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Golden Bean happily picked up the treasure chest, by which time it had already gotten dark.

"Let's go back to camp first, the temperature is starting to drop," Luo Xing said to the two.

Back at the camp, it was completely dark. Golden Bean couldn't wait to take out the treasure chest left by the deer, put it on the ground, and rub his hands together.

"open!"

The lid of the box was opened, and a purple light rose up. The three of them rushed over.

Inside the box lay a gold coin, with a smiling face engraved on one side and a crying face on the other.

[Destiny Coin (Rare): 50% chance to increase a spirit's bloodline by one level, 50% chance to decrease it by one level. Only usable on spirits of Epic quality or lower.]

"What is this thing?" Golden Bean held the coin, turning it over and over, his eyes practically gleaming.

"Put it away for now. This thing comes at too high a price. Use it only when absolutely necessary." Luo Xing grabbed his restless hand and told him about the effects of the item.

Luo Xing walked up to the iron cage and glanced at it. The three poachers were huddled in the corner, their faces swollen like pig heads, their eyes blackened, and their clothes covered with fist marks.

The Snow Barbarian sat cross-legged in the middle of the cage, clenching his fists and staring intently at them. Anyone who dared to move would immediately have their fists fall on them.

"Well done, Beanie." Golden Bean tossed some food to the Snowman.

"I won't be keeping watch tonight, Meow Meow. You're in charge of watching them. Call me anytime if anything happens." Luo Xing summoned Meow Meow and pointed to the iron cage.

Meow stretched and jumped onto the top of the iron cage.

Luo Xing went into Su Mumu's tent as usual.

Su Mumu huddled in her sleeping bag with the healing rabbit in her arms. The little rabbit was already asleep, its soft ears resting on the back of her hand.

"Just let Miaomiao watch over the cage." Luo Xing left Miaomiao outside to guard the cage, wrapped himself in a blanket, leaned against the tent, and closed his eyes.

But he didn't actually sleep.

Ever since Luo Xing caught these three poachers, a question has been lingering in his mind.

The man in the baseball cap had tattoos of the Black Witch Cult and carried contamination potions. It's highly unlikely that someone like him would infiltrate a one-star secret realm just to capture a few ordinary elves to sell for money.

Luo Xing found nothing on the other two people, leading him to conclude that they were just ordinary poachers.

Luo Xing deliberately left only Miao Miao, the elf, to guard the night, just in time to wait for the fish to bite.

In the latter half of the night, the campsite fell completely silent.

The campfire had burned down to a few embers. Meow Meow lay beside the iron cage, her head resting on her paws, her eyes tightly closed, seemingly asleep.

Inside the iron cage, the man in the baseball cap half-closed his eyes, secretly observing his surroundings.

He waited for two whole hours, and after confirming that the cat was completely asleep, he slowly pulled a thin wire out of his sleeve.

The wire was turned gently twice in the keyhole, and with a "click," the lock opened.

The man in the baseball cap didn't wake his companions. He carefully pushed open the cage door and stealthily moved out of the camp.

Meow Meow rolled over and started purring softly.

The man in the baseball cap got further and further away from the camp. He looked back to make sure no one was chasing him, then he took off running.

Luo Xing was secretly following him from behind.

To Luo Xing's surprise, the man in the baseball cap returned to the poachers' previous camp.

Luo Xing hid behind the ice rocks in the distance, watching the man in the baseball cap squat in the center of the camp and begin to dig through the snow with his bare hands.

He was digging while muttering curses under his breath.

"A few brats... thinking they're done after catching me? They just sent a cat to guard me... Hilarious..."

He was sweating profusely from scratching in his baseball cap, but he was smiling smugly.

Luo Xing remained silent and waited quietly.

Five or six minutes later, the hand in the baseball cap touched something hard.

He brushed aside the surrounding snow and dug out a palm-sized black fragment from the pit.

A dark purple light flowed across the surface of the fragment, giving Luo Xing a very uncomfortable feeling.

He tucked the fragments into his pocket, stood up, brushed the snow off his hands, and strode quickly toward the bottom of Starfrost Cliff.

Luo Xing frowned and followed.

After walking for nearly two hours, the altitude was getting higher and higher, and the man in the baseball cap slowed down his pace noticeably. His eyebrows were covered with a layer of white frost, and his breath turned into thick white mist, but he gritted his teeth and did not stop.

The mountaintop was a wide open platform, and the moonlight made the entire snowfield shine.

Luo Xing crouched behind an ice rock, glanced ahead, and was quite surprised.

In the center of the platform, a white sprite is curled up asleep in the snow.

Its slender body is covered with silvery-white scales, and a pair of curved blue horns extend from the top of its head.

Luo Xing activated his all-knowing eye.

[Elf: Iredragon (Leader)]

[Rank: Lv.25]

[Quality: Dominant]

Luo Xing never expected to encounter the Irelong here.

The man in the baseball cap crouched down, pulled out the black fragment from his pocket, and approached the Irelong step by step.

His movements were extremely slow, and he was so nervous that he didn't dare to breathe.

Ten meters, five meters, three meters...

The hand in the baseball cap reached out, and the fragments were about to touch the Irelong.

The dark purple light was exceptionally dazzling in the darkness.

Just as the shard was about to be attached, everything went black in front of the person in the baseball cap.

Just as the shard was about to be attached, everything went black in front of the person in the baseball cap.

"Thump!"

A block of ice hit him squarely on the back of the head.

The man in the baseball cap rolled his eyes upward, his body went limp, and he plunged face down into the snow. Fragments slipped from his hands and fell to the ground.

Meow stood behind him, holding up half a broken ice block.

Luo Xing quickly picked up the fragments and put them into his star chart. Then he told Miao Miao to carry the baseball cap and they went down the mountain the way they came.

The ears of the nearby Irelong twitched, it turned over, and continued to sleep.

When the man in the baseball cap opened his eyes again, he was back in the iron cage.

His head was throbbing badly, and he reached up to touch the back of his head, where he found a lump the size of an egg.

He looked around in a daze and found that everything was normal.

"Dreaming... I must have been dreaming just now..." the baseball cap muttered to himself, reaching into his pocket to check for any remaining fragments.

He suddenly came to his senses, looked around, and saw no guards.

In a moment of impulsiveness, the man in the baseball cap pulled out a wire from his sleeve, pried open the cage door in a few quick movements, and stepped out, only to find everything going black again.

"Thump!"

Meow Meow jumped out from the shadows, swung a brick, and the baseball cap rolled its eyes again, falling straight back down.

Meow Meow glanced at him with her hands on her hips, closed the cage door, and squatted back in her original spot.

Inside the tent, a small light was on, and black fragments were placed between the two people.

[Contaminated Stone (Fragment): Forcibly corrupts a spirit, causing it to enter a berserk and uncontrollable state. A corrupted spirit will attack all living things until its life force is exhausted.]

Luo Xing read the information he knew to Su Mumu.

Su Mumu's expression changed. She was examining the fragments in her hand when she heard the word "pollution," and she immediately threw the fragments away.

"This is disgusting!" Su Mumu rubbed her fingers together, her face full of disgust.

As night deepened, the two stopped talking and went to sleep. They had more important things to do the next day. At exactly six o'clock in the morning, a notification sound rang in Luo Xing's mind.

[Ding! Today's intelligence has been updated!]

[World News: Rescuing the fallen girl in Starfrost Cliff will grant you a mysterious reward.]

Luo Xing stared at the intelligence report for three seconds, then frowned.

A fallen girl? What fallen girl would come from in this secret realm!