
" "Not serious.
We'll talk once we're out!
" The three reached the front of the hall.
Outside, the layers of seals were even more complicated than when they had gone in.
Shen Mu looked at Lan Yutian and the Lame Elder and said, "The Primordial Sage of the Miluo Palace exploited my oath to imprint the school's chanting into my Dao heart, making me recite along against my will. It doesn't affect me yet, but the longer it goes, the stronger it gets. As things stand, I no longer have enough confidence to leave this place by myself. Can you take me out with you? " The Lame Elder carried Shen Mu on his back and said in a deep voice, "Don't worry—even if I die of exhaustion, I can still get you out.
" The two of them stepped back, then suddenly accelerated and charged into the layers of seals. Shen Mu closed his eyes and composed his mind, resisting the chanting from within.
He then unfolded the Domain of the Primordial Embryo's Divine Treasury, letting his own cultivation power pour ceaselessly into the two men's bodies to make up for what they had consumed.
All the way, they traveled as fast as wind and lightning. The Lame Elder pushed his speed to the absolute limit; the skin of his legs burst open, blood burning, as he strove forward to keep pace with Lan Yutian. After more than ten days, even though Shen Mu's cultivation power sustained them, the Lame Elder's physical strength could not be replenished.
He exhausted his physical strength and could only hold on stubbornly by sheer willpower. Lan Yutian slowed down.
The Lame Elder clenched his teeth and rasped, "Don't stop. If we stop, no one gets out.
" Lan Yutian had no choice but to steel himself and charge on. Two days later, Lan Yutian burst through the layers of seals around the Hall of Pervading Fragrance.
He looked back but did not see the Lame Elder or Shen Mu, and his heart sank.
Boom—A tremor sounded, and a figure covered in blood, wreathed in blazing fire, burst out of the seals, tumbling into a black mountain. The people outside the hall rushed forward and saw the Lame Elder burned black all over like charcoal, with Shen Mu lying beside him.
They were about to approach, but Shen Mu had already climbed to his feet.