He couldn't very well kill the guards of the secret realm before going in; that would be blatantly telling everyone that people from the Demon Realm had entered the secret realm, and he was just waiting for them to gang up on him inside!
The world operates according to its own rules. Just as cultivators eventually ascend to immortality after cultivating to the end, it is because the Heavenly Dao believes that such a person's presence in this world would disrupt the order of heaven and earth. The same applies to secret realms. If everyone could enter and fight inside, the secret realm would most likely be shaken to the ground.
The secret realm's rejection of those with high cultivation levels is also a form of self-protection.
Geng Qi bit his teacup. "Wasn't it said that the secret realm was fraught with danger? Why would they open it at this time?"
Jie Beiying laughed: "Would you choose to lose half your units or to be completely wiped out?"
"..."
"Halfway down" refers to entering the secret realm, while "total annihilation" refers to what?
Jie Beiying smiled but remained silent, her unfocused pupils fixed on Geng Qi's direction.
"I?"
Geng Qi pointed to himself in disbelief, his face immediately turning black with exasperation.
Does he have that much deterrent power?
The appearance of the Demon Lord does indeed pose a threat to righteous sects. Is the rush to open the secret realm to train disciples or to escape?
Adhering to the principle of "where there's life, there's hope," should we send the future of our sect into the secret realm, and then seek revenge after they've grown stronger?
Geng Qi suddenly looked up: "If we can't go from the Demon Realm, then where should we go?"
Jie Beiying said, "Tianzhi Sect."
"..."
Geng Qi's face darkened. He leaned closer, rested his elbows on the table, and said in a low voice, "You stinky scorpion, are you playing me?"
"Hmm? You don't want to go?"
A blatant provocation.
Geng Qi snorted and sat back down.
It's precisely because he wanted to go that he became so angry and embarrassed after his thoughts were seen through.
But what could he possibly do there? Listen to gossip? Watch the male and female leads being all lovey-dovey?
Don't be fooled by Rong Yu's current coldness towards the female lead; he just hasn't discovered her true charm yet. Isn't the "it turns out to be good" plot the most common trope for writers?
He started to hesitate again, and Jie Beiying spoke up again: "Tianzhi Sect will be recruiting new disciples at its mountain gate in a few days. If you miss this opportunity, you won't have another chance."
Geng Qi gritted his teeth, deciding to ignore his "reminder." He glanced at the person sitting properly to the side and suddenly had a thought, saying, "Qing Han!"
"..."
A teenager's instinctive vigilance.
Geng Qi smiled warmly, "Let me ask you a question: Between you and him, who's on top and who's on the bottom?"
Qing Han asked blankly, "Wh...what?"
"You mean, during that... you know... which one is on top?"
“…？…”
Qinghan was stunned for a long time, her gaze shifting back and forth between the two of them. Suddenly, her face flushed red, and she waved her hands repeatedly, saying, "No...we didn't, we really didn't!"
Geng Qi was also taken aback. "Don't you guys always spend time together?"
“Um…he…he’s not in good health, I’m afraid…I won’t be able to take good care of him.”
The same old story left Geng Qi speechless. He glanced at Xie Beiying, a few question marks hanging over his head.
Did he misunderstand?
What were these two doing sleeping together all night? Just covering each other with blankets and chatting?
Geng Qi Han!
“That’s where you’re wrong,” he said earnestly. “The saying goes, ‘Strike while the iron is hot,’ or ‘Take action early.’ If you don’t act now, once his eyes are healed, it’ll be too late for you…”
"Your Excellency has misunderstood!" Qinghan suddenly raised her voice to interrupt him, glanced nervously at Scorpion, and said with a blush, "We...we are not in that kind of relationship."
Geng Qi: "..."
An eerie silence hung in the air, tinged with an awkwardness.
Xie Beiying remained silent, smiling faintly as she sipped her tea, offering no response.
Qinghan sat stiffly with her head down for a moment. Seeing that no one was speaking, she reached out and picked up the teapot on the table: "I'll go make another pot of tea."
With that, he got up and ran off. Watching the white figure disappear behind the obsidian door, Geng Qi withdrew his gaze and hesitated, saying, "You..."
Jie Beiying finally took the teacup down from her lips and changed the subject: "His Majesty also said that one should strike while the iron is hot, lest one regret it later."
Geng Qi said, "I also said that one should do this as soon as possible."
"..."
Having successfully silenced the man, Geng Qi was in high spirits. He put the now-cold tea in his mouth and followed Scorpion's words, thinking that if he did nothing now, he would definitely regret it later.
Who cares if he's the male lead or not, who he's paired with in the original story? He's the one who took a liking to her first. When it comes to love, whoever gets it first wins!
Thinking about it this way, and then looking at the sunlight peeking out from the clouds, I felt as if the clouds had parted and the sun was shining through, and I suddenly felt enlightened.
Jie Beiying also looked up at the sky, his lifeless eyes staring directly at the blinding sunlight without flinching, a faint smile on his lips, no one could tell what he was thinking.
At this moment, on Shangxu Peak of Tianzhi Sect, Rong Yu was dressed in a moon-white silk robe, without any adornment, and he did not even bring the Drunken Shadow Sword with him. He stood on the mountain cloud spring, with his back to the shade of green bamboo, gazing into the distance.
The green bamboo behind him swayed slightly, and a crow flew off a bamboo branch, flying away in the direction he was gazing, disappearing into the clouds in the blink of an eye.
...
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