Chapter 584 — Male Roe Deer Stamp Their Hooves in Chaos, Female Roe Deer's Eyes Grow Misty
The Herdsman of the Wasteland · Page 3 of 5
The demon race is wicked of heart and utterly treacherous; the Honored Goddess Feng Gou was merely deceived by them for a time. In the future you will surely see the signs and put righteousness above kinship. " Behind his backside, the silly roe deer kept butting at him, bang, bang. Shen Mu rubbed his backside, which stung fiercely, and thought, "These roe deer really have a vicious, stubborn streak.
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. " Tianfeng Gou's smile vanished again. "Since the misunderstanding is cleared up, I will not intrude further. . .
Who is there? " Her voice turned somewhat grating, and hardly had she spoken when the voice of the Honored God Sang Ye came through, laughing. "Feng Gou, do not misunderstand.
It is I.
" Shen Mu finally relaxed. His hands, which had been clenched on the jade eyes, loosened, and his palms were slick with cold sweat. The Snow Fox too was relieved.
"Young Master.
. .
" she said in a low voice. Shen Mu shook his head and lowered his voice.
"Do not ask yet. " He had already noticed the watchtower at the Wuwang City ruins; the divine radiance the Honored God Sang Ye gave off had suddenly vanished, and he knew then that Sang Ye had discovered the commotion here.
After all, Shen Mu had used the first stance of the Tribulation Sword, Kai Jie, to slay Guan He. The Kai Jie sword made an enormous commotion, ten li of sword light bursting forth almost in an instant; it would have been hard for the Honored God Sang Ye not to notice.
Sang Ye had seen this sword technique of Shen Mu's before.
Seeing the sword light, he would surely come, for anyone worth Shen Mu's use of the Tribulation Sword was certain to be a formidable foe!
If he came to look, then whether or not Tianfeng Gou was a demon-race spy, Shen Mu would be safe enough. Just now Shen Mu had retreated step by step to this small mountain village, seemingly to explain himself to Tianfeng Gou, but in truth to explain to the Honored God Sang Ye the reasons he had killed Tianfeng Gou's disciples. "So it is Senior Brother Sang Ye.
" Tianfeng Gou relaxed, her manner calm. "Sect Master Shen and I had a misunderstanding. It is now resolved.
" The Honored God Sang Ye walked over and said, "It is well that the misunderstanding is resolved. But one thing strikes me as strange: why did all of Sister Feng Gou's disciples throw in with the demon race? A single one turning traitor would be one thing; after all, facing life and death, it is hard to hold fast to right and wrong, good and evil.
But for the whole household to turn traitor, that is what is strange.
" Tianfeng Gou's brows rose. "And what does the Honored God Sang Ye think? " The Honored God Sang Ye stepped between Shen Mu and Tianfeng Gou.
"Five disciples, every one of them turned traitor and joined the demon race; it is hard not to suspect whether the master has also joined them.
Feng Gou was once the city lord of Gou City, were you not? Fifteen hundred years ago, Gou City was broken, and only you and a handful of others survived.
When my Li City was broken, though nearly all my family died in battle and only my daughter and I lived, I shielded no small number of Li City's common folk, ten times the number of survivors from Guimei City. " He clasped his hands behind his back and went on, "And there are the divine cities of Ben, Fu, Tongren, Dayou, and others. I have looked into how many survived after those cities were broken, and the common folk who lived were far more numerous than in Feng Gou's Gou City. " Shen Mu's eyes flickered as he watched the Honored God Sang Ye's hands behind his back. The Honored God Sang Ye's hands were making strange gestures, meaning that the situation was critical and they should flee at once.
"Can it be that the Honored God Sang Ye is no match for Tianfeng Gou?