Lin Zhenzhen stared blankly at the lifeless little snake in Mo Yin's hand.

"how so?"

She didn't do anything to it. Even though it bit her, she just threw it into her storage bracelet as a minor punishment.

How could he have died?

Just as she was racking her brains trying to figure it out, Mo Yin sighed heavily.

"Is it worth it for you to do this just to see your master?"

Lin Zhenzhen looked up, her eyes filled with surprise and doubt: "I..."

"No matter what, this spirit snake is a spirit pet that has signed a blood pact with you. If you just let it starve to death like this, it will have a backlash on your body."

"Even if you manage to see Master this time using this method, what then?"

Mo Yin's brows furrowed heavily, bobbing up and down as if he were blaming her for her stubbornness.

"He has already ascended to heaven; for him, all worldly matters are now in the past."

"Moreover, the path my master cultivates is the ruthless path of severing emotions and love."

"If there were love in his heart, how could Master have ascended to immortality back then?"

As he finished speaking, Lin Zhenzhen's eyes slowly widened, her pupils sparkling with a crystal-clear light.

Mo Yin ultimately couldn't bring himself to be ruthless.

He flicked his sleeves and said slowly, "Little Seven, you are the most intelligent of our seven fellow disciples. How can you not understand such a simple principle?"

"I've figured it out."

Lin Zhenzhen finally figured it out.

After Mo Yin said that, she was able to sort out the complicated relationship between the original owner Lin Zhen, the male lead Lianhua Zhenren, and the second male lead Yan Feichen.

She had never imagined that Lin Zhen and the male lead could have any entanglement.

Because in the original book's timeline, the events before Yan Feichen became a demon were only briefly mentioned.

Lin Zhen was reduced to ashes long ago and didn't even have a chance to appear in the later episodes.

Unexpectedly, despite having few scenes, she has a lot of entanglements!

How could Mo Yin not know his junior sister's personality?

She's a stubborn person, and her master is the one she's believed in her whole life; how could she let go of him so easily?

Mo Yin shook his head with a wry smile: "I hope you really understand."

Lin Zhenzhen gave an OK sign: "Don't worry, it'll be fine."

In the original book, the male protagonist didn't have any particular feelings about Lin Zhen's death; at most, he could only be considered a tragic figure in unrequited love.

Lin Zhenzhen has her own set of principles.

Being a simp is impossible; I'll never be one in my life.

Moreover, she wasn't even a target for romance.

Not getting paid? Haha.

Bye-bye!

Lin Zhenzhen turned around and walked back. Instead of talking so much, it would be more worthwhile to go back and flirt with Yan Feichen to increase her favorability.

However, when she passed by the disciples' seats, she found that Yan Feichen's seat was empty.

Lin Zhenzhen originally thought he might have left temporarily for some reason, but even after half of the trial had passed, she still hadn't seen him.

She had no choice but to turn to the person beside her: "Have you seen where my little apprentice went?"

Upon hearing the words "my little apprentice," the man frowned, his eyes clearly showing disdain.

He glanced at Lin Zhenzhen indifferently, then said coldly, "I didn't see her."

"Oh, I didn't see it." Lin Zhenzhen opened her mouth wide, deliberately trying to disgust him.

"That won't do. My little apprentice is so handsome, and he's completely helpless. What if he gets kidnapped if we're not careful?"

Then she started shouting and making a scene: "Senior brother, senior brother, come quick! Your precious junior nephew is missing!"

The man clearly hadn't expected Lin Zhenzhen to be so shameless, and his expression worsened.

"Stop yelling, aren't you ashamed?"

Lin Zhenzhen tilted her head back and looked at him innocently: "Why would I be ashamed of my own disciple?"

The man snorted coldly, turned his face to the side, and whispered, "Shameless indeed."

"Your precious disciple has been called away to maintain order in the secret realm."

"Maintain order within the secret realm?"

The man rolled his eyes: "Ha, with such mediocre talent, no one else would want him but you treat him like a treasure."

Lin Zhenzhen mimicked him, rolling her eyes and saying, "Tch, you don't know anything."

Just then, a commotion suddenly arose inside the previously calm crystal.

After flashing for a few seconds with dense snowflake-like patterns, several bright lights flashed by quickly, and soon the entire screen was plunged into darkness.

"What's going on?" A group of people gathered around and started discussing it amongst themselves.

"Could something have triggered the initial security threshold of the secret realm, causing it to shut down abruptly?"

"That shouldn't be the case. This secret realm is designed for the selection of new disciples. It only contains monsters with very low attack power. The few high-level monsters have already been restricted. How could it trigger the safety threshold?"

Lin Zhenzhen was startled, not expecting this secret realm to be so intelligent, even having its own blocking settings.

Wouldn't that be what happened when that great demon Yan Feichen entered this place?

Flies that befriend spiders—are they walking right into a trap?

At that moment, a tall man hurriedly walked out of the crowd.

"Where is the sect leader? I have important news to report."

"Over there."

Lin Zhenzhen pointed him in a direction and then followed without hesitation.

"What? Monsters have been discovered pouring in from the damaged parts of the secret realm?"

Lin Zhenzhen suddenly stopped in her tracks.

"Wasn't it thoroughly inspected before opening the secret realm? How could there be any damage?"

The man's expression was grim: "I've checked it several times, and there was originally nothing wrong with it. I don't know what happened."

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