This Is Not the Female Demon Lord I Remembered
Chapter 160: [Secret Realm Key of Gumei Yuezhan]

Chapter 160: Chapter 160: [Secret Realm Key of Gumei Yuezhan]

"To put it simply, the traces of your imitation are too strong, and you haven’t managed to capture the original’s essence."

The Shameless·Big Bluffer·Yi Mode activated!

He knows nothing about Secret Realm Keys, but although he’s clueless, that doesn’t stop him from cheating!

It’s displayed clear as day on the system panel; anyone who isn’t blind can see it.

The situation here is different from that of Antique Street, where most items contain Mana.

For example, replicating a famously golden-quality Demon Sword, even though it’s an imitation, it still has Mana and can be considered a half Magical Treasure. It’s not uncommon for some skilled ones to replicate a purple-quality item.

If the player’s level isn’t high enough, all they see is "???".

But what about this guy? The Secret Realm Keys he replicated are all rated as white-quality by the system.

No matter the Secret Realm, even the smallest Key should start at purple-quality.

"How can this be so?" asked the man in the green robe seriously, with a hint of curiosity in his tone.

"You see that disc in your arms? Now compare it with your so-called proud creation. Notice anything?" Liang Yi guided him gently.

The man in the green robe held the disc in his left hand and his own creation in his right, frowning and scrutinizing both.

"It seems... the imitation is too heavy-handed, and indeed my creation lacks a certain charm."

Su Youyi looked at the stall owner with a face full of pity: Silly child, you’re being hoodwinked by your senior brother and you don’t even realize it.

"Mhm, not bad, you’re teachable, that’s exactly the feeling we want."

He casually took the disc from the other’s left hand and Liang Yi tossed it straight into his backpack.

"What you’re missing is the very essence I’m talking about. Learn and practice more, and once you can imitate that essence, you can graduate from apprenticeship."

"Is that so?" pondered the green-robed stall owner, as if he had an epiphany.

"Alright, I gave you what you wanted, and I’ve got what I needed. As they say, paths may cross again, goodbye!"

Without waiting for the stall owner, who was still immersed in thought, Liang Yi bid him farewell and quickly took his junior sister away.

"Senior brother, were you fooling that person just now?"

After they walked away, Su Youyi curiously asked her senior brother, who was inspecting the Secret Realm Key in his hands.

"Of course, I’ve never worked in that line of business, so naturally I was fooling him," Liang Yi said matter-of-factly. "But it’s not entirely so, the reason why Secret Realm Keys are recognized by the Secret Realm is because the realm imprints its unique essence on the Keys. And what that person imitated, were all empty shells without substance."

A Secret Realm, in a sense, is a mini-world, each with its own unique imprint. Without the Key, the world remains locked. Only by using the Key can outsiders enter and leave.

The reason Liang Yi took such pains is because of the Secret Realm Key now in his hands.

[Gumei Yuezhan Secret Realm Key]: Golden Quality, the key to the grand Gumei Yuezhan Secret Realm, one can enter upon finding the realm’s entrance.

There are two types of Secret Realm formations: natural formations, where the realm’s size and resources are up to fate, with the lowest of lows and the highest of highs.

The other type is the condensation of Cave Heaven Blessed Lands from sects in the previous two destroyed epochs. Generally speaking, even the worst yield from such realms isn’t too shabby, containing ancient Cultivation Techniques and shocking secret treasures. However, danger lurks within the realms, and one might even encounter remnants of the past epoch’s powerful beings.

The moment Liang Yi saw the counterfeit Secret Realm Key, he recognized it, for that object had, in a previous life, ended up in his own hands.

His only golden skill was used for self-destruction, and he had picked it up from this secret realm. However, his gains are nothing compared to the remaining treasures within the realm!

So he wanted to bluff the owner to see if he had the real deal or just this one fake item; he wouldn’t lose anything regardless.

The reason why the vendor had the original but couldn’t recognize it is that divine artifacts are naturally obscure, their brilliance concealed; ordinary people simply couldn’t identify them.

Golden secret realms are generally explored by super guilds organizing large groups of people. However, Liang Yi, being very stubborn, coupled with his superior gaming skills and distrust of others, went into the secret realm alone after completing a series of tasks and finding the entrance.

It was as if Liang Yi was playing a large-scale multiplayer raid by himself, and the outcome is predictable.

Under the condition of ensuring survival, Liang Yi overcame countless difficulties to get a tiny bit of reward, which was that useless golden skill. He was almost infuriated to death when he got out.

He was too embarrassed to boast about descending from a golden secret realm instance unscathed. He couldn’t afford to lose face like that.

Liang Yi estimated that his exploration of the secret realm barely reached one percent.

Later, after entering one or two more times, he realized that it was not feasible to go alone, so he simply sold the coordinates of the secret realm to a super guild for an extremely high price.

This guild was the one that took on the task of forging the Golden Immortal Sword, and it is said that one of the most critical core materials for the sword’s creation came from this secret realm, otherwise the final quality of the Immortal Sword might not have reached golden quality.

"Ding! Congratulations on triggering the consecutive task [Gumei Yuezhan Secret Realm]!"

Normally, obtaining the Secret Realm Key requires starting a series of tasks to obtain the coordinates of the secret realm.

Daka, koutu waru!

Liang Yi, having already done this long and tedious task in his previous life, could skip the process and go straight to the end! The coordinates of the secret realm are now etched in his memory. Sorry, having cheats allows for such wilfulness!

"However, there’s no rush for this."

Without the Secret Realm Key, knowing the entrance to the secret realm is useless, so Liang Yi is not worried about someone beating him to it.

Secondly, his strength doesn’t seem to be quite sufficient. In his past life, he entered the secret realm at level 38 and managed to get past the simplest part. But later on, that guild discussed with him that they couldn’t clear the secret realm, and even the guild leader, at level 67 with a bunch of expensively bought magical treasures, didn’t make it through and they were stuck.

Therefore, according to Liang Yi’s estimation, in this life, he should wait until level 44 and then take He Zhiqing and Ke Mengzhan with him; he estimates that they might be able to clear it then. Liang Yi trusts the character of He Zhiqing and Ke Mengzhan as much as he trusts Purple Crystal Ore.

Although players have too many uncertainties, they are indeed useful as tools, and Bai Xiaomo and others could also be brought along, the perfect candidates for scouting and springing traps.

Throwing the Secret Realm Key into the backpack, it’s not needed for now. This item was already part of his plan to fetch later, but he didn’t expect to come across it so soon.

The full Luck value really isn’t for show; just for this alone, this trip was not in vain.

The two walked and turned, having passed the outer perimeter of the circular town, coming to the center of the town.

"Senior Brother, look over there." Su Youyi suddenly tugged on Liang Yi’s sleeve, pointing somewhat distressingly at a platform surrounded by people.

About two meters high, the circular steel pillar made of Refined Steel was surrounded by a railing engraved with runes, and within was a small girl! And there were more than ten such stands behind!

"Servant?"

Liang Yi looked calmly at the plainly dressed, timid-looking skinny girl.

The Mystic Mechanism World does not have a slavery system, which is sternly prohibited by all the forces led by the eight super forces. However, as long as there is a demand, there will be corresponding merchants.

There are no slaves, yet there are similar servants.