Chapter 313: Father and Son (1/2)
Chapter 313: Father and Son
Translator: NinetalesEditor: DarkGem
The beams that shot out from the eye pictures on the flesh membranes behind Saturn Sovereign's head suppressed the lignification of the man in the tree. Once the wooden nature in the body was suppressed, the eyes would be able to see.
The face of the man in the tree broke free from the tree bit by bit, and the wooden nature of his tongue also gradually faded.
Swoosh.
The picture of the eyes on the flesh membrane behind Saturn Sovereign's brain closed, and she said, ”Qin Hanzhen, you should be able to see your son now, right?”
She was very careful and knew that the man in the tree was extremely powerful. He was no inferior to her at his peak, so she didn't completely undo the forbidden technique on his body. She only allowed his eyes to be able to clearly see what's in front of them.
The man in the tree shut his eyes closed and opened his mouth; however, there were still no sounds.
Qin Mu tilted his ears to listen and nodded repeatedly. After a moment, he said, ”What he meant is that Saturn Sovereign had guessed something wrong.”
Saturn Sovereign tilted her head and sneered, ”What did I guess wrong?”
The man in the tree opened his eyes. They still couldn't see anything, and the skin on his face was rapidly lignifying; however, the roots of the divine tree were trembling!
Qin Mu's expression regained its composure. ”What Saturn Sovereign guessed wrongly is that he didn't want to see me and fulfill the Pact of Earth Count. For it to happen, he's willing to never see me. His aim was just to have Saturn Sovereign help him suppress part of the wooden nature so he could regain a portion of his mobility.”
Saturn Sovereign sneered, and the flesh membranes behind her head trembled. ”Is this what Qin Hanzhen wants to say or what you want to say? Boy Fengqing, are you too conceited and overestimate your own abilities? So what if Qin Hanzhen regains a fraction of his movement? His divine sword has already broke, and when relying on just a small body part, he is absolutely not my opponent!”
Qin Mu shook his head and said, ”This is what I want to say, but also want he wants to say. Even gods and devils can't control everything. There will always be some life forms which are unwilling to accept their fate and try to jump out. He isn't totally unable to fight back. Because…
”Because, I've brought him his sword!”
Behind Qin Mu's back, snow bright sword light rushed into the sky!
Carefree Sword had shattered the wooden sword sheath, and a huge wooden hand grew out from the divine tree. Sword light instantly filled the entire hall, and everywhere in front of Qin Mu's eyes became snow white. He couldn't see anything at all!
This was a sword skill that was close to the path. It surpassed his understanding and was beyond his scope.
The sword exploded with world-shaking power and rays. The broad and powerful divine lights shone as sword lights and mercury flooded the ground. They then flooded the sky and in an instant, what Qin Mu saw was no longer the sword. Instead, he saw the sorrows, joys, partings and reunions of a person, their lifetime pursuits and the will with no regrets!
The sword and path had fused into one!
Village Chief's Sword Picture, Dao Sect's Dao Sword—all these legendary sword skills lost their color in front of this.
Within the sword light, Saturn Sovereign's cry of astonishment rang out, and Qin Mu could feel the overflowing divine power. Intense heat waves came sweeping over, followed by boundless pressure as if he was being crushed by the vast and incomparably thick land!
He saw a huge orange-yellow star that possessed vast and mighty power looking like it was going to crush everything in sight. Saturn Sovereign stood in front of that huge star, overflowing with imposing might.
Qin Mu's eyes began to burn then, and he immediately shut them closed. He felt the overflowing divine power weaken rapidly as Saturn Sovereign quickly went away. After that, there was the sound of the door slamming.
”Qin Hanzhen, Qin Fengqing, I'll definitely come back to find you, father and son!” the weird voice of Saturn Sovereign echoed from farther and farther away. With a loud bang, the treasured ship swayed violently. Saturn Sovereign had to have escaped.
Zhnng.
There was a humming sound, and Qin Mu secretly opened his eyes. The sword lights that had filled the space just then had vanished, and Carefree Sword was stabbed right in front of him with the hilt of the sword still vibrating.
Below the sword was a pool of god blood which was giving off multicolored divine lights that were very astonishing.
Qin Mu turned around and saw the face of the man in the tree. The lignification gradually faded away, but he still kept his eyes shut tight. He wasn't willing to open them.
If he did that, the Pact of Earth Count would be activated. Earth Count would then take his soul, and Carefree Village would be revealed. His kin would all die because of it.
Qin Mu stared blankly. Could he never open his eyes to see him?
”Am I called Qin Fengqing?” Qin Mu asked in a low voice while looking at the man in the tree. ”Village Chief gave me a name of Mu. Qin Mu, the cowherd boy with the surname Qin.”
He leaned against the tree and said in a low voice, ”From that moment onwards, I've always been called Qin Mu. Only now did I learn that my parents had already given a name to me, Fengqing… It's a little unfamiliar. You, are you my father?”
The man still kept his eyes shut, but a branch grew out from the tree. A tender leaf took form on it and gently stroked Qin Mu's head.
He leaned against the tree in silence as hundreds of emotions burst forth in his heart.
No one had ever touched him like this before. Apothecary wouldn't as he didn't like kids. When he was concocting his medicine, he would either grab the young Qin Mu to put him in the medicinal cauldron by a hand or a leg.
Blind wouldn't as well. Even if Qin Mu executed the best staff skill, Blind would only nod and give a look of praise, but he would never spoil him.
Granny Si had never brought up a child before, being forced to wash and change his diapers every day. Only when Qin Mu had grown up a bit and helped her do the chores and tailoring that she sometimes praised him.
Old Ma who was the strictest never praised anyone. When he saw Qin Mu, he was always reminded of his dead children, so his face was always very grim, thus he never even smiled.
Deaf, on the other hand, would always find him annoying, in all shapes and forms. When he was painting, he would always chase Qin Mu out. Even when he was teaching Qin Mu how to read, write, and paint, he would mostly smack his hands and seldom praise him.
Mute was always naughty and found all kinds of methods to play tricks on him, entertaining himself with this.