Hu Xiaoyao chuckled and said, "Heh, they really do forget about their in-laws once they've latched onto a powerful figure."

"You need evidence, right? My Hu family certainly has it."

Hu Xiaoyao looked at Hu Chongli.

Hu Chongli took out a purple jade pendant from his storage bag. "This is our engagement token. Yao'er's birth date and time are engraved on it."

Hua Hanqiu and Wan Aiyichen's expressions changed, and they stepped forward to snatch the jade pendant to examine it. It really was Wan Ai Zhaoyao's birth date and time!

Wan Aiyichen asked, "How did you get Yao'er's birth date and time?"

Hu Xiaoyao burst into laughter, "This is the engagement gift you gave us, so of course it's from you."

"Bullshit..." Wan Aiyichen couldn't help but start swearing.

More and more people gathered at the city gate, and everyone's gaze towards the Wan'ai family changed. They all thought that the Wan'ai family had gotten close to a powerful figure and wanted to kick out the Yue family.

Shu Jianyue glanced at it and said indifferently, "You two got engaged six years ago?"

Hu Xiaoyao immediately nodded and said, "Yes, but now the Wan'ai family is denying that there was ever an engagement, which is going too far."

If Shu Jianyue hadn't known what had happened, she would have believed it from that expression.

Shu Jianyue chuckled softly, "Yesterday at the City Lord's Mansion, did you forget that I was there too?"

"That's not what you said yesterday. What, the script changed overnight, or have you lost your memory?"

"Also, the birth date and time on this jade pendant were only engraved yesterday. Even if someone has been handling it all night, new is still new."

Hu Xiaoyao's expression stiffened, then he smiled and said, "Elder Shu, you can't protect Wan Ai Zhaoyao like this just because she's with you!"

"Yesterday I was just trying to schedule the covenant ceremony, and they didn't agree because you were there."

“This jade pendant was given to us by the Wan’ai family six years ago, how could it be new?”

“It’s a real shame you’re not an actor.” Shu Jianyue glanced at him, then stepped forward and took the jade pendant from Wan Aiyichen’s hand, saying, “This jade was probably only unearthed two or three years ago.”

"I'm truly curious, how did the Van'e family manage to make it carve words into stone?"

"Furthermore, Patriarch Hu, before you make a fake next time, make sure to remove all traces of the inscription. The aura of the person who carved the inscription is still there."

Hu Xiaoyao's eyelids twitched. He really hadn't expected this. Who would think of checking the aura on it?

To make it realistic, he actually had someone use spiritual energy to manipulate the object all night, only stopping when he came out.

The onlookers looked at Hu Xiaoyao again and began to doubt him once more.

That's how bystanders are; they always speculate about the truth of things without understanding the situation, and then they make accusations.

Like a reed on a wall, it bends to both sides in the wind.

Hu Xiaoyao looked around and said with a forced smile, "Venerable Shu, although I don't know which elder you are from, you can't just make baseless accusations."

"You say there's a scent up there, but who knows if I put it there?"

Shu Jianyue glanced at him and sneered, "A brain is a good thing. Remember to bring it with you next time you go out."

"Is an aura something that can be released or faked so easily? Anyone who knows anything about jade can tell that this pendant is fake."

"You can talk nonsense and still make it sound interesting. You're really something."

Hu Xiaoyao knew perfectly well that he was just trying to use the people of Duohu City to create public opinion and force the Wan'ai family to submit.

He sent a message to Hu Chongya yesterday, but had not received a reply by this morning. Helpless, he could only rush over.

The plans were incomplete; they were just trying to get by.

I just didn't expect this woman to be so clever and hard to fool.

"As for what you said earlier about wanting your son to come with me, that's impossible. I don't accept just anyone." After saying that, Shu Jianyue took out the spirit boat and let the others go up first.

Hu Xiaoyao, Wan Aiyichen, and the others were all taken aback when they saw the spirit boat.

They were not unsophisticated people, and naturally they could see that this spirit boat was extraordinary.

Wan Ai Zhaoyao glared at Hu Chongli, shook Hua Hanqiu's hand, and boarded the spirit boat first.

Wan Ai Zhaoran stood motionless beside Shu Jianyue, coldly staring at Hu Xiaoyao and his son Hu Chongli.

Shu Jianyue glanced at him sideways, gesturing for him to board the spirit boat first.

Wan Ai Zhaoran then turned around and boarded the spirit boat.

The onlookers exclaimed in amazement as they gazed at the spirit boat; it seemed quite a few people recognized its value.

Shu Jianyue looked at Wan Aiyichen and said, "If anything happens, you can send a message to the Supreme Temple."

"Are you going to the Supreme Temple?" Wan Aiyi asked in surprise.

Shu Jianyue raised an eyebrow upon seeing this. "Yes, what's wrong?"

Wan Aiyi remembered that people from the Supreme Temple had also attended her covenant ceremony, so she shook her head and said, "It's nothing, it's just that the people from the Supreme Temple are not easy to mess with."

That's what we want – someone who's not to be messed with.

Shu Jianyue nodded, glanced at the Hu family father and son, and said, "There's no need to be too polite to some people, and we don't need to take the Guihai family seriously. Just do what needs to be done." After saying that, she boarded the spirit boat.

Wan Aiyi looked at Hua Hanqiu and asked, "Did I hear that right?"

Hua Hanqiu nodded, "Since the Venerable One says we don't need to take it seriously, then we don't need to take it seriously."

After saying that, he gave Hu Xiaoyao a cold snort.

Hu Xiaoyao frowned. She didn't take the Gui Hai family seriously. Just who was she?

He looked at Wan Aiyi and asked, "Who exactly is she?"

"Someone you can't afford to offend." With those words, Wan Aiyichen pulled Hua Hanqiu away.

When Hu Xiaoyao noticed that the onlookers were looking at him strangely, he immediately fled.

Hu Chongli, who remained behind, stared in the direction the spirit boat had departed, lost in thought.

On the spirit boat, Wan Ai Zhaoyao bowed to Shu Jianyue and thanked her, "Thank you, Elder Shu. If it weren't for you, the Hu family would have been causing trouble."

"It's nothing, just something I did." Shu Jianyue glanced in the direction and asked, "Does either of you know how to get to the Crimson Mist Mountains?"

Wan Ai stepped forward and said, "I know, I've been to the Central Region. The Crimson Mist Mountain Range is not far from the Central Region."

"Alright, you point the way." This time, Shu Jianyue had the highest cultivation level, so she didn't have a moment to spare.

The spirit boat traveled for two days before reaching the Central Region, and to get to the Crimson Mist Mountains, one had to pass through the Central Region.

"Ahead lies Tongtian City in the Central Region. Let's go in and rest for a bit." Shu Jianyue stopped the spirit boat on the Tongtian River, which was two days' journey from Tongtian City, and then everyone flew over together.

Yu Chuan blinked as he looked at the Tongtian River beside him. "This river water is really black!"

Shu Jianyue glanced at it and said, "It's because it's dark that it looks black."

Wan Ai nodded in agreement. "That's right. The reason why the Tongtian River is called the Tongtian River is not only because it is long, but also because it is unfathomably deep."

"It is said that no one who went down into the Tongtian River ever survived, so no one knows exactly how deep it is."