Chapter 206 — The Summoner of Demons
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Shen Mu had studied for close to ten years under Old Man Kui, a great master of his age, and Old Man Kui was deeply versed in ancient script besides; yet he had never taught Shen Mu this form of tadpole script.
Shen Mu turned to look at the writing on the phantom door behind him. Dim as it still was, he could just make out that it somewhat resembled the writing on the scroll.
"What script is this?"
Shen Mu felt obscurely that something was strange. If every martial artist of the Five Luminaries realm bore such a double door behind him, and the divine Saturn Lord in every case held such a scroll in his hand, then surely someone long ago would have studied the writing on the scroll and on the door to the very bottom and parsed out the mystery within—so why had even the Imperial Preceptor of Jingping never spoken of such a thing?
Could it be that another man's divine Saturn Lord had no such door, no such scroll?
He was turning this over when suddenly a voice, heavy and brimming with demonic nature, sounded in his mind: "Stop your wild fancies. This is Youdu script. How could a puny, feeble creature like you ever know Youdu script?"
A chill ran through Shen Mu, and every hair on his body stood up. In alarm he said, "Who is it? Who is speaking inside my body?"
"Playing dumb?"
The voice laughed. "How much longer will you play dumb before me? When I borrowed your eyes to observe the fighting techniques of the Imperial Preceptor of Jingping, did you not already recognize me? Summoner of demons of the Lord of Dutian?"