"My loyalty to the Upper God is witnessed by the Heavenly Dao. But you, Chief Steward Yu Lin, are a subordinate of the Upper God, yet you openly defy me for an outsider. How will you conduct yourself in the future?"
"Your Ladyship needn't worry about this!" Yu Lin conjured a long spear and slammed it hard on the ground. "As long as I'm here, who dares to lay a finger on her?"
"You won't accept a toast but prefer a forfeit!"
The Goddess of Cangshan raised her hand. The bracelet on her wrist suddenly trembled violently. Right in front of everyone's eyes, it transformed into a huge white python, which opened its mouth and lunged at Yu Lin.
Yu Lin's long spear was like a dragon, charging straight at the python.
Yaohua watched in horror. "Goddess of Cangshan, if you have a problem with me, come at me directly! What does it have to do with Brother Yu Lin?"
"You've consorted with the Demon Lord. I will never let you off!"
Is this the power of a goddess?
The moment she raised her hand, Yaohua felt as if the space she was in had been controlled by her. She tried to summon the Dan Mirror, but it didn't respond at all. She tried to call forth the Phoenix Fire, but it seemed to be frozen.
"How could this be?"
Yaohua was greatly shocked. The Goddess of Cangshan was actually this powerful!
"The person who almost got engaged to your master couldn't be weak no matter what." The system hesitated. "Your master is being held back by the God - Lord. You're probably going to suffer this time. I can relieve your pain, but I need a little bit of the demonic energy you collected before. Are you willing?"
The Goddess of Cangshan had successfully grabbed Yaohua's chin. "Since you're the disciple of the Upper God, you should think for him. To prevent you from implicating the Upper God, I'll destroy this Phoenix Flower for you."
She grabbed a dagger and swung it towards Yaohua's forehead.
"I want the Phoenix Flower left by my master to remain intact!"
"Host, destroying the Phoenix Flower is the best way to avoid implicating the Upper God."
Every hair on Yaohua's body stood on end. She wasn't surprised at all. If it weren't for the fact that she was still useful, the Goddess of Cangshan would have wanted to kill her on this pretext.
But everything was fine yesterday. Why was the Goddess of Cangshan treating her so badly today?
Yaohua held her breath. "Then forget it."
"Then I'll try to copy the Phoenix Flower to another place for you. Are you willing?"
"I... I'm willing!"
So what if it was a fake? This was the first painting her master had drawn for her. Even if it was a fake, she wanted to keep it.
"Deal!"
The system's voice sounded in her mind. Just as the blade landed on her forehead, a white light exploded in her mind.
The cold blade traced across her forehead. Even though she couldn't see, she could guess how the Phoenix Flower drawn by her master was being scratched beyond recognition in the Goddess of Cangshan's angry mood.
The pain exploded on her scalp. Yaohua trembled and broke out in a cold sweat.
Blood dripped down, even blurring Yaohua's eyes.
Such a beautiful Phoenix Flower. She could only keep a fake of it.
Yaohua was heart - broken and self - reproachful. If only she hadn't taken off Zhao Wu's mask that day.
"Little Princess!"
Lu Ran's voice suddenly came from afar. Yaohua raised her head and vaguely saw him running towards her at full speed.
The Goddess of Cangshan threw away the dagger and slowly wiped the blood splashed on her hand with a handkerchief.
"You slut. Let's see how you seduce the Upper God now!"
Her voice was low, as if she was deliberately speaking only to Yaohua.
Yaohua frowned tightly. "What are you talking nonsense about?"
When did she ever seduce her master?
"I saw what you and the Upper God did in the bedroom last night." The Goddess of Cangshan's eyes were cold. "You can consort with the Demon Lord and degenerate if you like, but if you try to drag the Upper God down with you, I won't spare you!"
Last night, her master had just outlined the Phoenix Flower for her and encouraged her to practice hard. What else did they do?
Yaohua was confused. "You'd better explain clearly. My master and I are innocent. How can you slander us like this?"
"Innocent? If you're innocent, then why... " The Goddess of Cangshan's face became even more ugly. "You can do such a thing, but I can't even bring myself to say it. In any case, I will never allow anyone to desecrate the Upper God!"
This was a huge injustice!
"If you're smart, kill yourself after you're out of the Divine Prison. Anyway, everyone only knows that the Upper God has taken in a disciple, but they don't know that his disciple has such a low moral character. After this is over, I'll find another disciple for him, and then no one will ever know about this disgraceful thing."
Yaohua almost bit through her lips. "I'm my master's only disciple! My master will never take in anyone else!"
Kill herself? In her dreams!
She and her master had always behaved properly. How could they allow others to slander them?
Let her watch helplessly as her master took in another disciple?
Absolutely not!
"Since that's the case, I'll send you on your way today!"
Cangshan was enraged. The long sword in her hand suddenly stabbed at Yaohua.
At this time, Lu Ran had already run close. For some reason, the space that trapped Yaohua had no effect on him. He pushed Cangshan hard. "What are you doing! How could you do something like ruining a girl's face!"
"You can actually break through my space!" Cangshan opened her eyes in disbelief.
"I don't care about your space. You dare to commit murder in the Cangling Hall. I'll arrest you and take you to see the Upper God right now!"
Lu Ran angrily grabbed her wrist and was about to drag her to see the Upper God.
Cangshan slapped his hand away. Her eyes were burning with anger. "How dare a mere mortal touch me?"
Was Lu Ran still a mortal?
Yaohua deliberately ignored the pain on her forehead and looked at Lu Ran.
Her master had made an exception to take Lu Ran to the Heavenly Realm. Did he see something extraordinary about Lu Ran?
"So what if I'm a mortal?" Lu Ran spat. "You're a goddess, but unfortunately you have a heart as venomous as a snake and a scorpion. You're not even as good as a mortal!"
Seeing that he couldn't beat Cangshan, he turned around to look at Yaohua.
"Little Princess, why don't you heal yourself?"
Yaohua said helplessly, "I can't move now. She's trapped me."
"Is that so?" Lu Ran was greatly surprised. He looked at Yaohua clumsily. "No wonder I saw you just let her scratch your face with a knife... So what should we do now? How can I help you?"
Yaohua tried to smile at him. "Go and find my master for me."
As soon as Lu Ran heard this, he immediately ran out of the Divine Hall.
Cangshan threw out a rope, tied him up directly, and threw him at Yaohua's feet.
"The Upper God is discussing important matters with the God - Lord. How can you just go and disturb him?"
As soon as she finished speaking, there was a faint celestial music in the sky, and purple aura rose.
Yaohua looked in the direction of the sound. She saw a group of fairies holding musical instruments and ritual utensils, surrounding a person. The person's face was shrouded in mist, and Yaohua couldn't see his face clearly. Her master stood beside him with a gloomy expression.
"Mas... " Yaohua was about to call him when she suddenly remembered what Cangshan had said just now and almost bit her tongue.
This person had such a grand entourage that even her master could only stand beside him. In the Three Realms, Yaohua only knew one person with such a status, and that was the God - Lord.
She didn't know if the mark on her forehead was still there. If she implicated her master...
"So you summoned me here today just to stage this good show?" Chongming said softly. His hand hidden in his sleeve had already clenched into a fist.