“Using this to test the Sect Master…? Are you trying to see if the Heavenly Dao Energy will show affection towards her when it sees her?”

Mu Zhian instantly understood what Yuanluo was planning and couldn’t help but frown, “Shouldn’t Heavenly Dao Energy be drawn to more than just those who have refined it?”

“The three portions of Heavenly Dao Energy could stay within Lin Ling because they were naturally drawn to the Spirit Dragon, right?”

Yuanluo slowly shook her head, “That kind of attraction is different. It’s like I have a good impression of you, but it’s not romantic.”

“Heavenly Dao Energy is the same. It only shows affection towards those who can refine it. For others… at most, it just has a good impression.”

Three portions of Heavenly Dao Energy weren’t so easily refined.

“Besides, the Spirit Dragon symbolizes the luck of the Nine Provinces. All things are naturally drawn to her.”

Yuanluo extended a small hand and touched the Heavenly Dao Energy. The Heavenly Dao Energy let Yuanluo’s small hand knead and play with it, seemingly without any temper.

The silver-haired beauty gently stroked the Heavenly Dao Energy with her small hand, then gently rubbed it with her fingertips, and looked up with a smile:

“See? It has a good impression of me too, so it doesn’t mind me teasing it, but it won’t take the initiative to get close to me or please me.”

Mu Zhian looked at Yuanluo’s small, snow-white hand, seemingly deep in thought.

Only when he noticed Yuanluo’s gaze did he snap out of it and nod gently:

“So, in your opinion, anyone the Heavenly Dao Energy willingly shows affection towards is very likely its former master?”

“But how do I test the Sect Master? Should I bring the Heavenly Dao Energy to have tea with her, then summon it and ask her to cooperate…?”

Yuanluo thought for a moment and said with a faint smile, “Mmm… that might not be a bad idea.”

Mu Zhian rubbed his forehead, “Are you trying to get me killed?”

Yuanluo smiled, “How could I possibly want you dead? If you die, I’m gone too. Even if Shang Yanfei knows you’re suspicious of her identity, she won’t say anything. Besides, she can’t possibly know you’re looking for her to confirm her identity.”

Mu Zhian looked at Yuanluo’s pure and pretty face and fell silent.

She was right. The Sect Master didn’t have mind-reading abilities. If he just casually summoned the Heavenly Dao Energy when he went to see her.

Then… confirming that Shang Yanfei was that Immortal Ascension Realm expert would be a good outcome. Even if their guess turned out to be wrong, Sect Master Sister wouldn’t be suspicious.

After all, he was just summoning the Heavenly Dao Energy before Sect Master Sister, not doing anything to test her.

“I’ll be in your body at the time to check on Shang Yanfei’s movements, to see if she makes any moves when you summon the Heavenly Dao Energy.”

Yuanluo paused slightly, then continued, “But we might have to wait a little longer before seeing her.”

Seeing Mu Zhian’s somewhat puzzled look, Yuanluo sighed softly, pointed at her slightly pale lips, and said softly, “I’m too weak now. I need to rest in the Heavenly Court for a few days to replenish my Spiritual Energy.”

“Although as the New Heavenly Dao, my Spiritual Energy is endless, when I transform into a human, I will mimic everything about them, including their cauldrons.”

Mu Zhian looked at her suspiciously, “Can’t you enter my body in your original form? That ball of light…”

“Huh?”

Mu Zhian noticed Yuanluo’s red eyes widen in astonishment, a subtle look of ‘is this guy an idiot?’ on her face as she glanced at him with disdain, “The current maintainer of the rules and order of the Nine Provinces is the Heavenly Dao. If I descend upon the Nine Provinces as a ball of light, that would be declaring war on it.”

“If someone seriously violates the rules of heaven and earth, the Heavenly Dao can directly descend and rule over the Nine Provinces.”

“I thought you would understand such basic things. It seems you can only see my current form and can’t think about anything else.”

Mu Zhian was silent for a moment, “Did you also imitate this sharp tongue from someone else?”

Looking at this girl’s pure face and elegant temperament, if he hadn’t heard it with his own ears, it would be hard to connect the person with the sharp tongue to this pure and pretty girl.

Yuanluo rested her cheek on her hand, crossed her legs, her white silk stockings tightly wrapping around her long, slender legs, and snorted softly, “Like it? I copied it from Wei Mengrou and Mu Zhi. If you like it, I can scold you more.”

“I don’t mind.”

Mu Zhian shrugged and turned his head, “Speaking of which, can you change your shoes next time? I think Luo Tan’s white boots would go well with your outfit… Of course, the way you are now is also very nice. Such a figure with white silk stockings is already perfect!”

Yuanluo glanced at him, a hint of disdain in her pure and flawless red eyes, “After saying so much, are you saying you want a personal taste?”

As expected of the embodiment of all the fish in his pond. Pure and innocent on the surface, but a seasoned veteran the moment she opened her mouth. She must have memorized The Art of Managing Mu.

Mu Zhian smiled, “I don’t mind… but if I really do something, it won’t just be a taste.”

“Are you mentally prepared?”

Yuanluo glanced at him with a slightly unnatural expression, “I don’t mind either, but are you sure no one else will come in and watch your performance?”

Her tone held a hint of threat.

As the New Heavenly Dao in the Heavenly Court, although she didn’t have the authority to let other women enter the Heavenly Court, those with a Heavenly Court seat could let their own spiritual senses enter and leave.

Mu Zhian sighed, “If you keep teasing me like this and don’t do anything about it, I really won’t be able to resist.”

Yuanluo tilted her head slightly, “Where did I just tease and not do anything? If you want, I can help you solve some problems right now.”

As she spoke, a mocking smile appeared on her face, “But your Innate Celestial Furnace’s Spiritual Energy is so thin, you probably don’t need me to deal with it, right?”

Heh, this New Heavenly Dao, one day I’ll have to bully her until she cries…

As long as you’re bold enough, even the New Heavenly Dao… can be conquered!

Looking at Yuanluo’s arrogant and disdainful expression, Mu Zhian silently made a vow.

He already had a plan in mind, he just needed to go back and think it over carefully.

“Bye-bye~”

Yuanluo waved at Mu Zhian with a smile, quietly watching his figure disappear from sight.

The lively and bright light in her red eyes gradually faded. She sat on the bed, lowered her eyelids slightly, swung her feet, and sat in the vast, silent Heavenly Court.

…

Mu Zhian slowly opened his eyes.

He was no longer in the Heavenly Court, which was filled with a soft light, but in a rather clean and elegant room.

The room was quiet, the candlelight softly illuminating it.

Not far from the bed, the maid in the yellow dress stood quietly beside the young master and asked faintly, “Your cauldron’s Spiritual Energy has completely recovered… Did you just enter the Heavenly Court?”

“Yes, I meditated in the Heavenly Court for two hours, but the Innate Celestial Furnace couldn’t be fully replenished in two hours.”

Mu Zhian got out of bed, stretched lazily, and looked out the window.

It was late at night, and the entire palace was silent, only the occasional rustling of leaves in the wind.

“Sister Mengrou, why are you here so late? Is there something important?” Mu Zhian suddenly asked.

Logically, he had already fed the maid these past few days… Well, not fed, but at least Mu Zhian had been with Wei Mengrou for two or three days, and the last bit of Spiritual Energy from his Innate Celestial Furnace was all given to her.

Could it be that Sister Mengrou wasn’t satisfied…?

As if seeing through Mu Zhian’s thoughts, Wei Mengrou glanced at him sideways and said disdainfully, “What are you thinking about all day? I just have a feeling something big is going to happen in the Great Qian Dynasty recently, so I’m just guarding you while you meditate and rest.”

As expected of Sister Mengrou, she knows what I’m thinking even without mind-reading… Mu Zhian once again marveled at Wei Mengrou’s terrifying perception and said with a smile, “Yao Meng and Ruoxi are in the next room, and Sister Lingxuan is also here. Are you still worried about me?”

An unnatural expression appeared on Wei Mengrou’s face, but she feigned indifference and hummed in agreement.

However, this was naturally seen by Mu Zhian, and he couldn’t help but take her small hand and tease, “Sister Mengrou really is worried about my safety.”

The maid was too tsundere. Even if she wanted to be with her master, she wouldn’t say it directly, just like tonight… she would just find an excuse.

The candlelight cast a warm glow on Wei Mengrou’s face. Mu Zhian looked at the maid, a thoughtful look in his eyes.

According to the current trend, the Heavenly Dao couldn’t descend upon the Nine Provinces… But in the past, the harbinger of a dynasty’s collapse was the news of its impending doom spreading.

And this news had never been wrong.

The Great Qian Dynasty was still stable this time… but could it really last?

And… why was that immortal slumbering in the Heavenly Court?

Wei Mengrou knelt beside the bed and asked softly, “What are you thinking about?”

Her cool voice brought Mu Zhian back to reality. He snapped out of it, shook his head, and said with a smile, “Nothing—”

As if recalling something important, Mu Zhian suddenly asked, “Speaking of which, Sister Mengrou, how much have you heard about that Immortal Ascension Realm immortal?”

At first, Mu Zhian had always thought that the Primordial Witch was that Immortal Ascension Realm immortal. Even before today, he thought so.

But today, he saw the true immortal in the Heavenly Court.

At least, if Yuanluo’s judgment was correct, the woman slumbering in the depths of the Heavenly Palace was the Primordial Mother who created all things.

This very likely meant that his previous judgment was wrong.

Mu Zhian knew too little about the Primordial Mother.

Yuanluo’s birth seemed to be not long ago, and she had always been in the Heavenly Court, so she didn’t know much either.

But now, Wei Mengrou, who had merged with two of the witch’s spiritual senses and obtained many memories, might know some important information he didn’t.

Wei Mengrou thought for a moment, then suddenly asked a seemingly irrelevant question, “Do you know why she’s called the Creator God by the cultivators of the Nine Provinces?”

Mu Zhian was stunned, “Isn’t it because she created all living beings and was the first cultivator in the Nine Provinces?”

“If you have to say, it’s not wrong, but there’s more to it.”

Wei Mengrou said faintly, “She is an Immortal Ascension Realm immortal, and also the mother of all living beings. Her existence is immortal and indestructible, because she symbolizes the past, present, and future.”

The Primordial Mother was a truly immortal immortal. Controlling the past, present, and future, the Primordial Mother could be reborn even after death.

This was beyond invincible, her existence was simply an anomaly.

But why would such a powerful person be slumbering in the Heavenly Palace?

And her spiritual sense was gone…

Seeing Mu Zhian lost in thought, Wei Mengrou suddenly asked, “Why are you suddenly asking about the Primordial Mother?”

“Did something happen in the Heavenly Court?”

Hearing the maid’s question, Mu Zhian came back to his senses, then briefly recounted what happened in the Heavenly Court.

Of course, he naturally skipped some of the ambiguous things between him and Yuanluo. After all, they weren’t the main point, and there was no need to mention them.

Wei Mengrou frowned slightly, a thoughtful look on her face, “So you suspect Shang Yanfei is the Primordial Mother?”

Mu Zhian nodded gently and slowly opened his palm, “As long as this thing shows affection, even flattery, towards the Sect Master, then this guess can be largely confirmed.”

In his palm, a sphere emitting a milky white light appeared.

Wei Mengrou looked it over, “Heavenly Dao Energy?”

Then she extended her palm, and a sphere of light also appeared in her palm.

However, the sphere in her palm was as black as coal, faintly emitting an ominous aura.

“I remember this Heavenly Dao Energy wasn’t so black last time in the Martial World,” Mu Zhian sighed. “The misfortune of the Calamity Body is truly terrifying… Fortunately, Sister Mengrou’s misfortune should be almost completely purged.”

According to Mu Zhian’s guess, the remaining misfortune in Wei Mengrou could be completely eliminated with the luck of another person of great luck.

Wei Mengrou glanced at the young man, “Don’t you think your gaze right now is very rude?”

Mu Zhian snapped out of his thoughts and couldn’t help but smile, “I was just admiring how beautiful Sister Mengrou is when you’re dressed up, more beautiful than anyone else.”

He could smell the faint scent of rouge in the air. Clearly, Wei Mengrou had put on some light makeup before coming to find him… This was evident from the fragrance emanating from her.

Wei Mengrou pouted, turned her face away, and ignored him. However, the corner of her lips, which she tried to suppress, had already betrayed the maid’s current mood.

Knowing that this beautiful maid was just being tsundere, Mu Zhian couldn’t help but smile, glanced at her white silk stockings, and thought, Could it be that she didn’t get enough of the Innate Celestial Furnace’s Spiritual Energy the other day, so she wants to try again tonight? Otherwise, why would she come to ‘protect’ me so late at night?

Mu Zhian gently pulled the beauty into his arms and kissed her snow-white, pretty cheek.

In mid-air, the three portions of Heavenly Dao Energy swirled around them, as if providing them with light.

Seeing the beauty in his arms shyly lower her head, Mu Zhian said softly again, “See, the Heavenly Dao Energy also thinks so—”

His voice suddenly stopped, his eyes widening slightly, reflecting the cool and aloof maid’s beautiful face.

And… the Heavenly Dao Energy, now affectionately swirling around her.

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