Rebirth of a Villainess 146 Banquet 32

"Heavenly Emperor, greetings to his royal highness. Chang Zhen seeks an audience with the Heavenly Emperor!"

Chang Chen the God of Fate strode into the Qilin Divine Palace where the reigning Heavenly Emperor, Guangzi Jiu sat on a golden throne with dragons emblazoned round about in gold. In robes of white lined with gold, Guangzi Jiu wore a headdress of pure gold and white pearls. His royal adviser and several palace guards stood within the stately walls of the imperial hall which was made out of pure gold.

Sitting regally on the throne was a man who would have passed off as someone in their forties, his razor-sharp eyes moved round the hall missing nothing of what went by, his looks could be deemed proud by some or dignified by others. Long dark beard extended all the way to his mid chest which gave him a "sage" appearance.

Seeing the man running towards him as though he was alarmed by something, the heavenly emperor waited until he stopped almost fifteen feet from him before beckoned for him to draw closer. Chang Chen wore a yellow and green robe with his hair was tied in a green ribbon at the center of his head.

"Chang Chen, what brings you to Qilin Divine Palace?!"

The man who seemed to be a bit past the age of twenty huffed with exertion, as he dropped to his knees to prostrate before his king.

"Heavenly Emperor, I have been placed in charge of reading and seeing into the fate of divine beings and humans. For a while now, I begun noticing changes in the mirror of clarity which reveals the fate of those from the three realms. There is a soul that reincarnated into the body of Yuan Su's granddaughter, the soul happens to from a once prominent sect by the name, BaoXu. This female cultivator was killed by a disciple from the same sect, his name is Feng Yueming, but he now goes by the name Chen Yueming because he married into the WuYangChen sect and became their sect leader. The thing that I find unsettling is that this female cultivator now uses a type of cultivation that is frowned upon under the laws of the high heaven, she practices infernal cultivation!"

Chang Chen spoke with much passion in his voice when facing the heavenly emperor who had a thoughtful look on his face, while listening to his subject.

"You said that Yuan Su's granddaughter is no longer alive? That there is another living inside of her? Does the maiden's father know of this?!"

Flustered by what the heavenly emperor asked, the God of Fate rushed to tell the other end of his story.

"Your highness, as of this moment. Sect Leader Li does not know that his daughter is dead, his wife died during child birth…"

When Chang Chen mentioned the cause of Li Guoliang wife's death, the heavenly emperor waved his hand in a dismissive way as though to tell the God of Fate that he already knew and he should move on with what he had to say.

"Forgive me for digressing, your highness!"

The voice sounded apologetic as the God of Fate continued with what he had to tell Guangzi Jiu.

"Where is Yuan Su?"

The one being called upon was the grandmother of Li Jiao, the mother of Yuan Huiling, known to be the saint of the high heavens.

During her heavenly tribulation, she succumbed to her fleshly desires which led her to create a sect of her own out of pride and the need to maintain what was left of her dignity, choosing to leave the plains of the high heavens to descend to a remote mountain in the heavenly realm.

Although, some still considered her as one of the heavenly saints, she was sect leader whose sect continued to flourish and gain prominence despite its location in a remote part of the heavenly realm. All this came to an end when Yuan Su's daughter came of age and married Li Guoliang. Not even her mother's strong cultivation could save Yuan Huiling from the disease she inherited from her mortal father. The Yuan sect was disbanded after Yuan Huiling's marriage with her mother choosing to travel the world, living a life without a care in the world.

None knew of the whereabouts of Yuan Su, for years it had remained that way, until today when the heavenly emperor suddenly became interested in knowing her movements.

"Your highness, nothing has been heard about Saint Yuan Su. She disappeared around the time her daughter wedded to Sect Leader Li!"

The eyes that looked at Chang Chen increased in intensity until the other had little choice but to look face down.

"Where is this maiden that you speak of?!"

"Your highness! She's attending a banquet held at GuBaiJin sect!"

"GuBaiJin sect you say?!"

"Yes, Your highness! In the past you issued an order not to interfere with what goes on at the lower heavens which was why I didn't want to say anything until now!"

"What is it you wish to tell me, Chang Chen?"

The heavenly emperor motioned for the God of Fate to rise to his feet, watching as he did as commanded.

"The demon lord chose to attack some sects and annihilated about five of them. It is not my place to report this to you since they are not of the high heavens and also the demon lord was under the directive of one of the sect leaders. Since he wasn't pointing his sword at us, there was no reason to bring this to your notice."

"The demon lord is going about killing people. You said he has someone behind me that is dictating his actions. Who was the one that gave him the order?"

Chang Chen shifted from one foot to the other, as he nervously cast glances at the heavenly emperor as though telling him that there was a deeper conspiracy at work.

"Your highness, didn't you specifically say we are not to involve ourselves with the matter of those from the lower realm?!"

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