Chapter 196 — The Solitude of the Invincible

If you give them no money, they will make a scene before a shopkeeper's door, or practice foul sorcery to harm a man and ruin his business, and then curse him behind his back — they will even steal his children and sell them off. The Nether Demon Cult has its Beggars' Hall, which has fought the Beggars' Sect to the blood several times over, but the Beggars' Hall only begs for food and commits few wicked deeds, while the Beggars' Sect has pinned plenty of shit-basins on their heads. " Shen Mu blinked and smiled.

"Imperial Teacher Jingping, Daxiang is no longer so far off.

Escorting you this far is quite enough.

We ought to return to the Grand Academy. " Imperial Teacher Jingping's face was expressionless.

"No.

You must come with me to Daxiang. " "Wait! " Si Yunxiang's voice came from behind Shen Mu.

He turned and saw her walking over, the shyness of former days flown clean away.

She said coldly, "Holy Cult Master, if you do this, you will drag our Holy Cult into peril as well. If something goes wrong with our Holy Cult, who will answer for it? " Shen Mu turned around and said mildly, "Holy Maiden, I am the Cult Master. " Si Yunxiang smiled sweetly. "Holy Maiden Si Yunxiang greets the Cult Master. " Her face went cold. "If the Cult Master makes our Holy Cult aid Imperial Teacher Jingping, then win or lose, our Holy Cult's name will be ruined throughout the jianghu, mocked and hated by the other sects, with no place left to stand! " Shen Mu shook his head.

"The Holy Cult was the Nether Demon Cult to begin with. What name has it ever had to speak of? Others will never give you a place to stand.

A place to stand has always been won by one's own hand.

This is a rare opportunity.

If the Holy Cult does not take part in it, then truly there will be no place for it. " Si Yunxiang retorted, "And if, after Imperial Teacher Jingping has pacified all the sects of the world, he turns his hand against our Heavenly Sacred Cult? Can you bear that? " Shen Mu glanced at her. "I will bear it.

" Si Yunxiang's expression changed again.

Then she gave a faint smile.

"You are the Cult Master; the decision is naturally yours, and Yunxiang should not say more. But if the Holy Cult Master does wrong and brings our Holy Cult into danger, it may be said that the Cult Master will be the second Holy Cult Master killed by the Holy Maiden. " Shen Mu frowned.

The post of Holy Cult Master of the Nether Demon Cult truly was a dangerous one; at any moment a man might be beaten to death for a failure of virtue. Si Yunxiang said shyly, "The last Holy Cult Master died of lechery; this Holy Cult Master will be beaten to death by the Holy Maiden with her own hands. Neither has a very good name. " The gambling den owner bowed and said, "As the Cult Master commands! " Shen Mu walked out of the gambling den.

Si Yunxiang stood outside it; seeing him come out, she said with a low laugh, "Beaten to death with her own hands. .

.

" Shen Mu glared at her and walked on. "Are you coming or not? " Si Yunxiang hurried after him, her eyes rolling twice. "Cult Master, should you not first leave the Great Nurturing Nether Demon Scripture with the cult, lest it go missing after the Cult Master's death?

" Shen Mu stopped, turned around, and said earnestly, "Little sister, you are still no match for me. If I truly misjudge, and you come to kill me, you will only be finished off by me.

You—" He drew a triangle in the air with his vital essence, and pulled a straight line through its middle. "This is you. " He drew another straight line in the air.

"This is me!

However wide your angle, you are never as long as I am! " The sword case on Si Yunxiang's back stirred restlessly, giving off a tinkling sound.

She smiled sweetly.

"How will you know unless you try? " Shen Mu walked on with his hands behind his back. "There is no need to try.

At the same cultivation realm, no one is my match. You are not; neither is Imperial Teacher Jingping. " He halted, raised his head to the sky, and said forlornly, "I am of the Overlord Body.

" Shen Mu lowered his head and sighed. "The only Overlord Body in the world.

. .

" Si Yunxiang was stunned. She wanted to strike, yet was somewhat overawed by his bearing.

That was the bearing of one invincible and alone. "Overlord Body? What kind of constitution is that?

Is it more formidable than the Four Great Spirit Bodies?

" She thought to herself, "Could it be that the Patriarch chose him as Cult Master instead of me precisely because he is the Overlord Body?

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