In her original imagination, the Moon Invitation Palace was a solemn, strict, cold, and ruthless place that suffocated people.
But the reality is that the scenery here is beautiful, there are fun pets, friendly fellow disciples, kind and interesting elders, and powerful martial arts that can maintain eternal youth.
No wonder Master both resented the sect and longed to return day and night.
Perhaps it is because this place is too interesting and life is too carefree and happy.
Compared to this place, the palace is really like a cage.
Two white-clothed girls were somewhat shy and stepped forward to greet her.
One was Ji Mingzhu, and the other was Xu Lingzhi.
They were both disciples of the Moon Invitation Palace, belonging to the most orthodox disciples of the Moon Invitation Palace.
They were extremely curious about Xiao Ruoling and Shen Hanyue.
Xiao Ruoling is a disciple of the West Palace Madam and has lived in Yujing for many years without coming to the Moon Invitation Palace.
Once she comes to the Moon Invitation Palace, she can no longer return to Yujing.
Unless she marries, like the West Palace Madam did in the beginning.
Shen Hanyue's background is even more bizarre, being the daughter of a Moon Invitation Palace disciple who has been silently cultivating until the competition for the Holy Maiden position arose.
This Martial Aunt of the Moon Invitation Palace fell into the trap of love and married, but unfortunately, she married the wrong person, a heartless man.
Because she ignored the dissuasion of her fellow sisters, who all said not to marry, not to marry, because once martial arts are abandoned, one's appearance will immediately age, and no man will like it.
But she felt that this man was different and still married him resolutely, but the result was as the fellow disciples said, this heartless man could not bear it and fled.
She had no face to return to the sect.
After Moon Invitation Palace disciples go out, they often do not reveal their identity.
And no one knows that Moon Invitation Palace disciples marry.
She raised her daughter alone, teaching her the unique skills of the Moon Invitation Palace.
Without the sect's cultivation resources, Shen Hanyue was able to step into the Perfection of the Acquired Realm at a young age, truly a genius.
Among the four, Xiao Ruoling has cultivated the Nine Heavens Mysterious Maiden Skill and has the best aptitude, Shen Hanyue should have the second best aptitude, while the two of them are much worse and have no hope.
Participating in the Holy Maiden competition is just to make up the numbers, as there must be four each time, and it doesn't look good if there aren't enough people.
Yun Qiuhua said: "Alright, you all know each other now, you are all sisters of the same sect, don't fall out over the Holy Maiden competition and make yourselves uncomfortable."
"Yes."
"Here, this is the Four Saints Heart Protection Pill, for saving your lives."
Yun Qiuhua handed four small jade bottles to them.
Xiao Ruoling took it and opened it, finding a total of five small pills, the size of red beans.
"If you are really injured, or your life is in danger, taking one of these will allow you to last for a quarter of an hour, quickly send out a signal."
She handed eight small bamboo tubes to them, two for each person, with one extra in case they lost one.
"The secret realm is full of dangers, let me tell you, don't use your outside experience in the secret realm, most of the flowers, plants, trees, birds, fish, insects, and beasts outside are pleasing, but those in the secret realm are extremely dangerous."
"Yes."
"Also, don't eat anything in the secret realm, whether it's natural treasures or exotic flowers and fruits, no matter how beautiful or tempting, you can't eat them."
"Is it poisonous?"
"It would be fine if it were just poisonous,"
Yun Qiuhua said: "I'm just afraid that they are not poisonous, but have many strange and troublesome things... In short, don't eat things randomly, our sect has too many elixirs and medicines, and natural treasures are taken out to refine into elixirs, which are safer and more effective."
"Yes."
"Well... then there's nothing else, once you enter, danger is constant, be careful, if you can't, take the elixir and send a signal, the Holy Maiden will come to save you."
"Elder, the Holy Maiden is...?" Xiao Ruoling asked.
The previous Holy Maiden is about to step down, and the four of them are taking over the position of this Holy Maiden.
Yun Qiuhua said: "The Holy Maiden is already in the secret realm, waiting to save you."
She then pointed to the gentle and beautiful woman and smiled: "Haven't introduced you yet, have I? This is the Palace Master."
The gentle and beautiful woman glared at her unhappily: "It's all your fault, you started talking nonsense as soon as you came up, it's a wonder you still remember me."
She then introduced their respective identities to Xiao Ruoling and Shen Hanyue.
She is the Palace Master, Jing Xiaodie.
The rest are all elders, the three young ones are the ones who speak the least, all of them are former Holy Maidens.
Yun Qiuhua comforted the four girls: "The first time entering the secret realm is the most dangerous, in the future, when you go in again, you won't be so dangerous once you have the aura of the secret realm."
Shen Hanyue looked at Xu Lingzhi and Ji Mingzhu.
"The two of them have been in before,"
Yun Qiuhua smiled: "So the two of you are at a disadvantage."
Shen Hanyue immediately showed a wronged expression.
Yun Qiuhua smiled: "But precisely because they have been in before, the chance of obtaining the inheritance is even smaller, the key depends on the two of you."
Shen Hanyue's spirits immediately lifted.
Xiao Ruoling pursed her lips and smiled: "Elder Yun, is there anything else to pay attention to?"
"Nothing else, it depends on your luck, go in."
She smiled and shook her head, leading Xiao Ruoling and the four girls forward.
Xiao Ruoling watched her walk forward, towards the edge of the cliff, getting closer and closer to the cliff, about to step into the air and fall down.
She just reached out to speak, but saw Yun Qiuhua suddenly disappear without a trace.
Ji Mingzhu pursed her lips and smiled, following her across the cliff, Xu Lingzhi smiled and said: "This is the method of entering the secret realm."
Shen Hanyue sighed and hurriedly followed in.
Xiao Ruoling glanced around.
The entrance was actually here, so if the exit was also here, wouldn't she accidentally fall down?
However, they all possessed top-notch lightness skills, so they weren't afraid.
She turned around and bowed to the Grandmasters, and after they waved their hands, she turned around and stepped out.
Her eyes lit up, and she instantly arrived in a dense forest.
The towering ancient trees were even more lush and dense than outside, and she seemed to become small all of a sudden.
She could no longer see the others, knowing that from now on she would have to walk alone until she found the Profound Yin Palace.
She closed her bright eyes and sensed carefully.
After a moment, she opened her bright eyes.
She already had a vague feeling that something was calling her from somewhere.
Her heart settled.
It seems that Heaven is on my side.
Is it because of the Nine Heavens Mysterious Maiden Skill?
No wonder Master was so confident.
She avoided the swiftly pouncing squirrel, and her figure turned into a wisp of light smoke, lightly shuttling between the ancient trees.
The sword light flashed from time to time, beheading the birds, beasts, and flying insects that attacked her.
She was not infected by the warmth of the Moon Invitation Palace and had no compassion for the surrounding birds and beasts.
She knew from Zeng Yuan, her master, that in the secret realm, one must not be soft-hearted, this is a place where the weak are prey to the strong, the softer you are, the more monsters will attack you.
The Moon Invitation Palace is beautiful, but the secret realm of the Moon Invitation Palace is still just as dangerous.
Her swordsmanship and lightness skills were superb, and nothing could stop her from moving forward, and she only stopped occasionally to pick two stalks of Heaven-Reaching Grass under the huge flowers.
Apart from that, she did not stop, and in one breath, she arrived in front of the palace that was calling her.
Standing in front of this white jade palace, she suddenly felt that the palaces built by the Moon Invitation Palace outside were like toys.
This white jade palace was three times the size of the Moon Invitation Palace, vast and magnificent, and gave rise to a sense of worship.
The walls of the palace seemed to be a whole piece of huge white jade, with no splicing marks, making her unable to understand how there could be such a huge whole piece of white jade in the world.
Various strange patterns were carved on the white jade, covering every part of the white jade palace.
The two white jade doors of the palace were tightly closed.
Each of the two white jade doors was carved with a strange flower.
At first glance, it seemed to be in full bloom, but upon closer inspection, it didn't move.
Above the flowers, a bright moon was half-covered by dark clouds, emitting a soft moonlight that illuminated the strange flowers.
The bright moon seemed to be passing over pieces of dark clouds, but upon closer inspection, it still didn't move.
She looked at it a few times and felt a little dizzy, so she hurriedly shook her head and forced herself to turn her gaze away, looking up at the sky.
The fireball-like setting sun was hanging obliquely in the western sky, hanging on the peak of a towering giant peak, ready to fall at any time.
The Profound Yin Palace will open at midnight.
There is still some time before it opens.
She looked down at the small cold jade box in her sleeve, opened it, and there were already fifteen Heaven-Reaching Grasses inside.
She couldn't help but smile.
Just as she was thinking about how happy Chu Zhiyuan would be when he saw these, she suddenly heard the sound of clothes fluttering.
Looking up, Shen Hanyue was floating over.
Compared to Xiao Ruoling's spotless appearance, she was a little embarrassed.
There were a few brown spots on the front of her white clothes, green grass juice on her left shoulder, and some dust on her knees.
Seeing that Xiao Ruoling was already here, Shen Hanyue came forward, clasped her fist and saluted, and said solemnly: "Senior Sister Xiao, please enlighten me!"
Xiao Ruoling said: "Junior Sister Shen, don't worry."
Shen Hanyue blinked her bright eyes in confusion, holding the hilt of her sword.
"Junior Sister Shen,"
Xiao Ruoling said: "Master and the elders all said that we must determine a winner, and only one person can obtain the inheritance.
Junior Sister Shen, have you ever thought about it, what if two people go in together?"
Shen Hanyue was at a loss.
She had never thought about this question.
Determine a winner, the winner enters the Profound Yin Palace to obtain the Grand Yin Chain inheritance and become the Holy Maiden of the Moon Invitation Palace.
This seems to be a customary rule.
She had never thought that there was anything wrong with this rule.
"Why don't we go in together and see if two people can obtain the inheritance."
"That's not possible, is it?"
"Why not?"
"...It doesn't conform to the rules, does it?"
"At most, neither of us will become Holy Maidens."
"This..."
"Junior Sister Shen, I may not be your opponent."
Shen Hanyue blinked her big eyes.
She didn't think so.
She wasn't a fool, this Senior Sister Xiao was just being modest.
Looking at her, then looking at herself, then looking at how early she came, and how late she came.
Could it be that the monsters in the secret realm liked her and didn't like her, so they all attacked her and not her?
That was simply impossible.
These monsters were very clever, bullying the weak and fearing the strong, Senior Sister Xiao was obviously stronger than her!
"Do you want to take a gamble?"
"... ... ... ..."
Shen Hanyue's bright eyes flickered, sometimes bright and sometimes dim.
Sometimes she thought of her aging mother's earnest expectations, taking care of and teaching her so hard for so many years, just wanting her to make a name for herself and wash away her shame.
Sometimes she looked at Xiao Ruoling's deep and blurred eyes, which were full of friendliness and smiles.
"Is it not possible?"
Xiao Ruoling said disappointedly: "If we both become Holy Maidens, then you will be the Holy Maiden, I can just have the title, or even directly withdraw."
This was what she suddenly thought of in a flash of inspiration.
If there were two Holy Maidens, it would be much easier to withdraw one, maybe she could just withdraw directly.
She would have the title of Holy Maiden, fulfilling her master's wish and the world's vision, and she could return to Yujing at any time.
It would be a win-win situation, why not do it.
