Chapter 107: Beatings Are a Sign of Affection, Scoldings Are a Sign of Love!

  After reaching the exit on the right side, a door came into view. Everyone exchanged glances with each other, and then Cold-as-Snow pushed open the door, and they all walked in together.

  After entering, everyone found that the location they were in was a secret room. The secret room was empty, with only two transmission arrays in the upper right corner, and it was unknown where they would be transmitted to.

  "Welcome everyone to the first level of the maze." The mechanical voice sounded again in everyone's ears.

  "What are we going to do at the first pass?" The old man couldn't help but ask, but that voice disappeared again, and he was so angry that he couldn't help but curse.

  "What sound?" asked Leng Ruoxue somewhat uncertainly, as if she had heard a rustling sound.

  "Was it the wind?" Feng asked, his voice filled with doubt and uncertainty, for he too had heard it.

  "It's definitely not just the wind!" Leng Qing Tian listened carefully and then said with great certainty.

  "Everyone be on high alert!" Ling Tian reminded.

  As soon as his voice fell, countless black beetles emerged from the ground, each one as big as a millstone. They were all pitch-black, with extremely hard shells, two antennae on their heads, and gray eyes as large as copper bells, which were now greedily staring at them.

  "We've become a delicacy in the eyes of these insects." Lan Ruoxue said, her scalp feeling numb, she hated snakes and insects the most.

  "Xue Er, it seems that if we don't eliminate these insects, we won't be able to leave this place." Leng Ruo said calmly, having already understood the rules of the secret realm. He knew that every time they arrived at a new location, they had to either eliminate or subdue the creatures there in order to depart.

  "Let's get it over with! Quick battle, quick decision!" Leng Ruoxue said to everyone present, and then she was the first to launch an attack.

  "Huh? How can this be?" Cold-as-Snow was puzzled, her fire attribute spiritual power had hit the insects' bodies, but it seemed like she was just tickling them, and didn't leave even a tiny mark on their bodies.

  "Could it be that they're immune to fire attributes?" the old man guessed, if that's really the case, then things would be big, because among them, most are fire attribute spiritual power holders.

  "Feng Zhan said, and directly released his own Nanling Lihuo."

  The extremely high temperature of the Southern Spirit Flame quickly burned to death one-third of the insects, but their shells remained intact and undamaged.

  "What a solid shell! Girl, these insect shells are absolutely the best material for refining armor." Old Man Xiao exclaimed excitedly.

  "Hmm." Cold-as-snow nodded in agreement and immediately summoned more than a dozen phoenixes.

  "Feng Zhan, these annoying insects are handed over to you." Leng Ruo Xue said to Feng Zhan, ordinary flames, these insects are not afraid of.

  "Good." Feng Zhan replied, and directly ordered his clansmen. A few minutes later, all the insects were exterminated, leaving only their hard shells on the ground.

  "Congratulations, you have passed the first level. You will receive 500 points." At this time, that mechanical voice sounded again.

  "What's the use of 500 points?" asked Leng Ruoxue with some confusion.

  "Girl, before you leave the secret realm, you can use these points to exchange for rewards!" The butterfly flew in front of Leng Ruo Xue and explained.

  "What rewards are there?" The old man asked with some curiosity.

  "I don't know either! Anyway, it's all good stuff that you people need." The butterfly fluttered and said faintly.

  "Then there's no reward for this level?" Leng Ruoxue said somewhat discontentedly. She didn't want to work for nothing!

  "Girl, those insect shells are your spoils of war!" The butterfly said cautiously, afraid that the girl would set fire to its body.

  "What's the use of those shells for someone who isn't a shell master?" Lin Liang said with a pretended displeased tone, this spirit of the secret realm was really too petty.

  "Even a master craftsman may not necessarily be able to use it!" The old man hastily agreed, for he did not think that his own flames could surpass the temperature of Huo Feng's Nanling Fire.

  "That's right." Leng Qingtian and the old man also echoed in unison.

  "But you still have points, don't you? Those can be exchanged for things." The butterfly said with some lack of confidence, waa... it had never met such a difficult person before! Who's going to save it?!

  "That also requires a life in exchange! Who knows if one can get out alive!" The Wind Clan's Great Elder said coolly.

  Looking at everyone's dissatisfied appearance, Leng Ruo Xue had already laughed in her heart, haha! Everyone is really too unanimous!

  "Wanting other rewards is not impossible, just defeat the Beetle General." The mechanical voice appeared again.

  "You have to let us know what we can get if we defeat that insect general, then we'll have the motivation!" Leng Ruoxue said to the voice.

  "You can get an additional 10,000 points," the voice said.

  "Not enough, we want physical rewards." Cold as Snow Lion's open mouth said, hum! This voice is probably that Secret Realm Spirit, since it controls the entire secret realm, then its good stuff shouldn't be scarce, who else to rob if not it?

  "Alright, what do you want? No more than ten items." The voice was somewhat gnashed and gritted, the mechanical tone already noticeably trembling, clearly enraged.

  "Green Jue, what shall we order?" Leng Ruoxue immediately sent a message to Green Jue. This little guy was knowledgeable and knew many good things.

  "Sister, in the lower planes' secret realm, there aren't many good things, so let's just take these few!" Qing Jue handed over a list to Leng Ruo Xue.

  "Huh? What's all this?" Ling Ruo Xue had a few cold sweat drops on her forehead, she admitted that she was somewhat ignorant, because among the things Qing Jue told her, she didn't recognize even one.

  "Sister, these few things will be very useful when we go to other realms, and I'm sure they can be taken out." Qing Jue said with a sly smile, looking like a cunning little fox.

  "Uh! Alright then!"

  She cut off the transmission with Qing Jue, then lightly coughed twice, cleared her throat, and spoke: "I want Purple Spirit Grass, Dragon's Gallstone, Thousand Year Green Pearl..."

  Cold as snow, she said ten things in one breath, and every time she said something, her voice seemed to tremble slightly...

  "That's all I need." said Leng Ruoxue to the void.

  "You... you..." The voice stuttered for half a day and still couldn't say a complete sentence, it's clear that he was furious.

  "What? Can't bear to part with it?" asked Leng Ruo Xue with a hint of mockery.

  Apart from that voice being infuriated, the onlookers like Leng Qing Tian were also completely bewildered. Although they didn't understand what Xue Er was saying, since she could make that voice speechless with rage, it should be something good!

  "Alright, as long as you can defeat General Kabuto, I'll give you all the things you want." The voice said, suppressing its anger.

  "We will definitely defeat that big worm." said Leng Ruoxue with full confidence.

  "I'll be waiting with bated breath." As soon as he finished speaking, his voice disappeared.

  "Xue Er, why hasn't that bug come out yet?" Feng Mo Ran couldn't help but ask after waiting for over ten minutes.

  "It's probably because it's too fat, so it climbs a bit slowly, let it be!" said Leng Ruoxue very kindly.

  "You damned humans, you're so fat!" A furious roar came from underground, followed by a violent earthquake. Then, with a loud rumbling sound, an enormous black-golden beetle slowly crawled out of the ground.

  "Divine Beast!" The old man couldn't help but exclaim, never expecting that this insect would be a Divine Beast. Thinking back to those ordinary beetles with their extremely abnormal defenses, he couldn't help but feel a bit depressed.

  "It's just an insect, how can it be a beast? It's just a divine insect." Cold as snow, absolutely beautiful face, all with disdain said.

  "You damned human, how dare you say that I am a divine insect? Let me tell you, I am a divine beast!" General Kabuto bellowed in anger, not only was his voice deafening, but the smell emanating from his large mouth was also overwhelmingly pungent!

  "How smelly!" The crowd hurriedly covered their mouths.

  "What stench? Where is the stench? I, the greatest general in the insect world, am a handsome and elegant being. You humans are just ignorant and uncouth!" The general beetle's face was filled with disdain.

  Everyone present was collectively stunned after hearing General Bug's words...

  What kind of insect is this? Is there such a narcissistic insect? This is the only thought in everyone's mind at this moment.

  "Master, let me take care of this stinky insect!" Bai Xue, who was in the circle, volunteered to go into battle.

  "Hmm! Alright!" Leng Ruo Xue somewhat helplessly summoned Bai Xu.

  Bai Xuguang had just come out, and his cold, emerald-green eyes were glaring fiercely at the insect that called itself "this seat".

  Damn bug, it actually dares to be on an equal footing with it, Bai Xu's hatred in his heart!

  "Stink bug, your opponent is me!" Bai Xu said coldly.

  "Huh? Divine beast? Cat tribe's? Haha!" The giant insect general, seeing the small kitten that was not even as big as one of his legs, couldn't help but burst out laughing.

  "Damn it, open your insect eyes wide and take a good look!" Bai Xue roared with anger. It was clearly a majestic white tiger, but this disgusting little bug dared to say it was a cat!

  "Xue Er! Where did this cat come from?" Leng Qing Tian asked in a low voice. In fact, he had wanted to ask when he found the white kitten yesterday, but unfortunately, he hadn't had the chance.

  "Huh? Grandpa, it..." Lan Ruoyu's forehead was covered with several black lines, she didn't know what to say anymore.

  "Master's grandfather, I'm not a cat." Bai Xue said with a face full of grievance. Humph... That insect didn't know any better, but why did even Master's grandfather think it was a cat? It was clearly so majestic and strong!

  "Huh? Not a cat..." Leng Qing Tian raised an eyebrow, slightly suspicious, sizing up the small creature in front of him that was only the size of a palm. Don't tell him, this little guy is a tiger?!

  "Haha, I told you so! You're a little kitty!" Feng Zhan laughed as he caught Bai Xue in his hand, secretly thinking to himself that this guy was really an idiot for not even realizing he was currently in disguise.

  "Damn bird, let me go!" Bai Xue struggled and twisted her chubby little body, oooh... it was camouflaged!

  "Alright, let go of you." As soon as he finished speaking, Feng Zhan didn't hesitate and directly loosened his grip, and Bai Xu fell from mid-air.

  "Roar!" With a loud tiger's roar, Bai Xu suddenly accelerated his body, and his four limbs landed steadily on the ground.

  "The little kitten has actually grown up? It's indeed a divine beast of the cat tribe!" General Insect couldn't help but exclaim.

  "Damn it, I'm going to kill you!" Bai Xue was thoroughly enraged. What kind of eyes did he have?! When he was in disguise, he said it was a cat, and now that he had transformed back into his true form, he still said it was a cat!

  After finishing speaking, Bai Xu directly pounced towards General Insect...

  Leng Ruoxue and others who were watching the battle from the sidelines all had black lines hanging from their heads, and they couldn't help but sigh in their hearts. This insect was really too naive, and in its eyes, cats and tigers didn't have any difference at all!

  Bai Xue in battle, water-based skills continuously released, hit on the General Bug's body, but, not even a scratch was left...

  But that giant insect was not panicked at all, and it didn't launch any attack. It just fell to the ground and remained motionless no matter how your spiritual power hit it...

  Bai Xue saw that his skills were useless, and he became even angrier. He directly used his claws to scratch, the sharp claws scratched on the hard-as-iron shell of the insect general, but still didn't leave any marks...

  "Kitty, let me help you!" Feng Zhan couldn't bear to watch anymore and spoke up. This insect general's defense was really too abnormal, it was unknown what its shell was made of?

  "Alright, I'll leave it to you." Bai Xue retreated back to Leng Ruo Xue's side, leaving the battlefield to Feng Zhan. He really had no other choice but to give up on this insect, as continuing to fight would only deplete his spiritual energy.

  Feng Zhan was full of confidence, spitting a mouthful of Nanling fire at the giant insect before retreating back to Leng Ruo Xue's side.

  "Kitty, I've got this under control." Feng Zhan said with a hint of provocation.

  "Are you sure?" Bai Xue pointed at the increasingly weak flames on General Bug's body and asked.

  "Of course, how could this be?!" When Feng Zhan's gaze turned back to the large insect again, he suddenly discovered that his Nanling Fire was getting smaller and smaller, and it had only burned for a few minutes before extinguishing... Seeing this, he also became depressed. His invincible Nanling Fire couldn't even defeat an insect...

  "I'll try to see just how thick its shell is!" Leng Ruoxue suddenly said, earlier when Bai Xue attacked it, she had been observing this insect, and roughly had an idea in her mind. This insect's attack should not be high, or perhaps it didn't have any attack at all, but its defense was invincible, even the same divine beast Bai Xue and Feng Zhan couldn't do anything to it. She wondered if her own divine fire would cause harm to this insect?

  "Phoenix Feather!" Cold as Snow shouted, a fiery red, golden light flashing spiritual feather flew towards General Insect, the feather had already merged with her divine fire...

  The General Bug slightly raised his head, with a hint of disdain in his eyes, glanced at the small red feather, and then lowered his head again, clearly not taking that little spark seriously.

  But when that small feather decomposed into countless ones and stuck to its entire body, a piercing pain spread across its skin...

  "Ah!" A pained howl, the General Bug's body began to roll around on the ground non-stop, as the sound grew fainter and fainter, in an instant, the General Bug vanished from the world, but its shell remained.

  Leng Ruo Xue put away her shell and then said to the empty space, "General Jia Chong has already died, hurry up and bring us our reward!"

  "It's yours! You can proceed to the next level!" The mechanical voice said emotionlessly.

  Leng Ruo Xue glanced over and saw the reward that had appeared in front of her. She deliberately counted it carefully before putting it away in her sleeve.

  "You stupid girl, can I still deceive you?" The mechanical voice came into the ears of everyone again, this time with obvious anger.

  "It's hard to say, what if you pass off a fake as genuine?" Cold Snow expressed her distrust.

  "You... hurry up and go to the next level. You must get out of the maze within 4 hours, otherwise, don't even think about getting out." The mechanical voice reminded.

  "After the fact!" Leng Ruoxue complained.

  "Grandpa, let's hurry up and go!" Leng Ruo Xue continued to say to Leng Qing Tian and the others.

  "Alright, let's hurry!" As soon as he heard there was a time limit, he also became somewhat anxious.

  "Which portal should we go through?" asked Leng Ruo Xue, looking at the two portals.

  "Xue Er, you decide!" Leng Ruo Han said calmly.

  Leng Ruo Xue glanced at everyone and directly decided: "The door on the left!"

  Everyone stepped through the portal on the left together, and as the light flashed by, they were transported to another room.

  "What's with another room?" The old man said helplessly.

  Leng Ruo Xue raised her eyes to scan the surroundings, this room was no different from the first one they encountered, except that there was no door, and the only difference was that the door had been replaced by two transmission arrays.

  "Lucky dead girls, you can directly pass the second level!" The mechanical voice with a hint of displeasure was transmitted to everyone's ears.

  "What reward is there for passing this level?" asked Leng Ruoxue, ignoring the displeasure in that voice.

  "It's just points, due to your luck, each of you can get 2000 points." The mechanical voice became emotionless again.

  "Oh."

  "Dead servant, hurry up and go to the next level. The final level has a big prize, and there are already two teams there." The mechanical voice reminded again.

  "What's the big prize?" asked Leng Ruoxue with some curiosity. If it wasn't something that could move her heart, she didn't want to waste her energy.

  "What you want most." The mechanical voice finished speaking and then disappeared again.

  What she wants most? Cold as snow, furrowed her brow in thought, what she wants most now is the Millennium Fire Lotus. However, the fire lotus must grow in a place with dense fire properties or in a volcano. But, according to Butterfly, there is no such place in the secret realm, so she didn't have much hope of finding the fire lotus here either.

  "Xue Er, let's continue on our way!" Leng Qing Tian said, looking at his granddaughter who was lost in thought.

  "Alright, let's go left then!" Leng Ruoxue glanced at the transmission array by the wall.

  After Leng Ruoxue finished speaking, everyone stepped forward together.

  After entering, they were surprised to find that their location was another room.

  And what's more, the layout of the room is exactly the same as before.

  "Lucky dead girls, you can pass directly again, reward 4000 points." The voice disappeared after finishing speaking, and it was no longer the time to ask questions for Leng Ruoxue.

  "Ah, Lass! Look at you scaring it off, this time it actually ran away so quickly!" Old Man Zhao exclaimed excitedly.

  "Ah, it's still on the left." Leng Ruoxue said without hesitation and walked in first.

  The crowd followed closely behind and also went in.

  Here is another secret room, with a layout similar to that of the first level. Moreover, there is also another team of about ten people in the secret room.

  The two teams saw each other and were stunned for a moment, then they stared at each other with wide eyes.

  Her eyes, as cold as snow, measured the opponent. This team had a total of 12 people, with 8 being Spirit Lords and 4 being Peak Spirit Emperors. A team like this in the secret realm was absolutely considered to be a powerful force.

  "Hello, I'm Ming Huan." The other party, a young man who was the first to speak, greeted him proactively with an extremely sincere attitude.

  This man named Ming Huan was in his early twenties, with a handsome face and exceptional temperament, and had the strength of a mid-level Spirit Lord.

  "Cold as snow, they are all my family." Leng Ruoxue said simply.

  "We are from the Lingyun Continent, the Ming family. May I ask where you all are from?" Ming Huan asked with some curiosity. The team in front of him had only ten people, but each person's strength was above theirs, so he had to lower his stance and take the initiative to get along with them. After all, in such a mysterious place, having one more friend is better than having one more enemy.

  "We come from the Liangfeng Continent." Leng Ruoxue said calmly, but in her heart she was thinking, why hasn't that voice appeared yet?

  Suddenly, the transmission array flashed again, and another group of people walked in.

  "Ah Huan! Haha, I didn't expect to run into you here, what a wonderful surprise!" The man said with a smile, his somewhat handsome face full of malice.

  "It's indeed a coincidence." Ming Huan said lightly, his face devoid of any expression.

  "Ming Huan, how about our two teams join forces? Later, the treasure in the maze will be divided equally between us!" The man suggested, ignoring Leng Ruo Xue and others.

  "It's not just us two teams here!" Ming Huan glanced at Leng Ruo Xue and the others, reminding them.

  "What does it matter, our two teams are definitely the strongest, and other teams don't even have the qualifications to compete with us." The man said with extreme confidence, his hands holding a trump card.

  "Let's just get this over with!" Ming Huan said in a cold tone.

  "Miss Leng, this man is called Zhu Feng and is also from Lingyun Continent. However, he's not a good person, so be careful!" Ming Huan transmitted to Leng Ruoxue while dealing with the man.

  "I understand, thank you." Leng Ruoxue replied politely, taking the opportunity to glance at the last team that had entered...

  That team is the largest of their three teams, with 25 people, and Lingzun alone accounts for two-thirds of the entire team. No wonder Zhu Feng is so confident, their team's strength is indeed very strong.

  While waiting, Zhu Feng's eyes were observing everywhere. When his gaze fell on Leng Ruoxue, he was suddenly taken aback, and his eyes widened in surprise. This woman is really beautiful!

  "May I ask for your name, miss?" Zhu Feng thought he was very suave and walked up to Leng Ruo Xue, striking up a conversation.

  She gave a cold glance at the oily-faced, slightly paunchy man with dull eyes and an aura of malice, before opening her mouth with a simple expression: "Grandpa said not to talk to strange men. Men are no good, they just cheat little girls."

  Eh! The old man and others heard Yu Xue's words, their foreheads were all covered with several black lines, thinking, girl! You scolded all the men!

  But Leng Tian was even more indignant in his heart, "Oh my precious granddaughter! How could you wrong your own grandfather like that? When did Grandfather ever say such a thing?"

  "Uh, brother is not a bad person, brother knows your name, can go to your home to propose!" Zhu Feng said with a smile.

  "What's this 'asking for a marriage'? Is that what it is?!" Lan Ruo Xue's clear and beautiful eyes blinked innocently twice, then she raised her hand and slapped Zhu Feng's face with a loud "slap".

  "How dare you, you actually hit our young master, you're really asking for it." Zhu Feng's lackey shouted loudly as he saw the young master being hit by a woman.

  "Wo... The dog next to this pig brother is so fierce!" Leng Ruoxue's beautiful eyes were filled with tears, and she said with a fearful face.

  "Don't be afraid, don't be afraid, they won't bite." Zhu Feng's heart softened as soon as he saw the beauty's tearful and pitiful appearance, and his earlier anger from being slapped was immediately thrown far away.

  "Brother Pig, are you sure? Grandfather said that if we get bitten by a dog, we'll get sick." Ling Ruo Xue's beautiful eyes welled up with tears as she asked uncertainly.

  "Alright, I'm sure, they guarantee not to bite people." Zhu Feng forced a smile and coaxed, but in his heart he was resentful, why did this little beauty's grandfather have so many troubles?

  Next to the cold engine, seeing several old guys beside him, he couldn't help but laugh, and his expression was almost tearful!

  Baby! You wronged Grandpa again! Waaah...

  "Brother Pig, was that slap just now enjoyable? I've heard people say that beating is intimacy and scolding is love." Leng Ruoxue said with a light smile, her absolutely beautiful smile making the world lose its color.

  "Happy, happy!" Zhu Feng was enchanted by that stunning smile and lost his bearings. At this moment, he only thought about winning the beauty's favor and didn't care about anything else.

  "Does that pig brother want to be happier?" Cold Yuxue's beautiful face was full of mysterious meaning, and the murderous intent in her eyes flashed by.

  "Think? Of course I think." Zhu Feng started daydreaming, was this beauty going to throw herself into his arms? This was really great.

  "You guys express my feelings to Brother Pig for me!" Leng Ruoxue released five silver wolves and said with a smile.

  "Master, we will definitely make him understand your intentions." Yin Yi guaranteed, hum! Daring to defy the master's idea, really doesn't know how to write the word "death".

  "Beauty, what are you doing?" Zhu Feng asked in surprise and dismay.

  "A beating is a sign of affection, and scolding is a form of love!" said Leng Ruoxue with a sweet smile.

  As soon as she finished speaking, the five silver wolves pounced on Zhu Feng and pinned him to the ground. Their huge, sharp claws began to scratch his body fiercely...

  "Ah!" The shrill cry instantly reached the ears of everyone present.

  "Master!" Zhu Feng's subordinate saw the situation and hurried forward to rescue him.

  "Didn't you hear what our master said? 'Beating is intimacy, scolding is love'?" Feng Zhan blocked the way in front of the Zhu family members and said coldly.

  Digression

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