It turns out, they were the main characters.

“Senior Lin Ling is right. I hope Master will reconsider. This idea is somewhat unreasonable,” Lan Mulian said in a pleasant voice.

"He will not leave the sect; the extra reward is just to motivate some disciples to win first place."

Shang Yanfei rose and walked to the front of the courtyard, her black dress trailing behind her. As she played with a strand of hair, she glanced sideways and smiled, "Besides, haven't you considered another possibility?"

Under the gazes of Lin Ling and Lan Mulian, Shang Yanfei smiled on her exquisite and flawless face: "For example, what if he was number one?"

She turned around, tucked a strand of hair that had fallen between her fingers into her palm, and gently blew on it.

Those strands of hair transformed into several shimmering paper cranes, carrying a rich aura of immortality as they flew out of the pavilion and towards various places such as Tianhe Garden.

……

Tianhe Garden.

At this moment, Mu Zhian was sitting in his room, enjoying the rich medicinal aroma emanating from the innate furnace, and couldn't help but sigh inwardly.

"It seems my guess was correct... The innate furnace really does stuff all the good stuff into itself, whether it's an imperial-grade medicinal herb or something else."

However, in the past, all the good things were unwillingly taken away by the Natural Furnace, but this time he turned the tables and made use of the Natural Furnace's characteristics.

The success of this experiment also means that in the future he will be able to refine more imperial-grade medicinal herbs into the innate furnace and then give them to those around him at an appropriate time.

After all, it usually takes hundreds of years to refine an Emperor-level medicinal herb, but in the innate furnace, it doesn't even take an hour.

Although the imperial-grade medicinal herbs can't give me any benefits, when I think about it, my role is to be the protagonist's 'cheat code', so it's not bad to be able to make the girls around me stronger in this way, is it?

Mu Zhian asked in his heart, "Fairy sister, do you need that medicinal herb?"

If Yao Meng needs it, giving her this Emperor-grade medicinal herb first is acceptable...

“I’ve consumed three Emperor-grade medicinal herbs, but they’re not of much use to me for now. You should give them to my disciple or Gong Lianyue instead.” Yao Meng’s voice echoed in Mu Zhian’s mind.

"Gong Lianyue?" Mu Zhian asked in confusion.

"That was the name of the Palace Master of the Sword Palace in the past, but it seems that people in later generations only know her as the Sword Emperor and do not know her real name," Yao Meng said.

"My wife's name is so beautiful..." Mu Zhian asked, "Can a person only consume three Emperor-grade medicinal herbs?"

“After three plants, it will take another ten thousand years before it can be consumed, otherwise it will have no effect. Moreover, after each Emperor-level medicinal herb is refined, there needs to be an interval of more than a hundred years between them,” Yao Meng said.

“However, the spiritual energy in your innate furnace is much denser than before, so I will recover my spiritual energy faster in your innate furnace than before,” she continued.

"It's good that I can help the fairy," Mu Zhian said with a smile.

dong dong.

Just then, a soft knock came from outside the door.

"Come in." Mu Zhian looked up at the doorway.

The door opened quietly, and a tall, aloof beauty in a yellow dress stood in the doorway. She looked at Mu Zhi'an with suspicion and asked, "Why is the spiritual energy in your room so strong?"

Mu Zhian admired Wei Mengrou's graceful figure wrapped in a yellow dress and explained, "I just refined an Emperor-level medicinal herb."

Wei Mengrou was first surprised, and the first thought that flashed through her mind was disbelief.

“If Sister Mengrou needs it, I can give it to you again,” Mu Zhian said sincerely.

After a brief hesitation, the maid in the yellow dress stared intently at Mu Zhi'an with her cold, beautiful eyes and asked, "A natural furnace?"

Mu Zhian nodded slightly.

No wonder… Wei Mengrou suddenly realized.

Then, she gave Mu Zhian a strange look again, and seeing the satisfied smile on her young master's face, she said, "You didn't actually refine the Emperor-grade medicinal herb, so why are you so happy?"

It should be noted that in the past, Mu Zhian was extremely frustrated whether he obtained the Enlightenment Seed or the Reincarnation Spiritual Energy in the Reincarnation Pool of the Forbidden Zone.

Because anything good he obtains will eventually be taken over by the innate furnace.

However, he seemed quite pleased this time, which was truly puzzling.

Could it be that our young master has finally gone mad?

"The thought of being able to offer Mengrou some small help in the future makes me feel much happier," Mu Zhian said with a smile.

Wei Mengrou immediately gave him a disdainful sidelong glance, raised her proud, snow-white chin, and said indifferently, "Get lost."

Mu Zhian remained silent for a long time without saying a word.

Then, before Wei Mengrou could speak, he continued, "Sister Mengrou, can you scold me a little more?"

Wei Mengrou: "..."

For a moment, she even wondered if Mu Zhian had awakened some strange hobby.

Is this guy a masochist?

Looking at Wei Mengrou's even more disdainful gaze, Mu Zhian couldn't help but smile.

He could roughly tell what Wei Mengrou was thinking.

However, he is not a pervert.

He only felt this kind of pleasure when he was scolded by Sister Mengrou... It would be even better if Wei Mengrou wore those smooth and silky black and white stockings.

On one hand, she looked at him with utter disdain, and on the other hand, she had no choice but to accept the young master's punishment... Just thinking about this scene is wonderful.

Unfortunately, it's just a dream for now.

"Let's refine the other Emperor-level medicinal herb together later," Mu Zhian continued.

Thinking it over carefully, since Gong Lianyue gave him both Emperor-level medicinal herbs, he could give one of them to Bai Ruoxi so that Gong Lianyue could wake up sooner.

However, since the woman claimed to be asleep, no one knows if she might be pretending to be asleep like the Green Emperor.

"The Ascension Ceremony is just around the corner. Aren't you sure you're okay with not considering your own situation?" Wei Mengrou reminded her, seemingly casually.

Mu Zhian shook his head and smiled faintly, "Didn't I say before that I don't care? Making it into the top sixteen is a success."

Mu Zhian wasn't particularly interested in the Ascension Ceremony.

After all, most of his strongest competitors in this Ascension Tournament were around him, so he could accept any of the girls around him becoming the champion.

Since you've chosen to live off a woman, you should see it through to the end!

"Are you confident, Sister Mengrou?" Mu Zhian asked, looking up.

"I have no interest in the Ascension Ceremony," Wei Mengrou said calmly.

“We really are a good match,” Mu Zhian said, trying to strike up a conversation.

Wei Mengrou gave a cold laugh and completely ignored him.

Mu Zhian took out the second Emperor-level medicinal herb from his storage ring, pondering whether to refine it now or go out and talk to the fish around him first.

Just then, he suddenly sensed a somewhat familiar aura drifting in from outside.

He raised his fingertip, and a paper crane landed right on Mu Zhian's fingertip.

Wei Mengrou stared for a moment and said, "The paper cranes from Liangyi Peak?"

As Mu Zhi'an's maid, even Bai Ruoxi didn't understand Mu Zhi'an as well as she did.

After all, Mu Zhian never hid anything from her.

"It must be Senior Sister's paper crane?" Mu Zhian guessed.

He didn't communicate with the sect leader very frequently, but he communicated with Senior Sister Lan quite often.

Although Mu Zhian kept reminding himself not to have too much awe for the sect leader, he couldn't help but unconsciously add a lot of respect to his tone in the letter.

After all, the other party was a Dao Integration Realm being, and one of the only two people Mu Zhian couldn't see through so far, so he would inevitably feel some awe.

Another figure I hold in awe is the Queen of the Demon Realm.

Of course, it was only a sense of awe.

Once you become familiar with them or understand their hearts, this sense of awe will disappear.

Just like Yao Meng, Mu Zhian initially felt awe and respect for her. However, after suppressing her several times and conquering her heart with his own hands, this awe and respect disappeared, leaving only genuine love.

Mu Zhian unfolded the paper crane, and in that instant, he felt a slightly familiar aura emanating from it.

"It's actually a letter from the sect leader..." he muttered to himself, slightly surprised.

However, this is also a good thing. Take this opportunity to gain more goodwill... Mu Zhian smiled faintly, then flipped open the letter and glanced at the contents written on the back.

"The winner of this Ascension Ceremony... can take Mu Zhi'an with them."

Mu Zhian was stunned for a moment, then closed his eyes slightly.

Then, I opened my eyes and looked at the contents of the letter again.

"..."

The calm smile on his face gradually froze.

……

Meanwhile, in Bai Ruoxi's room, and even in front of the windows of the Ye sisters, as well as in the secluded boudoirs of Lan Feiying and others, there was a paper crane perched on the windowsill.

They were puzzled at first, then picked up the paper crane and slowly unfolded it.

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Mu Zhian stared at the contents of the letter, standing there for a long time, like a sculpture that might be blown away by the wind at any moment.

It wasn't until much later that he snapped out of his daze, looked at the contents of the letter, and thought to himself, "Holy crap!"

I never expected that my sister, whom I considered my wife, would betray me like this...

Are they planning to send me to my doom?

Mu Zhian has always maintained an ambiguous relationship with the girls around him, like a thin layer of paper separating them, blurry and indistinct.

However, Shang Yanfei's letter may very well change the current situation.

If the final winner of the Ascension Tournament is someone Mu Zhian doesn't know, that's fine. But if it's a girl he knows... then things will get really interesting.

But the girl next to him has a very high chance of winning.

After all, Mu Zhian has been helping the girls around him from the past to the present. Now, they may not have evolved into great sharks, but they have at least grown a lot.

Everyone has what is called a 'golden finger', and their talent and strength are naturally much stronger than those of ordinary cultivators.