"Stop dawdling, open the door now!" the Andean eagle shouted.
"Got it, boss!" Qin Jing threw the pheasant on the ground, picked up the ruby key, and came to the ancient stone gate. He wanted to see what was inside that had made the Andean eagle go to such lengths, even kidnapping him, to get to the place inside.
There was a keyhole in the center of the door. The ruby shone brightly the moment it was inserted. You could see a large red bead on the left and a blue one in the same position on the right.
Qin Jing placed one hand on each side, circulating the energy in her body. She transmitted the chaotic black spiritual energy within her body from her left hand and the white demonic energy converted from the fox tail from her right hand.
A red and a blue jewel shimmered and shone brightly. The key in the middle rotated three times automatically, and the ancient gate opened.
"Pheasant! Is the door open yet?" the Andean vulture above shouted.
"Not yet! Boss! This human's spiritual energy is too weak! I need to release the same amount of demonic energy to match him." Qin Jing shouted in a high-pitched voice and went straight inside.
After a while, no sound was heard from below.
"No! The pheasant should be cursing right now!" Andean Eagle realized something. He didn't want his men to get close to this place in the first place, so he sent down a pheasant who wasn't smart enough to try to embezzle the property. Now it seems that was a mistake. The pheasant with the bad brain is causing trouble down there!
An Andean eagle swooped down into the tunnel and saw a pheasant lying unconscious on the ground.
"Aaaaah! Humans!!!" The Andean vulture let out a piercing scream and charged straight into the stone door.
At this moment, Qin Jing was standing on a stone seat, with a jade thumb ring placed on it.
Beneath the stone seat was a long stone table with various magnificent treasure chests of different sizes, the gems inlaid on the chests alone being priceless.
Beneath the table was a pale golden mountain, filling the entire spacious cavern, which resembled a plaza. There were various gold nuggets and jewels, including golden swords and a whole nugget of gold dug out of a mine. Among these treasures were at least a thousand items that emitted spiritual energy.
Section 236, Chapter 52: Qiongqi's Warning to Jing
Endless wealth, powerful magical treasures, and things that monsters pursue their whole lives but cannot obtain—all of these are available here.
The Andean vulture, its eyes gleaming with bloodlust, roared in a hoarse voice as it took in these creatures. Overwhelmed with excitement, its powerful body broke free of its human form, revealing individual feathers.
"These are mine! Mine!"
"No, if it's first come, first served, it should be mine, right?" Qin Jing picked up the jade ring and played with it, then pouted and said, "Although even if I took it, Master Fox would definitely extort it back."
"Give them to me! Give them all to me!" the Andean eagle cried, stretching out its large hand. No, now its hand was covered in black feathers, making it look as bizarre as a human hand attached to the wings of a large bird.
"In the end, these things belong to the academy, right? Neither of us has the right to take them," Qin Jing said, shrugging. She wasn't afraid of the changes in the Andean eagle.
As he entered the room, he seemed to receive some kind of recognition; the ring seemed to be calling out to his arrival. Although Qin Jing felt it was best not to touch something of unknown origin, he decided to give it a try in order to break the deadlock.
"The leaves of the leaves in the Dark Forest are a paralyzing poison," Qin Jing said.
The jade ring shifted to purple, and it seemed as if some rule within the entire Dark Forest region had changed.
Above the cave, the minions of the Andean vultures were attacking the girls.
Even though Little Seba can't see, his hearing is still very sensitive.
"Yoyo, follow the water flow I'm sending and freeze everything around us!" the whale said, releasing a giant water sphere from its hand.
"I understand! Let's go, whale!" Youyou agreed, taking a deep breath and releasing a chill from her body.
"You can stay in the secret room with Xiaojing, just me!!!" The whale brandished hundreds of whips that materialized from the water, lashing them out and entangling the creatures in the dense forest.
"Xiao Jing! Youyou is here to save you!" Youyou grabbed the water that the whale offered and used her whip to freeze it along the water, releasing the maximum amount of cold air, intending to freeze the surrounding monsters into ice sculptures.
Just then, one by one, the bird demons of the Sky Clan suddenly froze, motionless, and finally collapsed to the ground.
"Huh? Youyou hasn't made a move yet?" Youyou withdrew the chilling aura she had released and asked curiously.
Little Seba swung his curry stick, sending a Sky Clan member flying into the air and hanging on the tree mountain.
"They seem to be incapacitated." Wangzi picked up the moon fruit that had been knocked to the ground earlier, leaned against his nose, and found his companions.
“Xiao Jing, it’s Xiao Jing. What’s going on over there?” Whale asked.
Inside the cave, Qin Jing sat cross-legged on a stone seat, examining the jade thumb ring and saying, "It truly lives up to its legendary status as an extraordinary divine ring. This thumb ring is incredibly useful, although it can only restrict one rule at a time and cannot alter living beings."
Qin Jing used this power to transform the leaves in the Black Forest into a deadly poison. The Sky Clan monsters, whose eyes were coated with a night liquid made from the leaves, were all controlled as if they had taken poison.
"Damn it..." The Andean eagle, which had also applied eye drops, was also paralyzed all over due to the poison in its eyes.
"Aaaaaah!" The Andean eagle's already crimson eyes turned black, and its entire body swelled up, transforming into a ferocious black bird that opened its sharp beak and pecked at Qin Jing.
Qin Jing dodged, leaped high into the air, and flipped over, circulating spiritual and demonic energy within her body to form a white and a black ball of light. These two spheres merged together to create yin and yang, which then slammed directly into the monster bird's crown.
"A half-crippled and irrational monster, there's no reason I should lose, right?" Qin Jing clapped her hands and landed in front of the stone table. Now all she had to do was go outside and send a message to the challenge alliance to win a victory and gain a chance to advance.
The strange bird lost consciousness and collapsed to the ground. Its open mouth then spewed out puffs of black smoke, which coalesced into the phantom of a black snake.
The black snake said in a hoarse voice:
"Qin Jing, as the victor of this battle, I reward you with a bag that can hold all the treasures. The Andean eagle will lose all its memories, while you possess all the treasures here. Come, be true to your desires."
"You really are everywhere, just like a cockroach," Qin Jing said, picking up the cloth bag.
"Hehehe, every living being has desires, and I am a demon who faithfully serves these desires, so I am omnipresent. This time you are the victor, and these things are naturally your spoils. As long as you have the key to close the door, no one will find this place. Put the treasures in your bag and take them out. You can easily launder these treasures using your businesses, right?" The Black Serpent said with a smile, not angry at all.
"Hehe, take your time to think it over." The black smoke dissipated.
Just then, footsteps were heard; it turned out the girls had come looking for them.
"Xiao Jing~!"
"Are you alright?"
"Well, it's more accurate to say I got a little too excited." Seeing her companion, Qin Jing's mind cleared up again. Even if she obtained such a treasure, it wouldn't be worth it if it came at the cost of sacrificing her current daily life.
However, let's take a look at the spoils first. Qin Jing and her companions waved their fingers and curiously opened the boxes one by one. Although they knew that if they were discovered, the boxes would definitely be put away, but as long as they weren't discovered, that would be fine.
"Then everyone, please pick one treasure you like to take home," Qin Jing said.
"Is that alright? This must be the treasure that Hourai Academy is searching for."
"Well, we found it after all, so we'll get a reward, right? We might as well choose first," Qin Jing said.
“That makes sense…” Alice saw a black spear wrapped in thorns and couldn’t put it down.
"Xiao Jing, may I have these?" Little Seba asked, holding a knight's greatsword that had been sheathed in a blue-gold scabbard.
"Yes, it won't grow up," Qin Jing said.
"Is that so? Then forget it." Little Seba tossed the sword back into the pool of gold coins and went to look for other treasures.
So everyone chose their treasures and hid them away.
After the news spread, upon hearing that the Demon God's treasure had been discovered, even Qiongqi rushed over.
"Xiao Jing, is everything here?" Qiongqi surveyed the entire secret cave, which was filled with mountains of gold and silver.
"Yes, everything's here. As a reward, can we pick something we like to take home?" Qin Jing asked with a cute smile.
"Of course! You've done a great service!" Qiongqi looked at the important treasure on it and readily agreed.
"Is that so? Okay then, everyone, let's go back." Qin Jing called to her companions, who put on their backpacks and headed towards the portal outside the cave.
"Huh? Weren't we supposed to be choosing treasures?" Qiongqi asked in surprise.
"I've already made my choice," Qin Jing replied.
"Wait, you didn't all take the treasures from the top box, did you?" Qiongqi exclaimed.
"Principal, you're not going back on your word, are you?" Qin Jing and the girls looked over together.
Qiongqi was speechless with frustration, and could only manage a wry smile: "Uh, never mind, Jing boy, you really are becoming more and more like a fox!"
"I'm not as wicked as Master Fox. Master Fox isn't like me, sending you the best monster girl brews every month," Qin Jing retorted.
Qiongqi laughed and said, "Hahaha, after all, finding the Demon God's treasure and opening the door is indeed a great achievement. When you return to school, bring the spiritual treasures or other treasures you obtained to the principal's office to register them, and then it will be acknowledged as yours."
"Oh, right, Uncle Qiongqi, this is for you." Qin Jing tossed the cloth bag to Qiongqi.
"Ah! Isn't this an extremely rare cloth bag that can hold spiritual treasures? Where did you find it?" Qiongqi asked.
"No, it was that black snake that gave it to me. It was so eerie that I didn't dare to take it," Qin Jing said.
"That Demon Serpent is causing trouble again. I know, Jing, you did the right thing. It's a monster that lures other creatures into making contracts with it and then plays with them. Don't get involved with it." Qiongqi frowned and then looked at the boy.
"I can feel it," Qin Jing replied.
In the final moments, the battle outside the forest finally came to a conclusion, and Qin Jing and her companions, having defeated the Sky Clan branch, remained in the final eight and also earned the right to advance.
Section 237, Page 53: The Birth of the Top 32
The next morning, Qin Jing and her friends set off for the competition venue.
The passing monsters all looked over, and one hippopotamus raised its hand and shouted, "Hey! You guys have to do your best!"
"Go for it! We believe in you!" the Dragon Man and Tiger Woman said, pumping their fists in support.
"Thank you!" Wang Zixin waved happily to her classmates who supported her.
Even the monster tourists from outside cast curious glances in their direction.
"It seems quite a few monsters have recognized us now," Alice said with a smile, her hands behind her back. She was a little happy inside; if she had wings now, she would be flapping them gently.
"Well, this isn't exactly a good thing," Qin Jing said.
"Huh? Isn't this a good thing?" Wang Zi turned around and looked at the boy in confusion.
At this moment, Qin Jing stopped walking, and Seba, who had been following behind her, bumped into the boy's back.
"Xiao Jing?" Seba asked curiously, pressing on Qin Jing's waist and peering out.
A group of fully transformed blue-haired monsters stood in front of them. Apart from a blue-haired adult man who looked like a teacher standing on one side, the others were all beautiful young women, each with their own unique charm.
One of the girls, a blue-haired girl with a long three-strand braid, with jagged teeth showing, waved her hand vigorously at Qin Jing.
"Lady Qin Jing~!" Lan Huasha greeted them with a hearty laugh.
Because if she responded, the other person would take advantage of her kindness next time, so Qin Jing remained silent and did not respond.
The blue-haired women standing around Blue Shark also looked over, sizing up Qin Jing and Whale, and whispering excitedly among themselves.
The leader was a woman with slightly shorter hair who looked neat and efficient. She looked at the dumbfounded whale and said, "Whale! Aren't you going to greet your sisters?"
"Ninety-eighth sister... Hello everyone," Whale said softly.
"Go, whale!" The girls behind her whispered encouragement to the girl.
"I didn't expect you to make it into the top 32. That's not bad. If we meet again, we represent the face of the Sea Clan and we won't show any mercy. If we do, be prepared to admit defeat."
"I won't admit defeat. How will I know the result if I don't compete?" Whale thought of the efforts he and his partners had put in together, and this time he mustered up the courage to retort.
"Hmm, so this is the partner you mentioned? And is this the human you mentioned?" The leading woman scrutinized them critically.
"Yes..." Sweat beaded on the whale's head. Facing these merfolk, he remembered the bold words he had spoken earlier, and his momentum weakened again.
Qin Jing glanced at the guilty-looking Jing, and knew more or less what she had said. She was so open and uninhibited in front of him, so why did she become so tongue-tied in front of her own sister?
Qin Jing flashed his adorable smile and stepped forward, saying, "Hello, sisters, I'm Qin Jing, a human. I'm currently living with a whale. Please take care of me."
"Ah... um, hello." The blue-haired woman felt the light was too bright and covered her eyes.
"Wow! They really live together!"
"Living together! They're already living together! They're really getting intimate!"
The mermaids behind them started discussing it excitedly.
"Good luck in the competition! If there's nothing else, we'll be going now. Let's go, Whale-chan." Qin Jing smiled, took the stunned Whale's hand, and walked quickly into the venue.
"Oh, oh..." The blue-haired woman felt that the critical hit had taken its toll, and she no longer had the strength to stop anything.
"How thoughtful! Humans are all the same after all. I guess I'll go to the human world after I graduate."
"Then you'd have to call off the engagement beforehand."
"It's okay, running away from the wedding is romantic!"
The mermaid girls, who had witnessed Qin Jing's actions, cupped their faces in their hands and spoke with great anticipation.
"..." Princess Lan Huashan, who was ranked 106th, saw all of this and kept staring at Qin Jing's figure for a long time even as Qin Jing's figure gradually disappeared into the distance.
After entering the contestant passage leading into the venue, Qin Jing lowered her hand the moment she stepped into the tunnel after being allowed to pass by the security guard.
Whale looked on with emotion, and the boy who had previously defended her said, "Xiao Jing... you could have held her hand a little longer."
Qin Jing frowned and looked at the girl, saying, "Enough! You must have lied before! You already felt inferior to your sister, which is why you've become even more flustered."
Whale turned its head away, looking in another direction, and said feigning ignorance, "Xiao Jing, what are you doing? I don't understand at all..."
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