My best friend asked me if I was still doing system tasks.

Xian Ge advised Luo Hanying to think twice: "Righteousness is formed by the accumulation of justice and morality over time. Conversely, if justice and morality are not stored within it, it will also be weakened and powerless."

This kind of spirit arises from within a person, embodying justice and morality; it cannot be obtained through hypocrisy or by merely proclaiming justice and morality.

Do you think you can do it?

If you really want to become a Confucian scholar, to be honest, you're not suited to the Shiren Sect. You should go to the academies where Confucian scholars reside.

Furthermore, you must understand that unless you possess exceptionally positive energy and are capable of sacrificing yourself for the sake of all living beings, your cultivation will be extremely difficult.

Luo Hanying raised her chin: "Look at what you're saying. I stopped the war between good and evil for the sake of all living beings."

Important figures are either Daoist masters, evil masters, or demonic masters; I'm willing to risk my life to investigate them. Aren't I sacrificing myself for righteousness?

Unlike Ruan Chayan's parents, who were both business elites, Luo Hanying's mother was a calligrapher and traditional Chinese painter, and her father was a soldier. She thought to herself that she could never let her parents down.

String Song indicated that it wasn't it cultivating, and that Luo Hanying could make her own decision. It immediately recommended a "53 Beginner" scholar's gift pack to Luo Hanying.

"The secret realm has opened." Xuan Ge's expression was solemn. "Because your frequent advancements attracted a heavenly tribulation, the Invitation Fragrance Secret Realm has opened ahead of schedule."

As the stringed instrument's voice faded, Ruan Chayan's tribulation also came to an end, and the tribulation clouds gradually dissipated.

Luo Hanying disregarded everything else; while applying speed-enhancing talismans to herself, she asked, "How is she?! How is Ruan Chayan now?!"

"Jingyao Shrew! Come quickly! Let's go back to find your master!" Luo Hanying shouted, and Jingyao Shrew immediately leaped up and jumped into Luo Hanying's arms. The two of them ran back together.

"It doesn't look good, but they've successfully advanced to the Nascent Soul Realm."

With keen eyes and ears, Xian Ge noticed that Zhou Shuxiang and the others had received a telepathic message from their fellow disciples. They didn't waste time checking on Ruan Chayan during their retreat and had already left on their swords.

Ruan Chayan is in mortal danger; you must go back quickly and treat her injuries.

The wooden house and courtyard were reduced to ashes by lightning, leaving no trace of anyone having ever stayed there for a long time.

Ruan Chayan lay unconscious in the scorched earthen pit.

Luo Hanying took out the Lesser Rejuvenation Pill and put it into Ruan Chayan's mouth, then manipulated her spiritual energy to make her sit cross-legged.

Although their spiritual roots are different, the cultivation methods they practice are from the same school, so Luo Hanying can also transfer spiritual energy to them to refine the medicinal properties.

Ruan Chayan recovered quickly, opening her eyes in less than fifteen minutes and looking full of energy.

Seeing Ruan Chayan acting as if nothing had happened, Luo Hanying started to sob. She complained, "You're not allowed to make decisions on your own like this anymore!"

Do you know how scared I was when Xiange told me that Zhou Shuxiang and the others were watching over me the whole time?!

Why do you insist on forming your nascent soul?! What if something goes wrong?!

Ruan Chayan was unusually flustered. She explained guiltily that she was afraid Jing Yaoshou would not be able to complete this important task, and that she was confident that she could successfully overcome the tribulation.

"Pah! You have no confidence whatsoever!" Luo Hanying cursed. "If you hadn't survived, what would you have to talk back about!"

Thank goodness God knew we were here to help, otherwise you wouldn't have survived being struck by lightning!

Luo Hanying informed Ruan Chayan that the Incense Secret Realm had opened ahead of schedule, which was why the group of people had retreated in a hurry.

The two crawled out of the charred pit, exchanging information while casting a dust-removing spell.

Luo Hanying took out her own robes and made Ruan Chayan put them on, saying that she must buy more clothes in the future, because at this rate of consumption, there simply won't be enough to wear.

They chose a direction and walked aimlessly, discussing their next steps.

Jingyao Shrew followed closely behind the two of them, remaining vigilant at all times so as to warn Ruan Chayan if any danger was detected.

Although its little brain couldn't quite understand what they were saying, it learned that many more humans were going to enter the secret realm and disturb their lives.

Now that it has an owner, it no longer needs to hide from human cultivators.

“I don’t know where they come from,” Ruan Chayan said thoughtfully. “Zhou Mingqin said they’ve been here for nine years, meaning they came in when the secret realm opened last time.”

"Xiange said they have a teleportation array, does that mean they can freely enter and exit the secret realm?"

Luo Hanying offered her opinion: "It's also possible that the teleportation array can only be used when the secret realm is activated?"

Otherwise, cultivators could simply build a teleportation array in the secret realm and use it, wouldn't everyone be able to come in whenever they wanted?

What kind of secret place is this? It's become a park.

“You’re right,” Ruan Chayan said. “So many people have deliberately stayed in the secret realm for nine years, killing anyone they see. To put it bluntly, they must have some secrets they can’t let others know.”

Luo Hanying and Ruan Chayan exchanged a glance. She smiled wryly and said, "Sister, you don't mean you want to find out what they're doing in the secret realm, do you?"

This has nothing to do with us, there's no need for us to cause trouble..."

[Ding—] A notification sound rang in their minds, and they paused in their steps.

The next second, a cold, mechanical announcement came: "[The second phase of the main quest is now being assigned: Investigate the actions of Zhou Shuxiang and others in the Yaoxiang Secret Realm.]"

Task period: 30 days.

Task Reward: 500 points.

Penalty for mission failure: 5% deduction from main quest progress.

Ruan Chayan & Luo Hanying: ...

Ruan Chayan: ["I'm sorry, I shouldn't have been so curious. I haven't read enough novels; I actually courted death."]

Luo Hanying: "[I'm a little curious about the current progress of the main quest.]"

The two looked at the leisurely stringed instrument.

String Song received double the attention and looked quite innocent: "No, why are you all looking at me? I didn't assign the mission entirely by myself, so you two can't blame me if you want to."

Besides, the fact that you were able to trigger the mission means you're on the right track.

After communicating with the Sun God of the Taiheng Realm and the Taiyin God of the Taiyin Realm, the three gods established a spacetime monitoring bureau in the Taiheng Realm and created a spacetime mission pool.

The task pool gathers problems of all sizes that arise from various timelines, categorizes and solves them, improves the efficiency of the gods, and promptly resolves issues that cannot be handled independently by each timeline.

He also ordered the gods Chenghe and Daiji to develop a system to assist the gods who accepted the missions in completing them.

After six rounds of evolution, it evolved into selecting suitable races and individuals in different time periods to complete various tasks.

The tasks assigned to the taskers by the system are, to some extent, derived from the requirements of the Heavenly Dao and the Realm Gods.

The Way of Heaven cannot violate its own rules of operation, and the Gods of the Realm cannot directly intervene in the evolution of the world. They can only correct the inappropriate development of the world through the mission takers.

Ordinary hosts, unless they become permanent mission takers of the Spacetime Monitoring Bureau, have no chance to know these things. So no matter how Ruan Chayan and Luo Hanying inquired, they could only get Xiange's impatient silence.