Chapter 278

Over there, the fallen Nine Li had no time to be dumbfounded, quickly tossed the melon seeds and instantly followed!

It and Shen Que instantly turned into two streaks of light and shadow, vanishing where they stood.

Cang Pei also wanted to give chase!

But he isn't Shen Qingli's beast pet, and he has no idea where Di Jin took her.

Shen Kuo stood with his hands behind his back, gazing at him with a faint expression: 'Cang Pei, yesterday's affair cannot be chased.'

'If I insist on chasing!' Cang Pei stared at him, 'As a god, you should know full well that what I say is true!'

'However, it's not your concern.' Shen Kuo's expression turned even more indifferent: 'Do as you will.'

With those words spoken, he was about to vanish...

'Hold on!' Cang Pei called out, his eyes dark, 'Aren't you afraid I'll reveal his identity? At this crucial moment, the surface peace of the two realms will instantly shatter.'

Shen Kuo's gaze turned even more indifferent; indeed, A Li was right to cast aside that dog.

'The Dao Court's living beings are in misery, I don't care.' Cang Pei added, 'It definitely won't bring calamity to my Penglai.'

'Do you suppose that, by disregarding everything merely to obtain A Li, you make yourself seem deeply devoted?' Shen Kuo, an existence of his level, for the first time revealed a mocking glint.

'I am naturally devoted!' Cang Pei shouted, 'You know very well that everything I've done is for A Li's benefit. She's young and doesn't understand, so that's excusable.'

'Yet as her father, do you really just let her run amok? Or are you claiming that, for the sake of the two realms' peace, you can sacrifice her happiness?'

Shen Kuo's emotions seldom fluctuate, especially toward outsiders, yet now he was angered by Cang Pei, his smile turning icy cold.

He didn't even counter Cang Pei; he saw clearly that Cang Pei had become obsessive, and as a lineage lord approaching the level of Creation, he would never heed counsel.

Shen Kuo merely said: 'Since A Li chose you, you didn't disregard everything for her, always putting the entire Biyu Sect first; don't regret it now—see it through to the end. Changing course now is too late.'

'I haven't!' Cang Pei rebutted, 'I merely—'

'Your actions say otherwise: you abandoned her when she needed you most.'

'What right do you have to say that to me! As a father, are you even fit?'

Shen Kuo fell silent—

'At least, my husband indeed has his difficulties; he doesn't know that Zhao Yue isn't A Li's mother, and he thinks that by distancing himself, Zhao Yue can treat A Li well.'

Furthermore, he was then raising a child he himself thought would be a hazard, and he didn't want to endanger A Li with it. He never imagined Zhao Yue would be even more perilous!

'And you? You know A Li will be sad, yet you never explain—no. You merely assume she can't leave you, that no matter how you debase yourself she'll still hold you aloft like the moon. What gives you the right?' Zhong Minglan's every word was a blade.

Shen Kuo bears responsibility, but he did not do it intentionally.

As for Cang Pei, he did it deliberately.

'My daughter, our daughter—what right do you have to have her fawn over your stinky feet?'

'It's just because the whole Biyu Sect, under Zhao Yue's sway, tramples my daughter, and you also think she can be bullied!'

'I didn't—'

'Don't deny it; I know full well that back then you believed no matter how she was trampled, she would never leave.'

Zhong Minglan approached Shen Kuo, grasped his hand, and indeed felt a chill; aside from that, he was just too easy to bully, exactly like the little beauty.

Fortunately, she felt uneasy midway and turned back; otherwise, this mighty lord of the two realms would have been scolded to tears.

'Now you think she deserves endless favor, that she's the world's greatest treasure, and you want to come steal her? You don't even look in a mirror to see where you still measure up.'

'People like you, even without Di Jin as a foil, I would never allow A Li to be with you. So get lost!' Zhong Minglan showed no courtesy.

She is a martial general! She naturally needs no pleasantries.

Cang Pei's face grew ever paler…

'I admit I was wrong; can I still reform?'

'You can change, and I think my little beauty has actually already forgiven you—she's just that kind and cute. But that doesn't mean she has to give you another chance.'

'After one mistake, her heart is already like dead ash; now there's someone better, and she's never missed a beat—why would she come back to you, a screw-up, who knows if she'll mess up again?'

'But could Di Jin not harm her? He defies the Dao so blatantly, he must incur heavenly retribution!' Cang Pei still felt that his earnest advice was all for Shen Qingli's own good, 'Even if I'm unworthy, how could he be worthy?'

'Even if there truly is such heavenly retribution, I believe he can shield A Li from everything.' Zhong Minglan truly believes! Moreover, if we truly count him as a master, he would be a Dao Sovereign, the Taiyi; Di Jin is now a Holy Buddha!

Zhong Minglan has reason to believe that Di Jin knows the master-disciple relationship violates ethics; even though they never formally performed the teacher-student rite, to avoid possibly harming the little beauty, he completely abandoned the identities of Dao Sovereign and Taiyi.

'Never mind the distant past, just consider today. If it were you, could you, in his position, still kneel at A Li's feet in front of everyone?' Zhong Minglan saw it all.

Di Jin inherently doesn't need to kneel; his status stands there.

But he did kneel, and he has always held her little beauty in the highest esteem.

Such a son-in-law is exactly what she, Zhong Minglan, considers qualified.

'He has always been strong—far stronger than you! His cultivation is strong, his character excellent, and toward A Li he is wholeheartedly devoted, never letting her suffer the slightest grievance.'

'And you? You're not even worthy to hold his sandals, yet you have the nerve to compare yourself to him.' Zhong Minglan truly doesn't know how this brat has the gall to measure himself against Di Jin.

'Let's go, no need to say more to him. Anyway, he's all talk and no proof; nowadays, besides us, who remembers what Taiyi looked like, which is also what A Jin looks like? That kid does things slyly.'

Shen Kuo knows it's futile to explain; obsessive people have their own logic, especially those with extremely strong self-perception, and they will never think they're wrong.

'Even if there is some fault, it's always others who are more wrong; he, on the other hand, can always be forgiven, he can change, and thus should be accepted.'

Cang Pei, he's been lofty for too long.

It's impossible to reason with.

However, that bastard Di Jin could clearly erase everyone's memory of his appearance, yet he refuses to wipe Cang Pei's—truly a dog move.

……

As one watched, Shen Kuo and Zhong Minglan departed hand in hand.

And Cang Pei? Just as Shen Kuo expected, he still insists he's more right!

He does have faults, but having repented and reformed, compared to Di Jin who violates ethics, he's more suitable!

'Even if he turns to the Buddhist path, so what? Doesn't that mean he's still not Di Jin, not the Dao Sovereign, not the Taiyi?'

Cang Pei wore a cold face; such deceit, thinking he could fool the Dao, would absolutely never succeed!

If you're courting death, that's fine, but I absolutely won't let you hurt A Li.

Cang Pei is well aware that he previously harmed Shen Qingli.

Since that's the case, he must ensure she is never harmed again!

A Li.

Ah-choo.

Shen Qingli in the black market unexpectedly sneezed.

Di Jin immediately muttered, 'Definitely it's that surnamed Pei again!'

'Surname Cang.' Shen Qingli rubbed her nose, frowned, 'I'm afraid it really is him.'

At her cultivation level, she couldn't possibly catch a cold; it must be that the opponent's psychic power is too strong, causing her to feel it.

What bad luck.' Shen Qingli never expected that Pei Jianshu would turn out to be so persistent.

Di Jin lowered her eyes, 'It's a shame his cultivation is quite high; I can't erase his memory.'

'Never mind him.' Shen Qingli's attention remained on Zhao Yue, 'She actually wants to go to this place.'

In that moment, Shen Qingli's heart rose to her throat—she had never been here before!

However, the Crown Prince's Wanbao Auction House's gift to her included a map of this area!

'Have you been here before?' Di Jin looked slightly surprised at the person in her arms, who naturally and intimately leaned against her.

Shen Qingli frowned and nodded, 'The place where that seller who harmed my older brother stayed.'

Could it be that the so-called seller is actually Zhao Yue!

That's quite possible! At least she's someone of Zhao Yue's, like—Luo Ya?

At that very moment! Zhao Yue's gaze suddenly locked onto Shen Qingli's position.