Isn't This a Game? Why Are You All Cultivating for Real!

"Wing Sect? Could it be that the Wing Sect from that world is actually connected to this one? Is that why I was transported to the same world as you?"

Jiang Tianya looked around. "Are you planning to go back and keep reading books now?"

Mu Qiu spread her hands helplessly. "What else can I do? I can’t get out, and there’s nothing else to do. I have to resort to this crude method."

Jiang Tianya asked thoughtfully, "Have you ever tried to communicate with that Jiao Long?"

Mu Qiu sighed. "I’ve tried, but it ignores me. I almost fell a few times before, and it was there every time. It would glance at me from within the mist, then disappear. It doesn’t respond when I call out to it."

Jiang Tianya and the system spoke at the same time.

The system said, "Perhaps there’s a language barrier."

Jiang Tianya said, "Is it possible it’s the one that’s been stopping you?"

Mu Qiu was speechless.

She found herself stroking her chin in thought. "Now that you mention it, that actually makes sense."

She didn’t know why the illusion in this corridor led straight to the abyss in the plaza.

’Every time, it was just a close call, and I never actually fell. Could it really be the Jiao Long stopping me?’

"We can give it a try," Jiang Tianya said.

’I don’t know why Mu Qiu and I were transported to the same world, but we have to find a way out.’

He walked with Mu Qiu.

According to Mu Qiu, a woman’s boudoir would appear after a short while, and they just needed to rush in and read the books.

But as they walked, Jiang Tianya realized that Mu Qiu, who had been right in front of him, was gone.

Just like that, right under his nose, Mu Qiu vanished.

Jiang Tianya looked around. It was still the same narrow corridor, with no changes whatsoever.

Just then, a light breeze suddenly brushed past.

Jiang Tianya’s brow twitched. The next moment, his body suddenly became weightless!

His pupils shrank as the scene before him changed drastically.

He subconsciously reached out to grab something, but his efforts were in vain.

His body was plummeting downward, surrounded by indistinct clouds and mist.

In the midst of the mist, he also saw a pair of enormous golden pupils staring coldly at him.

’Is that the Jiao Long?’

Jiang Tianya tried to circulate his Spiritual Energy to fly, but he found the Spiritual Energy here was too chaotic. As his control over his body slipped, so did the Spiritual Energy circulating within it, making it impossible to fly.

Just like that, he could only watch helplessly as he continued to fall, his body like a kite with a snapped string.

The howling wind felt as if it would pierce his cheeks, until he could see nothing at all.

’At this speed and force, I’ll be smashed to pieces no matter what I hit.’

Realizing he was about to die, Jiang Tianya yelled, "System—"

At this moment, the system was still confirming, "Are you sure? Once you leave, you can’t re-enter, and it’ll cost you points."

Although it had been said before that entering a Secret Realm could be life-threatening, the system could still pull him out in a pinch.

Unless the Secret Realm threw a wrench in the works—for instance, if the system’s energy conflicted with the Secret Realm’s energy at a critical moment, causing the player to die too quickly.

In that case, even the system might be helpless.

Leaving would cost points.

A huge amount of points, at that.

It was to keep players from acting without consequence.

Jiang Tianya gritted his teeth. "Take—"

’Of course, my game account is more important than anything.’

But in the next second, a searing heat spread through his body. He discovered that the bone the Wing Sect elder had given him, which was stored in his Jiezidai, was emitting a faint, fluorescent glow.

The next second, he saw the massive, indescribable body of a Jiao Long appear amidst the clouds and mist.

It opened its giant claw and snatched Jiang Tianya from the air.

And then it placed him back on the edge of the plaza.

At the same time, Jiang Tianya saw Mu Qiu walking over in a daze. Just as she stepped on the edge of the plaza and was about to fall, the Jiao Long extended a giant claw and casually blocked her, stopping her in her tracks.

The Jiao Long retracted its claw and snorted a heavy puff of hot air from its nostrils.

It seemed a bit exasperated.

The next moment, she opened her eyes.

Jiang Tianya was speechless.

The system suddenly said, "This Jiao is probably male."

Jiang Tianya asked, "Why do you say that?"

The system replied, "Males don’t like other males. Does saying it like that make you feel any better?"

He was silent.

’It’s true. If the bone hadn’t reacted, that Jiao Long would have just watched me fall without lifting a finger.’

’It clearly had no intention of saving me.’

’So this bone...’

Jiang Tianya took it out. Mu Qiu had already come to her senses, jolting habitually before saying, "See? I told you I’m always here when I wake up."

The Jiao Long had already hidden itself in the misty clouds of the abyss, slowly vanishing from sight.

Jiang Tianya was at a loss for words.

He decided to ignore the fact that the Jiao Long might be favoring women over men. Mu Qiu quickly added, "But I just saw more information about the Wing Sect. It’s possible the Wing Sect is a Demon Cultivation Sect."

Jiang Tianya looked up in shock. "A Demon Cultivation Sect?"

This was indeed big news.

’The elder I saw in the Secret Realm looked completely human.’

Mu Qiu nodded. "I didn’t see much this time. I only saw a description of a Wing Sect elder from the No Emperor Sect’s records: ’That elder’s wings require daily maintenance with the finest moon dew.’ Among the sects of the Yunzhou Continent, are there any elders with wings growing from their backs?"

Such an obvious demon beast characteristic clearly suggested that the Wing Sect was very likely a Demon Cultivation Sect.

Mu Qiu analyzed, "The Moonlight Secret Realm was once the territory of Demon Cultivators. It’s not strange that these Secret Realms are all related to them."

Based on this information, Mu Qiu came to a rather shocking conjecture. "I have a feeling that in the past, the Yunzhou Continent had very close ties with Demon Cultivators."

Not like now, where it’s a fight to the death with Demon Cultivators.

Everyone fears even hearing the name ’Demon Cultivator’.

"If the Wing Sect is a Demon Cultivation Sect," Jiang Tianya said, recalling that his own identity in the Secret Realm seemed to be of the Human Clan, "did Demon Cultivation Sects used to recruit from the Human Clan?"

And looking at the name "Wing Sect" alone, it certainly sounded like a unique identifier for the Demon Clan.

’A Sect for avian Demon Cultivators?’

If they really recruited from the Human Clan, that would mean the relationship between the two sides was indeed extraordinary.

The Sect didn’t even restrict membership by species.

Mu Qiu felt her judgment was sound. She said, "The information about the No Emperor Sect has been hidden, which means the Yunzhou Continent is definitely hiding a huge secret. The information that still circulates now has been altered and isn’t necessarily the whole truth. The relationship between Demon Cultivators and the Human Clan might not have always been the kill-on-sight situation it is today."

Mu Qiu sighed with emotion. "Could this be the game’s true main storyline? The origin of the hatred between the Demon Clan and the Human Clan... what a massive questline."

The system was silent.

"Hard to say," Jiang Tianya said, gazing into the mist where the Jiao Long had vanished. "So now, how are we supposed to get out?"

The mysterious Jiao Long, the underground sacrificial plaza hiding immense information, and this bone.

This Secret Realm had certainly given the player a lot of information.

Unfortunately, it was only information!

Until a surprised "Huh—" sounded beside his ear.