Chapter 917: Building a Divine Bridge at the End of the Road
Yun Jianli and Yun Chuxiu quietly sized up Qin Mu, while Qin Mu had been observing Yun Jianli for a long time with his third eye on his forehead, yet there had been no movement at all.
Yan'er and Dragon Qilin were also puzzled. Qin Mu had not spoken or made any other move for a very long time, as if he had become completely still.
They did not know that Qin Mu was comprehending the technique that Shu Jun had taught him, trying to use the Primal Chaos Stone to cultivate his divine consciousness.
This method of the Creators for tempering divine consciousness, in modern terms, should be called the Supreme Heaven Upper Consciousness, which uses the Primal Chaos Stone to visualize the Supreme Heaven.
Qin Mu had originally thought that these Creators' techniques should be simple and crude, but contrary to his expectations, the Supreme Heaven Upper Consciousness was extremely complex.
This divine consciousness technique cultivates by visualizing the forms of the ancient star gods. The divine consciousness forms twenty constellations and seventy-eight ancient god star lords within the Primal Chaos Stone, together forming the Supreme Heaven, illuminating the space of the Primal Chaos Stone.
As long as one cultivates in this way, the divine consciousness can be strengthened.
However, after careful consideration, Qin Mu felt that the Supreme Heaven Upper Consciousness could only illuminate a part of the Primal Chaos Stone. It should be a fragment of a technique, not a complete one.
Clearly, Shu Jun was still holding back, not having taught him the complete method for cultivating divine consciousness.
"Our methods for cultivating divine consciousness might not be suitable for you, after all, we are different races," Shu Jun said. "Moreover, your divine consciousness is still weak. For now, you cannot unravel this young man's bloodline curse. You need to cultivate for a while."
Qin Mu was full of confidence and immediately activated the Supreme Heaven Upper Consciousness. "I am the Overlord Body, so I can definitely cultivate it!"
Shu Jun was stunned. "Overlord Body? What race is the Overlord Body?"
Qin Mu did not answer. On the altar of the Primal Chaos Stone, the large meatball rolled, and two flaps of flesh parted to reveal a huge eyeball looking around.
In the space of the Primal Chaos Stone, filled with red light, stars suddenly began to light up, dotting the space, quickly forming twenty constellations.
"This kid's comprehension isn't bad, but lighting up the twenty constellations of the Supreme Heaven is easy. Visualizing the seventy-eight true gods within those twenty constellations is difficult. I didn't teach him the visualization diagrams..."
Just as the big eyeball thought this, its eyelid suddenly twitched violently. The starlight grew brighter and brighter, and a surge of primal energy rushed in, mixing with Qin Mu's divine consciousness!
"This isn't the Supreme Heaven Upper Consciousness I taught him! This brat has altered the technique I passed on..."
Just as he thought this, Qin Mu's primal energy combined with his divine consciousness, forming various Dao runes!
The big eyeball was furious, almost jumping up, and sneered, "Kid, if you recklessly alter my race's technique and something goes wrong, you won't even know how you died!"
At that moment, a phantom of an ancient star god appeared in the space of the Primal Chaos Stone. It was the Si Lu ancient god from the Three Dukes constellation!
The big eyeball was startled, suddenly realizing that Qin Mu was using the knowledge of his own era to fill in the gaps in the Supreme Heaven Upper Consciousness.
The Supreme Heaven Upper Consciousness only involved visualizing ancient gods, but Qin Mu, by blending primal energy with divine consciousness, was not simply visualizing the ancient gods. Instead, he was using classical numerology and Supreme Heaven numerology to reconstruct the Dao of the ancient gods!
Although the Supreme Heaven Upper Consciousness was very complex, even the ancient god visualization diagrams were just simple visualizations of the gods, far inferior to Qin Mu's ancient god Dao runes.
After all, the ancient god Dao runes were the crystallization of a million years of wisdom, even encompassing new numerologies like Qin Mu's Supreme Heaven Calculation Classic.
As the seventy-eight star lord true gods took shape, Qin Mu immediately felt his divine consciousness continuously condensing and rapidly improving!
"If I add the Three Primordial Spirits Indestructible Divine Consciousness, will the cultivation speed be even faster?"
He acted on the thought and immediately activated the Three Primordial Spirits Indestructible Divine Consciousness. Shu Jun then saw three layers of starry sky appear in the space of the Primal Chaos Stone, three layers of the Supreme Heaven, and the forms of the various ancient gods also tripled!
Then, the three layers of the Supreme Heaven overlapped, and the ancient gods also overlapped one after another!
"This kid..."
The big eyeball was wide open, thinking to himself, "The Supreme Heaven Upper Consciousness, after his modification, is not inferior to the complete Three Enclosures Upper Consciousness! The Three Enclosures Upper Consciousness includes the Supreme Heaven Upper Consciousness, the Purple Forbidden Enclosure Upper Consciousness, and the Heavenly Market Enclosure Upper Consciousness. The three major upper consciousnesses together form a complete technique. He can achieve this step with just the Supreme Heaven Upper Consciousness. Could he be the Tai Emperor Ju Yu clan?"
Qin Mu was completely unaware of his thoughts. In just a short moment, he felt his divine consciousness make a remarkable leap.
"This prehistoric technique is truly extraordinary," he couldn't help but praise.
Suddenly, the eye on his forehead moved, finally shifting away from Yun Jianli and landing on Yun Chuxiu.
Yun Chuxiu gave him a sweet smile.
Qin Mu smiled back. He used his third eye to look at Yun Chuxiu but could not see anything suspicious about this woman.
She was like the purest young girl, her body brimming with youthful vitality. Moreover, she had her own soul, her own primordial spirit, divine hide, heavenly palace, divine consciousness, and primal energy—none of them had any problems!
Her primordial spirit was very lively, as restless as a young girl.
"Shu Jun, can you tell if there's something wrong with this woman?" Qin Mu's divine consciousness fluctuated as he inquired.
On the altar of the Primal Chaos Stone, the big eyeball suddenly shrank into a large meatball, and Shu Jun's voice came from within. "I need you to continuously supply me with blood energy and divine consciousness for three months, an unbroken stream, to let me grow a head! Then, I'll tell you if there's something wrong with this woman."
"Hmm, forget it then," Qin Mu said.
Shu Jun was furious, and the large meatball almost jumped up.
Qin Mu took a deep look at Yun Chuxiu, withdrew his gaze, and slowly closed the eye on his forehead. After a moment of thought, he said to Yun Jianli, "There is a bloodline curse hidden within you, which will be passed down through the generations. There might be a way to cure it. However, I have never seen this kind of curse before, so I need some time to prepare."
"A bloodline curse? The Heavenly Lord has a way to cure it?"
Yun Jianli was both surprised and delighted. He was so excited that his divine consciousness suddenly became disordered, and his primal energy nearly went out of control. He quickly took out a few spirit pills and swallowed them.
Yun Jianli activated the medicinal power, and his disordered divine consciousness finally calmed down. He said, "Please forgive my rudeness, Heavenly Lord. I was a bit out of sorts. If you don't mind, Heavenly Lord can stay at my Yun residence. After all, the Yun mansion is also a Heavenly Lord's residence. Anyone who wants to make a move on the Yun mansion will have to think twice."
He smiled bitterly. "Although the men of our Yun family are not very capable, the wives we marry are all extremely formidable. To be honest, my wife is also a formidable figure, much more skilled than I am. The successive grandmothers and great-grandmothers are also strong women, just a bit too doting on me."
Qin Mu laughed. "I am a Heavenly Lord myself. If someone wants to kill me, your Yun family's Heavenly Lord residence won't be able to protect me. If they dare to kill a Heavenly Lord, why would they care about the Yun family?"
Yun Jianli frowned slightly and said to Yun Chuxiu, "Sister, I will stay here for a few days. You go back to the Yun residence first and report our safety to my mother, grandmother, and great-grandmother."
Yun Chuxiu agreed and stood up, smiling. "I also want to stay here and ask the Heavenly Lord for guidance on some cultivation problems. I'll come back later. The Heavenly Lord won't chase me away, will he?"
Qin Mu shook his head. "No. There are plenty of rooms here. You two can stay as you wish."
Yun Chuxiu walked out of the Winding Corridor Pavilion.
Qin Mu stood up and smiled. "I'll take you to find a place to stay."
Yun Jianli followed him, and the two walked out of the Winding Corridor Pavilion, followed by Qi Jiuyi, Yan'er, and Dragon Qilin.
The scenery of the Jade Pool was breathtaking, even more magnificent and colorful than when Qin Mu had come here years ago. Qin Mu walked slowly, enjoying the view along the way, and suddenly asked, "Brother Yun, how did you meet Yun Chuxiu?"
Yun Jianli laughed. "Does the Heavenly Lord have feelings for her?"
Qin Mu laughed heartily. "A virtuous lady is a gentleman's good match. Although I am about to die, I think I can still pursue a good match once more."
Yun Jianli's expression gradually became serious. "To be honest with the Heavenly Lord, I don't know her origins."
Qin Mu was taken aback. "She is your sworn sister, and you don't know her background?"
Yun Jianli continued, "I had never heard of this person before. She suddenly appeared in the Heavenly Court not long ago, causing a sensation as soon as she arrived, with countless suitors. However, she got very close to me, often showing ambiguous intentions, which almost brought me disaster. Not long ago, I was challenged countless times by her suitors! Fortunately, I have some skill and survived. I became wary."
Qin Mu smiled. "Why were you wary, Brother Yun?"
"I am a dying man. A woman as beautiful as her has countless suitors, even the lofty Divine Kings favor her. She has a bright future ahead of her, yet she approaches me, a dying man."
Yun Jianli said calmly, "I am not as narcissistic as Qi Jiuyi. I knew she was approaching me for another purpose, so I simply became sworn siblings with her and kept her by my side to see what she intended to do."
Qi Jiuyi was still in a daze, not yet recovered from Yun Chuxiu's beauty, and suddenly murmured with a low laugh, "What should we name our child?"
Qin Mu glanced at him in surprise, not knowing what Qi Jiuyi was daydreaming about.
"Brother Yun, have you discovered Yun Chuxiu's purpose?" Qin Mu asked.
Yun Jianli smiled faintly. "I have. The purpose of her approaching me is Mu Heavenly Lord."
Qin Mu was stunned for a moment, then laughed. "Yun Chuxiu's purpose is me? How is that possible? Brother Yun, don't joke!"
Yun Jianli said seriously, "When Mu Heavenly Lord comes to the Heavenly Court, as the only male descendant of the Yun family, I will definitely come to pay my respects according to our ancestors' teachings. Getting to know me is the best way to meet Mu Heavenly Lord. Moreover..."
He stopped walking, and Qin Mu also stopped, smiling. "Moreover what?"
"Moreover, as one of the strongest at the Divine Bridge realm in the Heavenly Court, if I were to kill Mu Heavenly Lord out of jealousy over a woman, it would be very disadvantageous for the Yun family."
Yun Jianli smiled. "If I, the only eldest son of the Yun family, were to die at the hands of Mu Heavenly Lord, that would be even more interesting. The grandmothers and great-grandmothers of the Yun family would then kill Mu Heavenly Lord in a rage. That way, Mu Heavenly Lord would die, and the Yun family would be wiped out—two birds with one stone."
Qin Mu laughed heartily. "Would you be jealous?"
Yun Jianli took a few breaths and shook his head. "No. I have long seen through life and death. How could I be provoked by her? I am just worried that Mu Heavenly Lord might be provoked by her."
Qin Mu said, "That won't happen. Although she is very beautiful, she is not the most beautiful in my heart."
Yun Jianli asked curiously, "Then what does Mu Heavenly Lord consider the most beautiful woman?"
Without hesitation, Qin Mu said, "Big breasts, a perky butt, some meat on her bones, strong and sturdy!"
Yun Jianli was dumbfounded.
After a long time, he came to his senses and laughed. "Mu Heavenly Lord's view of a beloved is truly unique. To be honest, I sent Yun Chuxiu away for another reason. It is another instruction from my ancestor."
Qin Mu said solemnly, "What did Heavenly Lord Yun's instruction say?"
Yun Jianli said, "My ancestor often appeared in the guise of Mu Heavenly Lord, impersonating Mu Heavenly Lord during the Dragon Han Era. At that time, some people said that Mu Heavenly Lord had become weaker, thinking that my ancestor was inferior to Mu Heavenly Lord. My ancestor was a proud man."
He did not continue.
Qin Mu smiled. "Heavenly Lord Yun is not weaker than me."
"But the world does not think so."
Yun Jianli sighed. "Before my ancestor died, he left two instructions. One was to kneel and apologize to Mu Heavenly Lord for borrowing his identity, which I have already done. The second was that my ancestor very much wanted to know if his techniques could surpass Mu Heavenly Lord's. My ancestor's instruction said that when future descendants meet Mu Heavenly Lord, they should show him his techniques."
Qin Mu smiled faintly. "But your health is poor. Can you manage?"
Yun Jianli was all smiles. "Mu Heavenly Lord's health is also poor. I am worried that the Heavenly Lord might not be able to manage."
Qin Mu laughed heartily. "In front of outsiders, my body might not hold up. But in front of you, my body is in excellent shape. What is Heavenly Lord Yun's technique called?"
Yun Jianli leaned on the railing and gazed at the Jade Sea. This sickly young man recited loudly, "A towering peak pierces the purple sky, building a divine bridge at the end of the road. Looking up, the stars of the blue sky are near; looking down, the world of red dust is far away!"
"Building a divine bridge at the end of the road?"
Qin Mu pondered the meaning of these words and finally understood why Heavenly Lord Yun had opened the Divine Bridge divine hide.
"In that era, after Heavenly Lord You opened the Life and Death divine hide, there was no longer a path ahead for cultivators. Heavenly Lord Yun built a divine bridge divine hide at the end of the road. It was this divine bridge that inspired Heavenly Lord Yu, who then opened the Heavenly Palace at the end of the divine bridge."
He clapped his hands in praise. "Building a divine bridge at the end of the road—excellent, truly excellent! Unfortunately, it is outdated."