Chapter 287 — Guarding the Remains
The Herdsman of the Wasteland · Page 4 of 4
" The two girls nodded. Planting nearly ten thousand yellow essences was no small labor, but fortunately they were all possessors of divine powers; it took them several hours, planting until nightfall, and at last they finished.
Si Yunxiang went to gather firewood, and Ling Yuxiu went to the spirit spring for water to irrigate the yellow essences. Shen Mu tidied the Taotie pouch, put the two jade eyes into it, and laid more than three thousand jade pearls out on the island's beach; the pearls gave off a captivating radiance of many colors.
Si Yunxiang brought the firewood she had gathered, came to the beach, lit a bonfire, then took off her outer clothes and, in nothing but her undergarments, leapt into the sea.
Her undergarment was a dress with straps over the shoulders, like a dudou but somewhat larger, woven of pure white silk and embroidered with nothing at all. Below she wore white underdrawers whose legs were very short, only three inches, with thin cords tied about her snow-white thighs. After a while Si Yunxiang came walking out of the sea holding a fish a zhang long, tossed it down beside Shen Mu, then circulated her yuan qi to steam her undergarments dry before dressing again.
Only then did she see that Shen Mu had at some point dragged Long Jiaonan's corpse over and laid it by the bonfire, and had also dragged over the two halves of the red snake's body. She asked, puzzled, "Cult Leader, what are you doing?
" Shen Mu said, "Keeping watch over the corpse, waiting for her to wake. " Si Yunxiang burst out laughing.
"Wait two more days and she will stink.
I ran her heart through, and Princess Xiu shattered every bone in her body — can she still live? " Ling Yuxiu came over, frowned at the sight of Long Jiaonan's corpse, and ventured, "Cowherd, is there some strange rule in the Wasteland again?
" Shen Mu kicked Long Jiaonan's corpse and sneered, "No more pretending, Sister Long.
I have seen you shed your skin!
" The two girls laughed.
"Best to bury her soon. " Shen Mu sneered, "Before we bury her, we must first cut off her head!
This blade of mine is just thirsty for blood! " With that he drew the Beast-Slaughtering Blade, his face unfriendly.
Ling Yuxiu and Si Yunxiang were both startled.
Ling Yuxiu whispered, "Saintess Xiang, is there a rule in the Wasteland about cutting off corpses' heads?
" "I do not know either.
Perhaps the Wasteland really does have such an odd custom.
.
. " Si Yunxiang had barely said this when suddenly, from the top of Long Jiaonan's head, came the sound of human skin splitting open.