Chapter 165: Mysterious Place
The woman stared at her blankly, “You don’t even know what the Wu Di Sect is, so what’s the point of me telling you?”
It’s useful, it’s useful!
I have millions of Players and billions of Blue Star people behind me. Just tell me, and I’ll analyze it for you!
Tell me!
Mu Qiu wanted to say more, but the woman’s Spirit Body voice turned cold, “I’m not telling you for your own good. Since you don’t know, you must have been placed under a ban. It might be fine in this Secret Realm, but who knows what will happen when you leave?”
She said it with certainty.
Certain that the existence of the Wu Di Sect was under a ban.
That meant this Sect must have done something heaven-defying before, or perhaps it was a heaven-defying existence itself.
Otherwise, why hasn’t it been mentioned until now?
“Besides, where are there any good things that come for free in this world?”
The woman saw the hesitation on Mu Qiu’s face. After all, she was just an ordinary Player, not calm enough to disguise her emotions. She said, “If you really want to know, help me with something. If you can do it within three days, I’ll tell you who I am and what this Wu Di Sect you want to know about is.”
“So it’s an exchange.” Mu Qiu said, “Senior, please just say it. I’m not unreasonable.”
The woman suddenly covered her mouth, as if chuckling, and pointed in a direction, “Walk in the direction I’m pointing until the flames extinguish. The ground will sink, and you will enter a place. Take a blue Treasure pearl from that place and bring it to me, and I will tell you anything you want to know. As long as you can find me before this Secret Realm changes, I will wait for you here.”
The woman clearly knew what kind of place this was.
She also knew the rules of this Secret Realm’s changes.
Mu Qiu wasn’t surprised.
This was probably a Hidden Task within a Hidden Task.
Coupled with the statements from others in the world channel, she might have encountered a key plot point.
She didn’t consider refusing, only saying, “That Treasure pearl won’t be easy to get, will it?”
The woman chuckled, “It’s a bit dangerous, but what if you have that kind of Luck?”
System: “A bit dangerous means you’ll definitely lose your life.”
“Ninety-nine point one percent.” Mu Qiu said calmly, “At least leave me a sliver of hope.”
System: “Not even a sliver, just zero point nine of a sliver. Your Arithmetic is bad.”
Mu Qiu: “…”
Did this System get fed something it shouldn’t have before it left the factory?
Without continuing to bicker with the System, Mu Qiu agreed without hesitation, “Okay, Senior, I accept.”
The woman was surprised, “Oh, so spirited? I underestimated you. In that case, when you return, I’ll give you a special gift, provided you survive.”
Mu Qiu: “If I don’t agree, I’ll just sit here chatting with you for three days. I need to find something to do.”
Woman: “…”
Having received the woman’s guidance, and without even knowing her information, Mu Qiu could only head towards the unknown path ahead.
The main reason was that refusing would be useless. She knew nothing about this Secret Realm, and the System was unreliable. She would fall for anyone who spoke to her.
The other Spirit Bodies seemed confused. Apart from the woman just now, they were mostly Demonic Beast Spirit Bodies. She hadn’t seen any other humans.
Only this woman was special.
So she had to listen to whatever she said.
This Secret Realm was boundless. The burning flames seemed inextinguishable, scorching the earth with intense heat.
Fortunately, this scorching heat did not affect the Cultivators’ actions.
After Mu Qiu walked for a long time, so long that she didn’t know how much Time had passed, she finally saw the surrounding flames suddenly extinguish all at once with a “whoosh.”
The light dimmed, and the scorching heat gradually receded.
An indescribable chill began to surge towards Mu Qiu from all directions.
Mu Qiu unconsciously hugged her Arm, her teeth chattering, “How long have I been walking?”
System: “Ten minutes.”
“…Only ten minutes?” Mu Qiu couldn’t believe it. The next second, the ground beneath her feet suddenly began to shake.
Mu Qiu’s Spiritual Energy was instantly restrained. The ground beneath her feet suddenly cracked, and her Body lost its balance.
With a “swish,” the world in front of her darkened, and a suffocating pressure surged, making Mu Qiu feel breathless.
Although this Game had no pain, its simulation of touch was incredibly realistic.
It made it impossible to distinguish between reality and illusion.
This was also the main reason why many Players were becoming increasingly addicted.
Sometimes, when Mu Qiu logged off and opened her eyes to see the scenery of Blue Star, she would feel a sense of loss.
Fortunately, she hadn’t reached the point of not knowing who she was.
“Bang—”
Her Body had likely landed on the ground.
The “likely” was because Mu Qiu’s vision was completely dark; she couldn’t see anything.
Since there was no pain, she only felt a slight jolt in her backside.
She felt around her left and right. Good, it was solid ground, cold to the touch, likely a floor or something similar.
It wasn’t the slippery, terrifying sensation of landing somewhere and touching it with your hand.
Mu Qiu wasn’t afraid of such things, but she would instinctively react.
She extended her finger. Fortunately, this Secret Realm didn’t restrict anything. She gathered a cluster of flames from her fingertip using Spiritual Energy, dimly illuminating a corner of the surroundings.
As for advanced operations like conjuring Candles with her bare hands, she hadn’t learned them yet, so she had to make do.
Through the flames burning at her fingertips, Mu Qiu could roughly see where she had fallen.
A small, confined room.
It was indeed very small.
So small that she hit her head before she could even stand up straight.
She pushed up; it should be a solid surface.
She was forced to crouch and inch forward.
She finally realized it was a square space, not even a room fit for humans, likely meant for storing Things.
On her right, there were some residual traces left by melted substances.
Mu Qiu rubbed them between her fingers, getting a handful of fine dust, but she couldn’t tell what it was.
When she moved to the top of the space, she found a hole in the middle. If she were a bit smaller, she could crawl through.
This wouldn’t be difficult for someone who knew Magic.
But just as she was about to crawl out, she suddenly saw that the light outside the hole had become significantly dimmer. Through the flames at her fingertips, she saw a patch of darkness.
The next second, the dark thing moved away, and she saw a golden, glass-like smooth surface, with flowing, watery lines on it.
Then, a grayish-blue shell opened and closed from this golden surface, so fast that Mu Qiu almost didn’t see it.
This reminded Mu Qiu of an action.
—Blinking.
She thought she had watched enough horror Zombie movies and was already impervious to shock.
But when she thought of that action, her scalp still tingled.
