Chapter 703 — The Supreme Sage
The Herdsman of the Wasteland · Page 4 of 4
She did not believe these few could surpass Shen Mu in wisdom either, and so she was moved by a desire to test them.
Imperial Preceptor Jingping pondered and said, "Could it be to hang a sun in the Tianyin Realm?"
Empress Tianyin's eyes lit up.
Xu Shenghua looked up at the sky and mused, "Perhaps to bore a hole through the feet of the Heavenly Lord and steal the power of the Heavenly Lord."
The Primordial Ancestor Human Emperor reflected and said, "I think it should be to block the rift where the Tianyin Realm connects to the Wilderness Ruins with a divine stone statue, so that the darkness cannot pour into the Wilderness Ruins."
Yama of Fengdu shook his head. "That will not work either. The Tianyin Realm will still fall into chaos. Lord Shen's idea must be to release the other self suppressed within his brow—to let the one whose nostrils grow atop his head devour the starving ghosts and the darkness here. Lord Earthshaker should be unable to come here, so we cannot call upon Lord Earthshaker—only that villain can be summoned."
Empress Tianyin was both startled and delighted. These four had devised two more ideas than Shen Mu—truly, their wisdom surpassed the ordinary!
She hurriedly looked at the Woodcutter Sage and said courteously, "Why does this fellow Daoist not speak of your solution?"
The Woodcutter Sage mused, "I am thinking—since the Empress was ambushed by the Dark Emperor of the Nether Capital and devoured by the corpse-ghosts, then after death the Empress should also have become a corpse-ghost, should she not? Since the Empress has been able to return from death to life, it is clear that the corpse-ghost affliction has already been resolved. Why then think of other solutions?"
Empress Tianyin was deeply shaken. She blurted out, "So it is you who are the cleverest person in the world!"
"I am not."
The Woodcutter Sage's expression was grave. "The one who resurrected the Empress—I fear his wisdom surpasses my own. May I ask the Empress: who is he?"
Empress Tianyin looked toward Shen Mu. Shen Mu smiled and said nothing, but could not conceal his complacency.
The Woodcutter glanced at him and said indifferently, "He clearly already has the means to solve the problem, yet does not know it himself. Clearly, he is not a clever man."
Shen Mu's face turned black as iron.