Chapter 1565 — The Treasure Ship's Peculiar Quirk
The Herdsman of the Wasteland · Page 2 of 4
" The Sun Ancient God frowned and was about to speak, when Lady Taiyin said, "It is his loss that he will not use us, not ours! Brother Taichu invited us long ago. We will go and aid Taichu, help him defeat every rival and seize the world! " The Sun Ancient God sighed and said to Shen Mu, "Venerable Mu, when we part this time, we will still not be your enemy in the future. Rest assured. " Shen Mu smiled.
"I will not see you out. " The two ancient gods sprang from the golden ship, and all at once golden light leapt upon the deck and, with a swish, coiled around them.
The two ancient gods were startled. "Venerable Mu means to kill us while he has the chance! " The golden light, having bound them, began to draw them back toward the ship.
The two ancient gods exchanged a glance; the Taiji sand table, that companion supreme treasure at the backs of their heads, howled as it spun and sheared through the golden light that locked their bodies, and at once the two tore open the void and fled! Fearing that Shen Mu would press the pursuit, the Taiji sand table turned behind the two of them, countless grains of sand dancing through the heavens, each grain becoming a star.
Seen from afar, a myriad points of starlight glittered behind the two, very beautiful.
Whoosh — The two ancient Taiji gods fled, and the starlit sands swept whistling after them, vanishing from sight in a moment.
Only Lady Taiyin's voice came from far away: "Venerable Mu, because you saw that we would throw in our lot with Taichu, you thought to do away with us.
Such savagery, such a want of the Dao — heaven's punishment will surely find you! " "How strange. .
. " Shen Mu frowned slightly.
That golden light which had seized the ancient Taiji gods had not been his doing; it was the Ship of Salvation's own act.
Without any order from him, the ship had of its own accord tried to keep the two ancient Taiji gods aboard.
That was strange indeed. "Could this ship be hiding something fishy? " His divine consciousness spread out, and he tried to imprint his own brand upon the Ship of Salvation. To his surprise, the branding went extraordinarily smoothly; the Ship of Salvation did not resist him in the least, but let him stamp his brand upon it as he pleased.
Shen Mu grew more curious still.
He searched the ship with his divine consciousness and at once discovered a great many secret places aboard her. "Venerable Hao and Venerable Xiao may come out of Jade Capital City at any moment. Best to leave this place first, and make my plans once I am back at the World Tree.
" He steered the golden ship toward the World Tree, thinking, "To offend the ancient Taiji gods for no reason at all — truly an undeserved calamity.
Then again, if they take up with Taichu, then Taichu will fall to ruin before anyone knows it, and all the faster. Those two ancient gods are too selfish and too fond of acting on their own; they will spoil more than they accomplish. " Suddenly the golden ship flashed again.
Shen Mu looked quickly, and saw that several ancient giant beasts had appeared aboard!
These ancient giant beasts had no idea what had happened. One still had a great tree clamped in the corner of its mouth, and stared blankly at Shen Mu — clearly it had been captured in the middle of a meal.
Shen Mu frowned. Another flash of golden light, and several more giant beasts were taken aboard. "Is something wrong with this ship? " Shen Mu was astonished.
In the blink of an eye, another hundred or so giant beasts, great and small, had appeared on the golden ship, all of them gazing at Shen Mu at the prow in terror.
Before long there were several thousand giant beasts aboard. The ship flew on, scattering golden light as it went; beams of golden light plucked giant beasts, birds and insects of every kind from the towering mountains and great rivers of the Ancestral Court and stuffed them all aboard!
Light dawned on Shen Mu, and he did not know whether to laugh or cry.