So, They Were the Protagonists All Along

Daqian Dynasty.

In the tall and majestic palace, there is a rather gorgeous Taoist temple with several alchemy furnaces and countless medicinal materials.

Over the years, Gu Boxing, the national preceptor, secretly collected a lot of medicinal materials on the grounds that His Majesty practiced Taoism.

Because of this matter, there was a lot of discussion among the civil and military officials of the court, because a large part of the official silver that was supposed to be used for disaster relief and even the spiritual stones given to the monks were used to refine elixirs for Gu Boxing.

It's just that the emperor of the current dynasty is now devoted to cultivating Taoism, fighting against all opinions and turning a deaf ear to the objections of the courtiers. Every half a month, he sends people to deliver heavenly materials and earthly treasures collected from Dongzhou.

The old emperor was too old to enter the world of immortality. He could only long to extend his life by making alchemy.

In the Taoist temple, a middle-aged man wearing a Taoist robe sat cross-legged in front of the table and looked at the bamboo slips in his hands quietly.

He looks like an ordinary person... Oh, rather, he is indeed an ordinary person now.

A grain of sand falling from the top of the world of immortality is like a huge stone to the monks at the bottom. Qingdi's Purifying Green Lotus sealed his cauldron, so at this moment Gu Boxing is indeed no different from ordinary people.

but--

No matter what happens, he still has the blessing of Daqian's national luck and the will of all living beings. After all, he is not comparable to ordinary people.

Gu Boxing, the national preceptor.

The life of this national master is not legendary, but at least it is far beyond the average of most people. He was alone when he was a child, and was later adopted by a mysterious strong man. When he was a child, Gu Boxing relied solely on brute force and had no knowledge of astrology.

When he grew up, Gu Boxing was also a vulgar martial artist, coming from the same sect as the current first master of Tianji Peak.

The brothers all thought that this person was a strange person, because their master was a master of discerning heavenly secrets. As a result, one of the disciples taught by his master did not even understand astrology.

In order to be able to embark on the path of Hedao as soon as possible, after the death of his master, Gu Boxing parted ways with his fellow disciples. At the age of thirty, he returned to the void through spiritual practice, and later came to the Sea of ​​World by chance.

There he received a trace of the inheritance left by the original witch. At this point, Gu Boxing transformed from a warrior and understood the method of deducing the secrets of heaven.

Then, he chose the shortcut of 'National Preceptor'.

For Gu Boxing, his pursuit has been only one from the beginning, and that is Hedao. Daqian's status as Imperial Master is just a tool he uses to speed up this pace.

After all, cultivation requires a lot of resources. Joining the ancient family and being manipulated by others is far less comfortable than the current national master.

Moreover, he has been to the Western Regions before and knows how to use the "power of all living beings' wishes" to bless his body.

"Report——"

In the distance, a spy in black quickly walked into the Taoist temple, knelt on his knees and presented several secret letters.

Gu Boxing reached out and took the secret letter, opened it one by one, and glanced at it.

The first secret letter was written about the Yaochi Holy Land. That Holy Land seemed to have discovered the movement in the Daqian Dynasty, so it secretly sent people to follow it early.

The second secret letter was about the response from the Southern Wilderness. Not surprisingly, the God of Space accepted this generous proposal.

The third secret letter was sent from Yunzhou. Qingdi's strength was overwhelming. If he could take this opportunity to suppress Dongzhou's luck, Yunzhou would be happy to help.

The fourth and fifth secret letters were sent from the Western Region and the Northern Territory, and their contents are self-evident.

"The Imperial Master really has a clever plan. The Qing Emperor is too strong. I thought that the Lord of the Sword Palace would compete with her after she ascended to heaven, but I didn't expect that the relationship between the two seemed to be pretty good... Other forces would not want to see this kind of thing. The scene appears."

Opposite Gu Boxing, the old emperor who had just finished swallowing his breath opened his eyes and spoke slowly.

"Ascension is not only a deterrent and pressure for us, but also for other forces... If they have the opportunity to make a profit, they will naturally not let this opportunity go."

Gu Boxing smiled: "However, they thought they were using us, but little did they know...it was us who was using them."

"Are you sure?" Although the old emperor was devoted to cultivating Taoism, he was not stupid. He knew that with Gu Boxing's strength, it would be very difficult to find a hope of survival in these struggles.

"To be honest, I don't have the confidence to refine the destiny of the country."

Gu Boxing gently stroked the bamboo slips on the table, and then placed it in front of the old emperor.

"But with this opportunity, the Qing Emperor has a lot of confidence in having to remove this pure green lotus from my body."

The old emperor narrowed his eyes slightly and slowly opened the bamboo slips on the desk.

The eunuch beside him took one look and immediately lowered his head with great respect.

…

The sun gradually moved westward, turning the entire royal city into orange.

Princess Yongning was walking in the royal city wearing a gorgeous long dress. She had delicate feet in a pair of exquisite embroidered shoes, and her golden steps swayed gently as she walked gracefully.

She looked up at the plaque written on the hall in front of her, which showed three characters: Jixian Pavilion.

There were two guards at the door who were responsible for guarding the collection of books. When they saw the arrival of the eldest princess, they immediately cheered up and took the initiative to greet her: "Princess Yongning, why are you here? Could it be that you have some books you want to read recently?"

The books in the Daqian Dynasty include a large number of ancient books that are not available in the outside world. Many of these ancient books were left behind after the collapse of other dynasties in the past.

Yongning has always been interested in books. She has been well-read since she was young, and she has read a lot of ancient books in her spare time. It is for this reason that she has such a good relationship with the owner of the library.

Princess Yongning smiled and shook her head: "I just came in for a stroll when I have nothing to do. You don't have to care."

After she finished speaking, she walked into the Jixian Pavilion with the maid, and her eyes casually swept across the bookshelves full of antiques. Then, she asked casually: "Has anyone come here to borrow books recently?"

One of the guards behind her thought for a while and said: "Concubine Lin came here to borrow a book about women's virtues a few days ago. In addition, two princes also borrowed a few books of poetry."

"The prince has been here before, but he borrowed those... "

Before the guard finished speaking, he was gently pushed by his companion with his elbow. He suddenly came to his senses and lowered his head: "I deserve to die...I deserve to die!"

"There is no one else here. You don't have to be so reserved. I won't tell anyone else about what happened today."

Princess Yongning said indifferently: "No one else has come here except the prince?"

The current emperor has elixirs made by the national teacher Gu Boxing, so his life span is far longer than that of ordinary people. Although the prince is the master of the East Palace, his father has no intention of giving up the throne. It doesn't make any difference whether the prince does it or not.

Over time, the prince gradually became addicted to beauty. The two guards just said that the prince came to borrow books, which are probably books related to beauty.

The two guards were moved. In this palace, the servants like Princess Yongning more. Many people are vying to be servants in Yongning Palace. The reason is that this eldest princess is approachable.

"And... the Imperial Master has been here once."

With Princess Yongning's words, the two guards did not hide anything and spoke again.

Princess Yongning became interested: "The Imperial Master rarely borrowed books from Jixian Pavilion in the past. What did he borrow?"

"I heard that it was a bamboo slip that has been circulated for a long time. It records some major events that shook the nine states in the past." said the guard.

Noticing the interest in the eyes of the eldest princess, the guard asked tentatively: "If Your Highness is interested, I will bring it to you now? The sample of the bamboo slip is still in Jixian Pavilion."

"Yes." Princess Yongning smiled.

After a while, the guard presented the bamboo slip to Yongning.

Princess Yongning gestured to the maid beside her, and the maid took out two bags of spirit stones and placed them in the hands of the two guards.

"Don't tell anyone about what happened today. Just pretend that I have never been here. Do you understand?"

The two guards were delighted and responded quickly.

Yongning took the bamboo slips and left Jixian Pavilion, then whispered to the maid beside her: "Send someone to deliver the bamboo slips to Liangyi Sect tonight, and make sure it is delivered to Pavilion Master Yan within three days."

"In addition, let her tell Mu Zhian a message."

Princess Yongning said lightly: "Gu Boxing is building a seven-color altar."

The maid looked at the eldest daughter of the emperor in shock. Even if she was the confidant of the princess, she couldn't understand what her master was thinking at the moment.

The national teacher wanted to refine the country in the Dagan Dynasty and transform the national destiny and the will of all living beings into his own power. This would undoubtedly damage the fate of Dongzhou... Once it was known, the Dagan Dynasty would face a catastrophe.

In the past, the ancient family had never moved this dynasty. On the one hand, it was because there were powerful cultivators in the dynasty, and it was blessed with luck. On the other hand, moving the Dagan Dynasty would affect the fate of the entire Dongzhou.

Once the national destiny of Dagan was damaged, the luck of the cultivators in Dongzhou would be more or less affected.

Under such circumstances, Gu Boxing still wanted to refine the national destiny for his own use... If it really succeeded, he would be free from the sky and the monks would have no way to deal with him.

But once the matter was exposed in advance... it would be a great disaster.

"Princess--"

Yongning shook his head gently and said softly: "Do as I say."

...

Three days later.

Mu Zhian was invited to the library and met the owner of the library in a garden not far behind. She was wearing a plain tube top skirt and her makeup was more inclined to the intellectual temperament of being well-educated.

If it were placed in modern times, Mu Zhian felt that if Yan Ruyu wore black-framed glasses and held the documents for preparing lessons, she would be a proper teacher.

After Yan Ruyu invited Mu Zhian to take a seat, he looked at his nominal "master" in the sect for a few more times and said with a smile: "The Pavilion Master looks much better than before. It seems that he has made progress in cultivation?"

After Yan Ruyu poured tea for Mu Zhian, she smiled and said: "The rules of the world today are different from the past. In the past, the spiritual energy between heaven and earth did not allow the existence of cultivators in the Enlightenment Realm, so the cultivation speed would be much slower, but now it is very different."

Mu Zhian nodded. He could not see through Yan Ruyu's current realm at all. If she was in the Return to Void Realm, which was similar to his realm, he could roughly judge the other party's strength with his natural spiritual body.

"I came to you today because of a bamboo slip sent by Princess Yongning and the words she asked me to bring to you."

Yan Ruyu said concisely: "She asked me to tell you that Gu Boxing is building a colorful altar."

Mu Zhian took the bamboo slip and flipped through it, and asked doubtfully: "Colorful altar?"

He became more curious.

If the guess is correct, since Gu Boxing has secretly contacted Nanhuang and other places for help, he must not be willing to sit back and wait for death, and will definitely find a way to fight for this last chance.

However, the colorful altar used to be used for sacrifices. Why did Gu Boxing build an altar at this juncture?

Could it be that Gu Boxing had a grudge against him, and because he didn't know what the outcome would be, he planned to use a curse to trade with him?

This may not be the case.

However, after the dream killing technique was easily resolved last time, Gu Boxing should know that this technique is useless.

In this way, the thing that can be related to the colorful altar is probably related to the jade slip sent by Princess Yongning.

…

"According to what is said in the bamboo slips, in the early days of ancient times, there was an existence that was suspected of being a quasi-immortal. Her strength was so powerful that it made the heavens tremble, so much so that the heavens almost broke the rules of heaven and earth and forcibly died together with the quasi-immortals."

"It's just that the quasi-immortal sympathized with all living beings and didn't want the battle between Heaven and her to cause the destruction of all life in the Nine Provinces, so she used the entire Nine Provinces as a formation to seal her true body somewhere in the Nine Provinces, and she fell into a long sleep."

After bidding farewell to Yan Ruyu for the time being, Mu Zhian sat in the courtyard of Tianhe Garden and read the bamboo slips, but he only felt a little absurd.

"Sister Mengrou, do you think the records here are credible?" Mu Zhian gathered his thoughts, threw the bamboo slips on the table, and then looked at Wei Mengrou beside him and asked.

Wei Mengrou shook her head gently: "I don't believe it."

She paused: "But I think Gu Boxing won't build an altar for no reason. It's better to be careful."

Colorful altars are generally used for sacrifices in Kyushu, and some evil cultivators also use them to summon 'dead souls'.

Gu Boxing had used special spells in the past to summon a ray of spiritual consciousness from the original witch.

"That's true...but there's one more thing I'm curious about."

Mu Zhian looked at the bamboo slips on the table and whispered: "Who compiled this record? This bamboo slip is made of Era bamboo and will not decay even if it is kept for ten thousand years... From this inference, write down The person in this record was at least tens of thousands of years ago.”

"Why did this bamboo slip finally appear in the Daqian Dynasty?"

"The Daqian Dynasty was built on the ruins of countless dynasties. This bamboo slip has been kept in the library of those dynasties since the past. Because it is not easy to damage, it is not difficult to save it." Wei Mengrou said lightly.

How does Sister Mengrou know so much... Mu Zhian glanced at Wei Mengrou, and when he noticed a ray of silver light flowing in her beautiful eyes, he understood slightly: "Did the Witch of Love and Desire tell you?"

Wei Mengrou hummed softly.

The Desire Witch just returned to her cauldron two days ago, and just after her return, she merged with the spiritual consciousness of another original witch. The current original witch's strength is unfathomable and is not even affected by heaven and earth. Rule constraints.

"So, the records in this bamboo slip are probably true?"

Mu Zhian looked at the bamboo slips and pondered.

"What's wrong? What did you think of?"

It should be said that she was indeed the maid who had always been by Mu Zhian's side. Seeing that Mu Zhian was silent, Wei Mengrou knew what Mu Zhian was thinking and immediately asked.

"Sister Mengrou, do you feel that the records here are somewhat similar to some things we have heard before?" Mu Zhian suddenly asked softly.

The quasi-immortal in the early days of the ancient times was a taboo creature that frightened Kyushu. He was feared by heaven... and then sealed himself.

Just being a 'quasi-immortal' is enough to make all this information seem ridiculous.

Mu Zhian's first reaction when he saw the bamboo slips was that he thought it was ridiculous.

But after thinking about some of the things he had experienced in the past, Mu Zhian thought of a possibility.

Wei Mengrou's eyes flickered and she looked up at Mu Zhian: "You mean... the other 'me' sealed deep in the southern wilderness?"

Mu Zhian nodded slightly.

He still remembers the shocking scene he saw in the black box cave.

The way of heaven transformed its origin into a sharp arrow, pierced the chest of the original witch, and suppressed her in the depths of the Southern Wilderness, causing the Southern Wilderness to be filled with black mist all year round. Wherever the black mist passed, all living things were wiped out.

Gu Boxing built the altar for her?

Just as Mu Zhian was thinking about it, at this moment, the formation fluctuations suddenly came from outside Tianhe Garden.

"It's Lingxuan and the others, Sister Mengrou, go and pick them up."

Mu Zhian sensed the person coming, raised his brows slightly, turned to look at Wei Mengrou and said.

"I'm afraid they have just returned to the sect, right? Their whole hearts are really tied to you."

Wei Mengrou cast a disdainful glance at the young master, turned around and left the courtyard with light steps.

After a while, two girls appeared in the field of vision. One was wearing a classic and exquisite purple dress, with a little makeup on her face, showing a bit of girlish innocence.

Ye Qian was wearing a light blue skirt, looking at Mu Zhian with watery eyes, holding a snack box in her hand.

"This is the snack that my sister and I made for Brother Mu before we came here. Brother Mu can taste it when he is tired from practicing."

She came to Mu Zhian's side, her face slightly red, and placed the spiritual cake mixed with some medicinal materials in front of the table.

The monks in the realm of refining gods have already reached the level of fasting, and they can naturally eat or not eat food.

But it’s actually quite good to satisfy your cravings and relax your body and mind once in a while.

Just like a certain natural food dragon, even though he has reached the Taoist realm, he still thinks about snacks every day.

"Although the young master can eat a lot of snacks every day, I still thank you for your kindness." The black-bellied maid showed a bright smile like breaking the ice, and said in a cold voice.

During this period of time, Ye Lingxuan was not in the sect, and Lan Feiying was still in seclusion in the ancestral land, and she didn't know how "unbridled" the young master was.

Although she didn't care who the young master was intimate with, she still had to remind the sisters: This guy is very fickle, don't forget it.

Ye Lingxuan was a very smart girl. Upon hearing this, she immediately looked at Mu Zhian suspiciously: "Brother Mu is in the sect every day, where does he get snacks?"

Mu Zhian coughed lightly: "Ling'er... Senior Linglong occasionally brings me some snacks when he comes back from foraging."

Ye Lingxuan pursed her lips and glanced at the boy: "Senior Linglong treats Brother Mu very well, but he won't give all her snacks to you, right?"

Mu Zhian was silent for a moment: "Well... Senior Sister occasionally brings me some cakes."

"It's not just as simple as bringing cakes, Senior Sister Lan has been interested in Brother Mu..." Ye Qian looked at Mu Zhian with sparkling eyes.

"I'm afraid she did something else after delivering the cakes..."

How can sister Qian'er be so imaginative...Mu Zhian said helplessly: "By the way, why didn't Senior Ye see it? Didn't she come back with you?"

"After my mother learned that we were in the Ye clan, she sent people to Tianxuan City to invite our ancestors to visit the forbidden area. Considering that we would also go to the forbidden area later, she went to meet several old acquaintances in advance."

When Ye Lingxuan said this, there was a hint of helplessness in her eyes.

After the forbidden area was separated from the Ye clan, she watched the Ye clan decline but did not take action. Although Ye Qingxin did not express dissatisfaction with the forbidden area in her words, it was inevitable that some trouble would arise when she went to the forbidden area this time.

"He diverted the subject again..." Wei Mengrou looked at this scene silently and couldn't help but give Mu Zhian a squint.

The young master is not good at other things, but the way to divert attention is getting more and more skilled.

But Ye Lingxuan didn't know that during the time when the young master left the sect, not only Linglong, but even his relationship with the sect master was unclear...

This forbidden area princess looked like an elegant lady on weekdays, but in fact, she was very possessive...

Once she became the queen of the forbidden area in the future, she knew that her beloved brother Mu had secretly multi-threaded operations without her knowledge and raised several great white sharks... By then, Ye Lingxuan might not be the well-behaved girl who would snuggle in Mu Zhian's arms and sweetly call "brother Mu".

After all, apart from the Liangyi Sect, the forbidden area is the most profound force.

If you really want to take someone away quietly, it's not difficult.

But she was too lazy to remind the young master, anyway, no matter where he was, she could find him.

Ye Lingxuan naturally didn't know what Wei Mengrou was thinking. At this moment, she heard Mu Zhian praising the deliciousness of the cakes and noticed his burning eyes. She felt a little shy for a while and completely forgot what happened just now.

"Qian'er and I will go to Daofeng to tell Master later, so we won't bother Brother Mu for now."

After saying that, Ye Lingxuan put down the food box and took her sister's hand and left.

"Sister Mengrou, I seem to be one step closer to my dream of having a gigolo."

Mu Zhian looked at the beautiful backs of the two girls and sighed in his heart: "Sister Lingxuan's breasts seem to have grown a lot."

"This is your dream, eat it."

Wei Mengrou opened the food box, the fragrance of the spiritual cake drifted in the air, and wisps of sunset light quietly appeared in front of her. If a mortal ate such a cake, his life span could be extended by at least ten years. It is enough to imagine that the ingredients of the cake were prepared by Ye Lingxuan, a little rich woman.

"Sister Lingxuan and Sister Qian'er seem to have good cooking skills. Sister Mengrou, why don't you ask them for advice someday and make it for me next time?"

Mu Zhian picked up a piece of cake from the food box and tasted it, and then couldn't help but exclaimed.

Wei Mengrou glanced at him: "If you like it so much, why don't you let them do it for you every day?"

"Oh... maybe you can have it every day when you go to the restricted area next time."

Wei Mengrou paused and added: "In the basement."

Mu Zhian looked at Wei Mengrou unexpectedly and couldn't help laughing: "Sister Mengrou is jealous? No matter what, you are the only maid around me, and this will not change."

I'm not jealous, I'm explaining a possibility... Wei Mengrou said silently in her heart.

There are too many things that happened during the time when Mu Zhian left the sect. If Ye Lingxuan knew about them one by one, it might not matter.

But if these things are mixed together and then exploded at once...

For example, tell the reincarnation of the reincarnated queen that your brother Mu had sex with Linglong, the daughter of the Great Dao.

At this time, Ye Lingxuan would be a little shocked, but she couldn't bear it.

Then she took the opportunity to add: Not only that, your brother Mu also suppressed the sister of the sect master whom you respect and admire in your heart.

By the way, your sister buff is gone, because he also suppressed your Senior Sister Lan and your Sister Feiying.

When he went to the demon world before, he was raped by the demon queen.

Well... it seems that if she wants, she can kill the young master now.

Wei Mengrou looked at the young master who seemed to be smug while tasting the cakes, and couldn't help but pursed her lips to avoid the sneer that she couldn't help showing.

"Sister Mengrou, please help me deliver a cake to Liangyi Peak later."

As soon as Mu Zhian finished speaking, he looked at Wei Mengrou in surprise: "What's wrong? You're smiling so weirdly."

He always felt that the maid was up to something bad.

"That's why you smile so weirdly."

Wei Mengrou glanced at the young master lightly: "If Gu Boxing built the altar really to summon her...are you going to stop it?"

"There's no rush."

Mu Zhian handed the food box to Wei Mengrou and couldn't help but smile: "Let's play with him first."

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