Chapter 461 — Cloud and Rain at a Turn of the Palm
The Herdsman of the Wasteland · Page 4 of 4
" Liu Ruyin looked at him with a smile that was not quite a smile. Shen Mu laughed heartily and bowed low to the ground. "Forgive me, Sister Ruyin. But in truth, was it not a scheme against me when you left Zhenqing at my side? " Liu Ruyin returned the salute and sighed.
"I am not as ruthless as you. " "I do what I must. Otherwise I could not join hands with you, sister.
" Shen Mu studied the divine coffins in the God-Burial Valley and asked curiously, "Who is in this divine coffin?
Why was he sealed? I saw just now that several other coffins also gave off divine light—are they gods and demons as well?
" Liu Ruyin shook her head.
"Those elders have died and been reborn more than ten times over; their bodies have been refined into divine forms. They are not the same as the god in this golden coffin.
The divine corpse in this golden coffin is a true god. " Shen Mu was startled and could not help looking at it a few more times.
Liu Zhenqing suddenly coughed.
Liu Ruyin took the hint and said with meaning, "It is growing late outside. Why not stay the night, Sect Master Shen, and set out in the morning?
Tonight you may rest here.
My coffin. .
.
will be left with a crack open.
" Shen Mu's scalp prickled and a chill ran through him. He hastily composed his face and said, "I long ago promised the poison master Mu Yingxue that I would go to see her, and I have already delayed nearly a year. There is no time to lose—Qi'er and I had best be on our way at once!
Farewell! No need to see me out! " With that he took Xiong Qi'er by the hand, called the Dragon Qilin, and slipped out of the God-Burial Valley as if fleeing. Outside, the sky had already gone dark.
Shen Mu whipped the Dragon Qilin's rump hard and fled in haste.
Liu Ruyin and her daughter saw them to the gate and watched them recede into the distance, and a melancholy came over her. Liu Zhenqing said forlornly, "Is it so hard to find a father with the flavor of humanity. . .
" Liu Ruyin consoled her. "Don't worry. Mother will surely find you a good father. "