The members of the Ibis Clan showed looks of uneasiness. "Clan Chief, you must be extremely careful!"
"What if they join hands to lure you there and then kill you on the spot?"
Many of them even harbored hostility towards Tu Yang.
Now that they had been invaded by demonic qi, they had long lost their senses. The rapid improvement of their cultivation levels had inflated their self - confidence. They thought that in just a few days, not even the Immortal Realm would be their match!
Tu Yang said nothing, simply lowering her eyes faintly, looking like a beautiful jade statue.
The Ibis Clan Chief mused, "Well... actually, we don't necessarily have to go to the Immortal Realm. Maybe there are other ways to find my daughter's corpse?"
How could Yaohua let him have his way? She deliberately sneered, "It seems that your love for your daughter is nothing special! I think you don't even care about your daughter's corpse. You're just too afraid to meet the God - Lord. You must have something on your conscience!"
The Ibis Clan Chief's face darkened. "I'll go! I'm not afraid of you!"
He wasn't as over - confident as his clansmen.
Originally, leading the whole clan to practice demonic arts was just a momentary mistake, in order to take revenge on the Phoenix Clan.
Who would have thought that the God - Lord didn't even bother to argue with them? Wasn't this a great thing?
To avoid war, even though they had become Heavenly Demons, they still had to maintain a good relationship with the Immortal Realm!
The three of them came to the Heavenly Realm together.
When the God - Lord saw the three of them coming together, he couldn't help but frown. "What are you doing here?"
The Ibis Clan Chief rolled his eyes, then plopped down on his knees. There was no trace of his former upright appearance.
Everyone was stunned by his sudden action.
They only heard the clan chief say gratefully, "Your subordinate has come here specifically to thank the God - Lord for his grace. If it weren't for the God - Lord's kindness, the Ibis Clan would have been in great danger!"
Then, he really kowtowed to the God - Lord with a loud thud.
The God - Lord was silent for a moment. He knew that the Ibis Clan Chief was slippery and smart. Otherwise, this small Ibis Clan wouldn't have been able to rely on the power of the Heavenly Realm and enjoy the highest treatment all along.
But he didn't expect that under the erosion of demonic qi, the Ibis Clan Chief would become so... obsequious.
He said softly, "Get up quickly."
The Ibis Clan Chief was about to flatter some more when he heard Tu Yang say faintly, "God - Lord, they've come here to ask you to find Xilan's corpse."
"Yes!" The Ibis Clan Chief immediately said, "Yaohua deliberately stole my daughter's corpse. Please punish her, God - Lord."
The God - Lord had already suspected his moral character, and now he even doubted his intelligence. "Just for this matter? Do you know that once the demonic qi on you is discovered, the Three Realms will seek to kill you, and even I won't be able to protect you."
Was it really worth risking the exposure of the demonic qi of the entire Ibis Clan for such a trivial matter?
The Ibis Clan Chief shivered and immediately said, "Originally... I didn't want to bother the God - Lord with such a trivial matter, but Yaohua insisted on coming to the Heavenly Realm with me!"
The God - Lord looked at Yaohua, his face looking a bit grim.
He had clearly sent Tu Yang to explain his intentions, but this little phoenix still insisted on coming. Did she have some dissatisfaction with his arrangement?
His tone was unpredictable, as if there was a storm brewing. "Do you doubt my arrangement for the Ibis Clan?!"
Yaohua felt a slight chill in her heart.
In the secret realm, she had experienced the God - Lord's capricious nature. If anyone dared to disobey or offend him even a little, he would find ways to torture that person while still maintaining his own noble image.
She shook her head and said, "Please make a fair judgment, God - Lord. I had already decided not to pursue this matter and wanted to atone for my sins in the Ibis Clan. But who would have thought that Xilan's tomb would be robbed, and the clan chief wanted to kill me. I had no choice but to come to the Heavenly Realm with him to prove my innocence."
The Ibis Clan Chief had already discerned the God - Lord's intention through observing his expression. He immediately shifted the blame. "It was clearly you who stole my daughter's corpse and insisted on coming to the Heavenly Realm with me. Besides, with the divine envoy here, how could I possibly kill you?"
The two sides each stuck to their own words. A look of impatience flashed in the God - Lord's eyes. "Tu Yang, you tell me."
Tu Yang said faintly, "The clan chief did want to kill Yaohua."
The Ibis Clan Chief's face changed slightly. He wanted to argue, but then he saw the God - Lord's expression soften a bit. The God - Lord waved his hand. "Alright, I understand! How do you want to resolve this matter?"
The Ibis Clan Chief wisely changed the topic and told the whole story of Xilan's corpse disappearance in detail. Of course, he added a lot of exaggeration and slandered Yaohua.
While defending herself, Yaohua couldn't help but be secretly shocked. In the past, although the clan chief had a deep mind, he always looked upright on the surface.
Moreover, when dealing with Xilan's sudden death, he hadn't been blinded by anger. He had handled it more objectively than Lady Lan.
But now, after being eroded by demonic qi for such a short time, he had already become this kind of obsequious villain.
No wonder everyone in the world was extremely afraid of demonic qi. If she were to fall into the demonic path, would she also be completely distorted by the demonic qi and become a person she even despised and hated?
Thinking of this, Yaohua felt extremely nauseous. If that was the case, she would rather die!
After listening, the God - Lord closed his eyes and thought for a while. "Yaohua, you once told the clan chief that you could find Xilan's corpse. Is this true?"
"Of course!" Yaohua immediately replied.
But the Ibis Clan Chief looked full of suspicion. "How could she possibly help me?"
The God - Lord tapped his knuckles on the table and said, "Now there's no better way than to let her have a try."
He added, "Your two clans are the left and right arms of the Heavenly Realm. You're both indispensable. Killing each other isn't a long - term solution. How about this? If Yaohua can really retrieve Xilan's corpse and prove that she didn't do this, then all the grudges between you will be wiped out. What do you think?"
The Ibis Clan Chief hesitated a bit. "Isn't this too lenient towards her?"
A look of impatience flashed across the God - Lord's eyes again. "She's the majestic Phoenix Clan Chief. She's extremely powerful, but she was tortured in your clan for no reason. Who's really getting off lightly here?"
The Ibis Clan Chief could only reluctantly agree. "Your subordinate will obey the God - Lord's order!"
The God - Lord asked, "Yaohua, how do you plan to find Xilan?"
Of course, Yaohua couldn't tell them that she planned to use the connection between the Heavenly Demon Seeds to find someone.
The God - Lord's mind was unfathomable. The Ibis Clan Chief had just been lucky enough not to be punished, but if her possession of the Heavenly Demon Seed was exposed, it might very well implicate the entire clan.
She thought for a while and said, "Our Phoenix Clan has a secret method. As long as we can use Princess Xilan's personal belongings, we can find her. Just now in the Ibis Clan, I already used this method and deduced the location of the corpse."
Then, following the connection all the way, she came to the bank of the Heavenly River.
There, sure enough, a corpse was lying quietly.
The Ibis Clan Chief let out a mournful cry and immediately ran over.
Yaohua stood beside and looked at the corpse. She couldn't help but ask in confusion, "Why is the corpse here for no reason?"
Before her voice faded, Xilan suddenly opened her eyes. Her hand suddenly pierced through Yaohua's abdomen, and demonic qi gushed out from her fingernails!
Yaohua reacted quickly and pushed her away.