It turns out, they were the main characters.

"If the world finds out about what happened between us, it will inevitably be talked about. So if possible, let's keep our relationship as it is now."

Mu Zhian hesitated slightly, then said softly, "You don't mind?"

Despite being Daoist partners, they could only maintain this secret, intimate relationship. Mu Zhian naturally didn't mind, but he didn't know what the princess was thinking.

“Of course I mind…” the princess said.

But before Mu Zhian could speak, she raised her eyes, gazing at him with moist and tender eyes, and continued, "But what I mind is not that our relationship cannot be revealed to others, but rather..."

The princess stopped there and didn't continue.

She didn't mind that her relationship with Mu Zhian couldn't be made public, but the thought that this young man would have to return to Qingdi's side afterward made her feel a little complicated.

"But what is it? Just tell me already..." Although Mu Zhian wanted to press for details, he could tell from the princess's expression that she didn't want to say, so he didn't press her further and make things difficult for her.

"In short, I don't mind at all, so you don't need to worry about my thoughts."

"Or rather..."

The princess paused, glanced at the servants who were all bowing their heads not far away, tiptoed slightly, parted her red and sexy lips, and whispered in Mu Zhian's ear: "This kind of immoral pleasure... not only Mu Lang, but I also like it very much."

dong dong...

Mu Zhian's heart raced, and he subconsciously turned to look at the princess.

The woman's once gentle and tender eyes now seemed to possess a captivating allure.

This demon is getting more and more outrageous... As expected, there's no simple one among those who reach the Dao Integration Realm.

Mu Zhian was filled with emotion.

A moment later, a maidservant appeared from outside the palace, seemingly walking on air. One moment she seemed to be far away, but the next moment she appeared right in front of the two of them.

Mu Zhian recognized her; she was one of Luo Tan's personal maids who had been by Luo Tan's side for many years.

The maid bowed slightly and said respectfully, "His Majesty Luo Tan has just finished his morning court session early and would like to invite you both to the courtyard for a chat."

……

Yuzhou was unlike any other major state that Mu Zhian knew. In his mind, this Immortal Dynasty was like an iron plate, without any loopholes.

It's no wonder that Mu Zhian had such an impression. Among the nine provinces, the Eastern Province has the most complex power distribution. The Eastern Province alone is divided into several major powers, each of which is no less powerful than any other major province in terms of combat strength.

The demon realm had experienced a civil war in the past. Although the demon queen came to control the overall situation, during her reign, she focused more on repairing the wounds inflicted on the demon realm by the first demon emperor.

Throughout the Nine Provinces, only Yu Province has never experienced internal strife. After Luo Tan achieved the Dao Integration Realm, he suppressed the 'forbidden' of Yu Province and thus established the Immortal Dynasty.

In Yuzhou, no one has ever raised the slightest objection to Luo Tan, so much so that no one in the palace has complained about how much care their Emperor Luo Tan has shown to a mere cultivator during this period.

However, they were all curious about what kind of deal the Azure Emperor had made with His Majesty that made the Alchemy Empress take such good care of Mu Zhi'an, and even leave court early after learning of his return.

When Mu Zhi'an followed the maid to a courtyard not far from the palace, he saw the empress in a white dress sitting in the courtyard, exuding a noble and elegant aura.

She looked up at the two of them and smiled slightly: "Thank you for your trouble, and for bringing him back all this way."

The princess gently shook her head and said tenderly, "Emperor Dapeng and I are both worried about letting young friend Mu come back alone. It just so happens that Emperor Dapeng is busy and can't get away, so I can only personally escort him."

"I'm sorry, this was clearly my problem, but I dragged you into it too." Luo Tan looked at her best friend with a hint of apology in her eyes.

If it weren't for the princess, Yunyan Liu would probably have been very difficult to find.

She then gestured for the two to sit down, personally poured tea for Mu Zhian and his companion, and said, "I have heard about what has happened in Yunzhou these past few days."

Luo Tan said, "The forbidden zone of life has not expanded outward for tens of thousands of years. I didn't expect that this time it would take the initiative to occupy the territory of Yunzhou."

The princess removed her veil, revealing a stunningly beautiful and alluring face.

She parted her red lips slightly and said, "The Forbidden Land has never intended to lie dormant in one place. Didn't what happened in Kyushu already prove this point?"

Her tone of voice was always incredibly gentle, like a lover whispering in your ear, making your bones feel weak and numb.

"What major events have occurred in Kyushu?" Mu Zhian asked at the opportune moment.

Luo Tan was about to speak, but at this moment, the princess answered first: "We don't know the specifics of what happened, but some people have speculated that a great war once took place in the Nine Provinces, and the creatures in the Nine Forbidden Lands were all injured and shrank their territories."

"Later, the ancient creature in the Reincarnation Forbidden Land became restless and wanted the rules of the Reincarnation Forbidden Land to cover the entire Yuzhou, but it was already injured at that time, and Luo Tan also possessed the Cauldron of All Things Transformation, so in the end it was suppressed in the forbidden land."

After the princess finished speaking, she suddenly noticed Luo Tan's ambiguous smile and seemed to realize her 'loss of composure'. So she continued in a calm tone:

"In short, matters concerning the forbidden land are not for you to interfere with. You, a mere cultivator who has just returned to the Void Realm, don't need to ask so many questions."

"It seems your previous prejudice against him has changed quite a bit these past two days," Luo Tan said, looking at the princess with a playful expression.

A few days ago, it was obvious to everyone that the princess was quite dissatisfied with Mu Zhian, but now she actually answered Mu Zhian's questions... and her attitude towards him seemed to have softened a lot.

It seems that after being away from Yuzhou for so long, her close friend has finally come to appreciate his good qualities.

"I did have some prejudice against him before, but in the last two days I've seen some of his good points, and..."

The princess paused for a moment, then said softly, "Since you have already made up your mind, then I can only try my best to let go of my original prejudices against him."

"I don't want even you and I to one day have to face each other with weapons."

This time, the princess's tone was more serious.

"That day will never come."

Luo Tan shook his head and smiled slightly: "Yunzhou is Yunzhou, and you are you. Even if the relationship between my Yuzhou and Yunzhou is no longer what it used to be, it will not affect the relationship between you and me."

"After all, there are more than just Yunzhou connecting us now."

As she said this, she gave the princess a meaningful look.

The princess was slightly taken aback. For some reason, she felt a little guilty, which was quite unusual, because she suddenly couldn't understand Luo Tan anymore.

Over the years, because of the affairs of Yunzhou, she has had many interactions with people from Yuzhou, but every time she meets Luo Tan, they basically talk about official business... It's no longer like before, where the two of them can chat and play chess together.

The main reason she came to see Luo Tan a few days ago was also for Yunzhou.

She just didn't expect that Luo Tan would tell her a secret.

The secret to ascension to immortality.

Although Luo Tan did not reveal the truth behind this secret, she gradually discovered the truth... which was the boy beside her.

"You've already tasted the spiritual energy of Heaven, haven't you?"

This time, Luo Tan used telepathy to ask the princess.

The princess stiffened slightly, her slender hands on her knees unconsciously gripping the hem of her skirt as she stared intently at Luo Tan's smiling eyes.

It wasn't until much later that her hand slowly relaxed.

"What...what are you saying?"

The princess answered telepathically, but even her voice was unconsciously lowered.

It was clearly my best friend's 'cake', but she took it to Yunzhou and then ate it on the spot... and then brazenly brought the stolen cake back.

This incident alone has already filled the princess with guilt towards Luo Tan.

"You don't need to deliberately hide it."

Luo Tan smiled brightly: "Why don't you guess why I told you that I knew the secret of ascension to immortality?"

The princess remained silent for a long time, her mind flashing back to the various scenes that had occurred after she met Luo Tan a few days ago.

She did have some doubts about this matter. Why did Luo Tan say that he knew the secret of ascension to immortality, but not tell her what this 'secret' was?

Luo Tan is not the kind of person who would deliberately keep people in suspense.

unless……

Luo Tan was deliberately trying to pique her curiosity.

"You've been trying to drag me down with you from the very beginning?!" The princess stared at the noble and elegant empress and blurted out unconsciously.

Luo Tan smiled without saying a word.

"I just have this idea, but everything is up to fate... Whether you end up liking him is beyond my control."

I thought my best friend had no bad intentions, but I never expected that her heart was so black... she even schemed against me.

The princess stared at Luo Tan silently for a long time.

"I'm doing this for your own good. The Great Roc Emperor is engrossed in the matter of ascending to immortality, and you don't have a single person you can trust in Yunzhou. You must be quite lonely in this deep palace of Yunzhou."

"If this opportunity can alleviate loneliness and allow one to ascend to immortality, why not?" Luo Tan said with a smile.

"You're wrong. Although the Heavenly Court's spiritual energy is good, what I value is not his innate furnace."

However, this time, the princess shook her head and denied Luo Tan's words.

Luo Tan was slightly taken aback and was about to ask a question when she heard the princess speak again in a gentle voice: "He doesn't like the Great Dao but me... So, what I like is only him, not the innate furnace."

"By the way, since you've confessed to me, I'll tell you a secret too," the princess continued.

Luo Tan raised an eyebrow slightly: "What secret?"

The princess parted her red lips slightly and whispered something.

"!!!"

Almost instantly, Luo Tan's eyes slowly widened, his expression changed slightly, and he stared at the princess in disbelief.

"But I didn't see any trace of magic on Mu Zhi'an... Where did the Azure Emperor leave his magic?"

"The Azure Lotus Ring," the princess replied.

At this moment, the Empress of Yuzhou, who believed she had everything under control, fell into a brief silence.

Although she had considered that the Azure Emperor wouldn't leave his Daoist partner in Yuzhou for no reason, and that the Azure Emperor might have left some kind of magic on Mu Zhian to facilitate secret observation... she scanned Mu Zhian with her spiritual sense but found no trace of magic.

Unexpectedly, the problem lay with that blue lotus ring.

It really is a case of the mantis stalking the cicada, unaware of the oriole behind...

If it weren't for the princess's reminder, she probably wouldn't have known that her actions were all under the control of the Azure Emperor.

There has never been a shortage of intrigue and power struggles in the palace, but Luo Tan never expected that she would one day find herself caught up in them.

Luo Tan narrowed his eyes, a thoughtful look appearing in his gaze as he looked at the Azure Lotus Ring.

It seems that even at the cost of being cuckolded, Fairy Yao Meng hopes that her Daoist partner can achieve enlightenment as soon as possible...?

Maybe... she's still watching?

"What were you two talking about just now? If it's inconvenient, I'd like to take my leave so as not to disturb your business."