Chapter 622 621: Overwhelmed with Shame

"Insolent! To dare attack the Saint Prince at a time like this! You're courting death!"

Lu Fangcheng lunged forward to kill.

Just as Yang Xiao was about to seize the opportunity to kill him,

An angry roar echoed from all directions.

More than a dozen Elders suddenly made their move.

They moved to protect Yang Xiao.

Moreover, every one of them seemed to hate Lu Fangcheng with a passion, each striking out with a palm.

The combined power of over a dozen Divine Marquis Level experts slammed into the Demigod Level genius of the Lu Family's younger generation, pulverizing him into a meat patty. This sudden turn of events left Yang Xiao utterly dumbfounded.

So was Elder Long.

And Lu Fangliang.

And Great Elder Lu Yunxiao.

Even more so.

'Wh-what is going on? How did the Saint Prince suddenly gain the support of so many Elders? Huh, why have my own feelings toward the Saint Prince changed? It's as if I could die for him in an instant.'

Lu Yunxiao was shocked and bewildered.

Those dozen-plus Elders then did something astonishing.

One by one, they bowed their heads, their faces filled with shame.

One of them even spoke up directly, "Great Elder, I am truly ashamed. It was our selfishness that allowed you to be deceived by this villain. Please punish me, Great Elder!"

"That's right. We are utterly irredeemable. Our selfishness was too great. We ask for punishment from the Great Elder and the Saint Prince."

"Me too. I shouldn't have just stood by and watched that traitor slander the Saint Prince. I should have stepped forward when the Eighth Elder was targeting the Saint Prince and Lu Fangliang."

"Yes, we were wrong."

"Me too."

For a moment, it was like a chain reaction.

It wasn't just those dozen or so Divine Marquis Level Elders.

Even the others who hadn't acted—from the figures of real power down to the younger generation.

One by one, they all stepped forward.

They apologized to Yang Xiao.

And admitted their mistakes to Great Elder Lu Yunxiao.

This left Yang Xiao and Lu Yunxiao staring blankly,

with no idea what was happening.

Only Elder Long...

His eyes flickered.

It seemed he had thought of something.

But he didn't say it out loud.

If he hadn't seen what he did during the Time Reversal and still harbored suspicions about Yang Xiao, he might have stepped forward to do something.

But now,

there was no need.

'Yang Xiao really isn't a child of bad character. Everything he does has a basis. Even if his actions are a bit extreme, they are logical and reasonable. He is a very good Inheritor.'

Elder Long thought to himself.

A faint smile couldn't help but appear on his face.

And he understood even more clearly.

Everyone present, aside from himself, was likely under the influence of Yang Xiao's Divine-Demon Body.

This was something that,

after a moment of thought,

Yang Xiao also vaguely sensed.

But, he was still a little confused.

He was confused why so many people who hadn't spoken up for him before were now, because of his Divine-Demon Body, suddenly filled with goodwill.

'Elder Long said that the Divine-Demon Body only intensifies existing goodwill and malice. If there are no such thoughts to begin with, it should have no effect. Shouldn't more of these people have held malice toward me?'

Yang Xiao was inwardly surprised.

However, he didn't know that the human heart was complex; goodwill and malice were not born so simply.

If he were as he was before—high status but weak—it would be inevitable for ordinary people to have all sorts of mixed feelings.

But when he killed Lu Tiansheng and displayed extraordinary strength, on top of his identity, even if he did some things that displeased others, very few would truly harbor malice toward him.

Because he had earned that right.

It was like in the mortal world: when a person of status and power bullies the good, as long as it isn't too egregious, onlookers will at most sympathize with the victim. It is basically impossible to expect them to stand up to the powerful person.

But if a beggar were to snatch someone's steamed bun, it would inevitably lead to a situation where everyone wants to beat him down.

Even if some don't act, they will feel disgust in their hearts, thinking the beggar is truly despicable. And thus, malice is naturally born.

The same principle applied now.

If Yang Xiao wasn't the Saint Prince, or if he was the Saint Prince but lacked the strength to kill Lu Tiansheng, there would probably be plenty of people teeming with malice right now.

But he just so happened to be the Saint Prince, and a powerful one at that.

Those who dared to feel malice toward him were pitifully few.

Because they didn't dare to offend Yang Xiao.

If they didn't dare to offend him, they wouldn't dare to harbor malice.

As a result, only Lu Fangcheng, who already hated Yang Xiao to the bone, had developed malice.

Besides him, the others might not have liked Yang Xiao, but they didn't dare feel malice.

And under the influence of the Divine-Demon Body, it was instead more likely for these people to generate goodwill.

That was why this series of bizarre and incomprehensible events had occurred.

As for why more than a dozen Elders took the lead...

It was simple.

They were powerful, so they naturally understood Yang Xiao's value better.

The more they understood, the greater the possibility of goodwill being generated.

And so, these events transpired.

But Yang Xiao was unaware of all this.

He just found it all baffling.

After all, just moments ago, he had taken a risk by unleashing the Time Divine Pill to use Time Reversal.

But in the end, not only did he not encounter any danger, but because of everyone's reactions, Yang Xiao felt his Emperor's True Body seemed to have stabilized again.

One must understand that when he was arguing with Lu Yunxiao earlier, the aura of his Emperor's True Body had been continuously slipping.

It had clearly been affected.

But now, not only had it recovered to its Peak, it was also exceptionally stable.

It even showed signs of advancing further.

It left Yang Xiao completely dumbfounded.

However, looking closely at the people before him, each wearing a guilty expression as if they owed him a great debt, Yang Xiao felt that this was only natural.

These people.

They were all elites of the Lu Family.

With them all having such thoughts and feelings toward him, it would be strange if his Power of the Emperor didn't surge.

'It seems I've barely scratched the surface of the mysteries of the Power of the Emperor. It's too complicated.'

Yang Xiao felt a headache coming on.

Although he had benefited,

he couldn't make sense of it all.

It was very complicated.

It was completely different from, and didn't align at all with, the Dao of valiant and diligent progress he had walked before.

In his heart,

a thought suddenly formed.

'Trade-offs! I may want to become the Human Emperor, but my goal is to be a Great Emperor, a Saint Emperor. If the Path of the Human Emperor merged with my own Dao, that would be one thing. But now it seems they are completely different. I'm afraid I'll have to make plans for this sooner rather than later.'

With this thought,

Yang Xiao reached a decision.

However, for the time being, it wasn't time to decide yet.

The matter at hand was not yet resolved.

Immediately, his gaze fell upon Lu Yunxiao.

He said faintly, "Now, Great Elder, what do you think?"

As soon as these words were spoken,

Great Elder Lu Yunxiao, who had been so righteous and severe just moments before, suddenly paled, overcome with shame!