Qian Qi originally wanted to send Su Xingle away, but when Su Xingle heard that she was going to spend the night in the mountains, he hesitated and finally decided to stay.

He was worried about Qian Qi. After all, in his eyes, no matter how much of a troublemaker she was, she was still a girl, and it wasn’t safe for her to stay alone in the mountains late at night.

Of course, the main reason was that the dormitory was closed at this hour, and neither of them could go back.

He obediently squatted by the experimental field, staring at a small seedling sprouting in the vast plot of land, and asked curiously, “What are you growing here?”

“Fire Qilin Lotus,” Qian Qi replied as she mixed compound fertilizer nearby, warning him, “You’d better stay away. Its roots have teeth and are extremely aggressive. They can bite through your neck.”

Su Xingle was so frightened that he quickly took a few steps back. Remembering the bandage around Qian Qi’s neck, he couldn’t help but ask, “Have you been bitten before?”

Qian Qi let out a sinister laugh, “Yeah, I was bitten to death.”

Su Xingle: “…”

Naturally, Su Xingle didn’t believe her. He silently watched as Qian Qi poured the fertilizer into the field and then threw a large piece of bloody monster meat, roughly 2 pounds, right next to the small seedling.

“Is that it?” he asked curiously.

“Yeah,” Qian Qi replied as she turned on the recording device on her light brain, aiming it at the seedling to start filming. Not long after, Su Xingle noticed that the soil in the experimental field seemed to be moving on its own.

“What’s going on?” He couldn’t help but swallow nervously, hiding behind Qian Qi and peeking out, vividly embodying the phrase “scared but still curious.”

Qian Qi narrowed her eyes and tightened her grip on the hoe in her hand.

After the soil moved for a while, several slender roots suddenly burst out of the ground, whipping through the air like black lashes. The surface of the roots was lined with two rows of densely packed tiny teeth. After groping around for a moment, they suddenly coiled around the monster meat on the ground and flung it into the air.

The tough, solid chunk of monster meat was instantly shredded and torn apart by the wildly thrashing roots. The tiny teeth slightly opened, chewing the minced meat like beasts, crunching and gnawing. It was as if a group of starving beggars had stormed into a royal feast, gorging themselves before carelessly tossing the precious, delicious food around, morbidly venting their frenzied joy.

Cold, gory fragments of flesh and blood splattered through the air, making Su Xingle gasp in horror.

Qian Qi’s expression also turned grim, as memories of the original host’s death suddenly flooded her mind.

Late that night, “Qian Qi” had brought sulfuric acid to corrode the Fire Qilin Lotus.

However, the Fire Qilin Lotus had an extensive root system, especially when mature. The roots buried underground were enough to strangle two adults. When “Qian Qi” poured the sulfuric acid, seven lotus roots instantly shot out, opening their sharp teeth and attacking her.

“Qian Qi” reacted quickly, raising her hoe to smash the roots. However, the surface defense of the Fire Qilin Lotus’s roots was stronger than that of an average E-level magical plant. “Qian Qi” used all her strength to smash six of the roots, but just as she was dealing with the seventh, the thickest root suddenly emerged from the ground and bit her neck.

The excruciating pain drove “Qian Qi” to smash the last two roots like a madwoman. Clutching the Fire Qilin fruit, she tried to go down the mountain for help, but she had lost too much blood during the fight and eventually collapsed from exhaustion. As her blood continued to drain, she eventually lost her life.

Qian Qi rubbed her throbbing temples. In truth, she felt that if the original host had read more books and learned that the Fire Qilin Lotus could have up to eight main roots, she could have taken more precautions and wouldn’t have died.

And she herself wouldn’t have ended up in this godforsaken world.

“Huh? They’ve gone back!” Su Xingle suddenly exclaimed.

Qian Qi looked over and saw that the roots had retreated into the soil after finishing the monster meat. However, soon after, several much thinner roots slowly emerged, picking at the leftover scraps of meat from the larger roots and nibbling on them. Finally, they extended the tiny tips of their roots, greedily absorbing the monster blood in the soil.

Once they were full, they also burrowed back into the soil and fell silent.

Qian Qi took out a spray bottle from her pocket, sprayed it around the Fire Qilin Lotus seedling, and then stepped into the experimental field.

Su Xingle immediately grew nervous, “Qian Qi, be careful!”

“It’s fine, I sprayed inhibitor.” The Fire Qilin Lotus was highly averse to sodium bicarbonate solution. After spraying the specially formulated sodium bicarbonate inhibitor, the roots wouldn’t emerge.

She took out a measuring tape and measured the length of the seedling, discovering that in just this short period of time, the seedling had grown 1 cm. Not only that, but it also showed signs of continuing to grow.

It seemed that the monster’s flesh and blood could accelerate the growth of magical plants.

Qian Qi recorded this data and then called up the system panel. Following the previous analysis of the Fire Qilin Lotus, she began compiling a related report on her light brain.

Su Xingle curiously glanced at it a few times and was immediately surprised.

Although he was a student in the monster beast department, he also occasionally worked on dissection reports related to monster beasts. Even though he couldn’t understand the data and information Qian Qi had recorded about the magical plants, he could still tell that her experimental report was meticulously organized, something that didn’t seem like it could come from a slacker.

“Qian Qi, are you actually a hidden genius?” Su Xingle felt like he might have stumbled upon a big secret.

Qian Qi gave him a cold look, “You know too much.”

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Qian Qi checked the time. It was just past midnight. Using her light brain as a cover, she analyzed three more magical plant seeds, recording their planting methods one by one. Once she was done, she hoisted her hoe and began diligently working the field again.

By the time Li Shuyun came up the mountain the next morning, Qian Qi and Su Xingle had already left.

Li Shuyun stood by the experimental field, staring at the Fire Qilin Lotus that had already sprouted small flower buds. Her beautiful face was filled with indescribable shock.

Did Qian Qi grow this?

The condition of these flower buds was too perfect. Back then, it had taken her a full seven days, using numerous potions and nutrient solutions, just to get the Fire Qilin Lotus to sprout buds, and even then, the buds were yellowish and malnourished, on the verge of withering at any moment.

But Qian Qi… had managed to cultivate healthy flower buds in just two days. This fact was hard for Li Shuyun to digest.

What had she done?

She was just a slacker! Could it have been a fluke?

Remembering how confident Qian Qi had seemed back then, Li Shuyun pondered for a while before taking out a sealed bag and collecting a soil sample.

She then checked the nearby fertilizer bags, trying to figure out which fertilizers Qian Qi had used based on how much was missing.

Unfortunately, Qian Qi was also cultivating other magical plants at the same time, which meant Li Shuyun wouldn’t be able to get the correct answer.

A few days later, Qian Qi’s Fire Qilin Lotus matured.

Looking at the three plump, bright red Fire Qilin fruits in the center of the lotus flower, Qian Qi shed tears of joy.

Heaven truly rewards those who work hard. She had finally grown the Fire Qilin Lotus. Not only that, but the Fire Qilin Lotus, which usually only bore one fruit, had produced three this time, and they were of such high quality!

Qian Qi sprayed the inhibitor and wanted to take a closer look at the Fire Qilin fruits. However, as soon as she approached the Fire Qilin Lotus, a thick root suddenly burst out of the ground, aiming straight for Qian Qi!