It turns out, they were the main characters.

What a trustworthy and upright gentleman… Xueyi raised her face and said softly, “In a sense, I am Regina. If Young Master Mu is worried about breaking his oath and incurring the tribulation of lightning in the future, he can also make an agreement with me.”

Wei Mengrou watched this scene silently, and unconsciously pursed her lips.

Another vixen...

Mu Zhian looked troubled, but then, looking into Xue Yi's gentle and pure eyes, he quickly melted into the tenderness she had woven: "Senior, are you really willing to replace Regina?"

Xueyi smiled gently, clapped her hands lightly in front of her chest, and tilted her head slightly:

"Of course, I will give Young Master Mu everything he wants in return afterward."

Mu Zhian hesitated for a moment: "To be honest, senior, I have some connection with Regina. If you are willing to leave a wisp of her consciousness after devouring her, I am confident that I can persuade her to accept your proposal, but..."

“Just what?” Sheryl asked.

Mu Zhian gazed at the holy and charming woman in the white dress with a somewhat infatuated look, and said, "But before that, I need to see Regina."

……

"Senior, this is enough. I'll go in and say a few words to Regina myself."

Led by Xueyi, Mu Zhian soon arrived at a closed hall. Looking at the tall woman beside him, he spoke at the opportune moment.

"Then I'll leave it to Young Master Mu."

Xueyi's cheerful voice came from outside the palace.

After watching Mu Zhian enter the hall, Xue Yi, with her languid and pure demeanor and delicate features, smiled and said, "You all keep an eye on the hall and don't let him take Regina away."

The guest elder from the Southern Wilderness appeared before the hall like a ghost, bowing respectfully and saying, "Lord Xueyi, aren't you worried that he might be discussing some way to deal with you with Regina? Should we send someone to secretly follow him and see what he and Regina are talking about?"

Xueyi licked her pink lips and smiled, "In the space I am in, everything is under my control. Just now, he was indeed infatuated with my body, which can be seen from his eyes."

"Besides, do you think I would let him see Regina without any preparation?"

A strand of platinum blonde hair draped lazily over her shoulder, and a hint of danger crept into Xueyi's smile.

Not long ago, when she sensed Mu Zhian's arrival, she had already used the magic of the Southern Wilderness to bind her soul to Regina's.

Even if the Azure Emperor were to intervene, let alone Mu Zhian, he would not be able to take Regina away.

"Lord Xueyi is wise, but... are you sure he can persuade Regina?" The guest elder of the Southern Wilderness hesitated for a moment.

"Let him try. My only goal this time is to make him give up on rescuing Regina. As for anything else... let him try."

Sheryl turned and walked on the soft lichen. A maid stepped forward to lift her trailing white dress, and they quickly left the hall.

The Azure Emperor is indeed difficult to deal with, and so is the Palace Master of the Sword Palace. But she has never offended Mu Zhi'an. What reason does the Azure Emperor have to come to the Southern Wilderness to find her, or even to wage war against her?

As for Mu Zhian... he's even easier to deal with.

The more lustful a man is, the more easily he will be immersed in Xueyi's elusive and gentle charm. On the surface, Mu Zhian seemed as reserved as a refined gentleman, but Xueyi could clearly feel his gaze greedily lingering on her chest and legs several times.

If they actually got into bed, she was confident she could turn him into a good boy who would even willingly kiss her toes.

The Green Emperor's men... still have some value for manipulation.

……

Upon entering the hall, Mu Zhian saw Regina sitting with her legs slightly apart under the statue of the Black Mist Mistress, praying quietly.

She wore a dark-colored dress, revealing a pair of fair and delicate legs beneath the hem. Thin ropes containing sealing power bound her ankles, making her already frail appearance even more pitiful.

As she felt the palace doors open, Regina didn't open her eyes. Her long, curled eyelashes trembled slightly as she calmly asked, "What are you doing here again?"

“Miss Regina, it’s been a long time.”

The familiar voice startled Regina, who suddenly opened her eyes and turned to look at it in disbelief.

She stared intently for a moment, then quickly glanced nervously outside the hall.

"Why are you here? The security here is extremely tight. If we're discovered..."

Seeing Mu Zhian walking towards her, Regina tried her best to lower her voice to remind him. Her furnace was sealed, and now she was no different from an ordinary woman, so she naturally could not transmit her voice.

Mu Zhian said succinctly, "Xueyi also knows that I came in. In fact, she agreed to let me come to you."

After a brief moment of stunned silence, Regina looked at him quietly.

From the first time she met Mu Zhian, she knew that Mu Zhian was an extremely womanizing guy... Her connection with Mu Zhian was purely due to a transaction.

She only accepted Mu Zhi'an's deal because she wanted the Soul Reader to complete its evolution; she didn't have any particular feelings about Mu Zhi'an himself.

But after the incident where she was hunted down by her own kind in the Yaochi Holy Land, she had a different opinion of Mu Zhian.

She had even hoped that after Mu Zhian came to the Southern Wilderness, she could use the 'transaction' to keep him there for a while...

But upon hearing Mu Zhian's words, her first reaction was not anger at being betrayed, but an indescribable disappointment, as if her heart had been hollowed out.

Growing up in the southern wilderness, for more than twenty years, she didn't have a single person willing to help her in times of crisis.

The last person to help her like that was Mu Zhi'an.

She had even fantasized that this person would appear before her like a divine being descending from the heavens, just like the last time they met at the Jade Pool Holy Land…

But just as Xueyi said, Mu Zhian still chose Xueyi instead of her.

"Miss Regina."

Just then, she suddenly heard a voice transmission from the depths of her heart, which pulled Regina back to reality from her thoughts, and she subconsciously looked up.

Seeing the handsome face of this gentle and refined young man, and his eyes quietly gazing at her, she felt a strange sense of peace.

Despite Mu Zhian's attempts to conceal his alluring aura, Regina was still irresistibly drawn to him.

"Do you believe me?" Mu Zhian asked softly.

She nodded silently.

He didn't choose Xueyi... Although Mu Zhian didn't say anything, Regina had that feeling just by looking into those eyes.

Mu Zhian stared for a moment, then suddenly smiled gently: "Miss Regina, I would like to ask you to accept Senior Xueyi's devouring."

He spoke frankly and naturally, his voice carrying from inside the hall outwards.

“I know you have refused to be devoured by Senior Xueyi because you still want to live, but I have made an agreement with her that if you accept her devouring, she will ensure that your spirit is not destroyed.”

"After that, I will also find a way to reshape a new body for you."

For a moment, Regina was stunned.

Then, very quickly, she smiled and nodded.

"……I see."

……

After finishing the conversation, Mu Zhian, led by a maid, went to a vacant guest room to rest.

Mu Zhian closed the door behind him and sat down at the antique-style desk, casually asking, "Sister Qingdi, how is it?"

"You guessed right, Sheryl did indeed have a backup plan."

Before I knew it, that slender, beautiful figure in cyan had appeared in front of the desk. She crossed her left leg over her right, and her plump, jade-like legs swayed beneath her emerald gauze skirt, her delicate white feet peeking out from under the skirt.

"What backup plan?" Mu Zhian looked up at her.

"This temple in the Southern Wilderness contains a special formation that blesses the gods of the Southern Wilderness."

“Moreover, I previously confirmed that there is a summoning circle in this temple, which is probably why Xueyi is so confident.”

Mu Zhian was taken aback: "There's a summoning array in the Southern Wilderness Temple...? Could it be that Xueyi can summon a being at the Dao Integration Realm from the summoning array?"

"I don't know then, but you're not planning to fight Xueyi directly anyway, are you?" Yao Meng said with a faint smile.

Mu Zhian nodded slightly: "How is Regina doing?"

“As you predicted, Xueyi did something to her. She and Regina are now soul-bound together. Even if I intervene, I cannot take Regina out of the Southern Wilderness,” Yao Meng said calmly.

Soul binding is a relatively rare technique, even among powerful beings at the Dao Integration Realm. Furthermore, Xueyi is the Goddess of Space, and the hall where Regina is located is shrouded in special magic. It would be virtually impossible to take Regina away immediately.

Fortunately, Mu Zhian never intended to take Regina away directly from the beginning.

After all, there has to be a resolution between Regina and Sheeyi sooner or later.

Mu Zhian pondered for a moment and said, "I might need your help."

Yao Meng glanced at him, her clear and melodious voice tinged with amusement: "Do you perhaps want me to come and rescue my rival? Should we say that our Young Master Mu is too magnanimous, or do you think I'm very generous?"

Mu Zhian reached out and grabbed one of her fair, white feet, gently kneading it, and said with a smile, "I made a promise with Regina before, so I have to save her no matter what... Besides, compared to Xueyi, you should also think that it would be more beneficial for the Eastern Continent if Regina became the ruler of the Southern Wilderness, right?"

Yao Meng's breathtakingly beautiful face was adorned with light makeup, and she looked at the young man with a hint of a smile in her eyes: "What impact do you think it would have on me, given that Xue Yi and Regina ultimately win for those at the Feathered Realm?"

Just as Mu Zhian was about to speak again, there was a knock on the door.

Mu Zhian and Yao Meng exchanged a glance, and the latter disappeared from the room the next moment.

"Sister Mengrou? Come in." Mu Zhian immediately said.

Why would she come looking for me so late at this hour... Just as Mu Zhian was thinking this, he saw the maid in the yellow dress push open the door and walk into the room.

"Sister Mengrou, what's the matter so late?" Mu Zhian looked up and smiled.

Wei Mengrou glanced casually at the empty room, then said indifferently, "I'm just a little concerned about what you and Xueyi said during the day."

With Xueyi present during the day, she couldn't ask questions, but she knew the young master's personality and knew he wouldn't give up on Regina and choose Xueyi.

Although the beauty of that Goddess of Space was indeed captivating, the young master was a smart man and should not have been blinded by Xueyi.

"Are you really planning to give up on Regina?" Wei Mengrou asked.

Mu Zhian flipped through the book in his hand at his desk, looked up in the candlelight and smiled, "Guess?"

Wei Mengrou pouted: "Tell me if you want, or don't."

"Since Sister Mengrou already knows the answer, why ask me again?"

Mu Zhian paused for a moment, then suddenly realized and said, "Or is it that Sister Mengrou just wants to find an excuse to see me?"

Wei Mengrou's eyes flashed, and she snorted coldly: "I just want to know what I need to do next."

“Not for now,” Mu Zhian smiled.

"But that may not be the case afterward."

The black mist in the Southern Wilderness has an inextricable relationship with the Primordial Witch. If we want to explore the truth behind the black mist in the Southern Wilderness, we may need the help of Wei Mengrou, the 'Primordial Witch'.

After chatting for a while, Mu Zhian suddenly remembered something and said: