After returning to the dark room, Feng Qinghuang lifted Xiaobao onto the stone table and pointed to the ring, asking a question.
"Is this ring really for me?"
Little Bao sat on the stone table, its two little hind legs spread flat on the table, while its two front paws were holding something and gnawing on it. If Feng Qinghuang was not mistaken, that thing should be a hundred-year-old ginseng. She wondered where Little Bao had gotten it from.
Feng Qinghuang scanned the ring with her divine sense, and the contents inside were immediately apparent: bottles and jars, presumably containing pills. Moreover, there were many pill formulas within the space, which delighted Feng Qinghuang.
After looking at these, Feng Qinghuang put the ring into her spatial storage, preparing to look at the other books in the dark room. She wasn't in a hurry to look at the pill formulas, so she didn't notice that there were many other treasures in the ring's spatial storage.
"Little Bao, where did you get your food? This is a hundred-year-old ginseng. With your small body, won't you be too weak to handle such nourishment?"
Xiao Bao didn't understand what "being too weak to tolerate nourishment" meant; it only knew that Feng Qinghuang had asked it where its food came from. It swallowed the ginseng whole, jumped off the stone table, and gestured for Feng Qinghuang to follow it.
Reaching the corner, I pressed something, and a small door appeared behind the hidden room, just wide enough for one person to pass through. Stepping outside, I found a vast medicinal field. Entering it, I discovered that the field seemed to be protected by a barrier, filled with rare and exotic herbs.
Feng Qinghuang was filled with shock. If she was surprised just now that Xiao Bao was eating a hundred-year-old ginseng, then there were many other things in this medicinal field.
What Xiaobao just ate was nothing compared to the vast array of herbs in this medicinal field. There were not only many hundred-year-old ginseng plants, but also some hundreds of years old. Besides ginseng, *Liangyi Hua*, and *Ceylon Star Leaf*, there was even *Nu Luo Cao*, a precious medicinal herb used to treat dissociative identity disorder.
But there's a barrier; can I get in by myself?
Xiao Bao seemed to sense her confusion. The master gestured something, then pointed to the medicinal herb field. This time, Feng Qinghuang didn't quite understand.
Xiao Bao suddenly jumped up, grabbed Feng Qinghuang's finger, and bit it hard.
Feng Qinghuang took a deep breath: "Baby, bite gently next time, my fingers can't withstand your teeth."
"Master, take out the former master's ring. As long as you have the former master's ring, you can go in and put the entire herb field into your space."
Feng Qinghuang exclaimed, "Xiao Bao, was that sweet, soft little girl's voice just now yours?"
Xiao Bao nodded, holding Feng Qinghuang's finger: "It's me, Master. I'm a baby girl."
Feng Qinghuang hugged it tightly, unable to put it down: "Oh my, I didn't expect our little treasure to be a girl. Her voice just now was so beautiful."
Wait, something's not right. How come I can hear Xiao Bao talking? Did Xiao Bao just make a contract with me? Feng Qinghuang looked at her finger. There was only a tiny tooth mark, and no bleeding. So, they made a contract?
Ugh, why does she always use her left index finger? Can't she use a different finger?
"Hurry up, Master! This barrier will collapse in a moment."
Upon hearing Xiao Bao's words, Feng Qinghuang quickly took out her ring, went into the herb field, and with a wave of her hand, stored the herb field in her spatial storage. In an instant, only a barren patch of grass remained.
Feng Qinghuang carried Xiaobao back to the dark room: "Xiaobao, why did the herb field collapse?"
"Because the barrier of the medicine field is maintained by the spiritual power remaining on the remains of the former master. If you bury the former master, the spiritual power will naturally disappear, and the barrier of the medicine field will collapse."
Feng Qinghuang raised her hand to her forehead, saying, "That makes sense."
Feng Qinghuang looked around: "Can I take all the books here with me?"
Xiao Bao nodded: "Of course you can. If you don't take them with you, these books probably won't stay either."
Feng Qinghuang asked in confusion, "Why can't they stay? Maybe other people will come later, and they might be able to see it too."
Xiao Bao shook his head: "No, because this cave is about to collapse too."
Upon hearing Xiao Bao's words, Feng Qinghuang's heart skipped a beat. With a wave of her hand, she stored all the items in the secret room into her spatial storage, picked up Xiao Bao, and quickly ran outside the cave.
Just as Feng Qinghuang ran out, a rumbling sound came from inside the cave, and the cave collapsed completely in an instant.
Feng Qinghuang patted her pounding heart and asked, "Baby, why is that?"
She hasn't quite recovered from the joy and shock yet; she needs to calm down a bit.
Xiao Bao shook his head: "I don't know, that's what the previous owner said. He said that if the herb field is taken away, the cave will also disappear."
Goodness, Xiao Bao, couldn't you have just said it all at once? You almost buried her alive!
Feng Qinghuang pinched Xiao Bao's little hand and asked, "Why didn't Xiao Bao say beforehand that the cave would collapse?"
Xiao Bao tilted his head and looked at Feng Qinghuang: "Master didn't ask."
Okay, it's all my fault, I shouldn't have asked!
"Let's hurry up and leave. I wonder if the commotion here will attract other magical beasts."
After Feng Qinghuang finished speaking, she left the place quickly without waiting for Xiao Bao to say anything.
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