Mythical Luo, starting with the fox spirit

Yang Yan, with her beautiful face, fiddled with her hair accessories in front of the dressing mirror, eagerly anticipating the start of the wedding.

A short while later, two maids entered the room, bowed to everyone inside, and announced that the wedding was about to begin.

Supported by the two maids, Yang Yan walked towards the wedding venue in the front hall. In the main hall, Old Master Yang and a group of guests had already entered, and Old Master Yang and Old Madam Yang were sitting on red wooden chairs in the high hall.

At this moment, Mu Yue, dressed in a festive bright red wedding gown, waited in front of the red carpet. When he saw Yang Yan walking towards him, his eyes were filled with her image. Yang Yan also saw Mu Yue, and her eyes were practically overflowing with joy.

The two maids withdrew at the opportune moment, and Yang Yan and Mu Yue stood side by side on the red carpet.

At the master of ceremonies' signal, the newlyweds entered.

Yang Yan and Mu Yue stepped over the lintel and onto the red-carpeted aisle, heading towards the main hall. Guests who had come to witness the ceremony offered their blessings to the newlyweds, their congratulations ringing out continuously.

Although the two elders were somewhat dissatisfied with their son-in-law, seeing the happiness radiating from Yang Yan's face, they let go of their reservations and offered their blessings in their hearts.

The emcee continued the wedding ceremony. Suddenly, a sinister voice interrupted the halfway through the wedding ritual.

"Oh, Mr. Yang, congratulations!" Xiao Wancheng barged into the wedding venue with a group of people and said in a sanctimonious manner.

"Purple robes, black robes, golden swords—they are the Obsidian Inspectors." A Taoist priest at the scene recognized their identities based on their attire.

"Congratulations on taking a son-in-law today, Mr. Yang. But why didn't you invite me to join in the celebration?" Xiao Wancheng asked with a gloomy smile.

"No, no, it's a small matter for me to take a son-in-law. How could I possibly disturb the busy Inspector Xiao?" Old Master Yang said with disdain in his eyes.

"We are just rough men who wield swords and spears. Surely the Inspector wouldn't want to gather with us, would he?" said a member of the Ji family with spiky hair and a goatee.

"Not at all, I really enjoy working with all the noble families and exchanging ideas for the rise of the Dao Alliance." Xiao Wancheng said with a fake smile.

"I heard that your son-in-law is just a squad leader in the mining department. It's truly a blessing for him to become the son-in-law of the Yang family." Xiao Wancheng changed the subject, craning his neck to look at Mu Yue and sneered.

"My husband's identity is what matters to me as long as I like him. My parents haven't said anything. It's none of your business, Inspector Xiao, to worry about it!" Yang Yan stood in front of Mu Yue, defending him.

"So your Yang family knows a lot about him?" Xiao Wancheng said with a smug smile.

"Damn it, this guy really has ill intentions." Wang Quanfei, who was standing next to him, thought to himself as he saw the sinister smile on his face.

"I've heard that your son-in-law is colluding with monsters; he secretly released the monsters that came to steal the mine," Xiao Wancheng said, pointing to the wooden tree behind Yang Yan.

"It doesn't matter if you have a lowly status or make small contributions to the Dao Alliance, but you must have a sense of righteousness. Humans and demons are irreconcilable enemies. Think about how many of your relatives have died at the hands of demons. Can you tolerate a traitor who colludes with demons rising to prominence and marrying into a wealthy family?" Xiao Wancheng stood on the moral high ground, trying to incite hatred towards Mu Yue among the people present.

The people at the wedding looked on with suspicion, not believing that Old Master Yang's son-in-law was colluding with a monster.

"I didn't do it. I've never colluded with any monsters." Mu Yue stepped forward, confronting Xiao Wancheng, denying that he had colluded with any monsters. He thought of what Yang Ping'an had said to him last night, and his tone was firm.

"Really? Your vice-captain said he saw you release the monster with his own eyes and even received gifts from the monster multiple times." Xiao Wancheng said sarcastically. In his mind, Mu Yue was putting up a stubborn resistance and being unyielding.

"I didn't do it, you're making baseless accusations." Mu Yue panicked when he heard that the vice-captain was involved, but when he saw Yang Ping'an nodding to him not far away, he composed himself and firmly retorted.

"Don't push your luck! My son-in-law is innocent and upright. How can you slander him?" Old Master Yang said angrily when he saw Xiao Wancheng being aggressive.

"Hmph, bring witnesses, I see you won't shed a tear until you see the coffin." Xiao Wancheng's face was gloomy, and the fake smile on his face could no longer be maintained.

Two Obsidian Overseers escorted a weathered, middle-aged miner from outside the auditorium entrance into the main hall.

"My vice-captain, tell everyone here about your captain, or rather, your former captain, colluding with monsters." Xiao Wancheng stared intently at the miner, a ruthless glint in his eyes.

The surrounding guests, seeing that there were witnesses, couldn't help but whisper among themselves, and began to have doubts about Mu Yue.

Seeing that it was indeed the deputy captain of the mining team who had been brought up, Mu Yue felt uneasy. Mu Yue couldn't help but look at Yang Ping'an, who gave him a look that said, "Leave everything to me."

Mu Yue received a look from Yang Ping'an and saw that Yang Ping'an's expression was calm, so she calmed down and maintained her own expression.

"That, that day, I, I, I saw the captain..." The vice-captain was very nervous when he saw so many high-ranking figures staring at him, and he stammered. But Xiao Wancheng's murderous gaze made him shudder and almost blurt out the words.

Yang Ping'an had been watching the middle-aged miner ever since he entered. Yang Ping'an promptly used his divine sense to quickly enter the deputy captain's mind, gathering his weak spiritual energy and pushing it to the edge, thus taking control of his body.

"What did you see him do? Tell me!" Xiao Wancheng roared, grabbing the vice-captain's shoulder in a fit of rage.

"That day, I saw Captain Mu leading the mining effort, taking the lead himself. When he saw a monster stealing ore from the mine, he took the initiative to lead us to drive the monster away," Yang Ping'an said quickly, pretending to be afraid of Xiao Wancheng while controlling the deputy captain's body.

Grandpa Yang, Yang Yan, and everyone else who had been concerned about the matter breathed a sigh of relief. Mu Yue opened her eyes wide, casting a grateful glance at Yang Ping'an, having also completely calmed down.

"You didn't say that before! Didn't you tell me that Mu Yue released the monster?!" Xiao Wancheng gripped the middle-aged miner's shoulders tightly, his eyes blazing with anger, almost crushing the miner's shoulders.

"They forced me to accuse Captain Mu of colluding with monsters. Captain Mu always treated us like family, and I didn't want him to be slandered. Therefore..." Xiao Wancheng was furious and slapped the middle-aged miner on the top of the head, knocking him unconscious.

"Drag him away." Even Yang Ping'an didn't expect Xiao Wancheng to slap him like that. He hadn't paid attention to the miner's safety, and Xiao Wancheng had actually succeeded.

"Hmph, Inspector Xiao, what are you doing?" Old Master Yang questioned Xiao Wancheng with a mocking expression.

"Xiao Wancheng, I know you've been cracking down on quite a few sects in the Dao Alliance lately, but Old Master Yang's son-in-law, from a humble background, hasn't broken any Dao Alliance rules, has he?"

"If you continue to cause trouble for Mr. Yang, I, Li, will be the first to object." The Ji family representative was the first to stand up and support Mr. Yang.

“That’s right, the Dao Alliance doesn’t have that kind of rule,” the representatives of other families quickly added.

"It takes only a mouth to spread rumors, but it takes a lot of legwork to refute them. Inspector Xiao has no evidence, so you can't just slander someone's innocence like that." Wang Quanfei smiled slyly, his eyes flashing with a sharp light.

He noticed that Mu Yue kept glancing at Yang Ping'an, and knew that things were not as simple as they seemed on the surface.

"It was my fault for misjudging people. I've disturbed you today. Let's go." Xiao Wancheng's face was so gloomy it could drip water, and he squeezed out these words through clenched teeth.

"Leave? You brought people into my daughter's wedding and are just going to leave like this? Where will that leave the Yang family's reputation?!" Old Master Yang stood up angrily when he saw that Xiao Wancheng had ruined the Yang family's happy occasion, and instead of apologizing, he wanted to leave directly.