Chapter 714 — The Full Moon Hangs in the Sky
The Herdsman of the Wasteland · Page 2 of 5
" Shen Mu heard Master Dan's voice and hurried to look. Master Dan was inspecting the herb fields, and Deaf Old Man was there too, with the High Minister Su Yunzhi in attendance.
Su Yunzhi was a first-rank minister of Jingping; she had long since opened her divine bridge and cultivated into a deity, and her strength was considerable. When Shen Mu had met her in the capital she was still an old woman; now she had grown in reverse, becoming a beautiful woman of about thirty, every gesture and movement radiant with grace. Deaf Old Man had grown ears; Master Dan still wore his bronze mask, just as ever.
Shen Mu saw many Tiansheng Academy scholars here; they must have been brought by these two, their purpose being to instruct the Yongjiang Academy in the arts of creation. Shen Mu stepped forward and said with a smile, "Grandpa Dan, how goes your creation art? Why do you still wear the mask?
" Master Dan touched the mask on his face and shook his head. "I am old already. I had rather not show my true face. Lest.
. .
ah. " He sighed. Deaf Old Man sneered. "So being handsome makes one remarkable?
How vulgar. " Master Dan laughed. "It does make one remarkable.
" Deaf Old Man pretended not to hear. The two of them loved to bicker; Shen Mu was long accustomed to it and paid it no mind.
Deaf Old Man looked at Shen Mu and asked, puzzled, "Why have you come to the Yongjiang Academy instead of the Tiansheng Academy? " Shen Mu's eyes flickered, and he smiled.
"I was passing by, so I came to see Lord Dragon-Keeper, and to pay a visit to Grand Libationer Su. " Su Yunzhi smiled with pursed lips.
"Grand Libationer Shen jests. You so rarely come to my Yongjiang Academy, while I am forever running to the Tiansheng Academy to find you, hoping to consult you on some difficult question of teaching, only I never find you.
" Shen Mu gave a hollow laugh and stared at a flower without speaking.
Seeing his expression, Master Dan and Deaf Old Man understood at once.
Master Dan smiled.
"High Minister Su, I am somewhat tired; I shall go back and rest first.
In another hour you need only have the scholars harvest the herbs. Remember to keep some seeds. " Su Yunzhi assented.
Master Dan and Deaf Old Man turned and walked toward the Tiansheng Academy. Shen Mu quickly followed.
Deaf Old Man said, "One look at your face and I know no good has come of your visit. Out with it. What is it? " "I suspect Lou Yunqu is about to use the Book of Life and Death against this place, to wipe out every living soul in Lizhou Prefecture," Shen Mu said.
"What?
" Master Dan and Deaf Old Man cried out together. Shen Mu said hurriedly, "Grandpas, lower your voices. Do not beat the grass and startle the snake. " Master Dan trembled and quickened his steps.
"Let us hurry back and pack our belongings and leave this place, and go back to Bazhou at once.
No, back to Yincan Village! Bazhou is not safe either! " Shen Mu hurriedly caught his hand.
Master Dan struggled hard but could not break free; he was at the Life-and-Death realm now, but his cultivation was slow, and his flesh was far inferior to Shen Mu's. "Grandpa Dan, you may as well stay here.
" Shen Mu smiled.
"So long as Lou Yunqu does not come to kill with his own hands, and it is only the Book of Life and Death, I can still catch it. " "Catch it how?
" "When you die, I will bring you back to life. " Shen Mu smiled. "Rest easy.
So long as the flesh does not rot, summoning your souls back will not be much trouble. " Master Dan hesitated and looked at Deaf Old Man. Deaf Old Man said, "What use is summoning our souls back?
Can we beat Lou Yunqu and the others?
" "No. " Shen Mu shook his head.
"Before Taihuang Heaven fell, Lou Yunqu and his two companions once met the First Ancestor Human Emperor, and the four of them went to the Spirit Energy Transfer Bridge.