Chapter 216 — Hooking Souls, Drawing Spirits
The Herdsman of the Wasteland · Page 4 of 4
Shen Mu said gravely, "Your Grace, my cult has lost two Heavenly Kings, and two seats of Heavenly King stand empty. Your Grace belongs to a great hereditary house and stands outside the sects — there should be no obstacle whatever to your becoming a Guardian Heavenly King of my cult, should there?"
The Duke of Wei gave two dry laughs and looked about him. The twenty experts who had joined hands to kill Sun Nantuo had already risen to their feet. The corner of his eye twitched. "I am the Duke of Wei. I hold office. Where would I find the time to be your Guardian Heavenly King? Why not give me some idle sinecure instead..."
Shen Mu smiled gently. "Rest assured, my Holy Cult is a loose affair. We will trouble Your Grace only when there is a fight to be had; Your Grace need do no more than lend us his name. Not only is the Guardian Heavenly King an idle post — even I, the cult master, am exceedingly idle. Had this affair not come up, I would not have come in person. And if Your Grace is unwilling, we will not press him. Your Grace need only swear an oath not to reveal what he has seen today, and he may leave. The world holds far too many misunderstandings about my Holy Cult; they take us for fiends who kill without blinking. Isn't that so, all of you?" With that he burst out laughing.
Below the platform, the Dark Demon Cultists laughed along with him — but their laughter never reached their eyes, and every face wore the look of men ready to turn and silence witnesses at any moment.
"I am willing!" the Duke of Wei said hastily.
Wei Yong hesitated. "Your Grace..."
"Shut up!"
The Duke of Wei swung his head around and snapped, "You have ruined me! A lifetime's reputation, all of it destroyed in the hands of you little brat. If you had not called out 'Brother Shen,' the two of us could still have walked away whole!"
Wei Yong pursed his lips. "Old Master, he said he would let us go. Why insist on joining the cult? Brother Shen has a kind heart. He is not the sort to be vicious and murderous."
The Duke of Wei blinked. "You really think he is not a vicious, murderous man? If he were not a vicious, murderous man, how could he ever have become the demon cult master of the Dark Demon Cult?"
Shen Mu coughed. "Heavenly King Wei, we generally call ourselves the Heavenly Sage Cult, not the Dark Demon Cult. And I am not a demon cult master, but a sage cult master. Do bear that in mind, Heavenly King Wei."
Wei Yong said excitedly, "Old Master, the title of Heavenly King rings far louder than Duke! Brother Shen, arrange a post for me too!"