Chapter 477 — The Evil Thing
The Herdsman of the Wasteland · Page 4 of 4
"That is true enough. The Great Venerable's abilities are no small matter. You may have learned the methods of other sects and holy lands, but your sorcery is your strongest hand—and that hand was built up in your first life. The techniques of the great sects and schools you learned in later lives were only flowers added to brocade; they did little to raise your strength. Had you been able to devote yourself single-mindedly to sorcery, you would have achieved far more than you have today. " Ban Gongcuo's manner turned bleak. He said gloomily, "What use is it to refine sorcery to the highest degree, if it still cannot make one a god?
Once I understood that, I began to seek another road, trying to draw the way to godhood out of the methods of other sects and holy lands. A pity—those holy lands had no such method either, and I could not fuse all I had learned across several lives into one. In the end, it was Sect Master Shen, the man I regarded as my mortal enemy, who of his own accord made the method of becoming a god known to all, giving me hope of godhood. It leaves me sighing, not knowing what to say. " He stared blankly, lost in thought, then suddenly said, "If I had met you in my first life, perhaps things would not now stand as they do between us. Perhaps we would have been friends. " Shen Mu laughed, embarrassed. "Great Venerable, don't jest. I am not evil in the least.
Where have you put the Shaman God Kui's body? And where have you suppressed his primordial spirit? " Ban Gongcuo said gravely, "If I tell you all, you will not kill me—you will let me go?
" Shen Mu answered just as gravely, "I can swear it to the Earth Lord! " Ban Gongcuo shook his head. "Sect Master, don't jest.
" Shen Mu roared with laughter and waved a hand.
"If not to the Earth Lord, then let us swear to the Shaman God Kui's primordial spirit.
If you break your oath and give me false information and a false location, then the moment you see him, you shall drop dead on the spot!
And so shall I: if I do not let you go, then the moment I see him, I shall drop dead on the spot! "