So, They Were the Protagonists All Along

Mu Zhian walked into the villa and walked along the path in the hazy night towards the house where Ye Lingxuan usually rested.

However, the girl was not seen in front of the window sill.

"Strange, where did a Lingxuan girl my age go...?"

Ye Lingxuan probably didn't go to bed so early on weekdays... He had already planned to comfort the lonely and helpless sister Lingxuan tonight.

As a result, no one was found.

Mu Zhian walked along the corridor of the house, intending to take a look in the study.

At the same time, in the study room lit by candlelight, Zhou Cang looked at Ye Lingxuan's back and wondered: "Could the reason why the young lady refuses to leave has something to do with him?"

Tuk tuk…

Ye Lingxuan tapped the table gently with her green fingers, and said in a calm tone: "He is the eldest young master of the Mu family. He took good care of me and Qian'er during the sect's assessment."

Zhou Cang frowned inadvertently and said, "Even so, it is a bit inappropriate for a member of the opposite sex to come to the villa where the young lady lives late at night."

A smile appeared on Ye Lingxuan's indifferent face: "He came to see Qian'er. Mr. Mu had taken the initiative to pursue her when he was in Tianxuan City, and now the two have a very good relationship."

Zhou Cang raised his eyebrows slightly and said, "But isn't Miss Qian'er still in Daofeng and not back?"

"Brother Mu...can't it be wrong for Master Mu not to know about this?" Ye Lingxuan said calmly.

Zhou Cang frowned slightly, feeling that something was not right.

He even had a bold guess in his mind, but he thought it was a bit unlikely.

After all, the lady’s personality is not like the kind of girl who would fall in love with others casually...

When he was in the clan, he often heard people mention the name "Ye Yu". It was said that he was also a young genius in Tianxuan City. Although he fell for a while, his talent has recovered and he has become stronger in cultivation. Talent is a very powerful enemy.

On the contrary, he had never heard of the name Mu Zhian.

In the past, Mu Zhian was just a little-known good-for-nothing young man who was addicted to Naizi every day. If he hadn't awakened his memory, he might not have been found by now. No wonder Zhou Cang didn't know about this person.

"Do you doubt what I said?" Ye Lingxuan turned her head slightly and glanced at the two people behind her.

"I don't dare." The two men replied immediately.

Ye Lingxuan nodded with satisfaction and was about to ask the two of them to leave. At this moment, a young man's voice suddenly came from outside the study: "Sister Lingxuan, why are you still in the study so late?"

Ye Lingxuan's body stiffened slightly, and she noticed two eyes looking at her from behind. She sighed helplessly in her heart. She looked up and saw a handsome young man standing in front of the window sill, wearing a luxurious robe.

He had the same gentle smile on his face as usual, like the brother next door, and he was raising his hand to wave to her.

Then, he walked along the corridor towards the study.

Ye Lingxuan glanced at the two people behind him casually and said calmly: "You all should step back. You are not allowed to enter this villa again without my order."

Zhou Cang frowned slightly and said, "Miss, isn't it a little bad to let someone of the opposite sex come in so late -"

Before he finished speaking, the old man behind him slowly said: "In that case, I won't disturb the lady for now."

Zhou Cang was silent for a moment and then said: "Well, I believe that the young lady has her own sense of propriety. She will be blinded by love now just because she has seen too few things. When she experiences more -"

"When you have more experience, you will find that Brother Mu is really good?" Ye Lingxuan asked with a smile, too lazy to hide it.

Zhou Cang choked and didn't know what to say for a moment.

Before he came, he planned to give Ye Yu a little warning... but he didn't expect that the person he would face in the end was not Ye Yu, but a boy whose name he had never heard of!

Apart from being a little handsome, this Mu Zhian doesn't have any advantages at all, right? !

Zhou Cang was about to speak when an old hand pressed on his shoulder. The old man shook his head slowly, indicating that he should keep quiet.

Then at the next moment, he left the Villa with this young man who seemed to have been somewhat shocked.

Not long after, Mu Zhian walked into the study and saw the girl sitting quietly in front of the desk.

Probably because of the night, her long hair was hanging unadorned on her back, her figure was slender and graceful, and her back alone gave people unlimited reverie.

Ye Lingxuan turned around and looked over, smiling and saying, "What are you doing here so late?"

Mu Zhian looked around, then quietly withdrew his gaze, walked to Ye Lingxuan's side, sat down on the wooden chair beside him, and said softly:

"You were always with Qian'er before, but she's been away these two days, and I'm a little worried about you."

Ye Lingxuan smiled and said: "I'm not a child. Are you a little too worried?"

"You should still worry about it."

Mu Zhian said and leaned forward slightly. Ye Lingxuan just looked at him with a smile. When she saw this handsome face almost completely close to her pretty face, there was finally a trace of panic in the indifferent eyes just now, and her lips were rosy. Opening slightly, he said softly:

"Do, what?"

Mu Zhian didn't speak, but brought his lips to Ye Lingxuan's ear and whispered, "Did someone come here just now?"

A trace of surprise flashed across Ye Lingxuan's eyes, and the mood that was originally mixed with a little shame gradually calmed down. She raised her head and looked at Mu Zhian, her eyes full of surprise.

Mu Zhian still looked at her with a smile on his face and stared into her eyes.

The moment he stepped into the study, he noticed an aura that did not belong to Ye Lingxuan.

In the past, Mu Zhian might not have been able to detect it, but now Mu Zhian is a natural spirit. Even if he is not a true natural spirit, he is still very sensitive to the spiritual energy around him.

Under Mu Zhian's gaze, Ye Lingxuan nodded silently and said, "My family sent someone to pick me up, but I told them that I would go back by myself in half a year."

"Who is your family?" Mu Zhian asked curiously.

Ye Lingxuan was silent for a moment, looked into Mu Zhi'an's dark eyes, and said, "Can you not say it?"

There was a hint of solicitation in his tone, which was in sharp contrast to the coldness with which he ordered his subordinates before.

If Mu Zhian knew now, she would be a little worried that the other party would be tempted to quit because of the power behind her, or that her future relationship would deteriorate.

Of course, this is because Ye Lingxuan does not know Mu Zhian's LSP nature.

As long as you are beautiful, there will be no intention of quitting.

Mu Zhian smiled and said, "That's fine, tell me when you want to say it."

"They went back?" Mu Zhian asked again.

Ye Lingxuan nodded slightly and said, "I'm going back for the time being."

When she said this, she frowned slightly, obviously dissatisfied with the two people disturbing her sect life for no reason this time.

"I will let them go back in the next two days." She said again, with an unmistakable coldness in her tone.

Mu Zhian looked at her cold face and couldn't help but joked: "Sister Lingxuan is so domineering."

Ye Lingxuan gave Mu Zhian an angry look and said softly: "Don't make fun of me. I'm in a bad mood right now."

"Then let's feel better." Mu Zhian said.

"How can it be possible that it will get better just because it gets better?" Ye Lingxuan muttered.

"Since you will be depressed because of one or two irrelevant people, why can't you be happy because of another person?" Mu Zhian looked into her eyes and smiled.

"I came here to see you because I was worried about you late at night. Wouldn't you like to be happy?"

Ye Lingxuan was stunned, thinking over and over in his mind what Mu Zhian had just said, looking at him in a daze.

At this time, Mu Zhian took advantage of the situation and boldly took Ye Lingxuan's little hand.

"Are you a little happier now?" Mu Zhian held her little hand and asked softly.

The candlelight in the study room flickered, illuminating Ye Lingxuan's eyes particularly brightly and movingly. It took a long time for the girl to wake up from her sudden daze. There was a faint blush on her face, maybe it was reflected by the candlelight or something.

She let Mu Zhian hold her hand, looked at him with her smart eyes, and asked softly: "Brother Mu, will you blame me for hiding everything from you?"

Mu Zhian held Ye Lingxuan's little hand tightly, feeling the cool touch and smooth jade-like hand coming from her little hand, and said with a smile: "No matter what you do, I believe in you."

Ye Lingxuan raised her eyes, which seemed to be filled with mist, and looked at him vaguely. Then, she suddenly thought of something and subconsciously wanted to take her hand out of Mu Zhian's palm.

But Mu Zhian refused to let go, holding her little hand tightly and refusing to let go.

"Don't be like this...I can't be sorry to Qian'er——"

Before he finished speaking, Mu Zhian stretched out his other hand and put his index finger on her lips.

"Everyone will understand each other in the future, don't talk about this now."

"After all, there are only two of you and me here, right?"

Ye Lingxuan lowered her eyes slightly, seemingly acquiescing to Mu Zhian's words and letting him hold her little hand.

After an unknown amount of time, Mu Zhian saw that the sky was almost dark, so he said goodbye.

Ye Lingxuan did not stop him from leaving, but stood in front of the window sill and watched Mu Zhian's figure disappear into the night.

The originally heavy mood seemed to relax a little, and the corners of his mouth drew a slight arc.

The same thing is said...since you will be unhappy because of certain things, why can't you be happy because of the arrival of someone?

…

other side.

After the selection of inner disciples, each of the nine main peaks chose their favorite disciples. That night, the nine leaders gathered together and talked about the selection of inner disciples and some future matters.

"Junior sister Yan is quite interesting. She has never taken the initiative to recruit an inner disciple before, but she is the first one to choose one this time." Ning Yuan, the leader of Zuimeng Peak, played with a wine glass in his hand and said with a smile. He spoke.

The leader of Tianji Peak was dressed in a black robe. Her face was extremely beautiful, with a faint smile on her face, exuding a mysterious aura. Her graceful figure exuded a mature charm, and she said with a slight smile:

"Then what's the name of the disciple...? I've seen it before. He seems to be at the sixth level of Qi training. His talent is pretty good, but he may have been neglected for a while in the past, and now he can't be called a top genius. "

"Mu Zhian, I heard Junior Sister Lan say before that he performed well in the sect assessment at Canghai Peak and seems to have some unique understanding of the battle method." The leader on the side said with a smile.

"As for Cang Haifeng, Senior Brother Yi seemed to be monitoring him at that time, right? How was Mu Zhian's performance?" Ning Yuan asked, looking sideways at Yi Hao with a smile on his face.

Yi Hao seemed a little absent-minded today and did not speak.

After a while, he came back to his senses and said with a smile: "Well... the performance is not bad, quite satisfactory."

When he said this, he looked at Yu Ziyan and Xiang Yan inconspicuously, and then looked at the head of Huabao Peak.

Regarding the matter of Linglong, except for the four heads of the group, no one else knew about it.

Now the selection of inner disciples has ended, but the great value behind Mu Zhian still exists.

If too many people know about Linglong, their "advantage" will be gone.

If they can have a good relationship with Mu Zhian and have the opportunity to contact Senior Linglong in the future... it will be of great benefit to their future practice. Such an opportunity must be firmly grasped in their own hands.

"Brother Yi doesn't look very good today. What happened?" Yu Ziyan suddenly asked with a smile, changing the subject.

Yi Hao was silent for a moment, and sighed: "I spent a long time raising the eight-treasure crane before, but I didn't see any today... I don't know who stole it."

"Oh?"

The heads looked at each other and became interested.

In Liangyi Sect, is there anyone who dares to touch Yi Hao's precious Eight Treasure Crane?

"Brother, have you ever tried to use the tracking secret technique?"

"I used the secret technique to try to find the location of the Eight Treasure Crane, but I didn't find it." Yi Hao shook his head.

"It seems that the other party should be well prepared..." Yu Ziyan narrowed her eyes slightly, turned her head to look at the head of Tianji Peak, and smiled: "Why don't you let Senior Sister Yu deduce it for you?"

Yi Hao thought it made sense and was about to speak.

At this time, Ning Yuan suddenly said: "Look at that... Is it the Eight Treasure Crane?"

The head of Zuimeng Peak, who has great power in Liangyi Sect, looked at the sky in a daze, and his tone was full of surprise.

All the heads looked up and saw a silver-white five-clawed silver dragon appearing in their field of vision.

It was huge in size, ferocious and beautiful in shape, holding an Eight Treasure Crane in its mouth that kept flapping its wings, and was rushing towards a certain direction.

After being stunned for a while, several people almost said in unison: "Senior Linglong?!"

The thief turned out to be Linglong? !

The several chiefs came back to their senses, looked at each other, and immediately said: "Let's go and have a look."

Yi Hao first looked at the Linglong holding the Eight Treasures Crane in his mouth and flew to a certain direction in a daze and speechless, and then looked at the chiefs who were leaving one after another, frowning slightly.

He looked at the chief of Daofeng and the chief of Chunyang Peak, and then followed silently.

I originally wanted to find an opportunity to slowly contact Mu Zhian in the future and cultivate feelings.

After all, only the four main peaks knew about the Linglong before.

But now...

I'm afraid it can't be hidden.

...

When Mu Zhian returned to Tianhe Garden, he happened to see the Linglong in the air throwing the Eight Treasures Crane in its mouth to the ground, and then fell gracefully, turning into a slender figure.

Mu Zhian was stunned for a long time, then he looked up at Lin Ling helplessly and said:

"Senior Linglong, are you stealing again... I mean, did you go to Senior Yi Hao to borrow an Eight Treasures Crane again?"

Lin Ling nodded slightly, pointed at the immobile Eight Treasures Crane on the ground, and glanced at Mu Zhian again, her mouth slightly opened:

"Aaaaa!"

If Yi Hao knew about it, I'm afraid the psychological shadow area would get bigger again... Mu Zhian looked at the Eight Treasures Crane on the ground, nodded slightly and said:

"Well... I understand, I'll go prepare a midnight snack for you now."

Lin Ling nodded with satisfaction and walked into the house with light steps.

At the same time.

In the air, except for Yi Hao and the other four who were present at Tianhe Garden that day, the other five people were all a little confused, puzzled and puzzled.

Linglong lived in the Glazed Palace...?

And he also caught an Eight Treasures Crane and took it back to feed a disciple of a sect...?

"If I remember correctly, Tianhe Garden is where the inner disciple that Junior Sister Yan just accepted lives, right?"

The extremely beautiful head of Tianji Peak stared at Tianhe Garden in doubt and whispered, "Senior Linglong lives in a disciple's villa..."

"I remember that a disciple in the sect went to a villa in Liuli Palace to make trouble, questioning another disciple for hiding a demon cultivator, but the matter was later left unresolved..."

Ning Yuan frowned and said, "Could it be that... that 'demon' is Senior Linglong?"

Several heads stood in the cold wind, looking at the silver-haired beauty who returned to the house, and were speechless for a long time.

They suddenly understood why Yan Ruyu made this choice.

After an unknown amount of time, several heads came back to their senses and looked at the young man who was packing the Eight Treasure Crane, with a little more "appreciation" in their eyes.

Yan Ruyu glanced at the heads one by one meaningfully, and then stayed on two of the women with curvy figures for a moment.

She withdrew her gaze without leaving a trace.

The true value of Mu Zhian is not just the spirit dragon behind him.

She pursed her lips and stared at Mu Zhian's back.

His own existence itself is a huge value.