Matchmaker was stunned, rooted to the spot in disbelief. He turned back, staring at Sha Chen, and cleaned out his ear, thinking he had misheard.
Shocked, he asked, "What did you say?"
The assembled immortals were equally dumbfounded. None of them had anticipated Sha Chen would refuse so directly.
Matchmaker stammered, "Sha Chen, do you... do you realize what you are refusing?"
Sha Chen's expression remained as impassive as ever; he had known precisely what he was saying from the very beginning.
Because, the moment Matchmaker began to relay the decree, the system had alerted him.
"The Jade Emperor has pardoned your transgressions and arranged an offer of amnesty and enlistment by marriage. You have the following choices."
