This time, Yaohua came to the Heavenly Gate openly. After explaining her reason to the Heavenly General guarding the gate, in just a moment, the general returned. "Go in."
The fire cage in her hand kept swaying. The Heavenly Demon and the Caged Bird trapped inside rammed into the cage desperately, trying to escape.
Yaohua straightened the cage slightly before stepping into the Heavenly Realm. She made her way to the Divine Lord's Hall with ease.
Before she could enter, a powerful sound wave spread out. The celestial apricot tree in front of the hall swayed, and its branches and leaves fell all over the ground.
The Divine Lord had been repairing the Fuji Qin for a long time. There was no doubt that this sound wave came from the Fuji Qin.
At this moment, she noticed that the usually bustling Divine Lord's Hall was now empty. There was a thick layer of dust on the ground, making it seem as if no one had lived there for a long time.
"Come in."
Before she could get an answer to her doubts, she heard the slightly irritated voice of the Divine Lord from inside.
Putting aside her distracting thoughts, Yaohua quickly stepped in with the cage.
Inside the hall, the Divine Lord was sitting cross - legged on the ground, with disheveled hair and a stubbly beard. He no longer looked as aloof as before.
The Divine Lord was very petty. Yaohua was worried that he would get angry if he saw her looking at him in this state, so she quickly lowered her head.
Behind his long, loose hair, a somewhat sinister look fell on Yaohua.
"You said you captured the Heavenly Demon Clan?"
"Indeed."
Yaohua presented the fire cage in front of the Divine Lord.
The Divine Lord seemed to take a look at it. After a moment, his tone became even more gloomy. "It is truly the Heavenly Demon Clan. However, the Caged Bird Clan has always kept to itself. Now they dare to collude with the Heavenly Demon. I have truly been too merciful."
Yaohua kept her eyes on her nose and her nose on her heart. "Yaohua is willing to share the Divine Lord's worries. I only hope that the Divine Lord will allow me to enter and leave the Heavenly Realm freely."
The Divine Lord's slender fingers reached in front of the cage and flicked the Caged Bird through the gap.
"Granted."
A smile appeared on Yaohua's face. "Thank you, Divine Lord."
"But don't be too happy too soon. I've granted your request, but if you don't share my worries, I'll hold you accountable."
"I will surely root out all the traitors in the Caged Bird Clan for the Divine Lord."
Just as she was about to leave the temple, the body of the qin under the Divine Lord's hand suddenly trembled.
A sound wave swayed towards Yaohua.
Strangely enough, the sound wave had no intention of hurting anyone. As soon as it approached Yaohua, it circled around her. It seemed eager to touch her but didn't dare to get too close easily, so it just probed from the outside.
Thinking that there was the Dan Mirror that her master had once given her in the Fuji Qin, Yaohua's happy mood suddenly turned down.
She didn't notice that the Divine Lord suddenly let go of the fire cage and raised his head. His always unpredictable eyes lingered on her.
"Divine Lord, this..."
She looked at the sound waves around her awkwardly, not knowing what to do for a moment.
The Divine Lord ordered someone to take away the fire cage, and then looked at the sound wave beside her. "Come here."
His suddenly gentle tone made Yaohua pause for a moment, and then she slowly took a step towards him.
As she moved, the sound wave gradually retreated, just leaving a space for her.
Yaohua thought it was strange. Could it be that her Dan Mirror still recognized her as its master and wanted to hint at her something in this way?
Just then, a sudden commotion came from outside the hall.
"No good! Hurry and report to the Divine Lord!"
Yaohua couldn't help but look in the direction of the sound.
In the temple, it was always the Great Divine Envoy Tuyang who was in charge. What had happened now? Why were they looking for the Divine Lord?
The events that had happened on the Immortal Execution Platform before made Yaohua's heart skip a beat.
She wondered if the Divine Lord had implicated Tuyang.
Her thoughts drifted further and further until the temple door suddenly opened, and the voice of a young divine envoy was nervous and urgent.
"Divine Lord, something terrible has happened. The Heavenly Demon rode on the Caged Bird and broke free from the fire cage. Now it has flown to the dwellings of the immortals."
"How could this happen?" The Divine Lord suddenly stood up. His eyes were bloodshot and looked gloomy and terrifying.
The divine envoy's voice immediately became timid. "Just now, someone accidentally touched the fire cage, and the Phoenix True Fire went out in an instant. The Heavenly Demon broke free from the restriction and immediately rode the Caged Bird away!"
The Divine Lord's gaze returned to Yaohua, with suspicion in his eyes.
"I didn't do anything!"
Yaohua quickly raised her hands to show her innocence.
She pointed at the sound wave in front of her. "Divine Lord, you saw it with your own eyes. This sound wave has been surrounding me for a while. If I had manipulated the Phoenix True Fire, it would surely have sensed it. But look, it's still quiet."
The Divine Lord reluctantly averted his gaze. "The matter of the Heavenly Demon causing chaos cannot be underestimated. Go and recapture the Heavenly Demon and the Caged Bird first. Later, I will surely reward you according to your merits."
The purpose of today's visit had been achieved. Other rewards were secondary. She had offended the Divine Lord several times, and it was hard to decline this task, so she had no choice but to go out with the divine envoy.
However, as soon as she went out, she was blocked by someone.
"It was her who brought the Heavenly Demon up here!"
Since the Goddess of Cangshan had been stripped of her title, her fief had also been taken back. Having nowhere to go, she lived in the Abode of the Upper Gods in the Heavenly Realm.
Unexpectedly, she and Yaohua had run into each other.
"When I came, the Heavenly Demon was properly locked in the restriction. Now it has escaped. What does it have to do with me?" Yaohua found it inexplicable. "My Phoenix True Fire went out for no reason. There must be someone else behind this. Instead of looking for the real culprit, why are you causing trouble for me?"
"Maybe it was you who did it! You and the Heavenly Demon are in the same group!" A venomous look gradually seeped into the eyes of the Goddess of Cangshan. "Everyone knows that you have made a blood contract with the Heavenly Demon. In the entire Heavenly Realm, besides you, who else would do such a thing?"
Sure enough, those who came were not kind, and those who were kind did not come.
Yaohua squinted slightly. "The Divine Lord can testify to my innocence. Otherwise, do you think I would have come out of the temple safely?"
"The Divine Lord must have been deceived by you!" The Goddess of Cangshan looked extremely angry. "If you can bewitch the Heavenly Demon, it's even easier to deceive the Divine Lord!"
Her words left Yaohua speechless.
She was really something.
Talking bad about the Divine Lord outside the Divine Lord's temple, and even implying that the Divine Lord was inferior to the Heavenly Demon...
Yaohua subconsciously glanced into the Divine Lord's temple.
The gauze curtains were fluttering, and there was no sign of the Divine Lord. Presumably, the Divine Lord had not heard the Goddess of Cangshan's heretical words.
"Goddess of Cangshan, I advise you to watch your words. This is not your Goddess of Cangshan's Hall." Yaohua composed herself. "I have important matters to attend to. I won't argue with you. Don't block my way."
"You have evil intentions. You released the Heavenly Demon. Is your so - called important matter now to check the result of the Heavenly Demon's chaos?"
Yaohua gave her a deep look, suddenly transformed into her original form, and disappeared into the sky.
At this moment, Zhaoying, riding on the Caged Bird, had found the medicine garden in the Heavenly Realm and burned the medicine god's painstaking efforts of several years to ashes.