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It wasn't easy to get forty roasted chickens, but before the meat could even reach her mouth, there were already less than ten. Yan Xiaoxi's heart ached just thinking about it.

"It's useless to object." Nangong Lin's words didn't have a trace of warmth, so it must be true.

He knew that this was the only way to make Yan Xiaoxi obey him obediently and not act as she pleased.

"Linlin, I promise, I will definitely not give you any more trouble. This time let's forget about it, okay?" Yan Xiaoxi pointed her finger at Nangong Lin and made a 1 in the air, staring innocently with her big eyes as she negotiated with Nangong Lin.

Nangong Lin's heart softened upon seeing Yan Xiaoxi's clear and bright eyes. He compromised and said, "There will not be a next time."

"Linlin is the best." Yan Xiaoxi cheered and excitedly hugged Nangong Lin's muscular arms.

"Woman, remember what you said. Next time, I'll confiscate all of your roasted chicken." Nangong Lin continued to warn him.

Yan Xiaoxi pouted her lips, glared at Nangong Lin and nodded seriously.

She had already made up her mind. Once they left this strange mountain, she would make Nangong Lin fulfill his promise and give all 40 of her roasted chickens to her. By then, the meat would already be in his stomach, let's see what else he can do to her!

Yan Xiaoxi couldn't help but feel that she had become smarter. To be able to come up with such a brilliant idea, she still had to eat more meat.

Nangong Lin looked at Yan Xiaoxi, who was giggling foolishly, and knew that this woman must be up to something again.

Forget it, she was the only one who was safe and sound. As for everything else, he would just turn a blind eye to it.

"Linlin, that pill is only temporarily suppressing the poison in our bodies, so let's quickly leave this place. I need to prepare the medicine and I can only detoxify the poison after drinking it." Whenever Yan Xiaoxi was involved in important matters, her expression would become very serious and her speech would become orderly.

Nangong Lin nodded, grabbed Yan Xiaoxi's hand and continued to walk forward.

According to the map, they were not far from their destination.

If he continued onward for another hour, he would reach his destination.

After going through the poisonous fog, man-eating flowers, and thousands of attacks from snakes, the two of them finally arrived at the entrance of the treasure trove.

"Linlin, we finally arrived." Yan Xiaoxi jumped excitedly on the spot.

At this moment, even Nangong Lin's face was brimming with unconcealable joy. After going through a lot of obstacles, he finally found the location of the secret treasure.

The strange poison that had been bothering him for the past year could finally be cured.

What appeared before them was an ancient cave, its surroundings were weeds and moss. Looking into the cave, it was pitch black, one could not see the bottom.

"Let's go." Nangong Lin took out a fire piston from his pocket and walked in with Yan Xiaoxi in tow.

The moment they stepped into the cave, the light from the fire piston instantly lit up the entire space.

Ahead was a flat road, wide and straight, devoid of any danger.

The two of them held hands as they walked deeper and deeper into the cave.

After walking for an unknown amount of time, the two of them finally encountered something that obstructed their path.

It was an ingenious door with delicate workmanship. In the middle of the door were five mysterious round pits. Coupled with the paintings on top of them, they magically formed a brilliant flower. It was unique and eye-catching.

"Linlin, how do we open the door?" Yan Xiaoxi observed for a long time, but still couldn't find anything.

Nangong Lin had already observed the door carefully. Instinct told him that the door would not be easily opened.

His mind had already spun a hundred times as countless ideas emerged in his mind.

Yan Xiaoxi, who had been anxiously waiting, once again acted without thinking. She placed both of her hands on the door without hesitation and prepared to push open the heavy door with her strength.

Despite her exertion, the door showed no reaction, not even a crack.

"Linlin, come and help." At this moment, Yan Xiaoxi was panting heavily. She finally thought of asking for Nangong Lin's help.

Nangong Lin glanced at Yan Xiaoxi helplessly. This woman was always so disobedient. Even though he had complained to her, he still immediately made his move and pushed open the door with Yan Xiaoxi.

After a long time, both of them had little strength left, but the door was still tightly shut.

"I'm so tired, just how do I open this door?" Yan Xiaoxi was so tired that she did not care about her image as she sat down on the ground.

Nangong Lin was also sweating profusely as he leaned against the wall. He couldn't help but feel that he had really done a lot of silly things with Yan Xiaoxi.

He knew from the morning that this heavy and ingenious door must have a mechanism. It was definitely not as simple as opening it with brute force, yet he actually went to open the door with her.

Thinking about this, Nangong Lin felt that he must have lost his mind due to Yan Xiaoxi's anger and lost his usual rationality.

"Woman, forty roasted chickens." With the warning from before, Nangong Lin was determined that he would not compromise this time.

"Why?" Upon hearing these words, Yan Xiaoxi, who was sitting on the ground, immediately stood up in excitement.

"Do whatever you want, and don't listen." Nangong Lin gave a serious reason.

"Where did I get that?" Yan Xiaoxi really didn't know what she had done wrong.

"Not yet. If there was some hidden weapon in the door, wouldn't you be injured?" The issue of safety was Nangong Lin's bottom line. Once touched, he would definitely retreat.

Yan Xiaoxi curled her lips and retorted, "Aren't I fine?"

"Fortunately, it's fine." Nangong Lin realized that if he didn't teach this woman a lesson, she wouldn't stay there obediently by herself.

This time, he would not be soft-hearted.

"I don't want it, I don't want it!" Yan Xiaoxi shamelessly laid on the ground.

Nangong Lin completely ignored Yan Xiaoxi's actions and continued to study the mechanism of the door in front of him.

Other than these five strange round pits, there were no other places to attack.

The Five Elements Eight Trigrams, and the Mysterious Gate Escape Armor were all useless.

So how exactly did it open? There must be a mechanism?

But where was the mechanism?

Yan Xiaoxi, who had lost forty roasted chickens, sat slumped against the wall like a deflated balloon. Her delicate features were completely twisted, and she had written four large words on her face and body language. I was not happy.

Seeing that Nangong Lin was completely indifferent to her, Yan Xiaoxi couldn't help but sigh.

The forty roasted chicken she was about to obtain was gone just like that. At this moment, she felt as if her world had collapsed, leaving her in darkness.

Suddenly, her unfocused eyes stared at the round hole on the door, and the corner of her mouth hooked into a strange curve.

Haha, maybe her roasted chicken can come back, or maybe she can fight for ten more.