Chapter 241 — The New Generation's Human Sovereign

By evening of the second day, they finally returned to Yincan Village. Shen Mu, Granny Zhu, Grandpa Huo, and the others busied themselves, hanging lanterns and decorations and preparing the New Year's Eve feast. Shen Mu had brought red paper, and the Lame Elder wrote spring couplets and the character for fortune, then called Shen Mu over to paste them on everyone's doors. "Paste one on the chicken coop too.

And on that old tree at the village entrance, paste one that says 'Open the door to joy,'" Granny Zhu instructed. After much labor, the whole village finally sat down, eating food and drinking warmed wine, laughing and talking. The young Patriarch and Elder Dianxing also sat down, and this belated New Year's Eve dinner was very warm and cozy. Early the next morning, the young Patriarch and Elder Dianxing took their leave.

"There are still countless secrets in the Wilderness Ruins. To be able to look for them and seek them out before death is a joy. Fellow Daoists, there is no need to see us off.

" With that, the old man and the youth stepped into the thick white snow and departed into the distance.

The Dutian Demon King looked at Shen Mu and said, "Cult Master, it is time you honored your promise.

" Shen Mu said gravely, "Rest assured, Demon King.

I keep my promises. I will certainly release you.

" The Blind Elder, the Lame Elder, and the others gathered around. The Dutian Demon King became greatly alarmed and shouted, "Cult Master, do you mean to release me and then have them seize me again?

What audacity! " Shen Mu looked somewhat embarrassed and shook his head at the Lame Elder, the Blind Elder, and the others.

The Lame Elder muttered, "This fellow is a good helper. If he could stay, I could steal even more things.

. . " Shen Mu smiled warmly and said, "Rest assured, Demon King.

I will remove these sealing runes from your body, and you will be free again. " He undid the sealing runes on the Dutian Demon King one by one. Only then did the Dutian Demon King relax and say, "Young friend Shen, Dutian and this place are two worlds. After today's parting, you and I may never meet again.

After all, the lives of you mortals are brief; your lifespan is but a snap of the fingers to me, gone in an instant.

Perhaps by the time I remember you, you will have been dead for a thousand years.

Speaking of it, there is a certain sorrow. . .

" Shen Mu laughed.

"Demon King, I can also contact you often. I still know the Hongshan Sect's talismanic commands for summoning ghosts and spirits.

" The Dutian Demon King laughed heartily. "Your world is too dangerous.

Even if you call me, I will not come. After I return, I will go seek another new world, a new world where my people can survive. " Shen Mu undid all the seals on his body and said, "Demon King, you may return now. " The Dutian Demon King tested it and found that the seals were indeed gone. Only then was he reassured. "Never contact me! " With that, a thread of consciousness burrowed into the void and vanished without a trace.

Shen Mu raised his head and looked up, smiling. "Who can say clearly what the future holds?

" When this thread of the Dutian Demon King's consciousness returned to the Dutian World and merged back into his true body, that towering Dutian Demon King immediately grasped the experiences of this thread of consciousness. His mind was greatly shaken, and he exhaled a turbid breath. "A dangerous world, a place watched over by the gods, is indeed no place for my Dutian people to dwell. It seems it is time to seek a new world.

. .

" "Shen'er, come here," the Village Head called. Shen Mu hurried over. The Village Head hesitated, then said, "I have thought it over again and again, and there are some things I still must tell you.

Aboard that ship, besides finding many characters Shen, I also found other things.

Alchemist, bring the things. " The Alchemist hesitated. "Is it appropriate to give them to him now? " The Village Head shook his head. "My lifespan is not long now. If I do not give them to him now, when will I?

" The Alchemist took out a mirror and handed it to Shen Mu.

Shen Mu took the mirror and looked into it, but found nothing unusual. The Village Head said, "This mirror is a map of the route to Wuyou Township. We found it aboard that ship. Do not try to examine it.

The mirror has been sealed by me; only when you can break my seal will you see the route within it.

That place is too dangerous.

I do not want you to go there now.

" Shen Mu was silent, then suddenly knelt and bowed to the Village Head. The Village Head said hurriedly, "Get up. There is one more thing. It suddenly occurs to me that you already carry a great deal on your shoulders: the young Cult Master of the Youmo Cult, an orphan of Wuyou Township. Perhaps adding my burden to it will not amount to much. Today, I take you as my disciple and entrust my burden to you.

From now on, you are the next generation's.

. . " "Human Sovereign! "