Chapter 63 Departure from the Dream Realm
The Qu family has the ability to calculate the opening time of the Floating Dream Secret Realm, and other sects and families will also have their own methods to determine the opening time of the secret realm.
These days, besides cultivating, Song Yin goes to the inner sect academy to carefully select people from the list, but she can't make it too obvious, so she has to proceed slowly.
One day, Song Yin was studying in the inner sect academy with other inner sect disciples when a series of bells rang out, their sound echoing throughout both the inner and outer sects.
The ringing of the bell indicates that something has been announced.
Upon the announcement, those in the Foundation Establishment and Golden Core stages were immediately filled with excitement.
The sect has announced that the Floating Dream Realm, one of the most famous secret realms in the cultivation world, is about to open. Disciples who meet the requirements and wish to participate in the secret realm can register starting today.
Disciples eager to take the plunge quickly signed up, while those afraid of death refrained from doing so. The journey to the secret realm offered abundant cultivation resources, but the slightest misstep could lead to death.
Song Yin found Shi Heming and signed up with him, while Xia Xining was still struggling with her decision.
After Song Yin and Shi Heming finished registering, Xia Xining remained holed up on Tianqiao Peak and didn't go out. When Song Yin approached Xia Xining, she was tossing and turning in bed. Knowing that Song Yin had arrived, she immediately jumped up and rushed out.
Yay! Her best friend came to visit her!
"Where should we go?" Xia Xining thought of several places.
Song Yin's mouth, at a 36-degree angle, uttered only cold words.
"I'm here to ask if you've registered yet. Shi Heming and I have already registered, and registration will close in a few days. Registered disciples will receive unified training to prepare for the trip to the secret realm. If you don't register now, it will be too late."
Xia Xining shrank back, "This...that...I haven't thought about it yet."
Xia Xining was afraid. After experiencing the incident with the evil cultivator, she deeply felt that she was timid and incompetent, and was only suitable to stay in the sect to refine weapons.
Song Yin guessed what she was thinking. "I won't force you to sign up. If you really don't want to go, then you don't have to. If you find any good refining materials in the secret realm, I'll help you bring them out."
"Really?" Xia Xining stared wide-eyed at Song Yin, thinking that Song Yin would persuade her to sign up. Today, her master and senior brothers and sisters had all been urging her to sign up, saying that the Floating Dream Secret Realm was a rare opportunity and she shouldn't miss it.
"Of course it's true."
"I don't want to go to the Dream Realm."
Song Yin: "Alright, lend me the book that records the materials for refining weapons. I'll go back and review it beforehand so I don't end up not recognizing the materials when I have them on hand."
After handing the book to Song Yin and watching her leave, Xia Xining felt much more relaxed, clapped her hands, and turned to go back into the house.
The weather is sunny today, perfect for lying around and being a couch potato.
...
Xia Xining lay around doing nothing for many days, and when she had had enough, she felt she should go out for a stroll.
So Xia Xining took out the communication stone and asked Song Yin if she wanted to go to Xianxiao City together.
Upon receiving the message, Song Yin was preparing for the trip to the secret realm with Shi Heming. She came up with a plan to combine the Illusion Heart Demon Pill with the formation. The moment the formation was set up, the Illusion Heart Demon Pill would turn into powder, causing the target to be affected without their knowledge.
Song Yin: "It would be best if the formation could isolate the space, so that the powdered pills wouldn't be blown away from the formation by the wind."
Shi Heming picked up his pen and kept scribbling and revising on the paper. "If it can meet your requirements, the existing formations won't work. We'll have to create and build a new formation."
Song Yin: "Why don't you try creating a new formation? I'll also research some other 'good' pills so that I can take down powerful enemies by surprise in the future." Countless insidious tricks flashed through her mind, all of which were good methods she had accumulated in battle in her previous life.
Shi Heming picked up the paper filled with drawings. "I will try my best. It's unrealistic to create a new formation out of thin air. I plan to modify the existing Spirit Binding Formation and try to shorten the formation's setup time."
Suddenly the communication stone made a sound.
"Yinyin, how about we go for a stroll around Xianxiao City?"
Shi Heming paused, crumpling the paper in his hand, and silently observed Song Yin, waiting for her choice.
Song Yin replied, "I'm afraid it's not possible today. I'm still busy. I'll definitely go with you another day."
Shi Heming reduced the pressure on his hand and felt relieved.
Xia Xining sighed, "Alright then." Song Yin is busy right now, probably with matters concerning the Floating Dream Secret Realm, so she won't disturb her.
After putting away the communication stone, Xia Xining felt something was off, and her mood was inexplicably low.
Seeing her junior sister looking downcast, Xia Xining's second senior sister, Senior Sister Bian, kindly asked her, "Why are you so downcast, junior sister?"
Senior Sister Bian is much older than Xia Xining, so Xia Xining finds it difficult to treat her as a friend, but rather as an elder. Hearing the question, Xia Xining said, "I don't know either. Song Yin is busy with matters concerning the secret realm, so it's normal for her to refuse me. I don't want to disturb her while she's doing her business, but for some reason, I feel strange. It's not that I'm depressed, but I just feel inexplicably anxious and worried."
Senior Sister Bian: "I heard that Song Yin's cultivation has broken through to the mid-Foundation Establishment stage?"
Xia Xining: "Yes, and Shi Heming is also about to break through to the mid-Foundation Establishment stage. The two of them are cultivating at an incredibly fast pace."
Senior Sister Bian put down the refining materials in her hand; she roughly knew about Junior Sister's situation.
"Your talent is exceptional; you'd be considered a genius in the entire cultivation world. But when it comes to Song Yin's talent, how many geniuses in the cultivation world can compare to her? Even your master and the others can't. Song Yin is also someone who loves cultivation very much, so she's destined to progress faster than you. What's making you sad isn't that she won't accompany you to Immortal Cloud City, but that she's progressing too fast for you to keep up with. If this continues, it will be difficult for you two to travel together."
Xia Xining was startled and remained silent for a long time, pondering Senior Sister Bian's words.
They are all Song Yin's friends, and they all have single spiritual root talents without spiritual bodies. No wonder Shi Heming kept cultivating. It turns out he was trying to catch up with Song Yin. That guy was definitely up to no good!
Senior Sister Bian seized the opportunity, saying, "Today is the last day to register for the Floating Dream Secret Realm."
Xia Xining's mind raced, and finally she slammed her hand on the table and stood up, "Second Senior Sister, I want to sign up for the Floating Dream Secret Realm."
Seeing her junior sister's fighting spirit rekindled, Senior Sister Bian immediately went to her master to tell him the good news after her junior sister left.
Elder Shi was very pleased to hear this. "I knew Song Yin was a good girl. With her around, there's no need to worry about your junior sister not cultivating. Since your junior sister went to register herself, you don't need to go to register on her behalf today."
Elder Shi's original plan was to have his second disciple register his third disciple, so that the third disciple would be forced into it and wouldn't be able to refuse to go to the secret realm.
Song Yin was unaware of what had happened at Tianqiao Peak, but that evening she received news that Xia Xining had signed up.
Upon learning this, Shi Heming remained silent, only working even harder in his cultivation. Ultimately, before the Floating Dream Secret Realm opened, Shi Heming successfully broke through to the mid-Foundation Establishment stage.
Xia Xining also began to compete, cultivating with a level of determination she had never shown before.
Song Yin was completely unaware that she had unintentionally drawn her two friends into a continuous cultivation practice.
Time flies, and soon it will be time for the Floating Dream Secret Realm to open. This time, the team will be led by two outer sect elders and one inner sect elder.
The two outer sect elders are Xu Fubai, elder of Lingjian Peak, and Wen Yi, elder of Lingyin Peak, while the inner sect elder is Qi Zibo.
There are 320 Foundation Establishment stage disciples and 180 Golden Core stage disciples heading to the Floating Dream Secret Realm, totaling 500. These 500 people were selected through special training after registering.
The secret realm is located in the Eastern Continent, in a mountain range under the jurisdiction of Sui'an City.
Several large flying boats flew to the entrance of the Floating Dream Secret RealmâMiyun Cliff.
Many people from all over the world have traveled thousands of miles to come here, and many people have already settled in the Misty Cloud Cliff.
Song Yin stepped off the flying boat, and people from different sects gathered together, dressed in their respective sect's disciple robes.
The arrival of the disciples of the Immortal Cloud Sect attracted the attention of everyone present, and many leaders from various sects and families came over to greet them.
Others whispered among themselves.
"There are so many people from the Immortal Firmament Sect, several hundred, right?"
"There's nothing we can do; each of the five major sects holds five hundred slots for the Floating Dream Secret Realm."
The disciples of the Immortal Cloud Sect followed the elders in an orderly fashion without running around. After the location of their encampment was determined and they took out their personal cave dwellings, the elders allowed the disciples to move around freely.
As soon as I stepped out, I saw a Golden Core stage disciple from our sect walking towards another sect's territory.
Song Yin wasn't interested, but before leaving, she saw this Golden Core stage disciple meeting and talking with a female disciple from the Qingxuan Sect in Zhongzhou. The two were standing very close to each other.
The female disciple of Qingxuan Sect reached out to take the other's hand, but the Golden Core disciple pulled his hand back slightly. The female cultivator from Qingxuan Sect tried to take his hand again, and this time the Golden Core disciple did not pull away, allowing her to hold his hand.
Wow, love!
Song Yin was almost ready to whistle, wanting to see what would happen between the two of them.
At this moment, someone else came out of his personal cave and also saw the two people around the Qingxuan Sect's residence.
"Isn't that Senior Brother Xiao? Who's the woman holding his hand? No, I must make sure that woman stays away from Senior Brother Xiao!"
Song Yin called out to them, "Wait a minute, those two clearly know each other."
Wu Jue, a Golden Core stage disciple, turned to Song Yin and said, "You don't know this, but Senior Brother Xiao Daiheng is a direct disciple of our Lingpo Peak. He cultivates the Path of Ruthlessness, so he can't let others influence him and affect his path."
Song Yin: "Ah? I didn't know that. Sorry, please feel free to do as you please, senior brother."
He actually cultivates the Path of Ruthlessness, but what's most intriguing is that he is none other than Xiao Daiheng.
Song Yin had heard of Xiao Daiheng before. Many people, both inside and outside the sect, mentioned him, saying he was a once-in-a-century genius in swordsmanship, handsome and powerful. In short, Xiao Daiheng was much more popular than other direct disciples, mainly because he had participated in the Xuan Tian Tournament.
However, Xiao Daiheng rarely appears in front of others, and Song Yin has only heard of him but has never seen him in person, not even during the training period recently.
Xiao Daiheng was taken away by his fellow disciple from the same peak, and the female cultivator's expression was also not good.
With the excitement gone, Song Yin left and wandered around Misty Cloud Cliff.
Passing by the Heavenly Fire Sect's headquarters, I saw an acquaintance, Li Fu. I also ran into two other acquaintances, the Qu siblings.
The Qu siblings clearly didn't notice her. This time, the siblings were surrounded by a lot of people. Qu Ruoxuan was in the center of the crowd, her expression was not good, and she had lost her former liveliness, like a puppet on a string.
After completing the tour and confirming the basic situation, Song Yin returned to the Xianxiao Sect's residence.
Many people participate in the secret realm, and with so many people, there's competition for resources within. She knew from her previous training in the sect that the teleportation location to the Floating Dream Secret Realm is random. If she gets separated from her fellow disciples upon entering, it's best to find them first; it's better to stick together and support each other in groups.
The day the secret realm opens will arrive soon.
The crowd stood in a line at Misty Cloud Cliff, with the elders at the very front.
The Dream Realm is now open.
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Author's Note: Xia Xining: I can't let that Shi Heming jeopardize my image in my sisters' eyes! [Angry] For my sisters, I'll fight! [Angry]
Song Yin: [Glasses]
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[Empty bowl]
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