Chapter 546 — The Peerless Art of Face-Changing
The Herdsman of the Wasteland · Page 4 of 4
" Shen Mu hurried after him. The Black Tiger God made to follow as well; the Woodcutter Sage glanced back once, and the Black Tiger God hastily halted and turned his head to look elsewhere.
"Are you of the demon race, or the human race? " Shen Mu followed the Woodcutter Sage to a quiet place, and the Sage suddenly asked, "Though you have learned my arts and received my inheritance, there is a strange power within your body — the power of the demon race. You appeared abruptly on the battlefield, in the very midst of the demon race; your conduct is suspicious.
Speak: where do you truly come from?
" Shen Mu hesitated a moment. "Carefree Land.
" The Woodcutter Sage turned around all at once and looked straight at him, as if to see whether he was speaking the truth or lying.
Shen Mu's face was calm. "I was not born in Carefree Land. When my parents walked out of Carefree Land, my mother was carrying me; they met with an enemy ambush on the road, and in the end I was born in Youdu. The Yama of Fengdu said that because I was born in Youdu, and because something unforeseen may have occurred at my birth, the demonic nature of Youdu entered my body.
" "My Lord, his face has gone calm again, and still you stare at his face and cannot see it!
" In the distance, the Black Tiger God burned with grievance.
"You say you come from Carefree Land — have you any token? " asked the Woodcutter Sage. Shen Mu hastily drew a jade pendant from around his neck.