It Turns Out, They Are the Protagonists

The next morning.

Mu Zhian opened his eyes and yawned lazily.

Sunlight streamed in through the window. The fairy who was in his arms last night had already vanished, her whereabouts unknown.

Getting out of bed, Mu Zhian happened to see Yao Meng sitting at the table.

She held a letter in her hand and looked at Mu Zhian with a slight smile: “You’re really popular.”

Mu Zhian saw a cauldron imprint in the bottom right corner of the letter.

It was the Myriad Transformations Qi Cauldron of Yu State.

Sent by Luo Tan…? Mu Zhian maintained a calm expression and asked, “Who sent the letter?”

“The Pill Emperor of Yu State. She heard you’ve advanced to Nascent Soul Realm, so she wants to invite you to Yu State as a guest for a while, and even specially sent this invitation,” Yao Meng said with a faint smile, “Planning to go?”

“The Pill Emperor possesses the Innate Celestial Furnace, and so do you… She sent an invitation after you reached Nascent Soul Realm, what she wants is self-evident.”

Yao Meng raised a delicate eyebrow, placed the letter in her ample bosom, and said with a half-smile, “Many people have set their sights on the Pill Emperor in the past, but no one has ever won her favor… Very few people know she possesses the Innate Celestial Furnace constitution.”

“Her helping you refine pills to achieve the Nine-Tailed Heavenly Fox body before was probably because she also took a liking to your Innate Celestial Furnace, right?”

Mu Zhian was momentarily speechless.

That’s why having women around you who were too smart wasn’t always a good thing… Although their intelligence could help you in most situations, their intelligence was also maxed out when it came to catching someone cheating.

“Actually, you don’t need to deny it. If I wanted to punish you for this, I wouldn’t be telling you so openly.”

Yao Meng crossed her arms, her long, beautiful legs faintly visible beneath her green gauze skirt. She lowered her eyelids slightly, “You are indeed my husband, but I’m not going to tie you to my side.”

“Besides…”

She paused slightly, looking at Mu Zhian tenderly, “Dual cultivating with the Pill Emperor is actually very beneficial to you. It’s nothing for me to suffer a little grievance.”

Luo Tan thought she didn’t know anything, perhaps still indulging in the pleasure of having a secret affair with the Jade Empress’s husband, even thinking about licking this delicious ‘cake’ clean after Mu Zhian went to Yu State…

But Yao Meng knew everything, yet she pretended not to.

After all, not only did Luo Tan need the Innate Celestial Furnace, but Mu Zhian also needed the Innate Celestial Furnace… Because the amount of Spiritual Energy obtained from dual cultivation with a Dao Integration Realm Innate Celestial Furnace was simply too vast. If Mu Zhian dual cultivated with Luo Tan a few times and obtained the Pill Emperor’s ‘spiritual essence’, he could at least advance a major realm.

Yao Meng never disliked Mu Zhian dual cultivating with other women; what she truly disliked was things getting out of her control.

For example, after Mu Zhian dual cultivated with the Pill Emperor a few times, he would become Pill Emperor Sister’s shape and never return… That was something she couldn’t accept.

However, as things stood now, she was confident that even if Mu Zhian dual cultivated with the Pill Emperor several times, he would still be Jade Empress Sister’s shape.

Perhaps, over time, the Pill Emperor would develop feelings for Mu Zhian… That would be even better.

After all, an Empress of a province was worth cuckolding.

You think she’s on the first level, but she’s actually on the fifth.

Yao Meng’s beautiful eyes gazed tenderly, but her gaze dimmed slightly, “Sometimes I wonder if I’m too gentle with you.”

“…Sorry,” Mu Zhian rarely felt so apologetic.

“If you don’t want to go, I’ll explain it to her,” he walked to Yao Meng’s side and held her soft, small hand.

A faint smile couldn’t help but appear at the corner of the fairy’s lips, her eyes moist like water. She gently pulled the young man into her embrace, the soft and warm touch making his heart ripple.

She gently stroked Mu Zhian’s hair and said softly, “It’s fine… Who made me your Dao Companion~?”

Mu Zhian felt the wonderful sensation of her face against his and hummed softly.

He couldn’t help sighing inwardly, “Jade Empress Sister has finally started using her tea art (tea art – manipulative tactics often used in romantic situations)…”

After a while, he suddenly recalled something and asked, “How are things at the Jade Pool Holy Land? If nothing unexpected happens, after Gu Buxing contacts the ‘allies’ in the Nine Provinces, he should start refining the national fortune, right?”

“I’ll go to the Jade Pool Holy Land today and have the elders make preparations,” Yao Meng said faintly.

Mu Zhian nodded slightly and said with a smile, “Then let’s wait for our Imperial Advisor Gu to put on a good show.”

…

After Yao Meng left, Mu Zhian left the Garden of Heavenly Harmony and went to Two Polarities Peak to see Senior Sister Lan.

As soon as he arrived at the main hall, he saw Lin Ling sitting bored in the hall, swinging her feet, holding a meat bun in her hand.

“Aaa?”

Sensing Mu Zhian’s arrival, her eyes instantly lit up.

Then, after hesitating for a moment, she broke the meat bun in half and handed him the larger portion.

Mu Zhian generously accepted it, pretending to eat.

Lin Ling’s red starry eyes stared at him expectantly, a struggle in her eyes.

“Just kidding, I’m not hungry, you eat it,” Mu Zhian smiled and handed the meat bun back to her.

Lin Ling immediately took the meat bun happily and took a small bite. Mu Zhian casually glanced around the empty hall, then lowered his voice, “Lin Ling, did you see Senior Sister when you came?”

“Aaa.” Lin Ling nodded obediently.

“Did you tell her about me and the Sect Master…?” Mu Zhian lowered his voice even more, leaning close to Lin Ling’s ear and whispering.

His slightly hot breath brushed against her earlobe, and a shy blush quickly appeared on Lin Ling’s face. She gently shook her head and wrote in her small notebook: “She said she would handle this matter and asked me to keep it a secret.”

So Sect Master Sister already talked to Lin Ling, as expected, she’s reliable… Mu Zhian felt relieved, “Where is Senior Sister now?”

“In the side hall, reading.”

Looking at the words written in Lin Ling’s small notebook, Mu Zhian couldn’t help but be slightly stunned: “Senior Sister started reading after coming back?”

He thought she would be meditating and cultivating or something. After all, she usually spent most of her time cultivating.

Walking into the side hall, Mu Zhian saw Senior Sister, her temperament cool and elegant, as graceful as a flower, sitting with her legs crossed. Her moon-white dress outlined her delicate and shapely figure. She wore knee-high white boots, seemingly symbolizing purity, and was concentrating on the book in her hand.

Only when she sensed someone entering did she turn her head and discreetly place the book under the table.

What book is she so engrossed in? If it were before, Senior Sister should have sensed me the moment I arrived at the hall… Mu Zhian glanced at the book under the table suspiciously.

“Junior Brother, this busy man actually has time to come to Two Polarities Peak today?” Lan Mulian said with a faint smile, her tone calm.

Mu Zhian retracted his gaze and said with a smile, “I happened to have some insights during cultivation yesterday, so I entered secluded cultivation. I didn’t expect Senior Sister to come back last night.”

“If I had known, I would have waited for Senior Sister’s arrival, even if it meant giving up on my insights.”

Lan Mulian responded with an “oh”, tapping the armrest with her delicate jade finger, and looking at Junior Brother with a half-smile: “Or were you busy being intimate with some woman and had no time to see me?”

That’s why it’s not good for women to be too smart… Mu Zhian sighed inwardly, his expression unchanged, “How could that be? If I were really intimate with some woman, I would have been flustered when talking to Senior Sister last night.”

Lan Mulian snorted, glancing at the young man, “That’s not necessarily true. Your mental fortitude is far beyond my imagination.”

Then, she paused, her tone lowering slightly, “Have you heard about Master?”

Mu Zhian’s eyes flickered: “Are you referring to the Sect Master’s Karmic Fire?”

Lan Mulian nodded silently: “She’s been afflicted by misfortune backlash several times in the past, each time more severe than the last. This time, it seems even she can’t suppress it. If she really can’t control it in the future…”

Mu Zhian comforted her, “The Sect Master can deduce destiny and foresee the future. She naturally knows how to deal with it, Senior Sister, you don’t need to worry too much.”

“Besides, when you went to see her, she should have looked like she had recovered, right?”

Lan Mulian was a clever woman. Hearing this, a thoughtful look appeared in her eyes.

Indeed, although she heard about Master suffering from misfortune backlash when she arrived, she didn’t see any signs of Karmic Fire on Master yesterday, as if it had never appeared.

Perhaps, just as Junior Brother said, Master had already suppressed the Karmic Fire herself.

As expected of a beauty, even when thinking, she has a different kind of charm… Mu Zhian looked at his beautiful and refined Senior Sister, and her shapely, long legs beneath her white dress, and couldn’t help admiring her inwardly.

Then, he caught sight of the book placed under the table.

“This is…?”

Mu Zhian took the book from under the table and glanced at the cover.

“Wait—”

Lan Mulian snapped out of her thoughts and hurriedly reached out, wanting to snatch the book from his hand, but she was too late.

“Domineering Sect Master Falls in Love with Me…?”

Mu Zhian hesitated, looking at the blushing face of the beauty before him, then flipped open the book and found a bookmark inside.

And the content on the bookmark was precisely the scene after the ups and downs of the male and female protagonists’ story, where the Sect Master confirmed her feelings for the disciple and wanted to be intimate with him, but was rejected by the disciple due to their difference in status.

The story continued with the domineering Sect Master suppressing the disciple.

This… why is there a bookmark here?

“…” Mu Zhian looked at Lan Mulian in astonishment.

He could practically see the faint blush appearing on Lan Mulian’s snow-white, delicate face. Her long, slender legs beneath her white dress pressed together slightly, and she looked away uncomfortably, trying to maintain her composure:

“Just reading it to pass the time. Didn’t you also say you wanted to lend me a book before? I was also curious about the content, I didn’t expect…”

She glanced at Mu Zhian, “It actually has that kind of content.”

“Speaking of which, Junior Brother, you had this in mind from the start when you had me read this, right?” Lan Mulian suddenly turned the tables, counterattacking Mu Zhian.

“I haven’t read the content, I just happened to hear about this book before, saying it’s very suitable for women to read, so I recommended it to Senior Sister,” Mu Zhian explained.

“Who?” Lan Mulian pressed relentlessly.

Mu Zhian: “Sister Mengrou.”

Anyway, Sister Mengrou wasn’t here, so he could only wrong her for now.

Lan Mulian’s eyes flickered, and she murmured softly, “I didn’t expect Miss Wei to be interested in this kind of book.”

This kind of boring story, she felt it was a waste of time at first glance, but she couldn’t help but want to read it… and even accidentally became engrossed.

“Compared to that, Senior Sister, why did you put a bookmark there? Do you also like that kind of domineering Sect Master, the feeling of stepping on a man?” Mu Zhian closed the book, placed it on the table, and asked with a smile.

An unnatural look flashed across Lan Mulian’s pretty face, but she feigned composure and said faintly, “I just happened to leave the bookmark there and didn’t move it.”

“Compared to that, you’ve become much bolder, haven’t you? You only dared to secretly stare at my legs before, and now you’re openly looking?”

She glanced at the young man beside her, her heart pounding rapidly, but her tone remained cold.

“Senior Sister was just Senior Sister before, so I only held respect for you,” Mu Zhian held one of Lan Mulian’s slightly cool, soft hands and said with a smile, “But now, our relationship isn’t ordinary anymore.”

Lan Mulian glanced sideways: “You’ve been secretly gulping while staring at my legs since before, is this what Junior Brother calls respect?”

“If I didn’t crave Senior Sister before, wouldn’t that be denying your charm?!” Mu Zhian said righteously.

“Would Senior Sister then ask me: Do I have no charm at all, so you have no interest in me and don’t even look at me?”

Lan Mulian was momentarily speechless, only giving Mu Zhian a sideways glance.

“As for now, our relationship is already so intimate, isn’t it okay to touch and such? I even think we can try some new things…”

Mu Zhian leaned close to Lan Mulian’s ear and whispered something.

Her body instantly stiffened, her face flushed with a drunken blush, and a disdainful look appeared in her eyes: “Pervert.”

“I’m just trying to satisfy Senior Sister’s preferences… That scene in the storybook just now, doesn’t Senior Sister want to try it?” Mu Zhian’s expression was natural, even enjoying the hint of shyness and disdain in Senior Sister’s eyes.

The cool beauty tapped the floor with her white boots, then glanced at the young man she had missed for so long, and said faintly, “I heard from Senior Spirit Dragon this morning that the Imperial Advisor of the Great Qian Dynasty is planning to make a move on the national fortune. Are you planning to go to the Great Qian City?”

“Not yet, let them prepare for a while longer,” Mu Zhian said with a faint smile, “Yao Meng spared Gu Buxing last time because she considered the Great Qian Dynasty’s national fortune and didn’t want to cause widespread suffering. But if Gu Buxing plans to refine the nation and use the national fortune for himself,”

“Then before that, he has to first break the binding with the national fortune.”

“That way… there will be no reason to spare him again.”

“You really care about Miss Wei,” Lan Mulian said faintly, feeling a little jealous.

She knew that Gu Buxing tried to take Wei Mengrou, the ‘Calamity Body’, back to the Great Qian Dynasty in the Martial World before. Even after failing, he still hadn’t given up.

Knowing Mu Zhian held a grudge against Gu Buxing, she also knew it was because of what happened last time.

Mu Zhian lowered his eyelids slightly and said faintly, “He should be glad he didn’t hurt Sister Mengrou those two times.”

It was true that Gu Buxing was bound to the national fortune. If he was willing to live his life peacefully, it would be fine. But if he was restless and wanted to struggle…

A cold smile appeared on Mu Zhian’s face for the first time.

Just then, he suddenly noticed the brief silence in the side hall, immediately realizing something, and added, “Of course, if it were Senior Sister, I would also care about you—”

As soon as his voice fell, Mu Zhian gasped, Lan Mulian having stepped on his foot with her white boot.

Looking at Lan Mulian’s condescending, expressionless demeanor like an empress, he couldn’t help but smile. He reached out, removed Lan Mulian’s snow-white jade boots, and while massaging the soles of her feet, he said, “Senior Sister, don’t suddenly step on other people’s feet like that next time. Of course, if you agree to my suggestion just now, I wouldn’t mind you stepping…”

“Beg me,” Lan Mulian raised her snow-white chin, looking down at him.

“Please, Senior Sister,” Mu Zhian pleaded sincerely.

“…”

Lan Mulian was rendered speechless by Mu Zhian’s shamelessness for a while. Feeling the young man’s gentle massage, a faint blush quickly appeared on her cool and beautiful face. Then, under his expectant gaze, the disdain in her eyes gradually turned into an inexplicable pleasure.

“Next time, when I’m in a good mood, we can try,” she said softly.

Although I’ve long known Senior Sister has a bit of a domineering CEO vibe, I didn’t expect her to actually awaken it… Sensing the pleasure in Lan Mulian’s eyes, Mu Zhian couldn’t help sighing inwardly.

At the same time, he took a sip of tea, enjoying this leisurely moment.