Chapter 1410 — The Scapegoat Heavenly Venerate
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Shen Mu's face turned black at once, for it was plain that Lady Yuanmu, even as she spread the news, had dumped the muck-pot squarely on his head. To be sure, the scheme had indeed been his own, so the blame did not fall on him unjustly.
Only he had meant for Lady Yuanmu herself to wear that muck-pot, hoping thereby to avoid offending Heavenly Venerate Gong, Consort Qiang, and Divine Emperor Langxuan as far as possible.
He had not expected Lady Yuanmu to prove so shrewd, shifting it straight onto him, with the result that Heavenly Venerate Gong had come with an army at her back to demand an accounting. Shen Mu burst into loud laughter, his eyeballs rolling wildly, while Heavenly Venerate Gong fixed her gaze upon those rolling eyeballs with a ceaseless cold sneer.
"The idea was mine. " Shen Mu checked his laughter and said with a solemn face, "My friend, if no Beast Realm is established, do you think you can outmatch Consort Qiang?
She is the Grand Emperor, and how mighty is her divine consciousness? In the end the primordial giant beasts would fall under the Grand Emperor's control, giving him wings like a tiger's, so why not simply open a Beast Realm and let each rely on his own ability, so that all may make use of the primordial giant beasts?
What do you think?
" Heavenly Venerate Gong said coolly, "If the Grand Emperor could control all the primordial giant beasts, he would never have been overthrown by the ancient gods. He has no such powerful divine consciousness. When he controlled the void beasts, he controlled only the void mother beast. Set against the primordial giant beasts, he could control at best a single host. To establish a Beast Realm still cuts into my interests.
" Shen Mu ran out of reason and stammered, "Matters have come to this, and I fear the other Heavenly Venerates will all agree to establish the Beast Realm. I am helpless. " Heavenly Venerate Gong suddenly turned anger into smiles and said, "I hear Heavenly Venerate Hong holds a promissory note from Heavenly Venerate Mu, who owes him a debt of favor, so I too will be so bold as to ask Heavenly Venerate Mu to give me a note as well. " Shen Mu's expression shifted slightly, and after a moment's hesitation he said, "I shall write it. " And so he wrote a note.
Heavenly Venerate Gong took the note and rose, saying, "Your legs are inconvenient. You need not rise to see me out.
" Shen Mu could only sit there and watch with wide eyes as she left. Hardly had Heavenly Venerate Gong left when a palace maid came in a panic, crying, "My Lord Heavenly Venerate, grave tidings! Consort Qiang has come to visit!
" Shen Mu's face changed greatly and he raged, "None of the other Heavenly Venerates come to visit, yet the very victims seek me out!
I will not see her!
" "I am already here!
" From outside came Consort Qiang's voice, furious with shame and anger, and then Consort Qiang barged straight in. Helpless, Shen Mu waved the maid away and invited Consort Qiang to sit, saying, "I went astray in my cultivation, and both my legs are ruined.
. .
" "Ruined by Heavenly Venerate Gong?
" Consort Qiang was overjoyed and praised, "Worthy of my woman, she strikes clean and quick, crippling you before I could.
Heavenly Venerate Mu, I hear you proposed establishing the Beast Realm? How bold you are!
" Shen Mu said solemnly, "No.
It was Lady Yuanmu who proposed establishing the Beast Realm. It has nothing to do with me! " Consort Qiang sneered, "You and I are so close that with a single stir of divine consciousness I can know what color your underclothes are, and you still hope to hide it from me?
" "My lady, you do not know, I never wear such things.