That seemed to be a female dragon from the South Sea.
At this moment, she looked somewhat disheveled, covered entirely in seaweed.
She glared fiercely, her eyes menacingly fixed in Si Qing's direction.
Qi Yu looked at the calm Si Qing, feeling puzzled. "Is she your enemy? Or is it just my imagination, but this woman seems to be staring at you the whole time."
To be precise, she was glaring.
"Yes, we do have a grudge. This woman is called Pei Sanniang. I kicked her off the boat earlier," Si Qing said, as casually as if discussing what they had for dinner last night.
Qi Yu was taken aback, feeling bewildered. "Why did you kick her into the sea?"
There was no reason at all.
"She provoked me," Si Qing said, tilting her chin. "Sister, she insulted me, calling me a pretty boy who only relies on women."
Qi Yu's expression instantly turned grim.
She knew that using spiritual power at this moment would expose the entire secret realm to everyone, and the secret that only she could freely use her power. Therefore, she didn't make a move. Instead, she walked step by step in the direction where Pei Sanniang was standing.
Pei Sanniang, not far away, exclaimed, "? I didn't, don't talk nonsense!"
Qi Yu narrowed her eyes at Pei Sanniang, stretching her wrists and asking in a tone devoid of emotion, "Was it you who spoke ill of my brother?"
Pei Sanniang retreated, shouting that she hadn't. Just as she was about to explain further, before her words could be uttered, Qi Yu slapped her to the ground.
Pei Sanniang attempted to retaliate.
But Qi Yu immediately delivered another slap.
After a few slaps, Pei Sanniang had no choice but to adopt a defensive posture to avoid further blows.
Qi Yu straddled her, slapping and scratching her fiercely.
Once she had her fill, Qi Yu snorted coldly, withdrew her hands, and dragged Si Qing away in another direction. As they walked, she said, "I'll let her off for now. But if this Pei Sanniang dares to come back later, I will absolutely act on behalf of heaven... No, I am heaven now, so I will definitely deal with her for you!"
Qi Yu wore an expression of defending justice.
Si Qing grunted, tugging at Qi Yu's sleeve. "Sister, you're so good."
Qi Yu placed her hands on her hips.
Chen Xi, standing behind them, watched the conversation between the siblings with a complicated expression. After a long pause, he finally couldn't help but turn to Yan Hua and sigh softly, "What kind of demons and monsters are these siblings?"
Can't Qi Yu see Si Qing's strength?
Qi Yu actually went to avenge Si Qing without a second thought.
"...Well, girls are generally fiercer," Yan Hua's focus wasn't on that. "Look at Si Qing, he directly kicked Pei Sanniang off the boat earlier."
That move was so decisive and clean, not even an extra kick.
"...Yan Hua, is that the point right now? The point is, Si Qing is pretending to be weak in front of Qi Yu!" Chen Xi said with disdain.
Yan Hua chuckled and looked at Chen Xi. "Haven't you done something similar before? Why are you acting so shocked?"
Chen Xi thought about it carefully and realized he had indeed done something similar, so he turned back speechlessly, squatted on the ground, and found a relatively empty stretch of beach to start digging a hole.
Si Qing and Qi Yu walked further in. Along the way, many cultivators who were traveling with them were grumbling and complaining loudly.
As they complained, they secretly glanced at Qi Yu and Si Qing out of the corner of their eyes. Seeing them walking forward, they quickly and subtly followed.
Qi Yu naturally sensed the footsteps of those secretly trailing behind them.
However, she didn't really care.
If they wanted to follow, let them. They themselves had no destination anyway.
Qi Yu thought this in her heart and continued to walk forward aimlessly.
After walking a considerable distance, the people following behind seemed to realize that Qi Yu and Si Qing were walking aimlessly without a specific target, so they also stopped following.
Qi Yu looked around.
Confirming that the group of trackers behind them had mostly dispersed, with only a few stragglers still following, she then quickened her pace and swiftly entered the dense jungle, shaking them all off.
Si Qing slammed his hand hard onto the ground, and a transparent barrier instantly enveloped their surroundings.
"Sister, done," Si Qing said, looking at Qi Yu.
Qi Yu nodded, clasped her hands together, palms facing each other, and quickly formed a hand seal.
In an instant, the sky of the secret realm rumbled.
Waves of intense light blinded Si Qing.
When the bright light subsided, Si Qing looked up again. What met his eyes were Feng Mingqi, Yue Zhiyin, and others, who should have been on other islands.
Yue Zhiyin was originally contemplating how to accumulate gold coins next. In the blink of an eye, he found himself in a different location, his expression somewhat dazed.
Sui You also looked around in confusion. After about the time it takes to drink a cup of tea, he gradually realized that his sudden relocation must have been done by Qi Yu.
"We're here, we're here," Qi Yu waved at them. Seeing that they had all arrived, she awkwardly explained, "I suddenly learned the rules of the secret realm's game. I thought that if everyone was scattered, it would be detrimental to leaving together, so I called you all here."
Yue Zhiyin nodded. "I also know about the secret realm's game rules. I was originally struggling with how to earn so many gold coins. Now that we're together, it's safer. How many gold coins do you all need to accumulate? I have 19 days remaining, but I need to accumulate twenty thousand gold coins."
Feng Mingqi walked over with a headache. "I need fifteen thousand."
Feng Yunzui and Feng Sixian exchanged glances and said in unison, "My (sister/sister) and I need to accumulate twenty thousand."
Ming Lou scratched his head. "I need to accumulate five thousand."
The remaining Qi Nian, Chi Ming, Qi Yan, and Wang Lanqing, Chi Shangming, and others all needed to accumulate ten thousand.
Little Changge stood on tiptoe and held up the small牌 she was holding.
Qi Yu felt that such a small thing couldn't possibly have a condition of accumulating gold coins, but she casually picked it up to glance at it.
But she didn't know until she looked. The moment she looked, she was shocked. This little fellow actually had a requirement of one million gold coins.
Qi Yu took a deep breath, her heart nearly stopping.
Si Qing felt Qi Yu's reaction was a bit strange and instinctively looked over. After looking, he was also full of shock.
"Holy crap, one million gold coins?"
Hearing Si Qing's exclamation, the others turned their heads and crowded around.
Little Changge tilted her small head, looking at the wooden牌 in her hand with confusion, not understanding what the adults were so shocked about.
Si Qing twitched his lips.
Qi Yu held her forehead.
Sui You was completely flustered. "What were the rules of this secret realm again? Let me go read them again. Why does this little thing require a million gold coins?"
If Qi Yu hadn't been with them, they would have basically been able to find a way to stay in the secret realm permanently.