So, They Were the Protagonists All Along

After giving one of the Liuguangtu to Lan Murian, Mu Zhian took a carriage to the Mu Mansion.

Senior Sister Lan didn't like crowded places by nature. Similarly, she didn't want to go to the auction house. She only planned to go there for the Liuguangtu.

In other words, with the Liuguangtu, there was no point for her to go to the auction house.

Rather than taking her to a crowded place, it would be more practical to take her to a quieter place next time.

As for Ye Lingxuan... Mu Zhian didn't go to the Ye Mansion.

After all, he originally planned to have a chance to contact Ye Lingxuan, and this was a rare opportunity.

After meeting Huang Manting, he would contact the sisters of the Ye family and test Ye Lingxuan's depth...

After saying goodbye to Lan Murian, Mu Zhian sat in the carriage, thinking about such things in his heart, and unknowingly returned to the Mu Mansion.

When he opened the door, he happened to see the servant who had caused him trouble twice today was about to enter the yard.

The attendant obviously noticed someone behind him, turned his head and immediately said respectfully: "Young Master."

Mu Zhian nodded slightly, glanced at the attendant, and said: "Do you realize your mistake?"

The attendant was dissatisfied, but did not dare to get angry, and said innocently: "Young Master, what did I do wrong?"

"The servants of our Mu Mansion always step into the yard with their right foot first, but you raise your left foot first." Mu Zhian said seriously.

The attendant was confused and had some doubts in his heart: When did this rule come into the Mu Mansion?

"Reflect on it carefully."

After Mu Zhian finished speaking, he no longer paid attention to the attendant's surprised eyes, walked into the yard leisurely, and walked along the corridor to Bai Ruoxi's guest room.

The attendant touched the back of his head and looked at the direction where Mu Zhian left in confusion. Until now, he still didn't understand what the young master had just said.

At this time, a companion came over and whispered, "Young Master means that you should know how to read the master's face and act accordingly in the future."

These servants work in the mansion, not just to complete their tasks, but sometimes they also need to understand the atmosphere.

Mu Zhian's temper is already quite good. If he were in the Gongsun family or even the Chenxi Chamber of Commerce, he would probably pack up and leave the next day after being treated like this by the servants.

The servant was slightly surprised, and when he looked at Mu Zhian again, there was a little more gratitude in his eyes.

With Mu Zhian's status, there was no need to remind him of such things, but the other party was willing to spend some time to remind him, which made him flattered.

"But then again, it feels like the young master has really changed a lot... He used to go to the Jiaofangsi and the brothel, but he seems to have never been there these days." The servant suddenly said in a low voice with emotion.

"Now that Miss Bai lives in the Mu Mansion, Mr. Mu doesn't need to go to such places." The companion replied.

"But he seemed to go to Yangfeng Inn in the afternoon?" the attendant whispered.

"If I remember correctly, the examiner of Liangyi Sect this time is there..."

"Shh... Don't discuss this kind of thing, we don't need to know so much." The companion reminded.

The two looked at each other and stopped entangled in this matter.

In the master's house, it is natural not to discuss the master's private affairs.

Especially such a secret matter.

...

Mu Zhian quietly opened the door and stepped into the room, and saw Bai Ruoxi sitting cross-legged at the head of the bed.

She sat upright, with her tied up black hair hanging down in strands. Under her snow-white neck, the delicate and attractive collarbone could be vaguely seen, and below was the heart that was difficult to control.

Is she hoping to reach the peak of Qi Refining quickly to ensure that she can pass the sect assessment... Mu Zhian looked at the woman's pride that could not be concealed by the thin clothes, and his heart was slightly clear.

In fact, Bai Ruoxi was a little too worried. With her current strength, there is no one who can compare with her among the cultivators in the same Qi Refining Realm.

Because Bai Ruoxi was still meditating, Mu Zhian did not disturb her, but sat cross-legged beside Bai Ruoxi, also slightly closed his eyes.

According to the current progress, he felt that he should be able to break through the fourth level of Qi training in the next few days.

Time passed quickly, and the day of the auction came unknowingly.

This morning, Mu Zhian changed his clothes and arranged his robes in front of the bronze mirror.

That handsome face seemed to be a little tired.

This is no wonder. As a natural furnace, Mu Zhian has been devoting himself almost every day in the past two days to contribute his own efforts to Bai Ruoxi's practice.

The contribution process is really boring, and it also makes Mu Zhian often hug Bai Ruoxi in the quilt and think about life in a boring way.

After tidying up his robes, Mu Zhian turned his head and glanced at Bai Ruoxi lying on the bed. Under the thin quilt, the snow-white shoulders were faintly visible. She closed her eyes slightly and looked like she was sleeping particularly sweetly.

It was obvious that it was caused by practicing too long and being too tired yesterday.

Mu Zhian smiled knowingly and turned to leave the room.

As the door quietly closed, Bai Ruoxi's eyelashes trembled, and then she slowly opened her eyes.

...

Morning Light Auction.

Mu Zhian came to a private room on the second floor that was decorated in a rather classical and gorgeous style, and met the rich lady from the Morning Light Chamber of Commerce.

Huang Manting leaned lazily on the chair, her black hair was loose, her legs were crossed, and her black dress set off her snow-white skin. Her toes were hooked on the tips of her shoes under the skirt. She smiled and said, "Mr. Mu, you are quite punctual~ You even arrived an incense stick early."

Mu Zhian took a seat under the arrangement of the maid and smiled as well: "After all, I have already agreed to the invitation. I always like to arrive early."

Huang Manting pursed her beautiful lips and smiled: "It seems that Mr. Mu and I are the same kind of people."

Mu Zhian picked up the teacup and drank a sip of tea. He glanced at the guests who were coming in one after another and smiled: "While the auction has not started yet, why don't Miss Huang How about getting straight to the point? I have something to do later. "

Huang Manting tapped the edge of the chair with her fingertips, took a sip of the teacup, and sighed faintly: "Mr. Mu, you really fooled Manting a few days ago."

"Don't you have anything to tell me about the past two days?"

Mu Zhian pondered for a moment, smiled and nodded, and said: "Thank you Miss Huang for your help in the past two days. The family likes the three markets very much and has good reviews."

The people of the Mu family are indeed very satisfied with the three markets of the Gongsun family. Although they are not located in a prosperous area, they are three markets after all, which can bring a considerable amount of extra water to the Mu family every month.

Huang Manting's smile paused for a moment, and she stared at Mu Zhian with a faint gaze, saying, "You came to see me two days ago. Did you really fancy the three markets of the Gongsun family?"

Mu Zhian took a sip of tea and said, "I really wanted to answer Miss Huang's doubts at that time. Instead of letting you slowly investigate my affairs, I might as well open the door and let you ask enough."

Huang Manting stared at Mu Zhian's eyes.

At this moment, she seemed to understand something, and there was a trace of anger in her eyes, as well as fear hidden deep in her heart.

It is rumored that the eldest son of the Mu family is obsessed with beauty and is a good-for-nothing... She had met Mu Zhian several times before, and it was indeed as rumored.

But what if the "good-for-nothing image" in the past was completely his disguise?

Mu Zhian came to the Dawn Chamber of Commerce to find her two days ago, firstly for the three markets of the Gongsun family, secondly to warn her not to let the servants secretly investigate her affairs, and thirdly...it was revenge for being secretly investigated.

Moreover... that day at the Dawn Chamber of Commerce, he had touched her for free!

She thought she was teasing Mu Zhian at the time... but she didn't know that it was Mu Zhian who was teasing her!

Huang Manting felt the anger in her chest burning uncontrollably, staring at Mu Zhian's eyes, and said: "Mr. Mu, you are really calculating."

"Miss Huang, I just help others for fun. You want to satisfy your curiosity, so I satisfy you. Isn't that enough?"

Mu Zhian gently put down the teacup and said innocently: "I want to be a good person, but good people... deserve to be bullied?"

"If it weren't for our Mu family's spies who found out that someone was secretly investigating me, were you going to dig out my birth date and horoscope?"

Huang Manting was speechless.

She was in the wrong first in this matter, and Mu Zhian's subsequent actions were just small revenges, which really made people speechless.

Many people who participated in the auction have come to the auction house one after another, and the noisy voices of those people can be vaguely heard in the private room.

Silence permeated this elegant and classical private room.

After a while, Huang Manting's face reappeared a charming and charming smile, and she said faintly: "Privately investigate Mr. Mu, this matter is indeed Manting's fault, I offer you a glass."

Mu Zhian raised his eyebrows slightly and smiled: "Tea instead of wine?"

Huang Manting smiled: "I will invite Mr. Mu to our Chamber of Commerce to drink someday."

"The Chenxi Chamber of Commerce brings all kinds of fine wines from various states. I heard that Uncle Huang has a lot of good wines. I am looking forward to it." Mu Zhian smiled.

The atmosphere between the two seemed to become extremely relaxed all of a sudden, and people could not feel the previous smoke at all.

"But there is something that makes me sad." Huang Manting suddenly sighed faintly, "In your heart, Manting is not as good as three markets, Mr. Mu?"

Mingming even gave people a feeling of accusing Mu Zhian in her words, but her voice sounded soft, and it made people feel like she was acting coquettishly, which made people's bones soften.

Mu Zhian turned to look at her and saw that her eyes were moist and pitiful, and with that charming face with a little makeup, it was indeed heart-warming.

Mu Zhian showed a gentle smile: "The three markets cannot be compared with you."

"Then why did Mr. Mu use me?" Huang Manting's voice was still soft and sweet, but for some reason, the atmosphere in the private room had a little more dangerous atmosphere.

Mu Zhian gently put down the teacup and sighed: "Miss Huang, according to what you said that day, you want me to be your Taoist partner, right?"

"No," he shook his head and continued: "With Miss Huang's personality, if I am with you in the future, I am afraid I will have to work like a cow and a horse for you."

"But you want the horse to run, but you don't give it grass. What do you think is more in line with the interests, compared to the grass far away and the market close at hand?" Mu Zhian asked.

Huang Manting narrowed her eyes slightly, and gently placed her fair, soft, slender jade hand on the back of Mu Zhian's hand. The nails on her fingertips gently scratched the back of his hand, making people feel itchy.

"So if I give Mr. Mu the corresponding benefits, you will choose me instead of Miss Bai Ruoxi~?"

Mu Zhian calmly withdrew his hand and said with a smile: "Of course, with Miss Huang's charm, if there is an interest that can make me excited, I know who to choose."

Looking at Mu Zhian's stubborn expression at this time, and recalling the shy look of Mu Zhian when facing her that day, Huang Manting's smile on her face was almost difficult to maintain, and she felt as if her heart was pierced by a needle.

Being teased to this extent, I'm afraid she would be laughed at if it got out.

Huang Manting's tender white toes hooked the black embroidered shoes with cloud patterns, and she reached out and put her hand on the back of Mu Zhian's hand again, and said softly: "Miss Ruoxi knows that we are so intimate in the same private room, she shouldn't be angry, right?"

"That won't happen, she is still very confident in her beauty." Mu Zhian smiled.

If it were normal times, Mu Zhian would probably take the bait and play with Huang Manting for such a teasing.

However, after staying in Bai Ruoxi's room for a long time in the past two days, he has temporarily lost that worldly desire.

Moreover, Bai Ruoxi's family background is not inferior to Huang Manting, and her appearance is a few points higher than Huang Manting, and even her figure curves are also higher than hers... In addition, her cold and weak temperament that easily arouses men's desire to protect her, there is no need to consider who to choose.

Huang Manting looked down at the auction venue below the stage from a high position in the private room, and suddenly changed the topic and said: "Master Mu, what are your plans after entering Liangyi Sect in a few days?"

"What other plans can there be? Just do what you should do. Are you planning to set up another sect in Liangyi Sect?" Mu Zhian made a joke.

Huang Manting shook her head and said: "After entering Liangyi Sect, our identities in Tianxuan City will naturally not be of much use. I think we can help each other at that time."

"What can I, a little cultivator who is not even a fourth-grade Qi training, do you know?" Mu Zhian laughed dumbly.

"Just help when you can, but when you can't..."

Huang Manting paused, took a sip of tea, raised her bright eyes and looked at him, and said softly: "You can help me too."

Click.

Suddenly, Huang Manting's embroidered shoes with her toes hooked fell to the ground, accompanied by a crisp sound, which seemed to add a hint of inexplicable ambiguity to the atmosphere in the private room.

Huang Manting lowered her eyes and looked at her toes, and said softly: "I won't ask Mr. Mu to leave Miss Bai, just come and accompany me occasionally."

Mu Zhian stared straight at this charming and charming profile, and after a long silence, he said: "Miss Manting's suggestion is really touching."

Huang Manting's eyebrows were soft, and she looked at him sideways and said: "So you accepted it?"

Seeing Mu Zhian's obsessed eyes, she already knew the result, but she still wanted to hear Mu Zhian say it himself.

A beautiful woman took the initiative to say these words, and any man would be unable to resist the temptation.

And this was exactly the first step for Mu Zhian to fall into the trap.

At the beginning, he said "I don't intend to break up your Taoist couple", but in the end, Mu Zhian would enjoy the excitement of sneaking around with other girls, and even fall under her pomegranate skirt in the end.

Huang Manting really knows a lot about men.

Under Huang Manting's direct gaze, Mu Zhian nodded gently.

Before Huang Manting's smile fully bloomed, he heard him continue: "I refuse."

Looking at the smile frozen on Huang Manting's face, Mu Zhian drank the tea and stood up.

There was a trace of anger in Huang Manting's charming eyes. She suppressed her anger and tried to keep him: "Mr. Mu, the auction is about to start, don't you want to stay and watch?"

"I have an appointment later, so I won't waste your time." Mu Zhian smiled.

Under Huang Manting's dim gaze, Mu Zhian happily opened the curtain and left the private room.

If you really accept Huang Manting's temptation, you can take advantage of her at the beginning.

However... if you really want to get a woman like this, you will definitely have to pay a huge price.

And compared to Miss Huang's rouge, Bai Ruoxi's rouge is indeed more delicious.

Mu Zhian stood in front of the corridor on the second floor, casually scanning the rows of seats under the stage, looking for the figures of the Ye sisters.

However, after searching for a long time, he did not find Ye Lingxuan and Ye Qian.

"Strange... Have the Ye sisters not come yet?"

Or are they also in the private room on the second floor?

Mu Zhian just thought of this, at this time, the corner of his eye suddenly fell in front of a private room not far away on the second floor.

In front of the private room, he saw a beautiful woman wearing a moon-white long skirt and a veil on her face. Her clear eyes like ice in the pond made people unforgettable at first sight.

Lan Murian.

Damn... Why is Senior Sister here? !

According to Senior Sister's personality, she shouldn't like such a lively place, but why...

Mu Zhian stopped abruptly, hesitated for a while, turned around and planned to go downstairs in another direction.

However, as soon as he turned around, he saw another familiar figure not far behind him.

Bai Ruoxi, who was wearing a plain palace skirt and had a gentle temperament, was talking to Wei Mengrou. The two of them looked around, as if looking for something.

"..."

Mu Zhian was silent for a moment, then turned around and lifted the curtain and returned to the private room.

Huang Manting raised her head and looked at him coldly without saying anything.

"Miss Huang, I'm back." Mu Zhian was not embarrassed. He greeted her with a smile and then sat back in his original position.

"Didn't Master Mu plan to go back? Did he change his mind?" Huang Manting's voice was cold. Her pretty face was no longer calm as before. Her face was covered with frost.

"Well... something unexpected happened."

Mu Zhian answered absent-mindedly and fell into a long period of thinking.

He suddenly realized that things seemed to be gradually out of his control.

Huang Manting, who was standing aside, had already regained her composure. She supported her cheek with her hand and looked at Mu Zhian meaningfully. Seeing a trace of sadness in his eyes, she couldn't help but narrow her eyes slightly.

Something was wrong.

He had just planned to leave, but he suddenly turned back... Looking at this, is there something else outside that can scare Master Mu?