After hearing Old Phoenix's words, those people reacted as though they had heard something astonishing. Most importantly, they had never expected Old Phoenix to lay his own family matters out in the open.
They had to know that this had once been the thing he feared most. Who knew what kind of provocation he had suffered these past few days for him to go this far?
Instead, those people began to panic. They knelt before Old Phoenix and said,
"Sorry, we were in the wrong about this, but we have already paid the price for it. Can we just let this matter go?"
But Old Phoenix refused to let it rest.
"No. If there is a first time, there will be a second. If this matter is not handled properly,
then you will become even more practiced at betraying your masters and ancestors in the future. In order to completely prevent this from happening again,
I must send you over there. Otherwise, I would truly be letting myself down."
After saying that, he had Li Changsheng and Azure Dragon seize those people and send them to the Heavenly Court.
Great Emperor Haotian was truly surprised when he saw Old Phoenix appear before him.
He had not seen Old Phoenix for several hundred thousand years. Old Phoenix's actions today had indeed caught him off guard.
He knew that Old Phoenix had never involved himself in such matters, yet today, he had captured several clansmen and placed them before him, saying,
"What happened? What made you so angry?"
Old Phoenix explained that they had betrayed their masters and ancestors, but he did not openly state exactly how they had done so.
Instead, he secretly told Great Emperor Haotian everything. After hearing it, Great Emperor Haotian was completely shaken.
He had never imagined