Chapter 17 [017] Formal Trial

Male lead.

Ambiguous space.

Whenever the junior sister talked to that strange voice, she always couldn't avoid using these unfamiliar words.

Although Shi Qing didn't understand, if he connected it with the people and things around him, he could roughly find the corresponding things.

The male protagonist, Zhongli Jin.

The heroine, the junior sister.

The second female lead is Cangying.

There is also a vicious female supporting role. Shi Qing thought about it and felt that it should be him.

She was indeed very strict, and she never went back on her word. She strictly followed her master's orders and never disobeyed them in the slightest.

However, my junior sister is of an outgoing nature and hates being bound by rules, so it is inevitable that she will have conflicts with me.

In the past, every time I forced her to finish her homework or she would not be allowed to play in the mud, she would point at herself and cry in pain: "You vicious woman!!"

Maybe this is where the name "vicious female supporting role" comes from.

[No! I must find a way to get in!] The girl lying on the cliff suddenly sat up, with a fighting spirit that could not be defeated on her pink face, [No one can stop me!]

Shi Qing: “…”

really.

Junior sister will never give up.

Shi Qing put away his sword and slowly approached the girl.

[Damn it! The vicious female supporting character is here!] The system exclaimed.

Here, Shen Xiang suddenly heard footsteps behind him. He stood up with a start and looked back in surprise.

"Shi Qing?!"

She was a little surprised that Shi Qing was here!
She took two steps back vigilantly, but she didn't pay attention until she heard the sound of rocks sliding down. Only then did she realize that she was standing on the edge of a cliff!
"!!"

Chen Xiang saw the misty clouds and the pitch-black darkness under his feet, and his face turned pale in an instant! His breathing stopped suddenly!

"Ahhhhh!!"

It was another scream that was comparable to that of a pig being slaughtered.

She ran forward without thinking and bumped into Shi Qing with a "bang"!

Shi Qing doesn't look very strong, but who would have thought that the core is so stable, like a piece of wood standing upright among the rocks.

Most people who were hit by Shen Xiang would basically take two steps back and steady themselves.

Shi Qing didn't move at all, as if the person who hit her was not a person, but a light feather.

When Chen Xiang gradually came back to her senses, she suddenly found that she was like an octopus clinging to someone else, hugging Shi Qing's neck tightly, with her legs crossed and wrapped around her waist.

"..."

"..."

[Fuck!] Chen Xiang blushed and cursed inwardly. She lost her composure again!
She quickly got off Shi Qing, straightened her clothes, and said to her unhappily, "What are you doing here?"

Shi Qing said: "Looking for you."

"Looking for me?" Chen Xiang narrowed her eyes slightly and looked her up and down suspiciously: "What do you want to see me for?"

"I heard it," Shi Qing said, "a quarrel."

"come and see."

I heard you arguing with Master, so I came to see you.

Chen Xiang sneered, "You came to see me? Why? You want to comfort me?"

Her eyes were filled with disbelief, "The weasel is paying New Year's greetings to the chicken, it has no good intentions!"

Then he rolled his eyes at Shi Qing and sneered arrogantly: "I don't need your hypocrisy. Seeing that those people who are supposed to favor me prefer you, you must be so happy, right?"

[Vicious female supporting role! No need to be nice to her!] said the system.

[That’s right!] Shen Xiang agreed.

"No." Shi Qing shook his head.

"Unhappy? Hypocrisy!" Chen Xiang snorted, "I won't believe anything you say!"

The original novel describes Shi Qing as hypocritical, vicious, cold-hearted, admiring the strong, and unscrupulous. In the eyes of others, she pretends to be indifferent, but in fact she enjoys snatching the favor that originally belonged to her from the group's favorite heroine Shi Xiang.

"No, to comfort you." Shi Qing said.

She wasn't here to comfort.

Shen Xiang: “…”

So after mocking herself for so long, she was actually answering her first question???
"If you are not here to comfort me, then you are here to show off?!" Chen Xiang was so focused on being hypocritical that he almost forgot about showing off!

Shi Qing shook his head, expressionless, "No."

"??? Then why are you here?!" Shen Xiang was stunned.

The next second, Shi Qing suddenly cut off a piece of the bandage that was exposed on his body, held it in his hand, and walked towards her.

Shen Xiang: “…”

Chen Xiang: "What are you going to do?"

She suddenly had a bad feeling.

Shi Qing's face was calm, his eyes staring at her indifferently, and he said word by word - "Bind, tie up."

Chen Xiang: “???”

After a few seconds, she was tied up like a dumpling.

"Uuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu"

The snow-white bandage seemed to have life. The moment it touched Shen Xiang's body, both ends grew at the same time, wrapping her tightly layer by layer, even covering her mouth tightly.

[What the hell is she doing? ! ! What does she want to do? ! ! Kill someone? ! ! Destroy the body? ! ! System! System! Save me! ! ! ]

[Host, don't worry! I'll find a way right away! ! ]

"Don't be afraid." Shi Qing heard her conversation with the system and said, "Don't kill anyone."

"The day after tomorrow, I will understand."

These constraints will naturally be untied the day after tomorrow.

"You are not allowed to enter the secret realm." Shi Qing said.

As soon as these words came out, Shen Xiang understood.

"Woo woo!!" Her eyes widened with anger.

[System! She actually used the method of tying me up to prevent me from going to the Magic and Martial Arts Secret Realm! She really doesn’t want me to get the opportunity! ! How vicious! ! ]

Shi Qing really didn't want Shi Xiang to go to the Magic and Martial Arts Secret Realm.

Because the secret realm is very dangerous and the girl is too weak, at least in Shi Qing's opinion, if the reckless little sister really sneaks into the secret realm, it would be easy for something to happen to her without the rest of them knowing.

She knew this junior sister quite well. The more she was not allowed to go, the more she wanted to go.

After a big quarrel with the head master, Shi Xiang seemed to be sulking on the Goddess Peak, but in fact he was definitely thinking of a way to sneak into the secret realm.

So Shi Qing came here deliberately.

—Tie her up. "Wuwuwu!!!"

let me go! !

The junior sister was struggling and protesting hard.

Shi Qing ignored her. After tying him up, he flew directly on his sword and took him back to Sanqing Blessed Land, threw him on the bed and covered him with a quilt.

*
The next day dawned.

There were huge crowds of people on Yuhua Peak.

The visitors were wearing clothes from their respective sects, which looked colorful at first glance.

The most eye-catching one among them is the Xuan Xiao Sect. After all, in the past two years, the Xuan Xiao Sect has gradually declined and there has been basically no news. I didn’t expect to see it here today!
The disciples of each sect had different expressions.

I had heard before that the former cultivation genius Zhongli Jin had restored his spiritual roots, but it had never been confirmed. When I saw it today, it turned out to be true!
Zhongli Jin really repaired his spiritual roots.

The young man stood among the crowd, but did not disappear in the surging tide.

On the contrary, he has a kind of independent temperament, handsome, gentle, and otherworldly.

His gentle expression, tall and slender figure, delicate features and ink-black pupils made most people present focus their eyes on him.

"That's... Zhongli Jin?"

"I haven't heard from him for two years, but he seems to be in good condition."

“No matter how good the spiritual roots are, they have been destroyed before. They have been barely repaired, and now they are only at the stage of guiding the Qi into the body.”

The crowd was a little noisy, chattering about the so-called former cultivation genius.

Someone who was curious walked up to the boy and stood beside him, greeting him in a friendly manner: "Hey, isn't this Zhongli Jin? Long time no see."

The boy ignored the random discussions.

But someone suddenly came close to him, and he had to respond with two words: "Friends."

Zhongli Jin looked at the other person with a smile, his brows and eyes soft.

The man opposite was wearing a light blue disciple's gown and looked quite respectable, but the faint light between his narrow eyes made people feel a little uncomfortable.

The young man recognized this man. He was the great-grandson of Elder Wang Bing of Cangyue Mountain, named Wang Yao. He was 25 years old and at the peak of the seventh level of foundation building.

He lost to me in a competition a few years ago, and he always felt that I was the one who made him lose face, so he felt resentful towards me.

Later, after his spiritual roots were destroyed, this person mocked him in the name of visiting him, and also took advantage of the incident of breaking off the engagement at Sanqing Mountain to feel sorry for him, gloat over his misfortune, and maliciously belittle him.

The young man, who was still unable to get out of bed at the time, maintained his dignity and endured it all.

"I heard that your spiritual roots have been restored. I used to be a little skeptical about these groundless stories, but it turns out to be true. Congratulations!" Wang Yao narrowed his eyes like a rat, and his smile gave people an uncomfortable feeling. His tone also carried a hint of exaggerated surprise, and anyone with a discerning eye could see that he did it on purpose.

"Yes, the energy has been drawn into the body. At least I won't get old, sick or die again." Zhongli Jin responded with a smile neither humble nor arrogant, and his voice was very calm.

“That’s great, Fellow Daoist Zhongli. You were once crippled in spiritual roots and your cultivation was destroyed, but now you’ve stood up again. I really admire you. But—” Wang Yao changed the subject and stared at the young man with his eyes narrowed slightly. He said regretfully, “Even so, after entering the Magic Martial Secret Realm, we are still opponents. I absolutely cannot show mercy to you. I hope Fellow Daoist Zhongli can understand.”

Zhongli Jin nodded and lowered his eyes, "Of course."

He looked at the man again, with a gentle smile on his handsome and delicate face, "Similarly, I will not show mercy to Fellow Daoist Wang, please understand."

The young man's words drew ridicule from several people in Cang Yue Mountain.

"Hahaha, good! Good!" Wang Yao clapped his hands, his eyes becoming fierce the next moment: "Well, I'll wait and see."

*
Above the top of Yuhua Peak, on a huge suspended platform supported by spiritual power, there is a door that looks like a water mirror.

The platform is wide, with the Water Mirror Gate located in the center.

In front of the door stood a tall and slender man dressed in blue and white clothes.

The man stood with his hands behind his back, looking like an immortal, handsome and elegant.

The sect disciples who were a little older recognized the man, but some of the younger disciples in their teens and twenties were seeing him for the first time.

"He is the new head of Sanqing Mountain, Shi Yue? He looks only about 25 or 26 years old, so handsome!"

"He just looks like that. He's actually over 300 years old."

"More than three hundred?!"

"That's right. I heard that Sect Leader Shi Yue reached the Golden Core Formation at the age of 25, and his appearance never changed since then. So after nearly 300 years, he is still as young and handsome as ever."

"Oh my god... 25 years old, does he have a Taoist partner?"

"How would I know that? But I've never heard of any scandals about the head of the Three Pure Ones."

"It turns out he's the golden bachelor!!"

Shi Qing, who was also in the crowd but quietly listening to the gossip: "..."

Well, the head master does not have a partner and is single, but - he has a daughter.

She looked at the man on the platform.

The impression that Shizun usually gave Shi Qing was more of an old father who was helpless with his daughter. However, once he was in an important occasion, the man's steadiness, maturity, and powerful aura that could shock everyone were enough to instantly shock everyone on the spot.

When the sun had completely risen from the mountain, the golden sunlight illuminated the entire top of Yuhua Peak. Shi Yue then slowly turned around. The man's jawline was clear and the lines were smooth. His pair of peach blossom eyes should have been full of affection, but when looking from the bottom up, they had a bit more majesty.

The opening of the Magic and Martial Arts Secret Realm this year was hosted by Sanqing Mountain.

Shi Yue lowered his eyes slightly and said to the people who had been waiting for a long time below: "Daoists from all sects, the secret realm trial that happens once every hundred years still follows the old rules. No matter what it is, the person who discovers it first has priority ownership. If the latecomers want it, they can have a limited competition after obtaining the consent of the first discoverer, and the treasure will belong to the winner."

“But - if anyone breaks the rules, robs with brute force, or even kills someone,” Shi Yue’s eyes were slightly cold, and he said word by word, “they will be banned from entering Sanqing Mountain and the Magic Martial Secret Realm forever!”

The head master's opening remarks were basically about rules.

Without rules, there is no order.

Therefore, in the eyes of others, the head of Sanqing Mountain, Shi Yue, is extremely upright and has his own set of principles in doing things.

But the opposite is actually true.

Only Shi Qing knew how much her master understood the ways of the world and how much he liked to find loopholes in the rules.

After the hosting ended, ripples suddenly appeared on the water mirror behind the man.

The ripples almost made everyone present's eyes red with excitement.

The passage to the Demonic Martial Arts Secret Realm has been opened. After Shi Yue made way for the passage, all the sect disciples on the hill who had obtained places rushed towards Shui Jing.

For a moment, the figures of people flying swords in the sky, riding boats, etc. were dazzling.

In less than a minute, most of the mountaintop was empty, with only a few elders of the sect who were responsible for maintaining the secret realm and helping to protect the law, and the disciples who were receiving guests at Sanqing Mountain still there.

*
The location of the secret realm teleportation is very random.

In order to be able to find fellow disciples as soon as possible after being teleported, each sect will equip them with a unified teleportation talisman.

After entering the secret realm, as long as you recite the sect and name of the person you are looking for while shattering the talisman, you will be immediately teleported to their side.

Shi Qing rushed into the Shuijing Gate on his sword. After a dazzling white light, he suddenly heard a slight sound of wind in his ears.

She slowly opened her eyes, and her vision instantly broadened.

The place where I am now is surrounded by mountains and rivers on all sides, with butterflies flying, birds singing, flowers blooming, streams flowing, tall trees with lush branches and leaves, and gorgeous flowers on them, and even a few birds singing.

Such a scene does not bear any resemblance to the desolate and tragic appearance of the ancient battlefield tens of millions of years ago, nor are there any broken walls or ruins.

Shi Qing took out the talisman and was about to crush it when four lights suddenly appeared around him.

Looking back, she saw that the other four people from the same sect had been teleported here before her.

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