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Chapter 929 — Meeting Beneath the Moon at Yao Terrace

The Herdsman of the Wasteland Page 3 of 3

Yan'er, following behind him, immediately noticed dense clusters of small rashes blooming on the back of Shen Mu's neck—clearly Shen Mu now sensed mortal danger, utterly panic-stricken!

"Why is Young Master so alarmed by this girl called Yun Chuxiu?"

Yan'er looked toward the girl and could not help but feel somewhat enchanted herself, secretly admiring her: "Clouds long for her robes, flowers long for her face. Such a beautiful girl is rare in this world—she does not yield even to Young Master's grandmother, Si Youyou."

The woman's features were pure and ethereal, as though the most beautiful goddess in the world had stepped out from legend and story, stepped out from a painting. Every frown and smile, every gesture and movement, was perfectly natural, flawless beyond fault.

Yet Shen Mu felt an incomparable coldness, a strange chill piercing to the bone.

He had seen this woman before.

The coldness at the bottom of Shen Mu's heart surged upward without cease: "Shouldn't she be buried together with Her Majesty the Empress, both of them in coffins aboard the ghost ship? Jue Wuchen, how did you get out…"