Oh no, I accidentally cultivated three spiritual roots and became an empress!

Chapter 38: Anything that goes too far risks being deliberately disguised.

Huanhuan recognized the Black Spirit Bear and immediately thought of the endless honey in its territory.

Upon hearing this, Zhong Lingxin thought, "What are we waiting for? Let's go reap the rewards!"

Huanhuan was processing the Black Spirit Bear's carcass. Although it was only a fourth-tier demon beast, it was a top-tier treasure for them at the moment.

Bear meat can be eaten, bear bile can be used to make elixirs, bear bones can be used to forge weapons, bear blood can be used to draw talismans, and bear skin can be used to make magical robes.

These are all good things that Lingxin can use right now.

Unfortunately, the Black Spirit Bear is not yet at the fifth level and does not have an inner core.

Zhong Lingxin watched Huanhuan intently dealing with the black bear's carcass and felt a surge of joy.

She really hates dealing with these chores, so she'll just leave them all to Huanhuan from now on.

Huanhuan immediately refused.

She has no choice but to help Lingxin with her work.

She protested earnestly, "Lingxin, your next goal is to build a cave dwelling, or even just a small herb garden first, and raise a few little flower fairies to help you clean up the monster corpses. You already have this divine beast, how can you not have a cave dwelling space? How can you do this to this divine beast?"

Zhong Lingxin immediately nodded in agreement; they definitely needed to create a space. Even a small space would be fine, at least so that Xiao Huanhuan could run around freely instead of being cooped up in the spirit beast ring every day.

There's also the spirit stone mine beneath the Windwing Tiger Cave. If there were space, we could just move it there. Instead, we're exhausted and have to abandon most of the spirit stones because there's nowhere to store them.

Now that I've picked up someone else's storage ring, can I go back and dig up the remaining spirit stones?

Huanhuan rejected Zhong Lingxin's idea. The secret realm was so vast that they didn't have enough time, and they couldn't give up so many good things just for a spirit stone mine.

Zhong Lingxin thought it made sense; they were about to harvest the spirit honey.

As the man and the beast chatted and laughed, they arrived at the Black Spirit Bear's cave.

The cave was filled to the brim with bottles and jars of spiritual honey.

That saves them the trouble of getting it cut.

They also found several storage rings and bags in the Black Spirit Bear's cave, all left behind by cultivators who had entered the secret realm over the years.

Zhong Lingxin was delighted. With these storage rings and bags, she wouldn't have to worry about not having enough space to store things.

Huanhuan was also very happy. She picked out three storage rings, one large and two small, made them into a necklace, and wore it around her neck.

The storage ring was hidden in her hair; it was impossible to see it unless you looked closely.

The unlucky Qu Xin was severely injured this time, and a wisp of her divine consciousness was erased, making her injuries even worse. At this moment, she was lying in a grove of trees, struggling to regain consciousness.

Before she could even check Zhong Lingxin's whereabouts, a long snake tongue kissed her face.

A foul, snake-like stench assaulted her senses.

She was probably awakened by the smell of snake.

The conscious Qu Xin was terrified by the giant snake in front of her. Without thinking, she took out an explosive talisman and threw it into the snake's mouth. She also forced herself to tear off a teleportation talisman and moved away, despite her injuries.

Behind her, she clearly heard a muffled explosion, followed by several loud thuds.

She thought bitterly, "It's all that damned Zhong Lingxin's fault that I've ended up like this. I must kill her!"

Zhong Lingxin collected a large pile of magical treasures and honey, and was in a great mood as she continued her journey forward.

She was still in the Black Spirit Bear's territory, and she wasn't worried at all about other monsters attacking her.

Carrying a small hoe, she dug and gathered herbs, slowly making her way towards the inner perimeter.

She didn't expect that Qu Xin, who was persistent in pursuing her, would follow the guidance of the Soul-Chasing Incense and catch up with her after taking a few healing pills.

This time, it was Xiao Huanhuan who discovered Qu Xin first.

Xiao Huanhuan is a third-tier divine beast, whose actual combat strength is comparable to that of a fourth-tier demon beast, and whose divine sense far surpasses that of Qu Xin.

From afar, she saw Qu Xin chasing after her, and she also saw Qu Xin light the Soul-Chasing Incense to confirm Zhong Lingxin's location.

She told Zhong Lingxin about her discovery.

Zhong Lingxin immediately became alert.

From Xiao Huanhuan's description, she thought of the Soul-Guiding Incense.

Did Qu Xin put a soul-summoning incense on her?

Records in the Immortal Spirit Continent state that the Soul-Guiding Incense is colorless and odorless. As long as it comes into contact with a person's skin, it will leave a mark on that person. Then, by lighting the Soul-Tracking Incense, which is made together with the Soul-Guiding Incense, one can pinpoint the person's location and achieve the purpose of tracking.

Why would Qu Xin be tracking her down, even resorting to using the Soul-Attracting Incense?

It is important to know that the Soul-Guiding Incense is extremely difficult to refine and is very expensive.

This made her think of Qu Xin giving up a top-tier sect to come to their small, second-tier sect. What was it about her that attracted Qu Xin?

Think of Qu Xin's hostility when she first met her, the words she said in the sect, how she snatched her into her team when entering the secret realm, and how she recognized the nine-tailed fox as soon as she saw Huanhuan.

Could she have seen me before?

Considering that he himself was a time traveler, it wasn't surprising that she knew him.

So she was also a time traveler?

Or is she able to predict the future?

Or perhaps she was reborn?

Judging from her current situation, the possibility of her being reborn is extremely high, because the sword technique she used in her rage was the Annihilation Sword Technique of the Lingyun Sect's Annihilation Mahayana stage.

Perhaps she was a disciple of the Nirvana Mahayana sect in her previous life, which is why she reacted so strongly when she saw the Lingyun Sect disciples.

No, it was her hatred for Hua Qinglian, a disciple of the Nirvana Mahayana sect.

Haha, that Hua Qinglian is too understanding, too gentle and kind, too beautiful and pure.

Anything that is excessive or excessive may be suspected of being deliberately disguised.

In short, Zhong Lingxin believes that Huaqinglian is a branch of the white lotus.

Perhaps Qu Xin was defeated by Hua Qinglian in her previous life.

Indeed, with her headstrong, arrogant, and willful nature, it's no wonder she couldn't win the favor of her master and fellow disciples, especially compared to Hua Qinglian.

Having figured all this out, Zhong Lingxin put an invisibility talisman on herself and, guided by Xiao Huanhuan, quietly sneaked towards Qu Xin.

Since Qu Xin is pursuing her soul, it's probably because she knows she can obtain valuable resources like the Nine-Tailed Fox and "Illusory Heaven Realm," and she's trying to steal those resources from her.

Then she can't keep this nuisance around any longer.

Qu Xin estimated Zhong Lingxin's location and flew quickly toward that spot.

Little did she know that Zhong Lingxin had already seen through her pursuit and was heading in the opposite direction, lying in ambush by a grove of trees, waiting to deliver a fatal blow.

They were now in the middle of the group.

Qu Xin flew almost close to the ground, not daring to fly too high for fear of attracting attacks from flying monsters.

Just as she flew over a small grove of trees and paused briefly at the edge of the grove to confirm her location.

Zhong Lingxin made her move.

The first thing she used was the most powerful explosive talisman her master had given her.

Qu Xin suddenly felt a threat of death looming over her, and she quickly dodged and flew into the sky.

But Zhong Lingxin had already calculated her escape route, and the explosive talisman exploded right above her head.