It turns out, they were the main characters.

Then, he shook his head and said, "You are actually worrying too much. My concern for young friend Mu is only out of consideration for a junior."

Ye Lingxuan said expressionlessly, "I know."

Mu Zhian is a natural furnace, and the fairy in the green dress only took the initiative to ask for a kiss in order to obtain the spiritual energy of the natural furnace.

She was naturally aware of this matter.

But later Mu Zhi'an took the initiative to kiss the fairy in the green dress... This should have nothing to do with taking spiritual energy, right?

Ye Lingxuan glanced at Mu Zhian with a quiet look.

The fairy in the green dress raised the corners of her mouth slightly and said with a faint smile, "Although the Reincarnation Pool has reshaped my physical body this time, I still need the Heavenly Phoenix Fruit to maintain it. Therefore, I will continue to sleep in his body for a while."

"As for your relationship issues, I have no intention of interfering, so don't worry."

After the fairy in the green dress finished speaking, her body seemed to gradually become translucent, and then, in the next moment, she disappeared from sight, leaving only a soft voice floating in the air:

"Consider this pill my compensation to Sister Lingxuan."

A pill emitting sparks of lightning then floated in front of Ye Lingxuan.

If those elders hadn't left, they would have been so excited that they would have wanted to grab them and protect them carefully.

The Heaven-Mending Pill—if one takes this pill, after returning to the Void Realm, one will have the opportunity to break through to the Enlightenment Realm!

However, Ye Lingxuan merely stared indifferently at the pills before her, never reaching out to take them.

She simply glanced at Mu Zhian with a quiet gaze.

If the fairy in the green dress initially kissed Mu Zhi'an for the sake of the spiritual energy of the innate furnace, then Mu Zhi'an's subsequent kiss in return... had nothing to do with the innate furnace.

Moreover, Mu Zhian and the fairy in the green dress kissed for so long back then. If it was just a simple kiss... no one would believe it.

Mu Zhian picked up the Heaven-Mending Pill, handed it to Ye Lingxuan, and said with a smile, "Sister Lingxuan, put it away."

Ye Lingxuan turned her face away and said calmly, "If I accept this pill, wouldn't it be like I sold Brother Mu to Fairy Sister?"

"I cannot accept this pill." As he finished speaking, his eyes held an unusual coldness.

The Holy Maiden of the Forbidden Zone still had some backbone. The fairy in the green dress kissed her Mu brother right in front of her, and after the kiss, she gave her a pill... Was this some kind of "selling her husband for a pill"?

Mu Zhian didn't try to persuade him, but simply put away the Heaven-Mending Pill.

Given Ye Lingxuan's personality, it's highly unlikely she'd accept the pills from the Azure Emperor right now; she'd have to wait until her anger subsides before proceeding.

Thinking of this, Mu Zhian's gaze quickly returned to Ye Lingxuan. Looking at the girl's slightly indifferent pretty face, he couldn't help but reach out and grab one of her soft little hands.

He gently pulled her into his arms, looked down at the little beauty in his arms, and said softly, "Are you still angry?"

Ye Lingxuan gently nudged Mu Zhian, turned her face away, and whispered, "Brother Mu is only trying to help Fairy Sister, I know that..."

"But you just kissed her again..."

She fell silent after saying this, her eyes lowered slightly, and there seemed to be some darkness in them.

Mu Zhian gently embraced the girl's delicate body and sighed softly, "The situation was urgent at the time. You should know that I am a natural furnace, and close contact can give spiritual energy to the other party."

Ye Lingxuan clearly didn't believe this reason and said softly, "The fairy sister had already taken enough spiritual energy before she let go of you, right? But after that, you kissed her again."

She felt a strange pang of sadness, and even began to understand how her younger sister must have felt back then.

Mu Zhian smiled wryly, "As the saying goes, concern leads to confusion. I was just worried that Senior Qingdi's spiritual energy wasn't enough..."

He looked down at the little beauty in his arms and said softly, "If you're angry, you can do whatever you want with me when we get back today, okay?"

"You say you're at my disposal, but I can't really control Brother Mu's actions..."

As Ye Lingxuan spoke, she seemed to remember something and looked up at Mu Zhian again: "By the way, Brother Mu, do you remember what you promised me before?"

Under Mu Zhian's questioning gaze, Ye Lingxuan said softly, "If she saw you being intimate with other girls..."

"Can I keep you in the restricted area forever?"

Boom!

At that moment, a deafening clap of thunder resounded through the sky, as if it would shatter the heavens.

Mu Zhian felt a chill run down her spine and subconsciously looked up at the sky.

"Senior Qingdi's tribulation should have ended by now, why is there still another tribulation...?"

As this thought flashed through his mind, he saw an unknown object, as dazzling as sunlight, silently pierce through the dark clouds and slowly fly towards them like a dragon.

The disciples who were leaving the vicinity of the Reincarnation Pool also noticed the anomaly in the sky. They all looked up and almost exclaimed, "The Lock of Desolate Time?!"

Within the restricted area, there are two major traditions.

One is the ancestral artifact of the forbidden zone, the lock of the desolate era.

Secondly, there is the sacred object that drives countless people crazy: the Qi of Heaven.

If the user is strong enough, the Lock of Desolate Time can even temporarily bind a Dao Integration Realm expert.

The effects of the Heavenly Dao are known only to each successor.

"Why has the Lock of Time appeared now? Isn't it only when the inheritance begins that it actively chooses a master?" someone murmured to himself.

"Perhaps it's because of the lightning tribulation that Senior Azure Emperor suffered earlier that the timing of the inheritance's opening was affected," an elder said softly, gazing in the direction of the inheritance site.

"Does the elder mean that the inheritance may have already begun?" asked a disciple from the forbidden area.

"But where did the Lock of Desolate Time fly off to...?"

Many people turned their gazes toward the Lock of Desolate Time, which shimmered with dazzling golden light under the dark sky, until they saw it fall into the forest near the Reincarnation Pool, at which point their eyes began to understand.

"It seems that it did indeed choose Miss."

This result is not surprising; in fact, it's something everyone could have predicted long ago.

……

At this moment, in the forest in front of the Reincarnation Pool, Mu Zhian looked at the golden chain that lightly landed in Ye Lingxuan's palm, a hint of hesitation in his eyes, and a thought flashed through his mind: What is this thing?

Thoughts flashed through Mu Zhian's mind, and then he suddenly remembered what the fairy in the green dress had said about the 'ancestral artifact'.

When his gaze returned to the golden chain, a change occurred in his eyes.

A forbidden artifact, the Lock of Desolate Time?!

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The Lock of Desolate Time was an artifact that Mu Zhian had never seen before, nor had he ever read any description of it in any books.

However, he had come into contact with similar magical artifacts before when he was in the Liangyi Sect.

The path cultivated by Huabao Peak is related to the enlightenment of 'artifact spirits'.

Judging from the current state of the Lock of Desolation, it is very likely that it is also a divine object with a 'spirit'.

The golden chain, which looked like an ordinary thin rope, wrapped around Ye Lingxuan and gently touched her face in a very 'intimate' way.

"This Lock of the Desolate Time seems to have also been imbued with a spirit?" Mu Zhian said, gazing at the Lock of the Desolate Time.

Ye Lingxuan gently stroked the Lock of Desolate Time and nodded: "Every time the inheritance is opened, the Lock of Desolate Time will choose its own master. Whoever it recognizes will be the next master of the forbidden zone."

The Lock of Desolate Time circled around Ye Lingxuan, but soon left her and wandered around Mu Zhian, appearing just as intimate.

"It seems to be quite affectionate towards me too?" Mu Zhian discovered the blind spot.

He had never seen this forbidden zone artifact before, so why was it being so 'friendly' to him?

“In a sense, the Lock of Desolate Time can communicate with its master’s mind,” Ye Lingxuan said.

Mu Zhian seemed to be deep in thought, and reached out to gently touch the seemingly ordinary golden chain.

In other words, since Lingxuan likes me, the Lock of Desolate Time will also like me...?

It truly lives up to its reputation as a forbidden artifact; it is indeed different from ordinary divine artifacts.

At this moment, the Lock of Desolate Time suddenly erupted inexplicably, wrapping around Mu Zhian's body in an instant, and then quickly binding his wrists.

Mu Zhian reacted extremely quickly, trying to pull his hand away in an instant, but unexpectedly realized that his spiritual energy had quickly returned to the cauldron just as it was about to surge up.

"This Lock of Desolate Time can restrict the spiritual energy of others?" Mu Zhi'an's eyes flickered slightly as he realized this secret.

“It can restrict the spiritual energy of others, and time will be altered around it. What is a day in Brother Mu’s eyes may only be an hour in the eyes of outsiders.” Ye Lingxuan’s small red lips parted slightly, her gaze lingering on Mu Zhi’an.

Like the ancestral lands of the forbidden zones, the Lock of Desolate Time can slow down the entire flow of time.

However, the former is an ancestral artifact, while the latter is a 'grotto-heaven'.

"Hmm... So, the Lock of Desolation is a small-scale time stop?" Mu Zhian's mind conjured up some unpleasant images.

Then, as if he had thought of something important, he looked up at the girl standing in front of him.

"Speaking of which, you just said that the Locks of Time decide its actions based on its master's will...?"

Does that mean that the Lock of Desolate Time binding him just now was also Ye Lingxuan's idea...?

Ye Lingxuan winked playfully: "The Lock of Desolate Time sometimes acts on its own, and not all of its actions are my idea."

"I have no ill intentions towards Brother Mu," she continued. Her pretty face, innocent expression, and even her cute clothes made her seem like a flawless goddess to anyone who didn't know Ye Lingxuan.

However, it is clear that the Lock of Desolate Time is currently binding Mu Zhi'an, which is probably the idea that Ye Lingxuan just had.

Mu Zhian stared at Ye Lingxuan's smiling face, his eyes full of suspicion.

After being stared at for a while, Ye Lingxuan sighed softly and said, "Okay... actually, I was just considering whether or not to let Brother Mu go to Yaochi Holy Land."

Ye Lingxuan was naturally very confident in her appearance.

Although she had kept a low profile in Tianxuan City, her looks and temperament still attracted many suitors.

Previously, when they were in the Liangyi Sect or even when they returned to the forbidden zone, the number of suitors suddenly increased dramatically.

However, Ye Lingxuan still felt a sense of crisis when facing the fairy in the green dress.

In terms of looks, she was certainly no less beautiful than the fairy in the green dress, but this empress was clearly not the kind of person who would slowly start to talk about fair competition.

This can be seen from the fact that the fairy in the green dress had previously embraced Mu Zhi'an forcefully and kissed him.

Even in the forbidden zone, the fairy in the green dress dared to be so unrestrained. If Mu Zhi'an were to go to the Yaochi Holy Land later...

Seemingly recalling some unpleasant images, Ye Lingxuan gently shook her head, as if trying to dispel the chaotic scenes in her mind.

At this moment, Ye Lingxuan suddenly felt a warm touch on her cheek. She raised her head slightly and saw Mu Zhian's hands, which were bound by the Lock of Desolate Time, being raised and gently stroking her delicate face.