Reincarnated as a Mosquito, I Sucked the Reborn Empress to Tears

At least, operating in the outermost area of the Secret Realm would no longer lead to similar situations.

Currently, Jing University’s exploration of Secret Realm Zero was limited to only a small section of its outermost area.

And now, a brand new topic was on the table at Jing University’s highest council meeting.

Should the first batch of slots to enter the Secret Realm be opened to students?

...

Jing University, the supreme conference room.

The atmosphere was somewhat somber.

Seated on both sides of the long table were the true core leaders of Jing University. Every single one of them was a major figure who could make the entire Kyoto educational world tremble with a stomp of their foot.

"I object!"

A gray-haired, venerable-looking old professor was the first to speak, his tone resolute.

"The dangers of Secret Realm Zero are plain for all to see! Even a King Realm instructor ended up in that state after entering! To rashly let students in before the situation is fully understood is utterly irresponsible! This is toying with the futures of our university’s most outstanding children!"

His words immediately drew agreement from some of the others.

Safety always comes first.

However, on the other side, a much younger-looking professor with a sharper aura slammed his hand on the table and shot to his feet.

"Irresponsible? Elder Wang, it’s precisely because Jing University has been too responsible, too cautious, that we’ve been pushed around step by step to where we are today!"

He scanned the room, his voice filled with suppressed fury.

"Everyone saw what happened at the Meridian Gate a few days ago! The Ten Great Clans are practically shitting on our heads! When has Jing University ever suffered such an indignity!"

"Why? Isn’t it because we’ve had a gap in our high-end combat power in recent years? Isn’t it because the students we’ve nurtured have become more and more complacent with each generation?"

"We can’t just keep waiting! We can’t always wait for the Secret Realm to be one hundred percent safe before we let our students in! You can’t grow a towering tree in a greenhouse! Only by going through true life-and-death trials can they truly grow and uphold the future name of Jing University!"

His speech was passionate and resonant.

The conference room fell into a brief silence.

Finally, Sun Deming, who was seated at the head of the table, slowly let out a breath and made the final decision.

"Open it."

He looked at everyone and said, word by word.

"The first batch will have ten slots."

...

Once the news was announced, the entire Jing University erupted.

"Holy shit! For real? Secret Realm Zero is opening to us? That’s a Demigod-level Secret Realm!"

"We’re gonna be rich! If we can get in, even a random blade of grass we pick up might be a Heavenly and Earthly Treasure!"

"An opportunity! This is a heaven-sent opportunity!"

Countless students were incomparably excited the moment they heard the news.

Demigod-level Secret Realm. These four words were simply too alluring for them.

But soon, rumors about the Secret Realm’s dangers also began to circulate among the students.

"Don’t get too excited. I heard this Secret Realm is seriously messed up. A King Realm instructor went in before, and when he came out, he’d lost his mind—couldn’t even remember who he was!"

"I heard that too! Apparently, it can cause amnesia! That’s terrifying. If you even forget your Cultivation Method, wouldn’t you become useless?"

For a time, excitement and elation were replaced by worry and fear.

But the path of the Martial Dao has always been a struggle against the heavens and the earth, filled with risk.

For a true Martial Artist, risk often also means opportunity.

Therefore, despite the danger, the number of people vying for those ten slots was still an endless tide.

And this time, the selection method for the slots was also simple and brutal.

A credit point competition.

Whoever bid the most credit points would get in.

Jing University’s credit points were extremely difficult to obtain and were a true hard currency.

In an instant, the Credit Hall became the liveliest place in all of Jing University.

"Who do you think will get the ten slots in the end?"

"Is there even a question? Sister Gu is guaranteed one! She was awarded five million credit points for winning the global Martial Dao tournament. Who can compete with that?"

"There’s also Senior Shen Yixuan and Senior Luo Qingyu. They’ve accumulated a lot of credit points too, so they should be able to rank."

Just as everyone was chattering amongst themselves, the doors to the Credit Hall were pushed open, and a figure walked in nonchalantly.

The newcomer was none other than Qin Wudao.

The moment he appeared, the surrounding chatter instantly died down.

Many students shot him glances mixed with hostility.

After all, the Qin Family was also one of the Ten Great Clans. Although they hadn’t taken a clear side in the Meridian Gate Incident, that status alone was enough to make the students of Jing University resent him.

Qin Wudao, however, paid no mind to the surrounding gazes. He walked straight to the registration window and spoke calmly.

"Registering for Secret Realm Zero."

As he spoke, he swiped his student card.

A string of numbers flashed on the screen.

One hundred thousand credit points!

HISS...

The surrounding students all sucked in a sharp breath.

This Qin Wudao... without anyone noticing, he had actually saved up so many credit points.

It seemed he was determined to secure a slot.

Following him, more people came to register one after another, but their credit points were mostly in the thousands, or just over ten thousand. The gap between them and Qin Wudao was obvious.

Just then, a graceful figure appeared once again at the entrance of the Credit Hall.

Gu Yuexi had arrived.

She said nothing, walked directly to the window, and swiped her card.

Five million!

The glaring number was enough to make everyone present feel suffocated.

Having done this, Gu Yuexi turned and drifted away, without a single wasted word from start to finish.

But just as she reached the doorway, about to step outside, her footsteps came to an abrupt halt.

Her gaze fell upon another figure walking toward her.

It was a young man dressed in plain cloth, his face obscured by a large hood.

The two of them crossed paths at the entrance.

In the instant they brushed past each other.

Gu Yuexi’s body, without any warning, suddenly tensed up!

An extreme, indescribable sense of danger instantly enveloped her entire being!

The feeling was very strange.

It didn’t stem from the strength of his Cultivation. Instead, it was a more fundamental crisis, one that seemed to originate from some higher dimension, something she couldn’t comprehend or put into words!

She had only ever experienced this feeling from one other being.

And that was Chu Sheng.

But Chu Sheng hadn’t given her a sense of crisis... This person before her, however, made the hairs on her body stand on end.

She subconsciously turned back, glancing at the figure who had already walked into the Credit Hall. Her beautiful brows furrowed slightly.

’In her past life, and in this one, she had never encountered such a being!’

In the end, however, she didn’t ask anything and simply turned and left.