Venerable Buyi nodded and said with a faint smile, "I suffered three years of torment in this dark underground palace, waiting for you, our savior, to arrive."
"Since you could save me, you can surely save the entire Dry Jade Continent as well."
"Ask whatever you wish. I will answer your questions and clear up your doubts."
Lin Mo considered his words for a moment, then said solemnly, "Senior Buyi, what troubles me most right now is the matter of the Saint King."
"I have met the Saint King twice, once at the Ascension Ceremony and once at the Homage Ceremony."
"But the Saint King I saw at the Ascension Ceremony was a refined young man holding the Evil Treasure, the Flame God Furnace."
"Yet the Saint King I saw at the Homage Ceremony was a Beastman thirty feet tall, wielding a Great Axe as his weapon."
"Senior Buyi, which of those two is the true Saint King?"
Venerable Buyi pondered for a moment, then said gravely, "Both of the people you saw are the true Saint King."
"Yet neither is the true Saint King."
Lin Mo was lost in a fog. "What do you mean, Senior? I don't quite understand..."
Venerable Buyi explained with a faint smile, "Fellow Daoist Lin, do you know how many souls and spirits a mortal possesses?"
Lin Mo answered without hesitation, "A mortal of flesh and blood naturally possesses three souls and seven spirits."
"Correct."
Venerable Buyi nodded. "Mortals possess three souls and seven spirits. Losing one affects their mind and reason; losing two turns them into imbeciles."
"But from the moment of the Saint King's birth, he possessed the bloodlines of the Human Race, Beast Race, and Ghost Race simultaneously."
"Thus, rather than a mortal's three souls and seven spirits, he possesses nine