The Moon Tower is at the highest point. Standing next to the star disk and looking towards the thunder and lightning, it seems to be within reach.
Jiang Miao sat in front of the star chart, looking up at the dark night.
Mu Xujing stood at the back holding a sword, also watching the sudden change in the weather.
Jiang Miao looked at him for a few seconds before turning back to ask him, "You are no longer the one monitoring me, why are you here again?"
Mu Xujing listened in silence, and the first thought that came to his mind was that she finally stopped using sign language.
He didn't answer the question, just stood there quietly.
Jiang Miao did not urge him. She waited for a while and then asked, "Are you feeling sorry for me?"
She asked seriously.
Mu Xujing then looked back at her.
The two looked at each other for a moment, and Jiang Miao turned around and sat facing him, waiting for an answer seriously.
Mu Xujing is about the same age as her, just in his early twenties. His life has just begun, and there are many beautiful and wonderful things waiting for them to enjoy slowly.
But in just twenty years, they all felt that their lives had come to an end.
Jiang Miao has a soft and charming face, but she is not coquettish or hot. Mu Xujing has a gloomy and bad face, but he just likes to sit quietly under the flower stand in the yard and watch the stars.
Mu Xujing asked her: "So you also pity me?"
Jiang Miao was stunned and said honestly: "In my eyes, you are not as pitiful as me."
Mu Xujing said, "I think so too."
The two returned to silence. Jiang Miao turned around to look at the strange weather. After a while, a maid came to report that the Jiang family invited her to the Council of Elders for a meeting.
Jiang Miao stood up and said, "Got it."
The maid retreated, and Mu Xujing said, "Mu Jingyi has not given up on killing you."
"I know." Jiang Miao walked towards the clothes rack, "I heard that he wants Qishan's secret treasure Feiting Pearl."
Muxujing had his back to her.
Jiang Miao stood in front of the clothes rack and took off his coat. He said at a moderate pace, "On the day of the Chaohua Banquet, he received news that Cui Shou was carrying the Feiting Pearl with him. He wanted to please him, but he also had the intention to kill him."
Mu Xujing was not stupid. He understood the matter when she mentioned it herself: "Did you release the news?"
Although it was a question, he already had the answer in his mind.
Jiang Miao: "You'll learn more from staying with me than from him."
Mu Xujing asked again: "Cui Shou was able to guess what he was going to do with the Feiting Pearl. Did you ask someone to give you advice?"
Jiang Miao changed her clothes and smiled softly, "Go tell him, it's okay. I want him to know and I want him to hate me even more. I'll be happy if I can embarrass him."
Mu Xujing's expression remained unchanged: "What good will it do you to let him kill Cui Shou?"
"Because the Lord of Qishan has a stupid son." Jiang Miao said, pulling the shoulder of her clothes, letting her long sleeves fall down, and sticking her bare hands out from the cuffs, "It's easier to get what I want from a fool."
Mu Xujing paused and asked, "You want the Flying Thunder Pearl too?"
"I could have easily gotten this Feiting Pearl, but you blocked my way." Jiang Miao got dressed and turned to look at Mu Xujing, "You really are worthy of being my good son."
There was a hint of light-hearted teasing in these words.
If Mu Xujing had not been caught by the Holy Maiden of Wushan, the death of the Lord of Qishan would have been silent. Then she could have directed Cui Huowu's anger towards Mu Jingyi and made a deal with Cui Huowu, exchanging the Feiting Pearl for Mu Jingyi's life to avenge his father.
It was a plan that killed two birds with one stone, but it was ruined because of Mu Xujing.
Mu Xujing said: "You can also kill me."
Jiang Miao was a little surprised: "Why should I kill you?"
Mu Xujing: "Didn't you say that I was blocking your way?"
"Then there's no need to kill you." Jiang Miao tied his cloak and walked towards the entrance, saying with a smile, "Even a tiger won't eat its own cubs."
Mu Xujing's face turned gloomy when he heard this.
These words came out of her mouth full of sarcasm.
"Who do you think Mu Jingyi wants to resurrect with the Feiting Pearl?" Jiang Miao held onto the door frame as she put on her shoes. "Is it my dead husband, the father you never met?"
"It's not him." Mu Xujing turned around when he heard the sound, "Then who do you want to resurrect?"
"Me? Too many." Jiang Miao walked out, leaving only his back. "One Feiting Pearl is not enough."
Mu Xujing: "You're going to the Jiang Family Elders' House alone?"
"I am not alone. I am accompanied by the supervisor of the Mu family." Jiang Miao said, "But that supervisor is no longer you. The weather suddenly changed tonight. You should go back and rest early. The peaceful days will not last for many days."
Jiang Miao stopped walking and didn't look back. After a moment of silence, she asked, "If Mu Jingyi lets you go, do you want to go back to the mountains?"
Mu Xujing was silent for a moment and then answered: "Yes."
His thoughts have never changed.
Jiang Miao laughed and said, "You really haven't made any progress. Mu Jingyi will be very disappointed in you."
That's what she said, but the smile in her eyes was real.
But no one can see it.
Jiang Miao walked on the spiral staircase of the Moon Tower. The Moon Tower was closed, with only dim lights illuminating the cold stone walls.
She didn't walk fast, and her expression remained calm when she saw the Mu family waiting below. She gently stroked her left arm with her right hand, making a weak gesture.
The bird's tail feathers were entangled on her arms beneath her clothes.
After the first thunderbolt fell, the spirit bird told her that there would be danger tonight. If she was intercepted on the way back to the Moon Palace, she could save her life by breaking the spirit bird's tail feathers.
Jiang Miao's growing environment made her no longer have expectations of others, nor trust anyone easily.
But he gets a sense of security from a spiritual bird of unknown origin.
A powerful and mysterious spell gained her trust.
The Jiang family elders' residence was located on the snow-capped mountains. There was a dark cloud overhead, with rolling waves and flashing thunder. It seemed that the sky above the Moon Palace was swallowed up by them.
Behind the Elders' House are snow-capped mountains. At this moment, lights are on because of the dark clouds. Wind chimes for exorcism are hung on the high eaves. The wind blows and the bells collide, but no sound is made.
Jiang Miao entered a building about three stories high. The lights inside were dim and the auditorium was similar to that of a Colosseum, with seats stacked high one layer after another.
Sitting behind the long table were old antiques that should have rotted into the ground long ago. They were wearing black robes, hidden in the darkness, with haggard faces, and looked coldly and thoughtfully as they looked at Jiang Miao who had come in.
When the young and beautiful Jiang Miao entered the Elders' Council, she was like a gorgeous cherry blossom falling into the unsightly mud.
She stood on the first floor, facing the gazes of the Jiang family elders with a calm expression.
"Jiang Miao." The elder's majestic and low voice sounded in the air, "Have you forgotten what you promised us when we let you take the position of Palace Master?"
Jiang Miao said: "Don't conflict with the Mu family, and don't do anything that harms the interests of the Moon Palace."
Another, more authoritative voice asked, "Did you do it?"
Jiang Miao replied calmly: "I think I did it."
The other party snorted coldly and said with a bit of annoyance: "Do you think we don't know what you did behind my back? Your conflict with the Mu family has already harmed the interests of the Moon Palace."
"My conflict with the Mu family?" Jiang Miao smiled slightly, "Isn't it a conflict between the Jiang family and the Mu family?"
"We all live for the Moon Palace." A low, hoarse female voice said, "The Jiang family is trapped by the devil, and only the Moon Palace can keep us alive. Now that the Liu family has no descendants and the Mu family is declining, the inheritance of the Moon Palace needs our efforts."
Jiang Miao rarely showed her disgust, but she particularly disliked this elder, so she showed some contempt on her face: "Elder Jiang Yin actually has such awareness, then why didn't you want to marry your daughter to the Mu family?"
Elder Jiang Yin said gloomily, "Jiang Miao, we are not discussing this matter."
Jiang Miao smiled and said, "The current result is due to the things you don't want to discuss."
She raised her head and looked at the dozens of people sitting behind the tables on three sides. All the elders of the Jiang family had arrived today.
Today, the Jiang family is a truly large family.
Hundreds of years ago, the Jiang family sent their descendants out of the Moon Palace in order to survive, and as a result, the bloodline that infiltrated into the human world grew wildly.
Traveling between the world of cultivation and the human world.
Later, they reached a consensus with the other two families and lived in peace with each other. They also developed by relying on the prestige and reputation of the Moon Palace. While the other two families were fighting demons and defending the way of righteousness, the Jiang family quickly grasped the economic lifeline of the cultivation world and the human world.
Although he is a trapped beast in a cage, he sits on a high mountain of gold and silver, holding jade and gold artifacts in his arms. Even in the cage, he can still look down on people outside the cage.
Every bloodline of the Jiang family is under the supervision of the Moon Palace. Even when the Liu family suffered heavy casualties, the Jiang family members spontaneously monitored each other.
Hence the internal classification.
Some members of the Jiang family do not have spiritual veins and are unable to practice. Most of the top-quality spiritual bones come from women, so they are closely monitored and will be sent to the Mu and Liu families when the time comes.
No one wants their female relatives to become a tool for cultivation.
There are too many members of the Jiang family, but not all of them are in a high position.
So the Jiang family members in high positions came up with a solution, which was to send the low-ranking Jiang family members who were under surveillance, who could not make contributions to the Moon Palace and whose life or death did not matter, into the Moon Palace to deal with the terrible rule that had lasted for a thousand years.
The corrupt people who hold high positions before them do not have powerful spiritual veins, nor do they know any spells or magic. Some of them cannot even hold a sword, but they can decide a person's life or death with just a few words.
People are born unequal.
Jiang Miao said: "As far as I know, many of you here have daughters, and some have more than one. Among them, there are 32 people with top-grade spiritual bones——"
"Jiang Miao!" Someone shouted angrily, stopping her from continuing.
Jiang Miao ignored it and continued, "That is to say, these thirty-two people may resurrect the demon. According to the rules of the three families, they should all be sealed up by the Mu family regularly, otherwise it will cause trouble and damage the interests of the Moon Palace."
"But they are all alive and well outside the Moon Palace."
Jiang Miao looked in the direction of Elder Jiang Yin and said with a smile, "I heard that your youngest daughter gave birth to a son a few days ago. Are you relieved, Elder Jiang Yin?"
Elder Jiang Yin said in a deep voice: "Jiang Miao, you were the one who broke the rules by killing Mu Chen first. You should have been executed at that time, but we spared your life for the sake of our bloodline and let you become the Moon Palace Master. But you hate us instead?"
"You have long wanted to let the Jiang family be the Palace Master of the Moon Palace, but no one dared to do it, and no one was embarrassed to bring it up first." Jiang Miao said calmly, "You let me be the Palace Master because you see me as a chess piece that is easy to control, and you think you have the power to control the entire Moon Palace behind the scenes. But you didn't expect that you have raised a vicious wolf that doesn't listen to you at all."
Elder Jiang Yin sighed and said, "You are really stubborn."
"It seems that you have been holding a grudge for a long time and are not willing to listen to us at all." The initial low voice sounded again, also with a sigh, "From now on, if the Mu family attacks you again, we will not interfere, but we will not let you retaliate against the Mu family and do things that harm the interests of the Moon Palace."
Jiang Miao smiled and said, "I have never thought of endangering the Moon Palace."
The elder said, "You can go now."
Jiang Miao stopped smiling and turned away.
The dim lights in the Elders' House illuminated the murderous intent in the eyes of the people behind the table.
"She can't stay."
"Tonight."
"There is no need for a vicious dog that loses control and bites its owner to stay alive."
"Those who agree, turn off the lights."
In just a moment, the light in the Elders' Council was completely extinguished, without even a single ray of light.
The Elders' House faces the Moon Palace with its back and snow-capped mountains in front.
Jiang Miao saw the snow-capped mountain peaks at Tianji through the trees. The Mu family sent her here and took her back.
How would the Jiang family elders kill her?
Jiang Miao thought as she walked.
Finally, when I heard the bell ringing, I confirmed:
Kill her with magic,
Burn her to ashes with the immortal fire demon.
In the dark forest path, fire suddenly spread wildly from the ground and rose up, instantly engulfing the Mu family members surrounding her, causing shrill screams.
A raging wall of fire shot up into the sky, and a giant fire demon emerged from its seal on the ground. The high temperature made Jiang Miao feel the pain of burned skin.
She raised her head and looked at the fire demon that was as tall as a towering tree. Compared with its huge figure, humans looked as small as ants. The giant fire demon did not hesitate. It was full of murderous intent. As it roared, dozens of fire pillars shot up from the ground and turned into fire snakes that bit towards Jiang Miao.
Jiang Miao pinched off the tail feathers of the spiritual bird hidden in his sleeve without hesitation.
When the spirit bird shattered, a powerful force burst out and turned into a blue barrier to block her, offsetting all the attacking fire snakes.
Jiang Miao frowned slightly, because she knew that this barrier could not end the crisis.
The fire snake obeyed the giant fire demon's call, rose from the ground again, and attacked Jiang Miao together with the giant fire demon.
The flying sparks landed on Jiang Miao's dress, burning tiny holes in the fine fabric and seeping into her skin, leaving an ugly scar.
Just this little burn caused her so much pain that it was hard to imagine being engulfed by the flames.
Jiang Miao raised her eyes and looked at the giant fire demon. Thunder flashed behind the dark clouds. She saw a touch of gold flashing above the giant fire demon, and more and more - "Heavenly Stems, ninety-eight, the Fire Phoenix is coming."
Golden fire phoenixes descended from the void. They had long tail feathers and flew over, chirping, to wrap around the fire snakes and crush them to pieces.
Flames collided and exploded, sparks flew everywhere, and the moonless sky seemed to be raining a beautiful rain of sparks.
The white mist occupied the sky and earth. Jiang Miao saw the disciple of Tianji holding a sword standing in front of her and cutting the giant fire demon that was attacking him into two halves.
She stood in the sky full of flying sparks, looked back at herself and said, "This spell is called Fire Phoenix Arrival. Once you learn it, let ten giant fire demons come at you, not to mention one."
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