Chapter 579 — A Strange Visitor Descends
The Herdsman of the Wasteland · Page 2 of 4
" Shen Mu picked up Ban Gongcuo's severed leg, sealed the wound at its stump, refined a medicinal liquid, and set the leg in it. Smiling, he said, "Old Man Qinghuang is over-cautious.
You can see for yourselves that I am no villain.
When you reach Taihuang Heaven, ask after Shen Mu, Cult Master of the Heaven Saint Cult — I guarantee you will hear praise on every side. My reputation there is excellent! " Qingya asked curiously, "Uncle Yan once went to Jingping and spoke of the Heaven Saint Cult. It was called the Youmo Cult then, and its reputation was very bad.
" Shen Mu's face was all smiles.
"Those were misunderstandings, and the misunderstandings have since been cleared up. As for the reputation of our Heaven Saint Cult in Jingping today, ask anyone you like — it is praised by one and all!
" The great Cult Master turned away and walked into the Spirit Energy Transference Bridge with a dark expression, thinking, "Nearly everyone who called our Heaven Saint Cult a demon cult has been beaten crippled by me. But I cannot be sure no one is wagging his tongue behind my back, so it is better to go to Taihuang Heaven. My name and the Heaven Saint Cult's name are excellent there; the moment they make inquiries, they will be close to joining. . .
" Qingyan led the young men and women of the Dragon Village after him into the Spirit Energy Transference Bridge. At once the world spun, time and space rushing past, and when their feet came down on corpses and they stepped out of the bridge, a vast and desolate other world opened before their eyes.
They exclaimed in wonder. Shen Mu, however, was looking into the distance, and his expression grew grave. In the sky, the craftsmen of the kingdom of Jingping were assembling a second sun; it was more than half finished.
Two suns shone, and still they could not fully light Taihuang Heaven. Far, far away, the sky was dim, and beneath it demonic qi hung like fog, shrouding heaven and earth. Beneath that sky lay the territory of the demon race. Immense altars, each like a mountain, blazed with thick black light, and the black light rose like smoke straight into the clouds. Streak after streak of black light stood like pillars between heaven and earth, and from time to time a colossal figure descended through the black light!
"The demons are performing a blood sacrifice. Have they summoned their demon ancestors from Youdu — those demon gods born of accumulated demonic resentment? " Shen Mu steadied himself. When he had been carried off by Fu Riluo, he had seen the magnificent giant altars in the demons' lair, and from Fu Riluo's own mouth he had learned that these altars were used to summon the demon gods of Youdu.
At the time, Fu Riluo had triggered the curse in his jade pendant and been struck by it; Fu Riluo was gravely wounded, and many of the altars were destroyed.
Now it seemed the demons had rebuilt the altars.
And now those altars had been activated, and the demon gods of Youdu were pouring through the barrier between Youdu and Taihuang Heaven, descending into this world! "This is serious.
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. " Shen Mu collected himself and summoned the Taihuang Heaven guards who watched over the Spirit Energy Transference Bridge.
He drew a picture and said, "If you see a youth with a deer's leg come out of the bridge, cut him down. Give him no chance to explain himself!
" The guard took the picture and passed it among the others. "Rest easy, Cult Master Shen.
If that deer-legged youth truly enters the Spirit Energy Transference Bridge, he will not escape death! " "I hope you can rid us of him. .
. " Shen Mu hurried off with the others toward Li City.
Li City was braced as if facing a great enemy, forging weapons.
The Imperial Preceptor of Jingping and Pang Yu and other gods stood on the city tower, watching the thousands upon thousands of troops below shift their formations. Shen Mu brought Qingyan, Qingya, and the rest up onto the tower, where he had been lodging all along.