So, They Were the Protagonists All Along

Gongsun Xiong sat in the side hall, quietly waiting for news from his men.

At this moment, he suddenly felt a shadow quietly looming beside him. He, who had already entered the Return to Void Realm, naturally noticed it at the first time and could not help but turn his head slightly to look.

Not far behind him, a middle-aged monk in a white robe with a calm expression was standing there, staring at him gently.

This person was the mysterious master who helped him advance to the Return to Void Realm this time.

Gongsun Xiong did not know the other party's identity, but after taking the Tongmai Pill given by Bai Yuanfeng, his realm plummeted, and he thought his life was over.

At this time, this mysterious monk suddenly came up.

He claimed to be a member of the Liangyi Sect and wanted to help him advance to the Return to Void Realm.

As a result, the other party did it. Relying on the elixir he refined, he helped Gongsun Xiong successfully advance to the Return to Void Realm and became the first land immortal in Tianxuan City.

"Senior, do you have anything else to tell me?" Gongsun Xiong asked with a fist.

"If nothing unexpected happens, Mu Zhian will come down the mountain soon. Remember not to kill him then." The middle-aged cultivator said.

Gongsun Xiong nodded slightly and said, "I know that."

Although he didn't quite understand why the other party repeatedly emphasized not to attack Mu Zhian, Gongsun Xiong knew very well that the person in front of him was someone he absolutely could not offend.

He paused slightly and continued to ask, "What about the other people in the Mu family..."

At the end, Gongsun Xiong's eyes were somewhat tentative.

"What should the other people in the Mu family do? It's up to you." The middle-aged cultivator smiled gently.

"Remember, there is only one thing you have to do."

He stared at Gongsun Xiong: "You just need to let Mu Zhian know that the person who gave you the elixir and assisted you in your promotion is from the Liangyi Sect."

"That's enough."

...

"You want to find Ying Guhuan?" Wei Mengrou saw Mu Zhian's thoughts at a glance and couldn't help asking.

"To be precise, Ying Guhuan is one of them." Mu Zhian said.

"They shouldn't get involved in the disputes between these forces." Wei Mengrou frowned and said softly.

"Of course they won't get involved, because there are only two possibilities for the chief to take action."

Mu Zhian turned his head to look at Wei Mengrou and smiled: "Either it's a demon cultivator, or the disciples were attacked for no reason."

"In short, the chiefs need to have a reason before they take action."

"Gongsun Xiong is a smart man, but it's highly unlikely that he knew that the Tongmai Pills that Bai Yuanfeng gave him had problems." When Mu Zhian said this, he sat in front of the courtyard, his mind flashing with thoughts.

After an unknown amount of time, his eyes were slightly clear, and he immediately got up and left Tianhe Garden and went to the direction of the library.

Not long after, Mu Zhian came to Shao Le Garden behind the library.

After reporting to the disciples outside in Shao Le Garden, he walked into Shao Le Garden.

Normally, it is impossible for the chief to meet so casually, but several chiefs including Yan Ruyu had told the gatekeeper disciples that if Mu Zhian came to visit, there was no need to stop him, so Mu Zhian was able to visit without any obstruction.

After walking along the path in the courtyard for a while, Mu Zhian saw Yan Ruyu, a young and mature woman wearing a dark green robe and with an intellectual and elegant temperament, in Yayuan.

Her left leg was crossed over her right leg, and the loose robe could not hide her snow-white skin, highlighting her seductive figure.

After not seeing her for a few days, she seems to be more beautiful... Mu Zhian quickly glanced at Yan Ruyu, and then respectfully clasped his fists and said, "Master Yan."

Yan Ruyu looked at Mu Zhian with a slight smile, and said with a smile, "You are so busy, how come you have time to come to my Shao Le Garden today?"

There was a bit of ridicule in her words.

Mu Zhian shook his head helplessly and sighed, "Master Yan, you are joking. I wanted to come to you a few days ago, but Senior Linglong asked me not to run around because of some luck issues."

Well... Anyway, I can push any problems to Linglong.

"Is it about the inheritance of luck?" Yan Ruyu looked thoughtful, and then nodded slightly. She did not ask further, but changed the subject and said, "Then what is the matter with you coming here today?"

She did not tell Mu Zhian that she needed the Tiansheng furnace. Logically speaking, Mu Zhian could not have come to her for this matter.

Since it was not for the Tiansheng furnace, why did Mu Zhian come here?

This made Yan Ruyu a little concerned.

Thinking about it, Yan Ruyu still treated Mu Zhian with tea and motioned this handsome and well-behaved little cultivator to sit next to her.

"What's the matter, tell me." Yan Ruyu stared at Mu Zhian with a smile.

"As expected, nothing can be hidden from Pavilion Master Yan." Mu Zhian showed a shy smile.

Then, he said, "Pavilion Master, have you heard of Tongmai Pills?"

Yan Ruyu raised her eyebrows slightly and said, "Are you talking about a pill that can allow a cultivator at the peak of the Refining Spirit Realm to have a certain chance of breaking through to the Return to Void Realm?"

Seeing Mu Zhian nod slightly, Yan Ruyu continued, "I still have three or four of these pills on me, do you need them?"

Three or four... Mu Zhian's eyelids twitched slightly, and he couldn't help but look at Yan Ruyu a few more times in a strange way.

In order to refine a Tongmai Pill, the Bai family spent most of their financial resources and went through a lot of hardships to refine such a Tongmai Pill.

As a result, Yan Ruyu's tone was so light, as if she was just talking about something ordinary.

As expected of the head of the library, he is really quite wealthy... Mu Zhian sighed in his heart, and there was a little more yearning in his eyes when he looked at Yan Ruyu.

This is the rich lady he pursues...

A closer look shows that Yan Ruyu's dress is not luxurious, but under the dark green and gorgeously embroidered black robe, there is a seductive figure that is enough to make people yearn for.

This is something that the two younger sisters in the family and even Bai Ruoxi cannot have. It is a gentle and intellectual temperament that can only be polished after experiencing some things, just like a ripe peach, full of fragrance, making people want to take a bite or two.

Yan Ruyu noticed Mu Zhian's gaze on her, and then raised her head to look at him.

When she caught Mu Zhian's slightly yearning eyes, she immediately knew what he meant.

"What's wrong?" Yan Ruyu did not expose it, but asked knowingly.

"Headmaster Yan is so beautiful." Mu Zhian praised sincerely.

Yan Ruyu glanced at Mu Zhian, with a bit of instruction in her eyes, and said: "You are my inner disciple anyway, don't say this in public."

"Sorry, I just couldn't help it..." Mu Zhian looked ashamed.

Yan Ruyu smiled lightly and continued: "However, this is Shao Le Garden, when you and I are together in private, you don't have to care about this little thing."

Mu Zhian looked at Yan Ruyu's charming and intellectual face. In his opinion, if Yan Ruyu was put in modern times, she would be an intellectual woman wearing an OL uniform skirt, wrapping her round and slender snow-white legs, wearing gold-rimmed glasses, and holding a ruler.

Thinking of this, he couldn't help but feel a little moved for a while.

As if she had noticed Mu Zhian's burning gaze, Yan Ruyu raised her lips slightly and smiled faintly: "You came to see me, it shouldn't be just to ask a few questions, right?"

Mu Zhian calmed down a little, nodded and said: "In fact, there is still one thing I don't understand."

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Under Yan Ruyu's gaze, Mu Zhian said: "If someone has tampered with the Tongmai Pills, causing the user's spiritual energy to flow backwards...what will happen?"

Yan Ruyu pondered for a moment and said: "If you are lucky, you will be seriously injured and it will take ten or twenty years to recover. If you are unlucky, you may have to suppress the reversed spiritual energy in your life and have no energy to practice."

"Is it possible for a cultivator at the peak of the Refining Spirit to break through the Return to Void Realm after taking the Tongmai Pills that have been tampered with?" Mu Zhian asked.

Yan Ruyu shook her head and said firmly: "Absolutely impossible."

She is the head of the library and has read many books in the past. She knows everything about elixirs.

If there is something wrong with Tongmai Pills, it is absolutely impossible to advance to the Return to Void Realm.

Let alone the Return to Void Realm, I am afraid that in order to suppress the reverse flow of spiritual energy, the realm may fall to the Qi Training Realm.

"That's a bit strange..." Mu Zhian showed a trace of doubt.

Under Yan Ruyu's gaze, Mu Zhian said, "In fact, the person who was promoted to the Return to Void Realm in Tianxuan City this time was the patriarch of the Gongsun family."

"And the patriarch Gongsun accidentally got a Tongmai Pill, which was a tampered pill."

Yan Ruyu's eyes were more thoughtful, and said, "If he got the Tongmai Pill, no cultivator at the peak of the Refining Spirit would not be tempted..."

Mu Zhian nodded and said, "Once he took the Tongmai Pill, his realm would fall. How could he be promoted to the Return to Void Realm?"

Yan Ruyu pondered for a moment, and suddenly said, "There is an unwritten rule in my sect, which is not to interfere in the disputes of external forces."

Mu Zhian nodded and said, "I know this, I don't plan to trouble the Pavilion Master about this matter."

When he said this, his voice suddenly changed: "But I would like to ask Pavilion Master Yan to go back to Tianxuan City with me."

"What's the reason?" Yan Ruyu asked.

She knew that Mu Zhian was a very smart person and would not invite her back to Tianxuan City for no reason.

There must be a reason for doing this.

Mu Zhian said: "In fact, when I entered the cave of the Pilgrimage Hall that day, in addition to meeting Senior Qingdi, I also saw the ancient demon sealed in it by her."

Yan Ruyu's eyes moved slightly, but she didn't seem very surprised.

Senior Qingdi would not be seriously injured for no reason. At that time, she guessed that there might be something hidden in the cave, which forced Qingdi to suppress it.

But I didn't expect that there was a demon from ancient times...

"To be honest, after that, I asked Senior Qingdi for his consent, and went to the cave again to meet the old demon." Mu Zhian spoke again.

Afterwards, he explained one by one how he agreed to reshape the body for Qingdi, and then pretended to agree to the demon cultivator to reshape his body for him and took advantage of it.

"Soul-nourishing pill?" Yan Ruyu's eyes moved slightly, and even the owner of the library was a little surprised.

The old demon in the cave actually gave his disciple the soul-nourishing pill?

This Soul-Nourishing Pill is already infinitely close to a heavenly-grade elixir.

And its effect is to warm up the spirit. Even if a person who has lost his body and spirit takes the Soul-Nourishing Pill, he can still be resurrected.

I'm afraid there is no other Soul-Nourishing Pill in the entire Jiuzhou.

That demon is really generous...

"That old demon doesn't really trust the disciple," Mu Zhian looked at Yan Ruyu's delicate face and continued, "This time, the disciple accidentally learned that there might be subordinates of that demon within the sect."

Yan Ruyu pondered for a moment and said: "There have always been demon cultivators in my sect... However, in addition to the Queen of the Demon Realm, are there actually demon cultivators who are different from the demon world's forces hiding in the sect?"

Speaking of this, she continued to ask: "So you are saying that the Gongsun patriarch you mentioned may have been helped?"

"But what are you doing to help the Gongsun family?" Yan Ruyu looked at Mu Zhian.

Mu Zhian pondered for a moment and said, "Maybe he wants to get something from his disciples."

He paused and continued: "For example...if the old demon's subordinate is really a monk in the Liangyi Sect, that person only needs to use this to let out the news and let the disciples know that it is someone from the Liangyi Sect who is behind it. Support Patriarch Gongsun and help him advance to the Return to Void Realm.”

"And during this period, Patriarch Gongsun suppressed the Mu family and even harmed members of the Mu family..."

Mu Zhian put down the tea cup in his hand: "At this time, a seed of hatred took root and sprouted in my heart."

Yan Ruyu narrowed her eyes slightly: "Then you will do your best to do things for the old demon and let it out to destroy the sect?"

"With the disciple's integrity, naturally he would not do such a thing. But maybe in the eyes of the old demon, the disciple is like that kind of person." Mu Zhian said with a smile.

The bonus of [Friends of Villains] makes Mu Zhian naturally favored by villains. This is also the reason why Mu Zhian was approached by several 'villains' in the past.

Yan Ruyu gently tapped the table with her green and jade fingers. Then, a faint smile appeared on her face and she said, "Okay, I will accompany you back to Tianxuan City."

If there really is a demonic cultivator behind the cultivators who have been promoted to the Return to Void Realm in Tianxuan City this time, then they really cannot just sit idly by.

Even if there is no demon cultivator, this is still the same reason.

A reason to go down the mountain to protect Mu Zhian secretly.

"Thank you, Master!" Mu Zhian said with gratitude on his face.

"You should call me Pavilion Master." Yan Ruyu said with a smile.

Calling her master always made her feel weird.

After all, the real reason why she accepted Mu Zhian as her inner disciple was...

Mu Zhian thanked Yan Ruyu again and then said goodbye to Yan Ruyu.

After returning to Tianhe Garden, Mu Zhian knocked on Linglong's room.

"Aaa?" came the spirit dragon's lazily response.

"I'm going to go down the mountain. Do you want Sister Lin Ling to go back with me?" Mu Zhian asked.

Linglong didn't pay attention.

"There are many delicious foods in Tianxuan City," Mu Zhian continued.

Crunch.

The door opened quietly, revealing the delicate and sweet face of the silver-haired beauty. Lin Ling raised her head, her bright red eyes shining like stars, full of expectation.

Gazing at Lin Ling's delicate face, Mu Zhian showed a gentle smile.

For Tianxuan City, the realm of terrestrial gods is undoubtedly a dimensionality reduction blow.

For most monks, the realm of returning to the virtual world is a realm that is impossible to reach in this life.

Today, Gongsun Xiong is like a big fish in Tianxuan City, enough to cause huge waves.

but……

No matter how big the fish is, it is just food for the great white shark.