Chapter 64

"First, second, third, as each pattern was logically connected, Mei Xue could hear the pleasant and clear sounds between heaven and earth."

"That was not a sound any instrument could produce, but a profound and distant voice that pointed directly to the heart. Each time it sounded, it would restore some of Mei Xue's mental energy and deepen her understanding of the rules of the world."

"However, at the same time, the patterns on the stone slab on the terrace became more profound and complex. The invisible patterns that had only appeared once before began to appear continuously, finally reaching a level of complexity that Mei Xue could not decipher, forcing her to stop."

"She couldn't continue; the intersecting patterns were like a complex and vast maze, with more than one invisible pattern, making the task of connecting them almost impossible."

"Mei Xue knew that this 'Great Path Connection' game would get increasingly difficult, but she didn't expect it to become so incredibly challenging from the second half of the second level."

"In her vague memory, the self who fought in Qing Xu had unlocked all the levels of 'Great Path Connection' and had already claimed the final rewards in advance. Looking back now, this achievement was truly earth-shattering."

"Was her future self that strong? Although it was just a fleeting glimpse, Mei Xue did indeed see the landscape after completely breaking through 'Great Path Connection,' a view of the world from a position of supreme power, like a ruler standing above all."

"So, let's try again." Rubbing her temples, which were already a bit sore, and restoring her depleted mental energy, Mei Xue began to charge towards the second level of 'Great Path Connection' once more.

"The patterns on the stone slab began to recombine and switch, presenting Mei Xue with an infinitely vast network of the world's veins."

"......"

"In the forest at the entrance to Qing Xu, Xiao Liu looked in surprise at a red-eyed little rabbit that had come to her, quickly opening the letter in the rabbit's mouth."

"The letter contained a treasure bead and a piece of paper, on which neat handwriting expressed the gratitude of the letter's owner to Xiao Liu:"

"The world has changed, and we will re-enter the world of the seas and mountains. Thank you for your sacrifice for our secret realm race. This Divine Dream Pearl is the gift you deserve—Divine Dream."

"Xiao Liu held the blue-green bead in her hand, feeling the unique laws and usage methods of the secret realm. This was a super magical bead that sealed several supreme physical techniques. Once unsealed, it would release a power that could destroy everything within a thousand miles and simultaneously teleport the user to the deepest part of a secret realm."

"The bead was personally made by a witch with the highest prestige in the secret realm race, known as the 'Princess Divine Dream,' a great demon. According to legend, she existed in the same era as the first immortal and was an immortal god, the only one who could connect all the secret realm passages in the seas and mountains."

"In the hearts of all secret realm races, she was the closest to a god, the messenger of the gods, the uncrowned queen of the 108,000 secret realm races, and the maker of the boundary-breaking bead. She was a world-class powerhouse who had once participated in the battle to seal the Nine Abyss Seeds."

"Her true name was long forgotten, as she lived in a secret realm that no one could find an entrance to in the seas and mountains. There was an ancient shrine in the secret realm called 'Divine Dream.' So, at some point, she became known as 'Princess Divine Dream,' a legendary great demon revered by the secret realm races from the bottom of their hearts."

"Thank you, Your Highness." Xiao Liu carefully hung the Divine Dream bead next to her crystal hair ornament. The hair ornament, representing Xiao Xiang, automatically attracted the bead to the center of the ornament, making it a part of the ornament.

"This was a bead personally made by Princess Divine Dream, a trump card that could protect her life. With this, she could go to the human world without any worries."

"Mei Xue, I'm coming." With the courage to break through all obstacles, Xiao Liu began to advance towards the human world."

"......"

"Can't do it anymore!" Mei Xue fell onto the bed, her mental energy completely drained, almost losing the ability to think.

"She had underestimated the difficulty of the final level of the second stage, attempting to force her way through three times, only to end up in complete defeat and suffering a significant mental injury."

"Originally, failing in this 'Great Path Connection' game came with a punishment, and a severe one at that."

"Attempting to force the completion of patterns beyond her ability would inevitably result in a significant mental shock. After three consecutive attempts to break through the final level, Mei Xue's vision went black, and she only woke up after a long time had passed."

"This was the warning from the stone slab on the terrace, showing her the consequences of overestimating her abilities and forcing her way through the limits. Although Mei Xue had always treated the act of connecting the patterns as a game, it was clearly just her one-sided view. In reality, it was an extremely difficult cultivation method."

"Even the failure of the second level had such a result, and if it were a higher level, Mei Xue couldn't even imagine the severity of the consequences."

"However, even so, she had to continue, as this was the path she had chosen, the path she must walk to become stronger."

"Let's call it a day for today..." After experiencing the exhaustion of her mental energy, Mei Xue knew that she couldn't continue the 'Great Path Connection' cultivation today no matter what.

"The stone slab on the terrace automatically hid the incomplete patterns, as if to remind Mei Xue of the importance of balancing work and rest and acting within her limits."

"Thank you." Mei Xue had unconsciously come to regard the stone slab that had accompanied her from the terrace mountain as a friend.

"Although this friend could neither speak nor show expressions, it had always been by her side and had always extended a helping hand at critical moments, guiding her like a teacher."

"The reward she had obtained from traversing the terrace mountain was more precious and mysterious than she had imagined."

"Closing her eyes, Mei Xue thought of nothing, just took deep breaths, and began to count from one to ten, then from ten to one, calming her mind and entering a meditative state."

"This was one of the entry points for all immortal techniques, a meditation method used by both the Buddhist and immortal schools, best for restoring mental energy."

"After repeating the count from one to ten and ten to one several times, Mei Xue opened her eyes, having recovered a bit of her vital energy."

"This amount of vital energy was not enough to attempt the 'Great Path Connection' levels again, but it was sufficient for daily activities. Mei Xue planned to go out, buy some things, and prepare for the upcoming entrance exam of the Azure Dragon Academy."

"The registration for the Azure Dragon Academy was simple; one only needed to fill in their origin, name, and a brief resume, and there was no requirement to reveal one's race. The academy's principle, 'teaching without discrimination, all methods leading to one,' was established because the Azure Dragon, one of the four sacred beasts, was also a disciple of the immortals and ranked first among the twelve terrestrial immortals."

"To express gratitude to the nameless immortal who had taught the techniques of immortality to all races in the seas and mountains, the four sacred beasts, also disciples of the immortals, established the four major immortal schools in the four seas after the immortal ascended to heaven, teaching various immortal techniques and powers in the manner closest to the original teachings."

"Among the four sacred beasts, the Azure Dragon had the broadest mind and the widest range of immortal techniques and powers, once being hailed as the life form closest to immortality. Unfortunately, the Azure Dragon ultimately failed to take the final step and fell in the Azure Dragon Mountains, its body transforming into the supreme dragon vein, protecting the ancient mountains and the Azure Dragon Immortal School it had founded, which is now the Azure Dragon Academy."

"However, although registration was easy, the entrance exam was the key. Every year, tens of thousands of aspiring immortal practitioners from all directions of the seas and mountains came to the Azure Dragon Academy, but only the most outstanding few could pass the exam."

"Talent, strength, and even a bit of luck were all necessary. The entrance exam of the Azure Dragon Academy was different every year, but one thing never changed—its terrifying difficulty."

"In the entrance exam of the Azure Dragon Academy, no one had any privileges. This principle, established by the sacred beast Azure Dragon when founding the academy, had never changed."

"Mei Xue was confident in her current abilities, but this did not mean she would slack off. Not all participants in the entrance exam were newcomers; since the Azure Dragon Academy did not limit the age of applicants, some had already taken the exam three, four, or even more times."

"Although most people, after several failures, realized their potential was limited and could not enter the Azure Dragon Academy, they returned home to start families and place their hopes on their descendants, a few never gave up and truly created miracles."

"In the history of the Azure Dragon Academy, the oldest human applicant was an eighty-year-old man who had failed the entrance exam for sixty consecutive years."

"However, this man, who had become a laughingstock, later became a legend at the Azure Dragon Academy. He eventually became the dean of the academy, creating a world-class immortal technique called 'Dragon Roar' and becoming a grandmaster of immortal techniques in the seas and mountains."

"After hearing this story, Mei Xue had an extraordinary respect for the old man and was even more determined to enter the Azure Dragon Academy."

"However, determination is one thing, and the pressing issue Mei Xue faced now was—she had no money."

"This was no joke. Originally, Mei Xue's assets in the terrace mountain were just above the subsistence level. Due to her 999 failed love affairs, she had almost never saved any money, always impulsively buying or making gifts for the girls she liked."

"The cost of the sea voyage to the Azure Dragon Mountains was paid for by selling all her assets in the terrace mountain. After arriving in the Azure Dragon Mountains, she found that the cost of living here was more than ten times higher than in the terrace mountain, even the rent for this ordinary and remote courtyard made her feel financially strained."

"So, if she didn't go out to earn some money today, she would have to sleep in the wilderness tomorrow. Although there were no dangerous monsters in the wilderness of the Azure Dragon Mountains, Mei Xue did not want to sleep on the ground and under the sky. For mobile users, please visit http://m.piaotia.net

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