"So, who got the Destiny Star Plate?" Mu Hanyan asked.

"No one succeeded. According to the information we received, this Destiny Star Plate should be buried in a forbidden area somewhere in Longyan College. Although the Mu family and the Yan family have some power, they cannot break into Longyan College and rob it. What's more, they don't even know where it is hidden. Even if they want to rob it, they have nowhere to start." Mu Beichen sighed and replied.

"What if we know where it is hidden?" Mu Hanyan felt that there was something else behind her grandfather's words and couldn't help asking.

"Little girl, do you really think that your grandfather and father are the kind of people who would do anything to achieve their goals? Even if we know his whereabouts, can we, the descendants of the Mu family, learn from those scoundrels to steal and rob openly and secretly?" Mu Beichen glared at Mu Hanyan and said righteously.

Mu Hanyan stood in awe and was about to flatter her grandfather when she heard him add calmly, "However, if you accidentally pick it up, it's not our fault."

"Puff!" Mu Hanyan nearly spit out a mouthful of tea. As expected, her guess was correct. The key reason she didn't take action was because she didn't know the exact whereabouts. If she knew, she would have taken action long ago. Of course, she would have picked it up, not stolen it, let alone robbed it. Fortunately, she hadn't flattered him yet, otherwise she would have bitten her tongue.

Mu Hanyan looked at her grandfather's righteous face and suddenly felt that many things were actually inherited. Saying shameless things with a righteous look was probably a "fine" tradition of the Mu family.

"The Mu and Yan families are already at odds with each other without even knowing where the Destiny Star Plate is. Isn't that a bit too hasty?" Mu Hanyan said.

Others turn against each other because of uneven distribution of the spoils, but this guy hasn't even seen the "stolen goods" yet, and he's already turning against each other over the division of the spoils. Given the status of the Mu and Yan families, they shouldn't be so short-sighted.

"You don't know this. Not everyone is qualified to possess the Destiny Star Plate. Only descendants of the gods who have awakened their bloodline can sense its energy and ultimately find its whereabouts. I'm not sure how many descendants of the gods' guardians there are in the Holy Court Continent, but the Yan family is certain. As both of us are aristocratic families in the capital, and we have both received news, if nothing unexpected happens, this Destiny Star Plate will naturally fall into the hands of the Mu family or the Yan family.

"It's better to cut it short first and avoid chaos later than to let it get out of hand and end up in chaos. The Zhao family's past was a lesson. After all, we are descendants of the gods' protection. There's no need to insist on ending up with our family torn apart and our loved ones dead," Mu Beichen said with emotion.

"What exactly happened between the Zhao family and the Mu family back then?" Mu Hanyan asked curiously after hearing this.

It would have been fine if she didn't know the Zhao family's origins, but now that she knew, she found it a bit hard to understand. As descendants of the gods' guardians, their ancestors had fought side by side, sharing life and death. Even if they were indifferent to human feelings, they still had some sense of gratitude. How could they have become so relentless, with no chance of reversal?

"Back then, the Mu and Zhao families were known as the two great families of the capital, second only to the Anyun Imperial Family in status. Because their ancestors were both protected by gods, the two families lived in harmony.

Similar to today's situation, the two families received the news of the Destiny Star Disk at the same time, but did not communicate with each other. Instead, they each sent elites from their clans to search for the whereabouts of the Destiny Star Disk.

The Mu family sent Senior Tianlie, whose bloodline had awakened, while the Zhao family sent Zhao Lingfeng, who was also said to have awakened. The two traveled together to an ancient ruin somewhere in the Longyan Mountains, but Senior Tianlie obtained the Destiny Star Plate first. Logically, the Zhao family should have let him go, but on Senior Tianlie's return journey, the Zhao family sent a group of elite soldiers to intercept and kill him.

Fortunately, by then Senior Tianlie had already gained some insights into the Destiny Star Chart, and his strength had greatly increased. The Mu family also sent people to support them, and they killed all the elites of the Zhao family on the spot. Even Zhao Lingfeng died at the hands of Senior Tianlie.

It would be fine if it was someone else who died, but Zhao Lingfeng was a genius whose bloodline had awakened, and was regarded as the backbone of the Zhao family. Once he died, the Zhao family and the Mu family completely turned against each other.

Afterwards, the Zhao family resorted to despicable means to assassinate several elders of the Mu family in succession, and even spared no effort for the descendants of the Mu family. Many descendants of the Mu family with outstanding qualifications were ruthlessly assassinated by the Zhao family.

The Mu family was forced to fight back, and a series of deadly battles ensued, implicating other aristocratic families in the capital and even many clans in the county towns. The fighting intensified, roiling the entire Anyun Kingdom. Faced with this chaotic conflict, the Anyun Imperial Family was helpless. Ultimately, it was the Holy Court that intervened, issuing a life-or-death order, that finally brought an end to the chaos in Anyun Kingdom.

In the final battle, the Mu family had little chance of winning. Fortunately, Senior Tian Lie secluded himself for a whole year and finally comprehended the secret of the Destiny Star Plate. He emerged out of nowhere and turned the tide, thus defeating the Zhao family and driving them out of the capital.

Although the Mu family narrowly won, they also suffered heavy losses, which is why the eight great families came into being. "Mu Beichen sighed.

Mu Hanyan also felt a little emotional. It turned out that there was such a hidden story behind the thousand-year-old feud between the Mu and Zhao families. She used to find it strange why the Holy Court did not try to find a way to resolve the feud between the Mu and Zhao families, but instead sent people to deliver life and death orders, forcing the two families to fight to the death?

I had thought the Holy Court didn't take these two great families seriously, but now I realize it wasn't because they looked down on them, but because they had no other choice. After all, they were descendants of the gods' guardians, so even the Holy Court could only turn a blind eye to their feud.

"If the Mu family and the Zhao family had discussed it in advance, things wouldn't have gotten to that point, and the Zhao family wouldn't have ended up like that." Mu Beichen sighed and said slowly.

As a descendant of the gods' protection, he couldn't help but sigh at the tragic ending of the Zhao family.

"Even if we discuss it, the outcome might be the same." Mu Hanyan said comfortingly.

She had witnessed with her own eyes the insidious, vicious and ruthless behavior of Zhao Yuanji and Miss Zhao Si. From what her grandfather had just said, the ancestor of the Zhao family sent people to kill Mu Tianlie, and after failing, he sent people to assassinate the elders of the Mu family, and even spared no effort for the younger generation of the Mu family. It was obvious that they were not good people. Even if they had discussed it beforehand, it was estimated that some despicable means would have been used in secret, and the end result would have been the same. The only difference was that the unlucky ones might not be the Zhao family, but the Mu family.

Therefore, Mu Hanyan didn't think there was anything wrong with the Mu family's ruthless pursuit of the Zhao family.

Repaying evil with good sounds good, but if you repay evil with good, how can you repay good?

Anyway, Miss Mu, if you respect me three points, I will respect you ten feet. If you offend me three points, it is not a matter of me returning the respect ten feet. She would not think ten feet or a hundred feet is too much. She is clear about gratitude and resentment and will never pretend to be a saint.

"You're right. It's human nature. Some things are predetermined," Mu Beichen said with a carefree smile. As the head of the family, he might only occasionally express emotion, but don't expect him to be compassionate.

"So what was the result of the discussion between our Mu family and the Yan family this time, and why did they fall out?" Mu Hanyan asked.