Chapter 202: Wing Sect
“You are surprisingly peaceful.”
The old man sensed Jiang Tianya’s calm emotions.
He frowned slightly.
“If you don’t even have a shred of fighting spirit, then why continue to persevere, and how can you defy the heavens?”
Jiang Tianya didn’t know how to answer.
Fighting wouldn’t work.
Not fighting wouldn’t work either.
So what should he do?
Was he truly too content with his current situation?
Jiang Tianya rarely doubted himself.
But fundamentally, he was here to play a game, even if he knew this game was a bit unusual.
However, when one has a safety net, it’s hard to have the mindset of risking one’s life.
Moreover, this was a trial within a Secret Realm.
Previously, Jiang Tianya had been aiming for rewards, but now he was so tormented that he had given up on them.
His immediate priority was to successfully escape this Secret Realm and ensure his Account remained safe.
With that thought, Jiang Tianya took a deep breath and cupped his hands, saying, “Senior, what do you wish for me to do?”
The old man’s eyes flickered, and he suddenly became enraged, “Why do young people have so little patience? No wonder you are content with your current situation and have no ambition!”
Jiang Tianya: “……”
In reality, he had strived for his life before, never falling behind in his studies.
He originally had other goals to pursue, but ever since encountering the Shattered Sect game—he had indeed become a bit decadent.
It was also true if he put it that way.
Seeing Jiang Tianya remain silent, the old man grew even angrier, “When you were climbing the Cliff with your bare hands, even with blood all over your body, you didn’t give up until you fell. When crossing the fiery Abyss, even when burned to bone, your expression didn’t change, so why have you given up now? Don’t you think that past failures are more valuable?”
Jiang Tianya opened his mouth: “……”
He couldn’t possibly say that the System had blocked most of his pain receptors, so he hadn’t truly felt much suffering.
It was just the fear of death that felt quite real.
One couldn’t possibly play a game with the intention of testing one’s willpower, right?
As expected, the System said sinisterly, “Was that you persevering? Wasn’t that because you couldn’t feel it?”
Jiang Tianya: “……”
He lowered his head and respectfully said, “This junior admits his mistake.”
After scolding him to this point, seeing Jiang Tianya’s still calm and unruffled demeanor, the old man lost his temper.
He simply waved his hand, “Forget it. Considering your perseverance earlier, I won’t say you passed, but I’ll count it as half-passed.”
“You have no fate with my Wing Sect. I see your destiny is still promising. Take this item. If one day a bird calls out to you, feed it to them.”
After saying this, the old man turned around.
Thick fog gradually enveloped the surroundings, making everything blurry.
Until Jiang Tianya felt something being placed in his hand. He picked it up to look.
It was a piece of bone, lustrous like jade.
It was small and exquisite, about the size of a thumb, polished to the point where it didn’t look like bone but an ornament.
Jiang Tianya found it a bit strange and instinctively asked the System, “What is this?”
Had he received a reward?
But something felt off.
The old man said he hadn’t passed the Wing Sect’s trial, which meant he shouldn’t have passed this World.
System: “……”
Before he could hear a reply, Jiang Tianya suddenly felt that familiar dizzying sensation again.
His vision blurred, and he suddenly saw a familiar back in front of him, with fire burning in their palm.
The other person seemed to sense movement behind them and, the first thing they did upon turning around was to unleash a Palm Thunder towards Jiang Tianya’s location.
Jiang Tianya’s brow twitched, and he used Spiritual Energy to defend.
The Spiritual Energy shield was transparent and fragile; being struck by the Palm Thunder made Jiang Tianya feel numb all over.
This proved the other party’s Strength was not inferior to his.
Seeing that it looked somewhat familiar, Jiang Tianya immediately spoke to test, “I am Jiang Tianya!”
The other person turned around, saw his appearance, and was stunned.
The person in front of him was a Female Cultivator, but with an unfamiliar face, and she looked rather… unfortunate.
Jiang Tianya twitched his lips, confirming it was likely the Sect Master’s doing.
The other person’s eyes widened slightly in surprise, “It’s you? How did you get here? I’m Mu Qiu!”
The person before him was actually Mu Qiu.
Because they had switched bodies upon entering, but such an abstract ugliness could still be recognized at a glance.
Jiang Tianya looked around. This was a narrow corridor with bronze stone walls, and nothing else.
“Is this the legendary Demonic Cultivator Kingdom, Wan Hai Yuan, you’re in?”
Jiang Tianya touched the stone wall, “You haven’t passed the trial yet?”
“Yes, I’m still stuck here,” Mu Qiu nodded. “How did you get here? Didn’t everyone get teleported out? Did your World pass?”
Jiang Tianya looked slightly confused, “Not exactly. I shouldn’t have passed. My World is undergoing a trial called the Wing Sect. Passing the assessment allows entry into the Wing Sect. I guessed there would be rewards, but unfortunately, I didn’t get any. An old man appeared, saw I wasn’t passing, gave me something, and then let me out. When I opened my eyes, I was right behind you.”
“Wing Sect?”
Unexpectedly, Mu Qiu paused, “What Wing Sect is that?”
Jiang Tianya: “The character ‘Wing’ that represents wings.”
This was what he had seen on the mountain gate during the trial.
Speaking of which, the Sects on the Yunzhou Continent were basically two characters, and Players hadn’t encountered any single-character Sects yet.
“Wing Sect? I think I’ve seen some information about the Wing Sect here.”
Mu Qiu saying this surprised Jiang Tianya, “You’ve seen it?”
Mu Qiu nodded, “But I only caught a glimpse. Every time I tried to look more, I would be teleported to the edge of the Plaza, almost falling into the Abyss. There was a Young Flood Dragon in that Abyss too.”
Jiang Tianya’s spirit jolted, “Is that the top-tier Demonic Beast you mentioned in the Sect Channel earlier?”
Players who were currently passing through Secret Realms weren’t sharing information on the world chat at all times.
Mainly, they were anxious about not passing and would occasionally log off to check for Information.
Mu Qiu hadn’t mentioned anything further.
For the past few days, she had been repeatedly returning to this corridor. After walking a certain distance, she would enter a predominantly red, feminine boudoir.
After discovering there was no information around the boudoir, she headed towards the Bookshelf.
The Books on the Bookshelf could actually be touched, but there was a time limit.
She discovered that the time she could spend in this boudoir was limited; if she was even slightly slow, she would reappear at the edge of the Plaza.
A gentle breeze blew, and the Flood Dragon was right before her eyes.
The first time was frightening, but she got used to it in the subsequent times.
Its golden eyes always stared at her coldly, but it never did anything to her.
Perhaps it was as Players said.
It was too insignificant to bother with.
Or perhaps it had been here for too long and enjoyed the company of a living person?
Through this, she could only see a limited amount of information from the Books, only able to quickly flip through a few pages to grasp the key points.
One page within them introduced this.
The Wu Di Sect had an affiliated Sect called the Wing Sect.
The Wu Di Sect had sent people to guard the Wing Sect, but that was all the information there was.
