Chapter 1286: The Giant Beast Reappears (Fourth Update!)
Qin Mu's face instantly drained of all color, turning pale as he stammered: "Brother Taiyi, don't joke with me. How could I possibly lift it? I'll call my whole family right now and we'll move immediately!"
The young Taiyi looked at him with a half-smile, making no move to stop him.
Qin Mu waited for a moment, and seeing that he wasn't being stopped, he himself made no move to leave either.
"I know you quite well, Mu Tianzun."
The young Taiyi said with a faint smile: "Back when you were still studying at the Remnant Elder Village, I transformed into a Jipolong and observed you for several years. Mu Tianzun, faced with this kind of situation, you wouldn't feel fear—instead, you'd have an even stronger curiosity."
Qin Mu slumped, feeling as though everything about him had been seen through.
The young Taiyi continued: "If it were anyone else, hearing about the great terror here—even just witnessing once the great terror of the previous universe's destruction—would be enough to shatter their Dao heart and completely break them. But last time, when you brought Taisu to the previous epoch and personally experienced the destruction of the universe, you returned without any obstruction in your Dao heart. Instead, you were preparing to search for Taisu and kill her."
Qin Mu laughed: "The past cannot be chased; cherish the present and the future. That's what the Remnant Elder Village taught me."
He grew curious again and asked: "Brother Taiyi, did you really transform into a Jipolong?"
The young Taiyi looked helpless and nodded.
Qin Mu asked with great interest: "Then during the New Year, were you sent to the dinner table by us?"
The young Taiyi grew even more helpless and nodded again: "It was the Blind Man who made the move, saying I looked the fattest. You all ate very happily... Enough of that. You absolutely won't leave the Hundred Thousand Black Mountains. Since you won't leave, what will you do?"
Qin Mu's eyes lit up, and he suddenly clapped his hands together, laughing: "Of course, I'll keep mining! There's gold everywhere here. Digging out those mineral veins from the previous epochs—it's all wealth, enough to strengthen Yankang!"
The young Taiyi was speechless for a long while.
Qin Mu continued: "And we'll take their treasures too! Their treasures must all be top-grade. Naturally, they won't agree to give them up, so I need to refine a treasure specifically for chopping off their hands!"
The young Taiyi was stunned for a long moment, then said: "What if they crawl over from the previous epoch..."
"Then we kill them."
Qin Mu said carelessly, laughing: "Kill one for every one that comes. It's not a big deal. You have them sealed and suppressed here—they can't all crawl out at once, can they?"
The young Taiyi sighed: "If the Ancestral Court were to become a battlefield again, then it really might be possible for them to crawl out. At that time, even I wouldn't be able to suppress them."
Qin Mu laughed heartily, full of confidence: "The Ten Heavenly Venerables check each other—who would dare to make a move in the Ancestral Court? And with Emperor Taichu, Tubo, and Tiangong knowing the danger of the Ancestral Court, and the Empress and her sister also knowing the peril here, they won't act. Brother Taiyi, you're worrying over nothing!"
Just as he was speaking, Jiang Yunjian flew over: "Godfather, there's a messenger from Yan Tianfei requesting an audience."
Qin Mu's heart stirred slightly. He stuffed the willow branch and small iron bucket back into the young Taiyi's hands, laughing: "My business has arrived. Brother Taiyi, you'll have to patch up these black mountains yourself."
The young Taiyi helplessly pinched the willow branch and carried the bucket, watching him walk away.
Jiang Yunjian was about to slip away, but was called back by the young Taiyi. He had no choice but to obediently stop, take the willow branch and small iron bucket from Taiyi's hands, and reluctantly repair this stretch of heaven and earth.
At first, repairing the Great Black Mountain had been quite interesting and novel, but in the years since Qin Mu had left, they had been helping Taiyi repair the Great Black Mountain, and they were long since tired of it.
Yan Tianfei's messenger was Xiu Hongsu, bearing Yan Tianfei's invitation. She bowed and presented it: "Mu Tianzun, the Heavenly Consort has arrived and invites the Tianzun to come."
"Xiu Xiu, wait a moment."
Qin Mu went to find the Taishi Egg. The Taishi Egg had already been placed by Yan'er in a bird's nest to incubate. Beside this large egg were arranged flowers in a circle.
Because the void beasts were being controlled by Dragon Qilin, the Ancestral Court was gradually recovering its vitality, and flowers, grass, and trees had begun to grow again.
The Taishi Egg seemed relieved, unable to bear Yan'er's attentive care, and quickly followed Qin Mu away. Yan'er still felt a bit regretful.
Dragon Qilin hurried forward and said: "Jiaozhu, these past days I've been controlling and drilling the void beasts and obtained many treasures. They're all stored in our Hundred Thousand Sacred Mountain treasury. Jiaozhu, please take a look when you have time."
He showed an expectant expression.
Qin Mu laughed: "I'll go to Yan Tianfei's gathering first and look when I return. Oh, right, Long Pi—Taidi has been reborn. In the future, he'll definitely take back the Void Mother Beast and use it to control the other void beasts. The Ancestral Court is likely to face a calamity. Ask Taiyi more about it and see what plans he has."
"Taidi?"
Dragon Qilin was alarmed. Qin Mu walked toward Xiu Hongsu, and Dragon Qilin quickly followed: "Jiaozhu, won't you take a look at our own treasury?"
Qin Mu was puzzled and said: "This matter is urgent. I'm going to negotiate with Yan Tianfei to get some Taishi Divine Stones. When I return, I'll definitely look at the treasures you've collected."
Seeing that there was an outsider present, Dragon Qilin had no choice but to stop talking and watched him leave with Xiu Hongsu, thinking to himself: "Taishi Divine Stones? Our treasury is full of them. The divine stones that Xiu Hongsu and the others mined were basically all snatched by me and placed in our treasury. Counting the days, today is the day when the territory of Zushenwang sends its mined treasures back to the Heavenly Court. I should be on my way too..."
He let out a low roar, and an incomparably massive void beast emerged from the depths of the void.
Dragon Qilin leaped onto the back of this Void Mother Beast and shouted: "Awaken your children—let's go rob them!"
That Void Mother Beast was even more powerful than before, its body several times larger. It shook the bone mountains on its back, and the hollow bones let out sharp whistling sounds as air flowed through them.
Countless void beasts emerged from the void, vast and mighty, escorting Dragon Qilin and the Void Mother Beast as they departed.
Qin Mu sat in Xiu Hongsu's treasure carriage. This carriage was very fast—it was Yan Tianfei's imperial vehicle.
Just then, Qin Mu suddenly sensed a disturbance in the void. He pushed open the carriage window and looked out into the void. Strangely enough, ever since Taiyi had dripped a drop of water into his vertical eye, his brow's vertical eye could easily see through everything in the Ancestral Court, including the void itself!
He saw deep within the void, countless void beasts running like a pack of wolves, with an even larger mother beast at the center.
And on the mother beast's back, he also saw Dragon Qilin standing there!
"What is Fatty Long up to now?" He wondered.
Xiu Hongsu also poked her head out to look, but she saw nothing. Although she was a great expert at the Imperial Throne realm, she didn't have eyes as powerful as Qin Mu's.
"What is Mu Tianzun looking at?" Xiu Hongsu asked with a smile.
Qin Mu withdrew his gaze and smiled: "Nothing. A few little birds just flew by in the sky."
"Little birds? How could there be little birds in the Ancestral Court?" Xiu Hongsu laughed.
Qin Mu didn't explain further. Suddenly, an earth-shaking rumble came from outside. The two looked out and saw in a swamp, a patch of mossy ground covering dozens of li in radius, with some shrubs growing on it, suddenly rising from the ground!
It was a giant beast. Qin Mu had once heard Gong Tianzun mention that this type of beast was called Queqi, a primordial giant beast of the Ancestral Court!
This Queqi should still be a juvenile, yet it was already this massive. Once it reached adulthood, it would be as astonishing as a moving continent!
But the giant beasts of the Ancestral Court had clearly gone extinct—they had all been eaten by the void beasts. How could there still be Queqi and other giant beasts here?
Just then, rumbling sounds came from the swamp again. Large and small landmasses rose one after another from the water's surface. Over a hundred enormous Queqi roamed through the swamp, letting out melodious, resounding calls.
Qin Mu was stunned.