After the Fairy Maidens Fell to Darkness, They Captured Me to Ruthlessly 'Repay' Their Gratitude-Chapter 141 - "Try Touching Him and See What Happens"

“Come on, Brother Ange, give me, Jue Wuqing, some face and stay.”

Seeing He Ange about to leave, Jue Wuqing had no choice but to chase after him, trying to persuade him.

Though Jue Wuqing was a chosen one, he wasn’t as prideful as Duan Zixuan. Knowing the future, he could bend and adapt, understanding that short-term patience could lead to greater rewards and profits in the future…

Therefore, to connect with the chosen one An Luo Yi, Jue Wuqing didn’t mind lowering himself to plead with He Ange.

After all, the flattery was only necessary before the secret realm began. Once inside, He Ange would be at Jue Wuqing’s mercy, and the latter had plenty of ways to deal with him!

Heh!

Stupid kid…

I’ll let you act tough for now!

“Really? I think I’ll just leave.”

He Ange shrugged, still intending to go.

At that moment, Jue Wuqing’s face turned green, feeling as if He Ange could predict his every thought.

Helpless, Jue Wuqing tried again to win him over.

He dared not continue cursing He Ange in his mind.

Finally, He Ange smiled again:

“Alright, if it’s for Senior Wuqing’s sake, I suppose I can stay.”

As he spoke, He Ange glanced at the Taiyuan Saint Son in the crowd, deliberately provoking him.

Meanwhile, Duan Zixuan gritted his teeth, harboring resentment.

He’s just cannon fodder…

Why can’t he just accept his role as cannon fodder? Why act tough?

The more Duan Zixuan thought about it, the angrier he became.

He flicked his sleeve and retreated to the back, waiting for the Fox Clan Sacred Maiden to announce the opening of the secret realm.

…

“I believe the esteemed sect elders have already seen the purpose of the towering screen behind me… That’s right, this year’s Cherry Sea Secret Realm trial will be broadcast live from every angle by hundreds of demon moon eyes, revealing every move of the participating sect disciples to the public!”

At the top of the mountain at the secret realm entrance, the Nine-Tailed Fox continued her speech.

Once the Sacred Maiden finished explaining the rules, she would open the gates to the secret realm, allowing the thousand disciples waiting in the plaza to enter.

At this moment,

Not only were the sect elders paying full attention, but the sect disciples in the plaza also listened intently, not daring to miss a single rule.

The Fox Clan Sacred Maiden went over many routine rules that everyone had heard before.

But the key point was the final sentence—

“For this trial, I have already placed three tokens deep within the secret realm’s [Illusion Moon Valley]. The rules are simple: regardless of the means or form, as long as a trial participant can bring out a token or leave the secret realm with it, the token is theirs, and that’s it.”

“In addition, any inheritances and treasures in the depths of the secret realm belong to whoever claims them, with no limit…”

“But the certification tokens are limited to the three in [Illusion Moon Valley]!”

As she finished speaking,

The Fox Clan Sacred Maiden glanced around, sharing a knowing smile with He Ange.

She raised her hand, casting a spell, and the gates to the Cherry Sea Secret Realm finally opened.

…

“That simple?”

“We can start already?”

In the plaza at the secret realm entrance, countless sect disciples watched the slowly opening stone gates, feeling as if they had just awakened from a dream, caught off guard.

They replayed the secret realm rules in their minds, feeling apprehensive and uneasy.

This year’s rules seemed too simple and crude.

Moreover, the fact that there were only three certification tokens was outrageous.

Wouldn’t these thousand disciples fight tooth and nail for them?

Thinking this, countless sect disciples began to feel wary of their fellow sect members. With only three tokens, even teammates who fought side by side in the early stages would eventually turn on each other in Illusion Moon Valley.

At the back of the crowd,

Duan Zixuan coldly observed his teammates, taking a deep breath, already prepared for the bloodshed to come.

Meanwhile,

As the leader of the elite team, Jue Wuqing had already devised his plan—

“I know many of you are already suspicious of your teammates because there are only three tokens.”

“But I, Jue Wuqing, must remind you that in the early and mid-stages of the secret realm, there are still many competitors besides us. According to our original plan, please form hunter teams and eliminate the other competitors first.”

“Once we’ve cleared out the competition, we’ll all head to [Illusion Moon Valley] together.”

“Then, if you wish to fight for the tokens, I, Jue Wuqing, won’t stop you!”

“At the very least, our internal odds of fifty-six people fighting for three tokens are better than hundreds or thousands fighting for them, right?”

“Do you all agree with this plan? Have we reached a consensus on unity and exclusion?”

Jue Wuqing spoke, coldly scanning the crowd.

With aligned interests, even the scheming elite disciples nodded, recalling the plan discussed the previous night, each taking their assigned roles.

According to the plan,

Jue Wuqing’s team consisted of 71 elite disciples.

He divided them into eight evenly matched ‘hunter teams,’ each with eight members.

Once the secret realm opened,

The hunter teams would hunt down lower-level sect disciples in the secret realm’s outskirts, killing and looting to weaken their forces.

Of course, with the Fox Clan Sacred Maiden’s projection technology, the hunter teams couldn’t be too blatant, but ultimately, the secret realm was a place of survival of the fittest, and ‘bumping into’ other sects was fair game.

After all, anyone who had been to a secret realm knew how to ‘bump into’ others without Jue Wuqing’s instruction.

However,

In addition to the eight hunter teams, Jue Wuqing secretly organized a ninth hunter team!

In this team, Jue Wuqing recruited the most powerful cultivators.

Publicly, Jue Wuqing claimed everyone was a hunter, with clear roles, working together to hunt other sects in the early stages.

But privately, Jue Wuqing’s instructions to the team were entirely different.

Once the secret realm opened,

While the eight hunter teams enjoyed hunting in the outskirts, Jue Wuqing would discreetly lead this special elite team on a shortcut, racing to the deepest part of the Cherry Sea Secret Realm to the inheritance site.

According to Jue Wuqing’s plan,

There, they would encounter the guardian deity [Xuanque].

At that point,

Once Jue Wuqing subdued Xuanque, he could kill all the elite team members, including the Taiyuan Saint Son Duan Zixuan, and capture the most powerful chosen ones from each sect.

Then, within a thousand miles of the Cherry Sea Secret Realm, Jue Wuqing would be the sole ruler!

With Xuanque by his side, he could emerge from the secret realm’s depths like a god of death, cleansing the secret realm of all sect disciples, inside and out.

Then…

Would there be any need to fight for the three tokens in Illusion Moon Valley?

Even if the Fox Clan Sacred Maiden left only one token, would Jue Wuqing care? Not at all.

Thinking this,

Jue Wuqing’s lips curled into a cold smile.

He looked at the eager, battle-ready hunters before him, like a group of pawns working for him, oblivious to their fate.

Fools.

They thought being hunters, killing and looting in the secret realm, was a highly profitable and carefree job.

Little did they know…

They were all pawns, buying time for Jue Wuqing.

“Brother Ange, when the secret realm opens, you and your friends should follow my team!”

Jue Wuqing smiled, inviting the white-robed youth.

Having He Ange with him was mainly for Jue Wuqing to control him. Once he subdued Xuanque at the secret realm’s end, he could brainwash He Ange.

Meanwhile,

He Ange, receiving Jue Wuqing’s invitation, was naturally delighted.

He had worried he was too weak and would be assigned to a regular hunter team, wondering how to join Jue Wuqing’s elite team.

Unexpectedly…

Jue Wuqing invited him!

“Thank you, Senior Wuqing, for the opportunity. I won’t let you down.”

The youth bowed respectfully, grateful.

He shook hands with Jue Wuqing, both harboring ulterior motives, their smiles equally enigmatic.

…

The secret realm was officially open.

The sect disciples were all in position, eagerly rushing toward Illusion Moon Valley in the secret realm’s depths.

Outside the secret realm gates, in the classical pavilion, the sect elders watched the illusion projection intently, anxiously anticipating the challenges the sect disciples might face.

However…

Not even half an hour into the secret realm, a sect elder slammed the table in frustration.

“Feathered Transformation Sect! Your disciple Jue Wuqing has gone too far!”

“Heavenly Sword Sect! Look at the ridiculous hunter team your Saint Son has formed!”

“Madness! Absolute madness!”

“Look at these so-called hunters! Do they have any humanity left? They’re treating other sect cultivators like livestock!”

In the pavilion, curses erupted, directed at the prestigious sects.

The reason was simple: the elders had witnessed Jue Wuqing and the Heavenly Sword Sect’s Saint Son Duan Zixuan leading the elite disciples into the secret realm, not aiming for the final challenge in [Illusion Moon Valley], but hunting other cultivators like predators in the outskirts.

The nature of their actions was as vile as that of demonic cultivators.

However,

No matter how much the oppressed minor sect elders cursed, the prestigious sect elders remained unfazed.

Did they care?

Their sects were powerful, and their disciples teaming up to slaughter minor sect cultivators was no issue.

“Elders, the children are merely competing for resources. What’s wrong with that?”

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“Indeed, remember how our sects once waged war over a small spiritual stone mine?”

“It’s just fair competition! No need to make a fuss~”

The prestigious sect elders exchanged smiles, nodding in satisfaction.

Through the screen, whenever they saw a hunter team kill a cultivator, they couldn’t help but smile, feeling a sense of satisfaction.

They downplayed ‘malicious murder’ as ‘resource competition,’ feeling no guilt.

Meanwhile, the minor sect elders, having suffered in silence, dared not confront the prestigious sects, helplessly watching their disciples die or be injured, while the elite hunter teams roamed freely.

At the back of the crowd,

The silver-haired fairy in the golden dragon robe watched the projection intently, her cold eyes focused and serious.

She watched as He Ange and the others, led by Jue Wuqing, quickly delved into the secret realm, taking a shortcut to reach a desolate cherry wood dragon pool.

A moon eye camera flew into the dragon pool’s depths.

Through the broadcast, An Luo Yi could clearly see a massive, terrifying Nascent Soul stage sword dragon residing at the pool’s end.

At the cave entrance,

He Ange and Jue Wuqing’s group began discussing.

An Luo Yi watched intently.

At some point, in the footage, the green-robed girl Xu Xin drew her sword, standing in front of He Ange, furiously pointing at Jue Wuqing and shouting.

For a moment,

The team’s atmosphere was tense.

After a brief silence,

Jue Wuqing stepped forward.

He sneered coldly, snapping his fingers, and all the team members drew their swords, surrounding He Ange and his group like hunters closing in on prey.

“He Ange, this job of drawing aggro…”

“You either do it willingly, or you die now.”

As he finished speaking,

Jue Wuqing deliberately looked up, finding the camera in the sky, giving a sinister smile to the silver-haired fairy watching the broadcast outside the secret realm.

“He Ange, you wouldn’t want your senior sister, watching the broadcast, to see her beloved youth die at the hands of sect cultivators, would you?”

The hawk-eyed youth laughed arrogantly.

At that moment, Jue Wuqing’s true nature was exposed, his lips curling into a crazed grin as he looked at the white-robed youth surrounded by the group.

Even,

The Taiyuan Saint Son from the Heavenly Sword Sect stepped forward, placing his sharp sword on He Ange’s shoulder, filled with murderous intent.

“Useless thing, go draw aggro already!”

“Do you think your Dragon Dynasty celestial servant sister can save you in this Cherry Sea Secret Realm?!”

Duan Zixuan’s lips curled arrogantly.

Crack, crack, crack—!

In the pavilion, the silver-haired fairy’s enchanting eyes grew colder, her fists clenched under her golden sleeves, ice spreading beneath her feet, causing the surrounding elders to retreat, unwilling to stand near the chosen one.

Clang!

The silver sword was drawn, its cry like blood.

At this moment,

The fairy’s dragon eyes seemed broken, dark as an abyss.

“Jue Wuqing, Duan Zixuan…”

“If you dare harm him in the slightest, I’ll cut off the heads of the Feathered Transformation Sect and Heavenly Sword Sect elders and bring them to kill you!”