Chapter 660 — The Shanghuang Era Is Shrouded in Mystery

The First Ancestor Human Emperor was still exceedingly weak. The two big-eyed monsters were thoroughly unreliable, yet they had recklessly dissolved the full medicinal power of every spirit pill at once — and astonishingly, it had worked. The wounds to the First Ancestor Human Emperor's primordial spirit had eased considerably because of it, and he had escaped the God-Slaying Blade upon the God-Slaying Platform. Of course, Shen Mu knew nothing of this; had he known, he would certainly have given those two great eyeballs a thorough thrashing.

The First Ancestor forced himself to his feet, his body swaying. The wounds to his flesh had healed, but his primordial spirit and his Heavenly Palace still bore grave injuries; fortunately, his life was no longer in danger.

"Chixi's wounds are lighter than mine, and his strength now far surpasses mine. " The First Ancestor Human Emperor said in a low voice, "I fear I can no longer protect you. " Shen Mu was unconcerned.

"Even if he knows you have little strength left, he won't dare lay a hand on you.

He won't dare gamble.

And once I've healed your wounds, he'll dare even less. " The First Ancestor Human Emperor shook his head. "It isn't him I'm worried about.

It's the Suspended Realm. Before we enter the Suspended Realm — are you confident you can heal me?

" Shen Mu hesitated. He truly was not confident he could heal the First Ancestor within a few months. Injuries to the primordial spirit were exceedingly thorny, and as for wounds to the Heavenly Palace, he had no experience at all. Moreover, this broken ship held no great store of spirit medicines; his Taotie Pouch contained many kinds of herbs, but it still lacked several crucial ones. To heal the First Ancestor, he would have to go to the Suspended Realm and see whether enough spirit medicines could be bought there. "The Three Heaven-Toppling Stances do you too much harm.

From now on, you must never use them again," Shen Mu admonished. The First Ancestor Human Emperor shook his head.

"I don't want the Heavenly Master to think I'm still a deserter. " Shen Mu was struck dumb.

To have deserted once was to carry the name of deserter for a lifetime — cruel, truly cruel.

"The main reason the Heavenly Master calls you a deserter may not be that you fled from that battle. " Shen Mu turned it over and over in his mind, trying to fathom the Woodcutter Sage's meaning.

"After you deserted, you fled for another twenty thousand years, and never once faced reality. For twenty thousand years you lived in seclusion, hiding from the world, doing nothing, making no effort, accomplishing nothing — you didn't even teach your disciples properly.

He would not resent or hate you for a single flight. But those twenty thousand years of running — that is what he cannot forgive. " The First Ancestor Human Emperor stared blankly, his mind wandering. Shen Mu said no more. He glanced at the trampled herb garden and frowned slightly. Those herbs could still be cultivated with the Earth-Origin Art of Creation, but many varieties were still missing. His Taotie Pouch bulged, the two jade eyes jostling about inside.

Shen Mu released them.

The two great eyeballs landed on the ground, planted their hands on either side of their own round bulging eyes, and shuffled a circle on their little legs, sizing up their surroundings. "Bro, bro, there's a girl, there's a girl! " The Taiyin Jade Eye jerked its chin toward Ling Yuxiu and said excitedly, "It's one of the two girls who found us!

" Both eyeballs lit up, fixing on Ling Yuxiu and staring hard for a good long while before they were finally satisfied. Ling Yuxiu studied the two eyeballs in astonishment, then carefully skirted around them to Shen Mu's side and said in a low voice, "The Myriad Gods Natural Art? " Shen Mu nodded. "How did you awaken their spirits?

" Ling Yuxiu said softly, "These two great eyeballs are formidable indeed.

Even ordinary gods cannot withstand their gaze. If they ever turned on us, we couldn't restrain them at all right now.

By the way — do they know how formidable they are? " Shen Mu shook his head and whispered, "They don't.

They're still afraid I'll beat them back into their original form. " Ling Yuxiu breathed a sigh of relief, then remembered something else and said quietly, "Do they know they're the eyes of a Taotie?

After you awakened the chest's spirit, it was just like a Taotie — it loved to eat anything and everything, and it even ate the dragon qilin as a corpse several times.

" Shen Mu shook his head.

"They don't know that either. They're simple creatures. " The two jade eyes rolled back and forth, whispering and muttering, no one knew what they were secretly discussing. Ling Yuxiu walked over and said with a smile, "You two — from now on, one of you shall be called Little Yang, and the other Little Yin.

How's that? " "Yes!

" The two jade eyes said in unison, "Girlie! " Ling Yuxiu came back and said quietly to Shen Mu, "These two big-eyed monsters don't seem so simple after all. They called me Girlie. " The two great eyeballs ran off into the dense forest.

A moment later, the forest caught fire.

Ling Yuxiu hastily shoved the small box into Shen Mu's arms and hurried over.

Without a word, her vital essence transformed into water dragons that wove back and forth through the forest, extinguishing the flames. The two big-eyed monsters stood there, smug and pleased with themselves, muttering, "See?

I told you this trick would lure the girlie over.

" "Big bro is so clever!

" Ling Yuxiu was furious. A moment later, the girl came storming over, dragging the two big-eyed monsters by their thin little legs, and flung them down in front of Shen Mu.

"These two scoundrels set a fire and nearly burned this whole woodland down! If this place had burned, we'd all have died with no burial ground! We'd best beat them back into their original form and be done with the trouble! " "Spare us, Grandaunt!

" The two big-eyed monsters knelt on their thin little legs, their eyeballs pressed to the ground. Shen Mu said with a troubled look, "I still need them to deliver medicine to the First Ancestor's Heavenly Palace.

I can't kill them yet.

. . " Ling Yuxiu snapped, "I'll mark this debt down for now. If you dare misbehave again, I'll have your heads! " The two big-eyed monsters trembled all over and clung to each other, their eyes full of terror. "We don't seem to have heads.

. .

" "Shut up, don't talk! She hadn't noticed we have no heads.

Now that you've reminded her, she'll come poke our eyes out! " Shen Mu continued refining medicine.

When the medicinal power of the spirit pills within the First Ancestor Human Emperor's body was exhausted, he sent the two big-eyed monsters to deliver medicine once more.

He himself went to the stern of the ship and carefully observed the divine blood the Great Sun Star Lord had left behind.

The Great Sun Star Lord had been gravely wounded. The divine blood, once it fell on the ship, burst into flame at once, and the First Ancestor Human Emperor had extinguished it with his sword qi.

Yet the divine might within the blood remained, ceaselessly giving off tiny, intricate symbols that flickered in and out of being — a wondrous sight. Shen Mu did not dare touch it. Just then, the First Ancestor Human Emperor came tottering over, drew the sword at his waist, and handed it to Shen Mu. "Try it with this blade.

. . " Shen Mu took the Yuming Sword and examined it. It was the first time he had studied this treasure that guarded the palace at close range.