It turns out, they were the main characters.

"What do you want to bet?" Regina asked.

“I know that Miss Regina has always suspected that this might be a scheme I devised to sow discord between you and the Southern Wilderness.”

Mu Zhian smiled and said, "Let's bet on whether Nanhuang's past attitude towards you was due to your own reasons or because of Xueyi."

"By the way, if you agree, you might have to make do with something..." Mu Zhian whispered something in her ear.

Regina's eyes flickered slightly, and she subconsciously gripped the hem of her skirt, making her usually frail appearance appear even more pitiful.

Mu Zhian looked into her eyes and stopped talking, giving her time to think.

"Okay."

After an unknown amount of time, Regina loosened her grip on her skirt and answered softly.

"I also want to see how the Three Pillar Gods will treat me if I temporarily refuse to return to the Southern Wilderness."

……

A private room on the eighth floor of a certain palace.

After meditating, Ye Lingxuan got up and sat down by the window. She was wearing an elaborate and beautiful purple dress and was lazily stretching her waist.

The saintess of the forbidden zone naturally wore very particular clothes. Most of these dresses were made of Nirvana Silk, which had been exchanged with Yaochi in the past, and the gemstones inlaid on them were made of special spiritual stones, making them luxurious and elegant.

After winter, everyone has added one or two more layers of clothing, and Ye Lingxuan is no exception.

If I wear more clothes and stand next to Sister Ruoxi, it won't become a story of heartbreak.

As she stretched her waist, her graceful curves were revealed, her skin fair and delicate.

Ye Qian sat to the side with her knees drawn up, blushing as she looked at the book "The Art of Husband Taming" in her hands. Her full breasts were pressed against her knees, both shy and wanting to continue reading.

"Qian'er, you said in the book 'The Art of Managing a Husband' that girls with high status and beauty are more likely to attract men, but after attracting them, you need to know how to use both soft and hard tactics. So when should you use the soft approach and when should you use the hard approach?"

"And is it possible that the boy likes the girl because of her good background?"

Sitting by the window, resting her chin on her hand, she stared blankly at the disciples of Yaochi coming and going outside, when suddenly she asked a question.

Ye Qian snapped out of her reading reverie, looked up and thought for a moment, then said, "Sister is overthinking it. Brother Mu isn't that kind of person. He's given you quite a few things in the past, hasn't he? And he's never asked you for any rare or precious materials."

Ye Lingxuan glanced at her younger sister and said, "I wasn't talking about Brother Mu either."

Ye Qian just said "Oh," with a perfunctory expression of "Oh, right, right."

Ye Lingxuan frowned slightly, growing anxious.

She got up, ready to pounce on her sister and teach her a lesson, when suddenly there was a knock on the door.

Immediately afterwards, that familiar male voice came from outside: "Lingxuan, may I come in?"

Ye Lingxuan was taken aback for a moment, then exchanged a glance with her sister, sat back in her chair, and subconsciously straightened her back, saying demurely, "Yes, come in."

A moment later, the door opened, and Mu Zhian, dressed in a magnificent white robe, walked into the room.

"Brother Mu, is there something you need? Don't you need to stay with your Azure Emperor sister?" Ye Lingxuan asked in a calm tone.

For a fleeting moment, Mu Zhian seemed to see Ye Lingxuan again, the one from Tianxuan City, the Holy Maiden of the Forbidden Zone who was polite to everyone and always kept a certain distance from others.

He always kept a low profile, but deep down he was full of arrogance.

After that, Ye Lingxuan started calling him Brother Mu, and gradually shed her 'reserved and polite' demeanor in front of him, revealing the girlish side of being in love.

Upon seeing this, Ye Qian immediately glanced at Mu Zhian and gave him a look.

"I understand, my little sister Lingxuan is sulking..." Mu Zhian understood perfectly, walked into the house, and said with a smile, "What's wrong? Who made you unhappy?"

Ye Lingxuan glanced at him resentfully, her long, slender legs elegantly crossed beneath her purple dress, and said softly, "Brother Mu, are you asking a question you already know the answer to? We've barely seen each other since the alchemy competition that day."

Mu Zhian smiled helplessly: "I've been meditating and cultivating ever since the alchemy competition. Now you see, my spiritual energy has changed quite a bit, hasn't it?"

Ye Lingxuan was born with a spiritual body. She only needed to scan the area with her spiritual sense to detect Mu Zhian's aura as a sixth-grade Refining Spirit, so she remained silent.

Mu Zhian took Ye Lingxuan's small hand and said softly, "I'm sorry, but after this wedding, I will visit you and Qian'er every day."

When comforting a girl, don't try to reason with her. It's more practical to coax her than to try to reason with her.

Ye Lingxuan's exquisitely beautiful face, as white as porcelain, had her curled eyelashes flutter slightly. Noticing her younger sister's smiling gaze, she gently bit the corner of her mouth, which was trying to curl up, and gave a feigned "Mmm":

"Hmm... Brother Mu, you can decide for yourself. After all, cultivation is a very important part, and you can't let trivial matters disturb your cultivation."

That's what they say, but if I were to become obsessed with cultivation every day, you'd probably be so anxious that you'd summon the Lock of Desolate Time to bind me to the forbidden zone... Mu Zhi'an thought to himself.

At this moment, Ye Lingxuan suddenly said, "I know that Brother Mu wants to help the Azure Emperor, and I will help him too."

Mu Zhian paused, as if he wanted to say something.

"Don't misunderstand, I'm not helping her..."

She raised her beautiful purple eyes and gazed into Mu Zhi'an's eyes. Her eyes flickered for a moment before she quickly lowered them and said shyly, "I just... just wanted to make Brother Mu happy."

Seemingly feeling a little embarrassed, Ye Lingxuan quickly blushed and changed the subject: "So if there's anything you need me for, Brother Mu can tell me and Qian'er."

Mu Zhian remained silent for a long time before softly saying, "Thank you."

"My little Lingxuan is so sweet, let Brother Mu hug her..."

Mu Zhian gently kneaded Ye Lingxuan's soft, delicate hands, then pulled her into his arms. He then embraced the pure and charming Ye Qian beside him.

As the sisters embraced him, they sat on his lap. The soft, fragrant embrace made Mu Zhi'an squint his eyes slightly.

These two sisters, one classically elegant and the other pure and charming, are both in the prime of their youth and are extremely alluring.

He gazed at Ye Lingxuan's face, which she turned away in embarrassment, her fair neck, and her delicate and pretty face framed by her beautiful hair. He then glanced at Ye Qian beside him; she had grown into a graceful young woman, and her breasts seemed to be a little larger than before.

This was certainly partly due to the efforts of Young Master Mu.

"Shall we get down to business now? Is there anything I can do for you, Brother Mu?" Ye Lingxuan asked softly, her face buried in her hands, embarrassed by their intimate behavior in broad daylight.

"The wedding was also the time when the guards at Yaochi were at their loosest."

Mu Zhian gently stroked Ye Lingxuan's soft hair and whispered, "Lingxuan, what do you think would happen at this time?"

Although she couldn't think clearly while in Mu Zhian's arms, Ye Lingxuan's beautiful eyes still flickered with thoughts as she murmured to herself, "Should the rats in the dark start to move?"

If that's the case, then we should ask the two uncles to clean up the things that weren't completely cleaned last time.

Ye Lingxuan's shy, beautiful eyes gradually calmed down, revealing a hint of coldness.

……

Three more days passed in the blink of an eye.

The day of their wedding finally arrived.

The Jade Pool Holy Land has become the focal point for countless cultivators across the Nine Provinces, and the grand wedding planned by the Azure Emperor has officially begun!

On this day, countless cultivators throughout the Nine Provinces went mad. Regardless of whether they had harbored feelings of affection for the Azure Emperor in the past, they were all driven to madness upon hearing this news.

And people's daily conversations during their leisure time have all turned to the wedding of the Green Emperor.

One of the few Dao Integration Realm cultivators in the Nine Provinces today has married a young man who is also a Spirit Refining Realm disciple of the Two Elements Sect... This news alone is enough to make people jealous.

The two are worlds apart in age, which makes many people envious, because it's like they're driving a big truck!

The sacred land of Yaochi was deserted. Most of the Yaochi disciples rode dragon sparrows to the Holy King City on this day to witness this grand wedding.

The Holy King City was surrounded by elders from Yaochi who protected it. Although some old monsters who were in seclusion in forbidden places did not go there, they were secretly watching this grand scene.

On this day, the elders of Yaochi sealed off several royal cities in advance, and no one was allowed to enter the Holy King City except for those who had been invited.

"Even though I know this isn't a real marriage, it still evokes a rather complicated feeling."

Bai Ruoxi looked up at the vast square that had been deliberately cleared out, her tone quite complicated.

Beside her was a beautiful woman in a red cheongsam, with a captivating and alluring demeanor.

Lan Feiying looked up and gazed at him, her beautiful eyes remaining calm as she smiled faintly, "If the Azure Emperor can truly ascend to immortality, the future of the Nine Provinces will be rewritten."

“I don’t know if Kyushu will be rewritten, but if she passes away and Mu Lang is taken away by her one day, I’m afraid there will be no way to stop her,” Bai Ruoxi said worriedly.

Lan Feiying frowned slightly, her smile fading, and she fell silent.

Outsiders only thought that the Azure Emperor wanted to get married, but the girls around Mu Zhi'an knew that the Azure Emperor wanted more than just marriage; she also wanted to ascend to immortality.

She wanted both ascension to immortality and a grand wedding.

At this moment, Yu Ziyan, the head of Daofeng who was traveling with them, suddenly asked, "Why haven't we seen Lingxuan?"

"Someone from the restricted area came today, and my sister went to take care of some things," Ye Qian whispered from the side.

"But Wei Mengrou doesn't seem to be here either, and Junior Sister Lan isn't at the wedding either..."

Yu Ziyan narrowed her eyes, her beautiful eyes flickering slightly, and she already had some guesses in her mind.

It seems that this grand wedding, though seemingly calm on the surface, is actually rife with undercurrents...

At this moment, on the high platform, the Queen Mother of Yaochi, dressed in luxurious clothes and with an elegant demeanor, walked gracefully to the front of the platform, and her kind and calm voice echoed throughout the Holy King City.

"Please welcome the bride and groom!"

As this voice, imbued with spiritual energy, resounded, the atmosphere at the scene reached a new climax.

Then, under the gaze of countless people, a woman wearing a red veil and small red embroidered shoes moved gracefully, almost simultaneously with Mu Zhian on the other side, slowly walking towards the high platform.

In the midst of the bustling crowd, someone suddenly gestured with their eyes to an ordinary person in the corner.

Then, several more cultivators disappeared from the Holy King City in an instant.

Bai Ruoxi glanced at the two people on the stage, then gracefully turned and left Holy King City.

The noisy chatter behind me gradually faded away.

……

Yaochi Sacred Land.

Because of the grand wedding, the Yaochi Holy Land now appears quite deserted, with only a few disciples and elders in charge of security.

A cold wind swept by, and the surface of the Jade Pool rippled gently.

From the shadows emerged a man in a black robe, his vertical pupils cold and ruthless, staring menacingly at a Yaochi disciple not far away.

Then, a second cultivator quietly appeared from behind the black-robed man. It had a beast's head and a human body, with eight pairs of wings on its back that resembled spider legs. When it flapped its wings, it stirred up a gale. At this moment, a pair of sinister eyes swept over the unsuspecting Yaochi disciples.

The man in black robes was about to step forward when a clear, pleasant voice came from behind him.

"Brother Mu is right. If you put some cheese in the secret room, the mice will walk into the trap on their own."