Chapter 1828 — Everything Arranged Flawlessly
The Herdsman of the Wasteland · Page 1 of 4
The taut muscles in Shen Mu's shoulders relaxed. He still did not wholly trust Tai Yi. The moment Tai Yi's palm had landed on his shoulder, he had indeed been startled, but he quickly regained his composure. If Tai Yi had meant to move against him, he could have done so long ago, back when Shen Mu was fighting the thirty-five members of the Heaven-Opening Host. There would have been no need to wait until now. "What the Ancestral Court needs more is the Shepherd Heavenly Venerable, not Tai Yi."
Tai Yi sensed his hostility rapidly withdrawing, and smiled faintly. "You should not be delayed here. I will suppress them. You return to the Ancestral Court. The burden there is heavier. I will pick a lighter task."
"Do you know how to complete this forest of obelisks?" Shen Mu asked.
"You can teach me."
Tai Yi spoke with utter seriousness. "I learn things very quickly."
In the past, it had always been Tai Yi who transmitted divine abilities and Dao arts to Shen Mu. Now the roles were reversed. The obelisk forest seal of the Eldest Young Master, Tai Shang, was born from the Primordial Chaos Runes, a sealing divine ability evolved from those runes. As for the Primordial Chaos Runes, Tai Yi had some understanding of them, but not much. His comprehension did not run as deep as Shen Mu's.
Shen Mu passed on what he had gained. Tai Yi studied it with care, and whenever he encountered something he did not understand, he asked directly.
His cultivation was exceedingly high. When he voiced his doubts, he used the language of Dao. The language of Dao contains information of immense enormity and complexity, striking straight at the essence of the question.
Shen Mu likewise answered in the language of Dao, resolving the most complex questions in the simplest form.
The two asked and answered in turn. Dong Yang, Ya Ya, Zhu Santong and the others barely suppressed their injuries and listened with ears inclined. The language of Dao between the two was profound and obscure, difficult to comprehend, but if they could grasp even one or two sentences, they benefited greatly.
As for the Heaven-Opening Host suppressed within the stone steles, they mocked and sneered, deriding the Dao arts and divine abilities of the Miluo Palace as outdated, abilities that existed in name only and in truth could not withstand a single blow.
Shen Mu and Tai Yi paid them no heed. As time went on, Tai Yi's language of Dao became the Primordial Chaos language of Dao, and Shen Mu answered in the Primordial Chaos language of Dao as well. Their questions and answers grew even more profound, until even Dong Yang and the others could no longer understand.
Dong Yang sighed, somewhat dispirited.
In his day, he had been able to stand equal in fame with the Eldest Young Master, Tai Shang. But the divine abilities and Dao arts of the present had long surpassed the era he belonged to. The exchange between Shen Mu and Tai Yi left him gazing after them, far behind and utterly outdistanced.
After several tens of days, Tai Yi finally mastered the rune transformations and formation changes of the obelisk steles. Not only that, but in the course of their questions and answers, he discovered many transformations that neither Shen Mu nor even the Eldest Young Master, Tai Shang, had ever found. Shen Mu benefited greatly.
Tai Yi attempted to activate the Primordial Chaos Runes as Shen Mu did. After a long while, the impression he gave was that of a human-shaped stone stele.
"Dao brother, try the formation changes again," Shen Mu prompted.
Tai Yi tried to mobilize the power of the obelisk forest. Shen Mu nodded and smiled. "Dao brother, you have mastered it. Since that is so, then this place is yours to control."
He rose to his feet and stretched his body. Tai Yi sat down in his place and said, "Dong Yang, what are your plans?"