Chapter 769 — The Right Path Must Be Followed
The Herdsman of the Wasteland · Page 3 of 4
" Though they were all deities, the presence of this little tyrant of Youdu filled them with dread. Trembling, they went to prepare the meal. Consort Zhen played with the infant in her arms, and mother and son reveled in each other's company. Before long, the food was ready, but no one dared sit down to eat. They stood nearby, shivering. The big-headed baby glanced at them.
Everyone hurriedly took their seats, and the child smiled again. Consort Zhen fed her son, and Shen Fengqing obediently ate, looking delighted.
"It doesn't taste like souls, so it isn't very sweet. But anything Mother feeds me is delicious. " After the meal, Consort Zhen held him and hummed a soft nursery song to lull him to sleep. The big-headed baby babbled and waved his arms and legs, then soon fell into a deep sleep.
Consort Zhen raised a hand and gently caressed her son's face, gazing at him in a daze. After hesitating again and again, she still placed her fingers on the willow leaf covering his third eye. Just then, the baby in her arms opened his eyes and looked at her with round, dark pupils.
"Mother, don't take it off. " He gazed at her pleadingly, his lips drawn down and his voice thick with tears. "Don't take it off. Fengqing missed you, Mother.
Please don't take it off. . .
" Consort Zhen rocked him gently and hummed the nursery song.
"Fengqing is Mother's good baby. Don't fuss, go to sleep.
. .
" "Mother, don't take it off. . . " Consort Zhen removed the willow leaf.
The baby closed his eyes, and tears slid from the corners of all three eyes. Turning his head aside, he murmured, "You don't like Fengqing. You like little brother. .
. " Consort Zhen kissed him.
"Mother loves you. I only do not want you to cause another great disaster.
I only hope you can live in peace. You cannot restrain yourself, but your little brother can.
.
. Mother only wants both of you to live. " She picked up the baby and placed him on a small bed. Shen Fengqing sighed and returned dejectedly to the Shen Character Continent.
His body gradually grew larger. After a moment, Shen Mu opened his eyes and rose from the bed. He knelt before Consort Zhen and gently rested his head against her knees.
Mother and son said nothing.
Two days later, Consort Zhen urged him, "Fengqing, you should leave. This is not a place where you can stay for long. " Shen Mu rose and smiled. "Mother, I will come back.
The next time I do, I will take you away from here and let you enjoy a life of comfort outside. " Consort Zhen saw him to the village entrance. Shen Mu hesitated, then said quietly, "I have seen Father. He is still alive. " Consort Zhen's body trembled.
She shook her head.
"You do not have to lie to me.
With injuries that severe, he could not have survived. . . " "Father truly is still alive.
" Shen Mu's voice was firm.
"I saw him. He is in Youdu, still aboard the treasure ship that carried us.
He has been searching for you all this time. He became a tree-man, and because of the Star Suppressing Lord, he swore an oath to Tu Bo that when he met me, he would tell the Star Suppressing Lord the location of Carefree Village. When we reunited, he did not open his eyes to look at me. .
. but he really is alive. " Consort Zhen stood stunned.
"Mother, I want to know how to reach Carefree Village. " Shen Mu hesitated. "I want to see the Founding Emperor.
" Consort Zhen fell silent.
After a while, she said, "Do not go back. " Shen Mu stared at her. "Why? " Consort Zhen shook her head. "Do not go back! I forbid you to go back! " Shen Mu stood there in a daze. "Mother, stay here. " At the village entrance, he turned, knelt, and bowed deeply three times before rising and walking away.
Consort Zhen watched him enter the dark forest of steles.
Shen Mu looked back and saw that she was still standing there.
At the Youdu Jade Lock Pass, the army camp of gods and demons stood ready.