A genius girl with her own space

Zhou Jingze was carried into the room by the secret guard. Qiqi and the master also came in. Qiqi ordered the secret guard to guard the door of the room and not let anyone in.

Qiqi took Zhou Jingze and his master into the space and helped Zhou Jingze into the medical room. After disinfection, anesthesia, and sutures, Zhou Jingze's leg was quickly stitched up. After bandaging it and giving him an anti-inflammatory IV, Qiqi finally felt relieved. After the IV, Qiqi moved his master and Zhou Jingze out of the space.

"Master, has the poisonous scorpion become a spirit? What is behind the dark river? Master, should we continue exploring?" Qiqi said.

"Qiqi, are you willing to do this without finding out the truth? Master knows you best, and you can't leave Master behind and go alone." Yun Jizi warned.

"Qiqi, you can't go alone. You don't know what dangers are in there. What if there is something more powerful than a poisonous scorpion? Listen to your master. Wait for me for a few days. I will be well soon. Let's go together," Zhou Jingze said.

"I'm not going, don't worry, Brother Jingze, you have a good rest. I'll take the master back to his room to rest first."

"Qiqi, I want to enter your space to practice for a few days. I will come out when you go to the Dark River."

"Okay, Master, I'll take you in," Qiqi sent Yunjizi into the space. Yunjizi was afraid that Qiqi would go to the dark river by herself, so he entered Qiqi's space so that he could see Qiqi at any time.

Qiqi knew her master was worried about her, so she entered the space. She had originally planned to explore the dark river on her own; she didn't want to see either her master or Jingze get hurt. She could also block the space so her master couldn't see her. Qiqi was afraid her master would be upset and angry, so she decided to wait until Jingze recovered before exploring again.

She might not be able to go home for the New Year this year. Qiqi called in the secret guards and had them deliver the New Year gifts she had bought along the way to the Jiang family in the capital. She also wrote a few letters to take with them.

Qiqi spent the past few days chatting, playing chess, and changing the bandages with Jingze. Zhou Jingze's wound had healed, and the stitches would be removed in a few days.

"Brother Jingze, you never give me any leeway. I lose every game. I don't want to play with you anymore."

Qiqi pretended to be angry and went to the space to find Kong Ling. She had forgotten that Duxie was still in her space these days?

"Empty, ethereal, where are you? Why can't I see you?"

"Master, I'm here." Kong Ling floated over.

"Where's your cage? Where's the scorpion? Did it get away?"

"No, master, please follow me." Then I saw in the distance a huge scorpion circling and digging the ground, with a little red bird standing on its head. It was too far away to hear what the little red bird was saying.

"What's wrong with Kong Ling? Little Red Bird is not afraid of poisonous scorpions. Aren't you afraid of poisonous scorpions causing damage?"

"Master, you saw it too. When the scorpion first came in, I called the little red bird over to spray fire on the scorpion. The scorpion couldn't spray the venom outwards, and it sprayed all over itself.

The little red bird spit fire. It burned it, and it squeaked and screamed, finally begging for mercy and willingly becoming the little red bird's minion. I told the little red bird about your injuries, and to avenge you, it burned it once a day for the past few days. Finally, seeing that it had truly surrendered, I let it go.

This piece of land was to be planted with herbs, so the little red bird directed the poisonous scorpion to dig up the ground. The poisonous scorpion dug very quickly, using its two large claws to dig up the entire area.

Hahaha, "You two are so cute. If I had known you could tame the scorpion, I would have let you two out. We wouldn't have gotten hurt."

The little red bird heard Qiqi's laughter and flew up. It directed the poisonous scorpion to run towards Qiqi. The scorpion, upon seeing Qiqi, turned fierce, its tail raised. Seeing this, the little red bird blew a mouthful of fire at the scorpion, causing it to retreat quickly.

The little red bird chirped and cursed the poisonous scorpion in bird language.

Kong Ling quickly told Duxie.

"Qiqi is the master here. This is Qiqi's space. You can't be hostile to the master. Little Red Bird and all the animals in our space will kill you."

The poisonous scorpion bowed to Qiqi. It didn't want to die. There was plenty of spiritual energy here. The dark river was many times worse than here. It would not leave no matter who drove it away. It could also recognize this human as its master.

"Master, the scorpion wants to recognize you as its master. Are you willing?" Kong Ling asked.

"Kong Ling, tell it that I don't want to. It just beat Jingze and me up like that, and it admitted to me just like that. It's all its benefit.

There's plenty of spiritual energy here, and all the animals are willing to come in. My place has become a zoo, hasn't it?

Kong Ling, put it in a cage and let's burn it to death and eat the roasted scorpion meat," Qi Qi winked at Kong Ling, asking him to scare the scorpion.

Kong Ling told Duxie in an even more exaggerated way. Duxie was so scared that he lay on the ground, spitting out several bowl-sized stones from his mouth, and pushed them towards Qiqi with his pincers. Qiqi was shocked when he saw them.

The ethereal spirit sucked up some water and sprinkled it on a bowl-sized stone. The stone instantly transformed into an icy imperial green jade, imbued with a rich spiritual energy. Qiqi was stunned. After years of mining, they had only unearthed a few small pieces of imperial green. If they were all collected together, they would only be about the size of a bowl.

How could the scorpion have so many spiritual jade stones? I wonder how powerful this giant must be, how many of these stones must it have swallowed?

"Kong Ling, tell it, no, it can't ask me to forgive it just because of a few broken stones. It hurt Jingze and made me vomit blood. No way." Qiqi said to Kong Ling.

Kong Ling relayed Qiqi's instructions to Duxie. Duxie spat out a few more pieces, each a circle larger than the last. Duxie's expression was one of heartache and reluctance.

Qiqi saw that the scorpion was really poisonous and had a lot of tricks in its mind.

"Kong Ling, ask the poisonous scorpion if there are any more stones like this in the underground river?" Kong Ling asked the poisonous scorpion again. The poisonous scorpion shook its head and said, "No, it swallowed them all."

Seeing that nothing could be squeezed out of the scorpion, Qiqi called the little red bird and told it to take good care of the scorpion and not to harm other animals. If it did, she would roast it and eat the scorpion meat.

The scorpion looked at Qiqi with gratitude, picked her up with its claws, and bowed as if it were a bow. I smiled secretly.

Although Qiqi was injured by the poisonous scorpion, she knew that it was also protecting itself. Qiqi did not reject the poisonous scorpion and kept it in the space.

Qiqi went to find her master, who was meditating and practicing at the waterfall. Yunjizi, upon seeing Qiqi approach, put away his techniques. Qiqi recounted the story of how the little red bird had subdued the poisonous scorpion. The poisonous scorpion was willing to remain in the space and submit to Qiqi, becoming her poisonous pet.

"Although the poisonous scorpion is poisonous, it has intelligence. It knows that the spiritual energy in your space is helpful for its cultivation. If there is no little red bird, it will follow you sooner or later. The deterrence of the little red bird makes it surrender faster. Qiqi, the poisonous scorpion hurt you and Jingze, aren't you angry? But you keep it and accommodate it." Yun Jizi analyzed.

"Master, it would be a lie to say I'm not angry, but it's an animal after all, and killing it doesn't mean much to us. The poisonous scorpion may be a great help to us in the future. I saw that it listens to the little red bird very much, and Kong Ling also has a good impression of it, so I accepted it. Master, look at this, what is it?" After Qiqi finished speaking, she took out the ice-type imperial green jadeite given by the poisonous scorpion and showed it to her master.

Yun Jizi saw it and said, "This is a good thing. It's almost as expensive as diamonds. Where did it come from? Did Duxie give it to you?"

"Master, I can't hide anything from you. What the scorpion spits out contains very strong spiritual energy. The scorpion is not stupid at all. It only picks out the good things and swallows them into its stomach." Qiqi replied.

"Qiqi, Jingze's injury has almost recovered. We are ready to start the second exploration of the dark river. Let's see if your pets can help us then?" Yun Jizi said.

"Okay. Master, you practice here. I'll go out and tell Brother Jingze that I'm going to the mine to see if the big iron gate outside has been installed. This mine will be sealed from now on. Another passage is being opened for coal mining," Qiqi said, and then she left the space and went to the mine to see that the iron gate was being installed and would be completed tomorrow.

Qiqi went to Brother Jingze's room and saw him dealing with letters. She wanted to leave the room without disturbing him.