It Turns Out, They Are the Protagonists
Chapter 540: Aaaa! p2

If the person entering the Heavenly Court now was one of the fish in his pond, Mu Zhian really didn’t know how to react.

Then, a strand of hair gently brushed against his cheek. Even without opening his eyes, Mu Zhian could sense someone observing him.

This fragrance was somewhat familiar, but not from any of the beauties he had been with recently…

Mu Zhian finally couldn’t help but open his eyes.

A girl with flowing silver hair, dressed in a snow-white dress and deerskin boots, her fair calves faintly visible.

Compared to her usual demure and elegant beauty, Miss Spirit Dragon now looked more like a girl next door.

She was leaning over the bed, the wind gently ruffling her hair, making her white dress flutter slightly. Paired with her breathtaking beauty, she had a fairy-like air.

However, her pure red eyes, devoid of any impurities, disrupted this ethereal aura… She was even holding a meat bun she had somehow obtained.

Mu Zhian inwardly sighed with relief.

“Lin Ling? Why are you here?” Mu Zhian asked doubtfully.

Lin Ling, munching on her meat bun, took out her little notebook from her storage ring and handed it to Mu Zhian: “The Forbidden Zone inheritance ceremony is over, so I came to find you.”

Mu Zhian was stunned, “How did you know the inheritance ceremony was over?”

“Everyone knows,” Lin Ling wrote in her notebook. “The Forbidden Zone’s rule power has been completely inherited for the first time, and there were strange phenomena outside the Forbidden Zone, so everyone in the sect is talking about it.”

That made sense… No one in any Forbidden Land had ever completely controlled the rule power before. With the Forbidden Zone inheritance ceremony causing such a commotion this time, it wasn’t strange that people in the Eastern Continent knew about it.

Not just the Eastern Continent, even the other Forbidden Lands were probably wondering how the Eastern Continent’s Forbidden Zone achieved this.

“Do you have anything else to do?” Lin Ling continued writing in her notebook.

“Not really… But why did you come all the way to the Heavenly Court? Do you have something important?” Mu Zhian asked doubtfully.

“I can make snacks now, so I came to find you and treat you to some,” she wrote carefully in her notebook, then took out a food box containing snacks from her storage ring and placed it before Mu Zhian.

Mu Zhian opened the food box and saw pastries from the Eastern Continent, even coated with honey.

Mu Zhian looked at the pure and innocent, silver-haired beauty in astonishment, “You can make snacks… Since when?”

He didn’t expect this foodie to actually know how to make snacks herself.

For a moment, Mu Zhian couldn’t help but feel a surge of warmth.

He didn’t expect Lin Ling, who only thought about eating all day long, to actually learn how to be self-sufficient…

“Three days ago,” Lin Ling continued writing diligently in her notebook, “She said your aura couldn’t be sensed in the Nine Provinces, so you must be in the Heavenly Court.”

She?

Mu Zhian was stunned for a moment, then quickly reacted, a chill running down his spine.

So as long as he was in the Nine Provinces, Sect Master Sister could sense his aura?

This woman is terrifying…

Speaking of which, why is Lin Ling still so clueless after being with the Sect Master for so long…? Mu Zhian sighed inwardly.

“Aaa?” Lin Ling looked up at him, a puzzled look in her red eyes.

“Nothing, I was just praising you,” Mu Zhian smiled, reaching out to stroke the girl’s soft silver hair, “Did you come looking for me because you knew the Forbidden Zone inheritance ceremony was over?”

Lin Ling nodded gently, “You were busy before, so I couldn’t disturb you.”

Mu Zhian was silent for a second, sighing inwardly.

This girl always considered things from his perspective. Sometimes, Mu Zhian even wondered, although she was a dragon… would she be bullied by the other fish if she entered the fishpond?

“Aaa?” Lin Ling tilted her head, looking at him with a puzzled expression.

“You gave me snacks, so I’ll also give you a gift.”

Mu Zhian took out a translucent flower from his storage ring.

Lin Ling’s clear, red eyes reflected the flower’s shape, and she held up her little notebook: “This flower has traces of the Great Dao’s Dao Rhyme.”

Mu Zhian placed the Dao Comprehension Flower in Lin Ling’s arms and said with a smile, “A gift for you, do you like it?”

Lin Ling nodded gently, her bright red eyes curiously examining the flower, “Where did you get this?”

Mu Zhian hesitated, then smiled and rubbed her head, “It’s a long story, just accept it for now.”

“Although it’s not the Flower of the Great Dao, this Dao Comprehension Flower can still connect you to the Great Dao, so you should know what to do next, right?”

“After all, you now have a seat in the Heavenly Court, you can transcend smoothly even without me continuously providing you with Spiritual Energy.”

According to Mu Zhian’s guess, there were two ways to transcend and ascend.

One was him giving them a Heavenly Court seat, and the other required more effort from him… giving them more Spiritual Energy from his Innate Celestial Furnace.

Clearly, Lin Ling, who now possessed a Heavenly Court seat, didn’t need any more effort from Mu Zhian.

Lin Ling nodded slightly, then secretly glanced at the young man.

A blush had unknowingly appeared on her cheeks, and she rubbed her legs together involuntarily.

Mu Zhian immediately noticed the change in the beauty beside him and asked, “What’s wrong? Wasn’t the Karmic Fire completely suppressed?”

Lin Ling raised her watery eyes, glanced at him demurely, then handed him her little notebook: “I don’t know why, but it’s burning again.”

Mu Zhian frowned slightly, a hint of worry in his eyes.

Just as he was about to speak, he noticed the young girl’s red eyes flickering slightly, a shy and timid look within.

But as she casually looked up, a hint of anticipation appeared in her eyes.

Mu Zhian instantly understood.

No wonder Lin Ling’s Karmic Fire suddenly flared up again for no reason.

It seems what’s burning isn’t the Karmic Fire, but…

She clearly wanted it, but was too embarrassed to say it, so she could only hint at it in this way…

“My Lin Ling is so cute.”

Thinking of this, Mu Zhian couldn’t help but wrap his arm around Lin Ling’s waist, pulling the silver-haired beauty’s soft and delicate body into his embrace, burying his face in her bosom.

He could clearly feel the beauty in his arms tremble slightly, then symbolically push him away.

Mu Zhian looked down at the adorable beauty in his arms and whispered, “Lin Ling, I missed you.”

Lin Ling’s struggles weakened considerably, and she held up her little notebook: “Really?”

Mu Zhian said softly, “Of course, and you can tell if someone is lying, right?”

Lin Ling secretly observed Mu Zhian, the worry in her brows gradually fading.

She had been a bit worried that Mu Zhian might forget about her after being away from the sect for so long. After all, he had so many beautiful women around him, and she couldn’t do anything for him, even needing him to make snacks for her.

But now, she couldn’t see any ‘disdain’ in Mu Zhian’s eyes, his burning gaze making her shyly lower her head.

Then, looking at the half-eaten meat bun in her hand, she silently put it in her mouth, licking her fingertips.

Just then, she noticed the young man’s gaze fixed on her.

“Aaa?”

Mu Zhian gently caressed Lin Ling’s delicate face and said, “You just ate a meat bun, are you still hungry?”

Lin Ling gently shook her head, then hesitated and wrote in her little notebook: “A little.”

“Are there snacks in the Heavenly Court?” she wrote again.

Mu Zhian said seriously, “Of course, the Heavenly Court has everything, including plenty of snacks.”

Lin Ling was slightly stunned, then, sensing Mu Zhian’s intense gaze, she quickly realized something, her face flushing crimson. Under Mu Zhian’s gaze, she became even more flustered, her beautiful eyes misting over.

Anyone who didn’t know better would think Mu Zhian had bullied her to tears.

She held up her little notebook and wrote: “I’m not hungry.”

Mu Zhian looked thoughtful and said deliberately, “Since you’re not hungry, then I’ll go back to the Forbidden Zone.”

After saying that, he stood up and silently counted down in his heart.

Ten seconds later, seeing the blush on the previously dazed Miss Spirit Dragon’s face, her eyes still fixed on him longingly, Mu Zhian couldn’t help but smile.

Seeing this pure and innocent blank slate, he couldn’t resist wanting to paint his own colors on it. Mu Zhian didn’t know if this was his own twisted hobby.

However, Miss Spirit Dragon wasn’t an ignorant girl anymore, just still clueless about many things, which sometimes made Mu Zhian want to tease her.

He crouched beside the silver-haired beauty, placed a hand on the back of her hand, and said gently, “Sorry, I was just kidding—”

“…Want… want…”

Before Mu Zhian could finish speaking, a soft, almost inaudible voice echoed through the Heavenly Court.

Mu Zhian was stunned. He saw the silver-haired beauty hiding behind her little notebook, her red eyes peeking at him shyly.

“There’s no need to force yourself, I was just joking,” Mu Zhian said helplessly.

If it were any other woman in his fishpond, she would have retorted or rolled her eyes at him.

If it were the maid, she would probably give him a disdainful look and leave the Heavenly Court without a word.

If it were Yao Meng… he would probably be the shy one now.

He didn’t expect this naive Spirit Dragon to actually take him seriously…

“Didn’t you also say you didn’t like the taste of Heavenly Court Spiritual Energy?” Mu Zhian asked again.

Lin Ling nodded gently: “I hate it.”

After all, directly experiencing Heavenly Court Spiritual Energy and tasting it were two completely different things.

However, after answering, Lin Ling knelt beside Mu Zhian’s bed, lowering her head slightly, her silver hair partially obscuring her clear, doe-like red eyes.

Then, she took out a small honey cake from the food box.

Before Mu Zhian could speak, a clear and pleasant voice echoed softly through the Heavenly Court, stunning him for a moment.

“But if it’s with you… I can endure it.”

“And…”

She peeked at Mu Zhian through her silver hair, her shy red eyes meeting his.

“I can add some honey.”