It turns out, they were the main characters.

If those powerful beings at the Dao Integration Realm want to do something... can Junior Brother stop them?

Ultimately, it's because she's too weak.

Although Lan Mulian is not afraid of anyone among cultivators of the same realm, if she is facing an older woman like Qingdi or Gong Lianyue who has the advantage of age... then there is nothing she can do.

After all, compared to those old women, his cultivation time is far behind.

Lan Mulian gazed at her junior brother with her bright, clear eyes, but felt a sense of defeat in her heart.

As the undisputed number one among her peers in Kyushu, she should have been at the age of brilliance, but when facing the empresses who had stood in Kyushu for thousands of years, she had no advantage whatsoever.

"Your secret of being a natural furnace for your soul is now known to many ancient forces in the Nine Provinces. I'm afraid more and more people will come looking for you in the future."

Lan Mulian's clear, pool-like eyes seemed to dim slightly as she softly said, "In the future, there will be more and more people around you. After I reach the Dao in a few years, I'm afraid there won't even be a place for me to stay by your side."

"Senior sister, this is nothing like you."

Mu Zhian gave a helpless smile: "If I had to say something, it should be that I'm worried about whether you'll still look at me, a mere cultivator, after you achieve Dao in the future... And does Senior Sister really think I would abandon you?"

"You are the sect leader's only disciple. Even now, when I walk with you, I feel inferior... Your talent and appearance are so perfect. I am not worthy of you at all, senior sister."

His sincere tone, coupled with his gentle gaze and handsome face, made Lan Mulian's heart beat a little faster.

She suddenly realized something very important.

If it weren't for his trip to Yuzhou to meet the Medicine Emperor, Mu Zhian might still be lingering at the initial stage of the Returning to Emptiness realm.

So it's not impossible that my junior brother said he was worried about these things.

"Or is it that Senior Sister regrets it?" Mu Zhian suddenly asked.

He gazed at the white-clad senior sister before him, her aloofness as pure as moonlight, and softly asked, "Do you regret being with me?"

Silence filled the air between the two, and the atmosphere seemed somewhat desolate.

After a long silence, a familiar, cool voice broke the silence: "I do have some regrets."

"But I don't regret being with you..."

Lan Mulian looked at her junior brother coldly, her eyes filled with icy intent, her beautiful, cold eyes seemingly dark: "I regret why I didn't just tie you up in the basement of Liangyi Peak after you entered the sect."

Mu Zhian: "..."

For some reason, seeing his senior sister's serious expression, Mu Zhian felt a chill run down his spine.

For some reason, he always felt that this senior sister wasn't joking, but really thought that way.

Mu Zhian coughed lightly, trying to remain calm, and said jokingly, "If we really do that, the sect elders should find out very quickly, right?"

"No way?"

Lan Mulian tilted her head slightly and smiled faintly, "Only my master and I live on Liangyi Peak, and no disciples will pass by."

"At first, people might look for you everywhere, but no one would think that I've imprisoned you in Liangyi Peak... and after another month or two, this matter will be forgotten."

Such mysterious and strange things have happened before in the Liangyi Sect.

The disciple mysteriously disappeared less than a few days after joining the sect.

At first, the elders in the sect searched everywhere for the person, but in the end, nothing came of it.

"Senior sister, could you please stop making such dangerous jokes so casually..." Mu Zhian couldn't help but complain.

Lan Mulian glanced at him, her smile tinged with disdain: "Whether it's a joke or not is still uncertain."

Her tone always carried a hint of threat, and seeing Mu Zhian's worried expression, Lan Mulian couldn't help but smile slightly.

She had never actually had such dangerous thoughts about Mu Zhi'an... but seeing Mu Zhi'an's subtle expression now, Lan Mulian felt an inexplicable sense of pleasure welling up inside her.

Suddenly, a bold idea popped into my head.

What kind of expression would he have if he actually used that talisman to teleport his junior brother back to Liangyi Peak one day, and then threw him into the basement...?

Just as she was imagining the scene of throwing someone into the basement and playing with them at will, Lan Mulian suddenly felt a pair of affectionate eyes looking at her. His voice was gentle and deep: "Senior sister, so you don't regret being with me, right?"

Why is this guy asking such questions all of a sudden...? Lan Mulian came back to her senses, feeling a little uncomfortable under the boy's gaze. A faint blush appeared on her usually cool face, and she silently looked away.

After a long silence, he nodded gently and said "Mmm".

Mu Zhian was finally relieved. He reached out and placed his hand on Lan Mulian's slender waist, and before Lan Mulian could react, he lowered his head and gently kissed her red lips.

The spiritual energy of the innate furnace quietly began to circulate at this moment, and then continuously flowed into Lan Mulian's body.

The familiar scent and warm embrace were almost intoxicating, causing Lan Mulian's eyes to become slightly dazed.

The mere gentle touch between their lips is enough to make one's heart flutter.

Mu Zhian's kisses were so skillful that they made one's mind go blank, wanting to be completely immersed in them.

His spiritual energy had already flowed into Lan Mulian's body at this moment, and the warm aura permeated her nostrils, gradually intoxicating Lan Mulian's heart.

She knew she couldn't live without her junior brother anymore...

It's not just because it's a natural furnace.

She wanted everything from her junior brother, and she wanted to take things further with him...

Lan Mulian slowly closed her eyes, letting Mu Zhian press her down in front of the big tree behind her and make his demands.

At that moment, she suddenly sensed a very familiar and reassuring aura.

That was neither the spiritual energy of a naturally formed furnace nor the aura emanating from Mu Zhi'an.

Lan Mulian opened her eyes in a daze, looking at the handsome face of the young man so close to her. She gently hooked her arms around his neck and let him hold her body even more intimately.

At the same moment, her beautiful eyes subtly transformed from their original coldness into an incomparably majestic gold.

At this moment, the Heavenly Mandate Holy Body was fully activated. Although Lan Mulian could not see through those whose realm was higher than her own, it was not difficult for her to see through Mu Zhian's origin.

She wanted to see which woman had left this incredibly reassuring aura inside her junior brother's body.

Lan Mulian's gaze went straight to Mu Zhian's body.

Mu Zhian's true nature was now fully revealed, and the spiritual energy flowing within him was also completely visible.

As if she had seen something, Lan Mulian's body stiffened slightly, her gaze blank and astonished as she stared at the aura within Mu Zhian's body that seemed to emanate a trace of coldness.

At the same time, a name popped into my mind: ...ancestor.

"..."

If Lan Mulian was still full of tenderness and affection for Mu Zhian before, her gaze has gradually turned cold now.

At this moment, Mu Zhi'an released Lan Mulian's soft lips, looked down at the beauty in his arms, and whispered, "Senior Sister, do you like the spiritual energy of the innate furnace?"

"I like it," Lan Mulian said expressionlessly.

Then, she continued quietly, "But there's something I'm not sure if I should remind you of."

Mu Zhian revealed a gentle, sunny smile: "What?"

"The spiritual energy you just gave me contained the aura left behind by our ancestors."

Mu Zhian's smile froze.

At this moment, he saw Lan Mulian silently take out a golden talisman.

For some reason, the moment Mu Zhian saw this talisman, he felt a vague sense of crisis.

Senior Sister seems to have turned evil... Mu Zhian scanned his surroundings, sending a distress signal to the woman in the darkness with his eyes: "Sister Mengrou, save, save, save her!"

However, all that could be faintly heard was a mocking laugh coming from the darkness.

Mu Zhian forced himself to remain calm, trying to reassure his senior sister: "Senior sister, you should know that your ancestor's spiritual consciousness was weak, so..."

Lan Mulian glanced at the boy indifferently and said softly, "Do you still remember what this talisman is?"

Mu Zhian remained silent.

"This is a reward from the Ascension Ceremony, a teleportation talisman handcrafted by my master."

Lan Mulian smiled gently: "It has only one function."

The next moment, Lan Mulian ignited the golden talisman in her hand.

The black mist that had been permeating Taichu Lake seemed to be quietly pushed by the wind, silently enveloping Mu Zhian's surroundings.

The black mist was like a woman's hand, gently caressing his face.

Then, the black mist quietly enveloped him.

Immediately afterwards, a powerful suction force came, and Mu Zhian suddenly disappeared from the spot.

When she came to her senses again, what appeared in her field of vision was no longer the Primordial Lake, but a very familiar boudoir.

Mu Zhian tried to move his body, but found that several black chains had appeared and were binding his hands and feet.

Holy crap, is my senior sister serious?!

Mu Zhian finally realized the seriousness of the problem. He originally wanted to gradually help his senior sister accept everything, but he didn't expect the Heavenly Fate Holy Body to be so troublesome, able to clearly see whose aura was inside his body...

Just then, footsteps could be faintly heard at the door.

A moment later, the door quietly opened.

Mu Zhian turned his head to look and subconsciously said:

"Sect Leader Sister?!"

Shang Yanfei looked at the bound boy with curiosity, seemingly not understanding what had happened.

After glancing at the black chains on Mu Zhian's body, she seemed to gradually understand everything, and covered her mouth with a light laugh, "I see. Did Mu Lian use the teleportation talisman I made?"

"This is a long story... Anyway, could you please help me unlock this chain first? What kind of chain is this? I can't break free at all."

After Mu Zhian finished speaking, he saw Shang Yanfei blink her beautiful eyes and smile, "This is a replica of the Immortal Gold Lock. It's normal that you can't unlock it."

"But do you really want to untie it now?"

Mu Zhian replied matter-of-factly, "Of course, after all, no one wants their freedom to be restricted."

"That's just a temporary restriction."

Shang Yanfei said calmly, "As I said before, the first place winner of the Ascension Tournament will receive Mu Zhi'an as a reward..."

"So you're not going to consider my freedom?" Mu Zhian complained.

Although it was he who angered his senior sister this time, causing her to use that talisman.