Nuwa spoke calmly, her cool, detached voice clearly reaching the ears of every Sage present.
"I was merely entrusted by someone."
A single sentence, delivered casually.
Yet it caused Venerable Lord Yuanshi, Saint Taiqing, Jieyin, and Zhunti—the four Sages—to tremble inwardly in unison.
Entrusted by someone?
By whom?
Almost instantly, the gazes of the four Sages fell upon Sect Master Tongtian in unspoken agreement.
Other than Tongtian, who was also a Sage, who else could have persuaded Nuwa to act?
Just what price had he paid to make Nuwa, who had always avoided Karma and stayed out of Tribulations,
publicly stand forth at this decisive moment and become enemies with the four of them?
One had to understand that Sages valued face and Karma above all else.
Since Nuwa had appeared today, it meant she was already prepared to completely tear all pretense of friendship away with them.
The meaning behind this was simply too significant.
Venerable Lord Yuanshi stared fixedly at Tongtian.
"Heh heh, Tongtian!"
"What an ability! I truly underestimated you. You actually managed to persuade Fellow Daoist Nuwa to come to your aid!"
Sect Master Tongtian merely snorted coldly, too lazy to offer even a single unnecessary word in reply.
Naturally, he was not foolish enough to explain that Fellow Daoist Zhou Ming had invited Nuwa to help.
Let them misunderstand.
The deeper the misunderstanding, the better.
Seeing that Tongtian did not answer, Venerable Lord Yuanshi took it as his tacit admission.
Seeing that Tongtian remained silent, Venerable Lord Yuanshi took it as his tacit admission.
He forcibly suppressed the anger in his heart, then turned toward Nuwa, his voice no longer as forceful.
"Fellow Daoist Nuwa."
"I do not know what price Tongtian offered you to make you willing to act."
"But no matter what he