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The little whale nudged over and tossed the few Flameheart Algae to her, generously offering them as a return gift from the Serpent Blood Vine.

It seems it doesn't know how to handle spiritual plants; its harvesting method is incorrect.

If harvested using normal methods, the flame algae will remain hot after being picked.

If it's picked up haphazardly like this, completely destroying the roots and stems, the Flameheart Algae will probably cool down and lose its value before long.

The Flameheart Algae, its roots and stems already damaged, still felt scorching hot in her palm, indicating it had been recently harvested from a relatively nearby location.

The only reasonable explanation is that there really is a volcano in this Unreturning River Secret Realm where Flame Heart Algae can grow.

If that's really the case...

Here comes the hidden dungeon!

Who would have thought that this whale was a hidden NPC?

Yunxi poked the whale and returned the Flameheart Algae: "Where did you find it? Can you take me to see it?"

Its big head tilted slightly, as if it were thinking.

Yunxi once again produced a mountain of snake blood vines.

Fearing the other party might get tired of it, he even picked out a few cool-looking spiritual plants from the small world that had been unearthed from his mustard seed bag, almost emptying his savings.

"So? Are all of these yours?"

Facing the innocent and ignorant little whale, Yunxi put on the same wicked face that Cheng Jiangui had shown when he wanted to be her great-grandmother.

He squatted down and rubbed his hands together, looking exactly like someone about to abduct a child.

She thought of something and began to modify the lump of spiritual plant on the ground.

The little whale cautiously pulled its head back, peeking secretly.

The girl busied herself on the shore, running around and around, dragging the snake-blood vine.

After a lot of fuss, she wove the snake blood vine into a bowl the size of a whale's head.

Various spiritual plants were placed in a bowl, and a few small flowers were placed on top as decoration.

Yunxi placed a large bowl of spiritual plants in front of the whale, proudly putting her hands on her hips: "Come on, come on, don't be shy, they're all my own children."

The whale pondered for a moment, then leaned closer to sniff.

He glanced at the bowl and then at Yunxi, seemingly considering the feasibility of the deal.

Finally, it opened its blood-red maw.

He ate the food along with the bowl.

Yunxi struggled for a long time, but the result was actually the same as eating it directly.

Moreover, a large portion of that bowl contained spiritual plants that it had brought from the seabed.

However, the little whale didn't react much. It was eating happily and found her agreeable, so it comfortably blew a bubble at her.

A super-sized bubble that could completely engulf Yunxi.

"?" Yunxi's pupils dilated in surprise.

The little whale nudged the tiny bubble with its head and happily led her into the sea.

"Huh?" Is this how you play a secret realm dungeon?

The bubble felt very soft to the touch, but surprisingly it was very sturdy. The whale used it as a headball and pushed it into the water. It did not dissolve in water, making it a temporary water-repellent bead.

She should have realized that a water-type monster that could monopolize an entire sea area and feed on fire-type Flameheart Algae must possess something extraordinary.

The little whale moved merrily, as if it really intended to take Yunxi to its home to play.

It pushed her down forcefully, one push after another.

The seawater changed from icy cold to somewhat warm.

Reaching the seabed, one can see vast expanses of spiritual plants growing there.

However, it seems that these spiritual plants have been taken as food by a whale, which eats a large portion of them each time. When Yunxi saw them, many parts of them were gnawed into a mess and could no longer grow.

What a waste! What a squandering of food!

Yunxi clutched her chest, heartbroken.

When they reached the seabed, the whale didn't stop; it nudged her towards the center.

The maze is directly above.

At this moment, Qi Jue, who was outside, was still trying to escape to find his junior sister when he saw the blue dot moving quickly on the map, heading straight from the seaside towards the center.

Qi Jue: "???"

Qi Jue and Su Yuanshuang exchanged glances: "Junior Sister, have you started working hard?"

Is he trying this hard? Who's he trying to scare?

In the maze, every move they made was extremely dangerous, and they simply couldn't move in a straight line.

Ke Yunxi's little blue dot was moved directly from the beach to the center.

At that moment, the city lord of Crimson Cloud City, who was outside, also noticed the excessively strange straight line. He pursed his lips slightly and chuckled, "It seems that the secret that the River of No Return has kept hidden for hundreds of years is finally about to be discovered..."

Previous participants all focused their attention on the maze, but what they didn't know was that...

The true treasure of the River of No Return has always been hidden at the bottom of the sea.

"..."

……

Yunxi had no idea what was happening; she had simply been pushed onto a crack by the little whale.

Directly above her was the very center of the secret realm, and beneath her feet, through the crack, Yunxi saw a completely new world.

A red glow spread, and a scorching heat emanated from it.

The little whale wedged the bubble into the gap, aimed, and headed the ball.

With a "pop,"

The bubble was forced into the crack and burst instantly.

But here, there's no suffocating feeling of being surrounded by seawater; instead, it feels like being on land, with fresh and warm air.

Directly beneath the Iceland of the River of No Return, hidden in a fissure in the seabed, lies a mysterious volcano.

Yunxi felt a weight in her arms.

The cool, refreshing touch brought her a moment of clarity.

Looking down, the little whale that could eat half a ton of seaweed in one bite had shrunk to the size of a plush toy and was happily thrashing around in her arms.

"?"

She poked at it curiously: "What kind of fish are you?"

It's amazing that a volcano can be so energetic even without water.

The little whale seemed to like her very much, raising its beady eyes and starting to flutter again.

It was flapping and thrashing about.

It grew a pair of wings.

A pair of wings... the same color as the flames.

The whale turned into a little sparrow, lazily nestled in her arms.

Yunxi was petrified: "??? You?"

It seems that someone knew about her doubts.

A mysterious voice came from Shanghai University: "This is Kunpeng, a divine beast with two forms."

Yunxi looked up.

A red-haired youth with a semi-transparent human body and a dragon tail floated out from the scorching volcano.

The young man looked like a ghost, floating down to her side and circling around her again and again, curiously sniffing her.

He gave a friendly smile: "Tuntun said she likes you very much."

"?"

Yunxi seemed to understand something and looked down.

The little sparrow covered its face with its wings, its feathers turning even redder, and curled up into a ball, chirping softly.

After a short while, it spread its wings and nimbly made a sweeping motion.

The young man explained, "It said it was the first time it had seen someone who would help it clean up."

A scene flashed through Yunxi's mind.

If I'm not mistaken, Tuntun meant cleaning...

She probably destroyed the glacier because she wanted to see if there were any treasures in the sea...

Yes, that's about it.

Seeing the little sparrow's shy, almost bashful expression, as if she wanted to offer herself in marriage, Yunxi nodded without any hesitation: "Hey, don't be so polite~"

Yunxi: "This is what I should do~"