Chapter 57. It's Me

Miaobingbing thumped her chest.

“It’s me, the Miaos. Miao Shu, Miao An. I’m an expert in this sort of thing.”

“Sis, that’s not the same Miao, right?”

“Shut up and listen. I’m a beggar.”

“Huh!”

Miaobingbing, who had always been adept at making proposals, was at it again.

Everyone’s gaze turned to her, just in case.

“Who are we?”

“Who?”

“How frustrating. We are the founding meritorious officials of the Sky Palace Sect. Don’t you understand what that means?”

“...?”

“The founding meritorious officials cannot be dismissed!”

Everyone just blinked.

“Is there such a thing?”

It was the first they had heard of it.

Miaobingbing clicked her tongue, frustrated.

“The rules of the Sky Palace Sect are like this. To dismiss a founding meritorious official, more than half of the Sky Palace Sect elders must agree.”

“Huh? There are elders in the Sky Palace Sect?”

Indeed, it was the first they had heard of it.

Jin Ji was bewildered.

“You really must have a strange mind. How did you learn martial arts with that head of yours?”

Only then did a light bulb go off in Jin Ji’s head.

“Aha! So we are the elders?”

“Yes. You are the eight elders and founding meritorious officials of the Sky Palace Sect. The ones who create and lead the rules of the Sky Palace Sect.”

Everyone’s faces immediately brightened.

“Ooh!”

“Miao Shu, Miao Shu!”

“Right, we are the founding meritorious officials!”

“Sis, you’re amazing! The rules of the Sky Palace Sect are made by us!”

A shift in thinking.

It was a thought only Miaobingbing could have, but it was perfect for forcing the issue.

A ray of light in the darkness.

While absolute obedience to the sect leader was required, the specific rules of the Sky Palace Sect were not yet set.

Everyone cheered and celebrated as if they had been resurrected, but suddenly, the Wu Mountain Duo noticed something odd.

“Miss Miao, but why are we the eight elders? We are nine, right?”

“Oh, that’s true?”

When everyone was puzzled, Miaobingbing burst into laughter.

“Hahaha, slow! I’ve been waiting for you to ask. I am not an elder.”

“Then what are you?”

“I am the strategist of the Sky Palace Sect! The god of strategy and intrigue!”

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“...”

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The bluff worked.

Claiming that the dismissal was invalid, they returned to the Sky Palace Sect.

And they did so in style.

As the eight elders and the strategist.

“Grandpa Jin, the sound of the flute is too sad. Let’s play something fast and lively today.”

“You’re a beggar.”

“Why?”

“How long do you plan to call me grandpa?”

“And how long do you plan to call me a beggar?”

“Haha, that’s how it is. As the chief elder of the Sky Palace Sect, I was shortsighted, Elder Xiaotian. Let’s go with a lively tune then.”

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