It turns out, they were the main characters.

However, since the other party was the apple of the eye of the Xuan Yin Palace Master, no matter how dissatisfied Ye Yu was, he could not speak at this moment. He could only cup his hands and then immediately flew away on his sword.

Although we lost nearly 500,000 spirit stones this time, it wasn't too bad... at least we gained two Rank 6 medicinal herbs.

Thinking about his gains, and then about Mu Zhian, who had vanished without a trace after drawing the bronze sword, Ye Yu felt a surge of joy.

At that time in that mysterious hall, after Mu Zhian drew the bronze sword, his spiritual energy became noticeably disordered, and he must have fainted afterward.

Everyone gained a lot from the Sword Palace this time, except for Mu Zhi'an, who made a wasted trip... He might even disappear along with the Sword Palace if it were to disappear in the future.

Just thinking about this filled Ye Yu with a sense of exhilaration. He gripped the sixth-grade medicinal herb in his hand tightly, his eyes burning with desire.

He wanted to use these two sixth-grade medicinal herbs to refine a pill that could accelerate his cultivation, so that he could prepare for the Ascension Assembly!

……

On the other side, after watching everyone leave, Lin Keyu's beautiful eyes flashed, and she was about to turn around and return to the Sword Palace.

However, as soon as he turned around, he saw the boy who had saved him walking slowly towards them.

He handed an ordinary storage ring to Lin Keyu and said with a smile, "Miss Keyu, these are the special spirit stones you consumed in the spirit mine. Please check if there are any errors in the quantity."

Her previous cold attitude vanished without a trace, and Lin Keyu smiled brightly: "No need to calculate, I believe in you, young master."

Mu Zhian pondered for a moment, then said, "I'll take you back."

"Or are you used to traveling alone?" He said this with a hint of teasing in his tone, clearly having overheard Ye Yu and Lin Keyu's conversation.

Lin Keyu was taken aback at first, but then quickly understood what Mu Zhian meant. She pursed her full lips, rolled her eyes at him, and showed a rather girlish playfulness.

While chatting idly, the two unknowingly left the Sword Palace and headed towards the Xuan Yin Palace.

"Oh right, I still don't know what your name is, young master?" Lin Keyu suddenly remembered this.

She was being chased and the situation was urgent, so she didn't have a chance to ask the other person's name until now.

However, among the disciples of the Liangyi Sect, there are not many who can suppress two cultivators at the third level of the Refining Spirit Realm...

As Lin Keyu was pondering this matter, she suddenly heard a somewhat familiar name.

She paused slightly, then subconsciously glanced at the boy beside her.

"Mu Zhian...?" A hint of surprise appeared in Lin Keyu's eyes.

……

Xuan Yin Palace.

The master of the Xuan Yin Palace seemed to have known all along that his daughter had returned and was already waiting in front of the main hall. When he saw the young man beside her, the master raised his eyebrows slightly, as if he was somewhat surprised.

My daughter actually brought a male cultivator back with her...?

And it was only a few days' trip to the Sword Palace?

"father!"

Lin Keyu, wearing delicate embroidered shoes, gracefully walked into the main hall.

Lin Jing stood with his hands behind his back, glared at his daughter, and said irritably, "You still have the heart to come back?"

Lin Keyu playfully stuck out her little tongue, clearly aware of her problem.

Lin Jing's gaze fell on Mu Zhi'an again, a hint of doubt in his eyes, and he asked, "And who is this young friend...?"

Although Lin Jing had heard of Mu Zhi'an's name, he had never seen this person before, so it's no wonder that he didn't recognize a living person standing in front of him.

"My name is Mu Zhian. I happened to run into your daughter at the Sword Palace, and quite a few things happened, so I came back with her," Mu Zhian said respectfully, clasping his hands in greeting.

"Mu Zhian...?"

Lin Jing's eyes flickered slightly, and then he gave his daughter a strange look.

Lin Keyu ran away from home because she objected to his unilateral marriage proposal, but after arriving at the Sword Palace, she unexpectedly encountered the person who proposed to her...

And judging from this, it's clear that his daughter has quite a bit of affection for him...

For a moment, even the leader of this top power in the Eastern Continent was at a loss for words.

Seemingly unable to bear Lin Jing's meaningful gaze, Lin Keyu suddenly said, "Father, the reason I met Young Master Mu this time is actually because..."

Under Lin Jing's gaze, Lin Keyu gave a general account of what had happened in the Sword Palace, and Lin Jing was surprisingly calm when he heard the end of the story.

“Those two beasts dared to attack Keyu, so it must not have been their own idea. There must be other forces involved,” Lin Jing said slowly.

Then, his gaze fell on Mu Zhian, and he said, "Young friend Mu, could you leave those two to me to handle?"

Mu Zhian nodded slightly and then threw Qian Chen and the other person out of the Eight Desolate Dream Map.

Before the two could even react, they were instantly enraged upon seeing Mu Zhian, and their spiritual energy burst forth.

"Humph!"

At this moment, Lin Jing coldly snorted and a large hand slammed down from the void, directly suppressing the two of them.

Then, he looked up at Mu Zhian, his gaze softening considerably, and said, "I will handle this matter properly and will not cause any trouble for you, young friend Mu. If you don't mind, you can stay at my Xuan Yin Palace for a few days, and I will have someone treat you well."

Mu Zhian wasn't particularly interested in the power struggles between these major forces, so he raised his hand in a gesture of respect and said, "I have other matters to attend to later, so I'm afraid I must leave now..."

Upon hearing this, Lin Jing, though wanting to persuade him to stay, could only let Lin Keyu see Mu Zhian off, seeing that Mu Zhian was determined to leave.

The two walked in the square in front of the main hall. The winter wind blew, and Lin Keyu's silk dress fluttered in the wind, her hair disheveled. She turned her head and gazed at Mu Zhian with tender eyes, saying softly, "Young Master Mu, are you really not going to stay for another two days? I haven't yet repaid your kindness this time..."

Mu Zhian shook his head and smiled, "There will be another opportunity next time. I really have important matters to attend to this time, so I can't."

Lin Keyu's eyes showed a hint of disappointment, but she managed to hide it well deep inside.

Before they knew it, the two had left the main hall. Mu Zhian raised his hand and clasped his hands, saying, "Miss Keyu, there's no need to see us off any further. This is enough."

Lin Keyu parted her red lips slightly, watching Mu Zhian's departing figure, wanting to say something.

For her, Mu Zhian's appearance and departure were like a dream. The two did not spend much time together, but Mu Zhian left a very good impression on her, and his mysterious aura was also quite attractive.

For a girl who harbors romantic fantasies, Mu Zhi'an embodies all the characteristics of a Daoist partner.

However, the two can only be considered casual acquaintances at this point, and the shy girl naturally felt embarrassed to ask her to stay any longer.

At this moment, Mu Zhian paused slightly, turned around, and said with a smile, "By the way, Miss Keyu has helped me a lot this time, so I should give you some compensation."

Under Lin Keyu's gaze, he handed her a very beautiful aurora crystal.

"I originally wanted to give you a necklace, but unfortunately there wasn't enough time to have it made. Miss Keyu, you can have it made yourself later. This Aurora Crystal can also provide some enhancement during your cultivation."

Lin Keyu's eyes flickered slightly as she looked at the Aurora Crystal in her hand, then subconsciously glanced at Mu Zhian, and whispered, "This should be enough to make two necklaces..."

Mu Zhian pondered for a moment, gazing at Lin Keyu's delicate and beautiful features, and her captivating eyes that gazed at him with gentle warmth, before revealing a smile as warm as a spring breeze.

"You'll be participating in the Ascension Ceremony soon, right?"

Lin Keyu hesitated for a moment, then nodded gently.

"Then after you have someone make a necklace, come to the sect in a while and give me one," Mu Zhian said with a smile.

Lin Keyu paused for a moment, then lowered her eyes slightly.

"Okay."

……

After leaving the Xuan Yin Palace, Mu Zhian returned to the Sword Palace in a good mood. In the main hall, he admired the two Emperor-level medicinal herbs he had recently obtained while patiently waiting for Bai Ruoxi's inheritance to end.

Each Emperor-grade medicinal herb requires ten thousand years to grow, and even experts at the Dao Integration Realm are reluctant to consume it directly.

If one can decipher its mysteries, it will be of great benefit to cultivators.

The Palace Master of the Sword Palace is truly a wealthy and powerful woman; she even gave me this directly... making me feel a little embarrassed about being a kept woman.

Looking at the purple petals of one of the Emperor-level medicinal herbs, Mu Zhian couldn't help but sigh inwardly from the bottom of his heart.

A day later, the blades of light outside the Sword Palace had completely dimmed, while deep within the Sword Palace, the curtains fluttered silently, making the beautiful and elegant face of the Sword Palace Master even more captivating.

On this day, a slight tremor occurred in the main hall. When Mu Zhian sensed a familiar aura coming from the depths of the Sword Palace, he subconsciously looked over and saw the Sword Palace Master, dressed in a dark white dress, walking gracefully toward him.

Mu Zhian immediately stood up to greet her, and after glancing at the other person's chest, he confirmed that the other person was the Palace Master of the Sword Palace and not Bai Ruoxi.

Mu Zhian couldn't help but ask with doubt, "Is the inheritance not over yet?"

Logically speaking, if the Sword Palace's inheritance had ended, shouldn't this Palace Master have gone into 'slumber'?

"Or has something gone wrong with the inheritance?" Mu Zhian continued to ask.

The Sword Palace Master shook his head and smiled: "The inheritance has ended."

Behind her seemed to float an extremely dazzling golden lightsaber, formed by the fusion of one hundred and eight lightsabers into one. With just a flick of her finger, the golden lightsaber could split into thousands of blades.

"Then why aren't you asleep yet..." Mu Zhian thought to himself.

As if guessing what Mu Zhian was thinking, the Sword Palace Master smiled and said, "I have some things I'd like to discuss with you."

"Please speak freely, Palace Master," Mu Zhian said.

The Sword Palace Master casually toyed with a strand of hair, raised his eyes and gazed at Mu Zhi'an, saying, "Would you like to consider staying in the Sword Palace for a while?"

Mu Zhi'an was taken aback at first, then immediately realized what he meant and shook his head with a smile, "Palace Master is joking. The Ascension Ceremony is coming up soon, and I'm worried that if I don't go back soon, some of my friends in the sect will worry about me—"

The Palace Master of the Sword Palace smiled and said softly, "If you're referring to someone like my sister, I already spoke to them about that a few days ago."

Mu Zhian was slightly taken aback: "You...who did you tell?"

"I sensed a mysterious powerful figure secretly watching you, so I took the opportunity to explain it to her," the Sword Palace Master said with a charming smile.

A mysterious powerful figure?

The Azure Emperor?

Or is it... the doll-like girl next to Ye Lingxuan?

"She is a puppet created by a Dao Integration Realm expert. In the past, people called her the Reincarnated Empress," the Sword Palace Master said with a smile.

Mu Zhian hesitated for a moment, then, as if remembering something, his eyes slowly widened.

"You told Lingxuan?!"

"I mentioned this to her doll." As the Sword Palace Master said this, he raised his hand and gently stroked Mu Zhian's handsome face.

"What do you think about staying at the Sword Palace for now, Makirou?"

At this moment, her voice seemed to transform into Bai Ruoxi's gentle and melodious voice, captivating and possessing a magical quality that irresistibly drew people's attention.

Mu Zhian wanted to refuse, but when he looked up, he only saw a pair of despicable people and the gentle gaze of the Sword Palace Master.