The whole family is insanely eavesdropping on my thoughts Chapter 554
Chapter 554: Distinction Between Public and Private Matters
Han Chuan Xian Zun furrowed his brows slightly as he looked at Ling Xiao Xian Jun.
“Ling Xiao Xian Jun, as far as I know, you’ve placed a sign outside your cave dwelling that reads: ‘Lu Chao Chao and dogs are not allowed to enter.’ And now, you’re speaking up for her?” Han Chuan was incredulous.
He had expected opposition from the Wan Jian Sect. He had anticipated protests from the many Celestial Lords who had benefited from Lu Chao Chao. But he never imagined that the first to speak up would be Ling Xiao Xian Jun.
After all, Ling Xiao Xian Jun had pursued Lu Chao Chao for three hundred years when she was alive!
Ling Xiao Xian Jun held his wife in his arms, a faint smile playing at his lips. “Personal grudges are one thing. Fairness is another.”
Who actually wanted her dead?!
He had merely been unable to stomach her attitude and wanted to teach her a lesson! Ideally, he wanted to see her kneel and call him ‘Grandfather’—now that would have been a victory!
Of course, he would never admit that, after quarrelling with his wife, she had stormed out, leaving him to drown his sorrows in wine. He had, in his drunken stupor, sought out Lu Chao Chao and cried his heart out to her.
Their feud was… complicated.
“Lu Chao Chao’s merit surpasses the heavens.”
“Yet High God Han Chuan so easily declares her an evil entity? Are you not afraid of divine retribution?”
Han Chuan’s face darkened, a storm brewing in his eyes as he forcibly restrained his rage. “She now exists beyond the Three Realms. There is no record of her in the Book of Life and Death, nor in the Celestial Realm’s Register of Gods.”
“If she is not an evil entity, then what is she?”
“Her entire body has been pieced together by disciples—if she is not an evil entity, then what is she?”
“Ling Xiao Xian Jun, do not let her cloud your judgment!”
Han Chuan saw the crowd stir, some Celestial Lords stepping forward to plead on behalf of their disciples. The veins on his forehead throbbed.
Why?!
What was happening?!
These were all gods who had grievances against Lu Chao Chao. Why were they speaking for her?! Han Chuan had thought he would meet unanimous support, yet he found himself facing resistance instead.
Most of those present were her enemies.
“I disagree.”
“I also disagree.”
“Forgive me, but I cannot agree.”
Han Chuan’s chest heaved with fury, his hands clenched tightly in his sleeves. He had come too far to turn back now.
His grudge with Lu Chao Chao had long since reached the point of no return.
At the outermost edge of the crowd, Yue Lao was twisting a bundle of red threads into a thick rope. “I refuse to believe this! That little girl’s red string cannot be tied. What in the heavens is going on?” Yue Lao had no interest in national affairs. He was only concerned with tying red strings.
After tying red strings for tens of thousands of years, he had never encountered one he couldn’t bind.
This was an insult to his name!
“Little girl, hold this for me.” The red-robed Yue Lao nudged the red-clad young woman beside him. She held a sword in her arms, frowning at the scene before her.
Without even looking, Lu Chao Chao took the thread from him absentmindedly.
In just a few swift motions, Yue Lao wove the thick bundle into a braid thicker than a rope.
“Can I tie this to your wrist to test it? The thread is a bit thick, and I fear it might not hold. The girl seeking a match is only four or five years old, which makes it difficult to tie,” Yue Lao asked with a smile.
Lu Chao Chao nodded lightly without turning her head.
Yue Lao’s eyes brightened with joy, and he immediately fastened the thumb-thick red string around her wrist.
By all logic, once the red string was knotted, it should automatically bind.
Yet, the moment he tied the knot, the thick red string snapped cleanly in his hands.
The smile on Yue Lao’s face froze.
This was a thread as thick as a finger—more than enough to bind an Emperor Monarch!
Yet it snapped as if sliced by a blade.
Yue Lao clutched his head in hysteria. “What is happening? What is happening?! I’ve been doing this job my whole life! Heaven, are you replacing me?!”
“What did this old one do wrong?”
“Why does every single string I tie break?!” This was already the third one!
Meanwhile, the Phoenix and Dragon Clans stood at the periphery, poised for battle, tension crackling in the air.
“Well, well, well! You Dragons actually have the audacity to show your faces before us Phoenixes!”
“What do you take us for?!”
“You despicable Dragons! You stole our Phoenix Clan’s sacred treasure, then tricked our Princess as well! Return what is ours!” The Phoenix Clan roared in outrage, their kin glaring with hostility.
“How shameless can you be? You took the dowry and abandoned the bride on the wedding day! The Phoenix Clan will not let this humiliation stand!”
“We are at war with you Dragons!” The leading woman’s eyes glistened with tears.
Princess Feng Wu had always been proud. She never thought she would become the laughingstock of the Three Realms.
On her wedding day, the usually stoic princess had cried until she nearly fainted. She did not even know what she had done wrong!
The Dragons exchanged awkward glances, having done their utmost to avoid this confrontation.
Ever since Zhu Mo fled his own wedding, the Dragon Clan had sealed themselves away in the Dragon Palace… Oh, wait, they had been driven out by Lu Chao Chao. They now lived in a Dragon Cave instead…
They had stayed hidden there ever since.
Only today, hearing Han Chuan Xian Zun’s summons, had they dared to sneak out.
Yet despite their caution, the Phoenix Clan had anticipated their presence, posting guards in wait.
The Dragon King stroked his beard with a laugh. “It’s all a misunderstanding. Just a misunderstanding.”
“Zhu Mo is a wayward child. He took the treasure and ran. The Dragon Clan is actively searching for him. Once he is found, we will ensure he seeks forgiveness from the Phoenix Clan.”
“We will have him kneel from the Dragon Cave to the Phoenix Lands for all the Three Realms to witness! The Phoenix Clan will surely have its justice!”
“That foolish boy was reckless and ignorant. Please, I beg the Phoenix Clan for leniency.” The old Dragon King, aware of their fault, usually held himself with great pride before the Phoenix Clan, but today he dared not.
After all, they had already used the sacred treasure!
What could they possibly return?
“Reckless and ignorant? More like faithless and fickle! He held a grand wedding in the Demon Realm—did he not send you an invitation?”
“How utterly laughable! He wed a concubine in the outside world, yet sent the invitation to his legal wife’s family?” Phoenix King sneered. If not for his daughter’s letter urging restraint, they would have already crushed the Dragon King’s head.
The Dragon King twitched, deeply embarrassed.
Internally, he cursed that useless son of his. Running off to marry another woman was one thing, but sending the invitation to the lawful wife’s family?
Was he asking for death?!
The Dragon King raked a hand through his hair, lamenting his fate. How did the Dragon Clan end up with such an utter disgrace?
He prayed to the heavens that the Phoenix Clan would not pursue this matter too deeply.
Otherwise, today would mark not only the death of the Judiciary God.
It would also be his own funeral.
Thankfully, the Phoenix Clan did not press further. With an imposing air, they swept forward.
Once they had left, the Dragon King wiped his brow, sighing in relief.
“You disgraceful child! End that illicit affair immediately! You haven’t even consummated your first marriage, yet you’re out gallivanting!” The Dragon King seized Zhu Mo, who had been hiding among the clan members.
“The Phoenix Clan would have skinned you alive if they found you! Are you courting death?!”
He twisted Zhu Mo’s ear sharply.
Zhu Mo yelped in pain. “Ow! Ow! Father! Let go! My ear is going to fall off…”
The Dragon King, still fuming, kicked him away.
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