It turns out, they were the main characters.

The Palace Master of the Sword Palace, or rather, another spiritual consciousness of Bai Ruoxi.

Bai Ruoxi nodded slightly and said softly, "Wouldn't that be a bit too much for Mu Lang... Not only me, but Lingxuan and Qian'er also like him very much. If we let him ask for it..."

Bai Ruoxi had naturally heard what the Sword Palace Master and Mu Zhi'an had said. Although it was true that she wanted to have Mu Zhi'an all to herself, she still couldn't bear to ask him to say it to others.

Moreover, this will also cause him considerable trouble.

The Palace Master of the Sword Palace looked at Bai Ruoxi with a smile in his eyes, then slowly shook his head and said, "You don't need to worry about this. I will handle this matter properly afterward so that he can stay with us with peace of mind."

Bai Ruoxi is good in every way, except that she is too naive. If those fox spirits outside the world were to discover her special physique as a natural furnace, they would surely pursue her desperately, wanting to make her their own.

How could Mu Zhian, a hot-blooded young man, possibly resist such temptation?

However, she couldn't let him have ambiguous relationships with other girls.

"Accept the inheritance with peace of mind. I will handle this matter properly," said the Palace Master of the Sword Palace.

Upon hearing this, Bai Ruoxi hesitated and asked, "What do you plan to do...?"

The Palace Master of the Sword Palace did not answer directly, but instead curved his lips into a very beautiful smile and said, "I have my own plans."

She will need to sleep in the 'sword sheath' for a period of time afterward. If she can be nourished by the innate furnace during this period, Bai Ruoxi can enter the Void Returning Realm sooner and awaken from her slumber.

But if we let him return to the Liangyi Sect... he probably won't be able to spend every day with the innate furnace.

After all, according to Bai Ruoxi's memory, Mu Zhian had quite a few female confidantes.

But if we let him stay in the Sword Palace... then there won't be so many troubles.

The Sword Palace Master gazed intently into a certain direction within the Sword Palace, as if she could see a young man in the main hall through countless stone walls.

Then, as if she had suddenly realized something, she subconsciously turned her head to look in a certain direction.

There were other people besides himself secretly watching him...?

The Sword Palace Master's eyes flickered slightly as she gazed in the direction of the Two Elements Sect. The next moment, a girl in a purple dress appeared in her field of vision.

As if sensing someone's gaze, Ye Lingxuan slowly opened her bright purple eyes and turned her head slightly to look at the doll beside her.

"What happened?" she asked softly.

The 'Reincarnated Empress' recounted everything that had just happened, from her secret surveillance and protection of Mu Zhi'an to being discovered by the Sword Palace Master.

"What should we do next? Keep watching him?" the doll asked.

Ye Lingxuan turned her head slightly to look at the doll beside her and smiled brightly.

“Let’s keep watching… If anyone tries to do something bad, use this child to bring Brother Mu back.”

The Lock of Desolate Time peeked out from her sleeve, seemingly eager to make a move.

……

Time passed silently, and three days had gone by without us even realizing it.

Over the past three days, Lin Keyu and the others have been adventuring in the Sword Palace. They have discovered spirit mines in several places, and after injecting spirit stones, they have broken the formations of the spirit mines and obtained some special medicinal materials from the Sword Palace.

Although it was painful, it wasn't unacceptable for these descendants of ancient aristocratic families.

After all, some of the medicinal herbs and even the prescriptions for pills in the Sword Palace cannot be bought with spirit stones in the outside world.

"It's no wonder they're descendants of an ancient family; their resources are truly abundant. They even carry over a million spirit stones with them."

Mu Zhian played with the special spirit stone in his hand and couldn't help but sigh from the bottom of his heart.

At this moment, all sorts of special spirit stones had been piled up in front of the magic circle. Some were emerald green, while others were bewitching red. These were all special spirit stones, and their value was quite considerable.

Among them, Mu Zhian even saw a special spirit stone that was semi-transparent, and within this semi-transparent spirit stone, a strand of golden thread could be seen, shimmering with a faint crystalline luster.

Aurora Crystal!

This is a special spirit stone that can only be found in forbidden zones. Someone once tried to exchange it for Nirvana Silk with the Holy Maiden of Yaochi, but in the end, Mu Zhian managed to snatch the Nirvana Silk.

"This person's identity seems quite extraordinary; he even has the aurora crystal to his name..." Mu Zhian thought to himself with slight admiration.

Special spirit stones like Aurora Crystals are not usually traded by cultivators. Instead, they are often crafted into necklaces and given as gifts to important people in their lives.

There are three Aurora Crystals right now, and judging from their size, they are enough to make six identical Aurora Necklaces.

Mu Zhian selected three Aurora Crystals, then pondered for a moment before selecting several special spirit stones from the array that were suitable for making a necklace.

Thinking about it, it's been a long time since I gave the fish a gift. It's time to let them feel my enthusiasm once in a while.

"Including the thirteen spirit ores that Sister Mengrou wasted, this harvest is quite substantial..." Mu Zhian sighed inwardly again, then glanced at the tall, aloof, long-legged maid in a yellow dress beside him with a slightly strange look.

Not long ago, he had Wei Mengrou cut open a total of thirteen spirit ores, and without exception, every single one of them contained only air after being cut open...

Even if Mu Zhian selected the spirit ore and then had Wei Mengrou cut it open, there would only be air inside.

It can only be said that maids are not suited to playing this kind of game.

As if sensing Mu Zhian's gaze, Wei Mengrou glanced at him indifferently: "What are you looking at?"

"It's nothing... I was just thinking that Sister Mengrou seems to have really bad luck," Mu Zhian said with a smile.

Wei Mengrou silently turned her face away, leaving Mu Zhian with only her snow-white and exquisite profile. She parted her red lips slightly and said, "It was just a coincidence."

That's what she said, but she was clearly still not very confident. She even lowered her eyes slightly at the end, looking anxious and uncertain.

She cut into thirteen spirit ores in a row and found nothing inside. Even a fool could tell that it wasn't that the spirit ores were empty, but rather that there was a serious problem with her luck.

"It's alright. Even if Sister Mengrou doesn't have any spirit stones, I'll still take care of you in the future," Mu Zhian reassured the maid.

Wei Mengrou glanced at him disdainfully, a mocking smile playing on her lips: "You rely on other people's spirit stones to support you?"

"Does that mean I can just use my own spirit stones?" Mu Zhian discovered the blind spot.

Wei Mengrou: "..."

After a brief silence, Wei Mengrou gave Mu Zhian a disdainful look again, then curled her lip and said, "Just playing petty tricks."

"How many spirit stones did you collect this time?" she changed the subject.

"A rough estimate should be over three million spirit stones?" Mu Zhian said, a faint smile appearing on his face.

Even he was slightly surprised by this harvest. Although he knew that these ancient families had deep foundations, Mu Zhian was still a little surprised that they would invest so many spirit stones in these spirit mines.

"It seems that the allure of a first-grade cultivation technique is indeed very strong, to the point that they are willing to pay any price," Mu Zhian sighed.

Unfortunately, the first-grade cultivation techniques of the Sword Palace are not found in those spirit mines.

Ultimately, even if that top-tier martial arts technique were found, no one would be able to learn it.

Because that technique was created by the Palace Master of the Sword Palace, and the first condition for learning that technique is being able to control 108 lightsabers.

This requirement alone has already filtered out 99% of the applicants.

Of course, Mu Zhian wasn't a heartless businessman, and he wouldn't cheat these talented cultivators out of too many spirit stones. Apart from the Emperor-level medicinal herbs, he didn't take everything else, but left some in those spirit mines.

In general, these opportunities for immortality were originally something those talented cultivators could have obtained, but after being 'processed,' Mu Zhian acted as a middleman and took away their spirit stones.

"More than three million spirit stones. If I were to use them solely for cultivation, they could probably propel me to the fourth rank of Refining Spirit in a short time," Mu Zhian exclaimed in admiration before storing the special spirit stones into his storage ring.

However, after storing nearly a million spirit stones, he soon encountered a new problem.

...The storage space in the ring is not enough.

"Sister Mengrou, can I borrow your storage ring for a bit?" Mu Zhian tried to discuss it with Wei Mengrou.

However, Wei Mengrou simply shook her head and said, "My storage ring is already full."

Generally speaking, storage rings are also divided into nine grades, down to the first grade. The higher the grade, the more things can be stored.

If it is a first-grade storage ring, it can even store a person inside.

Mu Zhian's Eight Desolate Dream Map actually has a similar effect, but if special spirit stones are stored in it, those spirit stones will be immediately devoured by the Eight Desolate Dream Map, because this technique can evolve.

Its evolution method, besides having fairies or other holy maidens of Yaochi work day and night, is to use spirit stones to 'feed' the Eight Desolate Dream Map.

However, the number of spirit stones required for even one evolution is beyond people's imagination, so Mu Zhian naturally did not consider it for the time being.

"I never thought I'd be stumped by such a small storage ring..."

Mu Zhian fell into a brief moment of contemplation.

In the end, Mu Zhian decided to feed all the remaining special spirit stones that could not be stored in his storage ring to the Eight Desolate Dream Map.

Then he continued to patiently 'fish' for special spirit stones, feeling a sense of accomplishment as he watched them slowly increase in the main hall.

Half a day passed in the blink of an eye, and the speed at which the special spirit stones emerged in the array modified by Mu Zhian slowed down considerably.

This also means that the spirit stones carried by the descendants of those ancient aristocratic families should have been almost used up.

It seems we can pack up and send them off... Mu Zhian looked at the dazzling array of special spirit stones before him, a thoughtful look in his eyes.

Just as Mu Zhian had guessed, after more than three days of exploration in the Sword Palace, everyone's spirit stones had been almost completely depleted. However, no one seemed unhappy; on the contrary, they were quite satisfied with their gains.

Although it was a bit of a pity that they couldn't find a first-grade cultivation technique from the spirit mine, they at least found some of the medicinal herbs from the Sword Palace, and some people even obtained a second-grade cultivation technique.

Overall, it wasn't a bad deal.

However, after entering the Sword Palace this time, three people died, and two people from Qianyuan Pavilion were trapped inside by Mu Zhian, who seemed to have used some kind of magical artifact...

If this were to get out, it would likely cause quite a stir.

After all, Qian Chen of Qianyuan Pavilion is a genius who is highly anticipated by everyone in Qianyuan Pavilion, and his cousin is also a well-known force in Dongzhou.

Of course, this kind of thing has nothing to do with them.

Another day has passed in the blink of an eye.

On this day, when they sensed an extremely dangerous aura emanating from the Sword Palace, everyone remembered what the Sword Palace Master had said earlier. So, they took what they had gained and left the Sword Palace.

Meanwhile, Lin Keyu followed behind the group, pretending to leave. However, after watching them leave the Sword Palace, she turned around and planned to go back to find Mu Zhian.

Just then, Ye Yu's voice came from behind. He had a faint smile on his face and said, "Miss Lin, would you like me to take you home?"

"I see you've used up a lot of spiritual energy these past few days. It might not be safe for you to go back alone."

Lin Keyu looked at the disciple of the Liangyi Sect with slight surprise, seemingly astonished that he knew about her physical condition.

Because she had just suffered a serious injury, her physical condition was indeed not very good. If it weren't for the Rejuvenation Pill that saved her life, she might have already passed out.

Of course, despite her surprise, Lin Keyu still shook her head and refused with composure and indifference, saying, "No need for Young Master Ye to trouble himself. The Sword Palace is not too far from my Xuan Yin Palace, and I am already used to traveling alone."

Upon seeing this, Ye Yu frowned slightly, a hint of regret in his eyes.

A beauty like Lin Keyu, if you miss this opportunity, you'll probably never have another chance... Moreover, it's rumored that the Xuan Yin Body can even bring considerable benefits to dual cultivators.