Chapter 986 — The Divine King Appears
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Ever since it had been recovered, the plant had been somewhat listless and dejected; even with the joint offerings of Can Nu and her clan, the Seven-Soul Grass could not be restored to its prime. Fortunately, this time it was to be used only to discern the age of Shen Mu's soul, which was well within its power.
Can Nu raised the Seven-Soul Grass aloft, and this dispirited sacred object wobbled unsteadily up to the altar, came before Shen Mu, and sent purple aura swirling into his body, where it made a circuit. The Seven-Soul Grass wearily lifted two roots as thick as a thumb—one stood bolt upright, the other drooped.
"The Seven-Soul Grass says he is not yet two years old! " Can Nu retrieved the Seven-Soul Grass and said: "Then he is assuredly of our Creator race.
I have seen human infants—at one or two years old, they are mere little beans.
" Shu Jun was beside himself with fury; his huge head bounced about upon the altar of the Origin Stone as he shouted: "That foolish grass of yours is useless! A foolish grass cannot discern his flesh—this brat's body is more than thirty years old!
" Dongming, the chieftain of the Zhuqiu clan, said: "Since the soul is genuine, then there should be no falsehood in him. However, the prophecy holds that the Holy Infant possesses immense divine powers and penetrating wisdom—might the Holy Infant allow us to put him to the test?
" Shen Mu said helplessly: "Please, do as you wish.
" Even had he raised objections, these Creators would not have permitted him to argue, so he might as well let them test him to their hearts' content. "After all, Xiu Chong has said more than once that there is no danger," Shen Mu thought.
Xiu Chong conferred with the chieftains and settled upon the procedure for testing. Xiu Chong said: "The Divine King has not yet arrived. By all rights, with her speed, she should be here very soon.
Could she have been waylaid by something? Let us wait a while longer. When the Divine King arrives, she can preside over the matter.
" Dongming, Can Nu, and the others nodded.
And at that very moment, the cry of phoenixes sounded. Everyone looked up and saw heavenly flowers raining down in wild profusion, scattering like a waterfall of petals descending from the sky.
Brilliant phoenixes wheeled and flapped, drawing an incomparably resplendent jeweled carriage of fragrance slowly down from the cascade of blossoms, and in the place where this carriage passed, a river of flowers lingered, stretching through the void for no one knew how far.
The river of flowers dissipated, and the jeweled carriage descended straight to the ground. "The Divine King has arrived! " The chieftains and elders who had gathered at the Xiumin clan bowed one and all, and said in unison: "We welcome Divine King Langwan! " "There is no need for ceremony.
" A woman's voice came from within the carriage.
Shen Mu looked toward it, but could not see the woman within. And, unlike the mounts of the other Creator chieftains, those phoenixes did not dissolve into divine consciousness when they landed.
The mounts of the Creator chieftains were all formed by divine consciousness through contemplation, and upon landing would turn back into drifting divine consciousness to be taken back by their masters—but the mount of this Divine King Langwan seemed to be made of true phoenixes. "Could these phoenixes be deities created through contemplation? " Shen Mu's heart stirred.
"From contemplation into reality—surely these phoenixes are no different from ancient gods!
What manner of being is this Divine King Langwan?
Divine King Shu Jun, have you heard of this woman? " "Never heard of her.
" Shu Jun was likewise somewhat astonished: "In the age of the Three Kings, the Three Kings were all beings as ancient as myself—Shu Jun, Boyang, and Xinfu—known together as the Three Divine Kings, second only to the Grand Emperor in rank.