It turns out, they were the main characters.

At the same time, he called out their names, hoping to wake them up.

There was no response from inside the ancient ship; in the silence, Mu Zhian could only hear the sound of his own footsteps.

He opened his mouth slightly, about to speak again.

However, at that very moment, a clear, bell-like laugh rang out from inside the ancient ship. The voice was melodious, but it also carried a hint of coldness that looked down upon all living beings.

Within the black mist, a woman in a red dress stood holding an oil-paper umbrella. She wore small red embroidered shoes, her eyes sparkling with a seductive charm. In the misty rain, she revealed a charming smile, her eyes brimming with affection as she gazed at Mu Zhi'an.

Holy crap, is it haunted?!

Mu Zhian felt a chill run down his spine. He wouldn't be afraid if it were a human, but he couldn't sense any trace of the 'living being' on this woman.

This is very likely a ghost!

The Blue Clan's ancestors were not there, nor were Senior Sister and Sister Fei Ying. Instead, an unknown woman in a red dress appeared on the ancient ship... and she showed absolutely no signs of life.

What else could this be but a ghost story?!

Mu Zhian felt goosebumps rise all over his body, and immediately raised his hand to control his sword, wanting to leave this place.

However, in that instant, the figure of the woman in the red dress appeared behind him. She wore red embroidered shoes on her white jade feet, and her red dress vaguely concealed her slender, snow-white legs.

She raised her hand as if to reach for Mu Zhi'an's shoulder, but almost in that instant, Mu Zhi'an's spiritual energy surged, transforming into a stream of light that quickly moved away from the woman in the red dress behind him, his heart pounding faster than usual.

Imagine this: in this desolate and gloomy place, a woman in a red dress and red shoes suddenly appears, seemingly floating like a ghost, and closely following you...

Just thinking about it sends chills down your spine.

"Something's strange, why can't I see her all of a sudden...?"

Mu Zhian suddenly realized that the woman in the red dress had disappeared from his sight.

"No, this place is a bit strange. I need to find my senior sisters as soon as possible..."

Thinking of this, Mu Zhi'an was about to take a step.

At that moment, a hand gently rested on Mu Zhian's shoulder from behind.

Almost instantly, Mu Zhian's heart stopped.

He didn't even notice anyone approaching him!

Suppressing the pounding in his heart, Mu Zhian turned around abruptly and saw the woman in the blue dress appear in his field of vision. Her dress fluttered, and her temperament was ethereal and elegant, exuding a cool and intellectual beauty.

His pupils widened slightly, his heart was still racing, and then, after seeing her face clearly, he felt the anxiety that had been hanging over him finally subside.

"Senior Lan, could you please not appear behind someone so quietly next time? It's kind of scary..." Mu Zhian breathed a sigh of relief.

The woman who appeared on the ancient ship was not the red-skirted 'ghost' from before, but Lan Shihuai, the ancestor of the Lan clan.

He then asked, "Are my senior sisters also on this ancient ship?"

Lan Shih-huai nodded silently.

"Before the Sabbath, they entered their ancestral land and mistakenly boarded this painted boat."

Her voice was somewhat similar to Lan Mulian's, but she had a more mature air about her. She wore a blue dress and held an oil-paper umbrella in the misty rain.

Mu Zhian's eyes flickered slightly: "What exactly is this pleasure boat? Why has Senior stayed here all this time? And where are Senior Sister and the others now?"

Lan Shih-huai said, "They receive the Lan clan's heritage on the painted boat."

Mu Zhian felt somewhat relieved. Looking up at her, the Blue Clan ancestor seemed to be standing in a hazy place. Raindrops fell in a misty rain, like a curtain that separated the two of them. They seemed close at hand, but were actually far away.

This is clearly our ancestral land, so where did this rain come from? Mu Zhian suddenly wondered.

"Who was that woman in the red dress just now?" Mu Zhian suddenly asked curiously.

“One of the great beings whose physical body and spirit were both lost in the long river of history, she lost part of her consciousness, so she was sometimes clear-headed and sometimes confused.”

Mu Zhian was extremely surprised and said, "Neither the physical body nor the spiritual consciousness is there, yet it still exists in this pleasure boat?"

What kind of extraordinary means must this be?

Generally speaking, a cultivator dies completely once their spiritual consciousness is gone. But the woman in the red dress was still alive even though her physical body and spiritual consciousness were completely destroyed.

Splash...

Just then, he heard the sound of chains clanging together. Mu Zhian turned his head to look outside the painted boat and vaguely saw a dark chain stretching from the end of the abyss into the void, seemingly extending towards some place.

"what is that?"

“The Abyss,” Lan Shihuai said.

Mu Zhian was taken aback: "Isn't the Abyss located at the border between the Eastern Continent and the Demon Realm...?"

"There is more than one Abyss, but each Abyss is connected to the central city of the World Sea," Lan Shihuai revealed a secret that no one knew.

The World Sea... that's where the Primordial Witch appeared most frequently in the past.

So, the chains in the Abyss might be related to the Primordial Witch?

Mu Zhi'an understood perfectly.

Then, he quickly sensed the immense Daoist aura contained within the chains that were faintly visible in the abyss.

"These chains seem to be specially forged, containing immortal gold...?" Mu Zhi'an's eyes flickered as he murmured to himself.

In this world, any rare and precious materials that are associated with 'immortals' are bound to be the rarest and most powerful materials. Even those powerful beings at the Dao Integration Realm may not be able to find a single piece of immortal gold.

But now, someone has actually used immortal gold to forge a chain and hidden it in the Abyss to trap something?

"Is that stupid fox inside your innate furnace?" Lan Shihuai suddenly parted his lips and asked softly.

Foolish fox?

Mu Zhian was taken aback at first, then quickly realized what he meant and said, "Senior already knows?"

I thought she was an empress who was out of the loop, but it turns out she was inside the ancient ship all along and knew everything.

And the fact that she's addressed like that... suggests that there was some ill-fated relationship between the Blue Clan's ancestors and the Nine-Tailed Celestial Fox in the past.

"How could I not know that the foolish fox used my sculpture to prolong its life before it died?"

Lan Shihuai held up an oil-paper umbrella and looked at Mu Zhian through the misty rain. For the first time, an unusual light flashed in her calm, beautiful eyes: "Under normal circumstances, in less than a thousand years, her wisp of spiritual consciousness will probably completely dissipate."

"But now it seems that her weak spiritual consciousness has recovered quite a bit..."

The spiritual energy of the innate furnace is indeed astonishing.

Why does it feel like she's lusting after my body...? Seeing Lan Shihua suddenly fall silent, even though he wasn't staring at her the whole time, Mu Zhian still sensed a strange light in the eyes of the graceful Lan clan ancestor in her stunning blue dress.

"You're still a little early," she suddenly said softly.

"But now I can give her to you."

"What do you mean by that, senior?"

The moment Mu Zhian opened his mouth, he saw the woman in the blue dress extend her hand to him.

The next moment, the dark jade cauldron in Mu Zhi'an's ring came into view.

Then, under Mu Zhian's astonished gaze, she gently shattered the dark jade cauldron with a single slap.

What came into view was a sphere of light emitting a soft glow.

It is only the size of a palm, yet it contains astonishing spiritual energy.

The Qi of Heaven!

Lan Shihuai gazed at her with eyes that seemed to be filled with intoxication, and said quietly, "This Heavenly Dao Qi will be inherited by your senior sister. During the period when she is refining the Heavenly Dao Qi, you need to do something."

"Please speak, senior."

Mu Zhian raised his hand in a gesture of respect, looking at the Heavenly Dao Qi in Lan Shihuai's hand with a strange expression.

He had carried that dark jade cauldron for so long without ever noticing that the aura of the Heavenly Dao was hidden within it...

Just as he was still thinking about these things, he suddenly felt a cool and soft touch on his lips.

Mu Zhian's eyes widened almost instantly as he gazed at the stunningly beautiful face of the Lan family ancestor, who was so close to him.

Before Mu Zhian could react, she had already released Mu Zhian's lips.

what's the situation? !

At this moment, Mu Zhian felt a strange feeling. He found it incredible that he and Lan Shihuai had only met twice!

In the quiet ancient ship, noticing Lan Shihuai's consistently calm and indifferent gaze, Mu Zhian felt unusually embarrassed.

He hasn't recovered yet.

"Senior, you have to take responsibility for me." He said in a slightly joking tone, trying to hide the 'shock' in his heart.

As a seasoned veteran who has been navigating the world of women for many years, he actually became embarrassed after being kissed. Is this really like Young Master Mu?

Lan Shihuai didn't seem to mind. Wearing a pair of delicate shoes under her blue dress, she walked past Mu Zhian, gazing at the Abyss, and said softly, "Feel the current innate furnace."

A doubt flashed through Mu Zhian's mind, and he immediately used his spiritual sense to scan the innate furnace.

Soon, he caught a wisp of hazy spiritual energy within the innate furnace.

"What's this……?"

Mu Zhian sensed the wisp of spiritual energy flowing within the innate furnace. It seemed to contain the aura of chaos, and even within the innate furnace, Mu Zhian could feel its terror.

"The object used to ward off bad luck was also part of the agreement between her and me."

"However, you were still in the Refinement of Spirit stage last time, so I was unable to give it to you."

Even a natural furnace in the Enlightenment Realm cannot withstand this wisp of chaotic energy.

"she?"

Mu Zhian first looked puzzled, and then after a dozen seconds, he seemed to remember something and his body stiffened slightly.

He slowly turned his head to look at Lan Shihuai, his lips moved slightly, and he said with difficulty, "The sect leader of the Liangyi Sect?"

Lan Shihua nodded slightly, a faint smile playing in her beautiful eyes, and said softly, "After that, you should give it to her yourself."

"The problem is, it's currently inside my innate furnace, how am I supposed to hand it over to her...?"

The moment Mu Zhian looked up, he saw Lan Shihuai looking at him as well. Her eyes were calm as the sea, as if to say: Do I need to teach you?

"No way……"

Mu Zhian muttered to himself.