Xuan Mu sighed, "I understand."
The matter eventually escalated, and the Jade Emperor was annoyed by the noise from the gods of the Nine Heavens every day. Those immortals who had been reprimanded by Yu Lian and others for spreading rumors were all denouncing the atrocities committed by Penglai.
Bei Xingxiu and Siming were brought over by the Jade Emperor to listen in. In reality, they were brought in to act as mediators and smooth things over, since everyone knew that there were only a few people in the Nine Heavens who had a decent relationship with Shu Yun.
"The God of Fate."
The Jade Emperor glanced at Siming, who was trying to hide behind the crowd, and pulled him out. "What do you think?"
As expected, there was no escaping it. Si Ming sighed, his face serious. "The Shu family of Penglai are all high gods. Moreover, the two previous high gods died for the demon god. High God Shu Yun must hate the demon god even more than everyone here. Since she said that the demon god's last fragment of soul disappeared, then it must have disappeared."
The immortal who had been caught and beaten up near Penglai looked displeased. "She was so protective of that human who was possessed by the demon god in the mortal realm. Who knows if the demon god's fragmented soul has actually remained? Maybe she was lying for that mortal."
Bei Xingxiu looked at him disdainfully and said, "Do you think everyone is like you?"
"What do you mean?"
"Literal meaning."
"You..." The man was furious at being publicly humiliated.
"What do you mean, 'you'?" Bei Xingxiu had long been fed up with these people, and his sarcastic remarks came out swiftly and quickly. "You can't even speak coherently. I really don't know how you passed the tribulation of becoming an immortal. You probably got through it by taking advantage of a loophole when the heavens were dozing off. With your quality, being a minor immortal sweeping in a temple is already the limit. It's better than you putting on airs like an immortal and showing off like a peacock."
Si Ming couldn't help but chuckle, but when he saw the other person's ashen face, he restrained himself a bit.
The Jade Emperor coughed twice, and everyone had to quiet down.
"Although Penglai has always maintained a neutral stance, it has maintained good relations with the Nine Heavens for generations. It is an indisputable fact that the first two Shangshu died for the Demon God, and their contributions are indispensable. This matter need not be discussed again, and I must not hear any more rumors about Shu Yun in the Nine Heavens, otherwise I will be punished by the heavens."
Looking at those immortals who had made a big fuss, Bei Xingxiu cursed inwardly that they deserved it. They had finally passed the tribulation of immortals at an advanced age, and they really thought they were treasures. Going to the Jade Emperor to complain about Shu Yun, they were overthinking it.
The immortals who led the disturbance naturally looked displeased. Among them, Zhu Ji, who had been harshly criticized by Bei Xingxiu, was the most furious. However, since the Jade Emperor had already spoken, arguing further would only displease the Jade Emperor. He could only glare at Bei Xingxiu and his group before leaving with his men.
"The Jade Emperor is too arbitrary. He made a conclusion before we even finished speaking, and the matter of us being beaten is just over like that?"
The people behind Zhu Ji were talking amongst themselves, their tone indignant.
Zhu Ji walked at the front, squinting his eyes. "Of course it's not over yet."
He hadn't been treated like this in years. First, Shu Yun broke his magic weapon, which he had painstakingly crafted over many years, with a single sword strike. Then, he was beaten up by those female immortals from Penglai. He had completely lost face.
He will definitely find a chance to make those barbaric bastards from Penglai pay the price.
"That Shu Yun has been acting arrogantly and domineeringly for years, relying on her parents' achievements. She uses the sealing of the demon god as an excuse, but what does her parents' achievements have to do with her..."
The person next to him tugged at his sleeve and bowed to the newcomer, saying, "Immortal Pei."
The person approaching was none other than Pei Ju.
The white crane stood proudly beside the white-robed immortal, tilting its head to look at the other immortals; its lively eyes revealed a less than pleasant mood.
Zhu Ji and Pei Ju were of equal rank and did not need to pay their respects, but when Pei Ju ascended to heaven, there were unusual celestial phenomena, so his status was arguably higher than Zhu Ji's.
He nodded to Pei Ju as a greeting. He had ascended to immortality many years earlier than Pei Ju and was a senior in his own right. There was no reason for a senior to bow to a junior.
Pei Ju glanced at the crowd without reacting, and continued walking towards the back of the immortals.
Anyone would be annoyed to be ignored like this after bowing, but Pei Ju's status among the immortals was outstanding, and they didn't want to cause trouble again right after leaving the main hall, lest the Jade Emperor have a bad impression of them.
Zhu Ji was ignored by a junior, and his face turned as dark as could be. Before he could even open his mouth to make a move, he heard Pei Ju's gentle voice.
"Come back and say those words with righteous indignation when you have the courage to go down into the Abyss of Demons alone."
His tone was calm, as if he were patiently discussing something, but the look in his eyes when he turned his head was a different story; the coldness in his eyes was impossible to hide.
Since his ascension, Pei Ju has rarely left the Broken Pear Palace and has had little interaction with the people of the Nine Heavens. However, most of the immortals in the Nine Heavens know this Immortal Pei, after all, he is one of the few who ascended on a colorful crane.
Those who have occasionally met him in the past all say that he is a kind-hearted and easy-going immortal, but he doesn't seem to be like that now.
"Insolent junior!" Zhu Ji flicked his sleeves and turned to look at Pei Ju.
Unexpectedly, the other party didn't even glance at him, left those words, and led the crane away.
Just as Zhu Ji was about to make a move, the others quickly stopped him, saying, "We just left the main hall. If we start fighting now, the Jade Emperor will definitely know. Immortal Zhu, calm down. Why should we fight with strangers?"
Zhu Ji was furious after being ridiculed and mocked repeatedly today. After being stopped, he summoned his mount and flew away on the clouds, not wanting to stay any longer.
The immortals breathed a sigh of relief. If they had really fought, not only would they have alerted the Jade Emperor, but they were also unsure whether they could have defeated Pei Ju. Wouldn't that have made them even more humiliated?
"He's usually so amiable, why is he acting like this today?"
Someone scoffed at the question, "Your information is so outdated. Do you even know how Pei Ju rose from a mortal to the Ninth Heaven?"
“Mortals accumulate virtue and do good deeds, and receive offerings or attain enlightenment through cultivation,” the man thought for a moment. “Could it be some kind of extraordinary encounter? That’s not unusual; there are quite a few people who ascend to the Nine Heavens in this way.”
“It was indeed a fortuitous encounter,” the immortals explained to him. “When Pei Ju was still a mortal, he happened to encounter that high god from Penglai undergoing tribulation.”
"So that's how it is. Pei Ju was indebted to Shu Yun, which is why he protected her earlier?"
"grace?"
The immortals smiled but remained silent.
Seeing that he didn't know the reason for the situation, the man was extremely anxious and impatient, asking, "What exactly happened?"
They stopped teasing him and told him, "Back then, the one from Penglai was going through a love tribulation. What do you think is the relationship between Pei Ju and Shu Yun?"
This was truly huge gossip! The man's eyes widened, and he stammered, "Then his entry into the Ninth Heaven was through nepotism?"
"you do not say."
"Tsk tsk," someone shook their head, looking at Pei Ju, who had already walked up the white marble steps in the distance. He was tall and slender with an outstanding temperament. "This little secret is something we can all talk about in private."
"I understand, I understand."
The immortals chuckled. There was plenty of gossip and intrigue among the immortals. Besides the story of Pei Ju and the High God Shu Yun, they had heard plenty of other gossip as well.
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