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After drilling through the ice, she tested her strength, no longer hesitating. She turned and kicked at the door with her foot.

The big door trembled twice before creaking open a crack.

Lin Qi had just raised her foot to step inside when a dry branch shot out from the crack.

Lin Qi swiftly unsheathed his sword and swung it with a fierce arc, unleashing a wave of sword energy towards his opponent.

"Don't..."

A tiny voice spoke, and the stone gate was suddenly slammed shut.

With a deafening bang, Lin Qi retreated two steps, just in time to see the door slam shut.

"What sound was that?" Lin Qi stared at the door, which had just shut again.

A doubt arose in my mind.

Could there be someone inside?

Thus thinking, Lin Qi withdrew her sword, preparing to first show respect and then employ force.

"Who are you? Why are you hiding behind the door?"

She repeated it three times, but her mind kept returning to that withered branch.

After politely calling out three times, there was still no response. Lin Qi's voice suddenly turned cold: "If you don't speak up again, I'll treat you as a demon and won't be polite!"

Behind the stone gate, there is still a deathly silence.

Lin Qi kicked off again, resuming his attempt to kick down the door.

This time, she used 50% of her strength. The stone gate trembled violently and even cracked open a slit, but it quickly closed again.

Lin Qi now determined, "There's really someone inside!"

Of course, it's not necessarily a human either.

She kicked again and again, each kick harder than the last, until finally she split the stone door with a crack.

Lin Qi: "..."

Could she be this strong?

To everyone's astonishment, Lin Qi struck another blow, shattering the stone gate into five pieces.

With a booming sound, stones shattered and fell to the ground.

A little girl who was trying hard to reach the top of something fell on her bottom with a thud and glared at Lin Qi for a moment.

She suddenly burst into tears.

Lin Qi's gaze fell on her hands and feet, her expression a little strange.

This child's hands and feet have all turned into black branches, spreading from the ground to the walls.

It's clear that she was just behind the door.

This little girl is obviously not a person.

Looking at the black branches, they seemed to come from the same source as the black withered tree above.

"Could you be the Tianku Mu of the Demon Race?"

"No, I'm not, I'm definitely not a withered tree!"

Lin Qi: "Then you should retract your own branches first."

"Okay," the little girl, who had been sobbing, suddenly realized her hands and feet were still in the form of vines. Her expression stiffened, and she quickly pulled them back, transforming them into smooth, white paws.

She scrambled to her feet and ran like a shot towards the inside of the room.

As soon as Lin Qi entered, she saw her body shrink and hide behind a shelf.

Although Lin Qi is not tall, she is definitely not short.

At a glance, you could see her hiding behind something.

Lin Qi: "..."

This IQ level is comparable to that of the Sky-Piercing Green Vine.

The trembling Tianmang suddenly discovered two legs appearing before him.

She followed her gaze upward along her legs and saw another familiar face.

Tian Mang cried, "What do you want to do?"

Lin Qi walked closer and plopped down on her opposite leg, "I want to get to know you."

Tianmang's face was full of refusal, "I don't want to be friends with you."

Lin Qi twisted her head to glance at the towering green vine behind her and asked, "Is she a spirit plant?"

Even if it were a demonic race's spirit plant, it would still be a spirit plant. This much, the All-Seeing Green Vine should be able to tell.

Result, the family shook their head.

She is a person.

Lin Qi was now quite surprised, "A person? Could it be the power of bloodline?"

Otherwise, how could a good person's limbs grow vines and tendrils?

As there was no immediate danger, Lin Qi didn't subject the little girl to a 'stern interrogation'.

But there was indeed the aura of spirit plants within her, along with a strange scent... The aura on her body was very mixed.

Lin Qi lowered her gaze to look at her, "So... are you human or a spirit? Or perhaps a demon?"

"You're the monster!" Tian Mang subconsciously retorted.

Lin Qi nodded thoughtfully, "It seems that the Green Vine of Heaven has said correctly. You should now be half-human and half-spirit?"

Tian Mang's face stiffened.

"You all came here for treasure, didn't you? Instead of searching the rooms for valuables, what are you chatting with me about?!"

Tian Mang turned his back and faced the wall, leaving Lin Qi with a small, slender figure.

She curled up into a ball, trying to shield the fear in her heart.

After a while, she heard rustling sounds.

Tianmang had been imprisoned here for a long time, his mind undeveloped. For a moment, curiosity got the better of him, and he couldn't help himself. Slowly, he turned his body and peeked at Lin Qi from behind the shelf.

She found Lin Qi was rapidly sweeping away the things on top.

With a wave of his hand, all the spirit medicine boxes and pill bottles on the shelf vanished.

So fast, it was like bandits raiding.

As her gaze shifted, she spotted another child about her own age on the right. With a flick of her wrist, her arm instantly transformed into a green vine, sweeping everything off the shelves.

Tiān Máng stared at the vine of the towering green vine, his eyes fixed on it, and couldn't help but drool. "Its vines are so beautiful..."

...still looks delicious.

The sky-high emerald vines, which were wildly sweeping across the west, suddenly felt a chill down their back and sensed danger.

Having heard Tianmang's words, Lin Qi also turned to look around the room.

That's when I realized this house was actually a hidden apothecary.

Inside, several shelves were fully stocked with pills and spirit medicines stored in jade boxes.

Half of the medicinal herbs were pitch black and had a strange, beautiful appearance. They were unlike any medicinal herbs commonly seen among humans.

The other half was a rare and precious elixir that Lin Qi had only seen mentioned in books. It had strange and wonderful effects.

Each plant is priceless.

The lowest rank is at least five ranks.

Herbal medicine is the same.

When Lin Qi swept the area, his heart was beating fast.

No wonder everyone loves exploring secret realms.

Just by sweeping through this house, Lin Qi felt like she was going to go crazy.

After she left, her cultivation resources for the next fifty years would be worry-free!

When sweeping the shelves of spiritual medicines, Lin Qi found that one-third of the shelves had empty boxes.

Besides the heartache, I couldn't help but cast my gaze towards the celestial glow beside me.

"The things in the box, did you eat them?"

Tianmang took a step back, her voice trembling slightly: "I... I didn't."

"The Sky-Piercing Green Vine hid by Lin Qi's leg, holding onto her thigh, and with a look of sudden realization, said, 'No wonder I said you looked at me with such a hungry gaze, did you want to eat me…'"

When it finished speaking, even its own face turned pale.

Holy cow, what in the world are people eating?!

Lin Qi didn't understand the shock in Tong Tian Lv Teng's heart, and frowned as she stepped forward: "I won't make things difficult for you, but this secret realm has already been opened. Even if I leave now, there will be a constant stream of people coming in."

"Aren't you going to stay here forever?"

Lin Qi smiled and looked at her, "You probably don't know that some people like to study special people like you. If they see you, they might take you back for research, torture, or make medicine out of you. The ending would be incredibly horrible."

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