Chapter 1289: The Evilized Earth Mother (Third Update)
Yan Tianfei’s gaze flickered. “I want my physical body back first. After you obtain the rough stones, you can give me Hao’er’s blood!”
Qin Mu immediately took out the empress’s coffin and set it upright before Yan Tianfei.
Yan Tianfei waved her sleeve, and the coffin lid opened. She looked over her own body from top to bottom.
Inside, besides the Empress’s physical form, there was another body—that of Jue Wuchen, the woman for whom Heavenly Emperor Taichu had died.
Qin Mu had given her Jue Wuchen’s body, clearly with ill intent, aiming to stir up conflict between her and Xiaotianzun.
Yan Tianfei was fully aware of this, but her conflict with Heavenly Emperor Taichu was already irreconcilable. Possessing Jue Wuchen’s body was just icing on the cake.
“Mu Tianzun, which hand of yours touched my body?” Yan Tianfei suddenly asked.
Qin Mu’s heart jolted. Suddenly, a flash of light passed by, and both of Qin Mu’s hands were severed at the wrists!
“Which hand doesn’t matter anymore.”
Yan Tianfei said calmly, “Cutting off both is fine. I hate stinky men touching my body. Of course, handsome men are an exception.”
Qin Mu’s face darkened as he activated the Overlord Body Three Dan Technique, and two new hands grew back.
“Cutting off your hands really gives no sense of accomplishment.”
Yan Tianfei admired the two stunning beauties in the coffin and said leisurely, “You can enter the mining area anytime to dig for rough stones. After you die, I’ll go into the mining area and take Hao’er’s blood and the other treasures from your body.”
Qin Mu said in a deep voice, “I need some time to prepare. Every single mineral vein is extremely dangerous. If I don’t prepare thoroughly, entering them would be suicide!”
“As you wish.”
Yan Tianfei’s consciousness suddenly entered Jue Wuchen’s body. That stunning woman in the imperial coffin stepped out, resembling Lang Huan in her maiden days. Every move she made was enchanting and captivating.
Controlling Jue Wuchen, Yan Tianfei spun and danced before Qin Mu, as light as a swallow, her figure alluring.
“Is it beautiful?” Her gaze was indescribably seductive, her voice filled with tenderness like water.
Qin Mu stared, entranced, and blurted out without thinking, “Beautiful!”
“Stinky man!”
Yan Tianfei suddenly withdrew her consciousness and said coldly, “Not a single one of you is any good!”
Qin Mu was stunned. Yan Tianfei’s personality was truly bizarre. This woman’s thoughts were completely unpredictable.
He was about to leave the main hall of the detached palace when a young general in silver armor with a silver spear walked in from outside. He was handsome and glanced warily at Qin Mu, snorting.
Qin Mu smiled slightly. “Little Seven.”
The young general suddenly transformed into a white cat, quickly ran past him, leaped up, and Yan Tianfei opened her arms. The white cat jumped into her embrace, nuzzling her, and said, “Your Highness, I’ve uncovered some clues about those giant beasts.”
He didn’t continue but looked warily at Qin Mu.
Yan Tianfei glanced at Qin Mu, who showed no intention of leaving. Instead, he stopped, and his ears grew slightly larger, clearly not wanting to miss anything interesting.
“Little Seven, Mu Tianzun is not an outsider. Go ahead and speak,” Yan Tianfei said.
Hearing this, the white cat couldn’t help but show hostility toward Qin Mu. The fur on its tail bristled, and it let out a threatening growl before saying, “Your servant found some scattered altars in the Ancestral Court. These altars are used for sacrifices, forcibly pulling the giant beasts living on the reverse sides of various worlds into the Ancestral Court. Though the altars were hidden, I still managed to find some. They carry the aura of an old acquaintance of Your Highness. Your Highness, do you remember the Xuan Du Massacre?”
Yan Tianfei’s heart stirred, and she nodded slightly.
“The Xuan Du Massacre?”
Qin Mu grew even more curious. “What is the Xuan Du Massacre?”
The white cat shot him a glare, not intending to tell him.
Yan Tianfei said, “The Xuan Du Massacre happened six years ago. Six years ago, Earth Mother Yuanjun bloodbath Xuan Du, slaughtering countless gods and demons living on the Heavenly Duke’s body, and destroying countless divine cities, large and small. Even the Great Sun Star Lord was severely wounded by Earth Mother Yuanjun and barely escaped. Ancestral God King was furious, jumping up and down in rage. At the time, he wanted to go kill his father—though he only said it and didn’t actually act.”
Qin Mu’s eyes widened. Such a thing had happened?
He had missed such an interesting event!
“The Xuan Du Massacre was done by Earth Mother Yuanjun. Ancestral God King originally planned to spend two hundred years mapping out the Heavenly Duke’s great dao, but now he still has one hundred and eighty years left. He can’t wait that long.”
Yan Tianfei said, “Little Seven, so it’s Earth Mother Yuanjun who has infiltrated here? She really is tenacious, refusing to die.”
The white cat said, “Exactly, Earth Mother Yuanjun. I smelled her scent on those altars. Her current strength, though not the top-tier, is still very formidable. I wanted to track her but didn’t dare get too close, afraid she’d notice me, so I came back to report this to Your Highness.”
“You were right not to continue tracking her.”
Yan Tianfei said, “You didn’t see the scene of the Xuan Du Massacre. If you had, you’d never dare approach her again. Xuan Du is enormous, no smaller than You Du. Countless rays of light form the Heavenly Duke’s body, and on it are countless eternal divine cities, inhabited by innumerable gods. Those gods died within a single day.”
Her expression was calm as she continued, “I went to see the carnage there. All the gods had turned into dried corpses, their life force and blood drained, their primordial spirits withered, with no vitality left. Only the Great Sun Star Lord, being fast, escaped. The evilized Earth Mother Yuanjun is terrifying.”
Qin Mu couldn’t help but shiver.
Yan Tianfei said, “Earth Mother has already taken the evil path. Coming to the Ancestral Court, she has no small ambitions. In the past, as the Mother of the Earth, she was the controller of those giant beasts. Now, summoning them again, her goal is likely to recreate her former glory here. But…”
She shook her head. “Times have changed. Her era has long passed. Mu Tianzun, you’ve heard enough. Aren’t you leaving to prepare?”
Qin Mu took his leave and walked out of the detached palace.
The white cat spoke up, “This kid…”
Yan Tianfei pointed at the ground and said, “He’s still listening.”
The white cat quickly fell silent. On the ground were two hands—Qin Mu’s hands. These hands had grown two ears!
At that moment, the ears seemed to hear their words and twitched. The two hands flipped their fingers like a giant spider and fled at top speed.
Yan Tianfei waved her sleeve, and the hands turned to ash. “He’s far away now. You can continue.”
The white cat said, “Your servant heard that Earth Mother was reduced to such a miserable state by Mu Tianzun. He stole her cultivation and transferred it to Earth Virtue Yuanjun, and used some strange technique to ruin her heavenly and earthly souls. If we spread the news that Mu Tianzun is here, then Earth Mother Yuanjun…”
Yan Tianfei shook her head. “No need. He plans to enter the mineral veins to get the rough stones. This trip will surely be his death. Why bother informing Earth Mother? Her temperament annoys me just seeing her.”
The white cat had no choice but to stop talking, lying docilely in her arms, dozing off.
After Qin Mu left Yan Tianfei’s territory, the long-dormant Taishi Egg suddenly stirred and complained, “Mu Tianzun, why didn’t you go straight into the mineral veins to find the rough stones? With me, the local lord, here, the mining area can’t harm you in the slightest!”
“If I didn’t prepare and went straight into the mining area, Yan Tianfei would suspect I’m absolutely certain of getting the rough stones, and then she’d suspect you’re by my side.”
Qin Mu laughed. “By retreating to advance, she won’t suspect anything. Besides, I need this time to cultivate the Taishi Dao. Brother, you promised to teach me the Taishi Dao. Now is the perfect time.”
—Today is the Yuewen Annual Meeting, with many matters to attend to. I really have no saved drafts left, nor time to write. So, just three updates today!