In Xianxia With The Investment Return System, Starting My Journey by taking Demon Empress as a Disciple

“Where’s my reward for killing such a high-level expert at the Boundless Realm?”

“Where’s my massive amount of system points?”

“Huh???”

Chen Daoxuan was getting anxious. This was supposed to be a sure-win deal, maybe even a huge profit, so why wasn’t there a reward?

pSince the host only killed an avatar, no reward is given.]

“Huh???”

“Forget about whether it was an avatar or not, just tell me—was it a Boundless Realm Ninth Layer? And did I kill it? Did it die or not?”

“Why no system points, huh?!!!”
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Chen Daoxuan kept shouting, demanding the system hand over the 9,000 system points reward. But the system remained silent, as if it couldn’t be bothered to respond to this unreasonable fellow.

If killing avatars gave system points, wouldn’t that mean he could train a group of experts, have them create avatars, and just kill them every day for points?

That would break the system!

“Fine, I won’t ask for the 9,000 points. How about you just give back the 1,000 points I spent? We’ll call it even, okay?”

“System?”

“Say something, system?”

“My dear, my love? What are you doing? Why aren’t you replying?”

“Ugh, this is such a loss, such a loss…”

What he thought was a sure win turned out to only net him 9 system points, which came from killing Ren Qirui at the Profound Sky Realm Ninth Layer.

After yelling for a while with no response from the system, Chen Daoxuan gave up, resigned to his fate. All he could hope for now was that his disciple could sweep through the secret realm, claiming all the treasures and helping him make a big profit!

And if he could bring Li Shenruo under his wing, that would be even better. The disciple recruitment reward alone would be at least 1,000 system points!

“Right, that guy was from some family named Ren in the Eastern Region.”

“One day, I’ll have to visit them. If it wasn’t for that old man from the Ren family, I wouldn’t have wasted 1,000 system points.”

“I’ll have to get ten or a hundred times that amount back from them!”

“Hopefully, their strength won’t disappoint me too much.”

Chen Daoxuan thought back to the Ren family elder who attacked his disciple, bullying the weak with his strength. If it weren’t for that guy, he wouldn’t have needed to spend the 1,000 points.

He immediately noted the name of the Ren family from the Eastern Region in his mental notebook.

“1,000 system points… That’s enough for me to reach the Second Layer of the Sea of Qi Realm!”

“Ah well, time for a bath to ease my mood.”

Chen Daoxuan sighed deeply and went to the Spirit Pool Hall.

With a thought, the cool liquid in the spirit pool began to steam up. Compared to cold water, he preferred it as a hot spring.

Feeling the spiritual liquid enveloping and washing over his body, Chen Daoxuan finally relaxed, his worries fading as a content smile returned to his face.

After the bath, Chen Daoxuan casually grabbed a set of clothes from the rack.

“Hm?”

“Where’s the old set I haven’t washed yet?”

“Ah, did Yanran wash my clothes for me? Not bad, very thoughtful!”

Chen Daoxuan was momentarily puzzled, then realized what happened and smiled. He was quite satisfied with his disciple.

Wearing the freshly washed clothes, Chen Daoxuan sniffed slightly.

“Strange, why does this have a faint fragrance?”

“She must have added some scented herbs when washing them, huh?”

“Indeed, having a female disciple is such a blessing…”

Chuckling, Chen Daoxuan lay back on his Dao Comprehension chair, basking in the sun and drifting off to a peaceful nap.

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In the Secret Realm.

After entering the realm, Leng Yanran finally understood why it was called the Scarlet Cloud Valley.

As soon as she was teleported in, she noticed a mysterious, faint red mist permeating the entire space. The mist somewhat resembled scarlet clouds, giving her the illusion that she was walking in the sky, surrounded by the red clouds.

This scarlet mist also severely limited visibility to less than ten meters.

Even her spiritual sense was suppressed, only extending up to fifty meters through the fog before being completely blocked.

Leng Yanran carefully picked a direction and began her cautious exploration. Fortunately, that limited range of fifty meters was still enough to detect danger and prepare for it.

She was lucky to be the first one in. If others knew she could still use spiritual sense in the Scarlet Cloud Valley, their jaws would drop in shock.

The forces of the Northern Region had entered this realm many times and developed some basic knowledge, including the fact that inside the valley, visibility was extremely low, and one couldn’t use spiritual sense at all. Even if they could, it would only extend less than a meter, worse than relying on their eyes!

Not long after, another figure in white entered the realm. Li Shenruo, also entering Scarlet Cloud Valley for the first time, frowned slightly.

“No spiritual sense here… How troublesome.”

“But it’s no matter. According to the map, I just need to head north to reach the Scarlet Cloud Immortal Palace.”

“But… which way is north?”

Li Shenruo opened her map and intelligence reports, smiling confidently. But when she looked up and saw nothing but red clouds surrounding her, making it impossible to tell directions, her confidence wavered a little.

“Hm… This way. It should be this way!”

After confirming a direction and nodding firmly, Li Shenruo began moving through the layers of mist, her path coincidentally aligning with Leng Yanran’s.

Meanwhile, dressed in fresh clothes and holding a fan with a dashing flair, Wang Yan entered the secret realm.

“Hehe, now it’s my time to shine!”

“I’m sure Holy Maiden Shenruo has already made her way to the Scarlet Cloud Immortal Palace. I mustn’t fall behind!”

Having regained his confidence, Wang Yan now saw himself as the undisputed talent here.

Apart from Li Shenruo and maybe Leng Yanran, the rest of the Northern Region forces were just stepping stones for him to claim the immortal legacy.

With that, Wang Yan pulled out a compass and followed its direction.

However, this path was the exact opposite of the one chosen by Leng Yanran and Li Shenruo.

According to the map, true north led to the Scarlet Cloud Immortal Palace.

Meanwhile, directly to the south was a large green skull icon—clearly a sign of great danger…