"Hah..." the girl sighed, rubbing her forehead as she stared at the teleportation formation blueprint spread across the table.

"What do they want me to do with this thing? I can’t even harness void laws."

At this point, she genuinely wanted to storm out and personally give those idiots a piece of her mind for handing her a blueprint that fundamentally required something she did not possess.

Although...

Knock knock.

"Who’s there?"

"It’s me, Elder Hao."

"Hao who?"

"...Uh... the elder currently teaching Zhu Xian."

’Tsk tsk. This world doesn’t even understand basic knock-knock jokes...’

Zhao Mei shook her head in disappointment before casually opening the door with a formation instead of physically moving.

The door slid open on its own and Elder Hao stepped inside stiffly, not daring to question the strange scene at the entrance in the slightest.

"What do you need?", Zhao Mei asked calmly, a bit annoyed.

"The other elders are anxious. They wanted to know how the teleportation formation is progressing."

Indeed.

She did not even need to go looking for the idiots who had dumped an impossible blueprint onto her desk.

They had come to her themselves.

Zhao Mei slowly leaned back into her chair before waving dismissively.

"Tell those elders this formation isn’t happening."

She paused for a second before adding the most important part.

"Not in a million years."

Her eyes narrowed slightly as she tapped the blueprint.

"Unless they somehow manage to drag back someone who actually comprehends void world laws."

Elder Hao hesitated for a moment before speaking again.

"Sect Leader Zhao... the elders understand the difficulty, but this matter truly cannot be delayed."

Zhao Mei rested her chin against her palm lazily.

"Oh? Why is that so?"

"The teleportation formation was only recently acquired due to a fortuitous encounter. The sect has already begun discussing resource allocation and investment into its construction."

He carefully glanced at the blueprint on the table before continuing.

"But before anything can proceed... they need the confirmation."

"Confirmation of what?"

"...Whether you can build it or not."

Zhao Mei stared at him then looked at the blueprint and then back at him again.

Her expression remained calm as she said slowly,"So let me understand this correctly. A group of old men found a formation blueprint involving void laws..."

She tapped the paper.

"...something not even one in ten thousand formation masters can touch..."

Tap.

"...and instead of first asking whether the sect possesses anyone capable of handling void laws..."

Tap.

"They directly assumed I could do it?"

Elder Hao coughed awkwardly.

"The elders simply have great faith in your abilities."

"Hah."

Zhao Mei laughed.

Not because it was funny, it really wasn’t.

But because she genuinely could not comprehend the logic.

For several moments, she remained strangely patient.

Then she suddenly sat upright.

"Who exactly is the sect leader here?"

Elder Hao froze.

"...You are."

"And who approved this ridiculous investment discussion before even consulting me?"

"...The council of elders."

"The council of elders," Zhao Mei repeated with a twitching smile.

Her fingers pressed against her forehead.

"So the people below me made decisions above me... regarding a formation they do not understand... then came to ask me if their decision was possible after already planning the investment?"

Elder Hao immediately felt danger.

Immense danger.

"The elders merely believed—"

"Believed?"

Zhao Mei abruptly stood up and the surrounding formations instantly lit up across the room.

Lines of light crawled over the walls.

The air itself began humming.

"They believed?"

Her voice remained soft and calm, that was the terrifying part.

"They handed me a void-based teleportation blueprint like it was some ordinary spirit gathering array and expected me to magically solve it?"

She pointed at the blueprint.

"I cannot use void laws."

Another formation lit up.

"And unless one of those elders secretly plans to ascend into the void and drag back a cultivator who actually comprehends void world law, this thing is worth less than toilet paper."

Elder Hao stood there completely rigid as formation lights surrounded the room one after another.

Then Zhao Mei inhaled deeply and then exhaled.

And instantly returned to her lazy expression as if nothing happened.

"Anyway," she said while sitting back down, "tell them no."

Elder Hao remained standing there awkwardly, unsure whether he should leave immediately or continue speaking.

Unfortunately for him, he still had another matter to report.

"Sect Leader Zhao..."

"Mnm?"

"There is also... the matter regarding Shan Yueyan’s death."

The moment those words were spoken, the room quieted slightly.

Zhao Mei lazily flipped through the blueprint without even raising her head.

"What about it?"

"The investigation has stalled. Your sister was the last known person connected to the matter, so the elders were hoping..."

Elder Hao paused carefully.

"...that perhaps you could speak with her."

Zhao Mei finally looked up and then she blinked.

Then she pointed toward the door.

"You have legs."

"...What?"

"You can walk."

Elder Hao looked confused.

"She also has ears. If you wish to speak to her, then go find her and speak to her yourself."

"Sect Leader Zhao, your sister’s temperament is rather—"

"And whose problem is that?"

"...."

Zhao Mei waved dismissively.

"If you people are scared of her, then just say so openly. Don’t push the responsibility onto me."

Elder Hao almost choked.

Scared? Me? The great elder who was currently teaching the sect greatest disciple? Of course I am scared!

Who wouldn’t be scared?!

Seeing Elder Hao remain frozen in place, Zhao Mei narrowed her eyes.

"Why are you still here?"

"I..."

"Do you want me to personally escort you out?"

Elder Hao immediately straightened.

"No need!"

He practically fled from the room as the door slammed shut behind him.

Silence returned once more.

"...Idiots," Zhao Mei muttered.

And then she turned her attention to the translucent screen floating before her eyes.

[Invincible Sect System]

[Host Status: Bound]

[Current Ability:]

— Invincible within Sect area.

Zhao Mei stared blankly at the glowing system screen for a long while before finally muttering to herself,

"...At least this counts as a transmigration gift, I guess."

Though the more she stared at it...

The more wronged she felt.

Her lips slowly curled downward.

"Why am I even in a cultivation world?"

She pointed accusingly at the ceiling as if the heavens themselves had personally scammed her.

"I only read romance novels!"

Her voice rose in grievance as she slammed both hands onto the table.

"I WANT MY BEAST MEN!"

The system screen remained silent.

Meanwhile, tears immediately began welling up in Zhao Mei’s eyes.

She slowly collapsed face-first onto the table like someone whose entire future had just been ruined.

"Mmphh... mmff..."

Her voice came out muffled against the wood.

"I don’ even read cultivation novels..."

A miserable sniffle followed.

"All I did was read the synopsis..."

She finally lifted her head slightly, tears clinging to the corners of her eyes while a faint red mark remained pressed against her cheek.

"That shouldn’t count..."

That made it even more tragic.

People transmigrated after reading entire stories.

They knew hidden realms.

Secret inheritances.

Future villains.

Meanwhile she knew exactly three things:

The protagonist was handsome.

There was cultivation.

And the protagonist fiancee broke up with him on his elder brothers birthday.

"That’s it..."

Zhao Mei looked utterly devastated.

"This is not fair..."

The system screen flickered slightly.

[Please work hard to grow the strongest sect.]

"...Shut up."

[Host is currently invincible within Sect Hall.]

"I don’t care."

[Would Host like to view beginner missions?]

"Can beginner missions give me beast men?"

[...]

Zhao Mei’s eyes filled with hope and asked,

"Can they?"

[No.]

Her soul visibly left her body.

With one final desperate sniffle, Zhao Mei buried her face back into the table and muttered weakly,

"...I want my beast men..."