Shao Yu met her emotionless eyes, and fear gripped his heart, but what came out was—
"Did you kill Lord Baizhu?"
Jiang Shumiao readily admitted it.
"yes."
Shao Yu shivered.
Although this little ancestor didn't like people from the divine realm much in the past, and it was common for him to take action at the slightest disagreement, he never killed anyone.
Now, they are truly determined to be enemies of the divine realm.
"Where does the Holy One place, who disregards morality so blatantly, put the teachings of the Goddess Nuwa in the past?"
Jiang Shumiao felt that she was already very well-mannered for not cursing. "You bunch of hypocrites, do you even deserve to talk to me about morality?"
He choked up after saying only a few words.
He slowly stood up, coughed twice, and then continued, "It is a great joy that the Holy One has been resurrected, but you should not change the fate of others for your own selfish reasons, as this will affect the order of the human world."
Jiang Shumiao said coldly, "Do you take me for a three-year-old?"
Shaoyu: "..."
He looked Jiang Shumiao up and down, thinking to himself, "You really don't look much older than three years old."
Jiang Shumiao added, "Isn't it Jun Yi who has always been trying to disrupt order and even destroy the human world?"
The Heavenly Emperor's name is Junyi.
Shao Yu knew that even if the Heavenly Emperor himself were here today, Jiang Shumiao would not hold back and might even curse him more harshly.
His tone softened.
"The fate of mortals is determined by Heaven, and their names are recorded in the Book of Life and Death. However, because of your resurrection, the fates of many people have changed, the order of the human world and the underworld has been disrupted, evil spirits have caused trouble, and killings have increased."
They really think they can fool her like a three-year-old.
Jiang Shumiao's expression grew even colder.
Why don't you go and tell Fengdu this?
Shao Yu said, "The Emperor of Fengdu is on good terms with the Holy Venerable, so it is not appropriate to disobey him."
Jiang Shumiao said casually, "Oh? So this is why Jun Yi planted spies in the Underworld?"
He choked up again after saying only a few words.
He didn't know about this.
Jiang Shumiao's youthful face remained expressionless. "It seems you don't know yet, the reason why ghosts linger in the human world is because there's a traitor within the underworld."
He was speechless with astonishment and resolutely rejected the idea.
"impossible."
Jiang Shumiao was too lazy to explain to him, "The fates of mortals are all written by the God of Fate. Now that something has changed, it should be corrected by him. Why should you, a clerk in charge of compiling files, come to collect the souls of the living? Since Jun Yi knows that I have been resurrected, he should understand that I cannot stand idly by. Bai Zhu is dead, isn't he worried that I will kill you as well?"
Before Shao Yu could answer, she said slowly, "Because you are just an insignificant pawn, a scapegoat, a stepping stone. You are loyal, but he has never cared about your life or death."
Shao Yu's face was slightly pale. After a long while, he said calmly, "If my death can stop the Holy Venerable from continuing to create karmic consequences, then my death will be worthwhile."
"You are indeed loyal."
Jiang Shumiao gave him a strange look. "It's a pity you're so slow. Do you really think these souls can be reincarnated after they're taken away?"
Shao Yu frowned, "Holy Venerable, there's no need to sow discord here. The Heavenly Emperor is doing all this to maintain order in the Three Realms."
He really is a blockhead.
"To maintain order in the Three Realms, they are willing to steal the souls of living beings?"
Shao Yu felt a little uncomfortable, but still firmly said, "It was the Holy Venerable who altered the fate of mortals first. The Heavenly Emperor merely made corrections to restore everything to its original state."
Jiang Shumiao was speechless.
"The Great Dao is fifty, the Heavenly Dao is forty-nine, and humanity escapes one. The Heavenly Dao is inherently incomplete, and there is always a glimmer of hope in everything. How could I possibly defy the rules of Heaven and Earth?"
He was taciturn and speechless.
Jiang Shumiao continued, “The Jiang family has been loyal and valiant for generations, with countless members dying on the battlefield. My grandmother spent half her life as a vegetarian, distributing porridge to the poor every year, her merits unparalleled. My father fought on the battlefield, resisting foreign enemies, eliminating treacherous officials, and supporting the emperor and the country with unwavering loyalty. My mother was kind and compassionate, never doing anything against her conscience. My sister hated evil and killed traitors. My second brother was an upright official, loyal to the emperor and patriotic. And my third brother, he was just a child, pure of heart. Why were they persecuted by villains and met such a tragic end?”
Shao Yu wanted to say it was fate, but couldn't bring himself to say it.
Jiang Shumiao sneered, "And my aunt, my imperial grandmother, what did they do wrong?"
He was speechless and couldn't answer.
Heaven has its own way, and everything is predetermined. How can it be arbitrarily changed?
Wouldn't that lead to chaos throughout the world?
But Jiang Shumiao's words were all reasonable.
He had read the Book of Fate.
The Jiang family was full of loyal and righteous men, yet they all met a tragic end; it was truly unjust.
Those in power hold the power of life and death, and the wicked and treacherous have lost their humanity, yet they cause truly good people to suffer unjust and tragic deaths.
Where is justice?
He was unusually quiet and seemed somewhat lost.
He hesitated before saying, "They will be rewarded in their next life."
Jiang Shumiao scoffed, shattering his illusions.
"If you truly steal their souls, there will be no next life. Do you know what the Heavenly Emperor truly desires? It is to destroy the entire human world."
Shao Yu's eyes widened, and he immediately shook his head.
"impossible!"
"I used to think it was impossible too."
Jiang Shumiao spoke calmly, but a look of sorrow flashed in her eyes.
"But look..."
She shrugged. "Haven't I already died once?"
Shao Yu couldn't immediately connect the logical cause and effect between the two, "Didn't you sacrifice yourself to heaven and earth?"
"Yes, I am willing to sacrifice myself for all living beings in the six realms."
Jiang Shumiao paused for a moment, "But since then, the Heavenly Gate has closed, and no cultivators in the mortal realm have ascended to immortality. The demon race has been hunted down and hides in the mortal world in various forms. Naturally, many of them have caused trouble and deserve to be punished. There are also those who are utterly wicked, raising demons and using humans as sacrifices. Does the Heavenly Emperor really know nothing about this? Yet he remains unmoved. On the contrary, because I killed a great demon, he sent Bai Zhu down to the mortal realm to question the immortal realm. Is he afraid that mortals haven't perished in the bellies of ancient great demons?"
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