As if sensing Yaohua's gaze, the junior divine envoy gritted his teeth and took the place of the executioner. "This is a serious criminal in the Heavenly Prison. We mustn't let anything go wrong. I'm willing to do it for the Divine Lord and take her life!"
The gods in the Divine Race have iron - clad muscles and bones. Ordinary torture tools can hardly harm their lives. Therefore, the Celestial Realm has its own set of torture instruments for punishing the gods.
And at this moment, the silver hammer in the junior divine envoy's hand was one of them.
The bloodstains remaining on the hammer had turned dark. They looked overlapping and mottled. No one knew how much blood and bones of predecessors were left on it.
Next, in order to make the criminal receive due punishment, the junior divine envoy would use this silver hammer to smash Yaohua's bones bit by bit.
There are 206 bones in a human body. Presumably, there are far fewer in a phoenix's original form.
Yaohua tried to find some humor in her misery and thought that the torture pillar forcing her to maintain a human form was a rather humane thing.
After all, a phoenix in its original form has more than 600 bones, which means suffering more than three times as much pain.
The junior divine envoy paced in front of Yaohua and lowered his voice.
"If you can testify that Tu Yang accepted bribes and acted out of personal motives, I'll let you suffer less pain today and ascend to bliss earlier. How about it?"
Yaohua let out a snort of laughter. "You want me to falsely accuse the senior divine envoy. Do you want to take her place?"
Tu Yang helped her send a message to her master and gave the immortal orchid grass to her master. She was grateful to Tu Yang for her great help. How could she do anything to harm Tu Yang?
On the contrary, this junior divine envoy seemed to have a grudge against Tu Yang. Then she would help Tu Yang get rid of this trouble.
The last time the Execution Platform in the Celestial Realm carried out a punishment was on the Goddess of Cangshan. However, the crime the goddess committed was neither too serious nor too minor, which was far less than the crime Yaohua committed this time.
Therefore, when they learned that Yaohua would be executed today, many inexperienced little immortals quickly filled the Execution Platform. Now, they were staring intently at the torture pillar on the platform.
Yaohua's eyebrows suddenly twitched, and her expression relaxed. "Can you really reduce my punishment?"
The junior divine envoy's expression turned slightly cold. "If you know your place, otherwise... I guarantee you'll suffer unspeakably today."
Yaohua showed a worried look. "Well... okay. I've committed a serious crime. You must show mercy."
The junior divine envoy nodded. "You can rest assured. I'll keep my word."
Saying that, he cast a cold glance at Tu Yang and said loudly, "What did you just say? What did Divine Envoy Tu Yang do?"
Yaohua looked at Tu Yang with a complicated expression, then withdrew her gaze.
"I... I dare not say."
"Just be bold and speak up. If you can make great contributions, the Divine Lord will surely show leniency to you."
Yaohua lowered her head. Her hair on her temples hung down, looking as if she was hesitating about something.
After a while, she finally raised her head. Her firm eyes were in sharp contrast to her previous timidity. "I'm sorry, Divine Envoy Tu Yang."
Tu Yang had already heard their conversation. She always disdained to interfere in such matters, but at this moment, it was obvious that Yaohua had her own plan. So she didn't interrupt and just looked at Yaohua with her cold and stern eyes.
"Although this junior divine envoy is your capable subordinate, what he said just now really made me feel it was unbearable."
As she spoke, she suddenly spat out a drop of blood.
She condensed her essence blood into a bead, and the spiritual power contained in it was enough to record all the words the junior divine envoy had said.
Now, this blood bead shattered as soon as it hit the ground, and the junior divine envoy's voice rang out without any reservation.
For a moment, the conversation between the divine envoy and Yaohua just now spread throughout the entire Execution Platform.
At this moment, Yaohua still looked a bit entangled. "Junior divine envoy, although I'm your friend, Divine Envoy Tu Yang is just and strict. She's a rare good divine envoy. Don't be obsessed any more. Just apologize to the divine envoy and don't make such mistakes in the future."
However, everyone knew that after committing such an act of deceiving the master, this junior divine envoy would never be able to stay in the Celestial Realm.
The immortals below the platform whispered to each other, and those strange looks fell on the junior divine envoy one after another.
The junior divine envoy was ashamed and angry. He pointed at Yaohua, and even the hand holding the silver hammer began to tremble.
"You... You!"
Yaohua looked at him worriedly, as if everything she had done was for the junior divine envoy to turn over a new leaf.
"I'm doing this for your own good."
The junior divine envoy's face turned green and white alternately. The silver hammer in his hand was almost about to fall on Yaohua's shoulder immediately.
This hammer carried his anger and was surely swung with all his strength.
Everyone held their breath.
But a soft purple light suddenly hit the junior divine envoy's wrist from the side.
The silver hammer in the junior divine envoy's hand immediately fell to the ground out of control.
He turned his head hatefully. "Divine Envoy Tu Yang, she's spreading fallacies to deceive the public. Do you really believe her words?"
Tu Yang lowered her eyes. As usual, she held the konghou in her arms. Her empty - looking eyes fell on the junior divine envoy, and at the same time, she understood Yaohua's intention.
"The phoenix's essence blood cannot be forged. Do you admit your crime?"
The junior divine envoy opened his eyes wide. "I'm innocent!"
Tu Yang raised her finger. The originally broken phoenix blood bead gathered together again. She paced in front of Yaohua and injected that drop of blood back into Yaohua's chest.
Yaohua's pale face instantly improved a lot.
She looked at Tu Yang gratefully but didn't say a word.
Tu Yang casually plucked the strings of the konghou, and the junior divine envoy who kept begging for mercy was shaken out of the Execution Platform by the sound wave. In just a short moment, he died.
If it were in the Divine Continent, he wouldn't have lost his life for such a minor crime.
But this was the Celestial Realm with strict rules. Tu Yang was the senior divine envoy personally selected by the Divine Lord and highly favored by the Divine Lord. If it was discovered that he was working against the master, his end would only be worse than Yaohua's.
So the immortals just took a glance at the junior divine envoy's death and then withdrew their gazes.
After all, compared with this episode of the junior divine envoy, the main event was still Yaohua.
Tu Yang raised her eyes, looked at another junior divine envoy, and said in a tone without the slightest ripple, "Continue the execution."
Without looking at Yaohua again, she returned to her original position.
Yaohua closed her eyes. Although the silver hammer hadn't fallen yet, she could already feel the chilling coldness.
Even though her scalp was already numb and goosebumps had appeared on her body, her expression was still very calm.
The silver hammer was raised high, leaving a blurred shadow in the air. The next moment, it was about to hit Yaohua.
"Stop!"
A sharp shout came from outside the sky, but it was too late. A heavy hammer had already fallen.
The sound of the bone breaking rang out eerily, making all the immortals present shiver.
However, at this moment, Yaohua didn't feel the slightest bit of pain. She even smelled a familiar delicate fragrance.
Her expression froze, and she slowly opened her eyes.
In front of her was a wisp of long hair like clouds and mist. Then, a white robe embroidered with golden flowers came into view. She opened her eyes wide and it took her a long time to come back to her senses.
"Master!"
Her gaze fell on Chongming's shoulder, and her whole body was trembling.
That was the Execution Hammer. No matter who it hit, the injury would be irreversible!