Chapter 659 — The Youth's Big-Eyed Monsters

" He was about to hand the elixirs to the two big eyeballs when he suddenly realized: "It seems my Myriad Gods Natural Art is not cultivated to mastery.

Everything I summon turns out a little unreliable. When I awakened the box, for instance, the box always loved collecting bones and corpses; when I summoned a dune giant in the Shanghuang Desert of the Desolate Ruins, it could only roar ah-ah and ran especially slowly.

Could these two be unreliable as well. .

.

" He thought for a moment, took out one elixir, and said, "Try to dissolve its medicinal power.

" The Taiyin Jade Eye suddenly shot out a beam of light and sliced the elixir in two. Shen Mu was about to speak when the Taiyang Jade Eye shot out a tongue of fire, and the elixir turned to flying ash.

"That is not the way. " Shen Mu said patiently, "One of you is Taiyin, one is Taiyang.

Yin and yang joined together, you should dissolve the medicinal power the way I do.

" He took out another elixir. His eyes changed: the left eye Taiyang, the right eye Taiyin, and two beams of light shone upon the elixir at once. The medicinal power dissolved immediately, and a rich fragrance filled the air.

"Try again. Dissolve the medicinal power together! " The two jade eyes burned the elixir to ash once more. Shen Mu patiently instructed them in controlling their strength, and after a dozen or more tries they succeeded once. Shen Mu had them practice another dozen or so times, and the success rate gradually rose. Only then did he breathe a sigh of relief. "Forty or fifty percent is good enough.

After you go in, dissolve the elixirs one by one.

Do not dissolve them all at once, or a failure will ruin everything.

Remember, no playing around.

You must dissolve the elixirs, or I will beat you back to your original forms!

" The two big eyes walked toward the Southern Heavenly Gate. The Taiyin Jade Eye carried the big bundle on its back.

When they stepped into the Southern Heavenly Gate, both big eyeballs paused for a moment, then went in. Shen Mu could not help but grow anxious, watching the two eyeballs walk away, when suddenly the Taiyang Jade Eye said, "This is too slow. Let us roll!

" "Yes!

" Shen Mu's eyes went wide as the two jade eyes went rolling off into the depths of the Heavenly Palace. He broke out in a cold sweat, though thankfully the bundle did not come apart.

"Unreliable, unreliable. Why is everything I summon or awaken so unreliable. . . " The two jade eyes rolled swiftly along, punching and kicking each other away, utterly delighted. Shen Mu's face was ashen; he kept wiping the cold sweat from his brow.

Soon he could no longer see the two creatures, and only heard thumping impacts from the Heavenly Palace beyond the Southern Heavenly Gate. Now and then a big round ball could be seen flying up and falling again, no doubt kicked into the air by the other jade eye. He waited a long time, and at last the two jade eyes arrived at the God-Slaying Platform.

Baleful aura surged to the heavens above the platform. A man knelt on the ground, baring his neck to be slain, while in the air a blade of light moved of itself, chopping down again and again at the kneeling man's neck, once, and once more.

The kneeling man's neck was nearly severed; before long he would be cut down.

The two big eyeballs looked at each other. "This should be the place, right?

Is this man seeking death? " "If he is seeking death, we cannot save him.

Let us go back. " The two jade eyes rolled back, rolling all the way down the mountain, then suddenly stopped. "Master said that if we do not dissolve the power of these elixirs, he will beat us back to our original forms. If we go back now, we are dead for sure. " So the two jade eyes rolled back, hopping and bouncing up the mountain, and came onto the God-Slaying Platform. The Taiyin Jade Eye opened the bundle and took out one elixir.

The two jade eyes roused the qi of Taiyin and the qi of Taiyang and dissolved the elixir. They dissolved a dozen or so elixirs in a row, ruining seven or eight of them, and both jade eyes grew impatient. The Taiyang Jade Eye suggested, "Why do we not dissolve them all in one go, and when we get back tell Master we dissolved them all! " "Yes!

" The two jade eyes widened in excitement, and with a hum two beams of light shone upon the bundle!

Ling Yuxiu kept watch beside the Primogenitor Human Emperor, anxious at heart.

Shen Mu had turned into a shadow and entered the Primogenitor's divine treasures long ago, and had still not reappeared.

She did not know whether he could succeed in saving the Primogenitor. But the Primogenitor's aura was gradually growing faint; clearly his wounds were worsening by the moment! Suddenly Ling Yuxiu rose to her feet, watching Ban Gongcuo warily as he approached.

Ban Gongcuo came slowly over, his face full of smiles. "Princess Xiu, how are the Primogenitor's wounds? I too am well versed in the healing arts.

Perhaps I can offer some small assistance. " Ling Yuxiu clutched the little box and said coolly, "There is no need for your trouble. The cowherd's medical skill is far better than yours.

" Chi Xi came from another direction and said unhurriedly, "Little girl, young Shen's medical skill is indeed brilliant, but however brilliant he is, he cannot deliver the medicine's power to the Heavenly Palace.

If this drags on, the Primogenitor Human Emperor will die beyond a doubt.

Here, I alone can save him. I alone can enter his Heavenly Palace. " Click.

Ling Yuxiu opened the little box a crack.

Chi Xi's heart tightened; he halted, his muscles contracting, ready at any moment to flee swiftly and dodge the God-Slaying Mystic Blade.

His other head turned to look at Ban Gongcuo. Ban Gongcuo advanced cautiously, set one foot on the herb plot, and kicked about wildly, trampling the medicinal plants Shen Mu had grown into a mess. He was trying to distract Ling Yuxiu.

Many of the plants in the herb plot had been grown by Shen Mu to heal the Primogenitor's wounds. If they were destroyed, the Primogenitor's injuries would likely be beyond saving!

And if Ling Yuxiu's attention wandered, Chi Xi would seize the chance and take back the little box in one stroke! And then the Primogenitor Human Emperor, Ling Yuxiu, and Shen Mu would all be at their mercy! Veins stood out on Ling Yuxiu's forehead, but she still fixed her gaze on Chi Xi, gritted her teeth, and said in a low voice, "Great Venerable, you too are a descendant of the clanspeople the Primogenitor Human Emperor saved. Have you no gratitude at all? " Ban Gongcuo was briefly taken aback, then said with a half-smile, "I am a villain of the vilest sort, and everyone under heaven wants me dead.

If the Primogenitor Human Emperor had known that the people he saved back then would produce a descendant like me, he would certainly not have lifted a hand to save them.

I feel not the slightest gratitude toward him! " Chi Xi threw him a look.

Ban Gongcuo hesitated, but did not walk forward. He said with a laugh, "I poisoned millions of my own clanspeople on the grasslands.

How could I feel gratitude toward the Primogenitor Human Emperor for his righteous deed of those years?

I will not. .

.

" Chi Xi threw him another look.

Ban Gongcuo gritted his teeth and stepped forward. Ling Yuxiu's gaze remained locked on Chi Xi as she said sternly, "Are you not afraid I will use the God-Slaying Mystic Blade to kill you? " Ban Gongcuo's expression was complicated.

He came up behind her and slowly reached out, inch by inch, for the box in her hands. Ling Yuxiu could bear it no longer. She lashed out with a kick behind her, striking Ban Gongcuo square in the face. He fell flat on his back, unconscious.