860 Galaxy Divine Treasure (1/2)
Even though the dragon qilin had merely said a single word, ”right”, Qin Mu still felt as though he had received great encouragement; he was quickly in high spirits again.
Yan'er watched this scene and couldn't help but click her tongue in awe, shoving a spirit pill towards the dragon qilin.
Upon seeing this, the water qilin was very envious, thinking to himself, 'When my lord is lost and perplexed, I must say the word 'right' too. This way, I will be able to obtain more food rations. However, it seems like my lord has always been very lost...'
Goddess of Heavenly Yin sent the group out of Heavenly Yin World solicitously. Before taking her leave, the goddess whispered, ”Great Wizard, you won't be angry with what I did, right? Celestial Emperor is, after all, His Majesty of us ancient gods. Even though he has done a lot of bad things to the other ancient gods, at the end of everything, he is still not considered evil. When Dao Ancestor sought me out to request the runes of Heavenly Yin World to gather his majesty's soul, I couldn't reject him.”
”Goddess, you don't have to say anything, I fully understand.”
Qin Mu smiled. ”Goddess is mindful of old ties, so it's only natural to make the choice that you did. However, Goddess, you are no longer an ancient god born from heaven and earth. As an ancient god, you are already dead. You are now a whole new life, you are the same as us—we are all lifeforms after the beginning of the world.”
Goddess of Heavenly Yin was at a loss of words.
”Goddess, you are naive, so naive that you don't guard against outsiders, that you don't know why you died, and so naive that you returned to devote yourself to Ancient God Celestial Emperor. But did you not think about it before? When you died, a single piece of Ancient God Celestial Emperor's soul had already assumed a high position within the Heaven Alliance.”
Qin Mu bowed as a parting, and with great sincerity, he continued, ”He didn't stop Son of Heaven Yin from laying his hands on you. Similarly, he also didn't stop the Heaven Alliance from attacking Mother Earth. Goddess, your corporeal body was destroyed. When I revived you, you only had your skin left. After your revival, you are still different from Celestial Emperor. He still has his ancient god corporeal body, he can still become an ancient god. You and him are no longer the same kind of lifeforms.”
Goddess of Heavenly Yin revealed a dazed expression as she watched them leave. Qin Mu's voice still echoed in her ear. ”Goddess, you cannot be so naive anymore.”
The dragon qilin used his vital qi to hold on to a huge mirror, carrying the mirror on his back while continuing on the journey. Qin Mu wasn't on his head this time, and the water qilin followed closely by. Celestial Venerable Yu was also missing. Only Yan'er was leaping about, busily feeding them spirit pills.
This girl would occasionally grab some spirit pills and stick her hand into the mirror. Inside the mirror, Celestial Venerable Yu would open his mouth to receive the spirit pills.
Qin Mu was also in the mirror world. He took out a small mirror, and, turning his back on the jade scrolls within the mirror, lifted it to see the runes on the jade scrolls.
Immediately after, he took out multiple calculation spirit weapons, forming a huge calculation tool and performing calculations relentlessly. He was attempting to fuse Dao Master Lin Xuan's perfected Computational Canon of Supreme Molecule into it in order to perfect the runes.
Celestial Venerable Yu, on the other hand, was lost in thought beside him. His cultivation had reached a bottleneck; he was already at the peak of the Spirit Embryo Realm, and he intended to advance further.
Qin Mu hadn't imparted the techniques to open the Five Elements Divine Treasure to him, and he hadn't taught him how to cultivate. Celestial Venerable Yu hadn't asked him to either, because Qin Mu had told him before that Overlord Bodies like his would create their own techniques and figure out their own path.
Because of this, Celestial Venerable Yu had stubbornly decided that he would seek out his own path.
The dragon qilin followed the surface of the Surging River, traveling to the east. There were many sand ships following the river course on the Surging River that were also sailing towards the east. Beneath these huge ships, Dragon Rearing Sovereign and a few Dragon Kings revealed their true bodies, swimming through the celestial river and using their power to help speed up the flow of the water and thus the traveling speed of the ships.
The Metal of Heavenly Yin wasn't uncommon in the Heavenly Yin World, yet it was a rare item in the outside world; there were quite a few robberies along the way. Since the celestial river connected multiple heavens, there were devil gods that came from the heavens to rob the ships; they were fought off by Dragon Rearing Sovereign and the Dragon Kings.
Qin Mu hadn't asked the dragon qilin to use his full strength for the journey, so his speed was almost on par with the sand ships beneath them. In addition, the dragon qilin was content to be able to enjoy spirit pills along the way.
Occasionally, Dragon Kings would fly out from beneath the river surface, and upon realizing that the dragon qilin was the mount of Qin Mu, they would offer underwater treasures and delicacies. The dragon qilin rarely ate meat, so he only accepted artifacts like dragon beads, while Yan'er and the water qilin were open to offerings of all varieties.
A portion of the sand ships sailed to Surging River Academy and started to unload so that the Metal of Heavenly Yin could be refined there. Another portion of the sand ships continued sailing east, going all the way to the sea.
The surface of the sea was a lot wider and vaster today as compared to the past. The dragon qilin looked towards the east; the sky picture was unable to cover the surface of the sea, and the sun was actually rising from mid-air instead of the water's surface.
Even more peculiar, there were gigantic planets on the surface of the sea. Some had smashed into the sea, revealing half a circular body, while some hung from the sky barrier, looking even more huge in scale.
These planets had torn the sky apart, revealing alarming cracks that streaked across the sky.
The god who guarded the sky picture had long given up, completely disregarding the damaged sky picture and not bothering to patch it up.
Suddenly, Qin Mu stuck his head out of the mirror. Looking around his surroundings, he was stunned by the sight in front of him. ”This is the estuary of the Surging River? The god guarding the sky picture is really slacking off, this is unbearable to look at.”
The dragon qilin said, ”We have reached the estuary.”
On the other side of the mirror, Celestial Venerable Yu stuck out his head, looking about curiously.
”In ancient times, the celestial river would keep flowing and eventually enter the Ruins of Ends. Now the celestial river flows into the sea, missing a huge portion. To find the Ruins of Ends, I'm afraid it will be extremely difficult.”
Qin Mu suddenly adjusted the mirror, letting it stand upright. He looked downwards with his body parallel to the surface of the sea, only to see the sand ship forming a fleet and sailing along the coastline in the northern direction. Qin Mu commented, ”Without the protection of the Dragon Kings, isn't it dangerous for these sand ships?”
As he spoke, enormous green backs emerged from the surface of the sea, looking like islands—they were actually gigantic fish swimming over, protecting the sand ships from all four sides.
Enormous black tortoises swam over in the sea as well, accompanying the sand ships as they continued on their way.
At this moment, another ship sailed over from a harbor by the shore of the sea. Atop the ship were apparitions that rose into the air, transforming into a long river dam that was constructed from earth, wood, and water.
Vertically and horizontally across, the long river dam was almost 800 yards in length. The river spanned several hundred miles, it was a truly grand sight.
Several green-backed fish swam towards the apparition, suddenly leaping out of the water and transforming into men and women before boarding the ship.
A few enormous black tortoises swam over too, also transforming into human form to board the ship.
”This level of apparition of water conservancy, earth, and wood is likely the work of Eternal Peace Empire's Great Sikong Wei Pingbo. It looks like Eternal Peace's god of water conservancy has assumed personal command to protect the sand ships.”
Qin Mu took a quick look and said, ”The green-backed fish on the sea's surface are of the Kun race, and the black tortoises are of the Black Tortoise god race. Back then, in the battle of God Broken Mountain Range, they were ordained by Human Emperor's Seal to come forth and assist in battle, and they suffered great casualties. With the help of the god of water conservancy and the god races of the sea, the sand ships won't be in much danger.”
He felt at ease now, retreating back into the mirror to continue his research.
Celestial Venerable Yu crawled out of the mirror. Sitting very convincingly on the water qilin's head, he turned to Yan'er and said, ”Sister, don't feed me anymore, I will be cultivating in seclusion for the next few days.”
Yan'er felt uneasy and replied, ”Will you starve? Do you want to fill your stomach first?”