Chapter 20: Xiao Fen Breaks Through

  As my soul energy recovered more or less, a voice rang out "Rest time is over, the third level begins."

  As soon as I came up, I hadn't even stabilized yet, and my body felt out of control again, constantly falling downwards. Was this the sky? Except for the light blue background and floating clouds, if the previous level was barely manageable, then wasn't this level completely hopeless? It seemed like it still wasn't over, a 10-meter-tall bird-like demonic beast appeared. I could only desperately dodge, my body unable to balance, and my bone flute couldn't even hit its mark, just wasting spiritual energy. The demonic beast seemed impatient, spitting out a stream of flames from its mouth. Seeing that I couldn't dodge in time, I hastily shouted "Defend, Golden Thread Robe", but it was still too slow. In an instant, the sleeve on my right arm was burned off, and the muscles on my entire right arm turned blood red. A soul body doesn't have blood, but the flame's temperature was extremely high, and my right arm felt like it was about to dissolve.

  "In desperation, I could only summon Xiaofen."

  Xiao Fen appeared and immediately launched a zero-level attack, but the monster's body had an iron armor-like protective layer outside, Xiao Fen's attack didn't work at all. The monster was furious, spewing flames from its mouth towards Xiao Fen. Xiao Fen dodged with difficulty, but was still hit, as it was an insect-type monster and fire was its natural enemy. Sure enough, Xiao Fen plummeted downwards, surrounded by a layer of flames. I even heard the "sizzling" sound.

  "No!" I concentrated my soul energy on the lower part of my body, accelerating my descent. I had to catch Little Pink. At such a great distance, even if the demon beast wouldn't die, it would still be severely injured.

  As I was about to approach the little pink thing, a strange thing happened. The flame turned even redder and disappeared in an instant. A 5-meter-long butterfly appeared in the air, its whole body was pink, but upon closer inspection, there were red flower patterns on its wings.

  "Master, didn't I say I'm very strong? Hehe." Is that Xiaofen? She's transformed. It can be seen that Xiaofen is also excited.

  "Look at me, golden threads entwined." A string of golden threads spewed out from Xiaofen's mouth, wrapping around the demon beast's body. The massive body struggled to break free but couldn't escape the golden threads.

  "Master, come on up." Xiaofen supported me with her body, and I finally felt steady again. Sitting on Xiaofen's body, I felt very stable and not uncomfortable at all.

  Only in the gap of that cluster of golden threads, flames kept emerging, and the golden threads did not melt instantly, only a few were cut off by the fire.

  "Master, now is the time! Launch the attack!"

  "The Wings of Wind" sounded again, the fierce gusts blew that big mass to the edge of the sky until it disappeared. Finally, I and Xiaofen also landed.

  "Xiao Fen, have you already reached level one?" Looking at the pink Life Stone on her forehead, my voice couldn't help but tremble with it being so young, this was simply too fast.

  "Yes, master, I must thank you again. The power within you is very strong. I feel that my body has undergone a great change, and even my first-level attack has mutated because of it. Originally, I was a mutant, but now my skills have also mutated. Just the first-level Golden Silk Entanglement alone can bind anyone who is not three levels higher than me, and ordinary flames and water are ineffective against it." As soon as she finished speaking, Little Pink suddenly transformed back into her caterpillar form.

  "What's wrong?" Hasn't it become a butterfly yet?

  "Not yet, this is forced evolution, my power has not reached its peak, after level three, I can truly become an adult body. If it wasn't for what happened earlier, you would have failed long ago. Now I need to recover properly, probably need to sleep for a while, and when I wake up, everything will be fine." Xiaofen said as she disappeared.

  "Thank you, Xiaofen," I said softly.

  "Third level cleared. Congratulations on passing the first layer of testing, smooth clearance. First level reward 10 points, second level reward 10 points, third level reward 10 points, one-time clearance reward 10 points. Current total score: 40 points."

  Before I could react, I arrived at a passageway. As soon as I came out, a refined-looking male ghost walked towards me.

  "Congratulations on completing the test, Miss Xi Meng. Please follow me this way." He said and walked towards a door. When he reached the door, he stopped and respectfully said: "Please wait for a moment."

  He knocked twice on the door and said, "Your Highness, Miss Xi Meng has arrived."

  "Come in." I could tell it was Gingetsu-senpai's voice. The male oni nodded slightly and left, and I pushed open the door and went inside.

  This is a hall with elegant decorations, and Yin Yue and Ye Gui are sitting on the sofa. I walk towards them.

  "Sit down, Xi Meng." Yin Yue pointed to the sofa across from him, and I also sat down without hesitation.

  "Not as easy as you thought, huh?" Yin Yue said, looking at me.

  "Uh, it's quite difficult, the first level was already dangerous, fortunately, I barely passed with luck." As I said this, I couldn't help but laugh, if not for Pure Sound, I think I would have failed several times.

  "It's very difficult, but the final gain will be huge. After all, it's not easy to achieve a dream come true. Which level have you reached?" Huh? Didn't I just say I've already cleared the game?

  "I've already cleared it." Must be going deaf or something.

  "Hmm...huh? You said you cleared it?" Yin Yue looked at me in astonishment, even the normally quiet Gui Xue Sheng sitting next to us trembled slightly. Although it's not easy to clear, is it that amazing?

  "Have you passed? Is there anything wrong, senior?"

  "Haha, Wild Ghost, I think we both lost. I still remember that I used two tries to pass the level, and it seems like you did too." Silver Moon sighed and leaned back on the sofa.

  "I was also lucky, I... that one." I originally wanted to say that although I'm a new student, I started practicing in the mortal world and my level is already different from others, plus the Pure Sound. But I couldn't say it.

  "Alright, no need for explanations, results speak louder than words. You now have 40 points, right?" Yin Yue said.

  "What's the use of those points?"

  "The first level is 10 points per pass, and a one-time reward of 10 points for passing. Like me and Ye Gui, if you use two or more attempts, there's no extra 10-point reward. The second level is 20 points per pass, with an additional 20-point reward for passing once, and so on. There are five levels in total. If you fail, you won't lose any points, and you can retake the test from where you failed next time. Ye Gui and I just passed the third level after many attempts, and it gets harder as you progress. As far as I know, only a few Mingzun have been able to pass all five levels, so passing one level in one attempt is already quite impressive." Yin Yue smiled faintly.

  "What's the use of those points?" I still don't know what the points can be used for.

  "Before leaving the Dream Capital, there will be a list of items that can be exchanged for points. Those are all precious treasures, so points are very important. If you don't have enough or don't want something, you can choose to keep it and continue next time. There's also an arena here where you can exchange points through duels. If you lose, you'll give all your points to the opponent, but of course, participating in a duel is voluntary." Silver Moon glanced at Wild Ghost when she mentioned the arena, thinking he should have many points.

  "Oh, I see, thank you senior."

  "It's not that simple, Xi Meng. When you're not in the fantasy realm, try to stay in your resting room as much as possible. There are too many temptations here, and if you're not careful, you might lose all your points or even suffer a severe injury to your soul. That's all I have to say to you, remember my words."

  "Alright, I remember." I really appreciate Yin Yue, many times he could have ignored me. In my opinion, he's not as cold as the rumors say.

  "Senior, I'll take a rest first." After finishing speaking, I stood up and walked to the door. I couldn't help but turn my head and say: "Xin Yue senior, you're quite different from what I've heard, pretty good." I opened the door and smiled as I left...

  Yin Yue sat on the sofa, momentarily stunned, with a hint of a smile in her eyes.

  "It's been so long since I've known you, and yet you still have a lot to say." The cold voice of the wild ghost echoed.

  "Alright, are you jealous that I didn't praise you?" Yin Yue smiled as she looked at Ye Gui.

  "Too lazy to bother with you." The wild ghost also stood up.

  If there's anyone here who knows these two, it must be unbelievable - when did Gin and Kaito become so close? And they seem to know each other pretty well too.