My Goddess is Good at Pretending

Chapter 76: Goddess Master

One day before going for the ancient secret realm opening, Ely went to the sacred ground to perform her usual monthly ritual.

She descended the Sacred Mountain alone at dusk. Her disciples secured the surrounding area to ensure there was no disturbance from outside. The forest dwellers were also forbidden to make any noises at dusk during the monthly sacred rite ritual.

"Can I come with you to the sacred ground?" Yuuki tugged at the hem of Ely’s sleeve.

"We can try, but I can’t guarantee you can enter the sacred ground." Ely didn’t mind.

Though... She invited her disciples to go with her to the sacred ground in the past, but everyone was thrown out.

The reason why Ely was the only one who could enter there was still a mystery, but her disciples believed they were still not ready to enter the sacred ground.

"That sounds good to me." Yuuki gulped her saliva as she stared at the sacred cave before her.

She couldn’t even see anything in that cave passage, even though she had used her magical spiritual eyes. Everything was shrouded in the darkness and emptiness.

"Will holding hands help?" Yuuki came up with an idea.

"I’ve tried it, but the sacred ground only teleported me in. You need the sacred ground’s acknowledgement to enter. Regardless, let’s try it." Ely shook her head. Even so, she offered her hand, and Yuuki grasped it.

*Poof*

Ely and Yuuki passed the hemp rope seal, and they disappeared.

Yuuki was stunned as she was suddenly teleported to a different place.

Dozens of zigzag-shaped paper streamers were attached to ropes hanging around the sacred ground.

Her whole attention was drawn to the kaleidoscopic spherical crystal right after. It floated on the altar in the middle of the cave, filled with many crystals scattered everywhere.

Ely was looking left and right, but she couldn’t find Yuuki. She just sighed and went up to her sealed Goddess Master.

"..." Yuuki realized that Ely was no longer holding her hand. She tried to speak, but her voice couldn’t come out. She also tried to send telepathy, but it couldn’t reach Ely.

She could only watch from afar.

However, the multi-colored crystal became semi-transparent, and a divine-like figure was visible.

The six-winged Supreme Goddess was injured and sealed.

Yuuki widened her eyes in surprise. She was finally able to meet her Goddess Master.

There were so many words she wanted to convey, feelings she wanted to express. She immediately knelt down and clasped her hands in prayer.

At that time, Ely wished to regain her memories regarding Yuuki, Evelyn, and Sylvia because she felt it would greatly help her if she could recall them further.

A few moments later, the stream of memories flowed into her mind.

Evelyn was a friendly Imperial Princess, her first human friend at the magic academy in the previous world. She experienced the life event as a student with her friends. Also, the many things they went through together.

Yuuki was her loyal companion and her sworn sister. Her first encounter with Yuuki was in the particular cultivation hot springs. The lonely snow fox girl with a broken ice-cold ability. Their new family was the new place that Yuuki could call home.

As for Sylvia... This willful yet naughty devil was hard to deal with. The half-breed of pure blood devil and demonic dragon. The most potent devil’s only daughter and the princess of the Devil Continent from another world.

She was Sylvia’s first friend. They shared some mischief and antics together, regardless of the interracial conflict in the other world.

Ely wished to know more about her past and her friends. However, five minutes had passed, and the memories stream stopped. The state of enlightenment was over. She opened her eyes, gazing at the six-winged Goddess within the spherical crystal.

She stretched out her hand to touch it as she tried to look at her Goddess Master before the crystal became enveloped entirely in multi-colored light.

"Master, please wait a bit more. I will definitely unseal you soon." Ely stroked the crystal.

After that, she turned around to leave. She thought Yuuki could come with her to share this experience, but apparently not.

The moment Ely stood on the exit rune, a wisp of blue energy shot out from the rubble. It slipped into Ely’s obi belt and hid there without emitting any presence or aura.

*Zap*

Ely and Yuuki were teleported out of the sacred ground.

"Uh-huh?" Ely was confused when she found Yuuki kneeling beside her, staring into the empty space inside the dark cave.

"Yuuki, hello. Are you there?" Ely waved her hand in front of Yuuki’s face.

"Ah, we’re back, huh..." Yuuki looked left and right.

"Yes... But, huh? Did you enter the sacred ground with me? I can’t find you anywhere." Ely stretched out her hand to help Yuuki up.

"Yes, I’m behind you but can’t move or speak. It’s as if I’m stuck in a void. However, thank you, Ely. I finally got to meet our Goddess Master." Yuuki spoke in a whisper-like voice.

"You’re most welcome..." Ely didn’t fully understand, but she left the matter.

After that, Ely, Yuuki, and the surrounding disciples left the vicinity as they needed to quickly prepare for their departure tomorrow.

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Right now, Yuuki appeared in front of everyone without the slightest bit of fear. It was as if she dared to challenge the entire world if those stupid cultivators still desired a piece of her.

The divine visage of her Goddess Master was still fresh in her mind, and she would eliminate any obstacle blocking Ely’s path. They would unseal their Goddess Master soon. No errors and disturbances were allowed to exist.

She needed to think twice before killing out of consideration for Frozen Cloud in the past. However, she no longer had such a restriction. If those fools had a death wish, she would grant it to them.

Since the Tiangong Sacred Land dared to publicly declare war on the Sacred Sakura Holy Land, their fate was sealed. They might have one or two super-powerful entities backing them. Despite knowing it, Yuuki only faintly smiled.

"Sadly, we need to abide by the agreement the three major realms agreed upon. Mind your words, or we might accidentally kill you." Yuuki froze the surrounding barren land into a super cold expanse of ice.

"Just because you are a newly ascended Great Ascension Realm expert, do you think you are the strongest in the mortal world? Such a shallow yet ignorant vixen. Never seen the greater and broader worlds." The Buffed Buffallo scoffed in disdain.

"The ants should know their place. I’m not even the strongest in Sacred Sakura. I wonder when and how you will destroy us, fufu~" Yuuki unfolded her folding fan and opened her sakura parasol.

The snow was slowly falling from the sky, even though the first snow in winter should come in half a month at the earliest.

Everyone focused solely on the legendary nine-tailed snow fox and the Tiangong Sacred Land’s exploration team.

Rumour has it the beautiful fox sisters were being hunted down by the Tiangong Sacred Land’s cultivators because those villains wished to refine the fox sisters like a furnace to improve one’s cultivation.

Such devilish methods only belonged to the evil demonic sect. No wonder the Tiangong Sacred Land was despised by many major forces and betrayed by the one they once called allies.

Many righteous cultivators from Human Realm understood why the Tiangong Sacred Land became public enemies. And that was why they would support the super powerful sect like Sacred Sakura to crush the Tiangong Sacred Land.

"..." Ely could hear many people starting to mock and curse the Tiangong Sacred Land. However, the Tiangong Sacred Land’s people could only grit their teeth as they didn’t dare to do anything now.

Her scheme grew and developed into something much bigger than she could have expected.

However, that was no longer Ely’s problem to think about. The Tiangong Sacred Land’s threat didn’t worry her too much because she managed to recruit many allies. She was sure Frozen Cloud and Blood Moon also wished to obtain a piece of Tiangong Sacred Land.

She was currently standing among the mid-team in the middle row. She was clad in dark knight armor but also wore a half-face mask and respirator behind her helmet, similar to the other mid-team members.

Several elders from the Human Realm and Demon Realm soon intervened in the dispute since they were there for a great event. Even if there was a grievance, they would only solve it after obtaining information about the ancient secret realm.

Broadly speaking, they would take advantage of the turmoil between the disputes between the Tiangong Sacred Land and the Sacred Sakura Holy Land to exploit the unexplored ancient secret realm.

*Bzzt*

The ancient secret realm’s portal was fully manifested, and the seal was lifted. It was accessible for anyone to enter.

"My apologies, but our disciples will be the first to enter." Yuuki stood beside the gate, and the Sacred Sakura exploration team entered the ancient secret realm.