At this moment, a vicissitudinous and sorrowful voice sounded, "Chongming, are you really going to break with the Celestial Realm for this demoness and ignore the common people in the world?"
Chongming was slightly stunned, and his eyes showed disbelief. "Lord God - Sovereign?"
A cluster of light dots appeared in mid - air.
Yaohua turned around in surprise. Why would the former God - Sovereign appear at this time?
Seeing the changes in their expressions, the Thousand - Handed God Venerable immediately reproached them, "You two only care about your love affairs and ignore the common people in the world. In the Tomb of the Upper Gods, you even damaged the tomb of the former God - Sovereign, which is why the former God - Sovereign has just woken up now. Chongming, how have you become like this?"
The former God - Sovereign looked at them, his eyes full of disappointment.
Chongming showed a look of guilt.
But Yaohua spoke before him, "Excuse me, everyone. Have you got something wrong?"
Everyone's eyes were focused on her.
She turned to face everyone. "You said that we only care about our love and ignore the common people in the world. But isn't it you who are torturing the common people, starting the great calamity, not allowing us to bring blessings, and deliberately breaking the seal, which has led to the Heavenly Demons causing disasters in the world?"
The former God - Sovereign shook his head and said righteously, "The gods did these things because Chongming refused to sacrifice himself for the Way. As a result, everyone's power could not be restored. We had no choice but to take this desperate measure to restore the power of faith and protect the common people."
"So, you still want to blame all the mistakes on Chongming?" Yaohua sneered. "None of you were willing to become the Dark - Demon Body, but you blamed Chongming for not obediently going to his death. Where is justice?"
The former God - Sovereign was rendered speechless by her words. "Chongming, how did you teach your disciple? Has the Celestial Realm even lost the sense of propriety between the young and the old, the inferior and the superior?"
Yaohua spoke up first. "Only those without real abilities use their status and seniority to speak. Those with real abilities convince people with virtue and reason!"
"Are you saying that I'm unreasonable and immoral?" The former God - Sovereign was almost furious with anger. He looked around, but none of the gods were willing to speak for him.
Feeling extremely embarrassed, his light ball flickered and then disappeared.
The Thousand - Handed God Venerable said angrily, "It's all your fault for making the former God - Sovereign angry, which has led to his lack of strength. He had to leave his dormant state."
Yaohua pouted. "I think he left because he knew he was in the wrong and felt guilty!"
Chongming originally felt a bit guilty towards the former God - Sovereign, but after Yaohua's words, he gradually came to his senses.
He rubbed Yaohua's head. "You should still show some respect to the former God - Sovereign on the surface."
Yaohua agreed reluctantly, thinking to herself, Humph, this former God - Sovereign dares to bully them just because of his seniority. She would surely make him pay dearly one day!
Everyone left unhappily, and the two of them returned to the Red - Crowned Crane Cave Mountain.
Chongming suddenly said, "I'd like to eat some mortal food. Can you cook it for me?"
Yaohua readily agreed.
Watching her disappear from his sight, Chongming turned around and happened to meet the soul of the former God - Sovereign.
The former God - Sovereign sighed, "Chongming, you've always been just. Are you really going to betray the Celestial Realm and abandon the common people in the world for this little woman?"
Chongming looked at him, feeling strangely calm. "I'm not betraying. As Yaohua said, I just won't be bound by these things anymore. Protecting the common people in the world requires everyone to act together, rather than some people destroying the world without any punishment while I'm the only one responsible for maintaining peace in the world."
After saying that, without waiting for the former God - Sovereign's response, he spread his hands. "If you're here to persuade me, then please go back."
The former God - Sovereign wanted to say something else, but seeing Yaohua's figure approaching and remembering her sharp - tongued manner, he suddenly felt embarrassed and quickly left.
Yaohua was holding a vegetable basket and looked a bit worried. "He came to find you again? What did he want?"
Chongming shook his head. "He still wanted to morally blackmail me."
Yaohua was originally worried that he would be troubled by the former God - Sovereign's matter. Now seeing that he knew he was being morally blackmailed, she was extremely relieved. "Then let's have dinner!"
After cooking, Chongming ate the food she had prepared and praised, "Your cooking skills are getting better and better."
Yaohua smiled. "If you like it, I'll cook for you every day."
Chongming was inspired by her words but hesitated to speak.
Yaohua wondered, "What's wrong?"
Chongming pondered, "Judging from the former God - Sovereign's temper, he won't let it go easily. I want to take you to the mortal world to eliminate demons and defend the Way. While avoiding him, we can also do good deeds for the mortal world and not let down the power of faith I've received."
Yaohua smiled. "Okay. Let's go to the South of the Yangtze River. We can also have a good time there."
However, as soon as they arrived in the South of the Yangtze River Prefecture, they were shocked.
The South of the Yangtze River Prefecture, once a land of fish and rice, had now become the most severely affected area.
There were disaster - stricken people everywhere on the roadside. They were lying on the ground, weak. If they didn't receive treatment, they would soon die there.
Some people had bloated bellies. They were digging for Guanyin clay by the roadside, trying to fill their stomachs with the clay. But because the clay couldn't be digested, their bellies swelled, and their ultimate fate was death.
Yaohua smelled a faint aroma of meat. She went into a commoner's room and saw a large iron pot. To her horror, there was a child in the pot!
When she saw the scene in the pot, she couldn't help but turn around and vomit.
Chongming's face suddenly changed. "How could there be such a phenomenon of exchanging children to eat here?"
"Who are you?" A bony couple in the room tightened the kitchen knives in their hands and looked at them warily.
Yaohua couldn't bear to look at the pot and angrily said, "How could you kill your own son?"
The couple seemed to be stimulated and glared at her. "If there were any other way, who would want to kill their own son?"
"We can't even get enough to eat. Our son starved to death. If we don't eat him, we'll die too!"
As they spoke, they shed tears excitedly.
Yaohua glanced at the iron pot, couldn't bear it anymore, and ran out of the room to vomit.
Chongming conjured up a water mirror and seriously checked the situation in the South of the Yangtze River Prefecture. He took out all the food from his own space and placed it in front of the couple.
Yaohua wiped her mouth and was deeply remorseful. "Why have the common people become like this? For the sake of the power of faith, shouldn't the ancient gods try harder to save them?"
Chongming pursed his lips tightly. "I asked that couple. The ancient gods would bring blessings once every seven days. Maybe it's because the power of faith in such a desperate situation is more pious and precious, so they..."
"I only knew that the ancient gods would save the world, but I never thought that for the sake of purer power of faith, they would just watch the common people suffer like this!"
Yaohua hugged her head guiltily. "If I had known, I would never have chosen to stand by!"