Miss Loser is too enchanting

"Senior Brother, when did you become so, ahem, you know..." Dugu Qianye interrupted Fen Qingran as he spoke, unable to hold herself back.

Fen Qingran slapped her on the head and said, "I’m showing concern for you!"

"I know," Dugu Qianye said. "I’ll be careful. If Bai Fenglan really causes trouble inside, I think the Beast Trainer Guild won’t be able to pin anything on us if something unexpected happens."

The subtext was clear, if Bai Fenglan sought to trouble her this time, she would directly take her life!

"As long as you know," Fen Qingran said. "Tomorrow, the master and other guild leaders, as well as the commandery princesses from various regions will be here."

"What are they coming for?"

"The opening of the secret realm requires some external forces; they’re coming to open the secret realm. Let’s go, head back and rest early." After speaking, Fen Qingran led Dugu Qianye back to their camp.

In fact, there were only a little over a hundred people entering the secret realm, but with all those coming to see them off and those just watching, the originally spacious valley was now crowded. Dugu Qianye and her group arrived late, so they could only pitch a few tents on a nearby mountaintop. Being away from the crowd, it was indeed peaceful.

The next morning, commandery princesses from various regions and guild leaders arrived one after another, standing on the mountaintop and looking down at the people below. Shi Honggui found Dugu Qianye and her group and kept them by his side.

With the princesses’ arrival, everyone headed up to the peak. Dugu Qianye followed behind Shi Honggui, observing the princesses and noticed their ranks were not low— the lowest among them was at the intermediate level of Divine Emperor. It seemed that to secure a position as a commandery princess, one must possess substantial strength!

When almost everyone had arrived, an elder in white robes raised his hand to silence the crowd and then said, "This year, the secret realm has appeared in Fengxian Prefecture, and as the commandery princess, I feel very honored. According to the investigation by the twenty-some commandery princesses, this year’s secret realm has some anomalies that we are unaware of, causing a sharp reduction in the number of people who can enter and the opening of the realm to occur earlier. You are all outstanding talents selected through numerous levels, and I hope that you will find your own opportunities inside. Also, once inside, the drop point will be random, so it’s best to leave some form of communication device with each other. We will open the entrance for you, and after a month, the secret realm will automatically eject everyone inside, and the exit point will be random as well—I do not know where you will end up. Be mentally prepared for these eventualities."

After the Fengxian Prefecture commandery princess had finished speaking, she glanced at the other princesses, then tossed a milky white bead into the air. Once the bead stabilized, all the princesses infused it with divine power together. A dazzling burst of light followed, so bright that everyone could not open their eyes.

Dugu Qianye shielded her eyes with her hands; unable to see, she could only feel the surroundings shaking and the earth trembling. In the time it took to brew a cup of tea, the light faded, and upon opening her eyes, she saw a ripple gate had opened where the bead had been. Some impatient people had already leapt in.

"Ah—"

A figure fell from the sky, and a scream drew the attention of those still outside. Upon understanding the situation, laughter erupted among them.

"Look at that, someone’s trying to cheat their way through again this year!"

"He’s already fifty-four, not an alchemist or anything, and still trying to get in—serves him right for ending up like this." Someone used a Lifetesting Stone and probed near the fallen person, revealing that the individual was overage.

"Qianye, once you’re inside, you have a month; remember to seize the opportunity," Shi Honggui said. "The old man has already spoken to people from the Alchemist Guild, and they will keep an eye out for the Fuyu Flower for you."

Dugu Qianye nodded.

"Be wary of the people from the Beast Trainer Guild when you enter. I’ve heard Bai Fenglan is going in as well. Be careful with everything," Shi Honggui continued.

By the time Shi Honggui finished giving instructions, most of the others had already gone inside. Dugu Qianye announced her departure to everyone, then flew towards the water-patterned gate. The person holding the Lifetesting Stone hadn’t put it away yet, and as Dugu Qianye flew past, the stone emitted a bright light, displaying a large "20".

"This person is only 20 years old," the man said casually as he looked at the number, and then it hit him. He shouted, "20? That person is only 20 years old? Goodness gracious!"

His voice drew everyone’s attention, a Divine King at 20? Who could be that powerful?

"Isn’t that the little apprentice of the Spiritual Master Association’s chairman? And she’s only twenty!"

"My god, isn’t she an intermediate-level Divine King? How did she achieve that?!"

"Last time, she even challenged and defeated the chairman of the Beast Trainer Guild."

"Such a monster!"

"I think the rest of us might as well just give up on living."

The people from the Spiritual Master Association sighed one after another as they looked at everyone else, not willing to admit that their little sister knew much more than what others were aware of!

When Dugu Qianye flew into the water-patterned gate, she paused slightly, apparently still carrying the shadow of the last time she traveled through an inter-dimensional tunnel. Closing her eyes, she plunged in headfirst, leaving all the exclamations behind.

Contrary to her expectations, no tunnel appeared. When Dugu Qianye opened her eyes, she found herself standing on flat ground. She looked around and realized this place was no different from the outside world, with its mountains, waters, flowers, and sunshine. She had heard that there were some odd and mysterious Spiritual Beasts here.

Wanting to fly up and see the surrounding terrain and Phantom Realm, she was shocked to find that she couldn’t fly here! Could it be that this place also restricted Spiritual Power? She tried to use her Spiritual Power and found that it worked normally, which slightly eased her mind. It must be a no-fly zone then.

She called out Xiaohuo and the others. Xiaohuo could still fly normally, but the other beasts could not.

"It seems that there are restrictions here, only the original wings can fly," Dugu Qianye said.

"No problem, sis. I can carry you," Xiaohuo said as he morphed and came to Dugu Qianye’s side.

"So having wings has its advantages too," Xiaoyin said as he looked at Xiaohuo’s wings, almost glaring a hole through them.

"Then, Xiaoyin, you and the others go back to the Refining Demon Pot. Xiaohuo, you carry me and let’s scout the area," Dugu Qianye said. After putting the other beasts into the Refining Demon Pot, she had Xiaohuo transform back to his original form and carry her up into the sky.

It seemed that the Spirit Void Secret Realm was indeed vast. Even though their entry point was random, Xiaohuo had carried her for half a day without seeing another soul, which spoke volumes about how scattered everyone was.

"Xiaohuo, let’s go to the mountains below to look for Fuyu Flowers, or maybe find a beast to ask where we can find them," Dugu Qianye said.

Luckily she had Xiaohuo. If she had to walk such a distance when she couldn’t fly, she’d be exhausted to death! Without doing anything else all month, she’d spend all her time just walking!