Feng Wanshi said, "Yes. Gui Changge was misunderstood, ostracized, and even disliked by his sect. After decades passed without the truth being clarified, and after he endured a hundred and thirty-six assassination attempts by the Underworld, he finally struck back with fierce resolve, showing no mercy to the Underworld's people. He killed more than fourteen hundred of the Underworld's heirs in succession."
"It was then that he completely defected from the Underworld. Later, the story spread that Gui Changge had fallen in love with the Heavenly Palace's Eldest Princess, Jiang Shuyue, but because their relationship was forbidden, he had defected from the Underworld. Someone must have fanned the flames, using a romantic tale of a man and woman—the kind of legend the masses loved to gossip about—to conceal the truth. The two fell in love first, and Gui Changge was framed afterward. There was no cause-and-effect relationship between the two."
By the time Feng Wanshi reached this point, the Earth Lord could no longer sit still.
He coughed repeatedly and said awkwardly, "But Gui Changge and Jiang Shuyue were in love at the time, and my master did forbid it. Gui Changge also became dissatisfied with my master and talked back to him. That is a fact. Nothing was distorted."
The Heavenly Emperor said unhappily, "What are you defending? What you did back then really wasn't decent. You even sent people to the Heavenly Palace to sow discord. Did you think I didn't know?"
The Earth Lord's face flushed purple with anger. "Jiang Shuyue led people to try to kill me more than a hundred times back then. Why don't you mention that?"
"By seniority, you and Gui Changge should have called Shu Yue Martial Uncle. If your Martial Uncle wanted to teach you two a lesson, that was only