Chapter 578: Male Roe Deer Kick Their Hooves, Female Roe Deer Gaze Hazily
Qin Mu flew as he swiftly took out the Sun Jade Eye and Moon Jade Eye, placing them in front of and behind him. At the same time, a series of banners swirled around his body, enveloping all living beings within a ten-step radius into the formation patterns of the banners.
These were teleportation banners. Activating his teleportation divine ability required some time, but the teleportation banners were more convenient—they could be activated instantly and had a much greater range.
He had refined these formation banners precisely to guard against attacks from gods and demons, to avoid being caught off guard like when he fell into Fu Riluo's hands.
Although the teleportation banners were only a fraction faster than the teleportation divine ability, that fraction of a second could save his life!
Unexpectedly, just as the teleportation banners began to spin and the runes on their surfaces lit up, one banner after another exploded with a loud bang. The shattered banners scattered like colorful butterflies in all directions, leaving only the poles stuck haphazardly into the ground!
"The gods and demons are much faster in their attacks than I anticipated!"
Without any superfluous movements or thoughts, Qin Mu immediately activated the two jade eyes. The lunar energy within the Moon Jade Eye transformed into moonlight, and the solar energy within the Sun Jade Eye turned into sunlight, both incredibly intense. He held one jade eye in each hand, ready to face the enemy at any moment.
The light from the jade eyes was thick and broad, sweeping around with a humming sound.
When these two jade eyes were at their maximum pupil size, they had little power and could only be used for illumination. But as long as Qin Mu's hand manipulated the nerve plexus of the jade eyes, he could alter the formations within them, gathering the light of the Sun and Moon stars into a single line!
These two beams of light possessed the power to injure gods!
He had already tested this on the Dragon Tamer Lord.
Qin Mu cautiously stared at his surroundings and said in a deep voice, "Could it be the honored god Tianfeng Gou?"
"It is me."
A woman dressed in white, as pure as snow, walked slowly toward the moonlight of the Moon Jade Eye. She was indeed a beautiful woman, her hair coiled into a cloud-like bun, with two strands of hair intertwined and slightly tilted.
Her skirt was wide, and her upper garment was loose, but her waist was very slender—so slender it could be encircled with one hand.
She exuded a unique charm, her eyes cold and indifferent, as if there was little in the world that could move or touch her.
Qin Mu's eyes twitched. A woman like this, once she made up her mind about something, would be very hard to change.
The group of silly roe deer beside him were completely unafraid of the approaching Tianfeng Gou. They were nibbling at the hem of his clothes, rolling them with their tongues and trying to stuff them into their mouths. A few silly roe deer raised their heads and looked at him curiously, while a male roe deer called out to him with a "yo-yo" sound.
Qin Mu was on high alert, staring intently at Tianfeng Gou, not daring to miss any of her movements.
But the roe deer pulled too tightly, and he had to tug at his clothes to free them from their mouths.
"Yo! Yo—" Several male roe deer became angry, lowering their heads and ramming his buttocks. One would ram, step back a few paces to gather strength, then another would ram, step back, and gather strength again.
Qin Mu stood as steady as a mountain, unmoving, letting these roe deer ram his buttocks back and forth. "No wonder the Great Honored One attached deer legs to himself—these roe deer are too exhausting!"
Tianfeng Gou glanced at the roe deer ramming Qin Mu, then her gaze fell on the two jade eyes beside him. She said, "Chief Qin, can you give me an explanation? Why did you kill my disciples? And not just one, but my entire lineage? I only had these few disciples, and I taught them with great care, yet they all died at your hands. Even if you are a disciple of the Celestial Master, you must explain yourself."
"It seems that the honored god Feng Gou is unaware of what her disciples have done."
The tension on Qin Mu's face disappeared, clearly a great relief. His eyes sincere, he said, "Feng Gou, your disciple Guan He and these junior brothers had already defected to the demon race and intended to harm me. I had no choice but to act ruthlessly; otherwise, my life would have been in danger."
Tianfeng Gou let out an "oh" and said, "Chief Qin says my disciples defected to the enemy. You must have evidence, right?"
Qin Mu grabbed the two jade eyes and slowly stepped back, saying, "Honored god Feng Gou, please follow me."
He retreated step by step, still holding the two jade eyes steadily in his hands, ready to react at any moment. The Dragon Qilin, carrying the little fox, also slowly retreated. Behind them, the nine silly roe deer continued to stubbornly ram into them.
Qin Mu slowly backed into the small mountain village, into the village itself, and said in a deep voice, "Feng Gou, please take a look."
Tianfeng Gou looked at the corpse of the demon race's Celestial Realm expert, and her pupils contracted slightly.
Qin Mu said, "The traces of divine abilities left here should all be from Feng Gou's disciples, right? This is not the work of one person, but five. Guan He told me that she fought this demon expert and expended considerable effort to kill him. So why are there traces of five people's divine abilities?"
"It's possible that Guan He was taking credit for something she didn't do," Tianfeng Gou said lightly.
"Honored god Feng Gou, can you not see the fatal wound on the corpse? You are a master of swordsmanship; you should be able to tell that to kill the primordial spirit of this demon expert with a single sword strike in such a short time, the distance must have been extremely close."
Qin Mu said in a deep voice, "From the expression on the corpse's face, he never expected Guan He to strike at him, so his expression is one of shock. Guan He was this close to him, and he had no guard up. She killed his primordial spirit. Would that be possible if they were enemies? Since they weren't enemies, they must have been friends. Your disciple Guan He colluded with the demon race. Do you need more evidence?"
Tianfeng Gou's eyes flickered, and she said softly, "I do. I still don't understand one thing. If she colluded with the demon race, why did Guan He kill the demon?"
"Because she needed this demon expert's head to gain my trust."
Qin Mu continued, "Only then could she approach me smoothly. Honored god Feng Gou, look again. Are there any traces of demon divine abilities here? If they were fighting, why did this demon expert die without even using a single divine ability? With your insight, Feng Gou, it shouldn't be hard to see this."
Tianfeng Gou remained expressionless. "Anything else?"
Qin Mu said, "The traces of divine abilities here suggest a fierce battle, but none of them destroyed this small mountain village, not even affecting it in the slightest. This shows that all five of them participated. At that time, four of them were in this small village, using their divine abilities to create a false scene. This can also be considered evidence, right?"
Tianfeng Gou let out a breath of turbid air, and a faint smile appeared on her otherwise expressionless face. She said softly, "Chief Qin sees everything clearly. It seems my disciples did indeed defect to the demon race. I was careless in taking them as disciples and nearly caused a great disaster."
Fox Ling'er showed a puzzled expression and looked at Qin Mu.
Qin Mu, however, looked relieved and said with a smile, "It's not your fault if you didn't know. The demon race is malicious and cunning. Honored god Feng Gou was merely deceived by them for a time. You would have surely discovered the truth eventually and would have acted righteously to eliminate your own kin."
Behind him, the silly roe deer continued to ram into his buttocks, making a thumping sound.
Qin Mu rubbed his sore buttocks, feeling a burning pain. He thought to himself, "These roe deer really have a stubborn and tenacious streak..."
Tianfeng Gou withdrew her smile and said, "Since the misunderstanding has been resolved, I won't disturb you any further... Who's there?"
Her voice became somewhat sharp. As soon as she spoke, the voice of the honored god Sang Ye came, laughing, "Feng Gou, don't misunderstand. It's me."
Qin Mu finally relaxed. He let go of the jade eyes he had been gripping tightly, his palms covered in cold sweat, damp and sticky.
Fox Ling'er also breathed a sigh of relief and whispered, "Young master..."
Qin Mu shook his head and lowered his voice, "Don't ask yet."
He had already noticed the watchtower at the ruins of Wuwang City. The divine light emitted by the honored god Sang Ye suddenly disappeared, and he knew that Sang Ye had detected the commotion here.
After all, when Qin Mu used the first form of the Calamity Sword, Kai Jie, to kill Guan He, the sword's power was immense—ten miles of sword light erupted almost instantly. It would have been impossible for Sang Ye not to notice.
Sang Ye had seen Qin Mu use this sword technique before. Upon seeing the sword light, he would surely come to investigate, because anyone who could force Qin Mu to use the Calamity Sword was undoubtedly a formidable opponent!
Whether Tianfeng Gou was a demon spy or not, Qin Mu would be safe once Sang Ye arrived.
Earlier, Qin Mu had stepped back step by step to this small mountain village. It seemed like he was explaining himself to Tianfeng Gou, but in reality, he was explaining to the honored god Sang Ye why he had killed Tianfeng Gou's disciples.
"So it's Brother Sang Ye."
Tianfeng Gou relaxed and said calmly, "Chief Qin and I had a misunderstanding, but it has now been resolved."
The honored god Sang Ye walked over and said, "It's good that the misunderstanding is resolved. However, there is one thing I find strange. Why did all of Sister Feng Gou's disciples defect to the demon race? One person betraying is one thing—facing life and death can blur the lines between right and wrong—but the entire family betraying is truly puzzling."
Tianfeng Gou raised an eyebrow and said, "And what does the honored god Sang Ye think?"
The honored god Sang Ye stepped between Qin Mu and Tianfeng Gou and said, "All five disciples defected to the demon race. It's hard not to suspect whether the master has also defected. Feng Gou was once the city lord of Gou City, wasn't she? Fifteen hundred years ago, Gou City was breached, and only you and a few others survived. When my Li City was breached, although almost my entire family died in battle, leaving only my daughter and me, I managed to protect a considerable number of the city's residents—ten times more than the survivors of Guimei City."
He clasped his hands behind his back and continued, "There are also the divine cities of Bi, Fu, Tongren, and Dayou. I checked how many people survived after those cities were breached. The number of surviving civilians was far greater than those from Feng Gou's Gou City."
Qin Mu's eyes flickered as he looked at the hand that Sang Ye had placed behind his back.
Sang Ye's hand was making some strange gestures, signaling that the situation was critical and they should leave quickly.
"Could it be that the honored god Sang Ye is no match for Tianfeng Gou?"
Qin Mu's heart tightened. He coughed and said, "Two honored gods, I still have matters to attend to. I'll take my leave now."
The direction he retreated was precisely within the shadow of Sang Ye's back. He stepped back step by step, never leaving Sang Ye's shadow, so as to avoid Tianfeng Gou's gaze.
Tianfeng Gou said, "Chief Qin, are you planning to go to the watchtower at Wuwang City? Can you be sure that the honored god Sang Ye is not a traitor? My disciples defected. Why did they happen to appear nearby, right next to the watchtower at Wuwang City? The one guarding the watchtower is the honored god Sang Ye. If he is a traitor, going to the watchtower at Wuwang City would be walking into a trap. There must already be demon gods waiting for you there. You are too smart to put yourself in danger, aren't you?"
Fox Ling'er felt her head spinning, unable to keep up with the logic. She whispered, "Young master, which one of them is the traitor?"
Tianfeng Gou's voice came again, "The honored god Sang Ye volunteered to guard the watchtower at Wuwang City, didn't he? The watchtower is located in demon territory. You built it over half a month ago, and yet no demon god has come to trouble you. Is it luck, or is there another reason?"
Qin Mu stopped in his tracks, his head also starting to ache.
The honored god Sang Ye had built the watchtower at Wuwang City in demon territory, and no demon god had come to trouble him. That was indeed strange.
Tianfeng Gou continued, "Although not many people survived from my Gou City, besides me, there were two other gods who survived. How many gods survived from Sang Ye's Li City? None besides you, right? Did they all die at the hands of demon gods?"
Sang Ye said calmly, "Where are the two senior brothers who walked out of Gou City alive with you? As far as I know, although they survived the Battle of Gou City, they died in the subsequent Battle of Wuwang City. They are all dead now. In the end, only you survived from Gou City."
Fox Ling'er nervously hugged her six tails to her chest. "Young master, I'm completely confused..."
Qin Mu muttered, "I'm confused too... But there's one way to determine who the traitor is: go to the ruins of Wuwang City. If the honored god Sang Ye is the traitor, then there must be demon experts waiting for me there, walking right into the trap. If not, then..."
Just as he said this, a tall figure suddenly descended from the sky, landing with a loud crash to his right.
It was a demon god!
Qin Mu's eyes twitched. He had seen this demon god twice before. The first time was during the Battle of Lin City, where he had killed Sang Ye and Sang Hua's entire family, young and old!
The second time was at Li City. That day, when Sang Hua and he were carried to Li City by the Black Tiger God, Sang Hua had been staring at this demon god.
This demon god bore flame-marked tattoos on his body, and his eyes flickered like dancing flames!
As this demon god descended, the three gods and demons formed a triangular standoff.
Tianfeng Gou said softly, "Demon god Huo Tuoluo, you came from the watchtower at Wuwang City, didn't you?"
The honored god Sang Ye's pupils contracted sharply, and he gritted his teeth. "Huo Tuoluo killed my entire family. Only my daughter survived. How could I defect to the demon race and serve him?"
Huo Tuoluo frowned slightly, his voice booming, shaking the forest. "Since it's come to this, with two against one, do we still need to hide it? Let's just drop the pretense and finish this quickly. King Fu Riluo is already impatient to see that kid surnamed Qin!"
Silence fell around them.
After a moment, Tianfeng Gou let out a soft laugh. "Chief Qin likes to deduce the truth from clues. I was just playing along, wanting to see him make a fool of himself. Manipulating people's hearts—isn't that what demon gods love to do?"
Qin Mu's heart turned cold.
Tianfeng Gou laughed. "Huo Tuoluo, you capture Chief Qin. I'll send Sang Ye on his way."
Huo Tuoluo turned his head to look at Qin Mu. Qin Mu nervously stepped back. Suddenly, with a loud bang, the silly roe deer were still ramming his buttocks, causing sharp pain. Qin Mu was furious. He drew his sword and placed it against the neck of a male roe deer, snarling, "Ram me again, and I'll kill you!"
Tianfeng Gou chuckled and lunged at the honored god Sang Ye. At the same time, Huo Tuoluo leaned down, revealing a grin, and reached out to grab Qin Mu. "You're the shadow from the Battle of Lin City, aren't you? You covered for the little girl from the Sang family as she escaped. Very brave. I couldn't even kill you then. But now, let's see you try to escape again!"
Suddenly, the male roe deer under Qin Mu's sword split cleanly in two. A blade light flashed from the forest, dazzling and breathtaking. It sliced through the sky itself, cutting through Huo Tuoluo's hand and then his neck, leaving an incredibly thin black line in the air!
The black line was so thin it was almost unimaginable, with almost no thickness at all.
It was a cut in space, and the space had not yet healed!
Then, the dazzling blade light abruptly stopped at Qin Mu's neck. From the split roe deer stood a tall old man, his face covered in fierce lines and a thick beard that grew wildly in all directions, refusing to be tamed.
The old man was furious. He pressed the blade against Qin Mu's neck and said, exasperated, "Mu'er, what's wrong with ramming your butt? The Cripple, the Blind, and the Mute have been ramming your butt all along. I only rammed you once, and you want to kill me? And you say you're not biased? Do they love you as much as I do?"
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