"This... this... this..."
The onlookers flushed crimson with embarrassment. Many young women turned away, too mortified to keep watching.
Inside the wedding palanquin, a shameless scene was unfolding.
"Despicable scoundrels! How dare they do something so depraved within our Shengguang Clan?"
After a brief moment of stunned silence, many from the Shengguang Clan drew their weapons, ready to strike the two inside the wedding palanquin.
"Are you all blind? Look carefully at who's actually in there."
Just then, a voice unlike the others rang out, coming from the direction of the Shengguang Clan's main city.
Turning to look, they saw it was a younger member of the Shengguang Clan.
His name was Shengguang Jin'an.
At first, everyone had only noticed the obscene act itself and assumed someone was deliberately causing trouble to humiliate their Shengguang Clan. Their rage had erupted without much thought.
What's more, the two figures inside the wedding palanquin bore injuries, and if one didn't look closely, it was genuinely difficult to make out their faces.
It was only after hearing Shengguang Jin'an's words that people realized something was off and began to observe more carefully.
"Heavens, could that be—?!!"
A closer look, and the Shengguang Clan members were struck dumb once more, their expressions utterly priceless.
They discovered with shock that the two people looked remarkably familiar — bearing an uncanny resemblance to two of their own Supreme Elders.
But those two Supreme Elders were distinguished figures of the highest standing. How could they possibly be doing something like this in public?
So their initial reaction was disbelief.
They suspected their eyes had deceived them, or that someone was impersonating those two esteemed elders to deliberately tarnish the Shengguang Clan's reputation.
The Shengguang Clan then dispatched several experts to approach the wedding palanquin and inspect the situation closely.
"It really is the two Supreme Elders."
"Supreme Elders, how... how could you..."
But the results of their close inspection only made the truth harder for the Shengguang Clan to swallow.
These two truly were their Supreme Elders — Shengguang Yunyue and Shengguang Haifu.
This made the situation even more humiliating.
If it had been someone in disguise, the worst case would be a deliberate smear, and the matter could be managed.
But now it was these two actual elders who had done this in public.
If word got out, where would the Shengguang Clan's face be?
Yet they also knew these two elders would never do such a thing willingly — there had to be a reason. So they observed carefully, and it wasn't long before they spotted the telltale signs.
"Reporting to the Clan Chief — there was a formation! Someone attached it to the two Supreme Elders."
"The two Supreme Elders were being controlled."
Having uncovered the cause, those who had inspected the situation first announced their findings at the top of their voices before working to dissolve the formation on the pair.
They had to make this public — to let everyone know that these two distinguished elders had not acted of their own free will.
Hopefully, this would help salvage at least some of the Shengguang Clan's reputation.
Once the formation was removed, Shengguang Yunyue and Shengguang Haifu were finally able to speak normally.
"Supreme Elders, who did this to you? Who would stoop so low?"
After freeing the two, the Shengguang Clan members hurriedly pressed them for answers.
What they wanted most right now was to uncover the truth and clear the names of these two elders.
But Shengguang Yunyue and Shengguang Haifu had no interest in answering their questions.
"Quickly! Quickly — take us back! Get us to the Clan Chief's side right now!"
Both the voices and the faces of Shengguang Yunyue and Shengguang Haifu were etched with sheer terror.
Seeing this, those who had inspected the situation dared not delay. They immediately helped Shengguang Yunyue and Shengguang Haifu to their feet, preparing to escort them away from the scene.
Meanwhile, the surrounding crowd wore expressions of intense curiosity.
Today's events were far too astonishing.
Setting aside the utter loss of face suffered by the Shengguang Clan...