11: Chapter 11, the system—you want me to read those lines so cringeworthy it's almost painful?

"Hum."

A massive light sword over ten zhang long tore through the air and slashed straight down.

Li Qing raised his hand and blasted out a palm strike.

"Boom."

A massive palm imprint appeared, instantly shattering the ten-plus-zhang long sword light.

"How is this possible?"

"Hiss."

"Gu Beichen is a Late Golden Core Stage Cultivator."

Seeing this, everyone was greatly shocked.

"The power of this strike, Fellow Daoist Li is not simple."

The Yin Yue Saintess standing nearby saw this, ripples appearing in her beautiful eyes.

"This is impossible."

"He, Li Qing, is merely an ordinary Disciple of the Taiyi Immortal Sect; how could he withstand my sword?"

Gu Beichen was also somewhat stunned.

"You are a Nascent Soul Stage Cultivator."

The next moment, as if realizing something, Gu Beichen looked at Li Qing with shock.

"You guessed right, but there's no prize."

"Bye-bye, everyone."

"This Young Master is free."

Li Qing waved at Gu Beichen, then shot straight up into the sky, flying towards the nearby palace complex.

The Restriction had become extremely dim and was on the verge of disappearing.

"That's not right. I'm clearly flying forward, so why do I feel like I'm moving backward?"

However, Li Qing had only flown a short distance before realizing he was constantly retreating.

He looked down at his waist and saw a white ribbon wrapped around him, though he didn't know when it had happened.

"Since when?"

Li Qing was startled.

Just as he prepared to sever the ribbon, he suddenly felt a fragrant breeze, and his hand was gently grasped by a jade-like hand. Mu Qiuxue's stunning, peerless face appeared, looking at him with a smile.

"Mu - Qiu - Xue."

Li Qing gritted his teeth, his whole body trembling.

He was furious.

"Senior Brother, Junior Sister is here." Mu Qiuxue blinked her deep, lake-like eyes.

[Mu Qiuxue, are you a devil?]

[Even a sticky plaster isn't as clingy as you.]

"Let me go!" Li Qing began to struggle.

"I won't." Mu Qiuxue pouted, looking extremely cute.

(Dare to call this Saintess a sticky plaster? This Saintess will stick to you to death today.)

"Let go!"

"I won't."

"Are you going to let go or not?"

"I just won't let go."

This scene, however, took on a different meaning in the eyes of others.

"I didn't expect the Saintess Mu to be so deeply affectionate."

"I also didn't expect Fellow Daoist Li to be a Nascent Soul Stage Cultivator."

"This Fellow Daoist Li is hiding his strength deeply. He clearly has the strength of a Saint, yet he insists on pretending to be an ordinary Disciple. Is this kind of gameplay popular now?"

Everyone started whispering among themselves.

Unlike the others, Gu Beichen's eyes were spitting fire.

Sister Qiuxue had never been this clingy to him.

"Li - Qing."

Killing intent surged in Gu Beichen's eyes like a tidal wave.

"Bang."

Just then, a crisp sound echoed through the world; the Secret Realm Restriction had disappeared.

"The Secret Realm Restriction has disappeared!"

"Hurry, go!"

"Seize the Opportunity!"

The nearby crowd exploded into Chaos, turning into streaks of light as they rushed towards the palace complex.

"Consider yourself lucky. When the Secret Realm ends, I will definitely take your dog life."

Gu Beichen shot Li Qing a cold glare, then approached the Yin Yue Saintess: "Saintess Yin Yue, how about we join forces to explore the Secret Realm?"

This was a good Opportunity to get close to the Yin Yue Saintess, and he wouldn't let it pass.

"No need, Fellow Daoist Gu should go find your Sister Qiuxue instead," the Yin Yue Saintess said indifferently.

She used to think Gu Beichen was quite decent, but today's events made her feel repulsed. Seeing his philandering nature, she feared the rumors of him being a fickle lover were true.

Knowing it was a fire pit, she certainly wouldn't jump in.

After she finished speaking, spiritual light swirled around the Yin Yue Saintess, and she vanished from the spot.

"Li - Qing."

"It's all because of you."

"I will definitely kill you."

Gu Beichen shot Li Qing a cold look, then turned into a streak of light and rushed into the palace complex.

Poor Li Qing hadn't done anything, yet he was unfairly blamed for everything.

"Senior Brother, let's go." Mu Qiuxue didn't say another word and pulled Li Qing along, flying towards the palace complex.

"Boom, boom, boom."

At this moment, within the Secret Realm, Spiritual Qi was surging, fights were breaking out everywhere, and the struggle for Opportunity had begun.

"Senior Brother, let's go grab some too." Mu Qiuxue's gaze landed on a palace building.

"No."

He, Li Qing, was a person with a System; why would he bother scrambling for scraps?

Besides, he only had a High Grade Spiritual Root; what Heaven And Earth Treasure could possibly increase his cultivation speed as fast as the System?

He wouldn't lower himself to fighting for scraps with dogs.

Right, speaking of the System, why hadn't he heard any notification about rewards?

"System, where is my reward?"

[Ding, the reward has already been given to the Host.]

"Listen here, System, don't try to cheat me out of my reward. When did I receive it?"

[Ding, lifting all Restrictions on the Host during the gossip-watching period is the reward.]

Li Qing: "..."

So I spent all that time watching the drama, and I didn't get anything?

[Ding, this drama is so sweet.]

"System, I have to talk to you about this. You watched the drama for half a day and didn't give me anything; isn't that going too far?"

"If you're going to be like this, next time I'll just run away, and you won't even get a single sunflower seed to snack on."

"I mean what I say."

Wanting to watch drama for free? Forget about it.

[Ding, the System seems to have made a mistake just now.]

[Ding, congratulations to the Host for becoming a part of the big drama.]

[Ding, the System enjoyed this drama very much.]

[Ding, congratulations to the Host for receiving the reward: 'Thirty years east of the river, thirty years west of the river, do not bully the young into poverty.']

[Ding, as long as the Host recites this line, your combat power will double.]

Li Qing: "..."

A flock of crows flew over his head.

"System, do you have a chuunibyou complex? You want me to recite lines as cringeworthy as this?"

"Hurry up and change it to something else."

Li Qing's forehead was covered in black lines.

What is all this nonsense?

[Ding, the reward has been issued and cannot be returned.]

[Ding, the System is under maintenance...]

Li Qing: "..."

Fine, you win.

"Senior Brother, are you really not going to grab anything?" Mu Qiuxue withdrew her gaze and looked at Li Qing.

"No interest."

"However, there are quite a few good things here. Junior Sister, you can go and compete for them."

Li Qing said indifferently.

[Go, go, you go grab them, then I'll be free.]

[I know that the depths of this Secret Realm connect to the Return to Void, and stepping into it is a nine-deaths-and-one-life situation.]

[Speaking of the Return to Void, there isn't just one entrance; other Immortal Sect Disciples have entered through other entrances as well.]

[Most importantly, there is drama to watch.]

[With my familiarity with the plot, as long as I avoid dangerous areas, isn't the Return to Void mine to roam?]

[However, before entering the Return to Void, I have to wait a while.]

[I remember that the first batch of Cultivators to enter the Return to Void will trigger a terrifying Restriction; less than one in ten will survive.]

"What?"

"Entering the Return to Void triggers a Restriction?"

Mu Qiuxue was startled.

Fortunately, Senior Brother is here; otherwise, if I had rushed in recklessly, I wouldn't even know how I died.

Senior Brother, what kind of person are you, really?

Why do you know so much?

Mu Qiuxue unconsciously gripped Li Qing's hand even tighter.

[Someone has already entered the depths.]

A sharp glint flashed in Li Qing's eyes.

"Junior Sister, let's go to the depths and take a look." Li Qing pulled Mu Qiuxue and flew towards the depths.

As they went deeper, the palace complex began to collapse, and a Void Realm resembling a place of Chaos appeared before their eyes, with many corpses of Immortal Sect Disciples floating inside.

[The Return to Void, we've arrived.]

"Junior Sister, follow me closely from now on, and whatever you do, don't let go."

Li Qing held onto Mu Qiuxue and flew straight into the Void Realm.