After transmigrating into the body of a junior sister of a celestial sect, the cultivation world wen

Jiang Yishen looked at his palm with suspicion.

"...I spent a whole day learning this spell. Did Miss Ning really learn it just by looking at it once?"

Ning Yue scratched his head sheepishly: "No, I just repeated your movements once. I wasn't very confident; it was all luck."

Jiang Yishen smiled without saying a word, but he understood perfectly why Ning Yue was able to obtain the direct disciple plaque.

He boasted that he was extremely talented in cultivation, and it wouldn't be an exaggeration to call him a genius.

It wasn't until he saw Ning Yue that he understood what a true genius was.

As Jiang Yishen was sighing, cracks had already appeared on Ning Yue's shield.

Ning Yue looked at him thoughtfully: "...Is it because your cultivation level is too low?"

The plant invasion here is extremely strong, so it seems that this is indeed the center of the secret realm.

The problem is how to get in; being blocked outside all the time isn't a solution.

Ning Yue tried to take a step forward—

The moment she took a step, the shield shattered at a speed visible to the naked eye.

"Holy crap—"

Their bodies were suddenly exposed.

The flying leaves hurtled towards them at lightning speed!

It's too late to condense another shield!

Ning Yue closed his eyes, intending to take a few slaps first.

She instinctively raised her arm to shield her eyes, but her body was suddenly covered.

Jiang Yishen quickly stepped forward, spread his arms to shield Ning Yue, protecting her firmly and preventing any part of her from being exposed.

—I acted as her human shield.

The speed and sharpness of those flying blades were no joke.

Ning Yue was accidentally grazed just now, and the wound was so deep that the bone was visible.

Jiang Yishen stood directly in front of her, and the extent of his injuries can be imagined.

His originally plain white clothes were now completely stained red, tattered, and looked quite terrifying.

Ning Yue panicked and raised his hand to grip the shield.

A blinding light flashed, slowing even the speed of the flying leaves.

"Why are you blocking my way?!"

"Cough cough... Fortunately..." Jiang Yishen ignored her blame, coughed up a mouthful of blood, and said softly, "...It's a good thing you weren't injured."

Ning Yue's shield this time was extremely sturdy, completely covering the two of them, and the flying leaves didn't leave any marks on it.

Ning Yue, his face grim, reached out to support Jiang Yishen: "How are you? Can you still stand?"

"...It's nothing," Jiang Yishen smiled and shook his head. "I have a wood elemental root, so I can heal myself."

"Even if you were a piece of wood, you couldn't be whittled like that!"

Ning Yue looked up at the menacing dense forest ahead, the flying leaves moving at an undiminished speed.

She squinted, tilted her head back, and asked Jiang Yishen in a deep voice.

What would happen if I accidentally burned this?

"..." Jiang Yishen hesitated for a moment, "I've never heard of anything like this. Not to mention that the plants here are too vigorous, ordinary flames probably won't work on them. Even if they could burn, we don't have any kind of fire right now."

Ning Yue remained silent, as if he hadn't heard anything.

He extended his right index finger and slowly drew a circle in the air.

Jiang Yishen stared blankly, then slowly opened his eyes wide after a few seconds.

Suddenly, a small flame ignited between Ning Yue's slender, white index fingers—

Jiang Yishen looked at the flame at her fingertips and stammered, "Miss Ning... Miss Ning, you have dual spiritual roots?"

Ning Yue didn't turn around, and gave a noncommittal "hmm".

Then, in the horrified light, the flame grew larger and larger.

It emits a blazing white light.

—This shows how high the temperature of this fireball is.

Ning Yue held the giant fireball atop his fingertip, looking at the plant that was launching attacks with a defiant gaze.

Steady his feet, raise his arms, and prepare to throw the terrifying-looking fireball.

"Now that you've broken your own roots, I'll spare your lives—"

The moment those words were spoken, Fei Ye stopped attacking.

……

Ning Yue raised an eyebrow, observed for a moment, and did not remove the spiritual energy shield.

Then, strangely enough—

A large grove of trees in front of me had been snapped in half at the waist in a remarkably uniform manner...

The heavy tree fell to the ground, raising a cloud of dust.

Ning Yue coughed twice with his eyes closed. When he opened them again, broken branches and fallen leaves were scattered all over the ground, and the scene before him was one of desolation.

Ning Yue: "..."

Jiang Yishen: "..."

She held the ball of flame in her hands, unsure whether to throw it over.

"...I didn't do this," Ning Yue explained. "They broke on their own, it has nothing to do with me."

Jiang Yishen paused for a moment, then said, "...Yes, I'll be your witness."

Ning Yue frowned and stepped forward, kicking at the broken branches with her toe: "What's wrong? Are you really scared?"

Jiang Yishen walked around the fallen tree branches: "This is the first time I've heard of such a thing."

His gaze drifted towards Ning Yue, who was waiting for him to say something, but Jiang Yishen silently lowered his eyes.

You might as well say something...

Ning Yue said dryly, "...I was just trying to scare them, who knew they were so easily frightened? I hadn't even done anything yet, and they'd already broken themselves."

Amidst the desolation, a small sapling in the very center is shimmering with a vibrant green light.

Ning Yue walked over: "Is this it?"

Jiang Yishen crouched down and examined the area: "That's right, putting your hand on it should be the way to get out of this secret realm."

Ning Yue nodded, and together with Jiang Yishen, placed their hands on the sapling.

The moment they disappeared, the dense thickets that had been broken in half returned to their original state.

……

"Wow, someone has already broken through to the first level of the secret realm so quickly."

Inside the council hall of the Fusang Sect, several elders were scattered around listlessly, waiting for news of the trial.

The formation elder stared at the leaderboard in disbelief.

"—This must be Ning Yue. He has already broken the record for the first level of the Fusang Sect's trial."

"It only took one hour—"

Upon hearing this, the elders, who had been idle just moments before, swarmed to the front, their eyes fixed intently on the leaderboard before them.

The two names at the top are Ning Yue and Jiang Yishen.

The name has turned green, while the names of the others who are currently in progress are still red.

The elder in charge of law enforcement stroked his beard: "I knew this girl was no ordinary person, but I didn't expect her to break the record right away, even a quarter of an hour faster than Shi Yinghan."

"—But who is this Jiang Yishen? I've never heard of him before?"

The formation elder chuckled: "Who told you not to look at the trial mirror stone? You have no idea what happened, do you?"

The alchemy elder ignored him and kicked him in the back of the knee: "Stop keeping me in suspense."

The formation elder exclaimed, rubbing the back of his knee, "Believe it or not, I'll throw you into a maze and trap you for three days and three nights."

The elder in charge of law enforcement couldn't wait any longer and pulled the two apart: "Can you still talk?"

The formation elder snorted and crossed his arms.

"Although that kid came from the lower realm, he has good talent and will surely achieve great things in the future. However, passing the test has nothing to do with him. It was Ning Yue who condensed a fireball to intimidate Ye Zhenshu, which allowed him to pass so quickly."

Several elders: "..."

I really don't know what to say for a moment.

The formation elder looked thoughtfully at the mirror stone.

"A flame that even a needle-leaf tree fears... It seems Ning Yue has a top-grade fire spirit root, with exceptional talent."