It turns out, they were the main characters.

Her features were exquisite, her skin as smooth as jade, and her bright, expressive eyes were gazing at him with concern.

She wore light purple embroidered shoes beneath her skirt, exuding an elegant and charming aura.

"Are you alright?" Ye Qian, who was standing nearby, also came over, her eyes filled with concern, and handed him a handkerchief.

Mu Zhian shook his head and smiled, "It's alright."

He had originally planned to recruit some people to deal with Gongsun Cheng after entering the forest.

After all, he could do the same things as Gongsun Cheng.

He could even do better than Gongsun Cheng.

But now... it's not necessary to go through that trouble anymore.

It seems that the effects of being a 'friend of villains' are not entirely negative.

If it weren't for the Demon Queen, Mu Zhian might not have been able to experience the wonders of the Trial Forest formation so smoothly.

Mu Zhian looked up at the sky outside, which was gradually darkening, and said, "It's almost nightfall, let's rest here for the time being."

Mu Zhian has already memorized the intricacies of the array in this Trial Forest. He will study it again when he sleeps with the Ye sisters tonight, and he expects to make even greater progress soon.

However, Mu Zhian wasn't in a hurry.

After all, the sect assessment is a kind of adventure.

Only after going through hardships together in this cave will their feelings for each other become stronger.

As for this sect assessment...

After he has mastered the formation tonight.

He will decide how many people will pass the assessment at Canghai Peak.

Chapter 90 Unity is Strength~ Ready, sing! 4.5K

The Third Prince Ninglong was born to Consort Chen of the Great Qian Dynasty. He was at the fifth level of Qi Refining. In the past, like Mu Zhian, he was obsessed with beautiful women, and the maids in the palace would all avoid him.

However, because of his good looks and his status, he has had intimate relationships with many women over the years.

There were even rumors in the palace that the Third Prince seemed to have some special relationship with some of the Emperor's concubines.

Ninglong had also tried to become the crown prince in the past, but ultimately lost to the more talented second prince.

This puts Ninglong in an awkward position. Although he is the third prince, the second prince is the current crown prince, so there is no possibility of comparison. Below him, the fourth and fifth princes are all mediocre, neither good at literature nor martial arts.

He was in a very awkward position, stuck in that spot, unable to go up or down.

After years of self-destruction, Ning Long's departure from the court this time was simply to "gild" himself and make up for the losses caused by his past indulgence in beautiful women.

However, upon entering the Trial Forest, he encountered such a pair of exquisite sisters, which inevitably stirred Ning Long's heart.

At this moment, after the attendant beside Ning Long explained the whole story, Gongsun Cheng's face turned extremely gloomy. He said, "Third Prince, that person just now was Mu Zhi'an from the Mu family. I am the real Gongsun Cheng!"

He never expected that he would encounter such a thing so soon after meeting Mu Zhian, before he even had a chance to take revenge.

At the time, the Third Prince was worried that Mu Zhian would run away with the Ye sisters, so he decisively ordered his men to stop Gongsun Cheng, leaving him no chance to explain.

At this moment, Gongsun Cheng was furious, but he held back because of the other party's status.

Ning Long's face darkened, and he said in a cold voice, "How dare the eldest son of the Mu family make fun of me?"

"This Mu Zhian used to be all-powerful in Tianxuan City. He stole Ye Yu's fiancée and took his two younger sisters as his own. He was a bully who preyed on the weak and did all sorts of evil deeds." Gongsun Cheng raised his head and said, "My Gongsun family was also ambushed by him twice in Tianxuan City in the past. This time, we want to take revenge on him in the Trial Forest."

"Mu Zhian!" The Third Prince's voice suddenly rose a few decibels. He turned to look at the servants beside him and said, "They shouldn't have gone far. You two go and guard the exit of the Trial Forest. The rest of you come with me to find their whereabouts."

As he spoke, his gaze fell on Gongsun Cheng again, and he said, "Since you've come here to take revenge on Mu Zhian, why don't you follow me from now on? Once we catch someone, you can do whatever you want with them."

Although the high-ranking leaders and elders would not allow anyone to kill during the sect's assessment, it was still acceptable to make someone suffer a little.

He loathed Mu Zhian, but Ning Long's only goal was... those two sisters.

So you want to take me on as your underling...? Gongsun Cheng cupped his hands in greeting and said, "No thanks. My friends are all used to their freedom and don't like working under others."

Cultivation families are not afraid of the imperial court, especially since in the Liangyi Sect, even if a human emperor came, his status would only be that of a "disciple of the sect".

Gongsun Cheng wasn't stupid; he wouldn't bring such a large group of people to be someone else's underlings.

The Third Prince stared sharply at Gongsun Cheng, and finally nodded: "Then let us disperse and search for Mu Zhi'an's whereabouts on our own."

……

Meanwhile, Ye Yu, who had just secretly left amidst the chaos, was also searching for Mu Zhi'an's whereabouts.

A nameless rage burned within him. He had cultivated for so long for this day, wasn't it all to prove himself?

As a result, Mu Zhian did something quite different. Right in front of him, he took away his two younger sisters, like a cunning fox, completely avoiding any direct confrontation with him.

With his current strength, he could barely fight against even a Qi Refining Stage 5 cultivator!

We must find them before the sect assessment ends!

Looking at the disciples who occasionally appeared around him for the assessment, Ye Yu secretly made up his mind.

While the Third Prince was searching for people everywhere, a campfire was quietly burning in a cold, dark cave, illuminating the pitch-black night.

To keep the two sisters from getting cold, Mu Zhian sat between Ye Qian and Ye Lingxuan, covering all three of them with his coat to keep them warm.

He turned his head slightly to look at Ye Qian, a young girl in the prime of her youth, who was squatting by the corner of the wall with her knees drawn up, revealing a small section of her snow-white calves. Her slightly disheveled hair framed her delicate oval face, her cherry lips were slightly pursed, and the light of the campfire was reflected in her crystal-clear eyes.

If you look a little further down, you can roughly see some rather mature and sexy features.

It was indeed large and white, far exceeding the size of its sister.

She consciously moved closer to Mu Zhian, her eyelashes trembling slightly, whether from the cold or fear, it was hard to tell.

Just then, a warm hand gently grasped her small hand, causing her shoulders to tremble involuntarily.

When Mu Zhian turned his head to look at her, Ye Qian's face instantly turned red. She was a little embarrassed and secretly glanced at her older sister, who seemed to be thinking about something and hadn't noticed her little action at all.

She then lowered her eyes slightly, pretending not to care.

Mu Zhian glanced again at the girl in the purple dress who was staring blankly beside him.

She has a delicate and fresh look, with a beautiful profile, thin and rosy lips, and a straight nose. When viewed from the side, she has a three-dimensional look like a mixed-race beauty, which is quite alluring.

Ye Lingxuan clearly noticed Mu Zhian's gaze. Seeing him staring straight at her, her eyes flickered slightly, and she said softly, "Young Master Mu, is there something you need?"

Why do you keep calling me Young Master Mu and Brother Mu? Can't you just call me Brother all the time...? Mu Zhi'an quietly held Ye Qian's soft little hand, shook his head and smiled, "Are you still cold?"

Ye Lingxuan smiled and said, "No."

After all, they are cultivators at the Qi Refining stage. Once they channel their Qi into their bodies, they can ward off the cold. Ultimately, once you reach the Qi Refining stage, the influence of the external environment is not so great.

Her mouth was slightly open, as if she wanted to ask something, but when she looked up, she realized that someone was staring intently at her. She felt a little embarrassed and eventually turned her face away unconsciously.

Hearing the crackling of the campfire, after a while, Ye Lingxuan raised her head as if she had given up all hope, and looked at Mu Zhian: "I want to know what secret technique you used just now, how you were able to bring us directly to this place?"

Ye Qian also silently raised her head to look at him.

She had read many books in the Ye family in the past and knew that some secret techniques could indeed make cultivators teleport, but taking two people with them at the same time was unheard of.

“Secret techniques can’t achieve that level, but there is a way to do it,” Mu Zhian said, deliberately keeping the audience in suspense.

Ye Lingxuan unconsciously straightened her posture, put on a straight back, and pretended to listen attentively.

"I was sitting on a cloud with Senior Sister Lan, so I entered the Trial Forest earlier than the others, and shortly after that, I discovered a certain formation..."

Mu Zhian gave a general account of his previous experience.

Ye Lingxuan stared at the boy next door in surprise, but quickly concealed the look of astonishment in her eyes.

Ye Qian's eyes lit up slightly, her surprise and admiration barely concealed. She stared intently at Mu Zhi'an and asked, "So, Brother Mu can now control the formations in the Trial Forest?"

"Yes, but not entirely," Mu Zhian said.

There are far more than one array formation in the Forest of Trials; what he saw was only the outermost one.

But even with just this one, it would take at least three to five months to fully grasp its mysteries. Right now, he can only roughly imitate it and make simple use of the formation after just one night.

Moreover, each time those formations are used, the spiritual energy required is enormous.

With Mu Zhian's current Qi Refining Stage 5 spiritual energy, he can only use an array to teleport Ye Lingxuan and Ye Qian to a nearby hiding place.

Even if Ye Qian and Ye Lingxuan combined their spiritual energy, it wouldn't be enough to send them directly to the summit.

“Actually, the sect assessment here at Canghai Peak is a bit unreasonable,” Mu Zhian suddenly said.

Logically speaking, how can you let all the cultivators participating in the assessment enter the Trial Forest in groups and then just leave them unattended?

If everyone were like Gongsun Cheng and the Third Prince, bringing together a group of people as soon as they entered, wouldn't all those lone wolves be bullied?

Ye Lingxuan said softly, "I heard Elder Wei say not long ago that among the nine main peaks, the head of Canghai Peak is the most mysterious one."

"Most of the disciples of Canghai Peak have never seen that chief, and the content of the assessment seems to have always been the same, without any changes."

"So, the assessment at Canghai Peak is the most difficult?" Mu Zhian asked.

Ye Lingxuan gently shook her head: "I don't know, but Canghai Peak does have fewer disciples compared to other main peaks."

"This kind of assessment is indeed very difficult... Can a cultivator in the Qi Refining Realm really climb from the foot of the mountain to the top of Canghai Peak?" Ye Qian said with some worry.

Moreover, the original assessment was already very difficult, and on top of that, there was the Third Prince who kept harassing them, as well as Gongsun Cheng and Ye Yu who wanted to cause trouble for Mu Zhian... Just thinking about this filled Ye Qian with worry.

Mu Zhian gently placed his hand on Ye Qian's shoulder and said with a smile, "You two should get some sleep first. I'll take you to the mountain to report for duty tomorrow."

Ye Lingxuan and Ye Qian raised their heads almost simultaneously.

"What are you going to do?" Ye Lingxuan's eyes were full of doubt.

She didn't originally need to take the assessment to join the sect directly, but she was worried about her younger sister who she had grown up with, so she chose to take the sect assessment together.

"Even if you know formations, it's probably impossible for you to teleport us all to the summit together," Ye Lingxuan continued.

"How about we make a bet?" Mu Zhian said with a smile.

"What are we betting on?" Ye Lingxuan asked.

"If I take you to the mountain to report tomorrow, you can play Truth or Dare with me one more time."

Ye Lingxuan blinked her beautiful eyes and asked, "What is that...?"

Mu Zhian laughed and said, "It's just a game."

Ye Lingxuan hesitated for a moment, then nodded gently: "Okay."