87: Trial Ground
Leaving the Thousand Demon Cave, Meng Li and Zhang Xinhua were already waiting outside for a long time.
When they saw Student Song Ming, their faces were filled with complex emotions, a mix of envy and an indescribable admiration.
After all, it was supposed to be their role as seniors to guide Student Song Ming, their junior, through the job transfer mission.
But who would have thought?
They ended up being the ones carried.
And it was a true sense of lying down and winning.
They only needed to lie down, and Student Song Ming would handle the rest.
To be honest, Meng Li felt deeply ashamed.
However, when he saw the continuous stream of experience points and rewards coming in, that feeling of shame vanished without a trace.
Instead, he felt very proud.
He had connected with Student Song Ming early, which allowed him to gain so many benefits in this real Secret Realm.
Now, his and Zhang Xinhua's Ranks had also reached fifty.
From starting at over thirty, they had risen to fifty in just one week.
This leveling speed was quite fast even in Divine Xia Academy.
Almost no one could surpass it.
All of this was because of Student Song Ming.
Zhang Xinhua's eyes were full of admiration; she was also very glad she had taken on such a mission.
Otherwise, she wouldn't know when she would reach Rank fifty!
Student Song Ming glanced at the two and then said, "The Great Demons in this Secret Realm dungeon are almost all killed by me. It's time to leave here!"
Zhang Xinhua nodded.
Meng Li then spoke, "Junior, aren't we going back to Daqian?"
After all, they had stayed in Daqian for so long.
And Student Song Ming was also Daqian's new Inspector and Martial Temple Disciple.
Meng Li thought Student Song Ming would go back for a visit.
However, Student Song Ming shook his head, "No, let's just go!"
After all, the demons in the Thousand Demon Cave had all been slain by him.
Most of the True Monarchs of Jin Yang Cave had also perished there, and those from Qinglu Mountain had probably left through the Ascension Platform.
Daqian's crisis had been resolved.
Next would be a period of recuperation and slow development of their own forces.
And all of this had nothing to do with Student Song Ming.
He only came here to kill demons and Rank up; he had no special feelings for Daqian.
Just as he had said before.
He was only here to slay demons and eliminate evil.
With the demons gone, Student Song Ming naturally had to leave.
As the three exited the Secret Realm, they saw several black cars parked at the Secret Realm entrance.
They had clearly been waiting there for a long time.
Seeing Student Song Ming and the others emerge.
From the frontmost black car, a middle-aged man in a suit, with a dignified demeanor, immediately stepped out.
Student Song Ming glanced at him but didn't recognize him.
However, the portly middle-aged man accompanying him was quite familiar to Student Song Ming.
It was Director Chang Dong, Director of the Pollution Prevention and Control Bureau.
It was he who gave Student Song Ming the hidden pass item, allowing him to smoothly enter this Demon Suppression Pass Secret Realm and complete his job transfer mission.
Chang Dong, with a beaming smile, was the first to approach Student Song Ming and introduced him, "Student Song Ming, let me introduce you. This is Director Gu Changhui, Director Gu, from the Great Xia Secret Realm Management Bureau, responsible for managing all Secret Realm dungeon affairs in East China!"
Student Song Ming politely nodded to Director Gu.
The latter also smiled broadly, stepped forward, and cordially shook Student Song Ming's hand, saying quite excitedly, "You must be Student Song Ming. I finally get to meet you today!"
Student Song Ming seemed a bit unaccustomed to Gu Changhui's enthusiasm.
He didn't understand why this person was so excited.
Fortunately, Chang Dong explained from the side, "I really didn't expect that I just asked you to come to this Secret Realm to complete a job transfer mission, and you directly changed the very heavens within this Secret Realm!"
In the Demon Suppression Pass Secret Realm, there were always many Professionals from Divine Xia Academy adventuring inside.
After all, it was a real Secret Realm, and the drop rate for equipment and the rewards for missions were the highest.
Moreover, the most numerous creatures within the Demon Suppression Pass Secret Realm were demons.
Killing demons could earn experience, making it an excellent leveling spot.
But ever since Student Song Ming entered, those Professionals tragically discovered that the demons seemed to have disappeared.
Previously, within the Secret Realm, one would encounter a demon after just a few steps.
A demon-slaying mission could be triggered casually.
But now, it was good that almost no demons could be seen within Daqian's borders.
If there were none within Daqian's borders, then they could just go outside, right?
But what infuriated them even more was that there were no demons outside either.
Some teams of Professionals who had managed to get hidden missions from Qingqiu hadn't even done anything, and Qingqiu was directly gone.
The hidden missions, of course, fell through.
With the hidden missions gone, these Professionals had no choice but to go to the Immortal Sect Ruins to scavenge resources from the Immortal Cave Abode.
To complete the missions assigned by the local Sects.
When they finished scavenging resources and were ready to return to hand in the missions.
They found that the Sect was also gone!
Such a large Sect, not only Jin Yang Cave but even Qinglu Mountain had disappeared.
Those Professionals cried.
Are they even letting people live anymore?
This also included the final faction battle; they confidently chose the Guardian faction.
As a result, Student Song Ming's three hundred million true damage directly shattered their last hope.
Who wouldn't be angry if this happened to them?
Not only Yunhai City, but the entire East Ring Province's Professional forums exploded.
Hundreds of millions of true damage, and in just a few days, all the Great Demons in the Secret Realm dungeon were gone.
Even those two top powers were gone.
The Demon Suppression Pass Secret Realm was directly renamed the Daqian Secret Realm.
Gu Changhui had been the Director of the Secret Realm Management Bureau for so many years, but he had never seen anyone as fierce as Student Song Ming.
Now, the ecosystem of this real Secret Realm had completely changed, and those Professionals would likely have to go through a long period of adaptation.
However, not only was Gu Changhui not angry, he was unusually excited.
The Top National Scorer who came from their East Ring Province should be like this; otherwise, what kind of Genius would he be called?
As for the complaints of other Professionals, Gu Changhui didn't care.
Because all of them combined couldn't compare to Student Song Ming alone, why should he care about their lives or deaths?
This was the cruelty of reality.
Without talent, without strength, why would others pay attention to you?
Student Song Ming pondered for a moment, then understood that he might have gone a bit too far, and said apologetically, "Director Gu, did I cause you trouble?"
Upon hearing this, Gu Changhui's face showed a look of deep satisfaction.
Such a Genius, neither arrogant nor impatient, was truly rare and valuable.
He immediately said, "Student Song Ming, don't worry. It's just a Secret Realm dungeon, and my East Ring Province can afford it!"
"Moreover, I didn't come here to blame you. On the contrary, I want to reward you!"
"After all, a Genius should be like this!"
Upon hearing this, Student Song Ming understood Gu Changhui's thoughts and, without being coy, immediately said, "Director Gu, could you arrange another Secret Realm for me? I feel that my leveling speed is still a bit slow!"
What he lacked most now was experience; other things were irrelevant.
Gu Changhui was taken aback. He had originally thought Student Song Ming would ask for equipment, items, or similar things.
But he didn't expect him to ask for a Secret Realm dungeon.
Gu Changhui pondered for a moment, then finally said, "Coincidentally, Divine Xia Academy is about to open the Trial Grounds recently. As a new student and the Top National Scorer, you should have a spot!"