Chapter 767 — The Karmic Red Lotus Stele
The Herdsman of the Wasteland · Page 4 of 4
Shen Mu reached out, lifted him up, and said amiably, "Deputy Envoy, what is the meaning of this Tu Bo in the stele forest?
Why is a Tu Bo being suppressed here? " "Don't you dare! " the deputy envoy cried.
"I would rather die than yield — I will say nothing!
" Shen Mu tossed him to the big-headed doll, and Shen Fengqing hugged him tight in a frenzy of delight.
"Little brother is so good to me!
I really am going to eat him — I'm eating him now! " "I'll talk!
" Shen Mu hastily snatched him back. Shen Fengqing flew into a rage, raised both fists, and dealt Shen Mu's head two savage blows.
"Beat the wicked little brother to death! Beat you to death!
" "That is Tu Bo's reincarnated body. " The deputy envoy, his wits barely settled after the shock, felt his head and, finding it still on his shoulders, breathed a sigh of relief.
"In the ancient age, in the early years of the Longhan era, Tu Bo once underwent a reincarnation. That body is his self after the rebirth.
" Shen Mu, his face black and blue, used the divine art of Creation to quicken his blood and dissolve the bruises, and asked curiously, "Then why did Tu Bo suppress his own reincarnated body here?
" The deputy envoy said, "I was born in the age of the Supreme Sovereign — how would I know such ancient matters?
" Shen Mu lifted him up again, and the deputy envoy cried out in haste, "I confess! I'll confess everything — will that do?
" Shen Mu set him down.
The deputy envoy hesitated, peered about in every direction, and lowered his voice: "I heard it. .
.
I only heard it, mind you — it may not be true at all! You must not breathe a word of it; and if it does get out, don't say it was I who told you! " Shen Mu nodded again and again.
"I heard that when Tu Bo reincarnated back then, it was to find a way to surpass himself, and also to let his bloodline continue. After rebirth, he still looked the same, but he had a body of flesh and blood, and in time he found he had the seven emotions and the six desires.
But because he was ugly.
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. " The deputy envoy hesitated once more, then said pitifully, "You truly will not tell? " "Rest assured!
" Shen Mu pounded his chest heavily.
"If I so much as breathe a single word, may Heaven strike and Earth annihilate me! Speak — hurry, speak! " Shen Fengqing had grown interested as well, and urged, "After the ugliness — what then? " "Because he was ugly, people did not much care for him.
" The deputy envoy swallowed, plucked up his courage, and went on: "Everywhere he went, people cried for his life and took him for a demon.
There were even ancient beings who, knowing of his reincarnation, saw it as a fine chance to be rid of him and struck at him.
At first, mindful of his position, Tu Bo did not fight back. But then one day his wife and daughter were killed by his enemies.
That day Tu Bo's demonic nature erupted — astonishingly, he was no longer bound by the laws of Youdu — and so he struck back.
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. " Terror showed on his face, and he said in a hoarse voice, "They say many ancient gods died, and demigods beyond counting. After Tu Bo returned, he suppressed his reincarnated body and made it atone here. . . "