Fairy, don't let your golden finger chase after me!

Chapter 13: Disgusting! I know to keep the lights off!

[Purple Nether Map, continuously providing you with navigation.]

[You are about to reach your destination. Please continue along the current mountain path for another twenty paces.]

You have arrived near your destination. This navigation session has ended. We look forward to serving you again!

As the system navigation page in front of Dong Mo, which looked exactly like a certain despicable map, gradually disappeared, he and Xiao Bai arrived at the gate of the Wenxue Sword Saint's Inheritance Secret Realm.

What appeared before Dong Mo and Xiao Bai at this moment was less a gate to the secret realm and more a tomb-raiding tunnel covered by weeds and bushes.

On the way up the mountain, Zi Mingjian had already explained the details of this secret realm to Dong Mo from beginning to end.

The secret realm of the Sword Saint Wenxue was not opened by him personally.

Rather, it was the result of him taking over and plundering an ancient secret realm of the demon race back then, and then making use of it.

It turns out that more than 10,000 years ago, before the fragment of the small world where Heming Mountain was located fell into the Western Wilderness, there was an ancient trial realm of the demon race.

Later, fragments of the small world fell, and the secret realm was buried deep within the mountain. The secret realm was completely sealed off and gradually fell into disrepair.

Later, Xiao Hongchen discovered this place and used a spatial magic artifact to forcibly dig a tunnel in the barrier of the secret realm, bypassing all the main gate restrictions, and usurped the place, turning the entire secret realm into his own inheritance site.

"Tsk... No wonder in the game, the inheritance of this secret realm was ultimately found by the demon princess! So this secret realm was originally the inheritance realm of the demon race!"

While Dong Mo was inwardly complaining, Xiao Bai, who was standing next to him, looked at the cliff face in front of him and the low cave below the cliff that was covered by dense bushes, and asked Dong Mo curiously.

"Young Master, what's our next step...?"

Dong Mo snapped out of his thoughts, swung his sword to cut down the bushes and vines around the cave entrance, and squeezed into the cave from the side.

"Xiao Bai, come with me."

Xiao Bai nodded upon hearing this and followed Dong Mo into the crevice in the rock.

After traversing the narrow crevice in the rocks for a while, the view suddenly opened up before them.

Then, a simple stone gate, covered with sword marks and carved entirely by sword energy, stood prominently in the center of the cave.

Dong Mo had just reached the front of the stone gate and hadn't even had a chance to examine it carefully when the Purple Nether Sword, which had just quieted down, started acting up again.

[Purple Nether Sword: Master! Master! I've gone through so much trouble to bring you here, shouldn't you give me a little reward as a token of your appreciation...?]

Feeling the exciting sword cry emitted by the Purple Nether Sword, and considering that Xiao Bai and he would need to trouble this guy to continue leading the way once they entered the secret realm, they realized that they would need to do so later.

Dong Mo reluctantly popped a small spirit-replenishing pill into his mouth, which could restore spiritual power, while activating his double pupils and channeling his own spiritual power into the Purple Nether Sword.

[Purple Nether Sword: It's been half a day since I last saw you~ Master's spiritual power has actually become even more mellow and abundant...]

[Purple Nether Sword: Awesome... 99% perfect! A rare find!]

The moment the Purple Nether Sword uttered the word "爽" (shuang, meaning "awesome"), the Tranquil Sword Technique, which had been silent for a long time, angrily retorted.

[Tranquil Sword Technique: Disgusting. I know I should do this kind of thing secretly with the lights off.]

[Purple Nether Sword: Hehe~ I think that sword technique is just sour grapes~]

Dong Mo's temple throbbed, but he decisively ignored the bickering between the Purple Nether Sword and the Tranquil Mind Sword Technique, focusing instead on channeling his spiritual energy.

Just then, the Purple Nether Sword trembled violently, and another node of sword intent was broken open by spiritual power.

[Ding! The blockage in the Purple Nether Sword is being cleared. Current progress: 42%]

[Current Affection Level: Attachment.]

The Purple Nether Sword, still not satisfied, craved even more spiritual energy.

Dong Mo rolled his eyes and transmitted his voice to the Purple Nether Sword.

"Hey! That's enough. Let's take care of business first; we can talk about spiritual power when we get back. First, tell me, how do I open this door?"

Upon hearing Dong Mo's words, the Purple Nether Sword instantly fell silent.

Subsequently, some information related to opening the door was instilled into Dong Mo's mind by the Purple Nether Sword.

It turns out that when Xiao Hongchen designed the gate to the secret realm, he didn't put much thought into it at all. All he had to do was sweep the Purple Nether Sword in front of the gate to prove that he was his successor, and the gate could be opened directly.

Dong Mo held the Purple Nether Sword and walked to the stone gate, then gently swept the sword across the gate.

"Buzz..."

With a deep, ancient hum, the dense sword marks on the surface of the stone gate suddenly lit up.

Thick dust settled down, and the two heavy stone doors slowly opened inward.

At the very moment the stone door opened, a gust of cold wind carrying a musty smell rushed out from the crack in the door, causing Dong Mo and Xiao Bai's clothes to flutter loudly.

Xiao Bai instinctively stood in front of Dong Mo, raising his hand to block the cold wind from inside the door for Dong Mo.

A moment later, the cold wind dissipated.

Looking at the dark cave behind the door, Xiao Bai felt the spatial fluctuations emanating from within, and her delicate brows furrowed slightly.

"Young Master...is it really safe in here?"

At the exact moment Xiao Bai finished speaking, a notification from the Purple Nether Sword popped up in front of Dong Mo's eyes.

[Purple Nether Sword: Safe! Very safe!]

Then, Zi Mingjian spoke earnestly to Dong Mo, imparting some information about the trial realm.

This secret realm before us was originally a training ground prepared by the ancient demon race for their Foundation Establishment descendants, and it is only opened on specific days each year.

Only Foundation Establishment demons who possess the token are allowed to enter and undergo trials.

Therefore, all the mechanisms, formations, and trials inside are at the Foundation Establishment level.

When Xiao Hongchen first arrived here, his strength was at the late stage of the Void Refinement realm.

Although Heming Mountain was suppressed by the fragments of the small world, with his strength at the time, even under suppression, he could have easily wiped out those trials in the secret realm!

Moreover, the tunnel he dug bypassed all the restrictions that only allowed demons at the Foundation Establishment stage to enter through the main gate, and he also bypassed several of the most dangerous traps!

So the secret realm is very safe now. The biggest trouble inside should be the few Foundation Establishment stage sword puppets that Sword Saint Wenxue set up himself.

Besides the trials he left for his successors, there was basically no danger.

To quote Zi Mingjian, with Dong Mo and Xiao Bai's current strength, dealing with the trials set by Wenxue Sword Saint would be a piece of cake.

Dong Mo glanced at the information on the panel and nodded slightly, then half-jokingly said to Xiao Bai, "If there's danger, won't you protect me?"

Dong Mo turned his head and gave Xiao Bai a teasing smile.

He then started walking towards the cave.

"Eh?"

Xiao Bai was stunned for a moment, and his cheeks quickly turned red.

"Young Master! Wait for me!"

Xiao Bai hurriedly chased after him, staying close to Dong Mo's side.

Meanwhile, the stone door behind them slammed shut shortly after they stepped into the cave.

Looking at the dark and uncertain road ahead, Xiao Bai clenched her fists and secretly made up her mind.

Since the young master trusts me so much, I must never let him down.

Even if there are mountains of knives and seas of fire, dragon's den and tiger's lair ahead, I will definitely protect him!

Xiao Bai's heart was pounding, and the temperature on his cheeks showed no signs of decreasing.

But those clear eyes were filled with determination.

I... I absolutely, absolutely must protect the young master!

At the very moment that Master Dong Mo and his servant stepped into the secret realm...

Deep within the Heming Mountains, in a fissure in the earth's veins.

The blonde, alluring woman whose strength was unknown, who had been thinking about Dong Mo, had already brought the girl beside her to a giant bronze gate with a beast head that was ten feet tall and buried deep in the earth's veins.

"Your Highness, this is the place."

As the alluring woman spoke, she took out a blood-red jade pendant carved with a nine-tailed fox pattern.

She then slowly walked to the bronze door and poured spiritual energy into the jade pendant.

Almost the instant the alluring woman approached, countless eerie lights suddenly shone on the surface of the bronze door.

The surrounding earth veins began to tremble slightly, and huge amounts of dust fell like raindrops in rhythm with the tremors.

"Your Highness, Purple Moon." The alluring woman turned around and bowed slightly to the girl behind her. "The Holy Land Secret Realm has been activated."

"Your Highness, I am sorry I cannot accompany you on the road ahead. Please be extremely careful."

"Yes, teacher. I will..."

The purple-haired girl nodded and walked to the bronze door.

She then bit her finger and placed a drop of blood on the center of the bronze animal head on the door.

Just as the blood droplet seeped into the beast's head, a powerful spatial fluctuation suddenly erupted from inside the door.

Immediately, a dark green vortex appeared out of thin air and swallowed the purple-haired girl.

A moment later, the vortex dissipated, and only the alluring woman's figure remained in front of the bronze gate.

Seeing that her prince had left, the woman patted the dust off her hands and said with a contented expression.

"Hehe... Alright~"

"His Highness has been taken inside; the important business is finished."

After saying that, she licked her lips, and an uncontrollable excitement and greed surged in her golden beastly eyes.

"Next, it's time to go find my good 'apprentice'!"

"Hehehe... Disciple! Your master is here!"