Junior Sister must ascend this time!

Gu Changfeng's expression changed repeatedly. Yun Qing's last words were truly heartbreaking. Array masters were scarce throughout the entire Central Continent, and their Xuanming Sect didn't have a single one.

If he hadn't seen Yun Qing set up the formation with his own eyes, he wouldn't have believed that someone so young could be so skilled at it.

Jealousy twists the mind, so he sneered and said to Pei Shubai, "Is this your Chengtian Sect's newly recruited disciple? Even if you really can't find anyone with high talent, you don't need to find a Foundation Establishment stage cultivator to fill the quota, do you?"

His gaze swept over Cen Ning and Jiang Mian, finally settling on Si Mingche. "One hides from everyone, another thinks about dying all the time, and the other... let's not even mention him. Now there's another Foundation Establishment cultivator dragging you down. To be honest, I feel quite sorry for you..."

Si Mingche: ? ? ? What did I do to deserve this? Why don't you just leave it at that?

Pei Shubai's sword sheath was placed against his neck, his eyes cold. "Gu Changfeng, I advise you to speak with some respect."

Gu Changfeng raised an eyebrow. "You're angry? Then are you willing to fight me?"

Pei Shubai neither sheathed his sword nor answered. He simply stood there, his aura even colder than before, the scabbard pressed against Gu Changfeng's neck, unmoving.

At this moment, a huge flying boat hovered above everyone. Although it was not as magnificent as the Golden Jade Sect's, it was much larger in scale. Yun Qing roughly estimated that it was about the size of three flying boats from the Chengtian Sect.

The crowd below stirred. "It's the Immortal Alliance! As expected of the strongest alliance in the cultivation world, even the disciples' entrance is so grand."

"Who can argue with that? If I could join the Immortal Alliance in this lifetime, even just to catch a glimpse of it, I would die without regrets!"

Yun Qing feigned shock, looked up and walked forward. As she passed Gu Changfeng, she stomped heavily on his foot, exclaiming, "Wow! What a huge flying boat!"

Si Mingche immediately understood his junior sister's actions, and followed suit, walking past Gu Changfeng and forcefully stomping on his other foot. "Wow! Junior sister, this flying boat is so impressive!"

Gu Changfeng howled in pain, cursing under his breath, "Are you two blind? Why didn't you bring your eyes with you when you went out?!"

After he recovered, Cen Ning and Jiang Mian exchanged a glance, then followed suit, walking past him and stomping heavily on his foot. "Wow! So cool!"

Gu Changfeng felt like his feet weren't his own anymore; he lost his balance and fell to the ground. "You did this on purpose, didn't you?!"

Pei Shubai sheathed his sword, looked down at him, and then extended a hand. Gu Changfeng was taken aback, thinking he was going to help him up. After hesitating for a moment, he still took his hand.

Just as Gu Changfeng was about to stand up with the help of Pei Shubai, Pei Shubai suddenly let go, and Gu Changfeng fell on his backside again.

Pei Shubai looked down at him and said, "Sorry, we did it on purpose."

Gu Changfeng was so angry his head was buzzing. When did Chengtian Sect become so shameless?!

To ensure fairness, only five disciples from the Immortal Alliance were present this time, led by the Immortal Alliance's External Affairs Elder.

After disembarking from the airship, they went straight to the entrance of the secret realm without even glancing at the people around them.

Even without speaking, the aura surrounding him made people hesitant to approach.

Not long after, the secret realm opened.

The disciples of the Immortal Alliance went in first, followed by the seven major sects, and finally some smaller sects and independent cultivators, while the elders of each sect stood guard outside.

The rules for this secret realm competition are simple: the number of monsters hunted determines the score, with higher levels receiving more points. The player with the highest final score is the winner, and those outside the arena can watch the proceedings through a light screen.

The teleportation location in the secret realm is random. Yun Qing was lucky and was teleported to the same place as Si Mingche.

She was in the tree, and Si Mingche was under the tree.

"Third Senior Brother, how are things down there?"

Si Mingche used his divine sense to scan the surroundings and, after confirming there was no danger, looked up and said, "Junior Sister, it's safe down there. Come down quickly."

"I want to go down too..." Yun Qing swallowed hard. "But I can't climb trees."

How careless of me! I've lived two lifetimes and never even thought of learning to climb trees! I'll definitely learn next time.

If you bring out the "gossip" at this point, not only will it laugh at you for days, but it will also tell Master Yan Li, who will then laugh at him for days.

I haven't tried sword riding with this body yet, so why don't I learn it while I'm at it?

Before Yun Qing could even draw her spirit sword, Si Mingche, being the sensible senior brother, had already flown up on his sword to fetch her. He said with a smug look on his face:

"How about it? In crucial moments, we still have to rely on our third senior brother, right?"

Yun Qing didn't respond. Instead, she waved her hand forcefully and shouted, "Don't come any closer! Change direction!"

Si Mingche was wondering what his junior sister meant when suddenly, he felt the light above his head dim for a moment.

He subconsciously turned his head to look, only to see a large, dark blue bird that had flown in from behind him at some point, its round eyes staring at him intently.

Second-tier flying monster, Xuan Yu Eagle!

The next second, Si Mingche was grabbed by the back of his collar by the Xuan Yu Eagle and flown away.

Its original target was the little girl standing in the tree, but this one, dressed in bright colors, was too eye-catching and looked even more delicious.

If Si Mingche knew that Xuan Yuying had captured him for this reason, he definitely wouldn't have worn his most gorgeous clothes specifically for this secret realm.

Yun Qing summoned the Wusheng Sword, intending to attack the Xuan Yu Eagle, but then realized that if she shot it down now, her third senior brother would also be in danger.

So she had no choice but to settle for second best and secretly follow the Xuan Yu Eagle on her sword. If it wanted to eat her third senior brother, it wouldn't be in mid-air. As long as it landed, she would have a chance to rescue him.

Yun Qing stood on the sword, silently reciting the mantra, and tried to control the sword according to her memories from her previous life.

Then... the Lifeless Sword flew out with a "whoosh".

Si Mingche, who had been caught by the Xuan Yu Eagle, was still relieved that his junior sister hadn't been caught, otherwise, with her cultivation level, she wouldn't have been able to withstand the torment of this giant bird.

At the same time, he was terrified. What if this stupid bird smashed him into a meat patty and then ate him? Thinking of this, he immediately put on more than a dozen layers of defensive magic artifacts.

Just as he was gradually losing his ideals and becoming like a piece of seaweed swaying in the wind, he suddenly saw a point of light rushing towards him.

What's flying over here?!

Why does she look a bit like my junior sister?

No way? Junior Sister doesn't even know how to fly on a sword yet. He's probably hallucinating.

Yun Qing felt like she was going to faint from the sword. When did her Wusheng Sword start going crazy?

She tried to communicate with the Sword of No Life using her divine sense, "Why are you flying so fast? Do you even know what it means to sneak up on someone? Huh?!"

As expected, Wusheng Sword slowed down, following Xuan Yuying in a dodging and weaving manner with Yun Qing, neither too close nor too far away.

For the first time, Yun Qing sensed something amiss from a sword…