It turns out, they were the main characters.

Lin Ling paused, a look of hesitation on her face.

Then, she carefully tore off a piece of crane skin about the size of a finger from the plate and handed it to her.

"This is all I can give you."

princess:"……"

"Thank you, but I didn't come here to ask you for a meal."

After a moment, the princess replied without saying a word.

Upon learning that he hadn't come to take the Eight Treasures Crane from her, Lin Ling seemed relieved, then continued writing in her notebook: "Then what are you looking for me for? He's not at Tianhe Garden right now."

The princess silently gazed at the silver-haired beauty, whose expression was charming, whose skin was as white as snow, whose small red lips were as luscious as cherries, and whose lips still had crumbs of bread from the soup she had just eaten.

Looking into the girl's pure and innocent red eyes, which resembled those of a little girl, and thinking about what might happen next, a complex look flashed across the princess's beautiful eyes.

It's hard to imagine that such an innocent girl would later share a natural furnace with him... The scene is simply unimaginable.

If Linglong were told the purpose of her trip now, I wonder how Lin Ling would react.

Just as the princess was filled with inner turmoil, she suddenly vaguely sensed a figure quietly descending not far behind her.

The princess glanced at him casually and realized that the young man had somehow appeared in the villa through the torn spatial rift.

Seemingly noticing the princess's gaze, Mu Zhian looked up and then gave her a gentle smile.

Fortunately, her face was veiled, making it difficult to see the blush on the princess's face beneath the veil. She glanced at Mu Zhian and said softly, "You've come at the right time... You should tell her about that yourself."

Lin Ling glanced at the princess, then her beautiful eyes fell on Mu Zhi'an, and she tilted her head slightly.

"Aaa?"

Chapter 559 Pavilion Master Yan Has Harvested the Vegetables

When he noticed Lin Ling's gaze, Mu Zhi'an did not answer immediately, but instead looked at the elegant and refined beauty of the pavilion master to the side.

"Sect Master Yan, what brings you here...?" Mu Zhian asked with a smile, his tone as respectful as ever.

Yan Ruyu glanced at the young man and said, "Can't I come to your villa for a visit if there's nothing wrong?"

"Whenever you wish to come, Sect Master, this disciple is naturally welcome. I'm just a little curious as to why you're with Senior Linglong," Mu Zhian said with a smile. Although his current cultivation level is slightly higher than Yan Ruyu's, Mu Zhian has always been a grateful person, so he still treats Yan Ruyu with great respect.

Upon hearing this, Yan Ruyu's beautiful eyes softened slightly, and her expression became somewhat wistful.

She hadn't expected that Mu Zhian would have already entered the Enlightenment Realm so quickly after leaving the Liangyi Sect.

"Today, a disciple reported that a silver dragon may have appeared on Canghai Peak. I guessed that it might be Senior Linglong who had taken a liking to Senior Brother Yi Hao's Eight Treasure Crane, so I went to take a look and happened to run into her on the main peak."

"After that, I had the people at the medicinal cuisine hall use the Eight Treasure Crane as an ingredient for Senior Linglong to enjoy," Yan Ruyu explained with a smile.

Mu Zhian paused, then asked, "Chief Yi, do you still have Eight-Treasure Cranes...?"

Yan Ruyu hummed in agreement, her tone tinged with helplessness: "The Eight Treasure Crane was originally a rare and precious material used to reward inner disciples, but recently the Eight Treasure Cranes have been frequently disappearing... Senior Brother Yi Hao knows who is responsible, so he used pills to speed up the cultivation of some Eight Treasure Cranes."

"But these eight-treasure cranes don't have the same effects as before."

Got it, it's the difference between free-range and artificial breeding...

Lin Ling held up her notebook and commented: "The meat quality is a bit worse than before, it's not tender enough."

Mu Zhian: "So, Chief Yi hopes that Senior Linglong can leave him two authentic Eight Treasure Cranes?"

For some reason, he suddenly felt a little sorry for Chief Yi.

Yan Ruyu gently shook her head: "Senior Linglong recently bestowed a fortune upon Senior Brother Yi Hao... He's still secretly enjoying himself in his own cave. I imagine he wouldn't have any objections even if Senior Linglong ate all the Eight Treasure Cranes."

Luck is something that should be innate, and only beings like the Spirit Dragon can directly bestow luck upon others.

Even a spirit dragon cannot frequently bestow fortune upon others; otherwise, it wouldn't have used an 'assessment' method to grant fortune to a small group of disciples in the first place.

It can be said that luck is an invaluable thing.

It's no wonder Yi Hao was delighted.

With the blessing of good fortune, his path to immortality will be even smoother in the future.

This news hasn't spread yet, but if it gets to the leaders of the other main peaks, they'll probably be incredibly jealous.

"You have indeed attained enlightenment, but that doesn't mean you won't face any threats in the Nine Provinces. Several forbidden lands in the Nine Provinces are currently stirring up trouble. After you return this time, try not to leave again."

Yan Ruyu suddenly spoke gently, reminding her, "The formations within the sect can ensure your safety, but it's a different story once you leave the sect."

Mu Zhian nodded slightly: "Thank you for the reminder, Pavilion Master. This disciple understands."

"Now that I've returned, I really don't plan to leave the sect again for the time being."

Upon hearing this, Lin Ling's eyes lit up, and she stared intently at him.

Yan Ruyu watched this scene silently, thinking that Linglong and Mu Zhian had a close relationship back then, but there didn't seem to be such an ambiguous atmosphere at that time... But the way Senior Lin Ling looked at Mu Zhian now felt a little off.

At this moment, Lin Ling held up her notebook: "What was the Great Dao Princess referring to just now?"

"Ascension to immortality."

Mu Zhian reached out and gently ruffled her silver hair, asking, "Where is your Enlightenment Flower?"

"I haven't eaten it yet because it takes a long time to refine it."

Lin Ling took out a semi-transparent flower from her bosom and handed it to Mu Zhian.

Mu Zhian smiled and said, "I know, that's why I asked the Princess to help you."

"Why do we need her help to refine the Enlightenment Flower?" Lin Ling tilted her head slightly and wrote in her notebook.

This time, Mu Zhian did not answer directly. Instead, he picked up the notebook in her hand, wrote something on it, and then handed it to her.

When Lin Ling's red eyes fell on the contents of the notebook, she was instantly stunned, not even realizing that the roasted crane meat in her hand had fallen to the ground.

"This is the fastest way I can think of to help you ascend to immortality, and it's also the best way to get rid of the interference of karmic fire forever."

With a hint of sincerity and helplessness in his voice, Mu Zhian said, "Although it will be a bit tough for me, I can still endure it."

The princess glanced at him, a hint of shyness and reproach in her gentle, charming peach blossom eyes, and a trace of resentment on her face beneath the veil.

It's like he lost out...

In a sense, Mu Zhian didn't really gain anything... After all, he might have to make a considerable sacrifice for the spirit dragon's ascension.

Even for a princess, it would take a lot of effort to use the Enlightenment Flower to influence the Great Dao.

The best way to help her accelerate her progress towards the Great Dao is for Mu Zhi'an to supply her with the Enlightenment Flower while she uses it.

This would require consuming hundreds of millions of units of spiritual energy.

"Actually, I don't care whether I can ascend to immortality or not," Lin Ling suddenly wrote in her notebook.

Before Mu Zhian could speak, she looked up at him and said, "However, if it can help you after I ascend to immortality, I'm willing to give it a try."

In the past, some of Lin Ling's Word Spirit Techniques could only be effective within the Liangyi Sect, because the sect's formations isolated the Heavenly Dao, thus allowing Lin Ling to be free from the restrictions of the Heavenly Rules.

Even if one is not bound by the laws of heaven, one will still suffer the backlash of cause and effect, and cause and effect is the origin of karmic fire.

However, if she can ascend to immortality, Lin Ling will be able to use most of the Word Spirits in the future, and will not be affected by the backlash of cause and effect.

Upon seeing the contents of the notebook, Mu Zhian was momentarily stunned.

Yes... Lin Ling was born a creation favored by the heavens, a gathering of fortune, and being simple-minded by nature, she didn't really care whether she could ascend to immortality... After all, with the blessing of countless fortunes, she herself was an immortal being.

From the very beginning, he fell into a misconception... In reality, not all powerful beings are interested in ascension to immortality.

At least, Lin Ling had little interest in ascending to immortality from the very beginning.

After a moment of silence, Mu Zhian said, "Thank you... but I'm afraid you'll have to make do with this."

Lin Ling peered at Mu Zhi'an's face, then glanced at the equally shy princess, who was so nervous that even the eight-treasure crane in her hand suddenly lost its appeal.

"I'm not wronged."

She continued writing in her notebook: "I'm going to take a medicinal bath."

After she finished writing, she got up with her head down and went to the room next door.

"...I'll go take a medicinal bath too."

Seemingly sensing the awkward atmosphere, the princess also quietly got up and left.

"I'm starting to feel a little embarrassed..." Mu Zhian felt the awkward atmosphere in the air and couldn't help but mutter to himself.

At this moment, Yan Ruyu also got up.

Mu Zhian was taken aback: "Is the Pavilion Master also going to take a bath?"

The intellectual beauty paused for a moment, then realized something, immediately snapped out of it, and glared at him: "Do you think that after you've attained enlightenment, you can even flirt with your nominal master?"

Mu Zhian shook his head: "Sect Master Yan is not my master. I have always regarded you as my benefactor who helped me join the sect."

Yan Ruyu paused for a moment, then smiled with relief: "That's true. Since you joined the sect, the help I've given you has indeed been limited, and I'm certainly not worthy to be your master."

"Besides, the reason I chose you as an inner disciple of my library was actually because I valued you..."

"A natural furnace?" Mu Zhian asked tentatively.

Yan Ruyu chuckled and said, "But later you saved Fairy Yao Meng. With her constantly in your furnace, neither I nor the other chief disciples dared to make a move."

Despite being exposed by Mu Zhian, Yan Ruyu was quite relieved. Although she occasionally regretted not being able to taste the spiritual energy of the innate furnace... if she had actually slept with Mu Zhian back then, she would probably feel guilty and even ashamed.

Perhaps doing so would grant one a natural furnace, but it might also affect one's Dao heart, making it difficult to advance even an inch in one's realm.

After all, she had ulterior motives for taking Mu Zhian as an inner disciple from the very beginning, and this made her feel guilty towards Mu Zhian from the start.

Otherwise, they wouldn't have compensated Mu Zhian with a second-grade cultivation technique back then.

In this light, Fairy Yao Meng actually did her and the other three chiefs a great favor.

After all, Mu Zhian already had Bai Ruoxi as his Daoist partner at that time... If he were to use his position to engage in any underhanded tactics or other unethical practices with Mu Zhian, it would inevitably affect his own Daoist heart.

As for why Fairy Yao Meng's Dao Heart wasn't affected... it can only be said that either the fairy's Dao Heart was too strong, or the fairy simply felt that cheating on Mu Zhi'an's Dao Partner was nothing... or even a very pleasant thing.

Yan Ruyu naturally didn't know which possibility it was, nor was she very interested in it. She simply looked at Mu Zhian and said gently, "No matter what, I ultimately didn't harm you. A sage judges by actions, not intentions. I have fulfilled my mission as your guide to the end."

"You won't blame me for having ulterior motives towards you back then, will you?" Yan Ruyu asked with a slightly joking tone.

These words were spoken with great relief, and could be seen as a farewell to the past self who harbored romantic feelings for Mu Zhi'an.

She actually came here today because she suddenly thought that since Linglong was here, she might be able to see Mu Zhian here as well.