"Little Evil, how did you find out about all this? Even I didn't know."
At that moment, Jiang Feng asked the question that had been puzzling her from the start.
"Oh, that? I had my people investigate for a long time before I found out."
Mo Xie scratched his head and gave a sheepish smile. He couldn't exactly tell Jiang Feng that he had known all along.
"I see."
Jiang Feng trusted Mo Xie and didn't question the truth of his words.
While the two were talking, Yu Shishi broke her brief silence to ask,
"Mo Xie, I want to know... did the Moon Moth Phoenix have some reason it couldn't reveal?"
She absolutely refused to believe that the Moon Moth Phoenix would turn against humanity for no reason!
Mo Xie looked at her earnest expression, nodded, and said,
"Yes. Beneath the sacred, noble appearance of the Heavenly Crown Purple Linden Tree that humanity wanted to help lurked a terrifying devil, one that had committed countless atrocities throughout the ages."
Hearing this cruel truth, Jiang Feng and Yu Shishi were both stunned. Yu Shishi even closed her eyes, her voice trembling slightly as she spoke.
"So... the Moon Moth Phoenix wasn't actually opposing humanity back then. It knew the true nature of that so-called Heavenly Crown Purple Linden Tree and only wanted to use the White Demon Eagle Tribe's strength to destroy it. But humanity misunderstood its intentions, and it became the victim."
Mo Xie and Jiang Feng said nothing in response, and silence settled over them.
Yu Shishi fell silent as well. She couldn't judge whether that Totem Guardian's actions had been right or wrong.
To call her wrong would be unfair, since she had been forced to act for humanity's safety. Had Yu Shishi been in her place