Chapter 46046 Leaving the Secret Realm
If nothing unexpected happens, as long as you step out of this palace gate without going to the Flying Immortal Palace, you can leave the secret realm.
But who could have imagined that she would suddenly appear in a courtyard full of blooming flowers, and what could that magnificent palace in front of her be but the Flying Immortal Palace?
Wen Xiujin… his face darkened, and he quickly disappeared through the doorway.
Song Chi thought to herself, she wished she could be like him.
However, this time the Celestial Palace Master really went too far, appearing on the screen wall. Wen Xiujin was actually sent together with Huo Ze'an and that young couple, Yu Yanran!
"Junior brother!" Although Huo Ze'an's gaze was indifferent, Song Chi still sensed that this person probably knew that his junior brother was in love with the person he loved.
Wen Xiujin must have noticed it by now; his chest heaved slightly, but he quickly became expressionless.
He walked to one side of the courtyard and quickly helped break the formation. Yu Yanran was probably unaware of Wen Xiujin's feelings for her; she even greeted him with a smile.
Seeing that Wen Xiujin completely ignored her, she looked at Huo Ze'an with some confusion and panic.
Huo Ze'an simply smiled faintly, looking unsure of what to say. "It's alright, Yan'er can come with me to break the formation."
"What, what Yan'er!" The two had apparently developed feelings for each other in the secret realm and had already changed their pet names. But they had probably only kept it private before, so saying it so openly made Yu Yanran blush with embarrassment, and she scolded Huo Ze'an in a low voice.
Song Chi felt deeply sorry for Wen Xiujin. This kid's heart must be completely broken, shattered into a thousand pieces.
The master of this celestial palace is utterly inhuman.
The problem is that her situation is probably being projected onto her as well.
Yu Yanran exclaimed in surprise, “Ah, that courtyard over there is so beautiful. And isn’t that Miss Song from the Azure Sword Sect? The one whose name I can’t mention… the master of music.”
What do you mean? Whose name can't be mentioned? And who else is a master of music theory?!
Although Song Chi was somewhat confused by Yu Yanran's words, he quickly looked towards the direction of the Immortal Palace with a determined gaze, as if he were about to join the Party.
Even so, Wen Xiujin's chest heaved with anger. He twitched his nose, glared at her fiercely, and then went to break the magic array in front of him.
Song Chi thought that if Wen Xiujin were there, he would definitely take his anger out on her, the bystander.
Hey! She's not really a gossip person, really!
Fortunately, the main gate opened at that moment, and Ye Qingyu and his group of protagonists rushed in, and the screen wall disappeared.
They were then swiftly taken into the Flying Immortal Palace.
This time, Song Chi went in and immediately sat down in a corner to meditate. Qi Zhenmo went to the front to observe the large bronze cauldron for a while before returning to sit down.
"Aren't you really going to play a piece of music? You might just gain some divine inspiration!" he asked.
Song Chi: "I have no interest in becoming an immortal!" She truly had no interest.
Seeing this, Qi Zhenmo rested his chin on his hand and chuckled for a while, then went to join the main characters in playing music on the large bronze cauldron.
This time, the secret realm was not much different from the last one; it was still a test of musical ability.
Unlike last time, they didn't have to listen to any new music. Cui Xue Ruo and the others passed quickly and received their rewards. Everyone had a serious face, but it was clear that they had all received good things.
Among them, only Hua Shalan of the Jade Ruins Holy Sect was truly expressionless. This time, he had obtained the inheritance of the Dual Cultivation and Union Technique from the book, which could help him get rid of his weak body.
However, Hua Shalan never found his destined partner for dual cultivation in the book, and as a result, he died of illness after reaching the Nascent Soul Realm.
This time... if her little wings of time travel are really powerful, maybe she can attract a destined person to him?
Hua Shalan also hid in this corner, coughed twice, and then, with beads of sweat on his forehead, turned his back to the crowd and leaned against the wall.
He probably didn't want anyone to see him looking weak and sickly. But it was directed at Song Chi, who also didn't want to see such a person in a weak state.
After all, Hua Shalan is a complete psychopath, a point emphasized in the book. He especially loves the art of seizing by trickery and force, and will take whatever he likes.
In the book, he was very fond of Cui Xue Ruo and even considered locking her up in his beloved mountain villa. The villa's name was quite fitting: Canary. He was essentially keeping the female lead as a caged canary.
If Cui Xue hadn't come from the Cui family of the Yunji Holy Land, he probably would have actually achieved that.
Song Chi felt that she had to stay away from this kind of seriously ill mental patient in order not to disturb her beautiful life of lying down.
Therefore, she immediately moved silently to another corner, but before she knew it, Hua Shalan's light blue figure fainted right in front of her eyes.
He collapsed, his face covered in a fine layer of sweat.
She was just being kind out of habit, helping him up to sit up straight.
Hua Shalan hadn't completely fainted yet; her Adam's apple bobbed slightly. "Thank you!" Her voice was husky and alluring; to be honest, it was quite captivating…
There is indeed a character who forcibly takes the female lead's affections, and although the female lead hates him, she still harbors romantic feelings for him.
Moreover, the combination of a sickly beauty and this twisted, dangerous madness is hard for girls who love the "moth to a flame" trope not to be moved by.
Fortunately, she didn't seem to care about any of this. Song Chi helped him sit up straight and then moved away.
Hua Shalan suddenly gripped her wrist tightly, then his eyelashes fluttered open. As if realizing he'd grasped the wrong person, a look of realization dawned on him. Despite his frail health, his red lips and white teeth possessed a captivating allure that surpassed others. Especially striking was this look of realization, which brought his striking features to a wide, relaxed state.
It is truly breathtaking.
Song Chi: "..." Why isn't this kid on the list of the four most handsome men? With his charming looks, shouldn't he have a name?
Hua Shalan immediately released her wrist, and Song Chi quickly moved to another corner to continue meditating. But she always felt that Hua Shalan's deep gaze kept falling on her, seemingly without her noticing.
If she looked over there, he would purse his lips slightly and look towards the direction of the large bronze cauldron.
After that, I never looked over again.
The group quickly finished playing their music, and almost everyone received a reward. However, the main hall remained closed for a long time, and everyone looked towards Song Chi.
"Junior Sister Song, are you the only one who hasn't played a piece yet?" Cui Xue Ruo asked with a smile.
Her eyes sparkled, as if she were expecting something.
This person actually possesses extraordinary musical talent; she can already compose her own music based on her new compositions, and her compositions often have a unique artistic conception. In any case, she is the first person to pass the musical test of this great bronze cauldron.
"So, no matter who it is, anyone who comes to this celestial palace must play a piece of music before they can be allowed to pass?"
Song Chi went over to ask.
Cui Xueruo nodded. "That should be the case."
"Alright then." This time, Song Chi brought out her zither. The zither her master bought for her was so beautiful that she had to play it whenever she had free time.
Let's play a sweet little tune now.
As a result, three words appeared out of the bronze cauldron: Wood Spirit Root!
Song Chi was speechless. Why was it completely still when everyone else was playing their pieces, but now it was giving her a special test?
However, the melody she envisioned was initially somewhat hazy and dreamlike. Therefore, only a little wood elemental power was needed to compose it.
She then played this piece, "Yunmenglin." While playing this piece, she couldn't help but glance at Su Qiwu.
To be honest, Su Qiwu is very similar to her childhood friend whom she saw for the last time before she transmigrated. And when he came to visit, she played this piece.
Therefore, she actually had a very good impression of Su Qiwu.
Firstly, of course, it was because she blushed at the slightest touch of his hand, so innocently sweet. Secondly, Su Qiwu actually looked like her childhood friend. However, that guy had a terrible temper and had always called her heartless and hopeless since childhood. But he was Song Chi's only friend in her past life.
Therefore, she always felt a pang of pain, like the return of an old friend, when she looked at Su Qiwu. She mostly avoided his gaze!
At this moment, the music truly evokes a joyful and beautiful feeling, as if an old friend has returned, carrying many beautiful memories, like an old dream being awakened.
In fact, she only glanced at Su Qiwu twice, definitely not more than a third time.
And these people were really too perceptive. At that moment, Su Qiwu looked slightly shocked, her eyes fixed intently on her.
The others looked back and forth between the two. Ye Qingyu was hopeless; her finger bones kept cracking, as if they wanted to shatter her guitar strings.
Song Chi: "..." So can't you guys just focus on seeking immortality and cultivating the Dao? Your minds are always filled with useless thoughts!
After she finished singing.
As expected, the bronze cauldron unleashed its immortal aura, followed by beams of immortal light that descended and enveloped everyone.
Apart from Song Chi, she was right next to the bronze cauldron. Apart from the celestial energy emanating from it making the back of her head feel a little cold, there was no celestial light enveloping her!
As expected, I'm not destined to be the protagonist... I won't receive even the slightest reward.
But please don't let me in. Song Chi was speechless. He always dragged her in to play music, but never gave her anything in return.
Act like a real person.
Seeing her like this, the others' faces twitched slightly. The first time, it was understandable that she hadn't been blessed with divine light to cleanse her soul by the bronze cauldron, but this second time, judging from the light and swirling spiritual energy around her, she must have consumed spiritual fruits to cleanse her spiritual roots. How could she… still not be blessed with divine light?
Could it be that even after undergoing two miraculous cleansings of her aptitude with Heavenly Spirit Fruits, she still hasn't reached the Heavenly Spirit Root level? That would be incredibly unlucky.
Song Chi had a bad feeling at this moment. She didn't care about the reward, but knew that the bronze cauldron was only bestowed upon those with heavenly spiritual roots to cleanse them of mortal dust with divine light.
She probably underestimated that aptitude... Don't tell her, this time they all got ninety-nine!
Well then... never mind, with ninety-nine, what more could you want?
At that moment, the celestial palace opened wide, and Song Chi was thrown out. His initial frustration vanished instantly; his long-awaited peaceful life had finally arrived.
She was thrown out and shouted loudly while still in the air.
"Master!"
Help me!
Then, in the next instant, she was caught by her master and dragged back to the flying boat. He immediately used his spiritual power to check her meridians.
"What happened? Are you seriously injured, or is your dantian damaged?" the old man asked repeatedly.
Song Chi wasn't afraid of being overheard.
"Master, I picked about twenty Purple Spirit Myriad Grasses!"
Anyway, those geniuses had already seen this thing at the screen wall, so to prevent them from stealing it secretly, she might as well just tell them directly!
At that moment, all that could be heard were gasps of cold air coming from all directions, and even the venerable ones' faces twitched violently.
The master wasn't doing much better. He smirked and grabbed her, pulling her into the cabin and blocking out the entire inner hull.
"You brat, you've obtained such a precious herb, and you're making such a racket in front of everyone? Are you out of your mind?!"
Song Chi laughed and said, "Those genius disciples all saw it; they just didn't have time to snatch it from me in the Immortal Palace."
When Venerable Xueqiao heard her say that, he thought to himself that it was no different from the fact that it was now made public.
Now that everyone knew, those shameless families and immortal sects were too embarrassed to secretly demand it anymore.
"Master, please keep these for me."
Song Chi kept eleven plants for himself, and gave the rest to Venerable Xue Qiao. As for how to distribute these things, he told everyone to go to their master.
"I want to give these eleven plants to my brother, Xi Ya, and Ye Qingyu to repay their kindness. That shouldn't be a problem, right? Don't force me to give them up too."
Song Chi asked this question.
Mo Shubai was let in by his master, and upon hearing this, he couldn't help but smile faintly.
"Even if they are shameless, they shouldn't have gone to such lengths."
Venerable Xueqiao nodded. "Giving them so many immortal herbs is already a great blessing. I doubt they would feel comfortable taking more of your few immortal herbs."
After saying that, he went out to meet with Venerable Yuheng in secret, and then had a brief discussion with several Venerables from the Lingxu Immortal Sect.
The other major powers, upon learning of the proven abilities of their own genius disciples, all came over with smiles, eager to curry favor.
Mo Shubai was ordered by Venerable Xueqiao.
"Protect your junior sister well, lest some audacious scoundrel dare to come and rob her and demand money."
Although Mo Shubai believed that no one would be so bold, he still stayed in the cabin.
Song Chi, however, showed no sign of nervousness whatsoever. She even ran to the cabin and lifted the curtain to watch the commotion.
Mo Shubai noticed that they were three disciples of the Jade Ruins Holy Sect. One of them was someone Song Chi seemed to care about before going to the secret realm: the runaway boy from the Wen family in the Northwest, named Wen Xiujin.
When he was sent out of the secret realm, a female disciple in green was thrown into his arms.
The two of them crashed heavily onto the lake shore.
Wen Xiujin, being quite manly, withstood the fall and protected the female disciple.
However, the black-robed male disciple who flew out afterward had a rather speechless expression upon seeing this. He went over to thank her and then took the green-robed female disciple's hand and led her aside.
Mo Shubai recognized the black-robed male disciple. He was Yin Zhian's second junior brother. Yin Zhian had previously mentioned in a letter that his two junior brothers were both in love with the same person, and it seemed that one of them would inevitably be disappointed, especially the silly junior brother, who was still kept in the dark.
Mo Shubai used to laugh these things off and never took them to heart.
At this moment, Song Chi was holding his forehead. Although he had a stern face, his smile was almost overflowing from his eyes.
He glanced at it a few more times without realizing it. Then he saw Wen Xiujin looking in the direction of the flying boat.
The boy was so angry that his chest heaved for a while before he closed his eyes tightly. Then he leaped up, circled the forest, and quickly darted past Song Chi's window.
His cold gaze was like a knife, piercing and infuriating. Song Chi, however, smiled smugly, even raising his hand to his cheek and wiggling his five fingers.
That expression was infuriating.
Wen Xiujin took a deep breath in anger, but after rolling his eyes, he flew away.
Song Chi then lowered the curtain, leaned against the window, shrugged his shoulders, and smiled.
"A love triangle and all that, and the owner of this secret realm is really good at stirring things up."
She muttered these words with a relaxed air, perhaps genuinely enjoying the spectacle.
Mo Shubai was somewhat speechless. She hadn't realized that this young man from the Wen family might have fallen for someone else now…
However, looking at Song Chi's carefree and cheerful expression, he thought that she was probably unaware of the situation.
In this way, he could finally write a proper reply to his friend Yin Zhian. The matter that had worried him—that his fellow disciples were both in love with the same person—had been easily resolved. However, the Wen family lad's romantic path might become even more difficult…
Song Chi was flung out of the secret realm, and as he rushed toward his master, he saw Song Yun also rushing out. The two siblings exchanged a glance, and their hearts sank in relief.
When Song Yun saw her shouting "Purple Spirit Universal Grass," he paused in surprise and didn't approach.
After a while, the two siblings exchanged a few words through the window. With so many people around, they didn't say anything useful and then went their separate ways.
Song Chi soon saw that Xi Ya and the others had also landed on the flying boat. Apart from Dai Jia being slightly injured, the other three were fine.
Another quarter of an hour passed. With a violent surge of spiritual energy that shook the earth, many disciples were thrown out of the secret realm.
However, when the various sects tallied their numbers, it was clear that less than one in ten disciples had survived. The casualties were truly devastating.
Even the disciples of the Cloud Pavilion Holy Land suffered countless casualties. However, someone there informed us that the Azure Sword Sect had killed disciples of the Cloud Pavilion Holy Land, and that the killer was the nephew of one of the managers.
However, after questioning the head steward of the Yunji Holy Land, he discovered that the person who made the move was actually those two precious darlings from the Qingjian Sect. Without saying a word, he immediately ordered the informant disciple to be driven away.
They simply didn't want to offend Xi Ya, this genius alchemist. Song Chi possessed countless Purple Spirit Myriad Grasses; even the Cloud Pavilion Holy Land needed to exchange treasures for benefits from this young master, so offending him was even more difficult. As for a mere nephew in charge, his death was no big deal. Besides, in the secret realm, life and death were not considered matters. This was the rule of the cultivation world.
Although the Yunji Holy Land didn't usually follow this rule, they now can't wait to comply.
Once the disciples were all thrown away by the secret realm, the secret realm suddenly shrank back.
Amidst the turbulent waves of Half Moon Lake, the various sects activated their flying boats and quickly departed from the area.
The Azure Sword Sect accompanied the Spirit Void Immortal Sect this time, completely surrounding the sect's defenses. Their sole purpose was to protect the Purple Spirit Myriad-Herbs.
Thus, the formation shifted again, and the flying boat moved forward at full speed.
It took them a month or two to return to the Azure Sword Sect.
Song Chi didn't stay in the secret realm for more than a few days, but half a year passed outside the secret realm. Adding the time spent traveling, by the time he returned to the sect, it was late spring and early summer, and everything was full of vitality.
As the flying boat entered the sect, Song Chi felt that the sky was so blue, the mountains and forests so verdant, the lake water so clear and beautiful, and the clanging bells of Qingxue Palace so melodious.
Everything was presented to her in its most beautiful form.
No. Actually, it's because I'm in a good mood that everything I see seems beautiful.
A life of lying flat, free and unrestrained. And so it came happily.
Moreover, the sense of satisfaction derived from a life of ease and comfort, achieved through hard work and struggle, is even more indescribable.
Song Chi was in a good mood and even played the zither all the way back. Only when the piece ended did the flying boat slowly land in front of the Respect for Teachers Hall.
The sect leader said a few words of encouragement and then let everyone go back to rest.
Only about seventy or eighty disciples returned this time, but that was still the most among all the major sects. Everyone said that the disciples of the Azure Sword Sect were incredibly lucky.
But that wasn't actually the case. The disciples of the Azure Sword Sect were also scrambling for resources along the way, but when they saw Song Chi and his group suddenly running north for their lives, they didn't hesitate to chase after them.
They had only one thought at the time: Song Chi and her three roommates were incredibly lucky. Last time in the secret realm, they obtained spiritual fruits to cleanse their spiritual roots, and were immediately accepted as personal disciples by a sect leader—how fortunate they were! And then they heard that they had also obtained spiritual fruits in this secret realm.
What else is there to say? These few are undoubtedly lucky stars sent from heaven; following them is always the right thing to do.
Thus, most of the disciples were spared from being torn apart by the demonic beasts and flew towards the celestial palace. Many of them also gained considerable benefits there. Therefore, these disciples returned with the sentiment that in the future, whenever they encountered such a secret realm, following these four would always be the right thing to do. They were truly reincarnations of lucky stars!
Upon returning to the sect, Song Chi was immediately ordered by her master not to leave the Yunhai Songshan Holy Land even a step, presumably to protect her from being secretly extorted by those who coveted the resources.
She hadn't planned to go out, so she stayed in the Scarlet Rose Pavilion for three months.
Enjoying flowers, fishing, playing the piano, and practicing some self-cultivation every day—life is like that of an idyllic paradise.
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