It Turns Out, They Are the Protagonists
Chapter 571: So, You Don’t Want Zhi’er, You Want Me?

Me?

“You must be wondering how I know about your personal interface, and why I guessed that your achievement is related to me, right?” Mu Zhian kept his gaze averted, avoiding her eyes lest he be captivated by her charm. “Observing the scene, gathering information, making a hypothesis, then verifying… It’s just a guess, but it seems I was right.”

Clearly, the veil Mu Wange wore earlier was also a spirit artifact, concealing her aura and even temporarily blocking the Nine-Tailed Heavenly Fox’s charm.

Now that the veil was removed, not only was her beauty revealed, but also her captivating aura, no longer concealed.

Even with his own Nine-Tailed Heavenly Fox constitution, looking directly at Mu Wange now might instantly bewitch him.

After all, although their constitutions were the same, Mu Wange’s cultivation realm was clearly higher than Mu Zhian’s.

The flickering candlelight illuminated Mu Wange’s beautiful and gentle face. Her red lips parted slightly, and she said softly, her voice gentle, but laced with complex emotions, “When did you realize?”

“That’s not important. What’s important is whether my guess was correct.”

Mu Zhian, still avoiding her gaze, continued with a feigned indifference, “There’s only one achievement on your personal interface, and that achievement just happens to be related to me, right?”

Mu Wange’s delicate fingers gently tapped the table, her nails painted a pale pink, drawing Mu Zhian’s attention.

“You guessed correctly,” she said softly, “I do have a personal interface just like you… and there’s only one achievement on it.”

“And… I also possess the Chaos Body,” Mu Wange added.

Mu Zhian’s eyes widened slightly. Although he had considered this possibility before meeting Mu Wange, hearing it confirmed from her still shocked him, even finding it hard to believe.

According to the Primordial Witch, the ‘personal interface’ was a unique ability possessed only by her.

But now… Mu Wange clearly possessed the same constitution as him.

It was even possible that Mu Wange had the same ‘titles’ as him.

“Why don’t you dare look at me when you speak?” Mu Wange tilted her head slightly, looking at Mu Zhian with a puzzled expression.

He had just said something like ‘I prefer you to your daughter’, but now he wouldn’t even look at her…

“Didn’t you just say that if I looked at you, I would be instantly captivated?” Although shocked, Mu Zhian maintained a calm smile.

“Finally learning to be cautious?”

Even the gentle Mu Wange couldn’t help but roll her eyes at the young man and say softly, “It’s a good thing it’s me you’re facing. If it were the Demon Empress or the Nine-Tailed Heavenly Fox, you would have already become their devoted servant, serving them for life.”

Her tone carried a hint of an elder’s warning, but her voice was incredibly soft, a subtle, seductive quality that made his heart itch.

“They wouldn’t directly charm me,” Mu Zhian said with a casual smile. “It’s you who I can’t quite figure out.”

The Nine-Tailed Heavenly Fox hadn’t fully formed her body yet, and as for the Demon Empress… If she wanted to, she could have easily charmed Mu Zhian back in Tianxuan City, there was no need to wait until now.

Mu Wange was silent for a long moment.

She naturally understood the implication in Mu Zhian’s words.

He knew the Demon Empress and was also involved with the Nine-Tailed Heavenly Fox, so he wasn’t worried about being charmed by those two Demon Emperors… But he was clearly suspicious of her.

“That makes sense. After all, my Chaos Body is exactly the same as yours. It’s natural for you to suspect I have ulterior motives.”

After a long silence, Mu Wange suddenly chuckled softly, then gracefully twirled a strand of hair and said, “I believe the Primordial Witch told you that she’s the only one in this world with a personal interface, which is why you’re wondering why I have one just like you, right?”

Mu Wange gently raised a fingertip, and a green lotus silently bloomed.

The World-Purifying Green Lotus!

Although far weaker than the one summoned by Yao Meng, it was undoubtedly her technique.

She looked up at Mu Zhian with gentle eyes and said with a faint smile, “If I wish, I can replicate or even create anything in this world, including a person’s techniques and constitution.”

“This is my technique.”

“However, this divine ability can only be used once.”

Mu Zhian hesitated slightly, “When did you use this technique on me?”

“When you were little,” Mu Wange replied without hesitation.

“So you knew about my personal interface back then… which is why you chose to adopt me?” Mu Zhian narrowed his eyes slightly, a lingering doubt in his heart.

He felt like something didn’t add up, but he couldn’t quite put his finger on it.

“Someone sent me a letter before you were born, asking me to raise you.”

“At that time, the Mu Clan’s bloodline had already begun to decline. Even I couldn’t reverse it, so I agreed to the request,” Mu Wange covered her face with the veil again, a hint of reminiscence in her beautiful eyes as she looked up slightly, as if recalling the past.

Of the eight great families from the beginning of time, not a single one survived… Even the ancient great powers, with their heaven-defying abilities, couldn’t stop the flow of history.

A clan’s bloodline inevitably declined; this was an immutable ‘rule’. Even someone as powerful as Mu Wange could only follow the natural order.

“She told me that if I was willing to raise you, she would revive the Mu Clan in the future, restoring its former glory.”

Mu Zhian raised an eyebrow, “You believed her so easily?”

This woman seemed so naive, not just in appearance, but even in her actions… How did she even reach Dao Integration?

Mu Wange blinked her eyes, looking at Mu Zhian with a puzzled expression, and said, “That person wouldn’t lie. I wasn’t worried about being deceived.”

Mu Zhian looked at the veiled woman, her breathtaking beauty faintly visible beneath, and suddenly asked, “The person who made this agreement with you, it was Shang Yanfei, wasn’t it?”

Mu Wange looked at the young man with surprise, “How did you know?”

You practically gave me the Sect Master’s ID number, how could I not know…? Mu Zhian didn’t know whether to laugh or cry.

He had thought she was a dignified and mature beauty, but now it seemed… although she possessed a mature and sexy body, her heart was still somewhat naive and innocent.

If Mu Zhi didn’t look so young, he might have even believed that Mu Zhi was Mu Wange’s ‘mother’.

“So you used your once-in-a-lifetime technique to replicate my ability…?” Mu Zhian suddenly asked.

Mu Wange hummed softly in agreement.

Something still feels off. No matter how naive and innocent a person is, they wouldn’t casually use their once-in-a-lifetime technique on a child… Mu Zhian frowned inwardly, gazing at Mu Wange’s veiled face and her gentle eyes.

Or was Mu Wange truly this naive, doing whatever Sect Master Sister told her to do?

Mu Zhian discreetly retracted his gaze and fell into deep thought.

Seeing this, Mu Wange’s eyes softened slightly. She extended her slender hand and gracefully poured tea.

This elegant movement caught Mu Zhian’s attention, and he couldn’t help but steal a few more glances at the woman.

For some reason, he felt a sense of unfamiliarity, yet also familiarity.

It was hard to describe, as if they had met somewhere before.

Was it a memory from his childhood?

“Have some tea and relax,” Mu Wange’s gentle voice suddenly sounded, pulling Mu Zhian back to reality.

He reached out and, as he took the teacup, used his Spiritual Energy to make it float in mid-air. Then, his hand brushed past Mu Wange’s face, and he lifted her veil once again.

But this time, Mu Zhian looked directly into Mu Wange’s eyes.

“Mu’er, you—” Mu Wange’s eyes widened slightly, a flustered look on her face.

It truly was a breathtakingly beautiful face. Combined with her gentle and charming temperament, Mu Zhian felt she could easily rank among the top three in his fishpond.

The moment he saw Mu Wange’s true face, Mu Zhian’s heart stirred, and for an instant, he even felt the urge to submit to her.

The Nine-Tailed Heavenly Fox’s charm was undeniable!

Mu Zhian bit his tongue, forcing himself to stay calm.

At the same time, he lowered his eyelids.

Logically, he shouldn’t be able to forget the face of such a breathtaking beauty, especially one who was his preferred type of mature older sister, not in such a short time.

However—

The moment he lowered his eyelids, Mu Zhian completely forgot what Mu Wange looked like.

Even her voice vanished from his memory.

Holding the veil in his hand, Mu Zhian remained silent for a long time.

Mu Wange’s rosy lips parted slightly, as if wanting to say something, but seeing Mu Zhian’s silence, she closed her mouth, a look of frustration on her face.

I… I seem to have messed up…

“I don’t think she anticipated this,” Mu Zhian sighed softly, “Sect Master Sister’s proud destiny-shielding technique has become the evidence pointing to her.”

An unforgettable, breathtakingly beautiful face that he couldn’t remember. Among the people Mu Zhian knew, only one person could achieve this level of ‘destiny shielding’.

Mu Zhian looked up at the beautiful woman, “You’re also one of Sect Master’s clones created by the One Qi Transforms into Three Purities technique, aren’t you?”

Mu Wange’s body stiffened slightly, but she didn’t speak.

Indeed, ever since his time in Tianxuan City, Mu Zhian had an inexplicable connection with Shang Yanfei. Even many of the ‘titles’ on his personal interface were obtained with the Sect Master’s assistance.

After all this time, would she really reveal the secret of the personal interface to some supposed Mu Clan leader from the beginning of time for no reason?

The Shang Yanfei Mu Zhian knew wasn’t someone who would do something for nothing. Every step she took had a purpose.

Including Mu Wange’s appearance, which was also a result of her One Qi Transforms into Three Purities technique.

Mu Zhian sighed softly, “So I really was born from a rock, with Heaven as my father and Earth as my mother…”

Before coming to the Forbidden Land of Life, he still held a sliver of hope, perhaps seeing his biological parents.

But now…

Well, it didn’t really matter. He had never seen his parents anyway.

Mu Zhian wasn’t lacking in love, he just wanted to see what his parents looked like, if possible.

“There’s one thing I still don’t understand. Logically, everything Sect Master Sister does has a purpose. Then was her Karmic Fire incident truly a backlash, or was it intentional?” Mu Zhian suddenly asked.

“Shielding destiny often involves causality and can result in a backlash. It wasn’t intentional,” Mu Wange said softly.

These words were equivalent to admitting her identity.

“But with her abilities, suppressing Karmic Fire isn’t difficult… after all, she herself possesses the Innate Celestial Furnace,” Mu Wange said again.

Shang Yanfei had everything Mu Zhian had, and the Innate Celestial Furnace could suppress Karmic Fire, so naturally she wouldn’t worry about a backlash.

Mu Zhian frowned slightly, “Then why did the Sect Master have me suppress the Karmic Fire…? I don’t understand.”

“Whether you understand or not doesn’t matter, perhaps she has figured it out…?” Mu Wange said with gentle eyes.

Mu Zhian was stunned for a moment before realizing what she meant.

The Chinese language was truly profound…

As if recalling something important, Mu Zhian asked again, “What about Mu Zhi? Was that also the Sect Master’s arrangement?”

“That was my arrangement.”

Mu Wange smiled gently, “Mu Zhi is a lovely child, and her talent is excellent, so I took her in when I brought you to the Forbidden Land of Life.”

One Qi Transforms into Three Purities wasn’t just creating clones, but each clone had its own independent spiritual sense, essentially three different people.

So this was outside the Sect Master’s plan…? Mu Zhian was momentarily speechless.

“Do you know what exactly the Sect Master is planning?” Mu Zhian suddenly asked.

Shang Yanfei had been scheming for tens of thousands of years, each clone carrying out different tasks. It would be a lie to say Mu Zhian wasn’t curious about her true intentions.

Having her true identity exposed, Mu Wange was clearly somewhat embarrassed, but before this young man, she still wanted to maintain her demeanor as an elder. She smiled gently and said softly, “I’ll take you somewhere tomorrow, and you’ll understand then.”

“Where?” Mu Zhian asked instinctively.

Having him return with so many unanswered questions, Mu Zhian felt he wouldn’t be able to last the night.

“The Lan Clan Ancestral Land,” Mu Wange said.

To Senior Sister Lan’s ‘ancestral home’?

That mysterious ancient ship…?

After a brief moment of confusion, Mu Zhian’s eyes flickered, immediately recalling the mysterious ancient ship he saw in the Lan Clan Ancestral Land.

Just as he was about to ask more questions, his mind suddenly became hazy.

Then, he felt an overwhelming attraction to this breathtakingly beautiful woman before him, her alluring lips, her mature charm, her every smile and gesture…

At this moment, Mu Zhian’s eyes were completely captivated by her.

Mu Wange also seemed to sense something and subconsciously looked up.

Meeting Mu Zhian’s burning gaze, her heart trembled slightly, and a thought instantly flashed through her mind:

The Nine-Tailed Heavenly Fox’s charm has taken effect…