Don't try to cultivate immortality; mortals live longer than immortals.

Meanwhile, on the other side...

About 500 kilometers away from Duan Xuan's location, Jiang Yaoguang turned her head to look around, her brows already slightly furrowed.

Unlike those novices, such trials were nothing unusual for Fairy Yaoguang, who was a Golden Core cultivator.

Especially when I first entered university, there were similar social practice activities almost every year. At the most frequent time, I even participated in two trials with different themes and categories in one semester.

The dungeon in front of her was merely a low-level Qi Refining instance, posing no challenge whatsoever to Fairy Yao Guang.

However, as soon as she landed, Jiang Yaoguang vaguely sensed something was wrong. She habitually released her divine sense, but did not gain anything.

No, to be precise, the range of divine sense detection has been greatly compressed.

Although the Divine Machine Puppet he was using at this moment was limited to Qi Refining, even an ordinary cultivator at the tenth level of Qi Refining could have a divine sense covering a distance of up to 1 kilometer.

(Note: The reference range of the spiritual sense fluctuation of a Qi Refining Level 10 cultivator is 900-1500 meters, with a median of approximately 1 kilometer.)

With the aptitude of this divine puppet, it can easily approach its maximum value.

However, at this moment, let alone 1500 meters, the senses transmitted back by the divine sense became very blurry after 200 meters.

Jiang Yaoguang raised her eyebrows slightly, and in the blink of an eye, she activated the nano-spiritual energy value detector.

As an important auxiliary treasure provided by Shuiyun Star for cultivators, this thing is the crystallization of high technology. It can not only calculate the enemy's combat strength, but also integrates many functions into the operating system, such as radar early warning.

Of course, due to limitations in hardware performance, this model's detection range is only 3 kilometers.

If given to a high-level cultivator, this warning distance would be quite useless, but in battles at the Qi Refining level, it's practically a cheat code.

This is also a significant advantage of Guixu over other interfaces.

However, at this moment, Jiang Yaoguang discovered that although she had activated the treasure, the nano-spiritual energy value detector seemed to be interfered with.

Not only was there static, but the picture was also very blurry, making it impossible to see anything clearly.

"this……"

Fairy Yaoguang's brows furrowed deeply.

She sensed something was amiss.

Jiang Yaoguang did not believe that this was a method that a Qi Refining cultivator could possess, and theoretically, beings above the Qi Refining level could not enter this secret realm at all.

It's not that you can break through the dimensional barrier just because your cultivation level is high enough. On the contrary, forcibly entering will only overload the secret realm and cause a complete collapse.

For example, he himself could only choose to attach his divided soul to a Divine Machine Mystic Puppet of the Qi Refining level.

Therefore, it's not that high-level cultivators are behind this. After ruling out that option, the only possibility is the secret realm itself.

"It seems that some anomalies have occurred here that were not mentioned in the Immortal Alliance's intelligence."

Fairy Yaoguang murmured to herself, then took a breath. She found that the flow of spiritual energy was not affected, and the surrounding scenery looked quite ordinary.

In short, at first glance, there seems to be nothing wrong with it. However, as a cultivator at the Golden Core level, Fairy Yaoguang is not so easily deceived by appearances.

There were rumors at the beginning that some uncontrollable changes might occur during this trial, and now it seems that the situation is even more troublesome than I originally expected.

"hateful."

Jiang Yaoguang's face was extremely pale as she muttered to herself, "I hope Duan Xuan doesn't run into any problems."

To be honest, although this situation was somewhat unexpected, if it were just Jiang Yaoguang on her own, she wouldn't care at all.

Firstly, Fairy Yaoguang was very confident in her own strength. Anyone who could enter the secret realm for adventure, whether human, demon, or any other monster, was stuck at the Qi Refining stage.

In this situation, Jiang Yaoguang was confident that no matter what enemy she encountered, she would not be afraid, and would even crush them.

After all, when the cultivation levels are the same, how can those little guys compare to my experience and combat ability as a Golden Core cultivator?

Let alone one-on-one, even if the opponent came with five or six cultivators at the peak of Qi Refining, she was confident that she could kill them instantly.

Note that it's not about winning, it's about annihilating them instantly!

Fairy Yaoguang's confidence is that strong!

Even if something unexpected happens, such as an unpredictable and powerful enemy, the only thing I would lose is a wisp of my soul.

After a year or two of hard work, you can recover and rebuild your skills.

As for the avatar before me, although it is precious, its vessel is the Divine Machine Mystic Puppet. When the old monsters of the Nascent Soul stage provided it, they made me sign an agreement that I could only use it.

Although it was a bit stingy, the contract did include a disclaimer clause.

Force majeure events are listed.

If you encounter a powerful enemy beyond the Qi Refining level in the secret realm, you don't need to compensate for the loss of this avatar.

Therefore, Fairy Yaoguang has the confidence.

What she's afraid of right now is Duan Xuan.

I'm afraid this little guy will encounter danger.

After all, he had only one mission and purpose in participating in the trial: to ensure Duan Xuan's safety under any circumstances.

This is non-negotiable and there is no waiver; it must be completed under all circumstances!

That's right, it's just that unreasonable!

"How infuriating! If you treasure him so much, why not just keep him out of danger? Why go through all this trouble by making him participate in this trial?"

Jiang Yaoguang muttered a complaint.

Indeed, although on the surface it was she who invited Duan Xuan, in reality she was just carrying out a mission.

This decision was made by those three Nascent Soul stage monsters.

The saying goes that jade must be carved to become a useful object. Even a true Heavenly Spiritual Root cannot be turned into a hothouse flower. It must undergo proper polishing during its growth process.

Yes, that's theoretically correct, but why did you make me the protector?

At this moment, Jiang Yaoguang couldn't help but curse in her heart, completely forgetting that the task of being a protector was not assigned by the God, but rather something she had to go through a lot of trouble, say nice things, and try her best to win.

The reason is simple: there's a reward!

The rewards offered by the Divine Lord for this mission of secretly protecting Duan Xuan are very substantial.

It is a low-interest loan that is quite worthwhile in terms of both interest rate and amount.

The interest rate was only 0.1%. When Fairy Yaoguang heard this news, she was extremely envious. What difference was there between such a low interest rate and giving it away for free?

That's why she tried her best to get in, but she never expected that she would encounter such a huge problem as soon as she entered this place.

"Damn it, I'm afraid I've gotten myself into trouble this time. If anything happens to this kid, I can't afford to pay for it."

Jiang Yaoguang's face was extremely ugly.

She knew very well that in the eyes of the three divine lords, Duan Xuan, who possessed a true heavenly spiritual root, was undoubtedly a precious treasure.

Therefore, no matter how many difficulties and unexpected changes there are, no one will accept any of these reasons.

The Divine Lord only cares about the outcome: Duan Xuan must not perish. No matter what, the boy's safety must be guaranteed, and he must be brought back safely.