My whole family are full of geniuses, I really don't want to be a succubus!

When the four-person team of the Southwest Grand Competition stood in front of the main hall of Luoxia Peak, Luoxiazi, dressed in a black robe, stood in front of them.

Just by standing there, the immense pressure emanating from the Nascent Soul Realm cultivator made Gu Wanquan and the other two feel a lot of pressure, while Su Yi felt nothing at all.

After surveying the crowd, Luo Xiazi calmly said, "I will be leading your team to the Zheng Yang Immortal Sect. Your every word and action represents the Luo Xia Immortal Sect. Do not disgrace the Luo Xia Immortal Sect!"

As he finished speaking, he gave Su Yi a lingering look, which immediately made Su Yi bristle. She raised her hand indignantly and said, "What do you mean, cousin? We're going to bring glory to the Luoxia Immortal Sect, how could we possibly lose face?"

Luo Xiazi glanced at Su Yi and casually replied, "Only a dog that gets hit by a falling object barks!"

One sentence silenced Su Yi and also drew a sidelong glance from Chen Feng: "Junior Brother Su, no wonder you're rumored to be the sect leader's illegitimate son. You even call the vice sect leader your cousin; your connections are truly extraordinary!"

Gu Wanquan and Yin Chaoge are both incredibly powerful, and Su Yi has an even more powerful background.

Chen Feng suddenly felt that among this four-person team, he, the genius of the Luoxia Immortal Sect who appears only once every fifty years, was the most ordinary!

After Su Yi's witty remark, Luo Xiazi quickened her pace, saying, "My Luo Xia Immortal Sect is four states away from the Zheng Yang Immortal Sect, a distance of 14,000 li. The moment you step out of the Luo Xia Immortal Sect, the competition begins. I will be waiting for you at the Zheng Yang Immortal Sect. You must reach the Zheng Yang Immortal Sect within ten days, and this journey will also be a test for you!"

Su Yi counted on her fingers: traveling 14,000 li in ten days means traveling 1,400 li a day, or 700 kilometers. Even on a high-speed train traveling at 300 kilometers per hour, it would take more than two hours.

Although I haven't calculated how fast I can fly at full speed, covering 14,000 li in ten days is still quite a challenge for a Golden Core cultivator!

"Cousin, is there a fast track?" Su Yi asked.

Luo Xiazi frowned. Why was this kid already thinking of taking shortcuts before even starting? Luo Xiazi said, "Once you arrive at the Zhengyang Immortal Sect, powerful cultivators have countless ways to investigate how you got there. There's no faking it!"

"If my cousin is with us, why don't we just use our supernatural powers to take us there?" Su Yi asked, her eyes lighting up.

Luo Xiazi glared at Su Yi and said in an unfriendly tone, "My Luo Xia Immortal Sect is one of the Thirty-Six Blessed Lands. Have some shame!"

"Hey, then I'm not going. Whoever wants to go can go. I'm not doing something that's thankless and exhausting!" Su Yi's temper flared up. He was already working for free, and now he was being made to work underhanded. He wasn't going to put up with it!

Just as she was about to say that her period was starting and she couldn't go out, a system notification sounded in her ear.

"Ding! Daily quest has started. Reach Zhengyang Immortal Sect within ten days. Quest reward: Level +1!"

Su Yi, who was about to shrug it off, immediately became obedient.

The reason is simple: the task definitely needs to be done.

After the Golden Core stage, the required experience points are often in the millions. The spiritual energy of heaven and earth absorbed during the Golden Core stage must contain its own laws, thus cutting off the path of quickly absorbing spirit stones to improve one's realm.

Mid-grade spirit stones that directly grant experience points are no longer useful to me; only absorbing high-grade spirit stones of the five elements that suit my attributes can grant me experience points.

Even among the thirty-six blessed lands, high-grade spirit stones are considered relatively precious resources for cultivation.

So, besides honestly practicing double breathing exercises, the only other option left is to complete tasks.

The randomness and uncertainty of daily tasks left Su Yi with no choice.

Unless... Su Yi finds Zhen Xiazi and tells her directly, "The position of sect leader is rotated, and it's my turn this year!" directly making Zhen Xiazi step down and allowing him to complete the main quest.

In that case, Su Yi might actually become a Grandmaster of the Integration Realm directly!

But the idea was nice. Su Yi thought that if she really said that, Zhen Xiazi would probably just laugh three times and then twist off her dog head.

Therefore, we should never give up on any daily task if we can avoid it.

Driven by the mission, Su Yi had no choice but to comply.

Seeing that Su Yi had calmed down, Luo Xiazi gave up on reprimanding this disciple who hadn't even entered the sect yet, and continued, "Once you leave the Immortal Sect, you are within the Great Zhou territory. The mortal realm belongs to the Great Zhou, and the mountains and fields belong to the immortals. This is an ironclad rule established by the Zhou Emperor and cultivators eight hundred years ago. Once you leave the Immortal Sect, you are just ordinary cultivators. Do not do anything that would harm my Luo Xia Immortal Sect, or the Immortal Sect will take action to eliminate you!"

These words startled Su Yi and the others. Only Su Yi weakly spoke up, "What if the Great Zhou Dynasty bullied the Immortal Sect first?"

Upon hearing Su Yi's words, Luo Xiazi smiled arrogantly: "My Immortal Sect isn't one to be trifled with either. As long as you have a valid point, the Immortal Sect will back you up!"

Wow, as expected of a time when cultivation is superior to the imperial court, cultivators speak with such authority.

No wonder the Empress will kick him around like a dog in the future; it seems that the Great Zhou has been tolerating these cultivators who do not submit to the king's rule for a long time!

"The Zhengyang Immortal Sect is located in the southeast of Yongzhou. This journey will take you through four states, so please be extra careful!" Luo Xiazi said to Su Yi in a slightly gentler voice.

"We will follow the elder's (father's) teachings!" Su Yi and the others bowed and replied in unison.

Luo Xiazi nodded, raised his hand and pointed ahead, and a water curtain suddenly opened up. Beyond the water curtain, a deep mountain forest was visible. It was nighttime, and the mountains and peaks looked like giant beasts lying still. Occasionally, a few lights would flash by like sparks.

"Stepping through the water curtain leads to the mortal realm. The mortal realm is not as good as the immortal sect. The worldly affairs and smoke are most likely to corrupt the hearts of Daoists, and the spiritual energy is relatively thin. The Great Zhou Dynasty follows the way of incense and gods. Although you are already Golden Core cultivators, it is still difficult for you to breathe out true essence. Remember not to have too many conflicts with others!" Luo Xiazi instructed as if she were a child preparing to leave.

The group nodded, looking at the human world beyond the water curtain.

It was morning inside the Immortal Sect, with the sun high in the sky, but the human world behind the water curtain was already deep in the night. The sense of dislocation, as if they were two different worlds, surprised even Su Yi, a seasoned veteran who had been struggling in "Immortal Path" for more than ten years.

"Could it be that the Thirty-Six Heavenly Grottoes are not located in the same space as the Great Zhou?"

Before Su Yi could even think, Chen Feng, who held the lowest position in the team, took the lead, bowed to Luo Xiazi, and then flew up on his sword, transforming into a golden light and leaping into the water curtain.

Next were Gu Wanquan and Yin Chaoge, two streaks of light, one white and one black, flying in one after the other.

Su Yi stood curiously in front of the water curtain, carefully examining its composition. How was this thing formed? How could it transcend space?

Just as Su Yi was groping around, she suddenly felt a pain in her buttocks and fell headfirst into the water curtain.

A sudden, unexpected scream rang out from within the water curtain:

"Aaaaaaah, holy crap!"