"The Phoenix Clan has only had one daughter in recent years, yet she has been in close contact with the Heavenly Demons. Doesn't Your Excellency find it laughable?"
"Your Holiness, please watch your words." Chongming lowered his eyes, and his calm, clear eyes glanced distantly at Yaohua. "The Heavenly Demons bear a deep hatred for the Phoenix Clan. Your Holiness is the most aware of the reasons."
"Your Excellency, don't be angry. It was just a joke."
Suddenly, Yaohua felt a cold gaze land on her. The overwhelming pressure made her knees bend uncontrollably.
The burning pain on her forehead seemed to be printed on a piece of paper, which was lightly lifted away by him. It was clearly extremely painful, but strangely, it was detached from her.
"You do look smart, but this contract mark is really an eyesore."
The voice of the Divine Lord seemed to be veiled in mist, accompanied by the bell tolls of an ancient temple, echoing in her ears.
He waved a beam of light. Spiritual power containing the laws of all phenomena converged into a lotus flower, carrying supreme killing intent, and swept towards her.
Yaohua's heart almost stopped beating.
She really couldn't understand why, without doing anything wrong, just because she had a contract mark planted by Zhao Wu, she had to face such serious consequences.
Why did the Divine Lord, without distinguishing right from wrong, just because of a contract mark, decide to sentence her to death?
Was she the one who willingly had the contract mark planted on her?
Even if it was out of willingness and mutual love, what was wrong with that?
At the moment when the golden lotus was about to hit her, Yaohua's resentment almost reached its peak.
Danjing sensed the intense emotions of its master and suddenly broke through the restraint of the Goddess of Cangshan Mountain, leaping into the air to block the Divine Lord's attack.
The two powerful spiritual currents collided, and the entire Cangling Hall was enveloped in it. The space of the goddess was impacted, and Yaohua instantly regained her freedom.
She formed seals with both hands and, with the help of Danjing, resisted the spiritual power of the Divine Lord.
She had done nothing wrong. Why should she just stand here and take the beating?
"Hmm." The Divine Lord suddenly withdrew that spiritual power. He looked thoughtfully at the silk strings in front of Yaohua. "Is that... the strings of the Fuji Qin?"
Having said that, he raised his hand and made the silk strings fall into his palm.
"Give it back to me!"
How could the great Divine Lord snatch her things without distinguishing right from wrong?
Yaohua was both shocked and angry. She tried to recall Danjing.
Danjing had already recognized Yaohua as its master and kept struggling in the Divine Lord's hand. For a moment, the Divine Lord couldn't make it calm down.
"Your Excellency is really as rumored, doting on this only little disciple." He forcefully captured Danjing, but his tone was still gentle. "Even gifting her a relic of the ancestors."
"This was originally a possession of the Phoenix Clan. It's just a matter of returning it to its rightful owner."
Chongming's expression remained unchanged, and his gaze towards Yaohua showed no trace of fluctuation.
But Yaohua could sense a hint of sadness in his eyes.
The wound on her forehead kept hurting. Yaohua suddenly felt ashamed of herself.
She was weak and ugly. Was she really worthy of standing by her master's side and fighting alongside him?
"Yaohua, the Divine Lord is the master of the Three Realms. How could he covet your magical instrument? Quickly withdraw your spiritual power!"
Chongming's voice was like a bell toll, instantly bringing Yaohua back to her senses.
Although she was dissatisfied that the Divine Lord had snatched her Danjing, now that her master had spoken, how could she make things difficult for her master in front of everyone?
"The Fuji Qin is a supreme yang instrument. It's a pity that the strings were refined separately like this." The Divine Lord slowly smiled. "Your Excellency, in my opinion, it would be better to repair the Fuji Qin completely. It would be just right to intimidate those Heavenly Demons with disloyal intentions."
Yaohua's heart sank.
The Divine Lord, who ruled the Three Realms, really had the nerve to ask for her Danjing.
This was clearly a magical instrument given to her by her master!
"This thing has already recognized its master. Your Holiness, this is not in line with the rules." Chongming's face also looked ugly. Especially when he saw the bloodstains on Yaohua's face, the depression in his heart was like a ball of cotton blocking there.
"Recognized its master?" The Divine Lord's tone was tinged with a smile. "That little phoenix had an affair with the Heavenly Demons. She should have been completely destroyed in body and spirit. The fact that she can still stand here is a grace from this deity. Does Your Excellency think that this is also against the rules?"
Chongming frowned. "Yaohua was forcibly marked by the Heavenly Demons. She was actually protecting me. Your Holiness doesn't know the whole story and has no evidence. Arbitrarily believing that Yaohua had an affair with the Heavenly Demons. Is that the rule?"
"I know that this little phoenix is your disciple, Your Excellency. It's only natural for you to be partial. " The Divine Lord suddenly paused. His gaze landed on the Goddess of Cangshan Mountain. "That day, the Goddess of Cangshan Mountain saw with her own eyes your beloved disciple making a contract mark with that Heavenly Demon and bewitching you in the Cangling Hall. Does Your Excellency think that the Goddess of Cangshan Mountain is lying?"
If he said that the Goddess of Cangshan Mountain was lying, then Cangshan, who had deceived the Divine Lord, would surely not end well.
Chongming looked at the nervous Cangshan and then at Yaohua, who was full of expectation. For a moment, he didn't say a word.
Seeing this, the Goddess of Cangshan Mountain slowly let out a sigh of relief.
A master could have many disciples, but in the master's heart, she was the only one.
She knew that the master still had feelings for her.
"Look, you can't even say that Cangshan is lying. How can you say that I don't know the whole story?"
"I didn't!" Yaohua couldn't hold it in anymore. She exerted a sudden force and recalled Danjing. "This contract mark was forcibly left by Zhao Wu. It wasn't my will. I didn't collude with the Heavenly Demons!"
"Shut up! Who gave you the right to speak here!" The Goddess of Cangshan Mountain felt a pain in her chest just thinking about what she had seen last night.
The master was as noble as the bright moon and stood at the pinnacle of the Three Realms. How could a little girl covet him?
She waved her sleeve, and that huge white python hissed and lunged at Yaohua.
Yaohua held Danjing in her hand and whipped it directly.
The white python was instantly beaten back half a step. Yaohua was about to strike again when she suddenly felt an invisible force grab her wrist.
"Yaohua, don't be rude!"
She was stunned. When she looked up, she met her master's solemn gaze.
Her master gently shook his head at her.
Right, there were many rules in the Heavenly Realm. It was already inappropriate for her to talk back to the Divine Lord, and now fighting with the goddess would surely give the Divine Lord another excuse to punish her.
She must have made things difficult for her master again.
Yaohua hesitantly withdrew Danjing.
At that moment, the white python suddenly swung its tail and lashed at her lower back.
Caught off guard, Yaohua was severely thrown out.
When the Goddess of Cangshan Mountain disfigured her and erased the phoenix flower drawn by Chongming on her forehead, she didn't shed a tear. But at this moment, she suddenly felt like crying.
She had done nothing wrong. Why couldn't she even defend herself?
She lowered her head, not wanting these people to see the tears in her eyes.
However, Chongming, who knew her extremely well, still noticed.
He sighed softly. A sense of helplessness welled up in his heart. The Divine Lord was the ruler of the Three Realms chosen by the Heavenly Dao. If he didn't uphold the Divine Lord's dignity, Yaohua, who had offended the Divine Lord, would surely be resented by the Heavenly Dao.
"Your Holiness, you've had your fun. It's time to go back, isn't it?"
"Colluding with the Heavenly Demons is no small matter." The Divine Lord snorted lightly. "Your Excellency is determined to bend the law for personal gain?"
"Your Holiness!"