Chapter 149.2 : Disrespecting One’s Elders! (Part 2)
If it weren't for the fact that she had already reached the Eighth Heaven Realm, her body first washed by the radiance of Creation and then tempered by a Heaven-Piercing Tribulation—causing the dormant dragon-origin within her to awaken and greatly strengthen her physical body—
then perhaps the third person in the group chat whose name bore a number after it would have been her.
Seeing this, Yuan Jue noticed that Ying Qingjue's mood was somewhat sour and immediately stopped speaking.
Now, when facing Ying Qingjue, although feelings like inferiority had already vanished from her heart,
she still harbored a degree of awe toward this former Supreme.
Elsewhere, Chu Ge continued writing in his diary.
[Of course, whether it be Jue'er's future or her so-called destiny, none of that matters anymore. What matters is that she has already expressed her resolve—to serve me for her entire life henceforth.]
[No matter what path she was originally meant to walk, or what fate and ending awaited her, from the moment I accepted her, everything changed. The predetermined trajectory was altered because of me; the fate that should have been hers was severed. From this day on, what guides her is no longer the will of heaven and earth, but my will.]
As he wrote this, Chu Ge couldn't help but smile knowingly.
He was not speaking without basis.
Take Ye Chen as an example—after his death, whether it was Dantai Xuanyin or Ying Qingjue, their destinies had both been altered.
And with time having passed, neither of them showed any abnormality because of it.
Clearly, the threads that once bound them to the Child of Fortune had already been severed.
Chu Ge felt this way, and so too did the women in the group chat.
［Dantai Xuanyin: Speaking of which, I truly must thank Senior Brother Chu. If not for him, once Ye Chen truly rose to prominence, I—and the Dantai family—really don't know what kind of ending we would have faced…］
［Dantai Jinglian: Little Xuanyin, there's no need to say thanks here. If you truly mean it, why not act a bit sooner? With your pure and lofty demeanor, I'm sure my nephew would like you very much.］
［Dantai Xuanyin: Aunt!! Is that how an elder should behave?! You—you—you truly have no respect for your seniority!］
Far away in the Yunmiao Pavilion, Dantai Xuanyin felt utterly unwell.
She knew her aunt was unreliable and loved teasing the women in the group chat—especially the juniors, who were her favorite targets.
But she had never imagined that even she, a junior of the clan, would be teased in such a manner, with not the slightest restraint in her words.
Had her aunt never considered that if one day she truly were to be with Chu Ge…
Then wouldn't that mean aunt and niece together…
No matter how ethereal and immaculate Dantai Xuanyin was, her pretty face was inevitably dyed crimson at this thought.
［Ying Qingjue: Dantai Jinglian—just as expected of you!］
［Ying Qingjue: But Xuanyin isn't wrong either. We really should thank Xiao Ge. Without him, I truly don't know how much trouble that fool Ye Chen would have caused me in the future.］
Ying Qingjue couldn't help but sigh emotionally as well.
Ever since following Chu Ge, she had long since broken free from the invisible influence that came from staying by Ye Chen's side.
Even now, when she occasionally thought back on it, Ying Qingjue felt that her decision to help Ye Chen back then had been utterly foolish.
If it had been her former self, and Ye Chen had awakened her early,
she would at most have given him some generous compensation—she would never have devoted herself wholeheartedly like a Dao-Protector, helping and guiding him.
She would even have placed invisible restrictions to prevent him from revealing her existence.
As for that so-called compassion she once felt for Ye Chen, thinking of it now only made Ying Qingjue feel how absurd it truly was.
Who was she, Ying Qingjue?
A true Supreme who had carved her way out of mountains of corpses and seas of blood.
One who ultimately unified an entire dragon branch and became the Dragon Empress of the Golden-Scaled Radiant Dragon Clan.
How could such a being easily give rise to compassion over the suffering of a mere mortal?
In this world, how many were even qualified to earn the pity of a Supreme?
And Ye Chen—by what right did he deserve it?
As for this question, Ying Qingjue already had an answer in her heart.