After traveling through the book, I conquered the male protagonist Long Aotian!

Qingyun Sect——

Ye Qiu Shuang was flying on his sword, his figure as light as a swallow. As soon as he stepped into the sect's territory, he sensed a familiar breath following him.

She didn't need to look back, nor did she need to use her mental power. Just by that subtle sense, she knew who was coming.

Murong Jin, the guy who always pestered her, came uninvited again.

She sighed inwardly, but did not slow down. Instead, she flew her sword even faster, like a meteor across the sky, trying to leave the uninvited guest behind.

However, Murong Jin was not someone who would give up easily. He followed closely behind, so fast that it seemed as if he was on par with Ye Qiu Shuang, and even had the potential to surpass her.

"Sister, don't you really want to see me, your brother?" Murong Jin's voice was a little aggrieved, as if she was really hurt by Ye Qiu Shuang's indifference.

Ye Qiu Shuang remained calm, with a hint of impatience in her tone: "Go away, don't disturb my practice."

Her voice was cold, like frost in autumn.

Murong Jin felt even more aggrieved. He said pitifully, "Sister, do you really dislike me? What did I do wrong?"

Ye Qiu Shuang became even more impatient when she saw him pretending to be ignorant.

She warned: "Since you know that you and I are siblings, put away those inappropriate thoughts of yours."

Murong Jin subconsciously retorted: "So what? They are not siblings anyway."

However, when he saw Ye Qiu Shuang drawing her sword, he put on a smiling face again, "My dear sister, I was wrong. I was just joking."

Ye Qiu Shuang didn't fall for his tricks. She just stared at him and said calmly, "Although I practice the ruthless way, it doesn't mean I'm a fool. I know better than anyone whether you have any thoughts in your mind that you shouldn't have."

Murong Jin no longer maintained the smile on his face, but became expressionless, but with a hint of teasing in his tone: "My dear sister, you really understand me~"

He leaned closer to Ye Qiu Shuang, as if to test her bottom line, "Since you know me so well, it would be a pity if we are not together."

"Murong Jin." Ye Qiu Shuang looked at him with a fierce look in her eyes. "I said before, no one can break my Taoism... Anyone who breaks my Taoism will die."

"I am a very tolerant person. If you like me silently, don't tell me your feelings, and don't force me to like you, it's best if you stay as far away from my sight as possible so as not to interfere with my cultivation, then I won't care about anything."

Ye Qiu Shuang continued, "But you've crossed the line... Are you really so confident that I won't be willing to kill you?"

Murong Jin shook his head: "Of course I'm not so self-righteous. Sister has always put interests first and treated other things equally. How could I be so arrogant as to think that in sister's heart, my status is more special than other things?"

His eyes were full of affection and infatuation, "It's just....My life was given by my sister. If my sister hadn't saved me, I wouldn't be alive now... In other words, my sister gave me a second life."

"So, I owe you, sister. If you want to take my life, you can do so at any time. It is my happiness to be killed by you."

When Ye Qiu Shuang heard these words, she did not have any other reaction, but she stopped the action of drawing her sword.

"If you just come here to talk nonsense to me, then I can't accompany you. I'm leaving now."

Murong Jin hurriedly called her, "Sister, don't leave. I came here today specifically for you because I have something important to tell you. I didn't come here specifically to flirt with you."

Ye Qiu Shuang's already cold face became even colder: "What's the matter?" There was a hint of impatience and vigilance in her voice.

Murong Jin smiled and asked her: "Sister...Gu Qingze is your disciple, right?"

When Ye Qiu Shuang heard the name "Gu Qingze", she was confused for a moment, but she quickly remembered.

She looked at Murong Jin with a vigilant look: "So what? What are you planning?"

"Although I only accepted Gu Qingze because of the Secret Realm Seed, since he is my disciple now, I still have the responsibility to protect his safety."

Ye Qiu Shuang's words revealed an unquestionable firmness, "If you dare to have any evil thoughts towards my apprentice and want to put him in danger, I... will never agree."

Seeing her threatening him, Murong Jin was not afraid at all. Instead, he smiled even more brightly, looking cute: "Sister, after so many years, you are still like this."

Ye Qiu Shuang was unmoved: "If you can't guarantee it, then we can't talk about it."

Murong Jin regained his serious demeanor, looking obedient: "Of course, I will promise, sister, don't worry, he... is your disciple after all, I won't do anything to him."

After getting his assurance, Ye Qiu Shuang stopped asking questions again and again, and seemed to trust his assurance very much.

"So you want to borrow Gu Qingze, what do you want to do with him?"

Murong Jin smiled and said meaningfully, "Two of the four are missing."

Although Murong Jin's words were vague, Ye Qiu Shuang still understood: "You want to take him to the demon world?"

"Yeah." Murong Jin nodded and shook his head, "More than that."

Ye Qiu Shuang hesitated for a moment, then nodded: "Okay, I agree."

.........

Qingyun Sect, Trading Peak——

In the basement of the exchange, Shen Mengli and Gu Qingze were having an in-depth conversation.

"Senior Sister Shen, are you saying that there is no fairyland at all?" Gu Qingze's voice was filled with disbelief and shock.

"Yes, there is a great possibility." Shen Mengli nodded, "I have been to many small worlds, and many of them have a background in immortal cultivation. I am very clear about the principles of the upper realm, but this world of immortal cultivation... is a little special."

Gu Qingze was only surprised for a moment, then calmed down: "If there is no upper realm, where would those who ascended there be?"

Shen Mengli groaned for a moment: "... probably all dead."

Gu Qingze's pupils shrank rapidly when he heard this: "Doesn't that mean... Ling Xiao is in danger?"

There was a hint of panic and anxiety in his voice, "After all, Ling Xiao is now being forced by the maintainers to follow the plot... He will ascend to heaven in the finale... If ascending to heaven means death, then Ling Xiao..."

Seeing his panic, Shen Mengli smiled helplessly: "Junior Brother Gu, I haven't finished explaining why I made this inference. Besides, it will take a long time for him to reach the stage of ascension, so it's not possible..."

"I'm sorry, I..." Gu Qingze also realized his mistake, "I just feel sad when I think about Ling Xiao being in danger... or even dying."

He panicked for a while before forcing himself to smile: "Senior Sister Shen, just continue talking, don't worry about me."

Shen Mengli heard this and looked at him strangely. She patted his shoulder and asked with some concern, "Are you really okay?"

"It's okay, just keep talking, Senior Sister Shen." Gu Qingze smiled, "I also want to hear Senior Sister Shen's opinion."

"Yes." Shen Mengli looked at him. "The reason why you wanted to pass the trial of Wuyou Pavilion before was to obtain a treasure with a trace of immortality, change the main storyline, and make the maintainer take the initiative to find you and negotiate with you."

"But after you obtained this treasure, that is, this scepter, the maintainer did not find you. This is also what you are confused about."

"That's why you came to me again and asked me to help you analyze the aura of the immortal world on the scepter." She continued, "But... after I analyzed this scepter, I didn't find any aura of the upper world."

"Combined with the fact that the maintainer didn't come looking for you, it means that you didn't disrupt the plot to the point where he had to find you. In other words... even if you obtained a treasure that contains the aura of the fairyland, it would not be considered a serious disruption to the plot..."

Shen Mengli stopped talking and didn't go on.

Gu Qingze understood the meaning of her words, and felt even more powerless: "But I...other than this, there is no other way...to seriously damage the plot and force the defenders to come to see me."

"Besides, I also learned such a cruel truth... equating ascension with death in this world..."

There was a trace of trembling and pain in his voice. "I don't know if Ling Xiao knows this. If he doesn't know, if he knows... it would be uncomfortable. I can't just watch Ling Xiao die, right?"

Shen Mengli saw that he was a little out of control and said in a soothing tone: "Junior Brother Gu, calm down first. You are really a little confused because of your concern."

There was a hint of tenderness and comfort in her voice, "I think...since Junior Brother Chu wrote a note specifically to reassure you, he should know what's going on."

"And..." Shen Mengli looked at him, "Do you feel something is strange?"

"Strange?" Gu Qingze forced himself to calm down and listened carefully to Shen Mengli's words.

"Yeah." Shen Mengli nodded, "I actually always had a feeling that the protector of this world is a little strange."

"Of course, these are just my guesses. Just listen to them casually. If you guess wrong, you can't blame me."

After saying a long list of "disclaimers", Shen Mengli continued: "When I first came to this world, I felt that there was something wrong with the defenders of this world."

"Something's wrong?" Gu Qingze asked "humbly", with a hint of curiosity and exploration in his tone.

"As for the maintainers and the reformers... I heard all about them from Senior Sister Shen. As for other aspects... I am still confused. Senior Sister Shen, why don't you speak frankly and help me see the light."

Shen Mengli glanced at him and said, "Then I'll speak frankly."

"Generally speaking, maintainers and reformers are at opposite ends of the scale. In this case, they will do their best to achieve their goals or stop each other. Especially when maintainers have the upper hand... this is even more so."

Gu Qingze asked, with a hint of confusion in his voice: "But... the reason why the maintainer didn't stop it is because Senior Sister Shen didn't cause any adverse effects on this world, and he hasn't noticed Senior Sister Shen's existence yet?"

Shen Mengli shook her head: "I thought so before...but now I feel that this situation does not exist."

Her tone was firm: "The level of this world's protector is much higher than mine. It is impossible for him to be unaware of me."

Gu Qingze continued to ask: "Is it possible that Senior Sister Shen did not interfere in the affairs of this world? So, even if he found out, he felt that it would not affect you and did not care about it."

Shen Mengli shook her head again: "Even so, under normal circumstances, once the maintainers discover the transformers, they will expel them from this world without hesitation to ensure that everything is safe."

"Imagine that there is a person holding a knife. Although he doesn't do anything bad with the knife on weekdays, he always holds the knife and waves it in front of you. In order to avoid potential danger, what should you do at this time?"

Gu Qingze pondered for a moment, then slowly said: "Of course, we should take the knife away, so as to eliminate the hidden danger."

"That's right." Shen Mengli nodded. "Even if I don't do anything now, but I hold this 'knife', then in order to prevent uncertain dangers from happening, the best way is to take away my 'knife'."

She held up two fingers and said, "There are only two ways to take the knife away. Either kill me or drive me out."

Gu Qingze looked at her with some thought in his eyes: "...So, the maintainer is indeed a bit strange."

Shen Mengli nodded, her tone a little solemn: "Not only that, there is also your matter. Although the plot you changed is not very important, it did change a lot."

"A maintainer...especially one of such a high rank, couldn't possibly be unaware of it, but he did nothing."

"The reason why he found Junior Brother Chu and forced him to follow the plot is because he knew the plot had deviated. But he was indifferent to you, the original 'big villain' in the plot, who had deviated so much."

Gu Qingze thought thoughtfully: "So...what exactly does the maintainer want to do?"

Shen Mengli looked at him: "I don't know either... maybe the maintainer has some other plan."

There was some uncertainty in her tone, "But I always feel that... maybe we can get the ending we want."

Although Gu Qingze was comforted by Shen Mengli's words, he was still confused:

"But what should I do next? Since the ascension is fake, and the fairyland is also fake, then there is nothing I can do to significantly change the plot."

Shen Mengli smiled and said, "Now all you have to do is practice hard and trust Junior Brother Chu. Since Junior Brother Chu said that we will meet again, it means that he is certain."

"You don't want to see... when Junior Brother Chu comes back, his cultivation level will be very high, but yours will be very low, and he will need to protect you all the time, right?"

Gu Qingze nodded, with some gratitude in his eyes: "Thank you, Senior Sister Shen, you really helped me a lot."

Shen Mengli waved her hand: "You're welcome, it's my duty. And we are friends, so you don't have to be so polite."