No-Fly Zone for Immortals

Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh!

The crowd transformed into streaks of immortal light, swiftly diving into the spatial rift.

Gu Qingfeng was in no hurry, waiting to enter last.

After all, by convention, the protagonist always makes a grand entrance.

After everyone had entered, Gu Qingfeng, with the air of someone taking a leisurely stroll in a garden, put on a full show of nonchalance and swaggered in.

Just then, suddenly, a voice called out from far behind him.

"Wait for me!"

Gu Qingfeng turned to look and frowned. "What are you doing here?"

The newcomer was none other than Gu Ling'er.

Gu Ling'er gave a mischievous smile. "Why can't I come? The Feixian Forbidden Zone is practically my family's property. I can come and go as I please."

Gu Qingfeng turned to look at the minister maintaining the spatial rift. "Is there no law anymore? She didn't participate in the martial competition, yet she can enter the Feixian Forbidden Zone. This is blatant favoritism. Take her away at once."

The minister: "..."

"I don't care, I'm going with you! You haven't forgotten what you did to me the other day, have you? Anyway, I'm sticking to you now!"

"Hey, hey, you can eat whatever you want, but you can't just say anything. This Emperor is a pure, unmarried young man. How dare you slander my innocence out of thin air?"

Ignoring him, Gu Ling'er grabbed his hand and pulled him inside.

Gu Qingfeng shook his head slightly. Indeed, a person's thick skin can be cultivated. At first, Gu Ling'er was so innocent, blushing at the slightest thing.

But after crossing a certain boundary, this girl had changed.

"Your Highness, this old minister did not receive any order from His Majesty allowing you to enter the Feixian Forbidden Zone?"

Gu Ling'er turned and glared at the minister. "You talk too much! If you don't tell, and I don't tell, how would Father Emperor know?"

With that, she pulled Gu Qingfeng along without looking back.

Within the dark, deep void tunnel, Gu Qingfeng and Gu Ling'er pressed forward.

"Is this a void rift? It looks terrifying." Gu Ling'er said, eyeing the bottomless tunnel-like path and instinctively leaning closer to Gu Qingfeng.

"What are you doing? Have some restraint. Are you trying to take advantage of this Emperor in a roundabout way?"

Hearing this, Gu Ling'er flared up in anger and immediately shook off Gu Qingfeng's arm. "It wasn't me taking advantage of you before!"

She stomped off ahead alone, fuming.

However, at that moment, Gu Qingfeng suddenly pulled her back, into his embrace.

Gu Ling'er felt a surge of joy in her heart, but her mouth remained sharp. "Weren't you the one who said I shouldn't take advantage of you? Why are you hugging me now?"

"Before you pretend to be angry, could you please wipe the drool from the corner of your mouth?"

“You're annoying! I wasn't drooling!”

"You pervert, look at the spot where you were just standing."

Gu Ling'er turned to look and instantly turned pale. The place she was about to pass through moments ago had shattered and collapsed like a mirror, revealing a deep, bottomless darkness.

"This void passage isn't stable; collapses are very possible," Gu Qingfeng explained.

Now Gu Ling'er became quiet and well-behaved, clinging to Gu Qingfeng almost like a koala.

Gu Ling'er's strength wasn't high, only at the early Golden Immortal stage. One could say she had no real qualification to enter the Feixian Forbidden Zone.

She had mainly followed secretly because she saw Gu Qingfeng was going.

After spending these past days with Gu Qingfeng, having been taken advantage of in almost every way, how could she bear to be apart from him now?

One hour later.

The two finally emerged from the void tunnel.

Accompanied by a dizzying sensation of spatial separation, they arrived in an ancient world.

There were mountains, rivers, ancient tomb ruins, vast rivers, and boundless wilderness. At first glance, it didn't seem too different from the scenery of the outside world.

But upon closer observation, one would notice the mountains, rivers, and trees here were easily several times larger than those outside.

Ordinary people would seem as insignificant as ants before these ancient trees.

Also, within those mountain ranges, tremors could be felt from time to time, and massive beastly shadows flickered past.

It felt like arriving in a land of giants.

"Wow! So this is the Feixian Forbidden Zone? The trees are so huge. I feel like I've become incredibly tiny," Gu Ling'er exclaimed in wonder.

This feeling wasn't very friendly for her.

Because she was already quite short, petite and delicate overall—the type of girl with big eyes but everything else small. Now, by comparison, she seemed even more diminutive.

Gu Qingfeng sensed the immortal energy here. "The immortal energy here is extremely dense, almost several times that of the outside world. That's why these trees have grown so massive under its nourishment."

Gu Ling'er took a deep breath, her pretty face showing surprise. "The immortal energy here is even denser than in the royal family's secret realm of the Seven Stars Ancient Nation."

Then, as if thinking of something, she said excitedly, "Since the trees and living beings here have grown so big nourished by the immortal energy, if I stay here a while longer, do you think I might grow a bit too?"

Gu Qingfeng glanced at Gu Ling'er's front and shook his head. "I'm afraid you're beyond saving. This Emperor worked hard for several days and couldn't help you, let alone a mere secret realm."

"You lecherous rogue! I meant my height!" Gu Ling'er's face flushed red as she puffed her cheeks in anger.

"What a coincidence, so was I."

Boom!

Suddenly, the earth trembled violently, as if from an earthquake.

A ten-thousand-zhang black-scaled giant serpent shot out from a lush mountain forest, opening its bloody maw wide to viciously bite down at the two.

This black-scaled giant serpent was immensely thick, its metal-like scales shimmering brilliantly under the sunlight, appearing extremely fierce and radiating overwhelming killing intent.

Gu Qingfeng took a glance, his expression calm. With a casual wave of his hand,

a surge of power transformed into a sky-covering palm imprint that slammed towards the serpent's head.

Bang!

The serpent, brimming with killing intent, had its head instantly shattered, sending a rain of blood across the sky.

Its long body plummeted from mid-air, stirring up clouds of dust.

"Let's go."

Gu Qingfeng led Gu Ling'er deeper into the mountain range.

Within the mountains were all sorts of rare fruits and exotic plants, even some immortal herbs long extinct in the outside world. Although not overly precious, adhering to the principle of not wasting anything, Gu Qingfeng scraped the very earth clean.

Of course, besides immortal herbs, they encountered many fierce beasts along the way, each as large as a small hill, with incredibly powerful physical strength, no weaker than Golden Immortals.

But all were slapped to death by Gu Qingfeng with a single palm, their corpses collected to serve as rations.

Gu Ling'er spent the whole time just tagging along, occasionally stealing glances at Gu Qingfeng displaying his mighty power, her pretty face blushing now and then, lost in who knows what thoughts.

Several hours later.

An ancient site appeared before them.

There were broken walls, ruins, and collapsed palaces, looking immensely ancient, with a style and architecture completely different from the outside world.

"An ancient ruin?"

A glint of interest flashed in Gu Qingfeng's eyes. "It seems that during the ancient times, some powerful forces existed within this Feixian Forbidden Zone."