A genius girl with her own space

As Qiqi's hand left, the cauldron, as if it had heard her thoughts, transformed into a palm-sized divine cauldron. She was shocked. The divine cauldron could hear my thoughts. "Try growing bigger now."

The Shennong Ding suddenly grew larger. Qiqi jumped for joy. "Can you shrink and come with me?" She had just finished speaking when the Shennong Ding shrank to the size of a palm and landed in her hand.

Uncle Hu also saw that the Shennong Ding belonged to the junior sister. Qiqi was the junior sister's reincarnation, and seeing her following her meant he recognized Qiqi. The little Shennong Ding also jumped a few times in her hand, expressing its joy. It hadn't seen its owner in thousands of years.

"Master, where have you been? You locked me up here. I feel so lonely waiting here." A five-year-old boy floated out from the sacred cauldron.

"You are Xiao Ding's spirit, you know me. How come I can't remember you at all?"

"Qiqi, this is the Shennong Ding, a divine artifact. You must have forgotten it after being reincarnated several times." Uncle Hu wanted to read the spirit of the little tripod and stopped him from talking about the divine realm.

The little boy also saw Uncle Hu. He opened his eyes wide and looked at the man who used to be the master's senior brother. Why is he here? Didn't he let me tell her the truth?

"I haven't eaten here for a long time. I'm so hungry!" It was trying to divert Qiqi's attention.

Qiqi quickly took out a lot of pills and gave them to the little boy. "Whatever pills you want, we have them here."

"Let me give you a name. That way it'll be easier to call you when we meet. Since you're Shennong Ding, let's call you Xiao Ding. It's simple and easy to remember."

Uncle Hu grinned at Xiao Ding. He'd thought it was some fancy name, but then he realized it wasn't even as nice as Shennong Ding. He sighed, thinking it was the owner who named it. So, let's just call it Xiao Ding.

"I don't want to take pills anymore. I want to eat fruit. I've been taking pills for many years and I'm tired of them." Xiao Ding said proudly.

When Qiqi heard Xiaoding wanted to eat some fruit, she immediately pulled out three peaches, three apples, and three bunches of grapes from her space. She placed the fruit on the table, and the three of them sat down, divided it equally, and began to eat with big mouthfuls.

It was also Uncle Hu's first time eating apples and grapes. The fruity aroma was tangy and the bite was incredibly sweet. Delicious.

Xiao Ding started with the peach, and the sweetness of the fruit kept him from stopping. Soon he had finished the apple and grapes, but he still felt unsatisfied. They both felt that the fruit was even better than anything in the divine realm.

Xiao Ding stretched out his hand embarrassedly and asked Qiqi for some fruit. Although he had lived for thousands of years and had transformed into a child, he was still a little shy.

Qiqi looked at the two people in front of her, one stretching out his hand and the other looking at her. She knew that the fruit was delicious and they didn’t eat enough.

He quickly took out a lot more and let them eat their fill today.

Xiao Ding and Uncle Hu didn't hesitate and started eating with big mouthfuls. They didn't have time to say anything, so they just finished eating first.

Seeing how happy they were, Qiqi ate more herself, stopping only when both of them were full. There was still plenty left on the table. Xiaoding, taking advantage of his status as a child, took all the food into his own small pot and saved it for himself.

Uncle Hu laughed out loud when he saw this. "I won't fight with you for it. I'm satisfied after eating all this. Just ask Qiqi for more whenever you want."

Xiao Ding also thought so and laughed awkwardly.

"Master, please follow me. There is a big surprise outside the cave."

Xiao Ding led the way, with Qiqi and Uncle Hu following behind. The cave was very uneven, so Qiqi took out her flashlight to illuminate it. This helped them avoid tripping over the protruding rocks.

They soon saw light, which meant they had reached the cave entrance. Xiao Ding ran out quickly.

Qiqi and Uncle Hu also quickened their pace and followed him out. It was sunny outside. This was a large valley surrounded by mountains, and basically no one came here.

They saw many medicinal fields planted with medicinal herbs, many of which were rare.

"Xiao Ding, did you grow these? We can't sell so many medicinal herbs here?" Qiqi asked.

"Master, these are not planted by me. These are the medicinal herb seeds I provided. The uncles and aunts here planted them. If they have minor illnesses or disasters, they can eat these medicinal herbs. They can be cured. There are many common medicinal herbs here, such as yam they can eat, coptis chinensis can treat diarrhea, astragalus can replenish qi, and angelica can replenish blood. They can also eat sorghum rice." Xiao Ding said happily.

"Xiao Ding, there are still indigenous people here. How do they get out and how do they contact the outside world?" Qiqi asked.

"Master, they don't go out. There aren't many people here. They once told me that people outside bully the poor, so they found this place to live in seclusion. They are very happy being self-sufficient."

Now that you are here, why not go and see how these indigenous people live?

"Xiao Ding, take me to their residence to see how they are living. Do they need any help?"

"Okay, I'll take you there. They live a very simple life."

Xiao Ding led them along the ridges of the fields. The area was flat, planted with crops. There was a lake with clear water, and it seemed they drank from it. There were even fish swimming in the lake. Soon they spotted a few men in coarse clothing working. Their hoes were almost worn flat.

"Hello, uncle and aunt, I'm here to see you! How are you?" Xiao Ding hadn't been here for several months. It was too cold in winter and he didn't want to come out.

"You're here, who are these two?"

"Hello, I am Xiaoding's sister. He said he wanted to see you, so I followed him here. This is Uncle Hu." Qiqi said.

Uncle Hu also noticed that from their attire, they hadn't left this deep valley in years. Their cultivation was high. Perhaps they were tired of the world's fighting and killing, so they lived in seclusion here.

"Uncle clan leader, I'm here to see you." Xiao Ding shouted to a middle-aged man in the distance.

The middle-aged man must have come over because he saw them. "Hello, everyone coming from afar is a guest. Please follow me." The patriarch led the way in front, and the three of them followed behind.

Qiqi also observed that they all grew some vegetables and sorghum, which was what Xiaoding had mentioned. They all wore clothes made of home-woven flax yarn, which was very thick. The outer clothes they wore had faded from washing. It was unknown how many years they had worn them.

The patriarch led them to a thatched hut, which contained simple beds, a stone table, and stone benches, all polished to a shine. It was unknown how many years old they had been there.

Uncle Hu asked, "Chief, why do you live here? It's very hard here. Why don't you go out and live?"

"You don't know, our ancestors came here to escape being hunted down, and once we got in, we couldn't get out. We've been waiting here for thousands of years. Although life is hard, it's safe here."