The Jade Emperor was mortified. Minghe's timing was flawless, delivering another shot from the shadows. Only this time, he was not alone-Fuxi had been dragged down with him.
Human Emperor Fuxi was even more embarrassed than he was, inwardly roaring, Motherfucker! I got shot just for standing here! He had tried to smooth things over for the Jade Emperor, only to get all the blame and none of the benefit. He could hardly fault the others for thinking that way.
With Fuxi speaking up on top of the Jade Emperor's explanation, it looked for all the world as though he had come to the rescue. They were clearly in this together, so what else was there to say? A pair of idiots! Couldn't they see that Minghe was Dong Re and Natural Daoist's enemy? And they still claimed they were on the same side.
That was the most tragic part for Fuxi. His helplessness knew no bounds. Being a good person was hard these days. Now he finally understood why all the Imperial Lords around him kept their eyes lowered and their mouths shut, even if it killed them. These were men with insight-no, with experience.
So this whole affair was a trap, an enormous pit that countless people had fallen into. After Lord Lao, he had become the third innocent bystander caught in the crossfire. The first had been Kunpeng, though no one knew it.
Silence fell over the Heaven-Sacrificing Platform again, even more painfully oppressive than before. The Jade Emperor stopped speaking and stopped looking for anyone to bail him out. He had simply given up!
Lord Lao raised a hand and activated the Mysterious Light Technique, projecting the scene in Haitian City into the Heavenly Court. Watching Minghe approach Xing Tian, he said, "He certainly doesn't look