It turns out, they were the main characters.

Mu Zhian just stared at the girl in his arms without saying a word.

The girl gazed at him for a long time, then suddenly let out a melodious laugh: "That's no fun, I'm not teasing you anymore."

With a soft "heave-ho," she gently jumped down from Mu Zhi'an's arms.

As the skirt swayed, glimpses of her fair calves could be seen.

"You guessed right, you're from the Mu family," Mu Zhi said softly.

"However, it's not the Mu family of Tianxuan City, but the Mu family of the Forbidden Land of Life."

“I am a member of the Shepherd family, just like you.”

really!

As expected, Mu Zhian kept his eyes fixed on the seemingly delicate girl.

Clearly, Mu Zhi knows where the real Mu family is! And... she may have already met me there!

Although this girl looks like a carefree and innocent young lady, Mu Zhian knows very well that she is definitely much older than him.

Under Mu Zhi'an's gaze, Mu Zhi slightly lifted her skirt and gracefully bowed to Mu Zhi'an.

"To be precise, I am actually Mu Wange's adopted child."

Mu Zhian was stunned for a moment: "Who is Mu Wange...?"

"Your biological mother."

Mu Zhi gently brushed a stray strand of hair behind her ear, tilted her head slightly, and smiled, "So in a sense, you should call me 'older sister,' right?"

Chapter 553 So it turns out she's not the older sister, but the younger sister...

When Mu Zhi heard Mu Zhi say the word 'mother', Mu Zhi'an was visibly stunned for a moment, and then secretly looked at the seemingly cute girl in front of him with a strange gaze.

"Mu Wan Ge...?"

He repeated it softly, his eyes filled with doubt.

"What's wrong? Don't you believe what I said?" Mu Zhi smiled and took Mu Zhi'an's arm, making him sit on the throne not far in front of him, and then she went around to sit on his right thigh.

The girl was very light, almost negligible, yet one could vaguely sense the softness of her delicate body, completely different from the 'god' Mu Zhian had initially imagined who held the power of life and death over all living beings.

At least from Mu Zhian's most direct perspective, if he didn't know Mu Zhi's true identity, he would find it hard to associate this girl with the Forbidden Land of Life, a place that cultivators fear and revere.

“It’s not that I don’t believe what you say…” Mu Zhian couldn’t help but smile, “I just don’t believe that I really have parents.”

In fact, ever since he entered the Liangyi Sect and the series of events that followed, Mu Zhian had already begun to doubt his own origins.

Upon reflection, it seems that his entire life has been shrouded in the shadow of the Primal Witch.

The Taoist arts they obtained, the Heavenly Court, and even the 'system' are all inextricably linked to the Primordial Witch.

He never met his parents even once; he only heard them mentioned by the family's retainers when he was a child.

Therefore, when Mu Zhian learned that she had parents, she found it somewhat unbelievable.

"So I'm not an orphan after all?" Mu Zhian murmured to himself.

Mu Zhi rested her rosy cheeks on her hands, looking Mu Zhi'an's handsome face up and down, as if observing his expression: "Why do you have such strange doubts? You are human, you must have been born of a human, right?"

"Legend has it that all living things in the world were originally created from clay by an immortal who ascended to the celestial realm. Do you think you were created by her?"

His words carried a hint of teasing, while his eyes also held confusion and doubt.

She couldn't understand why Mu Zhian would suspect such a thing.

Mu Zhian thought it made some sense and said softly, "If that's what you're saying, then I really think it's not impossible."

Legend has it that the immortal who ascended to the celestial realm possessed the power to turn decay into wonder, and all living things in this world were her 'children'. It can be said that she created chaos and everything in the Nine Provinces.

If Mu Zhian weren't in a fantasy world, he would have just ignored such words.

However, the Feathered Realm can turn back time, and even change what has already happened if she wants to... So, after ascending to immortality, it is not impossible for her to create living beings with her bare hands.

Upon hearing this, Mu Zhi couldn't help but reach out her small hand and gently stroke his face. Suddenly, she asked, "Have you always harbored resentment towards your mother for never coming to see you?"

Mu Zhian couldn't help but laugh and said, "I just don't quite believe what you're saying. You said you've seen my mother... so where is she now?"

Mu Zhi was silent for a while: "Actually... I haven't seen her in a long time either."

Mu Zhian, with a 'see, I knew it' look on his face, asked, 'When was the last time you saw her?'

Mu Zhi placed her fingertips against her pink lips, pondered for a few seconds, and said, "It seems to be... more than ten years ago."

Mu Zhian was taken aback: "More than ten years ago?"

This is a bit unexpected. I thought Mu Zhi would make up a story from a long time ago, but it turns out it was only a little over ten years ago.

If I remember correctly, he was born in Tianxuan City more than ten years ago...

Mu Zhi nodded gently: "She returned to the Forbidden Land of Life once more than ten years ago, and has never come back since."

Mu Zhian suddenly remembered something important and asked, "Wait a minute, you just said that you once absorbed my spiritual energy... So, we met when we were kids?"

Mu Zhi smiled and said, "Not only have I met you, but I also watched you grow up. There is no one in this world who knows you better than me."

"After all, when you were little, I would secretly nourish your meridians every night."

As Mu Zhi spoke, her beautiful eyes seemed to hold a hint of reminiscence: "Speaking of which, you were very cute when you were little. I knew back then that you would be especially beautiful when you grew up."

"When you were little? Did you have some strange fetish...?" Mu Zhian couldn't hold back any longer.

Mu Zhi said matter-of-factly, "I am Mu Wange's adopted child, so it is only natural that I should help you, right?"

She reached out her small hand and slowly stroked Mu Zhi'an's face, down his neck, and finally placed it gently on his chest, saying softly, "I will nurture your meridians every day like this. Otherwise, why do you think you were born with such high talent?"

As she finished speaking, she raised her eyes to look at Mu Zhian.

Despite her delicate and adorable appearance, the moment Mu Zhian met those clear, bright eyes, his heart suddenly raced uncontrollably. The girl's smile seemed to possess a special magic, like a light veil brushing against his cheek, giving him a ticklish feeling.

"I know you won't believe what I'm saying until you meet Mu Wange, but you just need to remember that I'm not your enemy."

Soft, murmured whispers lingered in my ears, possessing a captivating charm.

Mu Zhian composed himself slightly and asked, "Why don't I have this memory you mentioned?"

Mu Zhi shook her head: "It's not that there isn't one, but that the secrets of heaven have been blocked. Everything about me has been blocked... Mu Wange's story has also been blocked from the secrets of heaven. No one in this world will remember them."

Mu Zhian remained silent.

He believes this.

Because when he asked the Heavenly Dao Will to check the information about Mu Zhi and him, they also couldn't find the identities of their parents.

This shows that someone did indeed shield his parents from the secrets of heaven.

"You actually believe I'm your sister, right?" The girl looked up at him with a smile.

Seeing her charming and adorable appearance, Mu Zhian couldn't help but laugh. Although she said, "I watched you grow up," her eyes were actually slightly evasive. "If you're shy, you don't have to pretend to be so mature," he said.

"Who, who's shy? I just need a little more time to adjust."

When Mu Zhi'an suddenly exposed her true thoughts, Mu Zhi's face instantly turned red. Especially when she was sitting in Mu Zhi'an's arms and felt the warmth emanating from him, a hint of shyness flashed across the girl's beautiful eyes.

Then, she puffed out her cheeks slightly and glanced at Mu Zhian with a "what the heck" attitude: "I just didn't expect you to have grown up so much, so I need to... I need to get used to it a little bit more."

You should clarify what you mean by "adapt to," as this is easily misunderstood...

Mu Zhian silently complained to himself.

"So you've been secretly absorbing my spiritual energy since you were little?" he asked strangely.

Mu Zhi seemed to have calmed down again.

She narrowed her eyes, a half-smile on her face, and looked Mu Zhian up and down: "Don't worry, I didn't do anything too bad to you. Back then, your spiritual energy wasn't as strong as it is now, and I was just testing it out a little."

These words sounded ambiguous, but Mu Zhian felt that the other person was just teasing him.

"Oh, right." Mu Zhi seemed to remember something and suddenly smiled, "You should call me 'older sister,' shouldn't you?"

"elder sister?"

Mu Zhian looked down at the little girl with her hands behind her back, her tone full of subtle meaning: "You want me to call you sister...?"

Mu Zhi puffed out her little chest proudly, as if observing some rare creature: "What's wrong? Is it so hard for you to call me 'sister'?"

Mu Zhian shrugged: "To be honest, it's a little strange for me to call a girl who looks younger than me in every way 'older sister'."

He paused, then continued, "And... I still can't believe what you're saying."

He stared into Mu Zhi's eyes and asked, "What does this Mu Wange you're talking about look like?"

Wearing small deerskin boots, Mu Zhi circled around Mu Zhi'an step by step, saying, "She was a very capable woman. You could say that everything I have now is thanks to her. As for what she looked like... I don't really remember now."

As Mu Zhi spoke, a dark glint flashed in her eyes, and her tone became a little lower: "Tens of thousands of years ago, she took me in as her adopted daughter, and then gave me the vacant position of the Forbidden Land of Life. She also gave me my name."

Mu Zhian's eyes flickered slightly: "So, you're not the first owner of the Forbidden Zone of Life?"

"It's rumored that the Forbidden Land of Life is the oldest of the nine forbidden lands, and the Lord of Life is the one with the longest lifespan... Could this rumor be false?" Mu Zhian pressed.

"Of the nine forbidden lands, three have already changed owners."

Mu Zhi said calmly, "When my mother brought me to the forbidden land of life, there was no one there anymore."

As Mu Zhi spoke, she sat back down in Mu Zhi'an's lap, as if feeling the boy's warm presence.

As she swung her toes, she slowly recounted a little-known secret.

In the beginning of chaos, the rules of the nine forbidden lands covered the entire Nine Provinces. They were like supreme gods who could arbitrarily deprive living beings of their essence for their own use. At that time, the Nine Provinces did not have 'rules of heaven and earth', only forbidden rules.

Any cultivator who enters the Void Returning Realm will have their essence harvested by the forbidden land.

It was a truly dark age, with almost no hope of spiritual cultivation.

But shortly after that, a woman appeared.

She was sometimes delirious and sometimes confused.

The Lord of Life at that time took a liking to her powerful essence and thus attacked her.

It was the Lord of Life's intervention that awakened her. In that battle, the Lord of Life's spiritual consciousness was almost completely obliterated, and the usually omnipotent forbidden rules seemed to have no effect on the woman.

Not long after that, the woman suppressed the nine forbidden lands with a wave of her hand, and even defeated the nine gods who should have controlled the nine provinces. They chose to restrain their forbidden rules and lie low, waiting to be reborn after the woman's lifespan ends.

Twenty thousand years later, a supreme being from the forbidden lands makes a move, intending to re-establish the forbidden rules over the Nine Provinces.