Chapter 44: The Boss Was Exhausted Last Night, So What's Wrong With Sleeping a While During the Day?

"Before everyone's eyes, this is the academy's Secret Realm Tower."

Led by Xue Bingning, the group arrived near a tall tower in the academy, where many students were already gathered at the base.

"Every freshman has one opportunity to open the Secret Realm for free shortly after enrollment."

"However, after this one time, everyone will have to pay for themselves if they want to enter again."

Luo Shuiyan and the others arrived in front of the tower, and the group looked up toward the front.

They saw that the tall tower before them was made of a strange, pitch-black material, and under the sunlight, it even gave off a metallic luster.

Just by looking at its exterior, one could feel a sense of mystery and weight.

At this moment, around the high tower, students from the eight classes of the first-year key classes and ordinary classes had already gathered.

The students from the key classes had arrived first, and after seeing the people from Ordinary Class Three arrive, they immediately became incredibly arrogant.

These key class students all had extremely haughty expressions, their eyes filled with disdain as they looked at the ordinary class students.

In the eyes of these key class students, there was an insurmountable gap between them and the ordinary classes.

At this moment, they wanted to flaunt their high status and that ridiculous sense of superiority.

"Look, Yi Zimeng and the others are here!"

The outstanding appearances of Yi Zimeng and the others had long since made them a beautiful sight in the academy.

Now that the group had just walked closer, they immediately attracted the attention of many people present.

"And there's that Luo Shuiyan; school has been in session for so long, and she has finally managed to arrive at the academy."

"Heh, I thought she intended to be a coward for the rest of her life, hiding in her apartment and never daring to come out!"

"Who told her to be so ignorant of the heights of the world, actually rejecting the recruitment of all the noble families in Xi'an Ancient City, really thinking of herself as some peerless genius!"

"She just got lucky and reached first place on the leaderboard, she thinks too highly of herself; now that she has offended the dignity of those noble families, she can only blame her own lack of brains for being targeted!"

"Pah! Look at her, even at a time like this, she's still there acting all high and mighty!"

"So what if she once took first place on the leaderboard? Isn't she still just using this self-destructive way to impotently vent the dissatisfaction in her heart?"

Seeing Luo Shuiyan walk over, these key class students immediately chattered incessantly.

They had no grudges against Luo Shuiyan, but human jealousy is truly terrifying.

After the assessment, Luo Shuiyan did not give the noble families face, so she was targeted and sent to an ordinary class.

This made these key class students, who had once been suppressed by Luo Shuiyan, feel incredibly excited, as if they had let out a bad breath.

Deep down, they did not think there was anything wrong with the academy sanctioning its own talented students due to external reasons; instead, they were all gloating.

Seeing that the former first place on the leaderboard was now only in an ordinary class, these key class students were delighted.

Some even sneered, thinking she had skipped classes repeatedly out of fear of retaliation.

"Tsk tsk tsk, it's a pity for her talent; it's truly a waste of natural gifts."

"That in her arms must be her Contracted Spirit Beast; it's truly lazy to the extreme, even at a time like this, it's still sleeping!"

Luo Shuiyan did not take the chattering noise around her to heart.

Having once cultivated to the level of Empress, what kind of rumors and gossip had she not experienced?

In Luo Shuiyan's view, these were completely trivial matters.

As for Jiang Che, he did not care at all and was still fast asleep.

Xue Bingning also noticed the unkind gazes from the students of the key classes, and she immediately glared back fiercely.

"Listen up, although this Secret Realm has been developed by the academy for many years and does not hold great danger, every year a small number of freshmen still unfortunately lose their lives! Remember, no matter what treasure it is, in the face of opportunity, your life comes first!"

"I hope you can all return safely from the Secret Realm!"

Xue Bingning's expression was somewhat grave; in the past, disciples often overestimated themselves during trials and fell.

He did not want the class he led to repeat these accidents.

Xue Bingning gathered the students of the first-year Ordinary Class Three together, but after thinking it over, she still felt uneasy.

"Luo Shuiyan, you have been in your apartment all this time, never stepping out of your door."

"Your teammates must have told you about the situation regarding the Secret Realm, right?"

"Yes, they have already told me," Luo Shuiyan nodded and said.

Hearing Luo Shuiyan's crisp and decisive words, Lin Xueer and the others were all hesitant to speak for a moment.

They hadn't said anything of the sort; it was entirely because they were directed by Luo Shuiyan yesterday that they went to the Secret Realm to start preparations.

Secret Realms are basically existences left over from ancient times.

Many Secret Realms are gradually buried or even disappear under the ravages of time.

But there are also some that reappear as time passes, subsequently being controlled by later generations.

The Secret Realm that Luo Shuiyan and the others were preparing to enter this time was precisely the safest type controlled by Tianque Academy.

The Magic Beasts distributed in this Secret Realm are generally only below level thirty.

Those Magic Beasts above level twenty are all in the depths of this Secret Realm.

Therefore, if students only train on the periphery, there will basically be no danger.

Of course, if students are very confident in their own strength, they can naturally choose to go deep into the Secret Realm, but this increases the danger a bit.

After all, every batch of freshmen at this stage is basically only at the level of Intermediate Beastmaster.

Encountering one third-rank Magic Beast might be manageable through team cooperation, but if there are many third-rank Magic Beasts, they will fall into danger.

"Entering the Secret Realm is to let you improve your combat experience; I hope you will not kill each other inside..."

"The Secret Realm will close after fifteen days; I hope you can all crush your Teleportation Talisman before that time..."

An academy elder stepped forward and said in a deep voice.

Because this Secret Realm space has existed for a long time, and it has been subject to Investigation by the academy's powerful figures many times before, the Secret Realm space is somewhat unstable.

If more powerful people continue to enter, this Secret Realm might not be able to withstand it and will completely dissipate.

Therefore, for the past hundred years, only freshmen have been allowed to enter for training.

Very soon, the freshmen of the first year entered the black tower one after another, passing through the first layer of the blue barrier before entering the Secret Realm.

Upon entering the barrier, a wave of spatial fluctuation immediately arrived, and everyone felt a sense of lightheadedness and dizziness.

As for this kind of Space Power, Luo Shuiyan was very familiar with it, so she did not feel the slightest discomfort.

"Xiaobai, stop sleeping; we have already arrived at the Secret Realm."

Luo Shuiyan looked at Jiang Che, who was fast asleep in her arms, and reached out to pat him gently.

"The boss must be tired after cultivating bitterly all night, so what is wrong with him resting for a while!"

Seeing this, Little Tiger immediately bared its fangs and brandished its claws at Luo Shuiyan.

(End of this chapter)