Chapter 555 — Demonic Nature Unleashed
The Herdsman of the Wasteland · Page 1 of 4
Shen Mu blinked, quietly stepped back two paces, and still nothing bad happened; he stepped back two more, and yet all was as before. "This jade pendant.
.
. it truly is a jade pendant of Carefree Land! " The Sun-Binder stared at the pendant, turning it over and over, his expression shifting dark and bright by turns, his three faces chattering one after another, murmuring, "No, no, he's deceiving us! How could a man of Carefree Land be half human and half demon?
He must be lying to us! " "This brat is slippery as a ghost.
He looks honest and simple, but in truth he's cunning and treacherous. His words can't be trusted! " "But this really is a jade pendant of Carefree Land. If we could truly capture a man of Carefree Land and use him to find the way there, then report it to the Heavenly Court, the Heavenly Court would surely reward us richly, and the demon race would have a place to live!
" "The Heavenly Court can't be trusted!
Trust them, and sows will climb trees!
" . . .
Shen Mu quietly backed away several more steps. The Sun-Binder's three faces were still conversing with one another, arguing endlessly.
Shen Mu abruptly turned and fled at full speed. The next moment, he saw the Sun-Binder right in front of him.
The Sun-Binder still stood where he was, unmoving, his three faces still quarreling, and Shen Mu could not help but despair. The Sun-Binder was too strong, so strong that he could twist the space around him, so that Shen Mu could not escape at all; he could not even put a little more distance between himself and the jade pendant! "Carefree Land is deeply mysterious.
They once built a great civilization and founded a Heavenly Court of vast scale! But how could Carefree Land have demon-race descendants?
Highly suspicious! " "Yes, very suspicious.
I say we kill this brat! Kill him now! " "Wait. There's something strange about this jade pendant.
I've found a seal hidden inside it. What kind of seal is this?
Could the secret of Carefree Land be hidden within? " Shen Mu stared, mouth agape, at the Sun-Binder's three faces. It seemed that three different consciousnesses were hidden within the Sun-Binder's body, like three different souls.
At this moment the three faces were scrambling to study his jade pendant, trying to probe the secret of the seal. Shen Mu stood there obediently, not moving a muscle. He could not leave now; he could only do his utmost to be meek and well-behaved.
Just then he heard a clamor of noise, that familiar sound of whispering. It was not unfamiliar to him: back in Fengdu, when King Yama toyed with the jade pendant, he had heard the same sound.
The sound was clamorous, as though no one knew how many wronged souls hid in the shadows, in places unseen, wearing strange, twisted expressions, speaking words that bewitched the heart, luring men to fall and sink into ruin.
Shen Mu shook his head. The whispering came nearer and nearer, as though something lay pressed to his ear, pouring the sound into his brain. He raised a hand and swatted at his ears, but could not swat that uncanny sound away.
The next moment, he felt those tangled voices burrow into his skull. The noise was truly too loud, loud enough that his head felt about to burst. Shen Mu tilted his head, slapping his ears as though he could slap those voices out of his brain.
Yet the sound only grew louder, and all the voices suddenly overlapped into one. Shen Mu's head dropped with a smack.
He stood frozen there, his body swaying back and forth, his hands hanging limply at his sides.
"Heh heh, the seal is nearly subdued by us!
" "There must be some secret in this!
" "Perhaps it can let us fathom the mysteries of Carefree Land! " The Sun-Binder's three faces were still chattering away, when suddenly a voice came from beside him: "Smash it.