Everyone ascended, but I didn't get on board

Chapter 13 Return to the Institute
"Master, Master, although the research institute's data is incomplete, we do have information on Blue Star's next research direction." The system's small ball of light twisted its body and spoke as if to make amends.

“What’s the next research direction?”

The next step in Ascension research will be the second research institute established on Blue Star. The system explained, "There should be new data and achievements in cultivation there that can help further improve."

"I'm already at the Divine Transformation stage, can I still improve?" Isn't the Divine Transformation the ceiling of strength on this continent? There are no Divine Transformation cultivators in the entire Xuantian Sect. She thought she could walk sideways a long time ago.

"Of course, you can. The Spiritual Transformation Realm is only the result of the first stage of research, and can only be considered a starting point. After all, this level of cultivation cannot lead to Ascension." The system's light ball flickered, and then, after thinking of something, added, "For Blue Star's learning progress, the Spiritual Transformation Realm is equivalent to... graduating from elementary school!"

"..."

primary school?!!!
It turns out that after all this effort, she is still just a poor kid who graduated from elementary school.

So when your cultivation level was tested, how shocked were you?
ヽ(#`Д)┌┛〃

[Master, my profile contains the coordinates of the second research base. Do you want to start the location search now?]

"Start it!" The sooner you upgrade, the sooner you can ascend.

[Ding! Location search in progress, destination: Second Research Base!]

【进度：10%……40%……67%……88%……99%】

[Ding! Search error! Search error! Unable to identify the destination! Unable to identify the destination!]

What the hell? Where are the coordinates?

"Dog system, are you sure you are authentic?"

[Mmmmm... Master, I don't know what's going on. My search range is limited for some reason, and the distance is locked within 38572 kilometers, so I can't locate the research base.]

Over 30,000 kilometers?! That's quite a large range, almost as large as two blue planets. Is the next research base that far away?

"You've been targeted?" Qiu Ci was stunned.

[No, the entire map is locked. Someone must have set up a powerful barrier that's affecting my positioning.]

"Is there any way to resolve this?"

[This...maybe you need to find the exact location of the barrier first, so I can analyze it.]

Where can I find this?

"You really are a pirated system."

【嘤嘤嘤……】

Qiu Ci shook his head. It seemed that the next base would not be so easy to find. In fact, the secret research base established by Blue Star was not so easy to find. The Xuantian Sect was right above the base, but no one had discovered it for all these years, right?

So being able to find it so quickly was a blessing. Anyway, she now has the ability to protect herself, so she can just look for it slowly from now on.

After calming down, she couldn't help but think of the intermittent words when the main brain self-destructed. It was obvious that it had something to confess, but it was unable to say it because of insufficient energy and the self-destruction program had already been activated.

But it should be something related to Blue Star. Unfortunately, there is no information in the data received by the system. If I want to know the specific situation, it seems I have to go back to the forbidden area to take a look.

She had now reached the Divine Transformation stage, and having digested the training package provided by the main brain, she was confident she could move freely within the Xuantian Sect. So, she didn't use the system to guide her, but instead directly cast a spell to become invisible.

Suddenly, the whole person began to become transparent, and in a moment the figure completely disappeared. Qiu Ci tightened his hands in curiosity, and found that the so-called invisibility technique was just to cover the body with spiritual energy, which blocked the aura around the body and at the same time could be dissolved into the surrounding environment to form a perspective effect, but it did not really disappear.

She did not stop, but with a thought, she flew towards the forbidden ruins.

Compared to the quietness of her last visit, the ruins of the now-collapsed forbidden area were now guarded by numerous disciples, practically surrounding the entire area. Numerous restrictions had been placed at the entrance. Unfortunately, these were useless to Qiu Ci. She flew directly in without alerting anyone, closing her eyes and releasing her spiritual sense to sweep over the ruins. In an instant, everything in the ruins appeared in her mind, like a 3D model.

There was no trace left of the original research institute. The main brain had completely self-destructed, and all the equipment had turned to ashes. Not to mention the large instruments she had seen, not even a brick was left.

She scanned back and forth with her spiritual sense many times, but found nothing left. When she was about to give up, she detected a light green flash on the right.

Huh? What's that?
She raised her hand, and the light green instantly flew into her palm. It was cold and had a familiar scent.

Upon closer inspection, she saw that it was fan-shaped, light green in color, but streaked with pale golden lines. It looked very much like the color of the strengthening pool she had bathed in. This was actually...

A scale?!

But what could such a large scale be? And why did it appear in the research institute? The key is that it didn't disappear with the self-destruct program.

"who?!"

Just as he was thinking about it, he suddenly heard a shout from behind him, followed by a surge of spiritual power coming straight at him.

Looking back, she saw a giant dragon condensed by spiritual energy roaring towards her. Qiu Ci was shocked. She didn't expect that someone here could actually notice her. Almost subconsciously, she raised her hand and swung out a spiritual power.

With a loud bang, a figure was knocked out from the giant dragon, fell heavily to the ground, and spurted out a mouthful of blood.

A closer look revealed a man in white disciple's uniform, now stained with blood. He looked to be in his twenties, with a handsome face, eyes like cold stars, and a hint of blood at the corners of his mouth. He possessed a kind of battle-worn beauty, especially the cinnabar dot between his eyebrows, which was particularly eye-catching. His cultivation level was not high, probably at the Foundation Establishment stage. He held a long sword, which shone with a chill, and cracks appeared on it. It seemed that both he and the sword had been seriously injured.

Qiu Ci felt inexplicably guilty.

Uh……

Is it that serious?

How could a casual attack of mine be so powerful? !
As a good young man with five virtues and four beauties, Qiu Ci almost subconsciously took a few steps closer and wanted to help, "Uh, I'm sorry..."

Before she could finish her words, the young disciple turned the sword in his hand, suddenly stood up and stabbed at her again.

Qiu Ci was startled and dodged the sword by turning sideways. He raised his hand and grabbed the sword reflexively. It was a completely subconscious action. When he realized it was a sword, it was too late. He thought he would be scratched, but the next moment he only heard a few crackling sounds.

With one grab, the sword body, which was originally emitting cold air, was completely broken into pieces like a piece of tofu being pinched.

A stream of pure spiritual power spread out, and the young disciple vomited blood again as if he had suffered a huge impact, and most of the spiritual power in his body dissipated.

A few words suddenly popped up in Qiu Ci’s mind - the natal sword is backlashing!

Ah this...

His hand trembled and he immediately let go.

The man was clearly unable to stand up, but he became even more furious, gritting his teeth and shouting, "Who the hell are you? How can you be so capable of hiding your head and showing your tail?!"

Qiu Ci then remembered that she had become invisible and the other party could not see her at all.

Then... I'll just yo-yo.

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Seeing that the commotion here had alarmed the other guarding disciples, a lot of auras were coming towards this side, and even the aura of Nascent Soul could be felt among them.

She didn't want to get into a conflict with them, so she decided to slip away first and turned around and flew away immediately.

(End of this chapter)