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Previously, when she had saved the Old black bear, she thought that the Soul Fire could burn the magic on the Old black bear's wounds to nothingness. However, she later realized that not only did the magic not disappear, it had actually merged with her Soul Fire, causing a hint of blue to be mixed into her pure golden flames.

Could it be due to that magic?

Yun Jinxiu's eyes flashed, and then, he casually pushed open the door. What was strange was that behind the door, there was not a room, but instead an empty back garden. A few teetering thatched cottages were situated in various parts of the garden, giving off a feeling of returning to their original state.

In contrast to the emptiness of the main hall, there were a few figures busy with work in the rear garden. They were a few women in tattered clothing, carrying bamboo baskets, seemingly picking fresh petals.

Yun Jinxiu's gaze could not help but scan the faces of the girls. Unlike the yellow and skinny children from before, the girls all had rosy and beautiful faces.

Yun Jinxiu's gaze could not help but sweep across their palms, only to see that their hands were all slender and white, not like they were weathered hands.

As the clothes they were wearing were truly tattered, their skin was faintly discernable, causing a few trigonum s not far away to stare blankly.

A glint flashed across Yun Jinxiu's eyes. "What are you doing?"

She suddenly shouted coldly, causing the faces of the men and women to change. They hurriedly put down what they were doing, stepped forward, and said respectfully: "Miss Shui Xiu, Hall Master told us to bathe in flowers tonight, so we are here to pick more petals."

Yun Jinxiu said: Other than the petals, are you ready?

Her voice was harsh, and the women did not dare to be careless. They quickly said: "The children we picked earlier committed suicide. As for the rest, we do not dare to make the decision. We are only waiting for the lady to come."

Yun Jinxiu said: "I'll go see those children."

She had used every single word perfectly to ensure that her true identity would not be revealed.

She guessed that those children were probably in the goldsmith's den.

Sure enough, when her thoughts stopped there, one of the girls put down her flower basket and said respectfully: "Lan Er, lead the lady over there."

With that, she turned and walked towards the thatched cottage.

In that moment, Yun Jinxiu's heart sank, could it be that the children were no longer in the gold mine?

Although he had his suspicions, Yun Jinxiu's footsteps did not stop. He opened his mouth and said: "Are you planning to wait until Hall Master returns before continuing?"

Those people's faces all changed drastically. They hurriedly picked up the baskets and lowered their heads to continue their work.

When he pushed open the door of the thatched hut, the furnishings inside were even more destitute than the ancient hall. Inside, there was a wooden bed, an old table, an old chair, and a few teapot that had already lit up while being rubbed. On the bed, there were layers of patched quilts.

Lan Er did not suspect anything at all, she walked over to the painting, raised her hand, and quickly drew a strange seal on the benevolent character, following that, with a "creak" sound, the entire table started to move, and what appeared before her was a staircase leading downwards.

Lan Er nodded to Yun Jinxiu and then walked down the stairs. Following behind him was a not very spacious four-sided cellar, and around the cellar, were extremely mystical portraits, all of them sacred and dignified, no one daring to take any offense.

Lan Er stopped in front of a portrait of the Sky Goddess, raised his hand, and drew a strange mark on the jade pendant on the goddess's waist, then with a kacha sound, the entire wall started to reverse, and a tunnel appeared in front of him.

A dense amount of spirit energy suddenly surged out from the passage, and Yun Jinxiu slowly narrowed his eyes.

Lan Er nodded towards Yun Jinxiu, and then walked towards the passage.

Compared to the dilapidated old darkness outside, the tunnel in front of him could be described as dazzling in gold and jade!

The floor was covered with a golden velvet carpet, and on both sides of the wall were paintings of extravagant and gorgeous beauties. The clothes of those beauties were all inlaid with gold and jade — they were not drawings, but real jade beads!

Every few steps, there would be a golden lamp, but this lamp was no ordinary oil lamp or lithocrystalline lamp, it was a stone pulp!

In the outer world, a drop of stone pulp required at least fifteen thousand kilograms of lithocrystalline to exchange. And here, the stone pulp burned to her heart's content.

After passing through the long corridor, what appeared before him was a huge underground palace.

The palaces were all made of crystal, and outside the hall, there was a giant statue of a celestial goddess carved from jade. However, the celestial goddess had her chest revealed, and was extremely charming. Where could she be even half an ounce of celestial spiritual energy?

Following the fairy's body, fragrant immortal wine slowly flowed into the enormous jade pool. The pool itself was surrounded by trees, but those trees were not real trees. They were all carved from jade and gold.

A few luxuriously dressed, yet revealing, beautiful women were currently walking past the palace, talking and laughing. Their voices were as pleasant to listen to as orioles, but in Yun Jinxiu's ears, they were filled with ridicule!

She had guessed that this place would be extravagant, but she hadn't expected it to be this extravagant!

"Miss Shui Xiu."

The few women suddenly noticed Yun Jinxiu and their expressions changed slightly. Soon after, their laughter ended and they all bowed respectfully.

Yun Jinxiu did not reply, and instead asked impatiently: "What are you standing there for?"

These words were said to Lan Er.

The woman named Lan Er also suddenly dropped as she hurriedly brought Yun Jinxiu forward.

After walking into the luxurious and extravagant palace and passing through a few rooms, Lan Er finally stopped in front of one of them.

A sharp reprimand came from the room, "Slave, you can't even learn tricks, I'll beat you to death!"

But strangely, no matter how much the whip whipped at him, there was no sound of crying coming from the room. However, when Lan Er pushed open the door, and saw everything in the room, she finally understood that it was not silence, but the children who lost the right to speak.

In the room, six or seven naked little girls were tied to a few jade statues in an extremely ashamed manner. From the description, they were all men but were similarly naked.

In front of the children, a woman in gorgeous clothing was holding onto a whip, madly lashing out at one of the children. In front of the children, a woman in gorgeous clothing, holding onto a whip, madly lashing out at one of the children.

That silent cry was even more heart-wrenching than a howl.

Yun Jinxiu stood there, she suddenly felt that all the knowledge she had once, in that instant, had been turned upside down.