The Corruption Dragon God: Lust System Chapter 809 - Senseless decision

The Cosmic Void Sect remained at peace.

Well… almost at peace.

Recently, the sect leader—with the unanimous support of all the elders, without a single exception, including even those who belonged to factions opposed to the sect leader—announced a change that no one could understand:

Only one person and their guardian could use the secret realm at a time.

The moment the decision was announced, a wave of shock and outrage swept through the entire sect.

The reason was simple.

Entering the secret realm after someone else meant that the one who came first would have a total and absolute guarantee of reaping all the best rewards the place had to offer.

The first to set foot in the secret realm would be bathed in absurd riches, while those who followed would receive less and less, leaving practically nothing for the last in line.

The disciples' revolt was immediate, but… what could they do?

It wasn't the kind of decision where they could pressure the elders, because they were all in complete agreement. Not a single one dared to question it.

They also declared that those who participated last in the second phase of the secret realm would be duly rewarded, making it very clear that this change would apply only to that specific year.

With that in mind, the disciples were finally able to relax.

Still, the moment Qingyi stepped off his ship, he was met by a barrage of stares. Some were filled with pure envy, others with a touch of barely concealed hostility.

He returned each one with a mixture of coldness and genuine confusion.

What on earth could he have done to anger that whole crowd?

"Big Brother Qingyi… is everything okay?" Rou'er asked, her eyes flickering slightly as she huddled closer to him.

She was clearly uncomfortable with all the hostility surrounding them.

"Yes." Qingyi nodded, his gaze hardening for an instant. "Just a bunch of vermin who don't know their place."

Qingyi released a single strand of his bloodline, and that was all it took.

The air around them seemed to vibrate for a brief moment.

The weakest collapsed to the ground, passing out instantly.

The mediocre ones spat blood from their mouths, staggering backward as their legs gave way.

As for the strongest, their vision darkened as an immense pressure crushed their bodies from the inside out, bones creaking under the invisible weight.

It was as if they had locked eyes with a stellar sovereign, not a young man of their own generation.

Even the absolute geniuses suffered under that crushing weight.

Qingyi maintained the pressure for just two seconds and then, with a gentle smile spreading across his lips, released it completely.

Finally, the disciples of the Cosmic Void Sect were able to breathe freely again, their faces pale and brimming with sheer terror.

No one dared to cast a single glance in their direction, which drew a bright smile from Rou'er's lips.

"Ah… aren't you being a little too ruthless?" Xue Hua asked, furrowing her brow slightly.

"Nah, he's being just as ruthless as he should be. Yunxi likes it!" Bai Yunxi chimed in beside her, a huge, radiant smile lighting up her face.

In her view, ruthless men were damn hot, especially when the reason for that ruthlessness was to protect a woman.

Xue Hua didn't press the issue further.

Even though she belonged to the Cosmic Void Sect, she didn't care much about the disciples around her.

She was just surprised by how casually Qingyi had injured so many of them.

After all, what really mattered was that Rou'er was no longer anxious.

Unlike her and Yunxi, Rou'er was much more sensitive, and even with her cultivation, she was still extremely fragile.

The three women continued to follow Qingyi side by side.

Rouxi should also have been among them, but for the sake of her child's development, she preferred to remain, for the time being, within the mind realm, where she enjoyed an absurdly higher density of Qi, ensuring a much healthier development for the fetus.

Qingyi kept walking for a few more moments until, finally, he spotted a familiar face.

It was the monk Fa Yun, accompanied by the beauty who had been by his side during the first phase of the secret realm.

The moment Fa Yun noticed Qingyi approaching, he raised his hand, waving enthusiastically at him.

"Big Brother Qingyi, how nice to see you here! You were almost late, hahaha!" Fa Yun roared with laughter, his face beaming with pure joy.

"Uh? Late for what? Isn't the Secret Realm still going to take a while to start?"

"Oh… you don't know yet?" Fa Yun raised his eyebrows, surprised. "There's been a change to the Secret Realm, and the opening date has also been changed. It's starting tomorrow!" He said, motioning for Qingyi to walk beside him.

"The entry order has also been changed," the beauty beside Fa Yun remarked, her voice soft and melodious.

"Now, instead of everyone entering at the same time, only one person and their guardian will enter. In your case, it's you, Rou'er, and Xue Hua, since you're the guardian of both of them.

The fact that the sect leader gave you the top spot has also caused quite a stir."

"Me?" Qingyi's face filled with confusion for a brief moment.

He understood that he had Xue Hua by his side, and she was an important disciple to the sect, but… at the end of the day, this was a patriarchal world.

A marriage between them would indeed unite the two sects, but Xue Hua would cease to be a disciple of the Cosmic Void Sect and, in practice, become Qingyi's wife. Bound to him.

Because of this, that decision didn't make any sense to him at all.

What would be the point of handing over such a precious position—one capable of generating such great wealth—to people who didn't even belong to the same sect as them?

Qingyi couldn't understand that line of reasoning, but he also knew he didn't exactly have time to investigate.

Night had already fallen over the Cosmic Void Sect, and the secret realm would open first thing in the morning.