Chapter 1274: Taiji Divine Eye (Fourth Update)
Qin Mu turned a deaf ear, opening the vertical eye on his brow, but everything he saw was blurry. Knowing that the Primordial Ancient God inside the egg was causing trouble, he had no choice but to take down this ancient god egg.
The Primordial Egg finally breathed a sigh of relief. It rolled a few times on the ground, moving away from the gap in the Qin Continent, lest Qin Mu stuff it back in to block the hole.
"The ancient god in the Taiji vein is on good terms with me. We get along very well. Using the Taiji rough stone they gave me to enhance the power of my divine eye shouldn't incur their wrath, right?"
Qin Mu comforted himself, then set his sights on the Taiji rough stone again. He rolled it up and stuffed it into the pupil of his vertical eye, plugging the gap.
"Mu Tianzun, you're asking for trouble!"
The Primordial in the egg shouted, "The ancient god in the Taiji vein is cunning and sly, far more treacherous than me. Among the five major veins, Taiyi emerged early, and all the other ancient god eggs were dug up, except for him. You can imagine how insidious he is, and yet you dare to use his rough stone!"
Qin Mu attempted to activate the Taiji rough stone, closing his two eyes and looking around only with his vertical eye. Instantly, everything became bizarre.
Whether it was rocks, trees, rivers, clouds, or even flowers, grass, people, insects, birds, and beasts—all of it transformed into a strange spectacle of intertwined yin and yang energy!
Qin Mu was astonished. He gently raised his palm and pinched a drifting leaf. Though the leaf still appeared as a leaf in his eye, its essence had already turned into yin and yang energy.
With a slight thought, the leaf suddenly dissolved, turning into a wisp of yin and yang energy that dissipated.
Qin Mu opened his two eyes, and the leaf was completely gone, leaving no trace, not even ashes.
He activated his brow vertical eye again and waved his hand lightly. A boulder the size of two or three people in front of him suddenly dissipated, turning into strands of yin and yang energy that vanished between heaven and earth.
"This Taiji rough stone is even more powerful than the Taichu rough stone!"
He grew excited. With another flick of his finger, a large tree suddenly transformed. The yin and yang energy that made up the tree changed, turning into a giant octopus. Its tentacles stretched out, scaling walls and racing away into the distance.
The Primordial in the egg sneered, "You're done for. You're finished. By stealing the power of Taiji, you've deeply planted a karmic debt. That ancient god won't let you off."
"They're very good to me."
Qin Mu said excitedly, "Don't talk nonsense!"
"Good to you?"
The Primordial in the egg sneered, "If they were good to you, would they have lured you to the Great Dark Wood?"
Qin Mu paused briefly, then shook his head with a smile, "The Great Dark Wood is the first sacred land of the Ancestral Court, easy to defend and hard to attack. The Void Beasts dare not set foot there easily, and the ancient god Taiyi is stationed there. There are many veins there. Choosing that place was truly a wise move!"
The Primordial Egg wobbled back and forth, seemingly at a loss for words, unsure how to make him see reason.
"Taiji and Taichu are not superior or inferior to each other. It's just that the Taichu rough stone isn't suitable for you, while the Taiji rough stone is more compatible."
The Primordial in the egg set aside the previous topic and said, "The Taichu rough stone is more suited for Tai Di. By the way, why did you ask Tai Di for Hao Tianzun's heart?"
Qin Mu surveyed the scenery of the Eternal Peace around him, getting his bearings, and said calmly, "I was just afraid of Tai Di and didn't want to lose face as Mu Tianzun, so I casually asked him for something. At least it was an exchange, not coercion."
The Primordial in the egg didn't believe it at all, but since Qin Mu wouldn't say, he couldn't guess Qin Mu's thoughts.
Qin Mu saw from afar the main body of Earth Virtue Yuanjun, Gongsun Yan. That Yuan Wood was even more lush and verdant, covering a wider area, standing in the east of the Yuan Realm, extremely eye-catching.
The Earth Virtue Heavenly Palace on the canopy of the Yuan Wood had already been built. The soldiers in the palace mostly came from Eternal Peace. The Heavenly Court had appointed Gongsun Yan as Earth Virtue Yuanjun, governing half the realm, but there were many in the Yuan Realm who refused to submit.
Eternal Peace, under Gongsun Yan's name, attacked these disobedient kingdoms. Now, the territory had expanded outward, and the area of the domain was several times larger than before.
Qin Mu looked around at the local customs and saw that the Eternal Peace artisans were setting up flying bridges, laying roads, opening supervision factories, and mining veins in the conquered territories, trying to guide the people of these new lands with Eternal Peace's philosophy.
"The Emperor is expanding too fast, and the number of Eternal Peace soldiers hasn't kept up. We need to stop and spend some time cultivating new young talents, or the kingdom won't be stable."
Qin Mu entered the Eternal Peace capital and said to Ling Yuxiu, "The Taixu Land is already hard to hold and won't last much longer. Drawing too much attention now will invite suppression from the Heavenly Court."
Ling Yuxiu acknowledged.
Qin Mu then took out a mountain of blueprints and said, "These blueprints are for the Creation Divine Artifact, extremely complex. Does Eternal Peace have enough artisans to forge this artifact?"
Ling Yuxiu looked at the pile of blueprints, horrified. She flipped through a few casually and frowned, "With such complex blueprints, forging them would require countless artisans! It's impossible to forge in a short time!"
Qin Mu probed, "How long would it take?"
"Just for the artisans to comprehend these blueprints would take over a decade. Forging them would take even longer."
Ling Yuxiu calculated, "The various supervision factories also need to operate, forging other divine weapons to sell to the Heavenly Court. There aren't enough hands. To forge it would take a hundred years."
"A hundred years is too long! We can't wait that long!"
Qin Mu said decisively, "If we can't use many artisans from the supervision factories, then let's invite the Dao Sect and have those Daoists come down from the mountains to help! Also, invite Xu Shenghua from the Western Lands to come and help forge the Creation Divine Artifact together."
Ling Yuxiu hesitated, "Is the situation so urgent that we need to invite Xu Shenghua as well?"
Qin Mu nodded, "Within a hundred years, heaven and earth will undergo drastic changes. The Taixu Land can't even hold out for ten years. Once the Taixu Land is flattened, the Ten Heavenly Honored Ones will inevitably strike at the Heavenly Duke. After the Heavenly Duke dies, the Earth Lord will be alone and unable to hold out. The other three ancient god emperors will find it even harder to endure. If forging the Creation Divine Artifact takes a hundred years, then Eternal Peace has no chance at all against a unified Heavenly Court!"
Ling Yuxiu felt a chill in her heart and immediately ordered someone to invite Xu Shenghua and Lin Xuan Daozhu.
Qin Mu breathed a sigh of relief and said, "I need to return to the Ancestral Court. I won't stay here long. If even Eternal Peace can't be preserved in the future, the Ancestral Court might be the last refuge for the Eternal Peace human race."
Ling Yuxiu nodded silently, "Take care on the road."
Qin Mu immediately set off, using the Spirit Energy Transfer Bridge to head to the Ancestral Court.
The Primordial Egg was extremely excited, saying, "This time, entering the Ancestral Court, let's seize the Primordial Vein first. We'll split it ninety-ten, ninety for me and ten for you!"
Qin Mu laughed, "Brother, Yan Tianfei is the Empress. She occupies your territory. How can I be a match for her? It should be ninety for me and ten for you."
The Primordial in the egg was furious, so angry that the round egg flew up, hopping mad.
Qin Mu laughed heartily, "I have no use for your vein. Don't worry, it was just a joke. But regarding Yan Tianfei, I really am no match for her. Seizing the Primordial Vein will likely take a lot of effort."
The Primordial Egg calmed down and said, "What do you have in mind?"
Qin Mu pondered, "Fighting her is out of the question. I can only trade. I have her physical body here. Maybe I can exchange it for treasures from the Primordial Vein, but..."
His face showed pain. Even though the Primordial Egg was hidden in his vertical eye, it could feel Qin Mu's pain causing the Qin Continent to shake violently.
The Primordial Egg was silent for a moment, then said, "I can teach you the Primordial Path as compensation."