"Ao Xuan, what is the meaning of this?"
Upon arriving at the Dragon Palace, Guanyin Bodhisattva flew into a rage. Her fury blazed three fathoms high as all the anger she had accumulated lately erupted.
The Six-Eared Macaque had repeatedly disrupted her plans, giving her more than enough headaches.
Yet now even Ao Xuan was merely going through the motions. He had readily agreed to send the Little White Dragon into the calamity, but instead, he had casually sent a turtle. He clearly held neither the Karmic Calamity nor Spirit Mountain in any regard.
She was furious!
Furious enough to smash the Dragon Palace!
Ao Xuan sighed. "Bodhisattva! This king had no choice! That brat Ao Lie committed far too serious an offense. Some wretched bastard egged him on to destroy divine shrines everywhere, and the mountain gods, river gods, and City Gods all lodged complaints with the Heavenly Court."
"As you know, Bodhisattva, the Northern Kuru Continent nearly had its entire population exterminated for destroying divine shrines. How could that brat Ao Lie escape punishment? He was executed."
Executed?
Where was the body?
Guanyin Bodhisattva did not believe a word of it. She immediately said, "Didn't I intervene earlier and shield him from all the charges? Why would the Heavenly Court go back on its word?"
"Alas!"
Ao Xuan sighed. "Speaking of which, I must thank you for your help, Bodhisattva. However, when you intervened to save that brat Ao Lie, the Vine Dao Venerable knew nothing about it. Somehow, word later reached him, and the matter became serious. The Heavenly Officials could only impose a harsher punishment."
At this point, Ao Xuan looked at Guanyin. "Did you not know about this, Bodhisattva?"
Make it up. Go on, keep making it up!
Guanyin Bodhisattva's face darkened. Alive, she had