A Red Name Monster Suddenly Appeared Inside the Sect?! (Please Vote! Please Keep Reading! Please Recommend!)

Noon.

Su Ling'er dragged her exhausted self over to turn in yet another task for the day.

Her face was pale, her eyes bloodshot, and even as she walked, her body swayed slightly.

She had also used up most of her Spiritual Power.

"Senior... Senior Disciple Brother..."

"Junior Sister really can't... keep going today. I really... can't hold on any longer."

Lin Qingfeng stood not far away, watching her look like she'd rather die on the spot than keep working.

He glanced at the Contribution Points on the sect panel. They were more or less in line with his expectations for the day, so he nodded.

How could she look like this when she'd only worked until noon?!

She'd only been working for a few days, yet she already looked like someone who'd been working for a year.

Sigh.

Lazy!

Utterly lazy!

It was a shame. Having only one usable NPC in the sect was a real disadvantage!

But he couldn't let her ruin tomorrow's "Golden Autumn Harvest Festival." That was when they could earn double Contribution Points!

He should take a break too and recharge for tomorrow's event!

He walked over, the same gentle smile on his face.

"Junior Sister, thanks for all your effort. That's enough for today. Head back and get some rest."

"The path of cultivation requires a balance between exertion and relaxation. Don't overwork yourself and damage your foundation."

"Th... thank you for your consideration, Senior Disciple Brother."

Su Ling'er looked as though a great burden had been lifted from her shoulders, then turned and headed toward the thatched hut.

As she passed the other disciples, she made a point of looking completely worn out.

After watching his junior sister leave, Senior Disciple Brother returned to his cave abode and logged off to recharge.

Thatched hut.

The door closed softly.

Now was the time.

She needed to take stock of what she'd gathered, select the information she would use to request help, and apply for extraction and a rendezvous.

She walked over to the pile of moldy straw and waved her hand.

A clatter rang out as several things spilled onto the floor, casting a captivating glow in the dim hut.

Four hundred and seventy-two low-grade spirit stones.

More than six hundred low-grade Spiritual Grasses of various kinds.

A few low-grade magical artifacts she'd bought at the marketplace, as well as the introductory cultivation techniques that had been poured directly into her mind.

That was everything she'd obtained over the past few days by completing sect tasks and trading her available resources.

It was also the means by which she could escape this place, and her hope of returning to Qing Xu Temple and achieving Foundation Establishment.

Everything was ready.

She reached deep into her robes and took out a mysterious jade slip.

It was a specially made message jade slip, personally given to her by the Sect Master before she left.

The Demonic Sect was the strangest place she'd ever encountered, with a foundation far deeper than she could have imagined.

And she absolutely couldn't reveal all the information she had. If she lost all her value, she'd surely be abandoned!

Su Ling'er gathered Spiritual Power at her fingertip and channeled it into the jade slip.

Following the secret method the Sect Master had taught her, she guided her Spiritual Power along the jade slip's runes in a precise pattern, trying to unlock and activate the messaging array within.

As long as the Spiritual Power followed the correct path and passed through the designated points, it would trigger the array patterns inside.

The jade slip glowed faintly, giving off a soft light. An extremely concealed strand of divine sense was activated, trying to extend beyond the sect, in the direction of Qing Xu Temple...

Then it stopped.

It was as though it had struck an invisible wall. The divine sense was forcibly bounced back.

There was nothing. No response, no connection.

It was as if this entire world had been completely cut off.

What was going on?

She'd try again!

Unwilling to give up, Su Ling'er channeled her Spiritual Power once more. The jade slip lit up, and the divine sense collided with that invisible barrier again.

Once, twice, three times... ten times...

The result was always the same.

The Sect Master's gift was way too shoddy!

Su Ling'er grew discouraged, grumbling to herself,

It must have been blocked by the Demonic Sect's mountain-protecting array!

Sect Master, oh, Sect Master...

You gave me something this low-quality. How am I supposed to send a message back?

The message jade slip was cut off from the outside world.

At this moment, she too was like an isolated island, trapped inside this Demon Den.

It seemed she could only...

Her hand brushed over her storage pouch, then finally stopped at a hidden space on the inside of her belt.

Something was concealed there.

It was the last resort the Sect Master had mentioned, to be used if the message jade slip failed.

The Gu worm that required her vital blood to activate—and had to be sent out within fourteen hours for the message to get through.

Spirit Contract Insect...

She sat cross-legged, with the small, ancient bronze Gu worm shaped like a bell in front of her.

She opened it. A black bug no bigger than a sesame seed lay quietly at the bottom.

This was the Spirit Contract Insect.

And, for now, it was her only hope of sending information.

She drew her newly acquired short-bladed magical artifact across her fingertip. Its edge was cold.

Without hesitation, a bright red drop of blood welled up from her finger, round and full.

She brought the drop of vital blood to the insect's mouth.

Its feelers twitched slightly, then it quickly sucked up the drop.

A subtle yet unmistakable connection formed in Su Ling'er's sea of consciousness.

It was a strange sensation. She could "see" through the little insect's eyes and sense its instinct to survive.

She couldn't hear the sounds around it, but this should be enough.

The Sect Master had said that if the message jade slip didn't work, she should use the Spirit Contract Insect to send a message.

She closed her eyes and let her consciousness sink into the thread of connection, beginning to imprint some of Gui Xi Sect's information onto it.

The message wasn't too long or too short, but it would be enough to whet the Qing Xu Temple Sect Master's appetite and get him to help her return to the Righteous Path.

She slowly opened her eyes and looked at the Spirit Contract Insect, which had grown restless.

Go. Carry the hopes of Qing Xu Temple, and my hopes too.

A small black insect crawled out through the thatched hut's window.

It squeezed through a crack, then leapt into the vast night sky with a beat of its wings.

"Bzz..."

Its form was instantly swallowed up by the wind and the rustling of plants.

Through the thread of bloodline connection, Su Ling'er could clearly "see" the insect's flight path.

It flew low, weaving through waist-high grass and shrubs, completely inconspicuous.

It crossed the wasteland and flew out of the sect's inner grounds.

No one looked up. No one noticed.

It was so tiny, so utterly insignificant.

As long as it flew beyond the mountain gate and broke through the formations around the peak... it would be able to find its own way to Qing Xu Temple.

So what if this was the Demonic Sect?

You wouldn't pay any attention to an ordinary little bug, would you?

Hundred Herbs Valley.

Shen Nong squatted on the ground, bored out of his mind as he prodded a new Spiritual Grass he'd named "Strange and Wonderful Flower" with a twig.

"Ooh, resilience +1, growth speed +1. You're pretty easy to please."

He muttered, just about to try a different way of "bonding" with the Spiritual Grass.

"Hm?"

He glanced at the sect's minimap.

What was going on?!

A bright red dot had suddenly appeared on the sect map, and it was moving fast!

Why had a Red Name Monster suddenly spawned inside the sect?!