Chapter 1037 — The Mystery of the Snatched Cat
The Herdsman of the Wasteland · Page 2 of 4
"Daoist friend, it is cold and damp outside. Why not come in and warm yourself?
My door is not locked. " The door gave a faint creak, and a white cat squeezed through the gap. Sitting upright before Shen Mu, it spoke with a man's voice, "Heavenly Venerable Mu, you stole the Heavenly Emperor's treasure.
You may have fooled the ten Heavenly Venerables, but you cannot fool me. Hand over that half of the eggshell.
Once I take it, I will leave and will not harm you. " Shen Mu asked curiously, "Does the Celestial Consort Yan know you are here? " The white cat said, "Of course she knows. I am here on behalf of the Heavenly Venerable Yan to retrieve the thing. We are now no more than three feet apart.
At this distance, killing you would be as easy as turning over my palm.
I could cut your throat with a claw, slay your primordial spirit, without alarming anyone, and then calmly take the treasure. Or you could give me the Heavenly Emperor's eggshell and keep our goodwill intact. Once I have the item, I will turn and leave. " Shen Mu smiled. "I have only heard the Celestial Consort call you Little Seven. May I know your name, Daoist friend?
" The white cat flicked its tail, and its cat face was utterly serious.
"Heavenly Venerable Mu, do you mean to delay? I have already observed the whole of Jingping's capital. There is no one here who can match me; only that one called Yan'er might put up a fight, but she is no opponent either. Even if you summoned friends, I could kill them all. But before that, you would already be dead. " Shen Mu said nonchalantly, "Do you know that two women in this courtyard are Heavenly Venerables?
" The fur on the white cat's tail bristled, and it crouched low, letting out a menacing growl.
Yet it was not threatening Shen Mu—it was shuddering uncontrollably at the news that two women here were Heavenly Venerables.
Shen Mu smiled slightly. "To have slipped in right under the eyes of two Heavenly Venerables—you really are loyal to the Celestial Consort Yan.
But the Primordial Realm has more than two Heavenly Venerables; the Heavenly Venerable Xiao is also there, watching covetously. Take the Heavenly Emperor's eggshell out of Jingping's capital, and you will die right away. Do you believe me? " The white cat's pupils narrowed to slits, and he said hoarsely, "You are lying to me!
" Shen Mu said calmly, "Yun Chuxiu is Madam Yuanmu, and Lian Huahun is Her Majesty the Empress.
Why would I deceive you? The Heavenly Emperor's eggshell is right in the vertical eye of my brow. If you don't believe me, I will gouge out this eye and give it to you. Then you can see whether you can leave Jingping alive.
" He actually gouged out the eye from his brow and held it out before the white cat!
The white cat stared at the eye in his palm, slowly raising a paw, hesitating. Just then, a rooster crowed, and the sky gradually brightened.
The white cat ground his fangs, snatched up the eye, and turned to leave.
Shen Mu smiled. The vertical eye was still in his brow—it had not been gouged out.
What the white cat had taken was merely an eye conjured by his spiritual contemplation. The white cat slipped out of Shen Mu's room, glanced around, saw that no one was near, then leaped onto the wall and raced along its top, bounding toward the outskirts of the capital.
At the same time, Yun Chuxiu, her hair tied in a pair of ponytails, quietly slipped out of the door and followed behind the white cat. The cat seemed to sense something and abruptly turned its head, but Yun Chuxiu had been swallowed by an abyss, and the cat saw nothing. Yun Chuxiu quietly followed the white cat out of Jingping's capital.
Yet she too seemed to sense someone behind her; she whirled around, but did not see anyone trailing her. She rolled her eyes for a moment, then continued after the white cat.
A flower bloomed in the air, and Lian Huahun sat in the flower, silently watching the woman and the cat leave the city.