It Turns Out, They Are the Protagonists
Chapter 572: Irresistible Older Sisters

The Nine-Tailed Heavenly Fox’s charm could instantly shatter a person’s reason, making them see only the one who possessed it.

Seeing the dazed look in Mu Zhian’s eyes, Mu Wange immediately reacted, instinctively wanting to cover her face with the veil and conceal her charm.

Mu Zhian had been resisting the Nine-Tailed Heavenly Fox’s charm with his willpower, wanting to know the truth.

And after learning what he wanted to know, that resolve gradually wavered.

As a result, the Nine-Tailed Heavenly Fox’s charm began to erode his will.

“Y-You need to calm down. Zhi’er might not be far away. If she sees us, she might misunderstand,” Mu Wange said, her voice as gentle as usual, but with a slight urgency that betrayed her worry.

Although just a clone created by the One Qi Transforms into Three Purities technique, Mu Wange had her own independent consciousness and cauldron.

As long as the main body didn’t give her any orders, she was her own person.

In the eyes of others, the lord of the Forbidden Land of Life was a cold and merciless ancient being, but Mu Wange had watched Mu Zhi grow up… She also knew how much Zhi’er liked Mu Zhian.

If Zhi’er knew that Mu Zhian was being ‘seduced’ by her at this moment… she would probably think it was intentional.

Mu Zhian gently shook his head and whispered, “You must have used a destiny-shielding technique on yourself and Mu Zhi, right? That’s why I don’t remember anything about you, and I don’t even know my relationship with Mu Zhi…”

“But I know that I like you more than Mu Zhi.”

L-Like me more…?

Mu Wange’s eyes widened slightly in disbelief.

Did this child even know what he was saying?!

She was just a clone… and she and Mu Zhian barely knew each other.

How could this child like her?

No, his will is being affected by the Innate Charm Physique, he doesn’t truly have feelings for me.

Looking at Mu Zhian’s affectionate eyes, Mu Wange’s heart trembled slightly.

As one of the clones created by the One Qi Transforms into Three Purities, and the Clan Leader of the ancient Mu Clan, Mu Wange did have her own personality, but she still had to obey some of the main body’s arrangements.

Taking Mu Zhian in back then was part of the main body’s plan.

The matter with Wei Mengrou was also a prearranged plan.

But even so, Mu Zhian was still the child she watched grow up. It was impossible to say she had no feelings for him, that she didn’t like him.

However… that kind of affection wasn’t romantic love.

If it were, she wouldn’t have readily agreed to the marriage between Mu Zhian and Mu Zhi when he mentioned it.

But now, she was suddenly being confessed to…

No, I have to calm down… It’s the Innate Charm Physique affecting this child, he doesn’t truly like me.

Besides, I can’t wrong Zhi’er…

Mu Wange gradually calmed herself, forcing a gentle smile, “You’re just being affected by my charm right now. I’ll have you enter a deep sleep later, and you’ll be fine when you wake up tomorrow.”

She had to stop him before he made a mistake. She was, after all, Mu Zhian’s senior and had to maintain a certain decorum.

Mu Zhian’s expression turned slightly dejected. He lowered his head slightly and said softly, “So… you don’t like me?”

Seeing Mu Zhian resisting the ‘charm’ and giving up on his own accord, Mu Wange inwardly breathed a sigh of relief.

However, for some reason, she felt an inexplicable emptiness in her heart, as if she had given up something important.

This wasn’t right. She had firmly rejected Mu Zhian’s confession, yet seeing his dejected expression, she felt a strange sense of loss.

“It’s not that I don’t like you, it’s just that my affection for you isn’t romantic love,” Mu Wange said softly, suppressing her conflicting emotions, her tone gentle like an elder’s guidance. “Compared to my main body’s love for you, I care about you more like an elder cares for a junior…”

Her eyes softened, “When I brought you back to the Forbidden Land of Life, you were probably only seven or eight years old, not even at Qi Condensation Realm. I didn’t expect you to have grown up so much.”

Mu Zhian was silent for a moment, then looked up at the breathtakingly beautiful mature woman, who had covered her face with the veil again, and whispered, “Each clone’s consciousness is different, and you don’t have romantic feelings for me, is that right?”

Mu Wange nodded gently in agreement.

But for some reason, the moment she nodded, a strange sense of loss weighed on her heart like a boulder.

It must be because of the main body’s feelings for him.

“If I marry Mu Zhi, will you be happy?” Mu Zhian suddenly asked.

Mu Wange was stunned, then smiled gently, “That’s a private matter between you and Zhi’er, I won’t interfere.”

Hearing this, Mu Zhian suddenly looked up, gazing into Mu Wange’s eyes, “So Sect Master Sister’s feelings for me are the same as yours?”

Mu Wange gently shook her head, “Her feelings for you are complicated, different from mine… However, another clone does have romantic feelings for you. You’ve met her before, she’s the Sabbath’s Divine Envoy.”

She must be talking about Mu Wanwan… Mu Zhian understood.

Suppressing his ‘impulse’ towards Mu Wange, he stood up, intending to leave.

And it was only then that Mu Wange finally realized.

This young man… he hadn’t been affected by her charm at all.

Mu Zhian had resisted her charm, and his conversation with her just now was simply to probe her.

Because he didn’t believe what Mu Wange said earlier, even suspecting her identity.

Only after Mu Wange inadvertently mentioned ‘Mu Wanwan’, this clone, did Mu Zhian’s suspicions completely disappear.

After all, in this world, only Mu Zhian and Yao Meng knew that Mu Wanwan was Shang Yanfei’s clone.

Mu Wange stared at the young man’s back resentfully.

When did this child become so scheming?

He used to be such an innocent boy.

“You were testing me just now to see if I was her clone, weren’t you?” Mu Wange called out softly, looking at Mu Zhian, who was about to leave.

Mu Zhian didn’t deny it, “I did want to see if you were lying… I apologize.”

“You weren’t the scheming type before.”

Mu Wange frowned slightly, a hint of resentment in her beautiful eyes, “So you now believe I’m the Sect Master’s clone?”

She had been agonizing over whether to accept Mu Zhian’s confession earlier, only to realize he was just testing her…

Even with Mu Wange’s gentle nature, hearing Mu Zhian admit his deception made her feel a pang of annoyance.

It made her earlier hesitation over his confession seem so foolish!

She was tens of thousands of years older than Mu Zhian, yet she was played by a mere boy in her eyes.

And not just once!

“Honestly, I’m still not entirely convinced,” Mu Zhian suddenly said.

“When I saw you earlier, I had a sense of déjà vu… As if I remembered the mother I saw in my childhood.”

Mu Zhian said softly, “But it seems that was just a figment of my imagination.”

The Forbidden Land of Life, the ancient Mu Clan, although they shared the same surname, they had no connection to him.

Mu Zhian was like a ghost wandering through the long river of history, belonging nowhere.

Mu Wange’s expression changed slightly.

For some reason, looking at Mu Zhian’s back now, she felt a tug at her heartstrings.

“So… although you deduced that I’m Shang Yanfei’s clone, you still have doubts about my identity?”

A soft and melodious voice suddenly sounded, accompanied by the sound of approaching footsteps.

Mu Zhian instinctively turned his head and saw that the woman’s aura had changed.

No, not just her aura, but even her tone and appearance seemed different.

“…Sect Master,” Mu Zhian murmured subconsciously.

‘Shang Yanfei’ took two steps forward, pushed Mu Zhian against the wall behind him, then stood on her tiptoes and gently kissed him on the cheek through her veil.

That familiar scent instantly filled his senses, making Mu Zhian’s eyes widen slightly.

This was indeed Sect Master Sister’s aura…

“Do you believe me now?” Under Mu Zhian’s surprised gaze, the woman shyly lowered her head.

“Right…” she tucked a strand of hair behind her ear and whispered, “Don’t… don’t tell Zhi’er about today.”

…

Back in his guest room, Mu Zhian was still in a daze.

Before meeting Mu Wange, he had imagined all sorts of grand schemes, like being a pawn in Mu Wange’s hands, sent to Tianxuan City to facilitate her plan, using the personal interface to gain numerous ‘titles’ and achievements.

But he didn’t expect the true mastermind to be the Sect Master…

Lin Ling, following that unfathomable Sect Master Sister, how can she still only think about food every day… Mu Zhian suddenly felt a sense of wonder.

He had thought his connection with the Sect Master was limited to the Two Polarities Sect, but now that the truth was revealed, he realized… they had actually met long ago.

“Why are you so distracted after seeing Mu Wange? Don’t tell me she molested you?”

Just then, a crisp and pleasant voice suddenly echoed through the room, pulling Mu Zhian back to reality.

Wei Mengrou had changed into a thin, white inner garment, revealing her sexy and mature figure, her long hair cascading down casually.

However, this simple attire only accentuated her homely, lazy charm, unable to conceal her cold beauty.

“Spacing out and staring at your maid with such lewd eyes the moment you come back, are you a pervert?”

Wei Mengrou gave the young master a disdainful look, then muttered, “I can smell another woman’s scent the moment I enter the room…”

Mu Zhian came back to his senses, sat down on the edge of the bed, then said concisely, “Mu Wange does have a personal interface.”

“However, it’s just a copy of my abilities created by her technique… and she can only use that technique once, that’s what she said, but whether it’s true or not is unknown.”

“A technique that can copy someone’s abilities…?”

Wei Mengrou murmured in surprise, “If such an exaggerated ability truly exists, there must be limitations.”

Mu Zhian nodded.

He also thought so.

So he felt that Mu Wange probably wasn’t lying just now.

Otherwise, being able to replicate any cultivator’s techniques and constitution without limit would be too broken.

“Don’t you have anything else to ask?” Mu Zhian suddenly asked.

Wei Mengrou rolled her eyes at the young master, “If you want to talk about it, you will, I don’t need to ask.”

Having been with the young master for so long, she could naturally sense his current complicated mood.

A qualified maid knew what to ask and what not to ask.

“And you smell disgusting, I don’t want to be near you right now,” Wei Mengrou added coldly, feigning disgust.

Smell disgusting…?

Mu Zhian sniffed himself… He did seem to smell a mature woman’s fragrance… He must have accidentally gotten it on him when he was close to Mu Wange.

Mu Zhian looked at the maid and asked with a smile, “Sister Mengrou, are you jealous?”

Wei Mengrou: “You’ve always been so full of yourself, and you still are.”

Her condescending gaze made it hard to tell who was the master and who was the servant.

Mu Zhian was silent for a moment, then reached out, took her soft, small hand, and said softly, “I would be happy if you were jealous. At least it would make me feel like someone cares about me.”

Wei Mengrou looked at her young master with some uncertainty and asked tentatively, “Post-nut clarity…?”

She had heard the young master mention this term before. After finishing, men often entered a state of self-reflection, filled with ‘regret’, ’emptiness’, ‘loneliness’, and ‘why did I do that?’. This was generally called post-nut clarity.

Mu Zhian looked up at the tall and aloof maid standing beside him and said with a smile, “Nothing happened between Mu Wange and me, I just realized something from our conversation.”

“Sister Mengrou, it seems I really don’t have parents…”

He paused, then suddenly smiled, “Of course, I don’t really care.”

Wei Mengrou couldn’t help but look at him.

Although the young master acted indifferent, she knew what he was thinking.

Although he seemingly had everything in Tianxuan City back then, all he truly had was the affection of the girls who liked him for his looks or his family background.

The only one who treated him sincerely was Old Ren. Therefore, the young master was practically deprived of familial love.

Perhaps his wanting to see his parents was also for this reason.

“Although this isn’t very appropriate to say, I’ve always seen you as a younger brother,” Wei Mengrou said with an expressionless face.

Mu Zhian raised an eyebrow, “What kind of older sister kicks her younger brother out of a carriage?”

Wei Mengrou couldn’t help but roll her eyes at him, “Wasn’t that because you were being inappropriate, trying to rub against my leg in the carriage?”

Mu Zhian smiled, gazing at Wei Mengrou’s beautiful side profile, and whispered, “Then can I rub against you now?”

“No.”

As expected, Wei Mengrou refused decisively.

Mu Zhian wasn’t surprised. After all, the maid could smell another woman’s scent on him… It was normal for her to be angry.

Just as Mu Zhian was thinking about this, a pair of hands gently cupped his face, and he stood up, guided by her gentle touch.

She gazed into Mu Zhian’s eyes, her usual coldness melting away, a gentle, almost sisterly affection in her eyes.

Wei Mengrou tilted her head slightly and said softly, “But it’s only natural for an older sister to comfort her heartbroken younger brother…”

“So… although rubbing isn’t allowed, █ is?”

Mu Zhian was stunned for a long time, then silently smiled.

That’s why older sisters are so irresistible…

Suddenly, Mu Zhian grabbed Wei Mengrou’s shoulders, somewhat roughly pushed her against the door behind him, and kissed her cold lips.

Wei Mengrou wrapped her arms around Mu Zhian’s neck, letting him claim her lips, inhaling his scent.

She knew her actions today were inappropriate, completely unlike her usual cold and aloof demeanor before the young master. He might even think she was a shameless maid trying to seduce her master.

But she still wanted to do this.

Seeing his visible dejection today, she wanted to fill the void in his heart, to let him know that she wasn’t just his maid, she could also be his wife.

If he wished… she could even be his older sister, always by his side.

This wasn’t just a maid’s duty to comfort her master… but also because she was too greedy.

She wanted everything from her master.

Not just his love, but also his body, and his affections.

Therefore, she wanted to seduce her master, and then—

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T/n: █ is censored in raws lol