It turns out, they were the main characters.

Mu Zhian slowly opened his eyes, his pupils slightly unfocused, staring blankly at the ceiling, like a salted fish whose spiritual energy had been drained.

He struggled to sit up, got out of bed, and, leaning against the wall, slowly and unsteadily walked towards the basement door.

Just then, a faint fragrance wafted from the side, and Wei Mengrou stepped forward to help the young master walk up the steps.

Mu Zhian glanced at her silently and said, "Sister Mengrou, I'm very disappointed in you."

Three days.

Three whole days!

As a maid who is supposed to protect the young master, she has done nothing for the past three days but has been meditating and cultivating outside the Sword Palace?!

What happened to your promise to protect the young master's safety?!

There is no trust between people anymore.

Wei Mengrou seemed to know what Mu Zhian meant. She glanced at the young master and sneered, "If I were to save you, you would probably be disappointed, wouldn't you? You'd probably rather be intimate with them, so why would I need to save you?"

Her tone was extremely cold, and her gaze toward the boy was filled with resentment.

If he hadn't looked so weak, she probably would have thrown him back into the basement and left him to fend for himself.

"What are your thoughts after these past few days?" Wei Mengrou continued to mock.

Mu Zhian's eyes were clear as water. He put his hands together and said, "Emptiness is form, and form is emptiness. So-called women and so-called dual cultivation are nothing more than this."

"Anything else? No other ideas?" Wei Mengrou sneered.

If it were in the past, Mu Zhian would probably have said something like "very moist" by now, but judging from his appearance at this moment, he has obviously really lost worldly desires for the time being and become a dried salted fish.

Mu Zhian pondered for a moment and said, "If possible, Sister Mengrou, could you please prepare some goji berries, oysters, duck eggs, and chives for me later? And while you're at it, could you also go to the auction house and buy some Rejuvenating Pills and Strengthening Pills..."

Wei Mengrou gave the young master a strange look. Although she wanted to tease him again, seeing his 'tired' appearance, she couldn't bear it and silently helped him out of the basement.

For the past three days, she has not approached the basement of the Sword Palace, and the basement is guarded by female elders of the Sword Palace, making it difficult for her to enter.

Besides, she knew that neither Yao Mengxianzi nor Bai Ruoxi would actually do anything too outrageous... so there shouldn't be any major problems.

However, it seems that although the young master is alright, he may be experiencing some mental issues in a certain sense.

"What's been wrong with you these past few days?" Wei Mengrou finally couldn't help but ask.

"They went too far this time," the maid muttered again, taking the opportunity to criticize Yao Meng and Bai Ruoxi.

This indirectly highlights the meaning of "Only I would feel sorry for the young master".

Mu Zhian gently shook his head, looked up at the sunlight streaming through the doorway, and said, "Actually, if I had to say, they didn't do anything..."

"Then why did you..." Wei Mengrou hesitated, unable to finish her sentence.

Mu Zhian sighed softly, "They merely used some props and inhuman methods to try to make the spiritual energy erupt several times, and then used the principle of time to reverse the spiritual energy back a few seconds in time, repeating this cycle endlessly..."

Wei Mengrou looked puzzled and hesitated before asking, "Then why do you look so tired right now...?"

Mu Zhian looked at her silently: "Because the spiritual energy hasn't erupted yet."

Wei Mengrou was stunned.

After a moment, she silently turned her face away, her shoulders trembling, and covered her mouth, seemingly trying to suppress a gloating laugh.

Mu Zhian silently looked at the maid, and suddenly, he seemed to see an innocent and carefree girl, instead of the cold and aloof maid who always had a cold face.

"Sister Mengrou, aren't you going to help your young master?"

Mu Zhian grabbed her small hand and pulled her to sit down on the steps in the basement.

Suddenly having her hand grabbed, Wei Mengrou's pretty face flushed red. She resisted slightly, then silently lowered her head, acquiescing to the young master's action.

A moment later, she felt a warm hand gradually move upwards along her waist. Her heart skipped a beat, and she snapped out of her daze, saying, "Palace Master, you only left temporarily today because of matters at the Sword Palace. Aren't you afraid of being seen?"

Mu Zhian stared at her and said softly, "Even if others see us, as long as I can hold your hand like this, I will have no regrets even if I die."

Wei Mengrou lowered her eyes, and the coldness in her eyes gradually softened, revealing a shy demeanor.

Time passed silently, and Mu Zhian seemed to remember something, asking, "By the way, where did Yao Meng go again?"

“There are several murals left over from the past in the Sword Palace, all depicting the downfall of dynasties due to unfortunate fates. She went to see the murals today,” Wei Mengrou explained.

That's what they say, but Mu Zhian knew in his heart that it was clearly because the Azure Emperor sister couldn't bear to really go too far with him, so she was just giving him time to 'rest'.

Just as Mu Zhian was about to speak, he suddenly heard a beautiful, sweet singing voice.

Mu Zhian reacted almost immediately, subconsciously muttering to himself, "Ling'er?"

He glanced at Wei Mengrou, and it must be said that she was the woman who understood Mu Zhi'an best. She immediately understood, placed one hand on his shoulder, and transformed into a long rainbow as she flew out of the Sword Palace.

A moment later, Mu Zhian saw the naturally naive Miss Linglong outside the Sword Palace.

She was as elegant, adorable, and beautiful as ever. If one ignored her pure, unblemished red eyes, one would probably feel an involuntary sense of awe towards this spirit dragon lady.

After all, the special aura brought about by the blessing of countless blessings is simply too astonishing.

"Ling'er? How did you know I was here?" Mu Zhi'an asked in surprise.

As soon as Lin Ling saw Mu Zhian, she immediately floated to the square in front of the Sword Palace and handed him the small notebook in her hand.

"You've been looking for me for so long... Also, does the sect leader need my help?"

Mu Zhian was taken aback when he saw the contents of the notebook and asked, "What kind of help?"

You must know, the sect leader is a powerful being at the Dao Integration Realm... and she has already deduced the secrets of heaven for everything. What could he possibly be able to help the sect leader?

"You didn't come to me just because you're hungry and want some snacks, did you?" Mu Zhian asked suspiciously.

“Aaa…” Lin Ling pecked her head like a chick.

She was indeed a little hungry.

She quickly realized what was happening, her brows furrowing slightly, indicating she was unhappy.

She held up her notebook: "I'm not kidding you. Come back to Liangyi Peak with me."

"So what exactly do you want to do by bringing me back to Liangyi Peak...?" Mu Zhian couldn't help but ask.

He was considering whether to tell Yao Mengruo and the others that if he left so abruptly... who knows, they might have to play another little game like "inching" later...

However, the next moment, as Lin Ling continued writing in her notebook, Mu Zhi'an's eyes widened in surprise.

"Suppressing karmic fire...? You mean the sect leader's karmic fire?"

Countless question marks popped into Mu Zhian's mind.

With a powerful figure like the sect leader... who knows when she'll be engulfed in karmic flames and need my help?

Although I don't mind...

But the question now is, where did this karmic fire come from?

She has never left Liangyi Peak, which means that the karmic fire must have been caused by something happening in the outside world that is related to her.

Has anything happened recently that might have aroused her karmic fire...?

Mu Zhian pondered for a long time, finally gathering his thoughts slightly and nodding slightly:

"Okay, I'll go with you to take a look."

Chapter 480 Sect Leader Sister, Let Me Help You!

The Blue Clan, Xianhuang Mountain.

After the ancestral worship ceremony, Immortal Emperor Mountain returned to silence. Apart from the occasional elder of the Blue Clan guarding the area, no other members of the clan passed by.

After all, the Blue Clan's Grand Elder had betrayed them a few days ago and almost made a big fuss about hiding demon cultivators in the ancestral land. The current patriarch of the Blue Clan, Lan Pingzhi, would naturally have people take good care of them, since his two daughters were still in seclusion in the ancestral land.

On this day, within the secret realm of Immortal Emperor Mountain, a spatial rift quietly opened, and a stunningly beautiful woman emerged from it.

She seemed to emanate a faint, icy blue glow, with beautiful, clear eyes and a stunningly beautiful yet aloof appearance.

"It seems your legacy has come to an end?"

A man's clear voice came from near Xianhuang Mountain.

Lan Mulian looked over and saw her half-brother, Lan Wu.

She nodded demurely: "I just woke up not long ago, but Fei Ying is still in the Abyss."

Although Lan Wu was also a member of the Lan clan, he had always stood by the two sisters. Even when he went to the Liangyi Sect, he was just following orders and did not make things difficult for them. Lan Mulian had a good impression of this brother.

Lan Wu nodded slightly, then looked at Lan Mulian's expression with a puzzled look and said, "Judging from your appearance, it seems like something urgent has happened... Could it be that something has occurred?"

Lan Mulian recalled what happened in the ancestral land not long ago. At that time, the Lan clan ancestor told her that Mu Zhian had come, seemingly worried about the two of them.

That's why she wanted to see her junior brother as soon as the inheritance ended, so that he could rest assured.

"It's nothing urgent, but I've been away from the Liangyi Sect for so long, so I want to return to the sect as soon as possible to report back to my master."

Her return to the Blue Clan was, in a sense, also an encouragement from that master's words.

Having not seen Shang Yanfei for so long, Lan Mulian naturally wanted to see her master as soon as possible.

I'll go visit him at Tianhe Garden while I'm at it.

Well... after all, my junior brother came all the way to the Blue Clan's ancestral land and risked entering the Abyss just to see her. We can't let him down.

……

The sect leader's identity has always been a mystery.

But Mu Zhian is more concerned about something else right now.

Where exactly did Shang Yanfei's karmic fire come from?

According to the information currently available, the sect leader's fortune had been in trouble for a long time, and in the past she was able to suppress the misfortune and resist the backlash of karmic fire on her own.

But this time it seems the situation is different from before... which is a bit worrying.

After bidding farewell to Wei Mengrou and explaining to her how to answer Ruoxi and the others if they asked about him after he left, Mu Zhian left the Sword Palace with Lin Ling.

Liangyi Peak, Qingmei Garden.

This is the central peak of Liangyi Peak. Due to the formation, no disciples ever set foot here. Apart from Lan Mulian occasionally passing through here when she goes for a walk, only the spirit dragon occasionally passes by to the central peak to forage for food.

“Ling’er, didn’t you say before that I needed Chaos Qi to help the Sect Master suppress the Karmic Fire? But I’m still barely able to refine Chaos Qi right now, so bringing me here probably won’t be of much help to the Sect Master…”

Mu Zhian followed Lin Ling along the path in Qingmei Garden. Because there was an array covering Liangyi Peak, the spell was also restricted unless the caster actively broke the array.