Chapter 480: Sect Master Sister, Let Me Help You!
Lan Clan, Immortal Emperor Mountain.
Since the Ancestor Worship Ceremony, Immortal Emperor Mountain had returned to silence. Usually, besides the occasional Lan Clan elder patrolling nearby, no clan members passed through.
After all, the former Lan Clan Great Elder’s betrayal, almost using the demonic cultivator hidden in the ancestral land to make a big fuss, the current Clan Leader Lan Pingzhi naturally had people carefully guarding the area. Moreover, his two daughters were still in secluded cultivation within the ancestral land.
On this day, within the secret realm of Immortal Emperor Mountain, a spatial rift quietly opened, and a breathtakingly beautiful woman stepped out.
A faint icy-blue light seemed to emanate from her body. Her eyes were like autumn water, her appearance beautiful and cool.
“It seems your inheritance is complete?”
A man’s clear voice came from near Immortal Emperor Mountain.
Lan Mulian looked over and saw her half-brother, Lan Wu.
She nodded demurely: “I woke up not long ago, but Feiying is still in the Abyssal Lands.”
Although Lan Wu was also a member of the Lan Clan, he had always been on the two sisters’ side. Even when he went to the Two Polarities Sect before, it was under orders, and he didn’t make things difficult for them. Lan Mulian had a good impression of this brother.
Lan Wu nodded slightly, then looked at Lan Mulian’s expression doubtfully, “Judging by your appearance, Little Sister, it seems you have something urgent… Did something happen?”
Lan Mulian recalled what happened in the ancestral land not long ago. The Lan Clan ancestor told her about Mu Zhian’s visit, seemingly worried about their situation.
Because of this, she wanted to see Junior Brother as soon as her inheritance was complete, to reassure him.
“It’s nothing urgent, I’ve just been away from the Two Polarities Sect for so long, so I want to return to the sect and report to Master as soon as possible.”
Her returning to the Lan Clan this time was, in a sense, also encouraged by her Master.
Having not seen Shang Yanfei for so long, Lan Mulian naturally wanted to see Master as soon as possible.
And visit him at the Garden of Heavenly Harmony while she was at it.
Mmm… After all, Junior Brother specially came to the Lan Clan Ancestral Land, risking entering the Abyssal Lands to see her. She couldn’t let him down.
…
The Sect Master’s identity had always been a mystery.
But Mu Zhian was more concerned about another matter now.
Where exactly did Shang Yanfei’s Karmic Fire come from?
According to the currently known information, the Sect Master’s Luck had problems long ago, and she had always been able to suppress the misfortune and resist the Karmic Fire’s backlash with her own strength.
But this time, the situation seemed different from before… This was concerning.
After temporarily bidding farewell to Wei Mengrou, instructing her on how to answer if Ruoxi and the others asked about him after he left, Mu Zhian followed Lin Ling and left the Sword Palace.
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Two Polarities Peak, Loving Plum Garden.
This was the central peak of Two Polarities Peak. Because of the formations, no disciples usually set foot here. Besides Lan Mulian occasionally passing through while taking a stroll, only the Spirit Dragon would occasionally come here to the central peak to forage for food.
“Lin Ling, didn’t you say I needed chaotic aura to help the Sect Master suppress the Karmic Fire? But I’m still struggling to refine the chaotic aura. Even if you bring me here, I probably can’t help the Sect Master much…”
Mu Zhian walked along the path in Loving Plum Garden with Lin Ling. Because Two Polarities Peak was covered by formations, Words Manifest Reality was also restricted, unless the formation master actively deactivated the formations.
It was currently February, early spring. The layout of Loving Plum Garden was elegant, with winding paths leading to a secluded open-air hot spring not far ahead. Shang Yanfei would occasionally bathe there, sometimes with Lin Ling.
Lin Ling held Mu Zhian’s hand and handed him her small notebook: “Chaotic aura can suppress the misfortune affecting her, but even without chaotic aura, you can suppress the Karmic Fire itself.”
Understood, Lin Ling means although I can’t suppress Sect Master Sister’s misfortune, I can suppress her Karmic Fire.
The Karmic Fire would reappear, and he could repeatedly suppress it.
Mu Zhian turned to look at Lin Ling’s side profile. Her small face was focused and serious, her red eyes filled with worry. It was clear she was truly concerned about the Sect Master’s situation, to the point that she hadn’t even eaten a single snack along the way today.
Mu Zhian reached out, rubbed her silver hair, and said with a smile, “Don’t worry, the Sect Master is always prepared. She could suppress the Karmic Fire in the past, so naturally she can now… And I’m here now too, right?”
Lin Ling blinked, her eyes still filled with complex emotions, and wrote in her small notebook for Mu Zhian to see: “Asking you to do this kind of thing, will it be difficult for you?”
Mu Zhian looked at Lin Ling’s pure face with a smile, thinking, If possible, I would love to suppress Sect Master Sister, how could it be difficult?
It was just that there hadn’t been a chance to approach this big shark before.
“It’s all for my Lin Ling, as long as you’re happy,” Mu Zhian also wrote in the small notebook, looking at her tenderly.
“Not happy, but there’s no other way. The only one who can suppress the Karmic Fire caused by misfortune is you. Seeing you being intimate with other girls makes me unhappy.”
Mu Zhian’s thoughts stirred, “You also feel jealous?”
“Just a little sad, but I can endure it.”
Lin Ling wrote in her small notebook: “You have many women around you. I can’t ask you to only be with me, that would be difficult for you.”
Mu Zhian looked at her silently and said, “Actually, if you use Words Manifest Reality, I can’t disobey anything you ask me to do, right?”
“I can’t do that. Using Words Manifest Reality to twist other people’s feelings is bad,” Lin Ling placed a finger against her lips.
Mu Zhian couldn’t help but chuckle. He stopped, wrapped an arm around the young girl’s slender waist, leaned close to her ear, and whispered, “Then why could you use Words Manifest Reality to interfere with my desires during dual cultivation before?”
After Mu Zhian finished speaking, his gaze lingered on Lin Ling’s beautiful, porcelain-like face. Her brush-like eyelashes trembled slightly, her head lowered, but she didn’t push him away.
Mu Zhian smiled, “My Lin Ling is so obedient. After I help Sect Master Sister suppress the Karmic Fire, I’ll treat you to snacks.”
Lin Ling was first overjoyed, but then, seeing Mu Zhian’s teasing gaze, she immediately reacted, blushing and gently pushing him away, quickly writing in her small notebook: “No…”
“But there’s dense Heavenly Court Spiritual Energy, Lin Ling, are you sure you don’t want to try? It’s a very delicious thing,” Mu Zhian tempted.
Seeing her increasingly blushing face, Mu Zhian stopped teasing her: “Alright, I’ll go check on the hot spring first. Do you want to come with me?”
Lin Ling gently shook her head: “She’ll be embarrassed if I go.”
So Sect Master Sister also gets shy? I really couldn’t tell usually…
After all, that woman always wore a mysterious smile, her thoughts impossible to decipher.
Mu Zhian: “Then you go wait for me in Senior Sister Lan’s palace.”
Mu Zhian straightened his robes and walked along the secluded path towards the hot spring in Loving Plum Garden.
Just then, he faintly heard someone calling him from behind.
Lin Ling’s rosy lips parted slightly. As Mu Zhian turned his head, her crisp, silver-bell-like voice echoed softly through Loving Plum Garden: “That thing tastes very strange, so I don’t like it.”
Is she still dwelling on the joke just now…? Seeing this, Mu Zhian couldn’t help but smile, about to tell her he was just joking.
Just then, she hesitated for a moment, quickly stepped forward, handed him a page she had just finished writing, then turned and left Loving Plum Garden.
Mu Zhian looked down at the content on the paper.
“If you like it, I can endure it.”
…
“Although Lin Ling doesn’t have much experience flirting, she really fits my XP in every way…”
Mu Zhian walked along the winding path, looking at the content on the paper, recalling the scene just now, and couldn’t help sighing inwardly.
In Mu Zhian’s fishpond, Miss Spirit Dragon could be said to be the most special one. She didn’t know how to please a man, but it was precisely this innocence that hit Mu Zhian’s XP.
Who wouldn’t like a well-behaved, obedient, and powerful dazed beauty?
However, speaking of which, Lin Ling might have had some budding feelings for Mu Zhian in the past, but it wasn’t obvious. It was just that someone was pushing Lin Ling forward, scheming in the dark.
And now, that person was also facing a similar situation as Lin Ling.
Mu Zhian walked along the cobblestone path towards the depths of Loving Plum Garden, looking up. He could vaguely see hazy steam rising from the hot spring in the distance.
The hot spring Lin Ling mentioned was here.
Just as Mu Zhian was about to approach, he faintly heard a woman’s moans coming from the hot spring. The sounds were intermittent, clearly deliberately suppressed.
Besides the Spirit Dragon, only Sect Master Sister was here now.
Could she be…?
Mu Zhian’s heart skipped a beat. He held his breath, concealed his aura, and quietly approached.
The sounds became clearer, and he could vaguely see a woman’s graceful figure.
Shang Yanfei sat by the hot spring, her face bare of makeup, her waterfall-like hair tied up with a ribbon, strands of hair framing her face.
Elegant, cool, and mysterious, the black mist made her look like a noble and aloof fairy, yet the sexy figure that appeared in Mu Zhian’s vision was like a seductive witch.
Considering the Sect Master of the Two Polarities Sect’s mysterious identity and unfathomable strength, this beauty, seemingly between a fairy and a witch, carried an inviolable majesty.
Firstly, it’s not that I’m cowardly, but it’s really hard to imagine a woman like Sect Master Sister dual cultivating with me. The pressure is a bit much… As a veteran, Mu Zhian rarely felt apprehensive.
In Mu Zhian’s fishpond, in terms of looks alone, Yao Meng ranked first. There was no helping it; the Jade Pool Dao Rhyme added too many points to a woman’s beauty.
But if temperament, figure, and other factors were considered, the fish in the fishpond each had their own characteristics.
And the one who most attracted Mu Zhian’s desire to explore was naturally Sect Master Sister.
Although he couldn’t remember Shang Yanfei’s appearance, he always felt a sense of wonder towards her. This was enough to show that Sect Master Sister’s beauty must be extraordinary.
Although the raven-black magnificent robe covering her delicate body was slightly loose, because of the sash, Mu Zhian could still see her perky bosom, so he always had the impression that the Sect Master was ‘magnanimous in capacity’.
Even if he forgot her appearance, he was confident he could recognize her by her chest.
Besides that, Mu Zhian’s impression of the Sect Master came from others.
For example, Ye Lingxuan, as proud as the Forbidden Zone’s imperial daughter, had admired her secretly ever since seeing the Sect Master once in her childhood. The cold Senior Sister Lan also became an obedient disciple before her. Sect disciples and even the First Elders were also quite curious about this Sect Master.
But most people had never seen what the Sect Master looked like… Even if they did, they quickly forgot.
And such a peerlessly beautiful woman, was actually… at this moment…
Her gently rubbing legs, her slightly flushed face, and even the hot breath she exhaled from her lips, undoubtedly, this was…
Mu Zhian stared at this scene in shock.
Seemingly sensing someone behind her, Shang Yanfei snapped out of her state as if from a trance and said lazily, “When did you arrive?”
As expected of the Sect Master, even after being caught in such a compromising situation, she’s still so calm… Mu Zhian said calmly, “Lin Ling brought me here not long ago. I heard that Sect Master’s Luck has some problems, and I happen to know a thing or two about suppressing misfortune.”
The atmosphere was somewhat awkward and silent, but Mu Zhian didn’t plan to let this opportunity go and asked tentatively, “Sect Master, were you just…”
Shang Yanfei was silent for a moment, her tone remaining calm: “This is the influence of the Karmic Fire.”
Mu Zhian understood slightly, then a flash of inspiration struck him, “Could it be that Sect Master was also like this when the Karmic Fire burned before—”
Before he could finish speaking, Shang Yanfei casually glanced back.
Their gazes met through the hazy steam of the hot spring. Seeing those pale golden eyes, Mu Zhian’s gaze suddenly became dazed.
Then, after nearly half a minute of silence, Mu Zhian gradually regained his senses, looked around, and hesitated, “When did I come here…?”
He remembered coming to the hot spring, but felt like a piece of his memory after arriving was missing. No matter how he tried to recall, he had no impression.
“Perhaps you had a sudden epiphany, so you meditated for a while after coming here,” Shang Yanfei said faintly.
Mu Zhian: “There’s such a thing? A cultivator can suddenly have an epiphany?”
Shang Yanfei casually changed the subject: “Is there something you need? If I remember correctly, you left the sect a few days ago.”
Mu Zhian slightly collected his thoughts and said, “This disciple heard that Sect Master wasn’t feeling well, so I wanted to see if there was anything I could help with.”
Shang Yanfei gently shook her head: “Lin Ling brought you here, right? It’s nothing serious. If there’s nothing else, you can go back first.”
Mu Zhian fell silent. Although he couldn’t sense such an ethereal thing as Luck, he could still sense the abnormality in this woman in magnificent robes before him.
During the past few Karmic Fire backlashes, Lin Ling had never come looking for him, only this time… This was enough to show that Sect Master Sister’s Karmic Fire backlash this time was more severe than before.
He happened to save Yao Meng in the grotto-heaven of the Pilgrimage Palace back then, and he could see Shang Yanfei’s shadow behind the scenes.
Besides that, Gong Lianyue, Lin Ling proposing marriage to the Forbidden Zone in the past, the Nine-Tailed Heavenly Fox body, and several other events, many of the fortunes he obtained, seemingly by chance due to his connection with the Primordial Witch, were actually guided by this woman before him.
Saving the Jade Empress, reviving Gong Lianyue, resolving the Spirit Dragon’s Karmic Fire pain, although she never accompanied him along the way, it was as if she was protecting him all the time.
And this time, someone was in trouble again.
But this time, no one was there to help him plan and strategize.
Because the person in trouble this time was herself.
Mu Zhian sighed softly, “If possible, I also want to do my part to repay you.”
Shang Yanfei seemed to know what he was thinking and smiled brightly: “Have you ever thought that my helping you before might have been for another purpose?”
She paused: “My Karmic Fire is different from Lin Ling’s. You don’t need to worry, just go back.”
Mu Zhian then cupped his hands: “Then this disciple will take his leave.”
In the slightly silent atmosphere, Mu Zhian quietly left with the sound of his footsteps.
Shang Yanfei didn’t turn around, just gently untied her sash, about to take off her raven-black magnificent robe.
Just then, she heard the footsteps that had already left returning.
“Is there anything else?”
The moment she spoke, Mu Zhian had already walked to the hot spring: “I don’t know what Sect Master’s purpose is, but I’m someone who repays kindness.”
Shang Yanfei tilted her head slightly and looked at him: “So?”
Mu Zhian stared into her eyes, reached out, and held one of her slightly cool small hands: “Let me help you.”
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