Chapter 328 Utter Disappointment
As the sun sets in the west, the night deepens, the moon shines brightly, the stars are bright, and the sounds of insects and cicadas fill the air.
As Yao Ji was teaching the three siblings how to enter the Dao, suddenly, all sounds around them quietly paused, and a few auspicious clouds drifted in from the sky, gradually forming surging waves.
Yao Ji had a bad feeling; everything around her made her feel like she couldn't breathe.
"Mother, look at the sky..." Yang Chan was too young to concentrate on her cultivation, so she looked around and happened to see such a huge cloud formation, one after another, forming a vast expanse that obscured the stars and the moon.
When Yao Ji looked up and saw this scene, she was so frightened that her face turned pale.
Heavenly soldiers and generals...
How could that be?
Even if my senior brother found out, he would have dealt with it quietly. Such a large-scale mobilization is not something my senior brother would do.
Yao Ji keenly noticed the difference, and her heart sank.
"What's wrong with Mother?" Yang Chan grasped Yao Ji's hand. Heavens, why is Mother's hand so cold?
Yang Jiao immediately stood up, feeling a chill run down his spine for some reason. "Mother, I don't know why, but my heart is beating very fast."
Yang Jian stared straight at the sky. "There are people in the clouds."
Yao Ji pushed the three siblings into the house, "Tianyou, hurry, take them and run! There's a formation inside the house, run quickly and don't look back."
Yang Tianyou knew that the Heavenly Court had come to take people away. He exchanged a glance with Yao Ji, and without saying a word, he led the three children into the house.
Yao Ji glanced back at the father and his three sons, then gritted her teeth and ran out, trying to buy them time to escape.
Before the three siblings could figure out what had happened or why their parents' expressions had changed so drastically, Yang Tianyou led them to a room they were never allowed to enter.
Yang Tianyou stuffed the three children into the formation that Yao Ji had mentioned, saying, "Listen, Yang Jiao, you are the older brother. From now on, it will be up to you to protect your younger siblings. Your father will have to protect your mother."
Yang Tianyou activated the formation, turned around and ran outside; he had to protect his wife.
"Father..." Yang Jiao, now a young man, turned to look at Yang Jian and Yang Chan, "Big brother, go protect Father and Mother, you two hurry up and go."
Yang Jian and Yang Chan were flustered by the series of unexpected events, but then they saw Yang Jiao, who was about to rush out, being pushed back by the activated formation.
"Big brother..." Yang Jian caught Yang Jiao and was about to say something when the surroundings twisted and the three siblings disappeared in the blink of an eye.
Yao Ji was confronting the troops brought by Fei Dan. Although Fei Dan was not convinced by Yao Chi, he was still careful in his actions and did not dare to really hurt Princess Yao Ji.
Upon seeing Yao Ji with her wrists bound, Yang Tianyou knew that going up would only mean certain death, but he still rushed forward.
However, as soon as Yang Tianyou rushed up, Fei Dan found an outlet for his anger and began to strike Yang Tianyou with his hammer. Fei Dan didn't even take Yang Tianyou's shallow cultivation level seriously.
Princess Yaoji may have been momentarily confused, but Yang Tianyou, knowing her true identity, still dared to covet the divine despite being a mortal. There is a difference between immortals and mortals, and this act was tantamount to blasphemy against the gods.
Yao Ji was shocked and immediately broke free of the Immortal Binding Rope. She flung out her cloud sleeves and pulled Yang Tianyou away from Fei Dan's divine hammer.
"Princess Yaoji refused to be arrested..." Fei Dan immediately found a reason to take real action against Yaoji.
Fei Dan didn't even blink as the divine palm struck down from the sky. Everyone thought that Yao Ji would be powerless against a veteran Quasi-Saint facing a Grand Luo Golden Immortal.
But the petals, undeterred, met the divine palm head-on. As the attack weakened layer by layer, the final blow to Yao Ji had little power left.
Yao Ji's forehead was covered in cold sweat as her mind raced. How could she save Tianyou?
Fei Dan felt as if he had been slapped in the air, making him too ashamed to face anyone. The soldiers and officers around him were probably all chuckling.
Fei Dan got serious, pressing his left palm against Yao Ji and striking down with his right hand, his divine hammer aimed at turning Yang Tianyou to ashes.
"Tianyou..." Yao Ji was distracted and wanted to save Yang Tianyou. However, Yao Ji herself was in trouble. Fei Dan pierced through the petals and struck Yao Ji's back, knocking her to the ground.
As soon as Yao Ji, whose face was as pale as paper, got up, she saw the divine hammer fall and then rise again. Yang Tianyou was gone, and there was a pool of blood on the ground.
Yao Ji was struck dumb and fainted on the spot.
"Spare his life..." Heavenly General Tianpeng hadn't expected Feidan to become so serious in the blink of an eye. "You killed a mortal..."
Fei Dan took a deep breath and said irritably, "No." What kind of look was that?
"What do we do now?" Tianpeng asked Feidan. Feidan had been incredibly audacious, injuring Princess Yaoji, who looked quite seriously injured. What if...?
Judging from Fei Dan's appearance, Tian Peng is destined to go to the Western Paradise.
Immediately, a thought began to stir within him: if Fei Dan were to leave, the position of the guardian deity under the Ziwei Emperor would likely have to be reassigned…
"Guards, take Princess Yaoji back to the Heavenly Court for questioning," Fei Dan glared at the heavenly general, not intentionally trying to provoke him.
He went to such great lengths to undermine the Queen Mother's prestige; why would he, Fei Dan, specifically target a mere Princess Yao Ji?
"Tianpeng, take a few heavenly soldiers and kill those three bastards." Feidan saw that Tianpeng was not very obedient, so he deliberately assigned him a thankless task.
No matter what, Princess Yaoji had a close relationship with the Queen Mother. If Tianpeng went to eliminate her completely, he would no longer be able to stand on the Queen Mother's side.
"This..." Tianpeng was dumbfounded; this was a matter that was easy to say but difficult to hear.
"What do you mean, 'what do you mean, 'you're going to disobey my orders'?" Fei Dan glared at him, "If you don't behave, I'll teach you a lesson."
"Yes." Tianpeng had no choice but to accept the order and go after the Yang siblings.
Yaochi looked at Yaoji kneeling in the Lingxiao Palace, feeling both heartache and disappointment. She had raised Yaoji according to the methods her senior brother had taught her, so where exactly did things go wrong?
"Yaoji, do you know your mistake?" Yaochi asked coldly.
"Yao Ji is unaware." At this point, Yao Ji could only stubbornly deny her guilt, saying, "What wrong has Yao Ji done?"
As soon as Yao Ji entered the Lingxiao Palace, she knew things were going badly. How could she not know that she had brought great trouble to her sister? She could only suppress her grief over losing her husband and try to minimize the damage to Yaochi's prestige.
Yaochi stared at Yaoji in disbelief. She wanted to save Yaoji's life, but she also wanted Yaoji to show a good attitude in admitting her guilt.
At this moment, Yaochi was already determined to severely punish Yaoji and show her no leniency.
Her senior brother entrusted the Heavenly Court to her because he trusted her to manage it well, not because he wanted her to use this power to exonerate Yao Ji and abuse her power for personal gain.
"Bold Yao Ji, you have fallen in love with a mortal, and now that this has come to light, you show no remorse whatsoever," Fei Dan pointed at Yao Ji, facing the Jade Pool. "Queen Mother, Yao Ji has violated the celestial rules and shows no remorse. I wonder how Your Majesty intends to deal with her?"
"Yao Ji, you are in love with the mortal Yang Tianyou. Have you forgotten the strict rules of Heaven and the inescapable laws of Heaven?" Yao Chi is giving Yao Ji one last chance. If Yao Ji admits her mistake now, she will spare Yao Ji's life.
“Your Majesty, Yao Ji has not fallen in love with any mortal. Your Majesty is wise,” Yao Ji said, touching her forehead to the ground before rising. “My husband, Yang Tianyou, is a human, but he has already entered the Dao. Although his cultivation is shallow, he is no longer an ordinary person.”
Yao Ji once fed Yang Tianyou a peach that ripened only once every three thousand years, and she also carefully refined elixirs for him. She taught her child to enter the Dao, so how could she not teach her husband?
Although it is unknown why Yang Tianyou did not become an immortal after eating the peaches of immortality, Yang Tianyou was certainly no longer an ordinary person.
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