Chapter 152 — The Golden Palace of Loulan
The Herdsman of the Wasteland · Page 4 of 4
Such was the way of cultivation beyond the frontier, unlike Jingping's: to turn toward the inhuman, to draw near to gods and demons, was to become a great shaman. Still, some among them kept ordinary human form; these could surely command their bodies at will, shifting and withdrawing as they pleased, their powers flowing freely.
Before the halls stood many cages crammed with people in rags — no doubt the "material" for the Golden Palace of Loulan's shamans to cultivate with. Ling Yuxiu's expression changed slightly, and anger rose in her heart: "They are subjects of my Jingping!
" Shen Mu said woodenly: "Jingping too seizes the people of my Wasteland and makes slaves of them.
" Ling Yuxiu trembled slightly and said no more.
"Young Master, they do not only use humans for cultivation; demons have been captured as well.
" Snow Fox pursed her lips, and Shen Mu looked: indeed, in several of the cages monsters were penned. Libationer Bashan said: "The Shaman Cult has strange arts that cultivate with souls, altering the body's make.
Absorb a bird's soul and you may grow wings, or a bird's head upon your shoulders; absorb a goat's soul and your body turns goatward too. Those who perfect a divine power are called great shamans; those who do not are called shaman-practitioners; and at the Heaven-Man realm one is called a Shaman King.
The Golden Palace of Loulan is the holy ground of the Shaman Cult, and its art is known as the Shaman Sovereign's Loura Sutra — quite extraordinary.
" — That makes six chapters today; the burst continues tomorrow, with two chapters at noon, two more at eight in the evening, and one more at ten.
Brothers, I beg you to keep lending your support.