After I left the sect, the entire sect knelt down and begged for forgiveness.

With a thought, she took several high-grade spirit stones from her storage bag, placed them on the sword, and flew away again.
Just as Cici finished eating and was about to leave, the strange thing came over again and threw shiny stones at it.

"I want to be your friend. This is something I like to eat, and I'm giving it to you."

Cici felt the pure and rich spiritual energy contained within the stone and was unable to move.

Although I don't know what the other thing is saying in its gibberish, judging from the strange thing's behavior, it seems to want to give me the stone.

Then it won't be polite~
The cactus swallowed the spirit stones again, letting out a comfortable huffing sound. It curled up and planted itself in the sand.

For some reason, Lingjian was very interested in this green cactus and just stood guard beside it.

It was wondering if it could keep this plant by its side after its owner recovered from its injuries.

It's alright if this little guy eats spirit stones. He's been by his master's side for so long and has fought alongside him. Even if he hasn't made any great contributions, he has certainly put in the hard work, right?
Besides, it should rightfully own half of the spirit stones left by its previous owner. It's perfectly reasonable to use some to feed the little guy, isn't it?

It watched as the little guy planted itself and then remained still. However, a small bump did grow on top.

……

After Lin Yan healed her injuries, she sensed that the spirit sword was no longer in the mark. Upon sensing it, she discovered that it had gone to a deeper place underground.

She communicated with it in her mind: "Did you forget the way back when you were out for a walk?"

"No. I'm protecting my baby."

"what?"

"I want to raise a cactus, the kind that eats spirit stones. You have to give me half of the spirit stones my previous owner left me!"

Good heavens, what kind of cactus eats spirit stones!

“Strictly speaking, you are also an inheritance left to me by my father. But you can take care of it if you want. There's a problem: you're just a sword, how are you going to take care of it? Where are you going to put the cactus? And you're just a sword, how did you even think of growing plants?”

"This is a problem. Let me discuss it with it."

After saying that, the spirit sword unilaterally severed the contractual connection.

"..." Speechlessness was her native language!

Has the spirit sword awakened some unique skill? It can even communicate with plants! Could it be... that when I was shielding her from the arrow, I accidentally caught it with my brain and hallucinated?
Where is the brain of the Spirit Sword located? Is it too late to perform an emergency repair?

Lin Yan shook her head helplessly and decided to find the spirit sword first. She followed the direction of her senses and found the spirit sword floating in the air.

The spirit sword was hovering next to the cactus that had planted itself, seemingly communicating with the cactus.

Lin Yan's eyes widened as she immediately recognized it as the cactus that had teleported her to this secret realm.

"What's wrong with it?" Lin Yan asked, looking it over.

"I don't know, it planted itself here after eating the spirit stone."

Lin Yan thought that it must have absorbed energy and was digesting it.

She wasn't in a hurry to go out, so she didn't rashly wake the cactus. Instead, she set up a barrier here and went to check on the altar.

Upon arriving at the altar, she took out the array plate, moved the crocodile carcass out, removed the beast core and threw it into her spatial storage, while putting the carcass into her storage bag.

Even after being removed, the white crocodile was still grieving for its kin.

“You are not a true member of the Abyssal Crocodile species either. Strictly speaking, you are not of the same race,” Lin Yan said bluntly.

"..."

These lips look like they've been poisoned. Aren't you afraid of getting poisoned when you lick them?

"Don't be sad yet. Wasn't there supposed to be treasure at the altar? Where is the treasure?"

The place was completely empty, without even any offerings, let alone any treasures.

Amit symbolically wiped away her crocodile tears, then walked to a stone wall and channeled her power into it. The altar opened, revealing a stone tablet. Strange characters were inscribed on it, similar to those on the statues at the entrance, but she couldn't understand them.

The two little ones, seeing this, curiously circled around it.

“The treasure is inside.” Amit said, touching the stone tablet. A golden light flashed, and Lin Yan and the three little ones appeared in front of the three doors.

Each door can speak, and they all say, "Open it."

"Which door should we choose?" Lin Yan was also unfamiliar with this place and didn't know the rules.

“It’s all the same. There’s no security behind any door.” Amit nestled against her shoulder knowingly.

Lin Yan used her magic to attack the stone gate in the middle, and soon the stone gate collapsed with a crash.

Contrary to expectations, opening the stone door revealed no immediate danger. It was quiet and empty inside.

"Just go in like this?"

Amit scratched his head: "I have no memory of it, so I don't know."

It only knew that its armor was inside, but it didn't know what specific dangers might lie behind the door.

Forgive it; it doesn't know how long it has been dormant, so it's normal to lose many memories that are unrelated to itself.

Lin Yan took out a low-grade spirit stone, transformed it into the shape of a Yangtze alligator, and threw it into the doorway.

In an instant, the door transformed into the monster's mouth and devoured the Yangtze alligator.

If she had impulsively gone in, wouldn't she have become food for the "door"?

Amit swallowed hard: "Were you just trying to throw me in?"

"How could that be? Do I look like that kind of person?"

“Exactly like it!”

Lin Yan used her magic, and the flames transformed into a fire dragon that flew towards the door. The two sides of the passageway instantly burst into flames, which meandered inward like slender fire snakes.

All that could be heard was a low growl, followed by what sounded like something being withdrawn.

It seems that thing is afraid of fire...

Lin Yan told the two little ones to revert to their juvenile form, then held them in her arms and used her spiritual power to create a spiritual fire. She stepped into the fire.

Upon entering the first secret room, one finds a balance scale that is tilted to the left.

The escape room provides clues. Once you find the corresponding items in the room and place them on the scale to balance the two sides, you can open the door and continue inside.

How come this format is similar to an escape room puzzle?
Lin Yan was curious and glanced at the weights on both sides. The heavier side had a larger weight, while the lighter side had no weight.

The white crocodile muttered to himself, "Why don't we split up and search? That would be more efficient."

"Need not."

Lin Yan directly used magic to remove the weights from the Heavenly Grade.

The scales are now balanced again, aren't they? This is the simplest way.

The door opened, revealing another separate room. Three large chests lay on the floor, each filled with high-grade spirit stones.

As she entered, an aged voice rang out: "Greed is a grave sin. Take the spirit stones here and leave."

Although the voices are different, the tone of voice is so similar to that of the person in the black cloak.

She repeated her previous statement: "Since I'm already here, do you think I'm just here for sightseeing? What about all the losses I've suffered along the way?"

Amit nodded in agreement. (End of Chapter)