The Legend of the Shepherd God: Ten Thousand Paths Bookstore, Starting with an Ancient Holy Body

"God? Hah!"

Ye Hao shook his head and replied, "I'm just an ordinary person."

Upon hearing this answer, Qin Mu immediately rolled his eyes.

He didn't believe the other party's explanation.

In his mind, Ye Hao had become a terrifying existence that surpassed those old guys in the Remnant Village.

After all, the people of the Remnant Village still need idols to ward off the darkness.

There were absolutely no statues inside or outside this house.

But thinking about it, it makes sense.

The other party is a god; why would they need a statue for protection?

Qin Mu then pointed to the golden divine fruits floating in front of him and asked, "Senior, what are these that I obtained?"

"Just as you thought, it comes from the world of books!"

Ye Hao explained, "No matter who it is, as long as they read books here, there's a certain chance they'll obtain treasures from the books!"

"It could be a cultivation technique, a supernatural power, a physical constitution, a level of cultivation, or even rare and precious materials!"

Qin Mu exclaimed sincerely, "This is truly amazing! And so worth it!"

He only sacrificed 10 drops of blood to obtain the Ancient Sacred Body, the Dao Scripture: Wheel Sea Scroll, and a divine fruit.

"Senior, do I still have time?"

Qin Mu looked at Ye Hao and asked, "If not, I'll pay another 10 drops of blood. I want to see how Ye Fan escaped from the Bronze Immortal Palace!"

"It's getting late!"

Ye Hao pointed outside and said, "It's still light now. If you don't leave, it will be nighttime."

"Don't go out when it gets dark!"

Qin Mu immediately thought of the warnings given by the village chief and his wife.

"Thank you for your kindness, senior. I'll head back now!"

Qin Mu bowed to Ye Hao, then reluctantly put the books back on the shelf, took the divine fruit, and turned to leave.

……

After leaving Wandao Bookstore, Qin Mu went upstream along the river, heading towards the direction of the Remnant Village.

After walking a short distance, a deer suddenly fled from the mountain.

"Whoosh whoosh!"

Five figures, four men and one woman, followed closely behind.

"Buzz!"

The woman then channeled her White Tiger energy into the longsword in her hand.

The next moment, the long sword shot out and slashed towards the deer.

It was as if the deer had eyes on its back; it darted to the side and dodged the sword.

However, with a flick of the woman's hand, the long sword changed direction and stabbed at the deer again.

"Could it be... that these people have already cultivated the supernatural abilities that Grandpa Tu mentioned?"

Seeing this, Qin Mu was quite curious.

He didn't continue back to the village; instead, he stopped to watch.

Qin Mu soon discovered that these people did not actually understand supernatural powers, but were using a thin thread of Yuan energy to control a longsword.

"Thump!"

The deer narrowly escaped danger several times, but couldn't withstand the sheer number of enemies.

With nowhere else to turn, it jumped into the river and disappeared.

"hateful!"

The woman stamped her foot, saying resentfully, "How could that deer be so good at hiding? Looks like tonight's roast venison is going to be a waste!"

"Junior Sister Qing, you just haven't practiced enough. With more practice, you'll become proficient!"

An older man smiled and said, "This time, Master brought us to the Great Ruins for training so that we could fully master the techniques of transforming true essence into threads and controlling swords to kill enemies!"

At this point, he glanced at Qin Mu in the distance and said, "As for tonight's dinner, we'll just buy some from the abandoned people of the Great Ruins."

Immediately, the group walked towards Qin Mu.

"what?"

As soon as they got closer, Junior Sister Qing whispered to her senior brother beside her, "Senior Brother Qu, can you smell anything pleasant?"

"Um!"

Senior Brother Qu nodded and replied, "There is indeed a strange fragrance, a kind of fruity scent. Could this abandoned person from the Great Ruins possess some rare and precious treasure?"

Upon hearing the words "heavenly treasures," a burning desire ignited in the eyes of all five of them.

Within the territory of Yankang, there are numerous sects, and the rare and precious materials have either been taken away long ago or already belong to someone.

In contrast, this desolate land, despite its many dangers, is rich in rare and precious natural treasures.

Every year, the Yankang government has to spend a huge amount of money to exchange for a large number of treasures from the Great Ruins.

"Young man!"

Senior Brother Qu cupped his hands in greeting to Qin Mu and said, "We come from the outside world and are just passing through. Could you take us back to the village and sell us some food?"

"this……"

Qin Mu hesitated for a moment.

Grandpa Village Chief once said that we can't just bring people back.

But it's almost evening now, and darkness is about to fall.

If we leave those people alone in the wilderness, wouldn't we be risking their lives?

Thinking of this, he said to the group, "Come with me!"

With that, he started walking again and hurried towards the village.

"Young man!"

On the way, Senior Brother Qu asked, "I smelled a fruity fragrance just now. Do you have some fruit on you?"

"My junior sister is starving. Could you sell us this fruit first? I'm willing to pay 100 coins!"

In his view, giving the other party 100 coins was already a great honor for them.

"Not for sale!"

Qin Mu refused outright.

This is a miraculous fruit that can make people young again and prolong their lives.

I plan to leave it to the elderly in the village; I won't sell it no matter how much money is offered!

Senior Brother Qu offered again: "Young man, how about I offer 500 coins?"

"Not for sale!"

Qin Mu shook his head again.

Senior Brother Qu made his third offer: "How about one dragon coin? That's worth over a thousand copper coins!"

Qin Mu explained, "Sorry, I still have a use for this fruit!"

Upon hearing this, a cold glint flashed in Senior Brother Qu's eyes.

He felt that this abandoned person from the Great Ruins was really ungrateful.

"If you won't give it to me, then you might as well die!"

Senior Brother Qu snorted coldly and swung his longsword toward Qin Mu's neck.

"laugh!"

The sword flashed and struck Qin Mu's neck heavily.

"Ding!"

Strangely, however, this sword, which could cut through iron like mud, failed to behead Qin Mu.

Instead, it was as if it had struck black iron, and was directly bounced off.

"What? How is this possible?"

Senior Brother Qu looked surprised.

He was at the peak of the Spirit Embryo stage; a sudden sneak attack from him would severely injure even someone newly entering the Five Elements realm.

But now there is only a faint white mark on Qin Mu's neck, not even a broken skin.

Senior Brother Qu demanded, "What kind of monster are you?"

"I am a human being, a respectable and upright human being!"

Qin Mu turned around, his eyes filled with intense anger.

He kindly offered to take the group back, but they turned their attention to his divine fruit and, unable to buy it, plotted to kill him and steal it.

At the same time, Qin Mu was also extremely shocked by the Ancient Sacred Body he had just obtained.

If he hadn't obtained the Ancient Sacred Body, he would probably have been severely injured, if not killed.

But now, he actually managed to block the opponent's sword with just his physical strength.

"Since you're going to kill me, then die here today!"

Qin Mu roared and charged straight at Senior Brother Qu.