The figure vanished silently, as if it had never existed.
Only the blooming, colorful flowers swayed gently in the breeze, releasing their enchanting fragrance.
Qiqi, who had already entered the gate of the ancient building, suddenly turned around as if she had a premonition, and frowned as she looked at the empty flower bushes.
Was it just her imagination? She had a feeling that someone had been standing in that spot, spying on her.
"What's wrong?" Tiger Eagle followed her gaze and looked outside, but saw nothing.
Qiqi shook her head, "It's okay, let's go in!"
The group entered through the gate and found themselves in a spacious hall. A huge, abandoned alchemy furnace sat in the center of the hall, surrounded by scattered pills.
Although he didn't know what those pills were, Tiger Eagle was still envious and subconsciously wanted to pick some up and taste them to see if they were salty.
As he walked over, he bumped into an invisible barrier with a thud, and a large bump instantly swelled up on his forehead.
Tiger Eagle was dazed from the impact, clutching his head and grumbling, "What the hell was that?"
"Can't you tell that this place is protected by a barrier?"
Previously, the entire ruins were hidden by a barrier. It was her dual-realm fusion array that broke the barrier, allowing the Dan Sect ruins to be revealed.
"Can you break it?" Bai Xuan asked.
Qiqi took out an explosive tag, "Sure, my explosive tag can destroy anything!"
After saying that, he grinned and threw the explosive tag out!
Boom! Boom! Boom! Boom!
Several explosions rang out in succession, and the barrier was blasted to smithereens, along with some pills on the ground, which were also reduced to ashes.
"Alright!" Qiqi fanned away the dust from the explosion. "You can go in now!"
As a result, Tiger Eagle didn't rush inside this time, but looked at Qi Qi with a probing gaze.
"Little girl, who exactly are you?" Tiger Eagle's eyes widened as he stared intently at Qi Qi. "How can you know so much at such a young age? Don't tell me you read it in some ancient book; that kind of nonsense is just for fooling children. Even that stupid snake Bai Xuan couldn't be fooled by it!"
Bai Xuan glanced coldly at Hu Ying but didn't refute it, clearly harboring the same question.
Qiqi stopped and turned to look at them, her smile fading slightly. "Little Tiger, haven't you heard the saying, 'Curiosity killed the cat'? Although you're a big cat, and this is your nature, you also need to learn to suppress it. It's a kind of self-cultivation, and it'll do you good."
"Don't give me that!" Tiger Eagle growled in dissatisfaction. "We're contractual partners who will live and die together, and you don't even have that much trust?"
Qi Qi was silent for a moment, then looked up at the gray sky of the secret realm and said softly, "Oh, what if I told you that I'm not from this world?"
Bai Xuan and Hu Ying were both taken aback.
"What do you mean?" Bai Xuan frowned.
"It means exactly what it says." Qiqi turned to look at them, spreading her little hands and making an exaggerated expression. "I come from a very, very long time ago. I was originally a very, very powerful god, but I don't know how, but when I opened my eyes, I was in this child's body! So don't look down on me because I'm young. Actually, I'm old enough to be your ancestor. Little Tiger, Little Snake, do you want to call me 'Ancestor' so we can hear it?"
Tiger Eagle was initially listening with great interest and a look of shock, but when he heard the last sentence, he couldn't help but roll his eyes at her.
"If you hadn't said that last sentence, I might have actually believed you!"
Bai Xuan sneered, "It's really not easy for you. You went to the trouble of making up such an outrageous lie just to hear us call you 'ancestor'."
Qiqi clicked her tongue. "Why don't you believe me? I really am from a very, very long time ago. I used to be incredibly powerful, but after coming here, I found that the spiritual energy here is shockingly thin, which is why I look weak. But I am still very powerful, and I can even see some things that others can't see."
"What is that?" Tiger Eagle asked, lifting his eyelids.
"Threads of Rules." Qi Qi stretched out her hand and drew a line in the air. "Everything in this world is woven from countless threads of rules. I can see them, and even... influence them to some extent. Even the Heavenly Dao has to listen to me. Don't you think I'm amazing?"
Bai Xuan gasped, "How is this possible? The rules are the ultimate principles of heaven and earth; even cultivators at the Mahayana stage can only comprehend them, not directly interfere with them!"
"So, I'm really amazing, I've just been hiding my true strength," Qiqi said softly. "In my original world, being too outstanding would attract jealousy... and in the other world, someone like me would be turned into a little girl by some terrifying scientists!"
Tiger Eagle initially didn't believe what she said, but as he listened, he began to waver.
If she weren't completely independent of the rules, he simply couldn't imagine how a three-year-old girl could know so much.
"So... the reason you were able to easily pass the test of the Reincarnation Tree and set up that heaven-defying array is because you cheated by using the power of the rules!"
Qiqi immediately put her hands on her hips in dissatisfaction, "What cheating? Can you not put it so harshly? How can this be considered cheating? At most, it's just making reasonable use of my abilities... taking a shortcut."
Bai Xuan pondered for a long time, then suddenly asked, "Then what exactly is your purpose in coming to the secret realm? Is it really just for the Xuanyuan Sword?"
Tiger Eagle had already secretly told Qiqi about coming to the secret realm to retrieve the sword on his way there.
Qi Qi's eyes flickered. "Originally, it was indeed only for the Xuanyuan Sword. Meeting Little Tiger and you was an accident. Discovering the Mirror Realm was an accident within an accident. As for now..."
All she could say was that perhaps everything was preordained.
Just then, a shrill scream suddenly came from the ruins, interrupting their conversation.
"Help! Someone, please help me!" A young man's voice was filled with terror.
The three exchanged a glance and quickly crept toward the source of the sound.
Passing through a pill-making room, they came to a courtyard behind the room and saw a chilling scene.
A young man dressed in sect attire was entangled by countless vines, which were visibly draining his flesh and blood. His body had shriveled up, and his face was filled with despair.
Upon seeing Qiqi and the others, a strong will to survive immediately flashed across his face.
"Please, please, save me..." He reached out to Qiqi and the others, hoping they could save him.
"It's Bloodthirsty Vine!" Bai Xuan's expression changed slightly as he looked at the vines wrapped around the man. "But how could such an evil creature appear in a secret realm?"
Qi Qi narrowed her eyes, a barely perceptible golden light flashing in her pupils. "No, these aren't ordinary Bloodthirsty Vines... they've been corrupted by some kind of power."
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