The protagonist stole my spiritual root? Hey, heroine, give birth to me!

"Reasonable my foot! Let me tell you, if you dare to come any closer to me, I won't hold back!" Xiao Hongmei said.

"That wouldn't be very interesting. After all, Sect Master Yunxuan entrusted you to me, and you wouldn't want to disappoint her, would you?"

"You...!" Xiao Hongmei was speechless.

She never imagined that in just one day, her and Chen Xuan's identities would change so drastically!

She thought he was a shy, sunny young man, and that she had the upper hand, so she went over to tease and manipulate him. How did she end up being the passive one?

Something must be wrong!

"Don't worry, she won't be disappointed, so you don't need to worry about that!"

"Alas, I've devoted so much effort to your sect, and in the end, I have nothing! Forget it, after this is over, I'll leave to find a suitable demonic beast for myself, and not stay in this place of sorrow!"

Chen Xuan said dejectedly.

"I...you...!"

"It's getting late, I'm going to rest now, you should rest early too!"

"Chen Xuan, don't be like this, I, I didn't mean that!" Xiao Hongmei felt a void in her heart.

Chen Xuan ignored them and went straight to his room.

"Chen Xuan, you... don't go! Stop right there!" Xiao Hongmei shouted from behind.

However, Chen Xuan ignored her and went straight into his room, closing the door behind him.

Xiao Hongmei stood blankly outside the door, a wave of grievance rising in her heart. She hadn't expected Chen Xuan to be so cold to her, which made her very sad.

However, Chen Xuan did not see Xiao Hongmei's appearance at this moment. Sometimes, retreating to advance is also an excellent method.

Judging from her reaction just now, she must be feeling very conflicted. Let her continue to struggle internally and feel lost.

Sure enough, not long after, while Chen Xuan was cultivating, there was a knock on the door.

"Who?" Chen Xuan opened his eyes and asked.

"It's me," Xiao Hongmei's voice rang out from outside the door.

Chen Xuan got up, opened the door, and saw Xiao Hongmei standing outside.

"What's wrong? Is something the matter?" Chen Xuan asked.

"Chen Xuan, I... I want to talk to you," Xiao Hongmei said in a low voice.

"Come in." Chen Xuan stepped aside to make way for Xiao Hongmei.

The two sat on the edge of the bed. Xiao Hongmei was silent for a moment before finally speaking, "Chen Xuan, I'm sorry. What I said just now was too impulsive. Please don't be angry."

"It's alright, you're right to say that, after all, you and Sister Xiao haven't known each other for very long. I was the one who was presumptuous. But even so, I will keep our promise tomorrow, you can rest assured about that," Chen Xuan said with a smile.

Xiao Hongmei remained silent.

For some reason, seeing Chen Xuan being so polite made her feel even more sad and irritable.

But the most painful part is that she doesn't know what to say.

Chen Xuan naturally noticed her odd behavior and immediately added fuel to the fire: "Alright, Sister Xiao, it's getting late. Go back to your room. I need to meet with my wives too."

Upon hearing this, Xiao Hongmei trembled even more.

'Yes, I wasn't Chen Xuan's first choice to begin with. If he feels... there's no future for us, then it's only natural that we'll become strangers. Isn't that normal? But why do I feel so choked up inside?'

"Is there anything else?" Chen Xuan asked, seeing Xiao Hongmei's head bowed in silence.

"Actually, I... I want to be with you. I want to stand with you through thick and thin and overcome difficulties together!" Xiao Hongmei mustered her courage and finally spoke her heart.

"I see..." Chen Xuan glanced meaningfully at the ripe Xiao Hongmei, then his expression changed.

"Then tell me now, Sister Xiao, who's in charge now?" (Zhang Rangyin)

"You, you're in charge!"

"Then who are you on my side?"

"..."

Early the next morning, Chen Xuan and Xiao Hongmei arrived at the gate of the Holy Master Yunxuan.

"Now that you're all here, let's set off! But Hongmei, what's wrong with you? Why are you walking so awkwardly?"

"Well, maybe Sister Xiao is feeling shy about returning home. After all, she was chosen from among the orphans, so she might be too embarrassed to see her fellow villagers!" Chen Xuan said, making things up.

"Is that so? But Hongmei has been around for hundreds of years, how could there still be elders and folks left?"

"Um...maybe I guessed wrong, haha!"

Upon hearing this, Xiao Hongmei gave Chen Xuan a playful glare, saying, "Isn't this all your fault?!"

Soon, the group arrived at the entrance to the secret realm of the Thousand Falls Holy Land, ready to receive the orphans of the Holy Land.

The Thousand Falls Holy Land was once jointly controlled by several large families and some small families. These orphans of the Holy Land were actually the descendants of the major families who lacked talent. After thousands of years of reproduction, they have long since formed a huge group of mortals.

Every year, the people of Qianluo Holy Land also select suitable talents for cultivation from among them, allowing these fresh blood to rejoin the Holy Land and serve the sect. Xiao Hongmei was one of those selected.

As a holy land-level power, the Thousand Falls Holy Land naturally possesses its own secret realms. However, unfortunately, they are all located in fixed locations, and once discovered by the enemy, they will surely perish without a burial place.

Their current stronghold at Qingfeng Mountain is no longer safe, which is why they resorted to this desperate measure of having Chen Xuan take in these orphans.

In fact, Chen Xuan was quite resistant at first. After all, it was still not very stable for people from a sect to enter his own cave. Even if he could drive them out at any time, it was still not very stable.

But if it's just an ordinary person entering his secret realm, he'll welcome them with open arms.

After all, in his own celestial realm, any being with a cultivation level lower than his would be marked by him, and those marked would not lose their sense of self and would retain their independent consciousness.

However, they cannot disobey any of Chen Xuan's orders.

Therefore, any genius who appears in this secret realm in the future, and who is cultivated into an unparalleled master by any force, will all belong to him.

How am I supposed to take in these mortals?

"Just open your secret realm and connect it to our secret realm entrance. I'll let them enter your secret realm on their own," Yun Xuan said calmly.

Chen Xuan nodded and immediately followed Yun Xuan's instructions, activating the power of the cave to connect the secret realm to it.

At this moment, Yun Xuan also began to take action, using her Tribulation Transcending stage strength to directly bring a large number of mortals in the secret realm into Chen Xuan's cave.

In just four hours, Chen Xuan had received hundreds of millions of mortals into his secret realm.