It Turns Out, They Are the Protagonists

The Palace Master is in Seclusion

Within the Lan Clan Ancestral Land, vast Spiritual Energy filled the world. Yao Meng, in a flowing green dress, exuded an ethereal aura, untainted by the dust of the world. She stood in mid-air, gazing ahead.

Many cultivators gathered outside the Ancestral Land, but no one dared to speak. The expressions of the Lan Clan elders were even more tense.

Although they couldn’t see the fairy’s face clearly, they could sense the dangerous aura emanating from her, mysterious and awe-inspiring.

Although she currently appeared ethereal like a fairy, her figure graceful and enchanting, seemingly like a kind older sister,

the Lan Clan was, after all, an Ancient Family, well-informed. They had heard that after the Jade Empress transcended and ascended that day, because her lover was injured, she slew two Soul Transformation Realm experts and one Dao Integration Realm expert from the Western Regions.

After that, she even single-handedly stormed into the Southern Wilderness, patiently capturing and killing the Ocean God.

This information alone was enough to prove that this fairy’s current strength was unfathomable and terrifying.

However, the Sabbath’s Divine Envoy opposite her, although people didn’t know much about her, during the Sabbath, the Heavenly Dao would ‘protect’ her to a certain extent. If the two truly fought, the consequences would be unimaginable.

“Why hasn’t Mu Zhian come out yet…?” he thought to himself, cold sweat dripping from his forehead, clearly under immense pressure.

He now found it hard to imagine how his future brother-in-law dared to flirt with the Jade Empress while also having affairs with other women.

And one of them was actually the Sabbath’s Divine Envoy…

Wasn’t he afraid of being thrown into the little black room by the Jade Empress for tiaojiao (training/discipline) afterward?

Lan Wu cursed inwardly while praying for Mu Zhian to hurry up and come out.

The Lan Clan had already sent people into the Ancestral Land, but he was afraid that before Mu Zhian came out, Immortal Emperor Mountain would be razed to the ground…

As the dangerous aura gradually spread, no one noticed that, at this moment, in the void, the white-dressed, silver-haired beauty was scanning the area outside the Ancestral Land.

She blinked her clear, bright red eyes, glanced at Yao Meng, then at Immortal Emperor Mountain, seemingly understanding something. Opening her red lips, the next moment, Lin Ling transformed into a streak of clear light and entered the secret realm of Immortal Emperor Mountain.

…

“This is ridiculous, she actually wants me to take down Sect Master Sister, that big, big shark…?”

Mu Zhian looked at Lan Shihuai’s clear, autumn-water eyes. After an unknown amount of time, he snapped back to reality as if from a trance and couldn’t help murmuring to himself.

Actually, for Mu Zhian, it was impossible to say he had no thoughts about Sect Master Sister.

In his opinion, that Sect Master possessed all the advantages of a woman: intellectual, mysterious, sexy, elegant… You could see everything you wanted to see in her.

Mmm… Except her chest isn’t as big as Bai Ruoxi’s.

However, Mu Zhian always felt some ‘apprehension’ towards her. This apprehension was similar to the feeling of seeing one’s homeroom teacher during school.

Because before her, he always felt that his sweet nothings, and even his thoughts, were completely transparent to her—even though she didn’t have mind-reading abilities.

The two people Mu Zhian feared most in this world were the Demon Empress and the Sect Master.

The former could read minds, and the latter… always had everything planned out.

“With Shang Yanfei’s beauty, no boy should be able to refuse. Why do you look so hesitant?” Lan Shihuai also noticed Mu Zhian’s hesitation and couldn’t help asking.

Mu Zhian forced a smile, “Why does Senior want me to give her the chaotic aura? What exactly is this chaotic aura for?”

He had indeed craved the Sect Master for a long time, even fantasizing about her and her disciple Lan Mulian together in bed… However, when it came to actually doing it, Mu Zhian really hesitated.

Because in his impression, Sect Master Sister was the type who could look at you calmly even if you pressed her down on the bed.

Even Yao Meng would occasionally show a shy expression when being suppressed by Mu Zhian. After all, Sister Jade Empress was the type with high attack but low defense.

But the Sect Master…

Making this kind of woman blush shyly… seemed too difficult.

Lan Shihuai, stunning in her blue dress, slowly walked around to Mu Zhian’s front. A rose-like fragrance lingered around his nose, possessing a captivating charm.

“In the beginning of chaos, there was a fire, called the Chaotic Fire.”

“Later, after eons of change, that fire mysteriously vanished, leaving behind a wisp of Spiritual Energy. In the beginning of chaos, people called it chaotic aura.”

“Its effects are no less than Emperor Medicine. Firstly, it can extend lifespan, and secondly… it can suppress bad luck, whether man-made or destined, the chaotic aura will suppress it.”

Mu Zhian couldn’t help but be stunned: “You mean, the Sect Master is also troubled by bad luck?”

That woman, who had deduced destiny to an unknown extent, was also troubled by bad luck?

And if he remembered correctly, Lin Ling seemed to have transferred Sect Master Sister’s bad luck to herself before… Could it be that Sect Master Sister’s bad luck wasn’t innate, but acquired? And even after clearing the bad luck, new bad luck would still befall her?

Mu Zhian slightly collected his thoughts, then sighed softly with some regret, “Although I also want to help her… I’m afraid I can’t transfer this wisp of chaotic aura into her body in a short time.”

The Innate Celestial Furnace could contain this wisp of chaotic aura, but couldn’t refine it yet, let alone transfer it to Shang Yanfei.

“I’m just leaving it in your body for now. When your Innate Celestial Furnace can refine the chaotic aura, you can directly go find her,” Lan Shihuai wasn’t surprised and replied calmly.

“Since that’s the case, why did Senior give it to me now?” Mu Zhian hesitated. He felt that the chaotic aura staying in his Innate Celestial Furnace wasn’t a good thing, because his Innate Celestial Furnace couldn’t refine it yet and couldn’t give it to others.

“I want to see her expression.”

A smile finally appeared on Lan Shihuai’s always calm face.

“When she finds out the chaotic aura is in your Innate Celestial Furnace… will she still be as calm as before, will she still be able to communicate with you calmly, or will she angrily come looking for me to settle the score?”

Mu Zhian: “…”

He looked at this beautiful ancestor of the Lan Clan in astonishment.

“What’s wrong?” Lan Shihuai asked.

“Nothing… I always thought you were a serious person,” Mu Zhian complained, rather speechless.

So it seemed this Lan Clan ancestor really had some similarities with Senior Sister Lan. Both looked cool and serious, but were actually a bit black-bellied…

He just didn’t know what the relationship between her and the Sect Master was.

Boom…

Just then, the entire ancient ship suddenly trembled violently. Then, a tsunami-like wave of Spiritual Energy enveloped them from outside the ancestral land, almost making Mu Zhian’s legs go weak.

He immediately activated the Spiritual Energy within his cauldron. At the same time, Lan Shihuai gently raised her hand, and an invisible formation isolated the external Spiritual Energy.

“What’s going on? Why is there such a commotion outside?” Mu Zhian asked in surprise.

Lan Shihuai’s eyes sparkled, and she said softly, “There are great powers fighting outside.”

“One of them is the Jade Empress.”

“Yao Meng? Who can fight against her?”

A huge question arose in Mu Zhian’s mind.

One must know, Yao Meng was currently at the Transcendence Realm, the only Human Emperor in the Nine Provinces.

Who could fight against her without being at a disadvantage?

Could it be that Ruoxi’s Transcendence Tribulation was over?

Or did Zixuan come out of seclusion from the Demon Realm?

But no matter who it is, they’re all my wives. How can family fight amongst themselves…? Mu Zhian was already somewhat anxious, thinking about how to stop them after going out.

Lan Shihuai glanced at him: “The person fighting against the Jade Empress doesn’t belong to the Nine Provinces.”

Oh, then it’s fine.

Mu Zhian immediately felt relieved.

As long as it wasn’t Ruoxi and the others, it was fine.

If Yao Meng was fighting against other fish in his pond, the slightest carelessness from Mu Zhian could turn him into ‘the sealed Mu Zhian’.

The scene after that would be quite beautiful…

Perhaps one day Mu Zhian would wake up and find himself bound by ancestral artifact chains forged from several different immortal golds, with the girls beside him discussing breaking up…

But if it wasn’t the fish in his pond, then it didn’t matter.

Not belonging to the Nine Provinces meant it was a ‘god’ from the alien starry sky. For the Transcendence Realm Human Emperor, suppressing a god wasn’t exactly easy, but at least the other party would be wary and wouldn’t dare fight Yao Meng for too long.

After all, the Human Emperor was beyond the rules of heaven and earth, unrestricted by the Heavenly Dao, her combat power astonishing. Once truly angered, no one would have a good time.

“Does Senior have anything else?”

Mu Zhian felt somewhat reassured, noticing Lan Shihuai was staring at him, and couldn’t help asking.

However, Lan Shihuai didn’t answer, just reached out and gently touched Mu Zhian’s face.

“Foolish fox, how long are you going to play dead?”

Then, she spoke slowly in a crisp, calm voice.

As her words fell, a silver-bell-like laughter echoed through the ancient ship. Divine light surged from Mu Zhian’s body, and enchanting pink light particles gradually condensed into a seductive figure, her skin like ice and jade, flawless.

Her graceful and sexy figure beneath the thin gauze dress, her full bosom, her slender waist, her tightly wrapped, perky buttocks, and her long, voluptuous legs outlined a breathtakingly perfect figure. Her bewitching beautiful eyes were captivating, enough to charm all beings.

A pair of fox ears on her head, and nine fox tails behind her slowly unfurled, her charming eyes like silk. Any man who saw her would probably have their heart race and their eyes go straight.

Nine-Tailed Heavenly Fox!

When did she wake up?!

Mu Zhian looked at the Nine-Tailed Heavenly Fox appearing before him in astonishment, first stunned, then his mind quickly filled with question marks.

When Lin Ling brought back the Nine-Tailed Heavenly Fox’s spiritual sense earlier, this Nine-Tailed Heavenly Fox was still in slumber, because her aura was too weak at that time, impossible to awaken.

Yet now, her state seemed to have recovered somewhat…?

“Lan Shihuai, if it weren’t for this Seat protecting your Lan Clan back then, your Lan Clan probably wouldn’t be able to maintain its position among the top Ancient Families in the Eastern Continent. Is this how you speak to your benefactor?”

The Nine-Tailed Heavenly Fox walked over with a charming smile, actually reaching out to touch Lan Shihuai’s face.

Mu Zhian was startled by her action. This Nine-Tailed Heavenly Fox seemed somewhat frivolous, dressed in a thin gauze dress, her eyes seductive.

Lan Shihuai’s expression was calm. Wearing delicate shoes on her elegant jade feet, she stood still. However, an incredibly imposing cold light descended from the sky before her. She raised her palm, striking directly at the Nine-Tailed Heavenly Fox, a faint blue light flickering behind her, like a new moon appearing in the world.

Boom!

The entire ancient ship trembled violently, a mysterious aura surging from within.

The Nine-Tailed Heavenly Fox and Lan Shihuai clashed palms, causing the entire ancestral land to tremble through the rain curtain.

The Nine-Tailed Heavenly Fox remained composed, her eyes alluring, her laughter lazy, her hair fluttering in the wind, a fragrance spreading. Her thin gauze dress seemed unable to fully contain her curvaceous figure, like a ripe peach, carrying an irresistible fatal temptation.

She gracefully withdrew her palm, toying with a strand of hair, and smiled charmingly, “This Seat protected your Lan Clan back then, yet not only do you not show gratitude, you even attack me now?”

“Is this how you repay your benefactor?”

Lan Shihuai held the oil-paper umbrella, raised her proud, snow-white chin, and looked at her through the rain curtain: “If it weren’t for this Seat allowing you to stay in the ancestral land, you probably wouldn’t even be able to keep this wisp of spiritual sense, let alone wait for the Innate Celestial Furnace to save you.”

She shed her usual calm demeanor, becoming incredibly imposing, and spoke again, “This Seat doesn’t know what agreement you have with Mu Zhian, but the dignified Nine-Tailed Heavenly Fox, if you keep relying on a junior’s body like this, when word spreads to the Demon Realm in the future, you’ll probably become a laughingstock.”

This point about the Lan family ancestor is also very similar to Senior Sister Lan. Usually looks uncompetitive, but actually has a somewhat domineering personality. In modern times, she would be the type of domineering female CEO…

Just as Mu Zhian thought of this, he noticed Lan Shihuai casually glancing at him.

Was her mocking the Nine-Tailed Heavenly Fox just now to remind me that this charming and seductive fox had already woken up, and for me to be careful of her…?

Mu Zhian speculated inwardly.

He had a close relationship with Senior Sister Lan and Sister Feiying and was considered half a member of the Lan family. The Lan family ancestor would naturally care more about him.

If it weren’t for Lan Shihuai, he probably wouldn’t have known that the Nine-Tailed Heavenly Fox had already awakened, just hadn’t spoken to him.

“Relying on his body? This Seat can indeed nourish my spiritual sense within his body, but at the same time, this Seat can also nourish his Nine-Tailed Fox body with Demonic Qi. It’s mutually beneficial.”

The Nine-Tailed Heavenly Fox sneered, but her eyes were still alluring.

She walked behind Mu Zhian, gently placing her hands on his shoulders, then pressing her soft body against him, and asked with a smile, “Little guy, what do you think?”

As she opened her lips, an alluring fragrance spread, making even Mu Zhian’s mouth dry. He quickly lowered his eyelids and said, “Does Your Ladyship still remember our agreement from before?”

“Naturally. I give you the Nine-Tailed Heavenly Fox’s Demon Seat, and you help me be reborn. How could I forget such an agreement?”

“But actually, I’m not particularly anxious about being reborn now. Staying in your Innate Celestial Furnace for a thousand years is also fine. You don’t need to rush arranging my rebirth,” the Nine-Tailed Heavenly Fox said lazily.

“It’s just coveting his Innate Celestial Furnace, why make it sound like you’re considering him?” Lan Shihuai sneered, seeing through the fox’s thoughts at a glance.

“He hasn’t even spoken, why are you so anxious?”

Hearing this, the Nine-Tailed Heavenly Fox laughed coquettishly, glancing at Mu Zhian, her charming eyes captivating, and said with a smile, “I see this child doesn’t seem to object to me staying in his Innate Celestial Furnace to nourish my spiritual sense either. After all, he’s been staring at me lewdly since just now.”

“I’ve never dared to forget the agreement with Your Ladyship. I will definitely find a way to gather all the materials as soon as possible to help you rebuild your body… As for you saying I’ve been staring at you, I think it’s because of the innate charm, so I can’t help but look at Your Ladyship…”

Under the Nine-Tailed Heavenly Fox’s tender gaze, Mu Zhian appeared demure, seemingly lowering his eyelids shyly.

Tsk, this fox-eared girl really likes to tease people. After helping her rebuild her demon body in the future, I must definitely “play” with her until her fox ears stand up! Mu Zhian remembered this grudge.

“See? He and I are a perfect match. What’s wrong with me temporarily residing in the Innate Celestial Furnace for a while?”

The Nine-Tailed Heavenly Fox gently gathered the hair blown by the wind, her eyes like water, charming and seductive, gazing at Mu Zhian.

Lan Shihuai took a deep look at Mu Zhian, then casually retracted her gaze.

“Young Friend, you can leave now.”

Mu Zhian nodded slightly, cupping his hands, “Thank you, Ancestor. If there’s anything I can do for you in the future, please don’t hesitate to ask.”

Whether Lan Shihuai helped him because of Senior Sister Lan and Feiying or not, her revealing that the Nine-Tailed Heavenly Fox had already awakened was indeed a great help.

Otherwise, if Mu Zhian accidentally spoke ill of the Nine-Tailed Heavenly Fox one day, he wouldn’t even know if he was retaliated against later.

…

“When exactly did Your Ladyship awaken?”

After leaving the mysterious ancient ship on his sword, Mu Zhian finally let out a sigh of relief, looked at the woman following beside him like a phantom, and asked.

Hearing Mu Zhian’s question, the Nine-Tailed Heavenly Fox glanced at him, a sweet smile on her face, her figure hot. As she approached him, her snow-white legs faintly appeared beneath her black gauze dress, filled with an indescribable temptation.

The sexily dressed Nine-Tailed Heavenly Fox approached Mu Zhian with a coquettish smile, then extended her snow-white slender hand, gently caressing his face, her sexy red lips parting slightly, “If I have to say, it’s your fault.”

“My fault…? I don’t think I’ve ever disturbed Your Ladyship…” Mu Zhian hesitated.

Could it be that when he was intimate with others, the Spiritual Energy in his Innate Celestial Furnace decreased, thus disturbing the Nine-Tailed Heavenly Fox slumbering within?

“Are you a fool?”

The Nine-Tailed Heavenly Fox rolled her eyes at Mu Zhian, even her glance captivating and seductive.

“This Seat only agreed to give you the Demon Seat, but I didn’t say you could share the Demon Seat with others. When Gong Lianyue was in seclusion earlier, that little girl connected to the Demon Seat, naturally awakening this Seat.”

As expected of a woman with innate charm, even her scolding was like a little girl’s coquettish complaint, carrying an unspeakable charm and sexiness, probably enough to make some boys with special hobbies willingly hug her long legs and shout, “Sister, please scold me more!”

“But in our agreement before, it didn’t seem to say that the Demon Seat couldn’t be shared with others…” Mu Zhian couldn’t help saying.

The Nine-Tailed Heavenly Fox was momentarily speechless.

Mu Zhian’s words were indeed correct.

Their agreement before was that she would give the Demon Seat to Mu Zhian, and Mu Zhian would help her be reborn.

But ultimately, she hadn’t expected that there would be a second person who could inherit the Demon Seat.

And this person was actually the Palace Master of the Sword Palace.

When Gong Lianyue severed her connection with the Heavenly Dao back then, she left behind a measure, which was to insert Bai Ruoxi as a member of the Fox Clan, so that both of her constitutions could cultivate to Dao Integration Realm, achieving supreme Dao Fruit.

In the future, Bai Ruoxi, as the ‘scabbard’, would have the Nine-Tailed Fox body, while Gong Lianyue, as the ‘sword’, would have the Sword Immortal body.

With both constitutions at Dao Integration Realm, her strength would be unprecedentedly powerful.

Seeing this, Mu Zhian pressed his advantage and said, “My constitution is special. Giving the Demon Seat entirely to me would be a waste, but giving it to the Palace Master can let her fully utilize the Demon Seat’s effects.”

The Nine-Tailed Heavenly Fox shot him a pouting: “The problem is, what does Gong Lianyue have to do with me? Her becoming stronger is actually more disadvantageous than advantageous to me.”

Mu Zhian showed a troubled expression: “But my Demon Seat has already been shared with her, it’s too late to take it back now…”

Seeing the Nine-Tailed Heavenly Fox’s displeased expression, Mu Zhian said demurely, “It’s like spilled water that cannot be retrieved. If Your Ladyship truly feels sharing the Demon Seat with others is inappropriate, this junior is willing to compensate in any way.”

“Any way?”

The Nine-Tailed Heavenly Fox narrowed her beautiful eyes, sizing up the handsome young man, and pursed her plump, alluring red lips.

After staring for an unknown amount of time, a pleasant and melodious laughter echoed through the ancestral land.

Then, a sweet and leisurely voice gently lingered beside the young man’s ear.

“You said it yourself~”