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With his reflexes as a fox, Chu Qiu was able to quickly get inside the cave and as soon as he got in, he directly pulled down his pants and... took a dump on the chimera's face...?

?!?!?!?!

Zero was left speechless. Nie Yuan was left speechless. Disciple A was also left speechless. Everyone was left speechless, even the chimera who was actually half awake because he sensed the presence of intruders.

"ROOOAAAAARRRRRR", growled the enraged beast as it swiped a claw down at Chu Qiu. 

But who was Chu Qiu? A 734 years old nine-tailed fox immortal who pretends to be a Nascent Soul stage disciple just to get closer to Zero, his lord! As if an immortal could ever be killed by a Nascent Soul realm beast!

With a twist, Chu Qiu quickly escaped the trajectory of the chimera's attack, which elevated it's anger to a whole new level. 

The two figures quickly ran out of the cave, with smiling one in front and shit-covered one behind... it created quite a comical scene.

Zero internally facepalmed and grumbled about how much of an idiot Chu Qiu can be...

"That guy... Urgh, nevermind! Since the threat is out, Senior Brother Nie, go attack the beast with Chu Qiu while I rush inside to grab the herb. I'll need roughly about a minute to do so, therefore hold on until then. Disciple A, you just stay out here and let out all your strongest long range attacks and aid those two as much as possible. Get to work!"

With a swoosh, Nie Yuan was already in front of the chimera while Zero is on his way towards the cave. Disciple A exerted all him methods in order to help attack the beast alongside those two, hopefully relieving them of a bit of burden.

As he went inside the cave and stole the herb, the chimera who was fighting the other three suddenly turned towards the cave where Zero was and let out an angry roar while heading there at full speed.

However luck was not on its side as Nie Yuan is also an immortal beast, so the two spend next to zero effort and quickly finished it off.

When the group of four gathered around the corpse, Zero spoke up, "I'll be taking the beast core. Divide the rest of the loot among yourselves".

Chu Qiu and Nie Yuan were delighted at the fact that their lord actually accepted something they hunted, so they secretly made a vow to give their lord all the best things they find, as he seemed to like them. However, Disciple A clenched his fists and glared at Zero's retreating back. The beast core is the more precious part of a beast, while the rest is basically useless, but Zero, who honestly hadn't really done much, took it just like that! Disciple A couldn't care less if he didn't get it, but Senior Brother Chu and Senior Brother Nie almost died to obtain that!

Looking at the nonchalant looks on his Senior Brothers' faces, Disciple A found himself admiring them even more, since they could even turn a blind eye when that stupid Senior Brother Liu snatched all their hard work right in front of them. 

But if Disciple A knew what Chu Qiu and Nie Yuan were actually thinking, all that reverence would scatter into nothingness and there would only be bewilderment left in it's place.

The same cycle repeated a few times, as Zero would always come in and snatch the most precious things. At one point, Disciple A has had enough and tried to attack Zero, but was directly murdered by Chu Qiu. In the end, the poor guy didn't even know why the person he was trying to defend had ruthlessly killed him.

'Hmph! A lowly mortal dares retaliate against my lord? In your dreams!', he thought.

Zero was speechless at his violent actions, so for the sake of world peace, he asked Chu Qiu and Nie Yuan not to kill ever person that opposes him, or else the whole world could be eradicated in a matter of hours.

Since they had a month to spend inside, the group of three wandered around aimlessly completely emptying out the cave of any unlucky beast they come across until 20 days passed.

Coincidentally, Yang Zhelan's group, Shi LanHua's group, Zhou Fu's group, Zhang Jing's group, and Nan XiSheng's group all managed to come across one another at the same time in the midst of a heated battle between Yang Zhelan's group, Zhou Fu's group and a peak Spirit Transformation realm Mountain Ape.

Nan XiSheng stepped in at the last moment to save Yang Zhelan, while Shi LanHua went towards Zhou Fu's group. After they everyone cooperated together, they finally managed to ward off the huge beast. As expected of the protagonist and Zero's sister!

Afterwards, everyone looked at each other in surprise as they awkwardly decided to travel together since there were only 10 more days left anyways. Plus, just in case they encounter any situations similar to the one before, they'll have a higher chance of survival.

"LanHua, LanHua~ Look, I got a 6th-grade herb that is able to help those who consume it look much younger and make their skin as supple and smooth as a baby's! Here, you can have it!", said Yang Zhelan bashfully.

"Oho? Fellow Disciple Yang, are you implying that my LanHua isn't pretty enough?", retorted Zero. 

'F*ck off b*tch! Get your dirty off my precious sister, stupid! Moron! Idiot!', raged Zero internally.

"Y-you! Alright, Liu Feng, if I don't bash your f*cking head into the ground today, my surname isn't Yang!", yelled Yang Zhelan.

"Acting tough now, huh? Try me."

"You wanna go?!"

"I warned you last time, Yang. Zhe. Lan! If you dare court LanHua another time, you're dead!"

The series of events that occurred afterwards could probably be guessed, as the two only stopped after being covered in scars and bruises.

"Hah! Not so haughty now huh, you pigface!"

"Huuhhh? Excuse me, don't talk as if you're not in the same condition you damned chicken! At least I'm not hiding behind the pure little LanHua like you are!"

"T-this is called self defense! Don't get it wrong Yang Zhelan!"

*Whack!*

"Alright, you two! Fight one more time and I'm never talking to either of you ever again!", bellowed Shi LanHua with an extremely dark expression on her face.

The threat seemed to have worked because the two immediately shut up, though they both had a bitter and unsatisfied expression on their faces.

The rest just rolled their eyes, not bothering with them any longer.

"Junior Brother Liu, are you okay? Look at you, you're hurt everywhere!", criticized Shi LanHua as she started to treat Zero's wounds.

His face immediately as gentle as the summer breeze for a split second but returned to that arrogant expression he always has on. "As if that bastard could hurt me...", he mumbled.

"Who're you calling a bastard!"

"You, of course! Haven't your parents ever told you not to eavesdrop on others?"

"I-I wasn't eavesdropping! I just happened to hear what you just said! Plus, why can't I listen in when others are talking sh*t about me! Your mother must be very disappointed to have given birth to someone like you!"

"..."

The atmosphere suddenly turned very somber as Zero stopped walking and tilted his head downwards. Due to his bangs, no one could see the expression in his eyes, but Shi LanHua, who was beside him, definitely knew what her brother was thinking.

"Yang Zhelan! You went to far this time!", she screamed.

"LanHua, you don't have to protect scum like him! So what if I said that? It has to be true! I mean, what kind of parent would want such an arrogant, haughty, mean and heartless brat! You don't even know what kind of things he does to others, so don't be tricked by him!"

Just as Shi LanHua was going to lose it, Zero put a hand on her shoulder and shook his head. "It's fine, what he said was true anyway. We both know that better than anyone else." Then, he began to walk again as if nothing happened.

Shi LanHua grit her teeth as she shot Yang Zhelan a glare, then walked away.

For the rest of the trip, Zero and Shi LanHua both had dark expressions on their faces, while Yang Zhelan had a wronged one, as if not understanding what was it that made his LanHua so angry. You can't really blame the poor guy, because all of what he said was technically real, as Zero did have a very infamous reputation, and he was constantly acting very "mean".

On the other hand, Nan XiSheng had this weird contemplating expression on his face, like someone who's discovered something interesting, and wants to know much more about it. 

'What did he mean by that sentence..?', he pondered.

Everyone else just carried a constipated expression on their faces, as no one said a single word throughout the rest of the journey.

*Rustle*

All of a sudden, the space around the group lit up, forming a big circle of light and trapping Zero, Nan XiSheng, Shi LanHua, Yang Zhelan, Zhou Fu, Zhang Jing, Chu Qiu, and Nie Yuan within. 

Everyone felt their bodies float for a few seconds, then they landed on the ground without any warning. 

Those outside the circle just saw their leaders disappear right in front of them, and were extremely puzzled over what just happened.

"W-what was that?", Zhang Jing asked.

They looked around and found that they were in an unfamiliar place, as the scenery had changed and is different from the one they saw before.

Here, there were so many floating islands, and waterfalls flowing out of them. Rainbows were blooming everywhere and the whole place looked like... heaven! In the middle of everything stood a huge crystal, large enough to swallow up hundreds of these islands.

Zero gasped at the sight of this, while everyone else had their jaws dropped down to the ground. It was simply too beautiful, everything here looked so precious that no one could ever even bear to destroy a single blade of grass.

"Welcome to the core of this world, the Secret City", suddenly came a beautiful sing-song voice from above.

Everyone directed their gazes upwards and found an insanely beautiful woman floating up there. She looked to be in her 20s and had long baby blue hair flowing down her waist, while she had this beautiful pair of ruby eyes that were glistening like jewels. The aura around her was peaceful, yet so otherworldly that you couldn't help but be attracted to her. 'Beautiful' definitely wouldn't be sufficient enough to describe her appearance.

Once again, everyone gaped at the sight of such a... splendidly gorgeous beauty. Actually, if she was ranked second in looks among all the women in this world, no one would be able to call themselves first.

While everyone else was admiring her beauty, Zero felt his blood boiling like crazy the moment she appeared. His heart wouldn't stop pounding and his breathing hastened. This was the first time he felt like this, and he couldn't help but fall into a daze.

At first, he wondered if this was love, but after contemplating about it for a while, he knew it definitely wasn't. It was a little bit more like... a connection. Yes, he felt a connection between them, but what type of connection? He doesn't know.

'Who is she?', he wondered.

Because he was getting too caught up in his surprise, Zero didn't notice that Shi LanHua, who was at his side, was equally as stunned as he was.

'Isn't that Lady... ?!', she exclaimed internally.

Nan XiSheng had also never seen a woman as dazzling as her, but as the cultivating maniac he currently was, he lost interest after a while.

If Nan XiSheng was said to be surprised, then Chu Qiu and Nie Yuan astonished. That's because the woman in front of them is emitting a similar scent to their lord! Perhaps they were related to each other?

The first to break the silence was actually Yang Zhelan, who was too obsessed with Shi LanHua to care about other women, "This miss over here... can you explain to us what you mean by what you just said? You see, we just arrived here and have no idea what's going on..."

"Ah! Don't worry about that! Like I said, this place is the Secret City, also known as the core of the world you live in, yes, I mean the world you live in, not the secret realm you were in before you got teleported here.", replied the mysterious woman.

"The core...? You mean like the base that holds our world together?", asked Nan XiSheng.

"Indeed, this place is the world's center. Basically saying, if this place collapses, everyone who resides in this world will perish along with it. Therefore, please don't get any ideas about fighting over this blessed area. Even if you did, I doubt any of you could defeat me, the keeper of this place.", the woman said as she exerted an overwhelming amount of pressure.

In an instant, everyone's back was drenched in cold sweat, and every alarm in their body was going off like crazy, telling them to escape and never come back, however their bodies were firmly planted in place. 

Even Zero, who had already reached god rank, couldn't regain control of his body, but unlike everyone else who's entire souls were also shaken, he didn't feel the slightest pressure on his, which is why he didn't really feel much fear either. Maybe it was because of the system error in his soul strength?

Thankfully it only lasted for a second, as the woman only intended on telling everyone here that she was stronger than them, so they shouldn't get any malicious ideas. Everyone plopped down onto the ground, with hearts beating wildly, as they looked up at the woman in fear.

She just smiled at them.

"Thank you esteemed elder for sparing our lives.", Yang Zhelan said, "Since your venerable self seems to know everything about us, may I ask about the reason we were sent here?"

"Did you know? I was the one who created that secret realm you were in"

No one doubted her words, as they had first hand experience of her strength.

"Did you really think some 5th, 6th, or maybe even 7th grade herbs were all there is in that place? No way! The real reason I created it is to send geniuses here. Of course, I don't have the slightest intention to harm you in any way, as I just want to find a few subordinates to keep here. You see, I am unable to leave this place, as my soul is restricted here, and I will suffer an immense backlash if I've done so. After all, there was a time in the past where I went out into your world because I didn't want to stay in such a big place, all alone. However, reality was harsh as I was dragged back here and it took me a full 1300 years to recuperate, which is equivalent to 13 years in your world."

"Pu! 1300 years?! How old a--- I mean, if we can be so rude as to ask, how old might your esteemed self be?", asked Yang Zhelan with a trembling voice.

"Hmm? Not that old, only as old as your world."

"???"

"Let's see... your world is currently about 6.5 billion years old, right? 100 years in here is 1 year outside and the body develops at the same rate as it does out here... so... I'm mentally only about 650 billion years old and physically only 6.5 billion years old!", she exclaimed.

"O-Only..?" Heck... who is this old ancestor in front of us?! Even our great-great-great-ancestor is like a baby in your eyes!

"Yup!"

"L-let's talk about something else, alright? How many people have came in here before us?"

"Hmm... I think it was approximately a few thousand?"

"I-I see... Then where did those few thousand people go?"

"Oh, over half of them died, while the rest either managed to receive a gift from me before leaving, or were half crippled."

Everyone sucked in a deep breath after hearing what she said.

"H-How did they end up like that?"

"Hmm? Aah, did I forget to tell you that the moment you stepped into here, you have signed yourself up for a life and death trial? How silly of me!"

"?!?!"

"Basically there are three trials you have to undergo in order to leave, and those who pass will become my subordinates. Those who're able to complete the first and second trials get to leave with a little gift!"

'F*ck, F*ck... F*CK!!! None of this crap was in the script! What am I even supposed to do now!', cried Zero.

[Don't worry host! A good actor should always be able to improvise off of the script, so if this wasn't in the plot, then that's ok! Plus, didn't I ever tell you? This just wasn't in YOUR script, but Nan XiSheng successfully came here in the original story. It's just that 'Liu Feng' was never there]

'Easy for you to say... This is just giving me extra work to do!'

[Good Luck host! You're on your own! I uhh.. gotta go to the washroom!]

'You pig teammate! Systems don't even have a urinary system! Bastard! Unreliable! Really Irresponsible!'

While everyone was freaking out over what the mysteriously beautiful woman just stated, she just waved her hand and said, "Let the trials... begin!" 

Eyyyy!! Author-sama has finished her ARCT piano exams!
To celebrate, here's a chapter for ya'll <3
Enjoy~

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