So, They Were the Protagonists All Along

On the viewing platform, the princess just let Mu Zhian grab her hand, looking a little stunned.

I think even she would not have thought that a little cultivator who had just entered the Return to Void Realm would dare to threaten her?

After an unknown amount of time, the princess suddenly woke up, pulled back her hand, and glared at Mu Zhian: "How dare you threaten me?"

Mu Zhian shrugged: "It's just a courtesy. Your Highness, have you forgotten how you threatened me just now?"

The princess was speechless for a moment.

"After all, if you hadn't concealed your identity and disguised yourself as His Majesty Luo Tan, I wouldn't have caused misunderstandings." Mu Zhian continued.

The princess opened her rosy little mouth slightly, and wanted to say something, but the words were stuck in her throat and she couldn't say anything.

Indeed, in the bedroom before, she wanted to trick Mu Zhian's secret, so she disguised herself as Luo Tan.

Originally, Mu Zhian simply wanted to be intimate with Luo Tan, and had no idea that the fiancée of the Great Peng Emperor had turned into Luo Tan.

"In fact, even if you tell His Majesty Luo Tan, I don't think she will say anything." Mu Zhian suddenly said.

The princess glanced at Mu Zhian: "You mean, she found out that her man was intimate with the person she trusted the most, but she wouldn't say anything?"

She chuckled: "Maybe it's just as you said, but I don't want to bet... As for what happened between you and me tonight, let's stop here."

"It's just that I have something to ask Mr. Mu."

When the beautiful woman said this, she stared at Mu Zhian calmly, and her gentle eyes in the past were rippling with a moist luster.

"Please tell me, Your Highness, I will tell you everything I know." Mu Zhian smiled.

"You are indeed a natural furnace, right?" asked the princess.

"Hasn't Your Highness felt this tonight?" Mu Zhian asked back.

Even though she was covered with a veil, one could still see a blush of shyness on the pretty face of the princess. She glared at Mu Zhian and said, "Mr. Mu, don't mention this matter in front of outsiders in the future... It's not good for you or me."

"Or is Mr. Mu teasing me on purpose?"

Mu Zhian was stunned: "If I must say, wasn't it Her Royal Highness the Princess who teased me first tonight...? At first, I thought the person in the bedroom was Luo Tan."

When Mu Zhian said this, his eyes dimmed slightly: "My innocence was ruined by Her Royal Highness the Princess, and now I have to be slandered by you... Well, after all, you are in a high position and have great power, so I will swallow this anger."

The princess glanced at this frivolous guy and said: "It's obviously you who took advantage, why do you think it's all my fault?"

Mu Zhian's expression remained unchanged. Looking at the foreign apostles and the elders of the academy who had already come on stage and were about to fight, he casually threw out a seemingly insignificant topic:

"Does your highness think that men and women should be equal in this world?"

The gentle and dignified princess nodded without thinking: "Of course."

Mu Zhian smiled and said: "Then why do you think that I mistook you for Luo Tan tonight and kissed you, and that I took advantage, not you?"

"..."

After a long silence, the princess glanced at Mu Zhian dimly and snorted: "It's a farce."

Mu Zhian smiled, but did not continue to tease him.

First of all, the fiancée of the Great Peng Emperor is at the Hedao realm. Although she has a gentle personality, if she is really annoyed and gets angry, it will not end well.

Secondly... because of Miss Linglong's matter, he might need help from the princess in the future.

Mu Zhian said: "Tonight's matter will be as the princess wishes, so let's stop here."

"If you need any help in the future, Mu will do his best, please believe my sincerity." Mu Zhian's words were full of sincerity.

If Mu Zhian said this before tonight, the princess would only be disdainful and think that Mu Zhian was overestimating his abilities.

Because in her eyes, Mu Zhian is just a child, at most he is prettier, has some talent, and has been able to return to the void earlier than his peers... but that's all.

But now... her body is still flowing with the spiritual energy brought by Mu Zhian.

Even between her lips and teeth, it seems that she can still feel the beauty brought by the spiritual energy of the heaven.

That kind of intoxicating fragrance is incomparable to any mellow wine in the world.

Moreover, he understands the four words "modest and low-key".

The secret of the Tiansheng furnace, if she hadn't disguised herself as Luo Tan tonight, she probably wouldn't have known that Mu Zhian had such a big secret.

The Tiansheng furnace is full of spiritual energy from the heaven...

If this matter were to spread, even with the protection of Fairy Yao Meng, Mu Zhian would become the object of pursuit by female cultivators.

Feeling Mu Zhian's sincerity, the princess couldn't help but be slightly moved, and said in a pleasant voice: "Why are you willing to help me?"

"It's very simple, you are a friend trusted by His Majesty Luo Tan, and today Dapeng Emperor wanted to put pressure on me, and it was you who protected me at that time." Mu Zhian showed a gentle smile.

"Today's incident was caused by me, and I will naturally protect you." The princess shook her head.

"Maybe it's a piece of cake for Her Royal Highness, but Mu has always remembered the kindness today." Mu Zhian said sincerely.

He paused and hesitated: "But Emperor Dapeng is your fiancé after all. You must not conflict with him because of my affairs... That would be bad. After all, he is also the lord of Yunzhou. , and its power is huge..."

The princess said calmly: "No matter how strong he is, he can't really be my enemy. You don't have to worry about my affairs."

Mu Zhian was stunned and looked at the princess subconsciously.

"What's wrong?"

Seemingly uncomfortable being stared at, the princess couldn't help but look sideways and asked.

Mu Zhian came back to his senses and said softly: "It's okay... I just feel that Her Royal Highness treats me very well."

Although she had met many men in the past, this was obviously the first time she had met a man as charming as Mu Zhian. Coupled with the ambiguity between the two tonight, for some reason, the princess's heart beat involuntarily faster.

Her gentle and beautiful eyes stayed on Mu Zhian for a long time, and then she came back to her senses: "Anyway, just remember not to leak what happened tonight, and it will benefit you in the future."

"Mu should keep this in mind."

Mu Zhian quickly lowered his head, maintaining the posture that a junior should have.

The chat between the two ended here, and at this moment, there was a wave of spiritual energy not far away.

Mu Zhian looked up and saw that on the white jade platform on the north side, an old man's palm turned into a ray of light, and he was killing the foreign apostles on the other side of the platform with great momentum.

"After the rewriting of the rules of heaven and earth, some monks who were stuck in the bottleneck period in the past have reached the threshold of enlightenment. In the past, it was difficult to improve the level of returning to the void no matter how hard they practiced, and it is much easier than before."

There was a hint of sigh in the princess's tone, and she said softly: "I just don't know how many monks who have returned to the Void Realm will die in the Heavenly Tribulation of Enlightenment this time."

Mu Zhi'an thought slightly and asked, "His Royal Highness, have you ever witnessed the rewriting of the rules of heaven and earth in the past?"

The princess nodded: "Every few thousand years, the rules of heaven and earth may change. This time you just happened to catch up with the golden age, and with Luo Tan here... As long as the Jiuding Refining Void Pill can be successfully refined, it may not be necessary to achieve enlightenment. How long has it been?”

Mu Zhian took over: "The prerequisite is to obtain the medicinal materials for refining the Xu Dan, especially Yunyan Liu from Yunzhou."

The princess glanced at Mu Zhian, as if she had read his thoughts, and said calmly: "Don't worry, after I return to Yunzhou in two days, I will help you find Yunyanliu."

"Then I would like to thank Your Highness the Princess in advance." Mu Zhian raised his hand and bowed.

After the two sat in front of the viewing platform for a while, the fight between the alien apostle and the academy elder in the distance seemed to be coming to an end.

As Luo Tan expected from the beginning, the elders who can teach students in this academy must be quite powerful.

"That elder seems to have won." Mu Zhian said softly.

The princess nodded, and then her eyes fell on Luo Tan, who had returned to the high platform at some point.

"Luo Tan will take care of the rest. I plan to go back to the palace first. Do you want to wait for her or come with me?" she asked.

Why do these words have the feeling of 'you choose her or me'... Mu Zhian recalled for no reason that Ruoxi and the others asked him to make a similar choice when the Shura field broke out before.

"I'm a little tired tonight. Since Her Royal Highness the Princess doesn't mind, let's go together." Mu Zhian said with a smile.

"But before that, it would be best to talk to her," he added.

The princess nodded lightly, looked at Mu Zhian who was about to leave the viewing platform, and suddenly hesitated and said: "By the way... I still need a few of the small returning pills you refined. Can Mr. Mu refine it again after he returns this time?" Make some?”

"You mean the Xiao Huan Dan infused with some heavenly spiritual energy?" Mu Zhian asked.

The princess nodded slightly: "This is a favor that I owe you. If you have anything you want in the future, please tell me and I will return this favor to you."

Sister, I don’t want to struggle anymore and I don’t know if it will work... Mu Zhi’an cursed in his heart and said: “After I go back and refine the Small Return Pill, I will send it to you.

…

Amidst the bumps along the way, Mu Zhian returned to the palace.

Zunyun Academy is close to the palace, so the return trip didn't take long.

Mu Zhian returned to Bieyuan where he lived. He spent nearly an hour refining a batch of Xiaohuan Dan and put it into a jade bottle, and then left Bieyuan.

This thing is not very difficult to refine for Mu Zhian. He had chosen Xiao Huan Dan as the elixir infused with heavenly aura purely because Mu Zhian's alchemy skills could only barely refine second-grade elixirs.

Not long after, he brought a jade bottle containing a large amount of second-grade Xiaohuandan, spoke to the maid outside the princess's guest room, and waited for news from the maid at the door.

After a while, a pretty maid came over and announced: "Mr. Mu, the princess invites you."

Mu Zhian then walked into the villa, and saw the gorgeous princess in the elegantly decorated front hall. She put on a loose dress, her hair was simply pulled up, and her eyebrows were like black. The painting has plump red lips. Although the veil covers the beauty of the prosperous age, it cannot hide the special charm of a mature woman.

Although I have never seen her appearance, this woman has a really good figure. No wonder Emperor Dapeng is so obsessed with her...

Mu Zhian looked away and handed the jade bottle forward.

"According to the agreement, this is the small rejuvenation elixir that Her Royal Highness needs."

The princess raised her eyes slightly and said calmly: "What I want is not a small return pill."

Mu Zhian smiled and said, "I know that there is heavenly spiritual energy in this small Huandan, although it is not much... Anyway, what does the princess want this small Huandan for?"

In theory, even if all the small Huandan he made were refined, the heavenly spiritual energy would not be able to give the princess much benefit.

"Mr. Mu, don't worry about this matter. I have my own use."

The princess said softly, "Mr. Mu must be tired after traveling today. I won't keep you here."

I just got the things and drove me away, bad woman... Mu Zhian stammered a few times, and had to raise his hand and bow helplessly, saying, "Then I will take my leave first."

...

After the door was closed, the princess's spiritual consciousness took the entire huge villa into her eyes at that moment. After observing for a while, she restrained her spiritual consciousness.

Then, she poured out a pill from the jade bottle, hesitated for a moment, and put it into her rosy little mouth.

For a moment, her delicate body could not help but tremble slightly, and her eyes were dazed.

The spiritual energy in this pill was indeed the same as the spiritual energy of the heaven that Mu Zhian gave her tonight...

No... The spiritual energy he gave tonight was much richer than the spiritual energy of the heaven in this Xiao Huan Dan.

After all, the spiritual energy given by dual cultivation is the most concentrated in this world.

"Just as I expected, the spiritual energy of the heaven cannot make the great power of He Dao ascend to heaven... At least this spiritual energy is far from enough."

The princess whispered to herself.

But if the spiritual energy of the heaven in the Tiansheng furnace is completely absorbed, or, after absorbing it, wait until the spiritual energy in the Tiansheng furnace is restored, and then absorb it two or three times in succession, what will happen in the long run?

Such a ridiculous idea suddenly popped up in the princess' mind.

Then, she woke up in a trance, shook her head quickly, and threw the ridiculous idea behind her.

But for some reason, she quietly clenched the Xiao Huan Dan in her hand.

...

The next day.

After Luo Tan returned to the palace last night, he did not summon Mu Zhian again, as if he had other government affairs to deal with. In the evening of that day, when Mu Zhian was studying the art of alchemy in the other garden, he received a message from Luo Tan.

Mu Zhian followed him into the palace, and soon he saw the empress who was in charge of Yuzhou in the luxuriously decorated bedroom. She was wearing a snow-white dress with gold thread, a gorgeous hairpin on her head, and tassels made of rare pearls, which made her flawless face even more beautiful.

Luo Tan was sitting in front of the bedroom, holding his brow with his hand, his plump and slender legs wrapped in snow-white jade boots, stepping on the luxurious soft lichen, and seemed to be thinking about something.

"Should I come later? Your Majesty seems to be troubled by something." Mu Zhian said.

Luo Tan glanced at him and smiled, "It's because I have something bothering me that I want to see you."

"After all, no matter how big the trouble is, as long as you are by my side, it actually doesn't matter."

Mu Zhian was stunned, thinking that he didn't expect that this empress actually knew how to tease men.

"By the way, what did you want to tell me yesterday in the academy?" Luo Tan suddenly said.

Mu Zhian was silent for a moment, shook his head and smiled, "Nothing..."

However, before he finished speaking, Luo Tan's crisp and pleasant voice sounded: "Does she already know that you are a natural furnace tripod?"

Mu Zhian was a little surprised, staring at Luo Tan, and said nothing.

"Don't be so surprised, the princess is a creature loved by the Great Dao, born to be a person favored by heaven, so it's only a matter of time for her to find out that you are a natural furnace tripod."

The noble and elegant cold empress changed her beautiful legs in black silk and raised them, with a faint smile in her beautiful eyes: "How did she find out?"

"When you left yesterday, I had a little misunderstanding with her..." Mu Zhian said tactfully.

Luo Tan was stunned for a moment, then, as if she had thought of something, she suddenly opened her eyes wide and stared at Mu Zhian: "If I remember correctly, I asked you to come to the bedroom to see me last night. The princess should not have been in contact with you for a long time. How did she find out about your natural furnace?"

"Or... did she come to the bedroom to find me last night?"

When Luo Tan asked again, Mu Zhian did not answer for a long time.

Luo Tan already understood in her heart, and a complex expression appeared on her beautiful and cold face.

"What happened between you and her?"

Her voice was subconsciously lowered a few points. Although she had guessed in her heart, she was still shocked and difficult to accept when she heard the answer from Mu Zhian.

"No, it was just that some unnecessary misunderstandings occurred when I was talking to the princess in the bedroom last night, so she noticed the natural furnace." Mu Zhian shook his head.

"No wonder she seemed to be much closer to you when we were in the academy last night..."

At this moment, Luo Tan finally understood in her heart.

"Zunyun Academy won a great victory yesterday, why does His Majesty look so sad today?" Mu Zhian changed the subject.

Hearing this, Luo Tan rubbed his brows and sighed: "Zunyun Academy sends several top-ranked disciples to the palace every few years... Calculating the time, it seems that this day is coming soon."

Mu Zhian doubtfully said: "What's there to worry about?"

"It's just that there is no worry about selecting disciples, but I have to consider the balance between civilians and nobles, and in addition, I have to take care of the feelings of important officials in the court."

Mu Zhian didn't understand these things, so it was difficult for him to give advice. He just couldn't help but sigh in his heart: Although he was a great man of the Hedao, he had to deal with such tedious things. It was really hard...

Luo Tan leaned gently in Mu Zhian's arms and said faintly: "Sometimes I wonder why I established the Immortal Dynasty... What benefits does it bring to me? If there was no Immortal Dynasty, I would probably be as relaxed as the Green Emperor now."

"Everyone has different ambitions. Your Majesty cares about the monks in Yuzhou and suppresses taboos. Everyone praises you, even I admire you in my heart." Mu Zhian hugged the noble and elegant empress into his arms, feeling the warmth of the woman's delicate body.

After an unknown period of silence between the two, Mu Zhian smelled the fragrance of the beauty in his arms from the snow-white dress. His original awe and admiration for Luo Tan gradually changed.

At this moment, there seemed to be two voices in my heart. One voice said: She is the empress of Yuzhou. She once suppressed the taboos and founded the Immortal Dynasty. You should be in awe of her!

And the other voice said: I don’t care, I will suppress her!

The two voices fought with each other in my mind. Luo Tan’s delicate body was completely close to Mu Zhian, and the weight seemed to be completely pressed in his arms.

In the end, the second voice won.

Luo Tan seemed to have noticed something, glanced at Mu Zhian’s handsome face, and then gradually went down.

After noticing something, the woman’s elegant and noble eyes in the past revealed a touch of tenderness at this moment, and she whispered: "The princess will come to play chess with me later, so..."

"It’s okay if it’s just a little close, right?" Mu Zhian turned his head to look at her and said softly.

The Alchemy Empress looked at him and couldn’t help but ripple in her heart.

Yesterday, she wanted to get close to Mu Zhian but was repeatedly blocked. Not only Mu Zhian, she also missed the aura of the boy.

There was a hint of affection in her eyes, and she hummed softly: "If we are just a little closer, it should be in time..."

She wanted to bend down to take off the snow-white jade boots on her legs, but at this time, Mu Zhian put one hand on the back of her hand.

Under Luo Tan's puzzled eyes, Mu Zhian said softly: "Let's just leave it like this, you are the most beautiful now."

Luo Tan seemed to understand something, and immediately rolled his eyes, full of charm: "Before, I was wondering why you always stared at other people's legs, do you have this hobby?"

Then, she put one hand on Mu Zhian's shoulder, and her elegant eyes were now full of smiles. She leaned over Mu Zhian's ear and blew softly: "Next time, I will take you to the place where I review memorials to play with you, how about it?"

This woman is so good at...

Dongdong!

Mu Zhian's heartbeat suddenly quickened. Looking at the teasing eyes of the empress in his arms, he could no longer suppress his inner impulse. He embraced Luo Tan's slender waist and lowered his head to kiss her red lips.

The spiritual energy between the Tiansheng furnace cauldron and the Tiansheng furnace cauldron finally intertwined with each other at this moment.