The fruit was fully ripe. It fell on the God - Lord's head and burst with a splat, its juice splashing everywhere.
A flicker of surprise crossed the God - Lord's face. He looked up in disbelief and touched his head.
The system gloated, "Host, you're doomed. The God - Lord and the others must have learned about the incestuous relationship between you and your master and come here to stop you."
Yaohua ignored the system's words and stared down below. She saw that there was the corpse of a red berry on the God - Lord's black hair and golden circlet. He looked so out of place and extremely embarrassed.
She hadn't expected such a good result and couldn't help bursting into laughter.
"Yaohua! How dare you be so presumptuous?" Princess Xunhuan said aggressively. "You're disrespectful to the God - Lord. Be careful of the punishment from the Heavenly Laws!"
Yaohua shook her head. Instead of coming down to greet them, she comfortably changed her position and lay on the tree trunk. "I was just lying on the tree eating a fruit. I simply didn't hold it steady and it fell. Who knew you'd be walking right below? Which Heavenly Law says that dropping a fruit by accident is punishable?"
"What do you mean by not holding it steady? You clearly did it on purpose!" Xunhuan scolded. "Come down quickly and apologize!"
Yaohua just smiled and said nothing. She lay on the tree leisurely. She was no longer the weak little phoenix who could be easily bullied!
The God - Lord clenched his fists but managed to hold back his anger. He smiled slightly and said, "It's okay, it's okay."
He cast a spell to clean himself up, then asked, "Where is Chongming? I have something important to discuss with him."
Yaohua didn't want him to see her master. After all, Chongming was kind - tempered and always tolerant of the God - Lord. If they met, Chongming might suffer losses again.
Without hesitation, she said, "My master is in seclusion and has no time to see you. You can tell me what you want and I'll convey it to him."
Xunhuan protested, "Yaohua! You're being too presumptuous. The God - Lord is standing right in front of you. Don't you even offer a cup of tea?"
Yaohua pretended to suddenly realize, "Oh! I really forgot if you hadn't mentioned it. Thank you for the reminder, Princess."
She jumped down from the tree, conjured up cups and saucers on the eight - immortals table under the tree with a spell, and took out some tea from her space to prepare to entertain the guests.
The God - Lord sat at the table. Watching her pour tea for him and thinking about what he was about to tell her, his anger subsided a bit. "I'm here this time to tell you that Chongming's wedding is approaching."
"What?" Yaohua's hand paused while pouring tea.
Seeing the great change in her expression, the God - Lord guessed that she didn't know about this at all. He couldn't help smiling and saying, "Why? Didn't Chongming tell you?"
Yaohua tried to appear calm. "Who is he engaged to and when?"
The God - Lord said playfully, "This marriage was arranged by the previous God - Lord himself. He swore an oath in front of the Heavenly Way. It's extremely difficult to cancel it."
Yaohua pursed her lips and said nothing. She needed to discuss this matter with Chongming in person to know if it was true.
The God - Lord saw her uneasiness and laughed even more happily. "Yaohua, Yaohua. If you two hadn't done something against the customs of the Celestial Realm, I wouldn't have come here specifically to tell you this."
Looking at his annoying smiling face, Yaohua finally couldn't hold back and splashed a cup of tea at him.
The God - Lord was caught off guard and was splashed right in the face. The temperature of the tea wasn't hot enough to burn his skin, but there were still a few tea leaves left embarrassingly on his face and head.
She said coldly, "Get out!"
The God - Lord dared not show his anger. After all, he couldn't afford to offend Chongming anymore.
He held back his anger and put away his smile. He said earnestly, "This concerns the laws of the Celestial Realm. If you two are determined to go your own way, even without the marriage arranged by the previous God - Lord, this matter will be hard to end well. It may ruin both of your reputations. I advise you to cut your losses and turn back before it's too late."
Yaohua didn't care about her own reputation at all. She retorted, "I'm just in love with him. Why should I care about others' opinions?"
The God - Lord advised, "But he already has a fiancée. If you get involved, aren't you just getting in the way of someone else's relationship?"
Yaohua was speechless. "I've known and fallen in love with him without knowing about this marriage. It's you who is lecturing me here. You're clearly just talking without understanding the situation. Otherwise, why don't you cut off your feelings for Tu Yang?"
At least she and Chongming were in love with each other, which was much better than the God - Lord's one - sided love. What right did the God - Lord have to talk nonsense here?
The God - Lord was choked by her words. His face turned red and then white.
Xunhuan couldn't help saying, "It's said that the Phoenix Clan is proud. How could they give birth to a cheap person like you? He already has a fiancée, but you're still shamelessly clinging to him."
Yaohua splashed another cup of tea at her. This time, Xunhuan was prepared and easily dodged it. Just as she was about to laugh at Yaohua, she was hit by a wisp of Phoenix True Fire, and her clothes caught fire.
She couldn't help screaming, "Ah! It's on fire!"
The fire burned away her clothes but didn't touch her skin, which showed how precisely Yaohua controlled the fire.
Yaohua snapped her fingers, and the fire went out. "Do you have anything else to say?"
Xunhuan covered her body embarrassedly and ran away crying.
The God - Lord and Tu Yang glanced at each other and had to return without achieving their goal.
"My goodness! Chongming actually has a fiancée, and he never told you." The system said in surprise.
Yaohua sat at the eight - immortals table and poured herself a cup of tea. "Hearing is believing, seeing is believing. This matter is not yet certain. Don't talk nonsense."
The system quickly said, "But this matter is very important. You don't want to be a mistress without knowing it, do you? You should go and ask him clearly first. What if he's just playing with your feelings?"
As soon as Yaohua heard this, she knew that the system was trying to sow discord again. Its purpose was to make her quarrel with Chongming and stimulate the demonic energy for it to absorb.
She said calmly, "I trust him. There's no need to ask more."
At this time, she sensed that the communication jade token on her body lit up. She quickly opened the jade token. After reading the information inside, a look of joy appeared on her face. "Chongming has pacified a city and found out Yaoyao's whereabouts. He's about to set off to look for Yaoyao!"
This was really great news!
However, unexpectedly, on the other side, after Xunhuan returned to her room, the more she thought about it, the angrier she became. After carefully dressing up, she went out again and spread the news of the incestuous relationship between Yaohua and Chongming.
She not only participated in the fairies' gossiping but also bribed several storytellers in the mortal world to tell the story day and night. The main content was about how low - class Yaohua was to seduce a god.
Soon, with such publicity, in less than half a day, the scandal about Yaohua spread everywhere.