"I'm not going!"
King Zhou said stubbornly, "I merely expressed my admiration for Nuwa. It was nothing but good intentions. How did it become blasphemy?"
Shen Gongbao felt helpless!
Truthfully, he also thought Nuwa was being a little petty!
It was just a few lewd verses. She could have simply ignored them. But instead, she wanted King Zhou and everyone in the Shang Dynasty to pay with their lives over one little poem!
The cruelty of a Sage was enough to send a chill through anyone's heart!
It was like someone insulting you on the road!
At worst, you could just insult them back!
Even if you wanted to punish them, couldn't you just teach them a small lesson?
Why make everyone in an entire dynasty suffer along with them?
Wasn't it just to flaunt your supreme authority as a Sage?
Having already experienced the bleak reality of being treated like an ant beneath a Sage by the Primordial Heavenly Lord, Shen Gongbao deeply disliked Nuwa's actions as well!
But he was only a minor Profound Immortal, while Nuwa was a Sage!
He knew that yielding when necessary was also a sign of wisdom!
So he didn't let his temper get the better of him and help King Zhou oppose Nuwa!
He merely said, "Nuwa is already married. Her husband is Fuxi. Great King, saying those things to her at Nuwa Temple was basically like acting lewd toward a married woman. Do you think she could possibly be happy about that?"
"So that's how it is. It seems I was wrong again this time!"
King Zhou suddenly understood!
In fact, he had a vague understanding of the story between Nuwa and Fuxi!
The two of them had indeed become husband and wife!
Although Fuxi later reincarnated and became one of