Youyou contacted Longxi, asking him to help investigate whether the Long family had any records of the great war that wiped out the Divine Race. Longxi readily agreed, stating that he would investigate anything as long as she didn't contact Wuyue. However, due to the passage of time, he couldn't guarantee whether the Long family even possessed such information.
You You expressed her understanding, after all, even Yu Hao, a member of the divine race, didn't know much about it, and she would just do her best. However, she didn't expect that before Long Xi's investigation yielded results, people from the Immortal Realm would arrive first.
"Reporting to the Sect Master, two people have arrived at the mountain gate. They claim to be old acquaintances of yours and have an extremely urgent matter to discuss!" A disciple walked in and announced.
"Extremely urgent?" You You was taken aback. "Who is this person?"
A strange look flashed across the disciple's face as he continued, "They called themselves...the second brother and...the ninth brother!"
"Huh?!" She recognized the name "Second Brother," but what was "Ninth Brother"? Moreover, the Second Brother, Hengyan, always contacted her via text message; this time, he actually took the initiative to descend to the mortal realm. "Bring them in!"
"Yes, Sect Master." The disciple then accepted the order and left.
Before long, the disciple brought in two men. The one on the left was indeed the second brother, Hengyan, and the one next to him was actually the Ninth Emperor.
"Grandpa, your grandson has come to see you!" As soon as the two entered the hall, the polite Hengyan immediately knelt down with a thud.
The Nine Heavens Emperor, who was about to greet him, suddenly froze, unsure whether to clasp his hands in greeting or kneel down and call him "Grandpa."
"Why did you come down?" Youyou, who was used to Hengyan's thoughtfulness, put down the report in her hand and pulled the second son up. "What happened? Why did you have to come down if you couldn't send a message?"
“Grandpa, it’s the Ninth Heaven Emperor…” Hengyan immediately pointed to the person next to him and said, “The Emperor said he has important matters concerning the Seventh Heaven that he needs to discuss with the Sect Master. He learned that I have the Red Lotus in the lower realm, so he asked me to bring him down to find you.” After speaking, he looked at the other person and said, “Emperor, didn’t you say it was very urgent? Can you tell me now?”
"I do have urgent business, but..." The Nine Heavens Emperor glanced back and forth between the two, a hint of hesitation flashing in his eyes. After a moment, he clasped his hands and said, "Before that, there is something I would like to confirm with Fellow Daoist You...?"
"What's up?" You You asked.
His expression became even more conflicted. He rubbed his hands together, his voice filled with anxiety and anticipation, and asked, "Is... after the last Gan Sheng Dharma Assembly, when you interrogated that primordial spirit named Yu Hao, what you said was true?"
You You was taken aback. When Yu Hao was interrogated, all the emperors were present. Furthermore, Yu Hao represented a fortuitous opportunity for a ninth-level emperor, so they couldn't exclude him; he was there too. Now he's here, bringing up the matter again. Could it be that he's dissatisfied with her taking Yu Hao away directly?
"It's true!" she thought, trying to figure out how to explain.
Jiuzhong asked anxiously, "Then, you mentioned that demon who harmed female immortals and impersonated a god, could it be... could it be Mingye, who perished in the Seventh Heaven?"
She was somewhat surprised that he had guessed it so quickly, but she still nodded, "It is indeed Mingye."
"It really was him!" The Ninth Heaven Emperor frowned and immediately launched into a tirade of denigration, "I knew it was him. I knew Mingye was no good. He's ugly and has a terrible personality. Rumor has it he's never been very polite to female immortals. How dare someone like that go to the Seventh Heaven? I never thought he was such a trashy demon..."
He seemed to have found an outlet for his anger, and launched into a long tirade against Mingye. After a while, he seemed to remember something and looked at her with a mixture of anticipation and nervousness, saying, "If Mingye is a demon, then... has Emperor Hongfei been... threatened by him all these years?"
"she……"
"Yes! Absolutely!" Before Youyou could speak, the Nine Heavens Emperor confirmed it to himself, looking as if he had finally discovered the truth and understood everything. He continued to chatter on, "I knew it! Feifei... Emperor, how could such a proud and unrestrained fairy who never bows to anyone be blind enough to fall for trash like Mingye? There were even rumors that she wouldn't marry anyone but him. She must have been coerced!"
"Actually..." That wasn't her.
"The demons are truly shameless!" he continued to curse, then turned to look at You You with bright eyes, and said expectantly, "So all these years, the rumors about Fei... the Emperor of the Seventh Heaven having someone he loves and refusing to marry anyone but Ming Ye, and wanting to become Daoist partners, are all false, right?"
"..."
"Yes! It's all fake!" He became more and more excited as he spoke, his smile almost splitting his lips. "Hong Fei doesn't like him at all, not even a little bit, let alone become his Daoist partner. Fellow Daoist You, don't you agree?"
"..."
Absolutely!
"..."
"So, that's why she rejected the advances of the various Celestial Lords before, right, Fellow Daoist You?"
"..."
"Yes, it must be right!"
"..." You've already said everything, why did you have to ask her that again?!
"besides……"
"Nine Heavens Emperor!" You You couldn't hold back any longer and interrupted his self-answering question, asking in a deep voice, "What exactly did you come here for today?"
The Nine Heavens Emperor was taken aback, as if he had thought of something, and his whole body stiffened. After a moment, he lowered his head slightly, his eyes starting to dart around, and his previously fluent words suddenly began to stumble, "I...I...I just...well...Hong Fei calls you...Sect Master, right? Then...then you should be considered her elder, right?"
"So...right?!" You You nodded, glancing at the suddenly conflicted Nine Heavens Emperor. "Is this related to the urgent matter you suddenly descended to the mortal realm to tell me?"
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