The whole family went mad, but the junior sister turned the tables and her luck soared.

The emperor's decree was as hard as iron, showing no mercy to the Sanqing tribe girl.

The girl wasn't annoyed by the rejection; she silently turned around and found a relatively open body of water to swim in.

Yun Yici could tell that she had seen what happened during their conversation.

Unfortunately, she herself was just taking advantage of the imperial edict.

She refused the imperial edict, and now she's jumping in to use other people's money—that's not the behavior of a gentleman.

So Yun Yici didn't say anything. After the girl left, she said to Ning Tinglan and the others, "Come over here a bit, don't crowd together."

Emperor Zhao's face immediately darkened, but Rong Xuan and the others, with their backs to him, did not notice his unusual behavior.

Upon hearing Yun Yici's invitation, Ning Tinglan hurriedly declined, saying, "We're fine, Junior Sister, please feel free to do as you please."

Rong Xuan also said, "We have enough space here, Junior Sister, please focus on your cultivation and don't worry."

The space that Yun Yici had marked out was large enough for the six of them to stretch out.

Although they were huddled together, their positions were still much better than those of the demon cultivators who were mixed together.

Seeing that she couldn't persuade Rong Xuan and the others, Yun Yici stopped trying. After gathering Xiao Ba in one place, she closed her eyes to meditate and cultivated by using the moonlight in the lake.

Her body was suspended in the lake water. Having lived on the seabed for a long time, she was already familiar with the buoyancy of the water and easily maintained the cross-legged sitting position.

The newly transformed demons on the other side studied it for a long time, but still couldn't figure it out.

They dared not rush forward to forcibly seize or provoke trouble, and one by one they reluctantly entered the lake, then howled and transformed back into their original forms, jumping up and down. This cycle repeated until they could barely absorb a little moonlight.

However, the demons' original forms are not uniform, making unrest inevitable.

One minute someone steps on this, the next minute someone's feathers are being pulled or their tail is being touched.

It was thanks to the magical Moon Goddess Flower that shrunk their size before they arrived; otherwise, some of the demons, being giant beasts, would have trampled other demons to death.

Ultimately, it's all because the lake water is too cold for the body to resist.

Compared to these little demons, the Emperor's foresight in heating the lake water made Yun Yici and the others feel as relaxed as if they were soaking in a hot spring.

However, perhaps they realized that time was limited and wasting time was wasting opportunities.

The chaos among the little demons gradually subsided, and they all held their breath and rushed into the water, trying to soak a little longer.

The system specially shielded Yun Yici's hearing so that she could concentrate on her cultivation in the lake.

In fact, Yun Yici felt as if she were being immersed in warm water.

The lake water is rich in the essence of moonlight, and she can absorb the moonlight from the water by slightly circulating her spiritual power.

Yun Yici cultivated all night, and only opened his eyes when the lake water gradually cooled down and the moonlight supplied by the lake water became less and less.

At this moment, the starry night sky began to show a faint light, and the little monsters in the water began to stir.

Yun Yici put away Xiao Ba, who had been swimming in the water all night, and then looked at Di Zhao and the others who were with her. Di Zhao said, "It seems that the Moon Worship Festival is coming to an end."

As soon as he finished speaking, the calm water began to swirl, and the last moonlight in the water began to condense into the shapes of moon goddess flowers.

As these flowers floated to the surface, the azure lake water, now completely devoid of moonlight, began to turn a thick white.

The Moon Goddess Flower comes and goes according to a set schedule, and the little demons didn't fight over it; each of them held one in their hand.

Yun Yici also scooped up a Moon Goddess Flower from the water and held it in her hands, waiting for it to grow bigger and then leap onto the flower's pistil as she had done when she arrived.

Yun Yici was much more relaxed than when she arrived, and on the way back, she even rolled up her sleeves to examine her arms.

Her skin appeared flawless, but she was acutely aware that her physical strength had indeed increased.

The blessing from the Qingqiu Divine Tree is actually a different kind of tempering for these newly transformed little demons, which is why they suffer unbearable pain.

Thanks to the imperial decree, the side effects of body tempering and bone strengthening were removed, allowing them to cultivate properly using the lake water blessed by the divine tree.

The Moon Goddess Flower quickly led the little demons back to where they had come from.

Wen Fuyue was finally relieved to see her disciples jump down from the flowers unharmed.

That night, Wen Fuyue gazed at the Milky Way in the night sky without blinking.

After Yun Yici and the others jumped down from the flower, the Moon Goddess Flower, which could be sat on, automatically changed back to its original palm-sized size.

Because it is formed from moonlight, it will quickly wither and disappear when the sun rises.

Yun Yici took her flowers without giving them much thought, but the next moment, a hand with well-proportioned flesh and blood holding flowers was extended in front of her.

"For you."

Yun Yici was stunned for a moment, then looked up and saw the young man's stunningly beautiful face, as lovely as jade.

He looked serious, and even the rosy glow of the approaching sunrise paled in comparison to his dazzling red robes.

Mu Yunjian's expression changed, and he was about to step forward and slap the flowers out of Di Zhao's hand.

But the next moment, Rong Xuan stopped him.

Rong Xuan smiled and said, "Flowers are given to beauties. This Moon Goddess Flower should be given to my junior sister. Thank you for reminding me, Senior Di Zhao."

As he spoke, he presented the Moon Goddess Flower in his hand to Yun Yici.

Mu Yunjian quickly realized what was happening and, just like Rong Xuan, swiftly handed the Moon Goddess Flower in his hand to Yun Yici.

Ning Tinglan and Wannian, needless to say, followed suit when they saw everyone doing so, presenting the flowers in their hands to Yun Yici.

Yun Yici coughed lightly, looked at the five Moon Goddess Flowers neatly arranged in front of her, and said, "Thank you, Senior Emperor Zhao, thank you, Senior Brother, thank you, Wan Nian."

Seeing that his act of expressing his love had directly turned into a friendly collective action between his fellow disciples, Emperor Zhao restrained himself from getting angry on the spot.

"Wow, you're quite something, little girl. You actually received five Moon Goddess Flowers. In all my years, I've seen people receive as many as three Moon Goddess Flowers."

Yun Yici was still hesitant about whether to accept their flowers when she heard someone suddenly speak, so she quickly turned around to look.

The visitor was none other than Bai Wu.

Bai Wu smiled and said, "The Moon Worship Festival is always held here by the priests, while I spend it in the city with the demon cultivators."

"I was able to come and see what was happening after the main festival ended."

In fact, Bai Wu's surprise was not simply because Yun Yici received five Moon Goddess Flowers, but because one of them was a flower issued by imperial decree.

This suggests that the human girl named Yun Yici is the one Phoenix admires.

Wen Fuyue, Li Ji, and Shen Huaichuan stood aside, and Shen Huaichuan deduced what had happened based on the conversation he overheard.

Li Ji silently turned her head away, indicating that she wouldn't get involved, while Wen Fuyue was completely bewildered.

That's outrageous, absolutely outrageous. Could it be what he's thinking?

Yun Yici and the other children greeted Bai Wu one after another.

Yun Yici originally intended to ask Bai Wu about the mystery of Wan Nian's origins, but seeing that everyone around her was a demon cultivator, she felt it was not a good time to bring it up, so she put the matter aside.

Unexpectedly, when the other demon clan leaders and envoys from the demon city saw Bai Wu appear, they all came forward to greet her.

"These cultivators cheated during the ceremony. Are you, Qingqiu, just going to sit idly by and do nothing?"